Chapter 160: Piles of Spiritual Fruits

Finally, Yitian placed the Earth-Fire Bead into the source pool within the space of the Heaven-Square Pagoda. After absorbing energy for over half a month, it fully recovered to its peak state.

That spatial source pool was the energy-converging center of the Heaven-Square Pagoda. It was not large, measuring only several zhang across, yet it contained incomparably majestic energy. The energy absorbed from the void all converged within this source pool.

The energy replenished by the Earth-Fire Bead from the source pool had little impact on the Heaven-Square Pagoda; it only required ten days to recover the depletion.

This was excellent news for Yitian.

True to its reputation as an ancient spatial magical treasure, the Heaven-Square Pagoda possessed extremely formidable might. No wonder it could serve as the supreme treasure of a sect.

Thus, Yitian's Earth-Fire Bead was used in rotation for cultivation by the five members of the Samsara Team, as well as Xiaolong and Xiaoting.

This caused the cultivation realms of the Samsara Team, Xiaolong, and Xiaoting to surge continuously.

As for Yitian, he settled his mind and repeatedly condensed his Yuan Dan.

While continuously condensing his Yuan Dan, Yitian also harvested over a thousand low-grade spiritual fruits and thirty-five middle-grade spiritual fruits within the Heaven-Square Pagoda space. Some of these spiritual fruits were sold in Dragon-Suppressing City and Wild Qin City, while others were extremely rare, existing only in legends.

Flame Dragon Fruits, Frost Fruits, Wood Ginseng Fruits, Tri-Color Fruits, Spirit Eye Fruits, and other low-grade spiritual fruits each contained marvelous energy, possessed various extraordinary functions, and were of immense value.

Among them were also the exceptionally precious middle-grade spiritual fruits: Beast Blood Fruits and Thunder Jade Fruits.

The Beast Blood Fruits were incomparably crimson, as if stained with blood, exuding a fishy scent of blood as though condensed from the blood of ferocious beasts. They held an enormous attraction for fierce beasts.

To put it simply, Beast Blood Fruits allowed fierce beasts to continuously refine their own bloodlines and bolster their vital energy.

As for the other middle-grade spiritual fruit, the Thunder Jade Fruit, its effects were even more potent. This spiritual fruit possessed a remarkably powerful ability to temper the physical body. Once refined, the power of thunder would be harnessed to temper the flesh, unlocking the body's potential, making it dozens of times more powerful than the Golden Bramble Fruit.

Dozens of Beast Blood Fruits and Thunder Jade Fruits, along with over nine hundred low-grade spiritual fruits—this was the harvest of ripe fruits from the spiritual roots within this space.

This was a colossal fortune.

Yitian was not stingy. He kept the Thunder Jade Fruits and one-third of the low-grade spiritual fruits, while handing over the rest, including all the Beast Blood Fruits, to the tribe.

The Thunder Jade Fruits harvested by Yitian numbered only twenty-one.

Each member of the Samsara Team received one, and he also sent one each to the Patriarch, the Great Elder, and other senior figures of the tribe, leaving only five in the end.

Because Xiaolong, Xiaoting, and the others were still low in strength and faced great perils in refining middle-grade spiritual fruits like the Thunder Jade Fruit, Yitian did not let them refine it, having them use only the Earth-Fire Bead for cultivation instead.

The energy of the Earth-Fire Bead was controllable and could be absorbed according to the practitioner's will, posing no danger at all.

After the members of the Samsara Team and others refined the Thunder Jade Fruits, every single one of them broke through in a single bound to the third layer of the Indestructible Vajra Body. The powerful effects of the Thunder Jade Fruit caught even Yitian by surprise.

As for the Patriarch and other tribal leaders, their cultivation of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art had not been fast, and none of them had yet broken through to the first layer. However, after refining the Thunder Jade Fruits sent by Yitian, they made leaps and bounds, breaking through two layers in succession to master the second layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art, making their physical bodies dozens of times tougher than before.

Having witnessed the powerful efficacy of the Thunder Jade Fruit, Yitian also began to refine it.

When the first Thunder Jade Fruit entered his mouth, he abruptly felt a thunder-like energy flow very gently into his abdomen, surging toward every single part of his entire body.

A sensation of profound numbness washed over Yitian in wave after wave.

Every inch of his flesh, bones, and visceral organs was undergoing very noticeable changes. Under the influence of that gentle thunder energy, his physical body was undergoing all-around tempering and strengthening.

A whole day passed, and that massive energy finally dissipated completely.

However, this energy had subjected Yitian's physical body to a drastic, sweeping tempering and strengthening.

His Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art broke all the way through from the third layer, stopping just a short distance from the fourth layer.

After this round of tempering and strengthening, Yitian's formidable physical body felt somewhat fatigued.

He recuperated for a few days before returning to his peak condition.

Then, he swallowed the second Thunder Jade Fruit, and a new round of tempering and strengthening began once again.

Yitian wanted to rely on this momentum to break through to the fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art in one go.

Upon refining the second Thunder Jade Fruit, his Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art took a massive step forward, reaching the peak of the third layer.

However, when Yitian refined the third and fourth ones, he still remained stalled at the peak of the third layer. His physical body was continuously tempered and strengthened by the thunder energy, growing increasingly formidable, with his skin radiating a shimmering, precious glow.

He could sense that his physical body was brimming with power, capable of shattering even the void.

When the very last Thunder Jade Fruit was swallowed by him, the fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art was instantly breached.

Boom...

The various spirit apertures within his body flared with brilliant light. An arcane and intricate immortal rune emerged, and a mysterious force swept across his entire physical body, continuously growing stronger.

Crack, crack, crack...

He could feel the bones, blood, and internal organs within his body undergoing marvelous transformations—metamorphosing and strengthening, while wisps of foul blood were purged.

This strengthening and metamorphosis lasted for over half a day.

When all of this concluded, a powerful aura emanated from Yitian.

The fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art!

This was a miracle. Even Yitian had not expected his physical body to reach the fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art in less than a year. This was a massive watershed.

Reaching the fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art was a colossal leap forward. His physical body was now sufficient to rival middle-grade magical treasures, capable of withstanding even the attacks of supreme giants.

Of course, the price paid for this was also immense.

Five middle-grade Thunder Jade Fruits, each valued at tens of thousands or even over one hundred thousand crystal essence stones; even the personal wealth of some giants could not match the value of these five Thunder Jade Fruits.

Pity that although the effects of these Thunder Jade Fruits were powerful, any future consumption by him would yield negligible results.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to consume five Thunder Jade Fruits just to break through to the fourth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Mystic Art. The further one went, the smaller the efficacy of the Thunder Jade Fruit became, until it eventually had no effect whatsoever.

Although the efficacy of a single Blood Bodhi Fruit could not compare to that of a Thunder Jade Fruit, its potential was boundless, without a single side effect. It could be absorbed and refined infinitely, causing the physical body to continuously strengthen and expand.

If it were anywhere else, the Blood Bodhi Fruit would be unimaginably rare, with not a single tree to be found within millions of miles.

Only this massive mountain range, formed by the fall of an ancient Heavenly Dragon, could nurture Blood Bodhi trees. Although their number seemed considerable, they were targeted by countless fierce beasts and birds, as well as contested by countless cultivators. Thus, the quantity of Blood Bodhi Fruits appeared extremely rare relative to this massive demand.

Because the Star Mud had transformed into the Heaven-Square Pagoda, Yitian could no longer utilize the heaven-defying properties of the Star Mud to deduce cultivation techniques. This was a major loss for him.

Therefore, he attempted to revert the Heaven-Square Pagoda back to its original form, and later changed it back into the pagoda. To his relief, he discovered that everything inside the Heaven-Square Pagoda space remained as usual—the spiritual roots, precious medicines, courtyards, and so on were all identical to their original states without any damage, which set his mind at ease.

Finally, Yitian captured some ferocious beasts and wild beasts and placed them into the space of the Heaven-Square Pagoda.

When the Heaven-Square Pagoda changed back into its original form, or transformed into other shapes, and ultimately returned to the form of the Heaven-Square Pagoda, the wild and fierce beasts inside the space were actually safe and sound, without a single instance of death.

As a result, he was no longer constrained by the Heaven-Square Pagoda.

He could transform the Star Mud into any shape at any time without causing destruction to the contents within the Heaven-Square Pagoda space.

Otherwise, he would have had to think twice before entertaining the idea of utilizing the Heaven-Square Pagoda space.

With the heavy stone lifted from his heart, Yitian could boldly use the Star Mud avatar to deduce cultivation techniques, taking those incomplete inherited precious jades one by one and deducing them to perfection.

The inherited precious jades within the Heaven-Square Pagoda space, as well as the inheritance statue of the Void Heaven Art, were also handed over to the tribe by Yitian.

This left the Patriarch and the others deeply shaken.

Naturally, the inheritance statue of the Void Heaven Art—the镇宗 technique of the Void Heaven Sect—was also imprinted by Yitian using the Star Mud.

This was not devouring, but rather imprinting: imprinting all its information and essential marks without causing any damage to the object itself. It only required the consumption of the Star Mud's energy, whereas devouring would not consume a single shred of energy.