Chapter 723 - - 543 Great Emperor and Duge Heart to Heart_1

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The Nine Sun Pill truly lives up to its reputation as an elixir for Heavenly Immortals’ cultivation—its effects are exceptionally potent, especially for Duge at his current stage, yielding excellent results.

With each pill he swallowed, it transformed into Spiritual Power, inducing changes in the Nascent Soul within his body.

The three Nascent Souls that had split during the Qi refining virtual reality stage began to merge back into one as his realm advanced.

The newly formed Nascent Soul shed its previously vague appearance, its facial features becoming strikingly identical to those of the real Duge.

Solar Divine Power, Dark God Power, and Sea God’s Power all merged into the new Nascent Soul, intertwining and fusing with each other, no longer foreign energies, as if these divine powers naturally existed within Duge’s soul.

The moment the three Nascent Souls merged, Duge felt an immense emptiness, and with a tremor of his divine power, five bottles containing elixirs instantly shattered.

The pills from the bottles were drawn to Duge and instantly melded into his body.

That’s right.

They merged.

The moment the elixirs made contact with Duge’s body, it momentarily liquified, and silently, over a hundred pills merged into him, subsequently unleashing a powerful surge of Spiritual Power to nourish the growth of the new Nascent Soul…

An abundance of Spiritual Power provided nutrients for the Nascent Soul.

The features and limbs of the Nascent Soul gradually became clearer and more vividly animated, while three layers of Daoist Rhyme floated around the body of the Nascent Soul.

Before, Duge didn’t understand what the Daoist Rhyme on his body represented.

But when the Daoist Rhyme surfaced on the Nascent Soul, he instantaneously grasped the meaning of the Daoist Rhyme—a layer for light, a layer for darkness, and another for water…

Daoist Rhyme = Essence of the world?

However.

The enlightenment of Daoist Rhyme lasted only a moment; after the breakthrough in realm, Duge’s perception of the Daoist Rhyme vanished as well, leaving him with a sense of profound loss.

Is this what it means to achieve Unity?

Does uniting mean understanding the principles of the world?

Duge pondered for a moment and then reopened his eyes. Even though it was just an instantaneous Enlightenment Dao, the world before him had changed.

He thought for a while, then extended his palm, and a sphere of water spontaneously formed in it, continuously changing shape—water vapor, liquid water, ice, highly dense ice crystals…

But the insights Duge gained from the Daoist Rhyme only sufficed to transform water into this peculiar form of crystal ice.

However, by now Duge had realized that if one day he truly understood the meaning of the Daoist Rhyme, he would probably have mastered the principles of the world.

Then, even if he possessed only Sea God’s Power, he could still destroy or create an entire world.

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“One Yuan Heavy Water.”

A voice suddenly called from behind Duge, followed by the appearance of the South Peak Emperor in front of him, who stared at Duge’s palm in shock, “You… you’ve actually condensed One Yuan Heavy Water?”

“Master, is this called One Yuan Heavy Water?” Duge asked, holding the crystal in his hand.

“Yes,” said the South Peak Emperor, unable to hide his astonishment, “how did you come by it?”

“It came to me naturally during the Unity Realm Stage,” Duge said with a smile, then asked, “Master, what’s its use?”

“It can be used to refine the Nascent Soul, to withstand Heavenly Tribulation, but this Heavy Water Crystal is too small…” the South Peak Emperor began to explain out of habit, but soon he caught himself, looking at the shattered pill bottles in front of Duge, “No, you… you’ve achieved Unity?”

“Yes, Master, I have achieved Unity,” Duge nodded and released his Daoist Rhyme once more, “Master, thanks to your elixirs, my Daoist Rhyme should now be able to be held out for longer. Please observe,” he urged.

After achieving Unity, the Daoist Rhyme entwined around Duge became even more profound.

But at this moment, the South Peak Emperor had no interest in observing the Daoist Rhyme.

Right now.

All he could think about was that his newly acquired economical disciple had gone from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Unity Realm Stage in one night…

Was this even human?

No, he was not human.

He was an Innate Spirit Item, but even so, his cultivation speed was excessively exaggerated, wasn’t it?

It took nearly a hundred years for him to ascend from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Unity Realm Stage.

And his disciple had done it in one night; even with the aid of Immortal Pills, he couldn’t have ingested five bottles of Nine Sun Pills at once.

Five bottles of elixirs!

That was his annual consumption for cultivation, yet his realm was that of a Heavenly Immortal!

It’s maddening to compare oneself to others and belongings!

Watching Duge, the South Peak Emperor’s Daoist heart was severely shaken.

Is this the innate talent of a natural Daoist Rhyme-bearing Innate Spiritual Treasure?

At this point, the South Peak Emperor suddenly recalled Duge’s words about one day taking the Daoist Ancestor as his master.

With this speed of cultivation, probably only the Daoist Ancestor could teach him. What qualifications did he have to be the master of such a person?

No.

To accept such a genius as a disciple?

“Please observe the Daoist Rhyme, Master,” urged Duge, looking at the South Peak Emperor, “I don’t know how long the Daoist Rhyme can be sustained. Please feel it quickly. I hope you can ascend to a Golden Immortal soon and find me more elixirs.”

The South Peak Emperor exhaled gently, gathering his scattered thoughts, “Qing Sheng, hide your Daoist Rhyme first.”

Duge looked puzzled at the South Peak Emperor and drew the Daoist Rhyme back into his body.

“Qing Sheng, what do you think of your master?” the South Peak Emperor asked gently, looking at Duge.

After witnessing Duge’s considerable aptitude, he had decided to improve their relationship in another way.

At the rate things were going, it would not be long before Duge surpassed him in cultivation. By then, the only connection he would have to Duge was this master-disciple affection.

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