Nie Kong let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and with a wave of his right hand, the dull, lightless Illusion Crystal shot out like electricity, vanishing thousands of meters away.

"Brother, why did you throw that away?" Tai Yan was quite surprised by Nie Kong’s action.

"It’s just a useless rock now." Lou Kong smiled; an Illusion Crystal without a Spirit Soul was indeed no different from waste. Throwing it away might allow a new 'Spirit Soul Illusion Crystal' to spontaneously generate after millennia.

Then, Nie Kong smiled again and said, "Xiangxiang, come out so everyone can see you."

As soon as the words fell, the little fellow scurried out of the Spirit Aperture; its energy was fully restored after merging with the Dharma Manifestation. Noticing that Tai Yan, Qing You, and Lan Ling were all watching it, the little guy proudly rotated its blossom-like center. With a twist of its body, the dark-red Dharma Manifestation shimmered into existence out of thin air.

With another twist, the manifestation vanished.

Watching the little creature separate and merge with its manifestation several times, Tai Yan and the others couldn't help but marvel.

Their praise was like an aphrodisiac to the little one. Its body spun rapidly, and the Purple Illusionary Spirit Scent actually integrated itself into the Dharma Manifestation.

The next second, the small tree, only two or three inches high, grew into a massive tree tens of meters tall, resembling a razor-sharp giant sword, with dark-red sword light piercing straight into the heavens. Immediately, the tree trunk trembled violently, its branches spread obliquely, and the dense foliage surged and fluctuated like a tide, casting a blood-red pall over the God-Devouring Flower.

"Boom!"

The Dharma Manifestation suddenly exploded. Leaves rained down like blooming blood-flowers, stirring up countless ripples. Dozens of continental fragments suspended above were all affected, disintegrating into fine dust.

Seeing this spectacle, Tai Yan and the others were quite astonished.

"Mountain of Blood and Sea!"

Nie Kong softly exclaimed, looking at the churning blood-waves above with disbelief. After merging itself with the Dharma Manifestation, the little creature could actually deploy the skill it had comprehended during its previous advancement. Although it wasn't entirely practiced, and the power displayed was only about fifty percent, this was still an astonishing phenomenon.

The dark-red tree shadow dissipated, and the little creature returned to its original form, drifting down from the high altitude to land on a petal of the God-Devouring Flower, looking exceptionally proud.

A thought stirred in Nie Kong’s mind, and an intention was immediately transmitted to Xiangxiang. Thus, the rest of their journey became lively, filled with continuous, intense sounds.

Body merged with manifestation, tree as a weapon.

All sorts of skills were deployed by the little creature.

"Sea of Flowers Tide Quiet!" "Mirage of Bubbles!"

"Shadow of the Gods Lost!"

"........."

These skills were all comprehended by the little creature itself. Coupled with Nie Kong's dedicated guidance beside it, its coordination with the Dharma Manifestation became increasingly seamless...

Time flowed by like running water.

About two days later, a massive shadow appeared in Nie Kong and the others' line of sight. It was a vast landmass, floating high in the void, boundless and without end.

Divine Void Realm!

The moment he saw it, that term immediately sprang to Nie Kong’s mind. Tai Yan, Qing You, and Lan Ling couldn't help but cheer aloud.

However, they had clearly rejoiced too soon.

Seeing the mountain makes the horse tire out!

The Divine Void Realm was seemingly within reach, as if one could touch it with an outstretched hand, yet even moving forward tirelessly, the distance between Nie Kong and the Divine Void Realm appeared to have shrunk not at all. Instead, the spiritual energy elements ahead grew denser, and the suspended continental fragments became increasingly colossal.

Fragments within a thousand meters were everywhere, and occasionally, continental shards with a diameter of ten thousand meters could be glimpsed.

As the fragments grew larger, the Illusionary Spirit Masters Nie Kong and the others encountered also gradually increased.

But the cultivation levels of most of those people were inferior to those like Luo Yong and Lu Chen encountered initially. Upon spotting the enormous body of the God-Devouring Flower, they would flee far away in terror. Even when a few Ninth-Tier Illusionary Spirit Masters appeared occasionally, sensing the auras of both the God-Devouring Flower and Qing You, they dared not provoke Nie Kong.

Nie Kong was eager to reach the Divine Void Realm, so he naturally had no interest in them either.

Along the way, besides instructing Xiangxiang on coordinating with the Dharma Manifestation, Nie Kong was silently calculating the time. By his reckoning, quite some time had passed since Kou Xilai and the others had left the Heavenly Spirit Continent. If they managed to re-establish contact with those Spirit Gods from the 'Supreme Spirit Realm,' it would spell tremendous trouble for Nie Kong.

Approximately three more days passed, and the landmass, stretching beyond sight, finally became clearly visible.

Nie Kong felt a surge of joy in his heart. He gave the order: Qing You retreated into the Spirit Severing Jade Bottle, and Lan Ling hid within the Beast Token. The 'Spirit Rhyme Battle Robe' on his body also turned blue, and even the features on his face began to undergo subtle changes. In an instant, Nie Kong transformed into a sturdy man of about thirty, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a robust physique.

This was all thanks to that 'Sea God Pearl.'

Being able to control the Sea God Pearl allowed him to change his appearance and form as freely as a fish hearing thunder. Many Illusionary Spirit Masters had seen Nie Kong’s group these past few days. News about Qing You and Lan Ling would certainly have spread. Two such powerful spiritual beings could easily attract the covetous eyes of some experts. Changing his appearance would avoid many entanglements.

After examining himself from head to toe, Lou Kong shot forward like a bolt of lightning, completely abandoning any pretense of concealing the aura of the Dharma Manifestation within his body.

If others saw it, they would only take him for an orthodox Illusionary Spirit Master.

"Whoosh!" Nie Kong's speed increased, like a cannonball leaving the barrel, rushing onto the landmass ahead.

The moment his body crossed the edge of the landmass, the void around Nie Kong rippled, as if he had just traversed an invisible barrier. Instantly, an incomparably dense influx of world spiritual energy washed over him.

His feet touched the ground, but Nie Kong couldn't help but freeze.

"What dense spiritual energy elements." A faint red shadow flashed, and Tai Yan appeared beside Nie Kong, her beautiful, watery eyes filled with astonishment.

"As expected of the Divine Void Realm!" Nie Kong snapped back to his senses, letting out a long breath. The concentration of spiritual energy elements here was at least ten times that of the Heavenly Spirit Continent, comparable to those 'Spirit Cultivation Realms.' And this was only the periphery of the Divine Void Realm; the concentration in the central area could only be higher.

From the environment of the Divine Void Realm alone, one could tell that the cultivation speed of Illusionary Spirit Masters surpassed that of Spirit Masters by tenfold.

The Divine Void Realm was truly a sacred land for cultivation!

The 'Divine Void Records' had also mentioned that this land was filled with formidable experts. Nie Kong hadn't taken this seriously before, but now, the extremely dense spiritual energy surrounding him gave him a more tangible feeling: the number of Ninth-Tier Illusionary Spirit Masters here might indeed be a hundred times that of the Heavenly Spirit Masters.

Unconsciously, Nie Kong developed a greater wariness toward this unfamiliar world.

Soon, Nie Kong composed himself and surveyed the surrounding environment. Before him lay a vast, boundless grassland, with no mountains visible as far as the eye could see.

"I need to hurry! Tai Yan, keep an eye on the surroundings."

Nie Kong instructed Tai Yan, then sat cross-legged and retrieved a piece of ancient jade from his pet backpack. This jade sealed the aura of Kou Xilai. After the sect-founding ceremony, various factions had swept through the Spirit God Hall and obtained some items Kou Xilai had used; they all ended up in Nie Kong's hands.

He had collected all the aura traces of Kou Xilai adhering to those items and sealed them into this piece of ancient jade, enough for Nie Kong to deploy the 'Blood Shadow Dharma Manifestation' three times.

After extracting a portion of the aura from the ancient jade, Nie Kong cut his fingertip and forced out a drop of blood, meticulously enveloping the small cluster of aura with it. Divine power simultaneously seeped into the core. Gradually, wisps of faint light burst out from the blood sphere, continuously condensing, twisting, and transforming, ultimately sketching out a distinct human figure.

It was precisely Kou Xilai!