The Way of The Dao

Chapter 852 Use The Stellar Essence To Rebuild The Cultivation Base?

A long time passed and Ling Tian stood in the same place. The wounds on his body had healed quickly thanks to the refining and recovery of his body while the blood had dried and dyed his clothes.

However, Ling Tian did not care about this let alone move. His gaze still remained on the rock in his hand, his body even trembling slightly the more he watched him.

"Is it really the legendary stellar stone?"

An incredulous voice came from his mouth, his lips stained with some blood as a thin line of blood had dried over one of his corners.

Ling Tian took a deep breath without taking his eyes off the stone in his hands. The crack above the surface was still there, but the terrifying wave of energy that had come out earlier no longer surged out; Ling Tian knew that he barely managed to give it a scratch thanks to the might of the void, so the power inside the starstone was still intact.

"It is said that a star stone contains the terrifying destructive power of a giant star that gathered and grew with more than ten stars, the size of the star being larger than the cultivation worlds and even almost similar to the Immortal World..." Ling Tian recalled how little was known about the knowledge pertaining to the Immortal World, whispering to himself, "In legends, this type of stone was highly coveted and valued by countless immortals, even Immortal Emperors themselves would fight for them, as it could help one break through the barrier and by refining their energy advance to the next stage thanks to the great destructive force."

Very little was known about Stellar Stones, or stones of the Giant Star, and it was only known that it could help break through the cultivation boundary even when one's cultivation level had already almost reached the peak. Even some few managed to refine high-level immortal weapons because of the terrifying power, but no one else found any different use for it.

That was why Ling Tian never once thought that this rock could be the star stone, as they were so rare to find, let alone in a cultivation world. A stone like this could contain other different energies, be a refining material, a vessel of some medicinal essence, or even be a strange egg from some spiritual beast.

Ling Tian read that there would be rivers of blood and mountains of corpses if just one of these starstones suddenly appeared, not because of the fights to get it, but because of its destructive power capable of ravaging and destroying almost the sky itself, showing how terrifying it could be.

The last star stone that was recorded to have been found was hundreds of millions of years ago, and the size of the star stone was larger than the rock he was holding in his hand at the moment.

And yet, in the midst of fighting over the stellar stone, they accidentally destroyed it and the explosion killed thousands of Immortal Lords, dozens of Immortal Kings to the point of considerably injuring a few nearby Immortal Monarchs. Only one Immortal Emperor barely suffered some superficial injuries within the considerable range of the explosion, but it led to the destruction of a huge major city and several nearby smaller cities, thereby killing millions of living beings.

Ling Tian knew that the starstone in his hands would be coveted by everyone and they would attack him without a second thought if word leaked out that he had it in his hands.

"Inside the star stone is the original essence of a rising star... and only supernovae can have the star essence..."

Ling Tian unconsciously whispered before startling himself.

"The original essence of a star? Isn't it caused by the union of several stars?"

Ling Tian thought to himself and quickly realized that a greater and distinctly different knowledge than he had of the Immortal World vaguely appeared in his consciousness. The blurry image of dozens of stars and something bright within them illuminated the darkness.

These were the memories and knowledge of his previous life!

Ling Tian concentrated entirely on that faint feeling, trying not to miss any piece of information no matter how small.

After a long time, Ling Tian let out a sigh and slowly opened his eyes. A golden glow, like a faint spark appeared in his eyes before returning to his normal jet black color.

"The Stellar Stone only gets produced when a supernova explodes, with the energy dispersing to the surroundings while the core inside it quickly fades away, unless it manages to attach itself to whatever it has closest to it and can survive for hundreds of thousands and millions of years... with just a glimmer of the stellar essence, this one can destroy almost an entire small to medium sized world."

Ling Tian muttered, surprised by the information he just obtained from the vague memories of his past life.

"So, the stellar rock itself is not produced by the union of several stars, but by the explosion of a supernova..." Ling Tian looked at the rock in his hand, realizing that he was currently carrying a bomb that could destroy much of the Heavenly Earth Continent, if not the entire world in the worst case scenario: "Although the stellar essence of the union of several stars is also powerful, it is nothing compared to the subsequent explosion of a supernova..."

What the Immortal World knew was that the famous and legendary stellar stone was born from the union of several giant stars over the course of at least millions of years before flying off into the void. But the real stellar stone containing a purer and more real stellar essence was only produced after the explosion of a giant star.

And the frequency of occurrence of supernovae could hardly be counted on the fingers of one hand, even in thousands and billions of years for a single star to explode naturally. Ling Tian understood this with the information he had just retrieved from his past life.

"Use the stellar essence to rebuild the cultivation base?"

Ling Tian suddenly frowned as he thought of some strange information from his memories.

In his past memories, he discovered that there were other kinds of functions of the stellar stone, such as creating powerful array formations and even using it as a single-use explosive weapon to kill superior experts, but even in that place that was probably the territory of the gods the stellar stone was almost impossible to find, so there was no record of cultivating and establishing the bases using the stellar stone.

After all, a mere mortal who is just setting foot on the path of cultivation could not withstand the terrifying explosive power of the stellar stone. Even Ling Tian's body, which is body-refined and only a considerable distance from reaching the true immortal body suffered serious injuries!

A mere mortal could not cultivate this stellar stone, as a single sliver of the stellar stone's aura would shatter his body to pieces. And a supreme expert with a high cultivation base would not easily sacrifice his cultivation base and all his effort to cultivate with the stellar stone again.

"But why do I have the feeling that I have to ... will I have to cultivate again?"

But Ling Tian frowned even more, feeling that in those memories, it was deeply remarked using the star essence within the stellar stone to lay a solid foundation and create a powerful base now that he had obtained this stellar stone.

"I don't feel like I refined the stellar stone in my past life... even in my memories there was only talk of these stellar stones, but it seems like I didn't hold it in my hands either... or maybe I did but I haven't fully recalled it yet."

Ling Tian whispered before grimacing in annoyance. The memories of his past life were shocking with profound knowledge, but they were never complete and always seemed to be missing the most important thing, becoming an obsession of wanting to seek and know more.

But the feeling and even his own intuition urged him that he had to build his cultivation base using the stellar stone.

"And... in case I wanted to do that, it means I would have to discard the remains of my previous cultivation and start cultivating again... destroy my old base and build a new cultivation base using the star essence inside the stone." Ling Tian sighed hesitantly.

If Ling Tian were to start completely from scratch, he was sure that he would dismiss the idea, even if he had enough resources to cultivate and protect himself. But thanks to his body having a high level of body refinement, then he might be able to withstand the terrifying star energy and try to build his cultivation base!

His current state was ideal and perfect to try this!

Ling Tian understands the base and foundation of one's cultivation very well, his own base was built in the past with a natural treasure that was rare to find but not impossible, allowing him to reach the strength of the past even when his talent was worse than junk. If the foundation is solid and strong, one will be able to reach higher and more powerful realms... but if the cultivation base is unstable, he will not be able to advance eventually and will be stuck forever, unless he finds a rare heavenly treasure to consolidate and perfect the foundation, or in the worst case, he discards his cultivation and starts over, but no one would throw away thousands of years of work and cultivation.

"Besides, the spiritual energy in the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures is sufficient to support me in my cultivation until I minimally reach the Great Ascension state smoothly in a short span of time. If I don't destroy my base I can still tap into the stellar essence to consolidate my cultivation and refine it into my power."

Ling Tian felt the immense power within the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures within his body, feeling a somewhat similar amount to what he had back then when he reached the peak of the Great Ascension state, but with this current energy much more powerful than his in the past.

The spiritual energy within the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures was his own energy, so it was his second dantian temporarily. All he would have to do would be to gradually transfer the spiritual energy to his main dantian once repaired.

And with the surprise that the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures would continue to operate automatically, Ling Tian wouldn't even have to worry about cultivating for his entire life anymore!

Even at this moment, the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures were still absorbing the spiritual aura around him.

Simply put, Ling Tian would have two dantian in the future, which meant that his energy reserves would be larger and he would have more power.

"Huh?"

Ling Tian's pupils sharply contracted as he happened to inspect his body after seeing the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures.

The terrifying Primordial Chaos Force that enveloped his meridians and dantian had been greatly reduced, before slowly but faintly coating several meridians again.

His dantian that was repaired by more than half, cracked back to just over 60%!

But what had stunned and even frightened Ling Tian considerably, was that much of the meridians that had previously been repaired by the force of the Legendary Purple Chi and the might of the Sacred Heavenly Scriptures themselves were now shattered to pieces again!

The terrifying force that surged from this stellar stone wounded not only his body and his sea of consciousness, but also destroyed several meridians again in an instant!

But the most important thing was not this, but that the refinement of his body broke through in an instant, making its way from the peak of fourth revolution to the sixth revolution of the spirit state! Crossing a whole great stage in its entirety!

Now there were 6 circulations of blood and spirit essence flowed inside his body, crossing all his organs and viscera, strengthening them at each circulation and forming a constant flowing circuit without interruption.

His level of body refinement had increased in an instant!

If he managed to have 7 revolutions, then he could take the next step to transform his body into a true immortal body!

From here, the terrifying power of the stars could be clearly seen!

"Hahaha!"

Ling Tian couldn't help but let out a faint laugh after a few seconds. He felt a sweet bitterness.

The healing power of the twin trees flowed from his heart and quickly began to repair his wounds with their amazing life force. Adding to the body's level of refinement, his wounds healed quickly.

"You find a unique treasure, but you have to give something in return..." Ling Tian shook his head and carefully stored the stellar stone inside his storage ring, "When the time comes, I will decide whether to start cultivating again or not."

The bitterness quickly disappeared from the surprise of getting better refinement of the body.

Automatically, the power of Sacred Heavenly Scriptures and Legendary Purple Chi began to repair those meridians destroyed by the stellar stone again, reassuring Ling Tian once more.

Because the terrifying Primordial Chaos Force was greatly reduced, the speed to repair his meridians increased several times, reducing the recovery time to less than a decade if he continued in this manner.

Meridians that had been destroyed moments ago were quickly rebuilt again, even rebuilding more that had been engulfed by the Primordial Chaos Force.

After using a water spell to wash the body covered in dried blood, and changing his attire again, Ling Tian disappeared from the Wen clan's residence which had now become a ruins with destruction all around.