Chapter 00106: Condensing the Dan (A special chapter for the Lord of the Alliance)
# Condensing the Dan (A special chapter for the Lord of the Alliance)
Chapter 106
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 106: Condensing the Dan (A special chapter for the Lord of the Alliance)
When Lan Xiaobu approached the cosmic wall at a distance of three thousand meters, he felt that his cultivation could rival that of practicing with spirit stones.
However, as he got closer, within a thousand meters, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy far surpassed that of using spirit stones.
This situation felt strange; the moment he stopped circulating the Golden Crow Technique, the external spiritual energy seemed to vanish, leaving him unable to sense even a hint of it.
Lan Xiaobu pressed on, nearing one thousand meters, and as he activated the Golden Crow Technique, spiritual energy formed a small vortex that wrapped around him.
Practicing with this energy felt different from using the white giant stone, yet the effects were just as powerful.
Lan Xiaobu suspected that if he drew even closer, the cultivation effect would surpass that of the white giant stone.
However, it was too dangerous to cultivate here.
The edge of the cosmic wall loomed like a massive mouth, frantically trying to pull him in.
Lan Xiaobu steadied himself and finally discovered the source of the spiritual energy.
It came from the dark chasm outside the cosmic wall, a death zone where his divine senses could not reach.
Despite knowing the danger of his situation, he couldn't back away.
The Seven Sounds Model was constructing a model of the cosmic wall in his sea of consciousness, or rather, part of the model was being formed.
This required a vast amount of spiritual energy; once he left, his source of energy would disappear.
Although the Seven Sounds Model wouldn’t stop constructing, its speed would drastically slow down.
Lan Xiaobu quickly realized that if he lingered too long at a distance of one thousand meters from the cosmic wall, he would uncontrollably want to move forward.
This could be due to the enormous gravitational pull from the dark chasm at the edge of the cosmic wall, keeping him on edge.
Additionally, once he entered the state of absorbing spiritual energy, he felt compelled to move toward areas of denser energy.
But he couldn't retreat.
As he cultivated, his strength indeed surged, and the Seven Sounds Model gradually revealed the outline of the cosmic wall.
If he stepped back, where would he find such rich spiritual energy?
Thinking this through, Lan Xiaobu quickly fashioned a nearly one-thousand-meter-long rope from various materials, tying one end around himself and the other end to Lan Ya.
He instructed Lan Ya that if he moved even slightly forward, it should immediately pull him back.
Lan Ya was a Level-7 technology battle disc, ensuring that the execution of this command would be flawless.
With Lan Ya's protection, Lan Xiaobu had no worries and began to crazily absorb the spiritual energy from the depths of the dark chasm.
He was like a whale drinking water, engaging with the energy of the cosmic wall, which coalesced into true essence, repeatedly refining it into a real dan.
Part of the energy was swept away by the Seven Sounds Model, rapidly enhancing the model of the cosmic wall.
Whenever the pull from the dark chasm threatened to draw him in, the rope around his waist would automatically tighten.
Lan Ya's monitoring system was highly precise, and even the slightest forward motion from Lan Xiaobu would trigger it to pull him back without hesitation.
Time passed as Lan Xiaobu was thoroughly immersed in this frenzied cultivation.
He didn't know how long it had been, but suddenly he felt an extreme sense of danger.
Then he heard a faint crack, and that feeling of danger seemed to pause.
Following that, he felt all his true essence gathering like streams converging into a river, and the shadowy figures around the dan he had formed disappeared entirely.
Apparently, that faint sound was the shattering of those indistinct figures surrounding his true dan.
A gray true dan now floated in his dantian, and its powerful essence gave Lan Xiaobu an unreal sensation.
His divine sense spread out, covering nearly ten miles, at the same time sensing Lan Ya's urgent alarm.
Had he successfully condensed the dan? It didn’t take long for Lan Xiaobu to confirm that he had indeed succeeded.
He had successfully condensed his dan at the edge of the cosmic wall’s chasm.
But why was Lan Ya sounding the alarm? Instinctively, Lan Xiaobu looked down to see that the rope tied around his waist had already broken.
Thinking back to the feeling of danger earlier, cold sweat broke out on his back.
He didn’t know how the rope had snapped; it might have been from him struggling against it.
If he had not coincidentally succeeded in condensing the dan at that moment, he would likely have been pulled into the dark chasm at the edge of the cosmic wall.
Lan Ya could accurately keep the rope tied to him in place but couldn’t pull him back.
Moreover, while cultivating, he had been unable to hear Lan Ya’s alarm.
Though this part of the starry sky wasn’t true vacuum, sound traveled weakly; if he was a bit farther away, he wouldn’t have been able to hear it at all.
No alarm could interrupt his dan condensation or rouse him from his deep state of cultivation.
He couldn't cultivate here any longer.
This time, he had succeeded largely due to luck.
Next time, luck might not be on his side, and it was better to avoid temptations.
Lan Xiaobu directed his divine sense back to the Seven Sounds Model.
Not only had the model constructed the cosmic wall, but it had also developed the fourth layer of the Spirit Refining Technique.
However, the foundational formations were still in the process of being perfected, and results wouldn’t come quickly.
Indeed, fortune and misfortune are intertwined.
He had been on the brink of losing his life yet gained tremendously.
Were it not for the dense and rich spiritual energy at the edge of the cosmic wall, during his cultivation, the Seven Sounds Model couldn’t have formed the cosmic wall model, nor could it have constructed the fourth stage of the Spirit Refining Technique, which also completed the earlier three stages.
Some matters should be left when one has gained enough.
He had acquired what he needed, and if he stayed longer, greed might lead to unknown consequences.
Lan Xiaobu understood well the principle of stopping while he was ahead.
He withdrew and entered Lan Ya.
Only after he left the danger zone and entered Lan Ya did the alarm cease.
While Lan Ya had been sounding the alarm, the ancient path hadn’t been able to cultivate.
It was likely that if it could speak, it would have asked Lan Ya to release it to save Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu first noticed that his interstellar communication watch on the table had received a message from Hou Yi.
“Xiaobu, with the assistance of Wu Bo and a group of old ministers, I have once again reclaimed the throne of the Xuanhe Empire. You don’t need to worry; I will certainly fulfill the task you entrusted to me. Next, I will push my Jinquan Star to leap into a Level-7 technological civilization planet. Only by reaching level-7 can we stand firm in this part of the universe. Wishing you success in all your endeavors. —Hou Yi.”
Lan Xiaobu put away the watch.
Hou Yi had regained what belonged to him, and now he needed to seek his own pathway.
The Seven Sounds Model had constructed the cosmic wall, and as Lan Xiaobu directed his divine sense to it, he was filled with ecstatic joy.
Indeed, everything had its weaknesses; the question was whether one could find those weakness.
The cosmic wall also had flaws that could be exploited, specifically, it exchanged spiritual veins every thirty years…
Wait, spiritual veins? Was it possible that the white giant stone he had obtained was a spiritual vein?
The more Lan Xiaobu thought, the more plausible it seemed.
The white giant stone he had found should indeed be a spiritual vein; unfortunately, his knowledge of cultivation was pitifully inadequate, and he could only guess about some matters.
His divine sense was a guess, and his sword manipulation technique was merely imagined.
When he practiced the Spirit Refining Technique, he recklessly tore at his soul...
Forget it, he decided not to dwell on these things for now.
What mattered was that the timing for the cosmic wall to exchange spiritual veins was less than half a year away.
Here lay his chance to pass through the cosmic wall, or rather, the narrow window during the exchange of spiritual veins.
In the two breaths before the cosmic wall exchanged the spiritual veins, he had to dash toward it; otherwise, he would be out of time.
When he first charged in, he would be caught by the immense gravitational pull of the chasm at the edge of the cosmic wall, but there was no need to worry; that pull would only last for two breaths.
Afterward, the pull would vanish, and he would be at the edge of the cosmic wall.
At this moment, his divine sense needed to find the gap in the cosmic wall with maximum intensity.
During the exchange of spiritual veins, there would be gaps at intervals along the cosmic wall; he had to traverse these gaps at the fastest speed to cross the cosmic wall.
If it weren't for the Seven Sounds Model, even if Lan Xiaobu knew this method, he wouldn't have been able to act.
At most, he could sense when the spiritual energy would disappear through cultivation, and by the time that energy dissipated, the exchange of spiritual veins for the cosmic wall would likely be complete.
Because even without the spiritual veins, some spiritual energy would still remain at the edge of the cosmic wall.
If he rushed in then, he’d be sucked into the dark chasm of the cosmic wall edge.
Half a year felt long, yet for Lan Xiaobu, it wasn’t too lengthy.
He stayed inside Lan Ya training the Spirit Refining Technique.
Since the Spirit Refining Technique had been perfected by the Seven Sounds Model, it could enhance his divine sense even without tearing at his soul.
However, Lan Xiaobu thought that the refined Spirit Refining Technique was too slow in enhancing his divine sense; he still chose to tear at his soul.
He was an experienced combatant, and with the Divine Sense Shield, each time he tore at his soul, his sea of consciousness would not suffer damage.
After five months, Lan Xiaobu's Spirit Refining Technique made significant progress, successfully advancing to the third stage.
At this point, Lan Xiaobu's divine sense extended nearly twenty miles.
His sea of consciousness had grown broader and stronger, and the intensity of the Soul Thorn had increased from the second to the third stage.
As his sea of consciousness grew stronger, his divine sense also became more potent.
The most direct change was that he could perform various fundamental spells with increasing ease.
With less than a month left, Lan Xiaobu dedicated all his time to studying the foundations of formations.
The foundation of formations improved relatively slowly inside the Seven Sounds Model, but Lan Xiaobu was not in a hurry; he had enough foundational knowledge to study for a while.
Greed would lead to indigestion.
A month flew by, and according to the cosmic wall model displayed on the Seven Sounds Model, the time for the exchange of spiritual veins would soon come.
Lan Xiaobu tucked the ancient path under his arm and stored Lan Ya in his spatial ring.
The success or failure of this venture hinged on this moment.
If he succeeded, he would enter the true realm of cultivation; if he failed, he would be drawn into the dark chasm of the cosmic wall, with no escape.
Standing at the edge of the dark chasm, nearly a thousand meters from the cosmic wall, he extended his divine sense downward, feeling as though he might disappear into it at any moment.
Lan Xiaobu was ready, while his divine sense constantly monitored the changes in the cosmic wall model displayed on the Seven Sounds Model.
"7, 6, 5, 4, 3..."
Just at that moment, Lan Xiaobu surged forward toward the cosmic wall two breaths early.
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