Chapter 0885: Breakthrough—Three Eras!

After the Illusory Light Gate subdued over twenty factions in the surrounding area, the entire universe region fell under its control!
At the order of the Ancestor of Illusory Light, all the forces that had submitted to it—such as the Azure Green Sect, Poison Essence Sect, Maple Cloud Family, and Nine Fiends Palace—sent their top experts out.
Instantly, dozens of forces launched a thorough search across this universe.
Each force was led by two or four experts from different eras; some were even led by five such experts.
“Search! Find them! Search carefully!”
“Lord Chi Rong said we must not let this person escape this universe region!”
“Finding this person will earn great rewards—the Holy Lord will bestow immense rewards!”
As these semi-saintly experts flew forward, they used their powerful divine senses to search the universe.
Unbeknownst to them, the Yellow Dragon, hidden inside the Heavenly Sacred Cauldron, was unaware of what was happening.
Sitting in the void of the Sacred Cauldron’s formation, the Yellow Dragon took out the divine bodies, spatial artifacts, and other treasures of Purple Dragon Dharma King and his three subordinates.
First, he opened all of Purple Dragon Dharma King’s and his subordinates’ spatial artifacts, extracting various innate divine objects, precious materials, artifacts, and spiritual veins.
“Good! So many innate divine objects—enough for me to refine ten more Supreme Divine Pills! All these artifacts are top-tier; once refined and integrated into the realms, they will make those realms even more solid!” The Yellow Dragon was overjoyed after seeing what was stored in the spatial artifacts of Purple Dragon Dharma King and his three subordinates.
Although the innate divine objects in those four people’s spatial artifacts weren’t as numerous as those in the Nine Heavens Treasury, they still accounted for half of it. Moreover, Purple Dragon Dharma King’s spatial artifacts contained over forty first-class spiritual veins!
The other three also had a total of nine!
Adding to the Yellow Dragon’s original eighty-plus spiritual veins, he now had over one hundred thirty first-class spiritual veins!
It could be said that the Yellow Dragon was now a true little tycoon.
“It’s a shame there are no king-class spiritual veins!” the Yellow Dragon lamented.
The more wealth a person has, the more they desire. Just as a stronger person wants to become even stronger, the same applied to the Yellow Dragon.
“These semi-saintly experts are indeed wealthy. If I keep killing them and seizing their spiritual veins and treasures, soon my wealth will rival that of some major forces in the great worlds,” the Yellow Dragon thought to himself.
Spiritual veins are hidden deep within the vast universe, making them hard to find. But during times of great cosmic upheaval, when the forces of the universe shake and space-time becomes unhidden, these concealed spiritual veins become visible.
Thus, during such times of upheaval, semi-saintly experts also collect cosmic spiritual veins and treasures.

It’s not surprising that even ordinary half-saints like these all possess spiritual veins in their spatial divine artifacts. Huang Long moved all the spiritual veins from the four people’s spatial divine artifacts and their innate divine objects into the space of the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron. Then he threw some of the top posterior divine artifacts into the Multiverse Divine Artifacts, devouring and refining them. “Next is the refinement process—merging the life force, essence, and laws of the Purple Dragon Dharma King and the other three!” Huang Long turned to look at their divine bodies. However, he chose to refine the three subordinates of the Purple Dragon Dharma King first, as the Purple Dragon Dharma King was a powerhouse from four eras, possessing extremely powerful life force, essence, and laws of the universe. Consuming and merging them would be too violent. After refining and merging those three half-saints from two eras, Huang Long would be able to reach the third era, and then merging the Purple Dragon Dharma King’s divine body would no longer pose any problems. Immediately afterward, Huang Long activated the more than 60,000 arrays of the Sacred Cauldron. The divine bodies of those three half-saints from two eras continuously emitted streams of brilliant light, which Huang Long absorbed into his body. These lights transformed into pure forces, refining Huang Long’s physical body, while the laws of the universe continuously merged into his sea of soul, increasing the number of such laws and strengthening his soul power. Ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, thirty thousand years! Huang Long’s physical body grew stronger, and his soul power continued to rise. Finally, when the power accumulated in his physical body and sea of soul reached its peak, suddenly, a massive explosion occurred—as if a floodgate had opened. Sensing the laws of the universe, pillars of lightning filled with destructive power surged from the void toward Huang Long. At that moment, his Multiverse Divine Artifacts flew out, and the roots of the World Tree, made of white jade, reached out to those lightning pillars, drawing in their destructive power and converting it into gentle, pure forces that merged back into Huang Long’s body. After absorbing this power, his physical body and sea of soul underwent a complete transformation. With a resonant hum, the spatial currents around him surged, and streams of colorful light burst forth from within Huang Long’s body. Yet his physical body and sea of soul continued to improve, stopping only when he reached the peak of the early third era. “Three half-saints—their life force, essence, and laws of the universe are indeed rich. This absorption not only allowed me to break through three eras but also reach the peak of the early third era!” Huang Long was secretly delighted. Reaching the peak of the early third era meant his strength had doubled again compared to the peak of the late second era. After a while, Huang Long suppressed his joy and stared at the Purple Dragon Dharma King’s divine body, his eyes burning with intensity.

The divine bodies of those four era’s Half-Saints—their essence, vital energy, and laws of the universe are absolutely several times stronger than those of these three Half-Saints!
At present, the Yellow Dragon continued to refine the Purple Dragon Dharma King, devouring its essence, vital energy, and laws of the universe.
Mid-stage of three eras!
The peak of mid-stage of three eras!
As time passed, the Yellow Dragon’s strength kept rising.
Another hundred thousand years passed.
The Yellow Dragon sat cross-legged in the void of the Sacred Cauldron Formation, seeing colorful cloud seas flowing everywhere.
The cloud seas churned, as if giving birth to a formidable existence.
One day, the Yellow Dragon opened its eyes, and two streams of colorful golden light shot out, bursting through the Sacred Cauldron into the universe, creating two massive waves of energy.
Reaching one billion miles!
“I’ve finally broken through to the late stage of three eras!” the Yellow Dragon stood up, delighted.
After devouring the Purple Dragon Dharma King, the Yellow Dragon had just reached the late stage of three eras, with a strength that was worlds apart from that at the peak of two eras.
“Now, even without the Chaos Bell or the Sacred Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, I can fight that Purple Dragon Dharma King!” the Yellow Dragon thought, feeling the formidable power within him.
Although the Yellow Dragon was only at the late stage of three eras, thanks to the power of the World Tree, his physical strength and defense were comparable to those of a Four-Era powerhouse!
Without the Chaos Bell or the Sacred Cauldron, he could still fight the Purple Dragon Dharma King; if he used both divine artifacts, he could kill it instantly! The Yellow Dragon had a clear understanding of his own strength.
“Hm? Someone is flying rapidly this way—two Four-Era Half-Saints, and three Three-Era Half-Saints, five in total!” The Yellow Dragon’s divine eyes looked through the Sacred Cauldron toward the universe.
The disturbance caused by the Yellow Dragon’s breakthrough had attracted the attention of the powerful beings from the Illusion Light Gate.