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Who had passed down this Nightmare Demon Pot through the ages? Whoever had crafted it must have been a truly extraordinary supreme being.
The power of the Heavenly Dao was continuously being drawn from his Soul Sea. Despite the vine supplying him with Heavenly Dao energy, Nie Li's Soul Sea was quickly being drained dry.
He was about to lose control over the two merging Dragon Blood Demon Spirits, yet giving up now was something Nie Li simply could not stomach.
He had to succeed!
He had already come this far!
Was he just going to fail like this?
Nie Li's consciousness frantically drove the Nightmare Demon Pot forward. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.
Perhaps he could glean something from the Nightmare Demon Pot itself.
Nie Li's consciousness slowly seeped into the Nightmare Demon Pot, and in an instant, everything around him underwent a wondrous transformation. He sensed that the Nightmare Demon Pot contained an immense space within, filled with Heavenly Dao power so vast it resembled a boundless ocean.
Even all the Heavenly Dao energy contained in the Saint Spirit Immortal Realm's spiritual eye was completely incomparable to this ocean.
His consciousness swept outward across the infinite expanse, making Nie Li feel utterly insignificant.
The power from those shattered Demon Spirits had all been absorbed into this space, yet for the Nightmare Demon Pot, the absorbed energy was like a single drop of water — not the slightest ripple could be raised.
However, the deep ocean-like power within the Nightmare Demon Pot lay perfectly still, as though frozen, as if it had remained in a state of deep slumber all along.
With his consciousness situated in this space, Nie Li calmly settled into a meditative posture and silently began cultivating the first chapter of the Heavenly Dao Divine Art. Streams of divine light flowed ceaselessly around his body, constantly evolving and transforming.
"The Dao between heaven and earth is ever-changing. Everything from my previous life and everything in this one have undergone tremendous shifts. This must be the 'Dao has no fixed form' state described in the Heavenly Dao Divine Art!"
Nie Li gained some wondrous insight, profoundly different from everything he had cultivated in his previous life.
With this realization, Nie Li felt his Soul Sea being torn apart again and again, wave after wave of excruciating pain crashing through him. His face turned pale and cold sweat poured down his brow. The intensity of this agony was something an ordinary person could never possibly imagine.
Most people in such a situation would have long since been unable to endure it — their minds would have shut down entirely. But Nie Li managed to maintain a sliver of clarity, continuously using the power of the Heavenly Dao to temper his Destiny Soul.
How could he let such a perfect opportunity slip by?
The trials he had faced during cultivation in his previous life had been far more perilous than this!
He continued tempering his Destiny Soul. Though the pain was excruciating, Nie Li remained perfectly calm.
He wove the Heavenly Dao power into countless thread-like strands, continuously strengthening his Destiny Soul. Then, with a soft pop, a crimson Destiny Soul materialized out of thin air.
He hadn't expected that this discovery would actually allow him to cross this threshold and successfully condense a Destiny Soul!
He had finally reached the One Destiny realm within the Heavenly Mandate realm!
But why was his Destiny Soul crimson?
Nie Li blinked in surprise. Ordinary Destiny Souls were colorless — including his in his previous life. Yet the Destiny Soul he had just condensed in this life was actually crimson?
However, Nie Li had no time to dwell on the color of his Destiny Soul.
Most people, after condensing their first Destiny Soul, would tend to relax and let their guard down, because the first condensation usually left their minds feeling as though they were about to split apart, leaving them with no mental energy to spare. As a result, their cultivation would stagnate at the most basic level of the One Destiny realm. What many failed to realize was that this moment was the most critical of all!
Nie Li furiously drove his Destiny Soul onward. The crimson soul continuously absorbed the power of the Heavenly Dao, growing larger and larger. After just a short while, it had expanded to roughly three times the size it had been at birth!
Sensing that the Destiny Soul had reached an appropriate level of strength — any further and it would crack — Nie Li finally let out a breath of relief, his entire body on the verge of collapse. But as he gazed at the crimson Destiny Soul burning quietly at the center of his Soul Sea, a faint smile touched his lips. Setting aside the unusual color for the moment, this single act of condensing his Destiny Soul had pushed him directly to the absolute peak of the One Destiny realm, saving him at least several months or even years of effort compared to others!