Chapter 297: Chapter 294: The Unceasing Cycle of Life and Destruction

Green and purple streams of power intertwined, starting from Mo Qi’s thighs and coiling upwards like dragons.

Using his spine as a trunk, they sent out offshoots toward his internal organs, ribs, and arms, connecting everything into a single network.

From a distance, a faint, wood-colored halo emerged on the surface of Mo Qi’s body, making him resemble a towering, unshakeable tree.

It was a perfect fusion of power and presence!

"Hah!"

Mo Qi let out a low cry as his black hair fell loose around him, and he spread his arms wide.

His left hand was as green as jade, his right a demonic purple-black. Life and destruction—two completely different auras, each occupying one half of his body, distinctly separate.

Seeing this, the Pig Emperor shot away from Mo Qi’s shoulder as if its tail were on fire.

"Has Mo the kid lost his mind?! To think he’s fusing two mutually repulsive powers! Isn’t he afraid of blowing himself to smithereens?!"

"And where did this Power of Destruction come from?" the Pig Emperor wondered, its gaze falling upon the Nether Crystal, its face a mask of confusion.

’Wait a second!’ The Pig Emperor sank into deep thought as a fragment of its legacy memories was stirred. ’I recognize this... it’s a very familiar feeling!’

It slapped its head, trying to recall more, but its legacy memories remained stubbornly silent, refusing to reveal anything else.

’Looks like this Emperor needs to find a chance to level up too. It’s so annoying that I can’t even access my own legacy memories!’ the Pig Emperor thought, irritably tugging its large ears.

Mo Qi glanced at his hands. He could feel the power building inside him had reached a critical point. He had to find a way to channel it, and quickly.

’This isn’t the kind of blockage you can clear just by expelling the Energy from your body. This is a sign of an imminent Cultivation breakthrough. It has to be resolved at its source!’

Two paths lay before Mo Qi. The first was to follow the Creation Golden Body Technique to the letter and achieve Nine Transformations into Spirit, completely transforming his physical form into a Spirit Body. If he did that, however, he would become a pure Body Cultivator.

The second option was to open a Dantian and cultivate Spiritual Essence concurrently. Doing so would make his physique impure, but it would grant him an entire new arsenal of Cultivation techniques.

Both paths had their pros and cons, and Mo Qi didn’t know which to choose.

’Can’t I have the best of both worlds? Can’t I achieve Entering the Spirit with the Body, forming a pure Spirit Body, while also opening a Dantian to cultivate Spiritual Essence?’

Deep down, Mo Qi had a feeling that neither path was perfect.

As a chef who pursued perfection in all matters, Mo Qi could be incredibly stubborn once he fixated on something.

He steeled himself. ’If I can’t think of a perfect way to break through, then I just won’t break through at all!’

With his left hand channeling life and his right channeling destruction, Mo Qi gritted his teeth, pushed both auras to their absolute limit, and slammed his hands together.

"Holy shit!"

The Pig Emperor was completely dumbfounded. It couldn’t for the life of it understand why Mo Qi would do something so reckless.

He was practically begging to die!

BOOM! BANG!

A colossal explosion shook the heavens and the earth.

The opposing forces of life and destruction collided violently, like the cataclysm that birthed the world, triggering a duel between fundamental energies.

RUMBLE!

A blinding light banished the darkness. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Time seemed to freeze. An instant later, a violent wave of Energy erupted, instantly engulfing Mo Qi.

"Mo the kid, are you all right?!" the Pig Emperor cried out, its expression changing to one of worry.

It received no response. Instead, the repulsion between the forces of life and destruction only grew more intense.

Influenced by their "battle," even space itself grew unstable, beginning to tremble, the vibrations accelerating from slow to fast.

If space were to shatter, it would mean the repulsive Energy had reached the Immortal Level!

Under such conditions, even though Mo Qi had undergone Nine Transformations into Spirit, he would be torn to shreds in a matter of seconds!

"Save him! This Emperor knows you have the power to do it!" the Pig Emperor yelled at Yan, its voice filled with anxiety.

Yan didn’t need the Pig Emperor’s urging. She had already raised her hand, preparing to forcibly disperse the Energy and pull Mo Qi out from the center.

But just as quickly, she stopped.

"What are you waiting for?! Hurry up!" the Pig Emperor shrieked, its eyes red with desperation. If it didn’t know it was no match for Yan, it would have slapped her itself.

Yan shot the Pig Emperor a look. "If you don’t understand the situation, then shut your mouth for this Queen!"

"You!" The Pig Emperor was left speechless, but there was nothing it could do.

"I don’t know how he’s doing it, but the foolish boy is fine," Yan explained in a low voice, retracting her gaze.

’He’s fine?’

The Pig Emperor was stunned for a moment, then became overjoyed.

’As long as he’s fine!’

Just then, the two forces, which had been as incompatible as fire and water, suddenly connected head to tail and began to rotate, forming a ring of interlocking purple and green.

The violent Energy rapidly stabilized, space firmed up, and the light gradually receded, revealing the hazy silhouette of Mo Qi.

Behind the silhouette stood a towering tree that bore a strong resemblance to the Five Elements Tree!

THUD!

It was the sound of something hard striking the ground.

CRUNCH! CREAK!

Something seemed to be breaking through the rock, forcing its way deep into the earth below.

"Life and destruction, an endless cycle. We live, they die!"

Mo Qi’s deep, masculine voice echoed from within the dual-colored purple and green ring.

"Entering the Spirit with the Body, comprehending the myriad techniques... so that’s what it means. I understand now!"

Within the light, Mo Qi’s eyes snapped open, releasing a brilliant gleam.

"Come!"

He called out softly to the dual-colored ring.

The ring split in two, with each half merging into his left and right hands respectively.

The great tree behind him wavered and vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there at all.

At the same time, a tree-shaped mark appeared over his Dantian.

The crown of the tree extended five branches. One was purple, while the other four were of a normal color.

"HUMMM!"

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Chaos Scripture trembled slightly. The green light that had been previously captured by the great net flew into the tree-shaped mark.

The mark seemed to have a will of its own, shaking its branches and leaves as if "dancing for joy."

A rich aura of new life emanated from it and flowed into Mo Qi’s Dantian.

CRACK!

Something shattered.

Mo Qi’s expression froze for a second before breaking into a wide, joyous grin.

A breakthrough!

He had finally broken through!

He had intended to use the repulsive nature of life and destruction to forcibly halt his breakthrough. Who could have imagined that he would accidentally cause the two forces to achieve a delicate balance?

His Dantian hadn’t been forcibly opened; it had been naturally awakened by the Mysterious Power from within the Five Elements Tree.

Because of this, his Nine Transformations into Spirit Body remained completely unharmed.

In other words, he had now reached the perfect state: able to undergo Entering the Spirit with the Body and form a pure Spirit Body, while also developing his Dantian to cultivate Spiritual Essence.

His weakness vanished completely as his Cultivation began to soar.

Refining Essence... Qi Refining... Refining Divine Being. In the blink of an eye, he crossed the foundational Three Refinements and reached the Purity Realm.

Early-stage Purity Realm... Mid Stage... Late Stage... Peak!

His Cultivation finally stabilized at the Half-Step Vajra Realm. All he needed to do now was comprehend the Mental Realm, and he would naturally become a true Vajra Realm Cultivator!

That being said, the aura Mo Qi now radiated far surpassed that of a Half-Step Vajra Realm.

’So powerful!’

He felt his own strength. Compared to before, the difference was like night and day.