As the manifestations of heavenly rules appeared in the sky above Black Wind Mountain, the two closest major demon race sacred grounds immediately sensed them.
Almost instantly, great demons set out from both places, heading towards the Phoenix Cry Mountain demon domain to investigate.
These two major demon race sacred grounds were Mount Juling and Moon Gazing Valley.
If the Fire Phoenix Palace had not yet sealed itself, these two sacred grounds naturally would not have dared to act rashly.
But now things were different. With the Fire Phoenix Palace sealed, it meant that the terrifying demon saint king, Fire Phoenix, would not easily intervene. This naturally emboldened some of the great demons.
Mo Fan, of course, knew nothing of this.
At this moment, he was enveloped in boundless purple qi, while specks of golden light entered his brow, leaving him deeply astonished.
These golden specks, resembling starlight, were precisely what the auspicious phenomena in the sky had transformed into.
Initially, the phenomena turned into golden characters. Later, those characters all became golden starlight, then poured en masse into Mo Fan’s brow.
Mo Fan did not know what these golden specks were. He only knew that once they entered his brow, his sea of consciousness instantly turned golden, though he had no idea what their actual effect was.
Compared to these golden specks, what delighted him most was the vast and majestic purple qi rolling towards him.
Endless purple qi sprinkled from the sky, bathing the entire Black Wind Mountain in it. The mountain seemed to come alive, beginning a terrifying expansion, growing infinitely taller and larger.
At the same time, Mo Fan’s cultivation actually increased somewhat, and the rate of growth was astonishing.
He estimated that, at this pace, within the time it takes to burn one stick of incense, he would break through to the peak of the King Realm.
However, Mo Fan’s expression soon darkened, because the coin in his sea of consciousness had awakened at this moment and was greedily devouring the endless purple qi flowing into his body.
“Bloody hell!”
“Grandpa Coin, why have you popped up again!”
“Why is it that every time this king gets something good, you come out to fight me for it? This is too much!”
“No, slow down. At least leave some for this king!”
Knowing full well the capabilities of the coin, Mo Fan understood how terrifying its energy absorption was. This immediately left him furious.
Though angry, Mo Fan was still inwardly amazed. This was the first time he had seen the coin actively absorb energy other than the five elements spiritual force.
Yet this also proved how extraordinary the purple qi was.
What puzzled Mo Fan, however, was that the purple qi seemed impossible to capture actively. He had tried using his Heaven Swallowing Divine Ability to seize it, but to no avail. It could only be absorbed when it entered his body of its own accord.
Though he could not understand what was happening, Mo Fan was comforted by the discovery that the purple qi surrounding him was the densest.
At this time, almost the entire Black Wind Mountain was immersed in pale purple misty light. Mo Fan could see purple qi enveloping the lesser demons in the distance, and even the birds circling endlessly in the sky had purple qi upon them.
He looked at You Er before him and similarly found the fellow bathed in purple qi, though it was utterly incomparable to his own.
If the purple qi on You Er and the other demons was like sparks, then the purple qi on Mo Fan was a blazing torch.
Soon, however, Mo Fan’s gaze sharpened, because he noticed that a large portion of the purple qi in the sky was just as dense as around him, or even more so. It formed a pillar of purple light shooting downward towards an area outside Black Wind Mountain.
“That is… the Demon Academy!”
Mo Fan immediately recognised the location, his face revealing surprise. Then, as if something occurred to him, the image of Fang Ru involuntarily appeared in his mind.
But soon Mo Fan shook his head.
After all, Fang Ru was merely an ordinary mortal without even a spiritual root. How could she attract such dense purple qi?
Mo Fan had long examined Fang Ru’s constitution. She had no spiritual root at all and fundamentally could not cultivate.
But if it was not Fang Ru, then who could it be?
Could it be Bai Yi?
As Mo Fan pondered, a graceful figure suddenly appeared in his sight.
The figure wore pale green robes and slowly rose from within the pillar of purple qi. Her full head of dark hair danced in the gentle breeze, making her appear like a celestial immortal.
“Good heavens! Isn’t that Teacher Fang from the Demon Academy?”
From beside him came You Er’s astonished exclamation. He too had now seen the figure ascending in the dense purple qi. Then, with a puzzled expression, he added, “Wait, no! Great King, isn’t Teacher Fang an ordinary mortal without a spiritual root? How is she flying?”
“You ask me, who do I ask?”
Mo Fan replied irritably. He then used his divine sense to probe the aura on Fang Ru and was shocked to discover that a Core Formation stage aura had actually emerged from her.
In truth, Mo Fan genuinely had no idea what was going on. He could be absolutely certain that Fang Ru had never cultivated before, yet the fact that she was floating in the air was undeniable. This was something only achievable at the Core Formation stage or King Realm.
As Fang Ru gradually ascended, she became the focus of every demon cultivator on Black Wind Mountain for a time.
Though curious, Mo Fan saw that the purple qi had not yet fully dispersed. He could only restrain his impatience, planning to ask Fang Ru about it once the purple qi completely vanished.
But soon he made an even more shocking discovery.
Black Wind Mountain had actually grown larger.
Mo Fan immediately extended his divine sense to cover the entire mountain and found that it was now more than ten times larger than before.
And it was still expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Could this also be an effect of the purple qi?”
“What on earth is this stuff? So miraculous!”
Mo Fan took a deep breath to suppress his shock, but soon excitement took over.
He had originally been worried that Black Wind Mountain had too many demons and would soon be unable to accommodate them all. But after this event, such concerns were clearly no longer an issue.
As time passed, all the birds circling above Black Wind Mountain actually gained spiritual intelligence and successively transformed into demons. However, immersed in the fortune brought by the purple qi, they made no noise and continued to circle joyfully in the sky.
At the same time, many demon cultivators on Black Wind Mountain also underwent changes. Numerous lesser demons broke through consecutively under the envelopment of purple qi, while some with missing limbs discovered to their delight that their limbs had regenerated.
Even that fellow You Er broke through right in front of Mo Fan, advancing from early Core Formation to mid-stage, leaving him ecstatic.
Finally, the purple qi gradually dispersed into the air. Mo Fan, however, wore a bitter expression, because he had gained nothing. His cultivation had merely increased significantly, yet he was still far from the peak of the King Realm.
The only consolation was that the third intricate character on the coin in his sea of consciousness had finally lit up.
Since beginning cultivation, the coin had absorbed external energy three times.
The first was at the Immortal Fall Grounds of the monkey clan, absorbing the five elements spiritual force from a supreme spirit stone. It was then that Mo Fan discovered the first intricate character on the coin had lit up.
The second was in the Nirvana Pool of the Fire Phoenix Palace, again absorbing five elements power from a supreme spirit stone, lighting the second intricate character.
And this was the third.
When the purple qi completely vanished, Mo Fan immediately turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from his spot.
When he reappeared, he was already near Fang Ru.
At this moment, Fang Ru had her eyes slightly closed, floating in the air.
Seeming to sense Mo Fan’s aura, she slowly opened her eyes and said somewhat uncertainly, “It seems I have also stepped onto the path of cultivation?”
“…”
Mo Fan was speechless.
Stepped onto the path of cultivation?
You have ascended to the heavens in a single bound, alright?
