The Congyun Sea.
The place where the azure wind trapped the sword.
The chubby youth Ye Feipeng narrowed his eyes, gazing up at the hidden location in midair, hesitation flickering across his face.
Even though the blue water droplet at his chest pulsed continuously, seemingly urging him forward, Ye Feipeng felt his courage wavering as the moment arrived.
"The Heaven Fiend Sword sounds terrifyingly powerful. That means it must be extraordinarily perilous in there...
"The situation is unclear. Even if I have the Vast Sea Pearl to protect me, it can't guarantee absolute safety.
"If I die again this time, I might really be dead for good."
His expression shifted between doubt and fear, thoroughly torn.
After dallying for a long while, lingering any longer risked drawing the attention of passing cultivators.
Only then did Ye Feipeng shut his eyes, grit his teeth, and fly straight inside.
A dreamy blue light surfaced around him right on cue. Aided by the Congyun Sea, he successfully breached that strange space a moment later.
The azure, translucent figure stood in utter stillness.
Cradled in its hand was a cage woven of azure radiance.
The pitch-black hilt of the Heaven Fiend Sword slammed against it repeatedly like an entrapped, savage beast, struggling to break free.
"This is..."
Ye Feipeng's gaze lingered on the Heaven Fiend sword hilt for a brief moment before turning uncontrollably toward the azure wind.
"An anima of Heaven and Earth?!"
The chubby youth's eyes turned bloodshot in an instant, his face contorting into a ferocious grimace.
If not for the blue light suffusing his body keeping a shred of his sanity intact, he would have lunged recklessly at the azure wind the very next second.
Summoning every ounce of strength, he forced his head down.
As Ye Feipeng gradually regained his senses, horror overtook his features. "An anima of Heaven and Earth... It's another anima of Heaven and Earth!
"That Heaven Fiend sword hilt can match It blow for blow, so it must be at the Dao Integration realm too.
"Two Dao Integration mighty beings...
"The slightest slip-up means dying and having my Dao extinguished.
"Dangerous, far too dangerous..."
Ye Feipeng's face grew deathly pale, his mind overwhelmed by sheer terror. He had completely lost any desire to observe and seek enlightenment.
With every second he lingered, the risk of perishing felt as though it were multiplying.
Having come to his senses, Ye Feipeng did not accomplish a thing, merely standing there dumbfounded.
Before long, he could no longer endure the dread gnawing at his heart and scurried out of the sword-trapping domain like an escaped convict.
Summoning every trick he possessed, he fled into the distance at breakneck speed.
He did not stop until the fear in his chest had fully dissipated.
Yet once he caught his breath, regret set in.
He wanted nothing more than to slap himself across the face, his expression fraught with indignation.
And so, he crept back.
Outside the mysterious space, Ye Feipeng paced hesitantly.
After mulling it over for a long while, the fatty arrived at a clear understanding of his own nature.
"Even if I charge back inside, under the might of two Dao Integration beings, there's no way I can calm my mind.
"Besides, it really is far too perilous in there.
"Still, an opportunity like this can't just be abandoned..."
Before long, Ye Feipeng's eyes lit up.
He recalled the wisps of azure light that had scattered and drifted down now and then during the clash between the azure wind and the sword hilt.
"Those azure motes seem to be the primal origin of the Congyun Sea's wind calamities.
"They are pure, primordial energy originating from an anima of Heaven and Earth.
"Having chased wind calamities for years, I know better than anyone how terrifying this vast cosmic power is.
"The wind calamities are all formed from these countless wisps of azure light.
"I might not be able to look directly upon two Dao Integration beings, but I should still be able to comprehend an opportunity from these motes of azure light.
"Some are strong, while others are weak. If all else fails, I can start with the weakest ones."
The more Ye Feipeng thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
After psyching himself up and bolstering his confidence, he plunged into the mysterious space once more.
This time, possessing self-awareness, Ye Feipeng used every shred of willpower to restrain himself from looking at the azure wind and the sword hilt.
Instead, he fixed his eyes entirely on the wisps of azure light that drifted down from time to time.
"Mm, that one seems a bit too strong. I wouldn't have the luck to enjoy it.
"Sigh, that one too. What a pity."
...
Just like that, Ye Feipeng watched wistfully as strand after strand of azure light vanished before his eyes.
Cautious to the core, the fatty would never make a move without complete confidence.
He waited patiently.
Within the mysterious space, the struggle between the azure wind and the Heaven Fiend sword hilt seemed eternal, as if it had lasted since time immemorial.
Even the passage of time appeared to have lost all meaning.
No one knew how long had passed before Ye Feipeng finally found a suitable target for the hunt.
A wisp of azure light that was visibly much dimmer drifted down slowly, descending toward parts unknown.
Cloaked in the blue light, Ye Feipeng trailed it quietly.
Leaving the mysterious space, he followed it all the way to the skies far above some unknown reach of the Congyun Sea.
The azure light slowly underwent a metamorphosis, the faint wails and roars of rising wind echoing around it.
Clouds gathered from all directions as immense energy quietly accumulated.
Watching all of this, Ye Feipeng could no longer hold back the greed in his eyes.
Wrapped in blue light, a sudden flash of insight struck his heart.
Opening his mouth wide, he gulped down the transforming wisp of azure light in a single swallow.
As the azure light entered his belly, his stomach twisted and convulsed violently, as if it might burst open at any moment.
Yet the fatty did not care in the slightest, feeling an almost post-meal drowsiness instead.
Squinting his eyes as if completely stuffed, he seemed ready to doze off at any second.
Inside the Heavenly Profound Mirror, Li Fan's thoughts paused slightly amid his bitter cultivation.
Splitting off a thread of attention, he peered through the Heaven-and-Earth perspective to observe Ye Feipeng closely.
Having swallowed the azure light, Ye Feipeng's cultivation—already at the late Qi Condensation stage—was soaring at an astonishing pace.
His originally pure-white providence was now touched by a wisp of sacred, pristine azure.
Moreover, as Ye Feipeng steadily digested the azure light's power, the azure hue deepened, gradually infusing the surrounding white.
"Stand in the path of the gale, and even a pig will take flight.
"The chubby youth didn't just catch the wind—he swallowed the whole gust down.
"I wonder how high he can soar on its tailwind this time.
"Destiny follows fortune; when one thing changes, everything changes..."
Li Fan watched Ye Feipeng in silence as the sun rose and the moon set.
In the blink of an eye, six days slipped by. The fatty's bulging belly finally shrank back down a fraction.
Ye Feipeng opened his eyes, a glint of azure light flashing across them before vanishing.
After examining the changes within his body, uncontrollable joy blossomed across his face.
The first thing he tested was his Wave-Treading Escape Technique.
With a flicker of his figure, he vanished from where he stood.
In just a few breaths, he had already fled to the edge of the horizon.
"At least twice as fast as my original speed!
"Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators won't even come close to catching me!
"Now, getting around will be much safer!
"What's more, I have a premonition that as my cultivation rises, my speed will increase even further.
"I can hardly imagine what astonishing heights it will reach by then."
Chapter 238