The Story Never Ends

He first took out a spirit ring embedded with a circular gemstone where the image of a Golden Lion could be seen.

"As an alchemist, Antonella should be quite wealthy." He broke the restriction inside and scanned its contents.

"Humm, only five Soul Qi Refining pills. But they should be enough." After wiping out the whole quarry and Antonella, he was already at his limits. He just needed a slight push.

So, without wasting any time, he gobbled them all up. Waves of energy leaked out from his body and his aura slowly became stronger. To not alarm others, he calmed himself down and withdrew it.

"I have reached Level 37.." He grinned in satisfaction as he glanced at the ring.

"I have come a long way. I still remember being scared to take away the spirit rings from Qi refining disciples in fear of getting caught. Now I am here fiddling with a ring of someone belonging to a terrifying tribe that even the Thunderbolt Sect cannot match up to."

"Nonetheless, the contents inside this ring were not so satisfactory. Even though there are lots of pills, they are useless to me. It seems like the Soul Qi Refining Pills are rare here too. Especially in this small city." He thought.

He then put aside the ring and finally took out the spirit vein with a solemn look on his face. The moment it was taken out, the aura of heavens and earth in the surroundings immediately increased in a considerable amount.

"Actually, I planned to sprout it here so that I could have a stable supply of spirit stones for many years. But the present circumstances made me change my mind. I really need strength." He decided to absorb it all using his Heavenly Body.

"Although it is a great waste to do so, I have no other choice. The Golden Lion Tribe will definitely be coming for me." Spirit veins are formed from the gathering of the purest aura of heavens and earth by luck. This aura leaked by them causes the terrain to transform.

The nearby stones and rocks change into spirit stones, the plants change into spiritual plants, the water changes into spiritual water, and many treasures of heavens and earth are formed in this way. These all are valuable for a cultivator.

Furthermore, the spirit veins sustain and grow themselves by absorbing nutrients and energy from the ground like normal roots of a plant. Thus, they last for thousands of years if there were no problems. This is also the reason why the sects establish themselves above them. The same goes for the tribes in the Demon Beast World.

"Perhaps it might not be a waste to consume it. I get very few experience points when swallowing spirit stones. This might be because they are stones from the beginning. They contain impurities. Due to this, the cultivators always absorbed them by refining it first." Davion's brain worked rapidly and his mouth curved into a smile.

"But a spirit vein is different. They contain no such impurities." He comforted himself. However, deep down he knew that having an endless supply of spirit stones was always better than what he was doing now.

"Heavenly Body"

His body grew thrice in size, and his mouth became big enough to devour it whole.

"Hehe, am I going to be the first person to try this?" The aura inside a spirit vein is too huge for anybody to even think of absorbing it. He was sure that it was also impossible for the Venerable Experts.

"Even though this vein isn't the biggest one when compared to the ones the big sects possess, it is not something one can scoff at. Besides, my heavenly body would definitely crumble with the excessive energy. I can only think of doing so because of my panel." He lifted it up and sucked it at once.

The spirit vein melted in a couple of seconds after entering his body and his body became flooded with energy. His muscles, bones, blood, heart, and every part of his body devoured it crazily.

"Haha, my experience points are sky-rocketing." Davion laughed out loudly. But his laughter abruptly paused as a severe pain spread throughout his body.

"Ahh-"

"My body can't keep up with the rate at which the experience points are increasing. My panel is converting the energy into points as fast as it can but it's too slow. At this rate, my body will certainly break apart first due to excessive energy." He clutched his chest and began sweating all over.

"Not only that, but my devil seed is misbehaving. The huge influx of this pure essence has already reached inside my Dantian and my devil seed is getting overpowered." He couldn't believe something like this would happen.

Devil essence and the energy of this world are of two different types. They can never coexist in a single body. Nonetheless, with the help of his golden finger, Davion was able to do so. Every time he leveled up, his devil essence and his spiritual energy both would become stronger mutually. But at the present, this was not the case.

This foreign Qi was completely overwhelming his devil essence. If he didn't do anything, it would simply explode.

"Damn, I can let this happen. Although I haven't used my devil essence, I need it for the future. There is something I have to do." He cursed, and he dashed out of the castle in a hurry.

He then came to the edge of the place and didn't hold back anymore. His body inflated like a balloon and became a giant of about 200 feet tall. He finally felt a bit better in this state.

"I should be able to hold on for a while. The experience is about to be filled up." Davion closed his eyes and focused on his soul.

His gigantic soul appeared infront of the devil seed and tried to protect it with his body. He clasped his hand, and a circular barrier was formed with his energy.

"This would be able to buy me some time." While he was thinking, his experience bar filled up and he became level 38 in the blink of an eye.

A vigorous aura was emitted from him and his body increased a few feet again. Despite this, he didn't withdraw it as he felt good letting it go. Moreover, his devil seed became stronger too. This caused him to sigh in relief.

"I just need to hold on." He set his sights on his experience points that were still shooting up and let go of his other thoughts. However, this was just his wishful thinking. The same pain repeated once more.

"Fuck." He opened his spirit ring and threw all the pills he had including the devil pills he hadn't used into his mouth. He didn't care whether they were at Nascent Soul Stage or the Qi Refining Stage.

"Is this what it means every single penny counts?" The devil pills stabilized his devil seed, and the other pills boosted his experience points, speeding up his process.

***

"What is happening to master?" Joanna, who was cultivating inside the hidden room became worried. She had long sensed his powerful aura being released continuously. Besides, it was getting stronger every second.

"If this was the only thing happening, then it would be fine. But he is crying out loudly in pain and punching the ground like he is suffering. Should I go and check?" She made up her mind.

The moment she left the castle, her eyes suddenly became blind.

"What's that?" A faint golden pillar of light emerged from ahead and went straight to the sky. Since this place is not real-world and the sky is way below like a dome covering the place, the light reflected and shined everywhere.

Along with it, a heavy and dominating aura enveloped her whole body. The pressure was so huge that she fell down on the ground.

"This is definitely the master's energy. It feels completely different. It's like a king; majestic and unparalleled. Even that old elder is far from being comparable. Has he reached the Domain Realm?" She swallowed the saliva in her mouth while gazing ahead with envy. But she still couldn't see him due to the light.

***

"Is this the qualitative change Level 40 brought me?" A thousand feet tall giant having long red hair was standing while carefully observing his body. He had fine-tuned shiny muscles, and the weird tattoo was still there.

But the tattoo was lit up and blood-colored flames were covering his whole right arm. It seemed like the tattoo had finished charging and he could go home at once if he wanted.

"Hehe, with this newfound power, how can I leave this early? I really want to stay here. It would be even better if the Golden Lion Tribe came after me." He was confident in himself.

He then snapped his fingers and a faint golden aura appeared above his index finger. "The thing that surprised me the most is my spiritual energy."