C539 The Condensation of Strange Objects!
The shadowy hall was aglow with the brilliance of countless stars.
Specks of starlight, each a fragment of Sunsorrow, burst forth and scattered across the vaulted ceiling, casting a resplendent glow.
With the departure of the Crucible of Evil, Yu Yuan's little world of vitality began to greedily capture the starlight without any hindrance, as if devouring entire landscapes, drawing each speck into itself.
Once the starlight entered the little world of vitality, it underwent a dramatic transformation.
Initially, the essence energy of the giant beast, now a massive orb of light, would drift aimlessly.
But soon, these orbs began to collide, creating a shower of fine droplets. These droplets stripped away his vital energy, merging and undergoing a miraculous metamorphosis.
The amber-hued essence energy of the giant beast fused with his own vital energy, turning a deep crimson.
The droplets, purified and thickened, instinctively drew together, coalescing drop by drop.
Before long, a blood-jade-like object the size of a palm materialized in his little world of vitality.
It resembled a blood jade seal.
Boom!
More orbs of light crashed into one another, spraying a dense shower of droplets that, as they fell, drew in and absorbed his vital energy, changing color to become blood-red raindrops.
Each drop fell upon the small seal, which gradually expanded in size.
Half an hour later, the palm-sized blood-colored seal had grown to the size of a lotus pedestal, radiating a pure and translucent blood-red light.
As Yu Yuan marveled at the sight, a sudden, heartfelt yearning surged within him.
He paused, only to discover that the Sunsorrow in his palm had vanished without a trace.
The Sunsorrow had been refined completely, leaving not even ashes behind.
The cluster of sunfire, however, had not yet extinguished, continuing to emit an intense heat as it burned on in his palm.
Whoosh!
He summoned a second piece of Sunsorrow from the Bracelet of Holding, which settled back into his palm.
Almost instantly, the new Sunsorrow ignited and soared out, its vitality essence twinkling like stars as it floated in midair.
He required no mystique to guide it; the newly released pinpoints of light naturally flowed into the Profound Gate.
Within the little world of vitality, new points of light swelled, brimming with the tumultuous essence energy of the giant beast, colliding and bursting forth, raining down like a torrent of blood.
"The suction force—is it emanating from that blood-colored lotus platform?"
Yu Yuan was astonished to discover that the vitality light spots, which the giant beasts had been eagerly releasing into his little world of vitality, originated from none other than a blood jade, clear and the size of a lotus platform.
The enigmatic blood-colored lotus, which had materialized out of thin air, was voraciously consuming and yearning for more Sunsorrow!
"It's quite peculiar! You mentioned that refining the Sunsorrow from a cosmic giant beast is fraught with terrifying and unpredictable dangers. You've said that the vitality and vital energy within each piece of Sunsorrow are wildly violent and fierce, beyond what my current realm and my little world of vitality can handle."
"But now, that doesn't seem to be the case!"
Sensing the transformation within himself, Yu Yuan, clutching the second piece of "Sunsorrow," communicated telepathically with the artifact soul.
He refrained from taking the second Blood Rejuvenation Elixir, nor did he draw upon the pill's power in a rush to mend his damaged little world of vitality to avert the collapse of his acupoints.
His little world of vitality had not sustained further damage.
The newly infused vitality light spots from the giant beast collided and shattered against each other, bursting into a shower of blood.
As the blood rain descended, it collected his vital energy and dripped onto the red lotus.
The lotus slowly expanded, nearing the size of an acre and becoming increasingly crystalline.
An unusual phenomenon emerged from within the blood-colored lotus platform, captivating Yu Yuan, who gazed inwardly with his mind, struck by its extraordinary beauty.
"From what I recall, the Sunsorrow of the Abyssal Leviathan, laden with the forces of creation and the most fundamental energy of life, is notoriously difficult to refine and absorb," the cauldron spirit conveyed, sharing in his confusion. "Your success defies logic. Could it be linked to the sunfire? The sunfire stems from one of the eyes of the Abyssal Leviathan and is part of its being."
"The sunfire bears its essence, and the Sunsorrow you've refined is the crystallization of its breath of life."
"Both originating from the same giant beast, could it be that using something of its own to refine itself has led to this outcome?"
The cauldron spirit's original soul hails from the Boulderdawn of the Moonfall Sanctuary, possessing profound insights into the mysteries of the soul.
However, the process of refining the Sunsorrow of the giant beast was still somewhat of a mystery to him. The knowledge and memories he had about the Sunsorrow came from its previous owner and the fragments of memory that remained. It wasn't necessarily completely accurate.
"I feel something's off," Yu Yuan remarked as he refined the second piece of the giant beast's Sunsorrow. The process was smoother and quicker this time. In less than half an hour, the second piece of Sunsorrow had vanished from his palm.
"Master, if you're not in pain, if your little world of vitality is stable, and there are no signs of rupture or explosion, then there's no need for excessive worry. Just continue with the refinement," the cauldron spirit advised.
Yu Yuan chose to heed the advice.
Next came the third, fourth, fifth, sixth piece...
At the bottom of the Embers Sea, within the Spawn of Chaos, he had harvested a total of thirteen pieces of Sunsorrow of varying sizes. Only one had been claimed by Zu Ann from Rosy Cloud Island.
He still had twelve pieces in his possession. The Skyreach Consortium had reserved two, Yuan Lianyao had claimed one in advance, leaving nine pieces available for use.
But as Yu Yuan began to refine the third piece of the giant beast's Sunsorrow with sunfire, he discovered he couldn't stop himself!
Each time a piece of the giant beast's Sunsorrow was ignited, releasing the essence of the beast, it was immediately absorbed by his little world of vitality—and with increasing speed!
If a piece of Sunsorrow was fully integrated into his little world of vitality and he wasn't able to quickly take out a new piece, the craving for more Sunsorrow in his heart became almost uncontrollable!
Furthermore, the ever-growing blood rain crystal was becoming dangerously unstable. The devastating vital energy within it was on the brink of eruption!
He had an ominous feeling that if the expanding blood rain crystal were to burst, it wouldn't just be his little world of vitality at risk. His entire body, the Golden Sanctum, the little world of spiritual energy, and his three souls of heaven, earth, and man would be reduced to dust in a flash.
His little world of vitality remained still, with no signs of danger. However, the truly terrifying thing was the blood rain crystal that was slowly forming! This crystal was the condensed essence of the Sunsorrow from the giant beast. After it transformed into a massive orb of light within his Profound Gate acupoint, it was crushed a second time into crystalline chunks.
This compelled him to swiftly procure another piece of the "Sunsorrow of the Giant Beast" after he had refined the previous one. Soon enough, he called forth the ninth piece of Sunsorrow.
"Master, if I recall correctly, you promised two pieces to the Skyreach Consortium and another to that lady," the cauldron spirit interjected with a hint of unease, feeling compelled to remind him.
"If I don't refine it, I'll die! And it will be a gruesome death!" Yu Yuan exclaimed through clenched teeth.
"Why is this happening?"
"Who knows!"
"Is it possible that the Abyssal Leviathan is meddling?"
Yu Yuan grew silent, considering the possibility, but it seemed unlikely given the current circumstances.
Shortly thereafter, he took out the tenth piece of Sunsorrow and set it ablaze. Within just a quarter of an hour, the eleventh piece was also retrieved from the Bracelet of Holding.
With a burst, the Sunsorrow ignited, and the dimly lit hall was once again speckled with light. Then, the blood rain crystal—ranging from the size of a palm to the size of a lotus, then to three acres, and finally resembling a floating expanse of blood-colored land—was rapidly consumed by his little world of vitality.
Peering inward with his mind's eye, he observed an extraordinary object that had materialized in his world of vitality. It was a wide, blood-red platform, as lustrous and translucent as jade. Spanning dozens of acres, it hovered in his little world, radiating a brilliant blood-red glow. The platform was alive with surging vital energy, imbued with the psionic power of life. It seemed that any wound on his flesh could be effortlessly healed by the platform's energy in mere moments.
The creation of this platform also appeared to aid him in absorbing vital energy even more swiftly. He gazed at the immense structure before him, sensing its activity, and a feeling of familiarity began to dawn on him—he had the impression he had seen this platform somewhere before. After a moment of reflection, his three souls were profoundly shaken, and he let out a piercing scream.
"Master, what's happened? You haven't continued to extract the Sunsorrow," the cauldron spirit conveyed its thoughts. "You still have a piece of Sunsorrow at your disposal. There's no need for alarm."
Yu Yuan had previously mentioned that ceasing the refinement of the Sunsorrow would be fatal. The cauldron spirit assumed he was fearful of depleting his supply.
"No, that's not it," Yu Yuan vehemently shook his head.
"What has occurred within?" the cauldron spirit inquired with curiosity.
Having been driven away by the essence orbs of the giant beasts, it was unable to see the changes within Yu Yuan's little world of vitality from the outside, leaving it unaware of the cause of Yu Yuan's astonishment.
"The first crystallization of the Abyssal Leviathan's vital energy has constructed a Blood Altar in my little world of vitality!" Yu Yuan's cry was eerie, like the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves, "Its color and form are distinct, yet they evoke the Blood Altar!"
Before him was a blood-red altar, reminiscent of red agate or jade, ethereally suspended—a Blood Altar in its own right!
