And how, by coincidence, did an infant achieve this? It’s the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body!!

Only by combining all these conditions can one achieve this, which is even less likely than the immediate destruction of the world!!

However, such an almost impossible event occurred right before their eyes!!

Now, all the soul bodies understood the source of the infinite growth of Innate Qi within Xu Ran.

Though they understood, they remained shocked.

"This is unbelievable!"

The junior sister listened to the senior brother for a long time before blurting out this sentence.

Even when such a story reached the ears of these geniuses, it was still unbelievable!!

"But why can’t the stone giant break free from the newcomer’s grasp?"

After understanding the Innate Qi within Xu Ran, the second senior brother raised another question.

All the soul bodies perked up upon hearing this question; it was the very question they initially wanted to know.

The junior sister also snapped out of the shock of Innate Qi, her ethereal face turning to the senior brother, eager to know the answer.

This time, the senior brother did not directly answer their question but instead asked them.

"Did you notice anything unusual during the trial?"

With this question posed, all the soul bodies fell into memories, their minds reminiscing about the trial.

After a long while, nearly all the soul bodies shook their heads, not noticing anything unusual, even the junior sister shook her head in confusion.

The senior brother didn’t need to turn around to know they were shaking their heads; his ethereal face, which had been watching the mirror, now looked at the second senior brother.

"And you?"

Upon hearing the senior brother call him, the second senior brother straightened his ethereal form, a tremor visible on his face.

"Senior brother, are you referring to Innate Qi?"

"Yes!" the senior brother replied.

"What? Innate Qi? Second senior brother, you actually have Innate Qi?" Now it was the junior sister’s turn to be shocked.

This was something she had never noticed.

"Being the only person from ancient times to undergo the Nine-Layered Giant Tower trial, possessing Innate Qi is quite normal, isn’t it?"

The second senior brother felt a bit disgruntled over the junior sister’s contempt.

After all, even if it was Innate Qi, he had quite a bit within him.

"However, the Innate Qi within me was captured from various secret realms in ancient times, extremely scarce, only amounting to ten strands!"

"These ten strands have always been stored within, using one means one less!"

The second senior brother explained the source of his Innate Qi and continued.

"During the trial, the Innate Qi within me was sealed and could not be released!"

"Even if it could be released at the time, I wouldn’t use it; it’s too precious!"

The second senior brother looked at Xu Ran in the mirror with envy.

The benefits of Innate Qi for cultivation were something he had personally experienced, and to be able to grow infinitely, how comfortable that must feel!!

If he could also possess infinite Innate Qi, he might have become the senior brother of the Nine-Layered Giant Tower by now.

"But this still doesn’t explain why the stone giant can’t break free from the newcomer?" the junior sister asked again.

The junior sister voiced the question all soul bodies had.

"Even if one can infinitely grow Innate Qi, there is a limit, requiring depletion before continued growth!"

"After entering the Nine-Layered Giant Tower trial, the Innate Qi within is sealed, unusable, causing the endlessly growing Innate Qi to seep from the body, residing on the surface."

"Even if unusable, it can indirectly play a role!"

The senior brother then rarely chuckled.

"Perhaps those great powers who established the Nine-Layered Giant Tower never imagined someone could endlessly grow Innate Qi, nor that someone’s Innate Qi could reach a state of saturation!"

...

In the gorge.

The gray gorge was shrouded in layers of dust, all of it scattered from the stone giant, falling to the ground and stirring up swirling dust.

Xu Ran stood in place, casually clapping his hands, then raised his arm before his eyes, noticing a faint white layer on its surface.

"I never thought the Innate Qi within me would seep from my body!"

Xu Ran recognized this white layer on his body surface as seeping Innate Qi at a glance; having been exposed to it since childhood, how could he not recognize it?

"Before entering the Nine-Layered Giant Tower, Innate Qi kept depleting, and it was needed to nourish the Immortal Sword Skill, hence the Innate Qi within never reached saturation!"

"Unexpectedly, after entering the Nine-Layered Giant Tower, unable to use Innate Qi, with the Immortal Sword Skill no longer nourished, it seeped out, forming a thin membrane on the body surface!"

This was something Xu Ran hadn’t anticipated.

Nevertheless, even the seeping Innate Qi had benefits for Xu Ran.

After all, during a trial where the Innate Qi within was unusable, the seeping Innate Qi on the surface wasn’t very useful but at least enhanced physical strength, better than nothing!

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

While contemplating.

Nearby, a buzzing sound echoed again, and Xu Ran sighed helplessly, patting his forehead.

"Again?!!"

Concentrating his gaze, he saw the broken stone fragments he shattered earlier trembling, colliding, and rubbing against the ground.

The prior process of piecing together a stone giant was repeating, similar to what he experienced in the gorge before entering the Nine-Layered Giant Tower.

However, the process of assembling the stone giant did not stop due to Xu Ran’s grumbling.

Soon, a stone giant appeared before Xu Ran once more.

"Roar!"

This time, compared to the previous two instances, there was a slight difference.

The entire body was gray, limbs made up of massive stone blocks, and the body surface had layers of stone fragments attached.

However, it was indistinguishable whether these fragments were previously beneath Xu Ran’s feet or fallen from the stone giant.

The current stone giant, while largely similar to before, now bore small eyes on its face, composed of two tiny stone fragments but seemingly as flexible as human eyes.

Moreover, in these small eyes, a hint of gray light shone, clearly recalling Xu Ran breaking it into pieces twice before.

"Each time the stone giant reassembles its defense becomes stronger than before!"

Feeling the aura emanating from the stone, Xu Ran commented with calmness.

This time, Xu Ran didn’t wait for the stone giant to make the first move.

The Innate Qi seeping onto the surface started to emit a faint white light; suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, and Xu Ran’s figure vanished from the spot.

In its place, a white streak of light flashed across the sky; in an instant, it appeared before the stone giant.

In the eyes of the white giant.

A small, naive figure appeared before it; swiftly, white energy waves engulfed it, a formidable pressure enveloped its immense body.

For a moment, its vast body could not move.

The fragmented stone eyes reflected Xu Ran’s figure.

A pair of small fists heavily struck its form.

Immediately, a tremendous energy wave emanated from its body, rippling outward, creating terrifying gusts through the gorge, scattering countless fragments into the air, lifting clouds of dust.

Shortly after, the dust settled.