Chapter 531 - 528 Yin Yang Coexistence, Merging with the World Tree Root
“Is this the Life Spring you mentioned?”
Qin Feng was dazed for a long time before turning his head to look at the Hellhound in surprise.
“Yes, Master.”
The Hellhound nodded affirmatively, “You should have felt the life force within the spring water. In this world, apart from the Life Spring, there is no other place that possesses such a rich vitality.”
Hearing this, Qin Feng couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “You’re right, the vitality in this spring is indeed rich and truly deserves to be called the Life Spring.
However, this Life Spring is a bit too small, isn’t it? It simply can’t compare with the Unending Spring, and how come this place is so strange?”
“Master has seen the Unending Spring before?”
The Hellhound appeared astonished, “There lies the dwelling of the Ancestor of Evil Dragons, Nidhogg, guarded by many powerful evil dragons and venomous snakes!”
“Mm, I’ve been there once.”
Qin Feng nodded reservedly but didn’t mention that he was actually hiding in a cave three thousand miles away at the time, secretly observing through the eyes of the snakes.
While speaking, his eyes never left the spring, with its mere ten feet in diameter, as well as the spring’s eye at the bottom, which was no bigger than a fist. His face showed a hint of helplessness.
It would have been fine if the spring’s eye was just small; the key was that the flow of the Life Spring was incredibly slow, taking who knows how many tens of thousands of years to barely accumulate this small pond of Life Spring Water.
But what surprised him more was that right next to the Life Spring was another pond of the same size, filled with pitch-black water like ink. Every drop exuded endless Death Qi, radiating endless ferocity, as if it were the final destination for all life in the world, making it daunting at a glance.
A glance at this pond of death water was enough to know it was terribly frightening. Although not much in quantity, its threat to life probably wasn’t much less than that of Netherworld.
Qin Feng didn’t dare to casually probe it with his Divine Sense, fearing that it might damage his spirit or even risk involving his soul.
He barely managed to see through the Death Qi by utilizing his Yin Yang Ghost Eye, and to his shock, he discovered there was also a spring’s eye at the bottom of the pond.
This was actually a Spring of Death.
He sent his Divine Sense through the spring’s eye, deep underground, and then he realized that here, the place of life and death converged, yin and yang coexisted; it must have been during the evolution of the world that two entirely opposite springs, one of life and one of death, were born at the same time.
However, instead of evolving yin and yang, they restrained each other. Perhaps they consumed too much Creation Energy back then, which caused them not to grow completely and were nowhere near the Unending Spring.
Even if these two Spirit Springs continued to exhaust each other at this rate, eventually they’d deplete all the spiritual nature within the spring’s eye, becoming mediocre.
Seeing this, even with Qin Feng’s disposition, he couldn’t help feeling amazed at the marvel of the universe’s creation. In this land of death, it was expected to find a Spring of Death, yet who would have thought that from extreme yin, extreme yang could be born, giving rise to a Life Spring of utmost purity.
Could it be that in those days, all the vitality of this land converged here?
Otherwise, how could the Undead Realm have such pure vitality!
It’s a pity that the Creation Energy was exhausted when the world was first opened, otherwise, judging by the potential of these two Spirit Springs, it was still possible for this world to evolve into one where the Five Great Divine Springs coexisted.
Yet Qin Feng soon stopped feeling regretful and instead felt some joy. It was precisely because these two springs had not fully evolved into something like the Unending Spring that he had stumbled upon this opportunity; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been his turn to come across this chance.
The water of the Life Spring was scarce, but it was more than enough to heal the Soul Devouring Vine Demon, and there was sufficient water left over for him to take back and show off by making tea in front of his master and senior sister.
However, just as he was about to put the Soul Devouring Vine Demon into the Life Spring, he suddenly halted his movements.
Then he looked at the small Divine Spring and fell into deep thought.
Was he really going to take all the water from it?
If so, without the nourishment of the spring water, and suddenly missing so much spiritual power to resist, it would likely upset the yin and yang balance here, leading to the decline of the Life Spring, which would be rather regrettable.
Rather than taking away the Life Spring Water and allowing the Divine Spring to be gradually eroded by Death Qi and ultimately destroyed, it would be better to take the Divine Spring itself away.
Although the evolution of this world had long ceased and the Life Spring had lost its best opportunity to grow, it did not mean that it was impossible for it to evolve into the Unending Spring in the future.
Aside from relying on the world itself, it was also to artificially promote the evolution of the Divine Spring.
Of course, if the Life Spring was to grow, not only would it need the support of a vast Spirit Vein, but more importantly, it would also require Creation Energy to continue to grow stronger.
Creation Energy, there were two ways to obtain it: one was to cultivate oneself to the Creation Realm, naturally having Creation Energy to use, but for Qin Feng, this was too far-fetched and he instantly dismissed the idea.
Compared to cultivating to the Creation Realm himself, it would be more convenient to seek a favor from Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan and a few other top-level Great Powers to bestow some Creation Energy.
The second method was to find worlds that had just been born. While the world was not yet fully evolved, he could collect the Creation Energy of the new world and pour it into the spring’s eye.
This method was also very difficult, but Qin Feng felt that it was still possible in the future if he received divine favor on his return and quickly grew to the stature of an Immortal Golden Immortal. At that point, he could travel through the Void to find newly born worlds.
Of course, it was somewhat premature to think about these things now. Qin Feng quickly gathered his spirit, no longer dwelling on these various possibilities, but rather began to consider how to take the Life Spring for himself.
A moment later, he made up his mind and took out more than a dozen fist-sized Space Stones from his Storage Bag.
These were treasures he had collected in the Cultivation World, and while they couldn’t compare to the Void Netherstone bestowed by Elder Kongkong, they were common materials used in refining Space Magical Treasures. Due to the reasons of expanding the nine layers of the Demon Refining Pot, Qin Feng usually paid some attention to these treasures.
If he collected enough, and refined them into a space, it could enhance the range of the space, but given that such materials were valuable, and Qin Feng had spent most of his resources on the Demon Refining Pot and cultivating Spirit Beasts, he had not bought many of them.
But now, he felt that it was time for these Space Stones to shine.
Qin Feng then waved his sleeve and released a massive Iron Refining Furnace, indeed the Weapon Casting Furnace he had stolen from the Visby Royal Family over a year ago; for this Treasure, he had even fought a battle with the first True Inheritance disciple of the Giant Spirit Sect.
With a clang, the Weapon Casting Furnace dropped to the ground. This space was large enough, otherwise, it wouldn’t have fit such an enormous object.
Qin Feng looked the furnace up and down a few times, then waved his hand and a streak of Spirit Light struck the Rune on the Weapon Casting Furnace that controlled the flame.
When he first seized this Divine Furnace, he had also ‘picked up a sheep on the way back’, taking with him the Bronze Treasure Book left by the Visby Royal Family, which detailed the method of using the Weapon Casting Furnace. Converting his True Yuan to use it turned out to be quite simple.
Boom…
The originally dim flame suddenly exploded with endless heat waves, immediately making this Underground Space extremely dry. Even the vibrant Life Force emitted by the Life Spring could not suppress this scorching aura.
Qin Feng threw the dozen or so Space Stones into the flame, while continuing to urge the furnace to increase the firepower to start melting them.
Even though the Space Stones were incredibly hard, under the flame that shared the same origin as the sun of this world, they began to melt after just a few moments.
Afterward, Qin Feng took out some other materials with Space attributes and threw them in. Once they were completely refined, he cast a spell to incorporate these materials into the stone walls where the Life Spring was located, leaving mysterious Runes behind.
Qin Feng certainly hadn’t studied Artifact Refining in-depth, but to prepare for this trial, fearing he might need these skills at some special times, he still had a little knowledge of them.
Besides, at the level of Cultivation he had reached, simply creating some Spiritual Artifacts and Magical Treasures was not difficult for him, although their power was generally average, definitely not as formidable as those specialized in Artifact Refining.
Moreover, he didn’t need to make very strong Magical Treasures now; he just needed to incorporate these Space materials into the surroundings of the Life Spring according to special Runes, so that the Spring itself had some Space attributes.
After completing these tasks, Qin Feng’s figure flashed, and he dived underground.
Seeing this, the Hellhound was immediately stunned; it hadn’t anticipated that its master possessed such magical methods.
It had only seen ghosts with ethereal soul bodies that could burrow into mountains, soil, and stones but had never seen a corporeal being do the same.
Indeed, the master must be an extremely formidable being, simply concealing his strength. Otherwise, how could he possess such amazing wizardry, command such formidable water currents, and now even exhibit a method that only ethereal-bodied ghosts could use?
Qin Feng ignored the Hellhound’s wild thoughts and directly dove dozens of feet underground to the base of the Life Spring. He severed the connection between the Divine Spring and the Spirit Vein, lifting the Divine Spring and the surrounding soil from underground and transporting it into the seventh layer of the Demon Refining Pot.
The Life Spring was an incredibly peculiar existence, born within a strange rock. This rock was magical, not only brimming with the Power of Life but also containing natural patterns that could draw Spiritual Energy from Spirit Veins. After several transformations, it could turn Spiritual Energy into spring water filled with vitality.
There were also extremely mysterious things within, which Qin Feng could not completely understand.
He also didn’t hope to completely grasp this mystery at present and directly sent it into the Demon Refining Pot.
Because he had refined Space materials onto the stone layers of the Divine Spring and carved the Sumeru Prohibition, the Divine Spring Pond now contained Space Power.
However, it was just a hundred or so feet of space, which was instantly refined by the Demon Refining Pot.
After the Life Spring stabilized, Qin Feng threw in the Soul Devouring Vine Demon.
After a brief hesitation, he ultimately decided to take out a segment of the World Tree Root and send it into the seventh layer of space as well.
Buzz…
Under the immense law of the Demon Refining Pot, the World Tree Root transformed into a stream of green qi, enveloping the body of the Soul Devouring Vine Demon. Slowly, it fused into the body of the Soul Devouring Vine Demon.
As the green qi merged, and with the effects of the Demon Refining Pot’s law, as well as the nourishment from the Life Spring, the Soul Devouring Vine Demon quickly regained some of its primordial qi. Signs of fresh greenery began to appear on its withered yellow body. Although the recovery was slow, it was indeed reviving.
This caused Qin Feng to breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that not only could the Soul Devouring Vine Demon come back to life, but the fusion was also fairly smooth.
However, there was still a vast gap between the two, so the speed of fusion was the slowest Qin Feng had seen in all his years. He stayed in the underground space for a full hundred days before the green qi finally completely merged into the Soul Devouring Vine Demon under the influence of the Demon Refining Pot.
Gurgle gurgle…
After the successful fusion, a sound like drinking water resounded. By this time, the Soul Devouring Vine Demon had long since turned into a verdant green, looking as charming as a piece of jade, and its body was filled with vigorous life force.
However, the Soul Devouring Vine Demon was still not awake, merely drawing more from the Life Spring on instinct. Although the fusion was successful, it was still in a state of adjusting. It seemed that it would need some time to hibernate before it could adapt to the state of having the World Tree Root merged inside its body. Nonetheless, its body had already begun growing, and the vines that had been bitten off by the undead showed signs of regeneration.
This greatly relieved Qin Feng.
Ever since he decided to move the Life Spring into the Demon Refining Pot and cultivate the Soul Devouring Vine Demon as the main spirit beast of the seventh layer, his mind had been occupied with other thoughts.
The Life Principle was definitely a very powerful and practical law, just like Time and Space, and one of the fundamental laws common in the universe of Ten Thousand Worlds.
Qin Feng had long thought of cultivating the Soul Devouring Vine Demon as the main spirit beast, but it was only because he hadn’t found a space treasure containing the Life Principle that he had been delayed until now.
Now with the Life Spring, it came in handy.
However, upon witnessing the magnitude of the World Tree, he was struck with another idea. He wanted to take this opportunity to try and merge the World Tree Root into the body of the Soul Devouring Vine Demon. The Vine Demon, currently severely injured, was desperately drawing on all the power it could to heal. This was also the most convenient time for fusion.
If successful, it would undoubtedly grant the Soul Devouring Vine Demon unlimited potential.
This would have been very difficult to achieve. The World Tree was a vast divine tree capable of supporting three great worlds, while the Soul Devouring Vine Demon was just a minor Vine Demon of the Purple Mansion Realm. Not only was there a huge gap in strength between the two, but they weren’t even of the same type of plant.
But one common feature among plant beings is the extremely tenacious life force. Even severed branches and roots can retain vitality for a long time. If placed in the right conditions for growth, perhaps a cut branch or root could still take root and sprout. The Soul Devouring Vine Demon, as a spirit plant that controlled the Life Principle, was even more outstanding.
Moreover, Qin Feng knew a grafting method.
He had two pieces of the World Tree’s roots, so he prepared two approaches. If the fusion failed, he would try the grafting method and graft the World Tree Root onto the root of the Soul Devouring Vine Demon.
Although this method was slower, with the nourishment of the Life Spring, there was also a chance of success.
But from the looks of it now, it seemed that the grafting method would not be needed. The fusion had truly been successful.
This left Qin Feng ecstatic.
Still, as he looked at the slowly growing Soul Devouring Vine Demon, Qin Feng faintly felt that something was off. Perhaps due to the excessive influence from the World Tree, after the fusion, it seemed the Soul Devouring Vine Demon had grown a bit twisted.