"What should I do first?"
"The first step is to strengthen your physical body. This
"Oh." Nie Li nodded, preparing to jump into the pool.
"Take your clothes off," Yu Yan said calmly.
Nie Li felt a bit awkward. He had never undressed in front of a woman other than
Hearing Nie Li's words, Yu Yan raised an eyebrow. How did this kid's mind work? She was a goddess who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. Why would she peek at some little brat like Nie Li? And even if she did, so what? Was there anything she hadn't seen? If she wanted to look, what good were clothes on Nie Li?
"I won't look, alright!" Yu Yan said flatly. Although Yu Yan still retained the personality she had as a human and could still get excited about certain things, ordinary matters could no longer stir her emotions.
Nie Li then remembered that he still had a child's body. After thinking about it, he quickly stripped off his clothes in a few swift motions and jumped into the pool.
The Black Spring truly contained extraordinarily powerful energy. This force was even purer than Soul Power. Such pristine energy quickly made Nie Li feel a slight burning sensation on his skin. He immediately began circulating his Soul Sea, absorbing this force.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Soul Sea continuously drew in this energy. Once Nie Li started circulating his Soul Sea, the burning sensation on his skin immediately eased considerably. After absorbing some of this force, a portion sank deep into the Soul Sea before disappearing altogether. Nie Li's Soul Sea was like a bottomless black hole — after so much energy was absorbed into it, not a single ripple appeared. Another portion of the force continuously tempered Nie Li's physical body, nurturing his muscles and making them stronger.
Time passed quickly.
Nie Li gradually entered a state of complete immersion. The Black Spring was absolutely a treasure trove for cultivation. Nie Li could clearly feel his physical body growing stronger.
Yu Yan looked down at Nie Li. She had been a divine being for tens of thousands of years. Although her divine nature had shattered and was still in the process of reassembling, her discernment remained sharp. With just a single glance at an ordinary person, she could perceive many things — even read what they were thinking. But she was completely unable to see through Nie Li.
That was why, the moment she had met Nie Li, Yu Yan had been certain that his arrival here was arranged by the Time-Space Spirit God. She glanced at the corpses beside the Black Spring and let out a soft sigh. Immeasurably long years had passed since these retainers had escorted her remaining divine essence to this place. In all these tens of thousands of years, Nie Li was the only human she had seen.
Five minutes. Ten minutes...
After a long wait, Yu Yan still hadn't seen Nie Li come out of the Black Spring. In theory, an ordinary person wouldn't last even a minute. The force of the Laws in the Black Spring was so overwhelming that common folk simply couldn't endure it. She looked toward Nie Li and saw him soaking in the Black Spring, his face wearing an expression of pure enjoyment.
There wasn't the slightest hint of pain!
This child truly was a remarkable person, Yu Yan thought to herself. Nie Li had already shown his extraordinary nature. Should she bestow upon him an even greater fortune? That way, the Time-Space Spirit God's arrangement wouldn't be in vain.
Nie Li sensed that the vine inside him, nourished by this force of the Laws, was rapidly growing. It sprouted a second leaf, a third leaf... all the way until the fifth leaf, where it finally stopped. Nie Li felt that every time the vine in his Soul Sea grew a little more, his Soul Sea's capacity expanded greatly, and his Soul Power surged endlessly.
The essence of the Laws was actually Soul Power, only purer by several orders of magnitude.
Under the infusion of the Laws' force, the Soul Power in Nie Li's Soul Sea underwent a qualitative transformation. This method of cultivation was far faster than using things like Purple Spirit Stones before. Nie Li's cultivation soared rapidly.
He had just barely stepped into the Gold Three-Star level. Under normal circumstances, stabilizing his cultivation and then advancing to the Four-Star level would take at least half a month. But now, after absorbing a massive amount of the Laws' force, his cultivation had already reached the upper limit that Gold Three Stars could sustain.
His Soul Sea kept expanding until it touched that boundary. With the passage of time — boom! Like a stallion breaking free from its reins, his Soul Power surged wildly, surging through his limbs and meridians.
Nie Li hadn't expected that he would actually reach the Gold Four-Star level in such a short time. This force of the Laws really did have something special to it.
After reaching Gold Four Stars, his Soul Sea suddenly expanded several times over, and even more force of the Laws poured in.
The vine deep within his Soul Sea also absorbed the Laws' force voraciously as it continued to grow.
At first, the force of the Laws in the upper region of the Black Spring had been more than enough for Nie Li to absorb. But before long, the Laws' force in that area was no longer sufficient at all.
Watching Nie Li's behavior, Goddess Yu Yan was utterly stunned. The force of the Laws contained within this Black Spring was immense beyond belief. The amount of Laws' force that Nie Li had absorbed would have been enough to blow apart even a Black Gold or even a Legendary-level cultivator.
But Nie Li's cultivation was still only at the Gold level!