Chapter 442: Breaking Through to the Waning Moon Stage, Choosing a Moon Soul
Qiushui Hantian, a first-tier overlord realm affiliated with the Illusion Sea Palace, one of the Ten Sacred Domains.
Qiushui Hantian, along with its nine second-tier overlord realms, thirty-six third-tier overlord realms, and more than five hundred fourth-tier and nameless realms…
All the countless beings within these realms had, within the past ten days, intermittently vanished, their lives extinguished by the Dream Calamity’s aura, erased from the spirit world as if they had never existed.
Logically, the Illusion Sea Concubine, one of the Seven Concubines, should have intervened, but it had remained strangely silent.
Could it be that the Illusion Sea Concubine… was afraid to fight…?
After all, it hadn’t fought since earning its title, thousands of years ago. If it weren’t for the Nether Snow Sacred Domain’s protection, the Illusion Sea Palace would have been removed from the Ten Sacred Domains long ago.
Therefore, to stop the Dream Calamity’s rampage, the Ten Sacred Domains had joined forces, sending out an extermination squad.
And now, only one day remained until their departure.
Myriad Spirit Flower Ring, Central Cradle.
Within a nest of woven petals, a blue-haired woman in a transparent bathrobe sat with her legs folded, her soft, flowing hair cascading down her body, seeping into the ground.
Water swirled in her teardrop eyes, her icy eyebrows like crescent moons, her body radiating a pure, chilling, azure aura.
[Ninth on the Sun and Moon Ranking, Shui Yuefei]
After defeating several Setting Sun Stage legendary beings in the Myriad Spirit Flower Ring, Gong Lianyue’s cultivation had reached a new level, a dramatic transformation.
Not only had her body become softer, more voluptuous, more… water-like, but the spirit energy flowing around her now shimmered with a faint starlight, like solidified particles.
Her sorrowful, beautiful eyes also radiated a subtle lunar glow.
The Star Shattering Stage, the half-step Sun and Moon Realm!
Gong Lianyue had reached a level beyond the reach of most spirit beasts, her spirit energy far purer and more refined than at the True Soul Stage of the Nether Traverse Realm.
She was now just a single step away from the true Sun and Moon Realm. Once she awakened her own Moon Soul, she would reach the Waning Moon Stage!
However, due to the Cold Deer King’s rampage millennia ago, devouring the moons of countless realms, Moon Souls were incredibly rare, a precious and highly sought-after resource.
Nowadays, neither Spirit Masters nor spirit beasts could rely on absorbing a Moon Soul to reach the Sun and Moon Realm. They had to rely on their own comprehension, a difficult and arduous process, almost like… wishful thinking, to manifest their own Sun and Moon Domain.
And someone from a small, insignificant realm like Shui Yuefei had no chance of obtaining a true Moon Soul.
She would likely have to resort to the usual methods: selling her… services, or visiting the moonlight secret realms of the Ten Sacred Domains, hoping for a chance encounter.
With a sigh of resignation, Gong Lianyue pulled out a small bag of Moon Souls, a gift from the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer.
Six Moon Souls, compressed into crystalline forms, radiating a powerful spirit energy, their beautiful colors and intricate patterns like miniature works of art, even more captivating than her own soul cores.
[Night Whisper Moon Melody]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain disrupts the spirit energy flow of all who hear its melody.
[Ice Slumber Heart-Boiling Moon]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain unleashes a pulse of energy every ten breaths, reducing everything within its range to dust, a favorite of the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer lineage.
[White Jade Immortal Pot Moon]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain provides an almost limitless supply of spirit energy to both Spirit Masters and spirit beasts.
[Thousand Autumns Tyrant Cauldron Moon]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain enhances physical density based on the user’s potential, without affecting spirit energy.
[Nine Deaths Sighing Life Moon]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain grants nine lives, the core requiring nine destructions before being completely annihilated. The Ink Princess, Harbinger of the Ferocious Calamity, also possesses a similar Moon Soul.
[Illusionary Beauty Water Killing Moon]: A top-tier Moon Soul. Its Sun and Moon Domain enhances the purity of water-type spirit energy, also enhancing the user’s beauty and figure.
“Incredible…”
Having sensed the effects of each Moon Soul, Gong Lianyue was awestruck.
She now understood why Biyufei and Huan Chanfei hadn’t dared to unleash their Domains. A Moon Soul’s power encompassed an entire realm. They might accidentally destroy their own territories.
And their Moon Souls were likely low-quality, with significant limitations and side effects, nothing compared to these top-tier Moon Souls.
Although a Sun and Moon Realm being could only possess one Moon Soul, Gong Lianyue suspected that, due to her Dual Soul Body, she could choose two. After all, that was how her cheat worked.
“The first one will be the Illusionary Beauty Water Killing Moon. As for the second… let me see…”
After a moment of hesitation, Gong Lianyue chose the Illusionary Beauty Water Killing Moon and the White Jade Immortal Pot Moon.
The effects of Moon Souls could stack. If she activated both Domains simultaneously, their powers would combine, doubling the… discomfort… for those within.
With both Domains active, her water spirit energy would reach an incredible level of purity and power, allowing the Ice Banquet Cold Rakshasa and the White-Browed Concubine to unleash their full potential.
Although the Nine Deaths Sighing Life Moon’s nine lives were tempting, as long as the Nether Spring Narcissus was with her, she wouldn’t die, unless her spirit energy was completely depleted, so increasing her spirit energy capacity was more important.
After all, what good was surviving if her spirit beasts were defeated, leaving her a helpless, powerless mortal?
“I’ve made my choices. Do you want any of these?”
Gong Lianyue offered the remaining four Moon Souls to her spirit beasts.
The Water Element, the Ice Spirit, and the Snow Woman, currently napping, ignored her. As legendary beings of ancient lineages, they could recreate their Sun and Moon Domains based on their inherited memories.
Hmph, their food rations would be halved!
The Tyrant Demon Seed also refused, having its own preferences as a moonlight spirit beast.
Only the obedient Purgatory Crimson Halberd accepted, choosing the Thousand Autumns Tyrant Cauldron Moon for its strength enhancement, as Gong Lianyue had predicted.
As for the Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower, the little fox, inexplicably, wanted the Nine Deaths Sighing Life Moon, a request immediately denied by Gong Lianyue.
If the Spirit Master died, what good were nine lives for a Saint-rank spirit beast? It would just die with her.
The little fox then tried to choose the Ice Slumber Heart-Boiling Moon, clearly wanting to cause some mayhem, which was also promptly forbidden.
Frustrated, the little fox settled for the Night Whisper Moon Melody.
