Chapter 625: Exploring the Mysteries of the Body

In the Shadow Abyss, Pang Jian's physical body remained concealed within the bizarre mist near the boundary wall. His body acted as an anchor, ensuring that his Immortal Divine Soul would not become lost in the bizarre mist beyond.

Maintaining a connection to his Immortal Divine Soul allowed Pang Jian's body to glimpse the starry skies.

He soon spotted the secluded star that Ying Yue and Han Yi had mentioned.

As his Immortal Divine Soul roamed through the bizarre mist with the Abyssal Demon Sword, his physical body sat in meditation atop the Heart of Winter, refining his insights of the Dao of Cold.

Han Yi's puppet vessel sat beside him with a serene expression on her face.

The pair spent most of their time in silence, only conveying information when necessary.

The conflict between the human race and the foreign races within the Abyss was destined to reach a decisive conclusion.

Han Yi, part of the foreign races, had come to the desolate starry skies above the Abyss to collaborate with the other Outer Gods and claim a share of the spoils.

This fundamental barrier between them meant that Pang Jian could never fully accept her, regardless of their ties.

Pang Jian remained indifferent to Han Yi's gestures of goodwill and instead chose to focus on himself.

Within his dantian, a fragmented land floated above a sea of greenish-black demonic energy. A layer of dark clouds churned below the sea, representing darkness.

Above the fragmented land stretched a brilliant starry sky with a blazing sun, bright moons, and shimmering stars.

Scattered across the fragmented land were a golden mountain, a fiery pool, an ice pool, meandering rivers, a swirling lightning vortex, a black-yellow hill, and a lush valley.

Metal, fire, ice, water, lightning, earth, and wood—the fundamental elements of a world—could be found within this fragmented land.

Pang Jian's dantian was truly beginning to resemble the Abyss in its own right.

The fragmented land hovered between the starry sky above and the darkness below.

The representation of these elements and energies within his physical body and Immortal Divine Soul was markedly different.

In his Immortal Divine Soul, the five elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were embodied through his internal organs; darkness functioned as a second heart; the Dao of Cold and the Dao of Lightning were etched into his bones; and the celestial bodies manifested as acupoints.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Unlike his physical body, his Immortal Divine Soul had not yet integrated his insights into the Heavenly Daos into a unified core.

Although five elements have converged to form parts of the fragmented land, they remain distinct. I wonder if they could be separated...

With that thought, Pang Jian attempted to exert his will over the distinct energies within his dantian.

The golden mountain etched with his insights into the Dao of Metal was the first to shift, drifting independently into the void of his dantian.

Next, the fiery pool, ice pool, lightning vortex, black-yellow hill, and flowing rivers each detached from the main landmass of crystallized spiritual power.

The manifestations of the five elements, along with the lightning vortex and ice pool, drifted in the void of his dantian.

Each distinct part exuded intense cravings.

The golden mountain hungered for metal energy, the lush valley thirsted for wood energy, and the remaining manifestations sought their respective elemental energies.

A surge of cold energy radiated outward as the Heart of Winter entered his dantian and settled into the ice pool.

The ice pool absorbed the cold energy within the divine artifact, transforming into a crystalline domain that resembled the Ice Race's Frozen Land in the void of his dantian. This domain was filled with Interwoven ice veins that embodied Pang Jian's insights into the Dao of Cold.

"A peculiar transformation just occurred within you." Han Yi, the Frost Crystal God, instantly sensed the shift in Pang Jian's cold energy. "I can feel it. Your affinity with the Dao of Cold has suddenly increased."

Pang Jian said nothing, instead silently ascending from the bizarre mist.

Only stars could be seen from the Shadow Abyss. There was no sun or moon to provide their respective energies. Furthermore, the energies coursing through the Shadow Abyss were not as complete as the Abyss.

He quietly attuned himself to his surroundings, sensing the cold energy, water energy, stellar energy, and wood energy permeating the vast expanse of the Shadow Abyss.

Activating the Qi Nurturing Divine Cauldron Art, he channeled these energies into his dantian, focusing on water energy and wood energy.

Within his dantian, an isolated region of flowing rivers became shrouded in mist, coalescing into a vast lake as an ever-growing surge of water converged.

The lake steadily expanded from Pang Jian's absorption of water energy, resembling the water domain the Water God Naga once conjured within the bizarre mist.

A black-yellow hill, embodying wood energy, instinctively moved to support the growing body of water.

The hill then extended to bear the weight of the lush valley and embrace the crystalline ice domain.

The fiery pool, ice pool, lightning vortex, golden mountain, water domain, and lush valley gradually formed a fragmented land of their own, separate from the fragmented land of crystallized spiritual power.

Before long, two distinct fragmented lands were within Pang Jian's dantian.

One was a pure crystallization of spiritual power, while the other was a fragmented land infused with diverse energies.

The one imbued with diverse energies sank toward the sea of demonic energy below.

Meanwhile, the fragmented land of crystallized spiritual power drifted upward, drawing closer to the starry sky above.

In this way, his dantian grew increasingly akin to the Abyss itself.

The upper worlds of the Abyss surged primarily with spiritual qi, with some Spiritual Lands and fragmented lands containing singular attribute energies.

The lower worlds, on the other hand, were saturated with murky energy, full of impurities distinct from spiritual qi.

The five elemental energies, lightning, and cold energy existed in both the upper and lower worlds.

As Pang Jian observed the transformation within his dantian, he could not help but contemplate the unique nature of the Abyss and the extraordinary phenomenon it birthed, Fortune.

The Fortune that enabled the human race to ascend to godhood was intrinsically tied to the total sum of spiritual qi in the Abyss, the number of human cultivators and living beings, and even the strength of those cultivators.

The number of Rank Ten foreign race powerhouses in the Fifth World also appeared similarly linked to murky energy.

Meanwhile, the Fey Race's natural affinity for both spiritual qi and murky energy meant they could birth Fey Gods through either source.

The scarcity of Fey Gods was likely due to the limited number of Rank Eights and Nines, as well as the comparatively low population of the Fey Race.

After all, the only place where they could thrive was the Sacred Soul Continent.

The foreign races and the humans routinely hunted the Fey Race to bolster their own power. Moreover, the Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars were also previously suppressing their bloodlines.

As a result, the strongest Fey Race could only gather in the Sacred Soul Continent, leaving few Fey Kings or Great Feys alive beyond its borders.

This was likely the key reason limiting the emergence of more Fey God seats.

However, the number of Rank Nine Fey Kings and Rank Eight Great Feys was set to grow rapidly due to the appearance of the Fey Spirit Continent and the Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars no longer being active.

More Fey God positions were bound to emerge in the future.

As Pang Jian pondered the interplay between spiritual power and murky energy, he noticed that the fragmented land of various energies had slowed its transformation due to the incomplete energies within the Shadow Abyss.

At that moment, Pang Jian came to a decision.

He would return to the Abyss with his physical body to explore its hidden intricacies.