novelraw Chapter 223 : Could It Be That Even After Draining Everything, It Still Can’t Be Replicated?!
Chapter 223 : Could It Be That Even After Draining Everything, It Still Can’t Be Replicated?!
Chapter 223: Could It Be That Even After Draining Everything, It Still Can’t Be Replicated?!
The appearance of the Sun–Moon Wheel immediately caused Li Tianwei’s offensive to slow slightly.
At the side, Tian Gang Shangren stared at the Sun–Moon Wheel with a look of astonishment on his face.
“Compared to the immortal artifact I encountered back when I traveled through the Central Spirit Domain, this immortal artifact is far stronger.”
Feeling the deterrent force emanating from the Sun–Moon Wheel, Tian Gang Shangren could not help but recall the first immortal artifact he had ever encountered.
Back then, that immortal artifact had been a Buddhist staff, which had been snatched away by those bald monks from the Western Spirit Domain. At the time, more than a dozen Tribulation Transcendence cultivators had fought in a great battle—how spectacular it had been.
That was also the only time Tian Gang Shangren, having lived for nearly ten thousand years, had ever learned of an immortal artifact emerging into the world.
In Tian Gang Shangren’s understanding, there had never been any rumors of immortal artifacts in the Northern Spirit Domain. For the Sacred Land of Qinglan to be hiding such an immortal artifact was indeed quite unexpected.
“First Seat Li, the might of immortal artifacts all differs. Once it bears the word ‘immortal’, it is no longer a power that our realm can contain.”
“You must treat it with utmost caution.”
Tian Gang Shangren reminded him solemnly.
Upon hearing this, Li Tianwei lightly nodded toward Tian Gang Shangren.
“Li Tianwei! Li Tianwei—no matter how peerless your aptitude is, beneath this Sun–Moon Wheel, you are nothing more than an object to be evaluated.”
After bringing out the immortal artifact, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan had gained confidence.
“Two Ancestors, activate the immortal artifact!”
At this moment, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan was already somewhat impatient, eagerly anticipating what kind of expression Li Tianwei would show when, under the power of the Sun–Moon Wheel, he saw another version of himself appear.
The two Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ancestors slightly nodded and immediately unleashed surging spiritual power, rushing wildly into the Sun–Moon Wheel.
In an instant, the formation patterns surrounding the Sun–Moon Wheel were fully activated.
Specks of starlight circulated and spiraled, quickly gathering into the sun and moon on its two faces.
Five-Colored Immortal Light overflowed in all directions, and for a moment, it truly felt as though the heavens were blotted out.
Boom—
The Sun–Moon Wheel spun rapidly, sun and moon alternating. Under the interweaving of black and white, there seemed to be an aura of ultimate profundity.
“Rise…”
The two Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ancestors shouted in unison.
The Sun–Moon Wheel soared skyward, charging straight toward Li Tianwei.
“Since you’re here, nothing can stop me. Let me experience the power of an immortal artifact!”
Li Tianwei showed no fear at all and spoke directly.
At the same moment, the Manifestation behind him became solid and tangible, his aura rising once more. A faint pressure crossed the distance between heaven and earth, as if an entire world were emerging within his mind.
At this instant, the cracks in the grand formation above the Sacred Land of Qinglan widened even further.
Yet this time, upon seeing the formation on the verge of collapse, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan felt no fear at all. Instead, he grew excited.
“Heavenly Seal, invert!”
The Sacred Lord of Qinglan clasped his hands together, rapidly forming several hand seals, while simultaneously taking out a Qinglan Sacred Command and striking it repeatedly with seal imprints.
In an instant, the Sun–Moon Wheel flipped. Sun and moon fused together, with the great sun and bright moon merging at the center of a Taiji form.
As they gradually fused, a power different from spiritual energy and mana emerged.
Most strangely, that power seemed to pierce through heaven and earth. Immediately after, the black-and-white sun and moon on the Sun–Moon Wheel merged completely.
With the fusion of sun and moon, a rift appeared on the Sun–Moon Wheel, and the power within was rapidly stimulated.
The Sun–Moon Wheel did not fly far before stopping in front of the formation. The rift within the wheel pulsed once.
“Drip…”
A sound like a drop of water echoed through heaven and earth. The sun and moon on the Sun–Moon Wheel vanished, the formation patterns rotated, and faint spiritual light shone forth from within.
At a speed surpassing all comprehension, it swept directly across Li Tianwei’s body.
Soon, at the spot where it had vanished, Li Tianwei’s figure emerged upon the Sun–Moon Wheel.
This seemed to be only the beginning. The entire Sun–Moon Wheel began to surge violently.
It shook frantically, while the surrounding heaven-and-earth spiritual energy continuously swarmed toward the Sun–Moon Wheel.
Upon seeing this scene, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan knew this was the sign of the immortal artifact’s success.
“Hahahahaha, Li Tianwei! Li Tianwei!”
The Sacred Lord of Qinglan could not help but laugh loudly.
“Come! Let him witness your power!”
His excited voice echoed as the sun and moon absorbed heaven-and-earth spiritual energy at a violent rate.
This speed continued to accelerate, growing heavier and heavier. One could even see that, invisibly, the Sun–Moon Wheel had already merged with the spiritual veins beneath the Sacred Land of Qinglan.
Spiritual energy was continuously plundered and absorbed, endless halos constantly gathering.
Very soon, one spiritual vein beneath the Sacred Land of Qinglan was completely drained. Then came the second, the third…
This was the price of activating an immortal artifact—using the power of spiritual veins to open it. It might as well be said that activating the Sun–Moon Wheel itself required this.
In the eyes of those within the Sacred Land of Qinglan, this was only natural. Immortal artifacts were meant to be terrifyingly powerful, and even using them required spiritual veins.
Seeing such changes in the Sun–Moon Wheel, Li Tianwei seemed to realize something, and the expression on his face grew solemn.
At the same time, under Li Tianwei’s surging power, the grand formation of the Sacred Land of Qinglan began to teeter on the brink of collapse.
The Sun–Moon Wheel was consuming the spiritual veins of the Sacred Land of Qinglan, and the grand formation of the Sacred Land of Qinglan was doing the same.
The spiritual veins within the Sacred Land of Qinglan were rapidly being consumed. The once fairyland-like Sacred Land of Qinglan now carried a sense of decay.
Even so, the Sun–Moon Wheel still did not stop.
“What’s going on? How can the consumption be this great?”
At this moment, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan finally sensed that something was wrong, and his expression abruptly changed.
Once he had activated the Sun–Moon Wheel and triggered the immortal artifact’s function, the process had already become irreversible.
All things obey the existence of energy conservation. To create something, something else must be consumed. Naturally, for the Sun–Moon Wheel to replicate Li Tianwei, it had to pay an equivalent price.
Thus, the Sun–Moon Wheel began to wildly absorb everything from the spiritual veins, without the slightest restraint.
No one had expected that in such a short time, more than a dozen spiritual veins of the Sacred Land of Qinglan would already be completely drained.
“What’s going on? After consuming so many spiritual veins, it’s still not complete?”
“Back during the experiments, a single Tribulation Transcendence cultivator only consumed five or six spiritual veins, yet now…”
Thinking of this, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan felt Li Tianwei’s terror even more deeply.
The greater the consumption, the more it highlighted how frightening Li Tianwei truly was.
He even began to harbor a dreadful premonition—could it be that even if all the spiritual veins of the Sacred Land of Qinglan were drained, it still wouldn’t be enough to gather the power needed to replicate Li Tianwei?
At this thought, the Sacred Lord of Qinglan could not help but suck in a cold breath.
Unfortunately, the Sun–Moon Wheel could not stop. The count rose from over a dozen to twenty spiritual veins, and it was still increasing.
As the spiritual veins were continuously consumed, it was plainly visible that the Sacred Land of Qinglan was rapidly declining, even the earth itself cracking apart.
The disappearance of the spiritual veins caused the overall spiritual energy of the Sacred Land of Qinglan to thin by more than half.
And this was merely the beginning.
The Sun–Moon Wheel continued absorbing, as if it had no bottom line, regardless of the circumstances.
Bang bang, bang…
As the spiritual veins were endlessly consumed, a familiar aura gradually surfaced upon the Sun–Moon Wheel.
By this time, more than half of the spiritual veins of the Sacred Land of Qinglan had already been absorbed.
If this continued, even without Li Tianwei breaking in, the Sun–Moon Wheel alone would already have consumed most of the Sacred Land of Qinglan’s foundation.