goodnovel Chapter 1855 The Essence Pool of Myriad Realms
Chapter 1855 The Essence Pool of Myriad Realms
After about an hour, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
This is a space so vast it's unimaginable.
There was no end in sight, only an endless stream of murky, yellowish-green liquid slowly churning.
These liquids are the aggregates of the laws of digestion.
Each drop contains terrifying power enough to corrode the foundation of a Golden Immortal.
Countless laws arise and perish within it.
And in this sea of gastric juices, countless islands of all sizes float.
Upon closer inspection, those islands turned out to be fragments of an interface that had not yet been fully digested!
Some even have ruins of dilapidated palaces.
Most impressively, three enormous islands can be vaguely seen in the far distance.
A piece entirely crimson, burning with an inextinguishable flame, was a core fragment of a certain fire-elemental realm.
A piece of black material, radiating profound gravitational fluctuations, was the remnant of a world with abnormal gravity.
One piece displays a seven-colored, glazed hue, with countless Dao runes flowing within it. It is the essence preserved after a certain vast world with exceptionally sound laws was swallowed up.
“This… is Tianlong’s stomach.” Zhang Xuan took a deep breath.
Even with his Golden Immortal-like composure, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Just how many worlds did it devour in its lifetime?"
Jiao'er's icy blue eyes reflected this apocalyptic scene: "The Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon is a supreme being of the Holy Ancient who existed tens of millions of years ago. It is not surprising that it devours all worlds as food. I just didn't expect... even after experiencing two great calamities, its stomach still retains so much remnant of the great worlds."
The two hovered above the sea of gastric juices, carefully avoiding the surging waves of laws.
“We need to find the essence.” Zhang Xuan’s gaze swept across the space. “The function of the digestive system is to break down food and extract nutrients, so where are those extracted nutrients stored?”
Jiao'er pondered for a moment: "Below the stomach is the small intestine, which is responsible for absorption, but this is a secret realm formed from the remains, so the structure may be incomplete, or the absorption function may be integrated into this stomach sac."
She pointed to the floating fragments of the world: "Look, those fragments are being slowly broken down by gastric juices, and the essential substances that are being extracted seem to be drawn in a certain direction."
Zhang Xuan looked in the direction she pointed.
Sure enough, as each fragment of the world was corroded by the gastric juices, strands of light of various colors were peeled off and drifted toward a specific location in the stomach space.
That location is at the bottom of this space.
"Let's go down and take a look."
The two descended carefully.
The deeper you go, the higher the concentration of gastric juice, and the stronger the corrosiveness of the avenue.
Down below, even the Golden Immortal Dao Domain began to emit a "sizzling" sound.
Zhang Xuan had no choice but to keep the ferry running to convert this corrosive energy.
Jiao'er continuously released the Daoist essence of Ice Soul, forming a layer of eternal ice armor on her body.
Finally, after descending countless zhang (approximately 33,000 meters), they arrived at the bottom of the stomach.
The sight here once again exceeded their expectations.
The bottom of the stomach is composed of countless tiny tubes.
These pipes are translucent amber in color, with various colored light flowing inside.
It is the essence extracted from the fragments of the world above.
Crimson fire elemental essence, jet-black gravity core, seven-colored essence of all laws...
There are also many more strange energies whose properties are difficult to identify, all of which converge and are purified here.
At the confluence of all the pipes was a huge pool.
The things in the pond cannot be described by a single color.
Its colors change constantly, sometimes golden like the dawn, sometimes deep blue like the starry sky, and sometimes gray like chaos.
Countless Dao runes rose and fell in the pool, then vanished.
It exudes the supreme Taoist charm of the unity of all things.
Just standing by the pool, Zhang Xuan felt his Great Dao Ferry operate at a speed three points faster, and his understanding of the sixteen Great Daos deepened.
Jiao'er also benefited greatly; the Dao patterns on the Ice Soul Ferry became clearer and more profound.
"This is... the Essence Pool of Myriad Realms." Zhang Xuan's voice was tinged with excitement. "The purest primordial substance extracted from the stomach of the Heavenly Dragon after it devoured myriad realms!"
The Essence Pool of All Realms!
In the myriad realms of the present day, the Essence Pool of Myriad Realms exists almost exclusively in legends.
The pool before us has been consumed over countless epochs, and the remaining amount is less than one ten-thousandth of its peak, but its total amount is still astonishing!
"Husband, look at the pond." Jiao'er suddenly pointed to the center of the pond.
In the center of that ever-changing pool of essence, three items stood out conspicuously.
The first item was a fist-sized crystal, as clear and lustrous as amber.
It floats quietly in the center of the pool, its interior seemingly sealing a miniature starry sky, where billions of stars are born, die, and flow.
Even through the pool of water, Zhang Xuan could feel the immense power of space and time contained within it.
"Could this be... the crystallized essence of spacetime extracted by the Heavenly Dragon after it devoured a great realm of spacetime?" Zhang Xuan guessed.
The second thing is a flame that constantly changes shape.
It has no fixed color, constantly switching between red, orange, gold, white, and purple, exuding an ultimate Taoist charm that burns away all laws.
“This is the True Fire of Myriad Laws, which can burn away all impurities of the laws, leaving only the purest true meaning of the Great Dao.” Jiao’er recognized it. “It has a counteracting effect on my Ice Soul Great Dao, but it is an excellent tonic for your Chaos Great Dao, my husband.”
The third one is the most peculiar.
It looks like a seed, with natural patterns on its surface, exuding an extremely rich vitality.
But this vitality is different from ordinary life force; it is a kind of creation origin.
"This is... a ninth-tier spirit seed?" Zhang Xuan exclaimed in surprise.
This ninth-tier spirit seed is indeed extraordinary; even the Heavenly Dragon couldn't digest it.
If any one of these three treasures were to fall into the wrong hands, it would be enough to make even a Golden Immortal fight to the death.
Now, they float quietly in the pool of essence, waiting for their destined owner.
However, neither Zhang Xuan nor Jiao'er acted rashly.
Because at the bottom of that essence pool, lurked a figure that made their hearts tremble.
It has a dragon-like shape, but its body is longer and more slender.
It has no scales and its entire body is yellowish-green, similar to gastric juice, and semi-transparent, allowing you to see the digestive processes flowing inside.
The most peculiar thing is that it has no eyes; its entire head is just a mouth.
At this moment, the monster was coiled at the bottom of the essence pool, its huge mouth facing the surface of the pool. With each breath, it absorbed the essence energy dissipating from the pool into its body and exhaled even purer Daoist rhymes.
With each breath, the entire stomach cavity vibrates slightly.
"This is... a stomach worm?" Jiao'er recalled a record in an ancient book from the Desolate Era, "Legend has it that a kind of companion creature will naturally grow in the body of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon, which is specifically responsible for cleaning the stomach sac."
"They feed on the undigested remnants of the world and can extract the essence of all realms."
Zhang Xuan's expression was solemn: "The aura of this stomach worm... is comparable to that of a late-stage Golden Immortal, and in this home environment, it can unleash twelve percent of its strength."
Late-stage Golden Immortal!
Still in Tianlong Stomach, their home turf!