The tree ring returned to its original appearance, but Ning Cheng didn't plan to continue cultivating. After advancing to the Dao Essence Realm, he had almost exhausted all of his cultivation resources. Therefore, there wasn't much point in continuing to cultivate. From Dao Transformation Realm to Dao Essence Realm, he estimated that it took him nearly 200 years. Calculating the time outside, it would be four to five hours.
However, he didn't plan to go out right now. He wanted to see if he could find a tree branch with a tree ring. At the same time, he also wanted to see if he could reach the tree root with a tree ring in his Dao Essence Realm. The tree ring belonged to someone else. After going out, he would need the permission of that person to come back in.
Ning Cheng directly stepped into the 50th ring mark. Soon, he passed through the 50th ring mark and entered the 51st ring, 52nd ring …
The Time Dao Charm aura grew stronger and stronger. The passage of time was like a bone-scraping knife. Every time Ning Cheng took a step forward, the Dao Charm around him would be scraped by the passage of time. As for the bloody scars on his body, it was all because of the pain caused by the scraping of the Dao Charm.
Even after advancing to the Dao Essence Realm, Ning Cheng's Dao Heart couldn't withstand the increasingly terrifying Time Dao Charm scars.
At the 99th ring mark, Ning Cheng finally stopped. It wasn't that he didn't want to go further and step into the 100th ring mark, but he really couldn't move even a little bit.
The violent Time Dao Charm aura scraped against Ning Cheng's body. Ning Cheng had only experienced this kind of tearing pain when he experienced the mutation of his Sea of Consciousness.
The tree root of the tree ring seemed to be far away. It seemed that he had to go through countless ring marks to reach it, but it also seemed that he only needed to cross one ring mark to reach it.
Ning Cheng endured the bone-scraping pain and didn't retreat. It wasn't that he wanted to be cheap, but he saw a little cyan sprout not far in front of him. It was a cyan sprout. This green sprout was growing between the 99th and 100th wheel mark of the annual ring, and it looked extremely delicate.
The tree ring was transparent, and when Ning Cheng entered the tree ring for the second time, he saw a touch of cyan. But now, he saw a cyan sprout, which made him wonder if the cyan sprout he saw when he entered the tree ring was the same cyan sprout.
Even if Ning Cheng was stupid, he would be able to tell that this Green Sprout was definitely not something ordinary.
He couldn't get a tree branch with growth rings, but he definitely didn't want to let go of this sprout.
Although Ning Cheng was too eager to obtain this Green Sprout, although this Green Sprout was only a few feet away from him. These dozens of feet were like a heavenly chasm that was difficult for him to cross.
The bone-scraping Time Dao Rhyme was becoming more and more difficult for him to bear. Perhaps in the next second, he would be directly swept away. But he was really unwilling. He saw something he wanted, but he couldn't take it away. How could he be willing?
When he got out of here, he could ask Phoenix Li for a branch. In Ning Cheng's view, the possibility of Li Feng giving him the Tree Ring Branch was not high. Before he started cultivating, he gave Li Feng a bottle of Heavenly Pill of Qian Yuan. In this kind of situation, Li Feng did not say that she could help him as much as she wanted. How could he be sure that Li Feng would give him a twig with annual rings?
"Ka-cha" The bone-scraping blade marks of time finally cut through Ning Cheng's Dao Charm and penetrated through his skin and flesh, breaking one of his bones.
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath and crazily circulated his Spirit Essence. He then started to burn his Dao Charm.
The moment the Dao Charm started to burn, Ning Cheng brought out the Void Cold Light Spear. The Void Cold Light Spear slowly stabbed out.
A spear pattern appeared in the middle of the annual rings. This spear seemed to have pierced through the Dao Charm of time and was as fast as an arrow.
Time flew like an arrow, and the years flew like a shuttle.
Ning Cheng finally materialized the Time Dao Charm and used the Time Spirit Technique to blast open the horrifying flow of the Dao Charm of time.
The Void Cold Light Spear's spearhead emitted an aura of burning time, and the Time Dao Marks in front of Ning Cheng finally weakened. Ning Cheng took a step forward and raised his hand to pick up the cyan sapling.
An extreme sense of weakness washed over him, causing Ning Cheng to feel his cultivation rapidly retreating at this moment. He could no longer hold on for half a breath and started to retreat.
"Bang!" The Time Dao Charm pushed Ning Cheng from the edge of the intersection between the 99th and 100th rings to the 49th layer.
The road that he had walked for half a month seemed to have been sent back to him in just a breath.
Ning Cheng slumped to the ground and didn't have the time to look at the Void Cold Light Spear. Instead, he focused on the cyan sapling in his hand.
Vitality, Time, New Life, Vastness …
The little cyan sapling gave off an endless aura of Dao Charm. The more Ning Cheng looked at it, the more he liked it. He felt sure that this little bean sprout wasn't simple. His efforts were definitely worth it. He had picked up a treasure.
Carefully placing the cyan-coloured seedling into the Mysterious Yellow Bead, he then instructed Chasing Bull to take good care of it. Only then did Ning Cheng start to restore his vitality.
For this cyan sapling, he had burned his Dao Charm. If not for his Mysterious Yellow Formless being too powerful and his spirit essence reaching a terrifying level after advancing to the Dao Essence Realm, he wouldn't have dared to burn his Dao Charm. If he dared to burn his Dao Charm in the Time Scrape, his strength would have fallen from the Dao Essence of the second step of Dao Confirming to the Dao Transformation Realm.
After staying in the 49th ring for another year, Ning Cheng stood up and prepared to go out. A year's time was only a few days outside. Ning Cheng knew that even if he stayed here for another year, he wouldn't be able to fully recover.
The aftereffects of burning his Dao Charm were too great. Fortunately, he had a better place, the Dragon Cleansing Pool. After leaving the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan, the first place he wanted to go was the Dragon Cleansing Pool.
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"Pill Sage Ning, congratulations on reaching the Dao Essence Realm!" Ning Cheng had just walked out when Li Feng's warm congratulatory voice came over. Behind Li Feng, there were no longer just three people, but six or seven people. Jin Molong, Huo Bing, and Shao Mozi also followed.
Li Feng's words were warm, but his heart was in turmoil. He didn't think that Ning Cheng would successfully advance to the Dao Essence Holy Emperor Realm. Moreover, it only took him a little more than four years, less than five years. Even if Ning Cheng reached the 20th ring, four years outside was only less than a hundred years.
Even if Ning Cheng reached the 20th ring, he had never seen such a genius' cultivation speed. Of course, he didn't know that Ning Cheng cultivated in the 49th ring. He also didn't know that Ning Cheng had gone to the 99th ring. If he knew, he wouldn't have been able to go there himself.
However, he knew that Ning Cheng had taken away the Inheritance Tree Sapling from the ring. The Inheritance Tree Sapling had appeared when Ning Cheng cultivated last time, but he didn't have the opportunity to see it. This time, he took away Ning Cheng because the ring wanted to pass it on. Even if the ring wanted to pass it on, he had to take back the Inheritance Tree Sapling. It would be best if he didn't offend Ning Cheng.
The only thing that puzzled him or made him feel normal was that Ning Cheng's Dao Runes were slightly weak and messy. His face was also a little pale, and his aura didn't feel like that of a real Dao Essence Cultivator.
He didn't understand because Ning Cheng had reached the Dao Essence Realm. Even if he hadn't stabilized his cultivation, he shouldn't be like this. He felt that it was normal because he guessed that Ning Cheng had forcibly reached the Dao Essence Realm, which resulted in an unstable foundation. In this case, it was hard to say whether Ning Cheng's choice was right or wrong. This kind of unstable foundation didn't mean that the foundation had been destroyed. It could be restored with a lot of time.
Not only Li Feng, but the rest of the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan were also shocked by Ning Cheng's cultivation speed. He had advanced to the Dao Essence Realm after entering the ring. Fortunately, the ring wasn't Ning Cheng's. If it were Ning Cheng's, wouldn't his cultivation realm be much higher?
In fact, even if the ring belonged to Ning Cheng, his cultivation realm wouldn't have progressed that fast. The main Dao Rune in the ring was the Time Dao Rune. After Ning Cheng advanced to the Dao Essence Realm, he could only comprehend spirit techniques in the ring. It wasn't realistic to use the ring to advance to the Primordial Chaos Realm.
The difference between Primordial Chaos and Dao Essence was that Primordial Chaos had its first blight. A true Primordial Chaos expert had to experience the first Deva's Blight. The Time Dao Rune law of the ring was too powerful and restricted the other law dao runes between heaven and earth. The Primordial Chaos Realm was a comprehensive integration of heaven and earth's Dao Law.
Ning Cheng quickly said politely, "I can reach the Dao Essence Realm in such a short time thanks to Clan Head Li for letting me cultivate in the ring."
Li Feng politely said, "Since Alchemy Sage Ning reached the Dao Essence Realm, my Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan has prepared some wine to celebrate with Alchemy Sage Ning. I wonder what Alchemy Sage Ning thinks?"
After Ning Cheng reached the Dao Essence Realm, he had a lot of things to discuss with Li Feng. Therefore, he naturally wouldn't refuse Li Feng's invitation.
… …
This time, Li Feng only brought Jin Molong, Huo Bing, and Shao Mozi to invite Ning Cheng. The others didn't come with him. The wine brewed by the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan wasn't as good as the None-to-depend-on Wine, but it had a mellow characteristic.
The Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan wanted to befriend Ning Cheng, and Ning Cheng also wanted to win over the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan. The atmosphere between the two sides was harmonious, and the more they talked, the more congenial they became. Li Feng had already made up his mind that if Ning Cheng asked him to help deal with Man Huishan, he would send a Primordial Chaos expert. Not in the name of the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan, but in the name of Ning Cheng's friend. Of course, this person couldn't be from the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan.
But even after chatting for a few hours, Ning Cheng didn't mention anything about helping. Since Ning Cheng didn't mention it, Li Feng naturally wouldn't talk about it. Even if Ning Cheng didn't mention it for a few days and nights, he wouldn't take the initiative to mention it. He was thinking about how to bring up the topic of the ring inheritance.
At this moment, Ning Cheng suddenly brought up the Grand Essence Realm's heaven and earth laws. "If the Grand Essence Realm's heaven and earth laws hadn't shattered, I believe no one would want to go to the Grand Change Realm."
Jin Molong agreed, "That's right. The Grand Essence Realm and the Grand Change Realm are on the same level. The reason why the Grand Change Realm is so attractive is because the Grand Change Realm's heaven and earth laws are complete. "
Ning Cheng echoed and then asked, "Clan Head Li, do you think the Grand Essence Realm's broken laws can be repaired?"
Li Feng didn't think too much about it and just shook his head, "Repairing the Grand Essence Realm's boundary would be difficult!"
Ning Cheng felt happy when he heard this. Li Feng only said that it would be difficult, but he didn't say that it couldn't be repaired. Therefore, he quickly asked, "Why?"
Li Feng said with a straight face, "To repair a top-grade boundary like the Grand Essence Realm, you would need the Primal Chaos First Tree. Moreover, the Grand Essence Realm's earth veins are severely damaged. Maybe you would even need the World Mountain."
"Doesn't that mean that if we can find the Primal Chaos First Tree and the World Mountain, we can repair the Grand Essence Realm?" Ning Cheng asked, but his heart had already turned cold.
It was called the Primal Chaos First Tree. It would be strange if he could find it.
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