The Summoning Plane, the Dark Forest.
Lu Jun's soul form manifested, solid and condensed throughout, like real flesh and blood formed from warm jade. It glowed brilliantly, radiant and resplendent. As his vast spiritual power descended, it stirred invisible, transparent ripples around his body.
He wore white robes, his sleeves marked with symbols of the Northern Nether Water Pattern, the Lifeng Flower, the Space-Time Ring, the Divine Soul, the Death Armor Robe, and others. Clouds and mist gathered of their own accord, giving him an ethereal, immortal aura.
The sinister human-shaped shadow retreated a step in respect.
With a thought from Lu Jun, crystal-clear silver crystals blooming with faint radiance rose into the air and floated around him. There were several dozen in total, each about the size of a fist, no weaker than the battlefield treasures Mo Fan had obtained in the Treasure Plane.
"Over a hundred jin of Thought Stones. That should be enough to raise my spiritual level to the Eighth Realm. By then, both the Psychic and Curse elements at Super Tier should be able to produce Transcendent Power."
Lu Jun sensed the vast amount of pure spiritual energy contained within the Thought Stones, and joy rose uncontrollably in his heart. His entire soul form stirred restlessly.
Soon, a powerful fluctuation surged in the sky above the Dark Forest. Invisible spiritual power gathered, forming a gigantic face.
It was Pang Lai's spiritual will. An aged voice echoed out, "Lu Jun, you've received the Thought Stones, right? I'm being held back by Scorpion Monarch Cessna here. Be careful. Do your best to increase your cultivation, then hide."
"I've received them. Thank you, Chief Pang."
Lu Jun replied through mental transmission, filled with gratitude.
"That's good. You brat cause earth-shaking trouble wherever you go."
The illusory face in the heavens gradually dissipated. The other party clearly had urgent matters to attend to and hastily withdrew his spiritual will, leaving only lingering echoes behind.
Moments later, Lu Jun withdrew his gaze. His spirit returned, and with a thought, he wrapped the Thought Stones together.
Buzz—buzz—buzz!
Somewhere in the wilderness, Lu Jun suddenly opened his eyes and looked to the side. A moon-white door condensed from nothing into existence, and along with the distortion of space, silver Thought Stones transformed from illusion into solid reality one after another.
This was beginner-tier magic—Dimensional Summoning.
He sensed that this method of transporting matter had clear limitations. Aside from Thought Stones, which were formed from pure spiritual energy and existed between the real and unreal, allowing them to be carried across, all other solid objects were completely unable to pass through the summoning gate.
"Sigh… looks like some ideas can't be realized after all."
Lu Jun sighed, then fell into thought again. His Summoning element's advanced-tier magic inscribed with the Gate Contract allowed him to sign an additional summoned beast capable of freely traveling between the two worlds. Perhaps that could make it possible.
"Thought Stones? Such a huge quantity—where did you get them?"
Suddenly, a surprised and pleasant female voice sounded beside him.
Apas's figure appeared, her beautiful eyes staring unblinkingly at the mountain-like pile of silver stones on the ground.
Hearing this, Lu Jun waved his hand and stored the Thought Stones into his spatial equipment. He looked at her warily and replied perfunctorily, "What does it have to do with you?"
"Hehehe." Apas sneered. "Relax, I don't need them. Who would covet your things?"
Lu Jun did not trust her. After all, Apas possessed human blood and could even cultivate magic. Thought Stones could be refined by her as well.
Silence fell between them again. Taking a moment, he checked his bank account, then cried out in shock. Over two hundred billion in funds, the gains from the Treasure Competition, plus the rewards for saving people along the way and the compensation from the African Magic Association, now only seventy to eighty billion remained.
Pang Lai had spent a full 14.4 billion in one go just to buy this many Thought Stones.
"I hope they can push my spiritual power into the Eighth Realm."
Lu Jun did not feel heartache. At his level, money was merely an external possession. Being able to directly convert wealth into strength through spending was already extremely fortunate.
Immediately after, while keeping a strand of attention on Apas, he took out a silver Thought Stone, gripped it firmly in his hand, and without hesitation, sent his consciousness into it.
Chi—chi—chi!
At this moment, a silver halo shone at Lu Jun's brow. Vast spiritual power poured forth. The crystal-clear stone in his hand rapidly melted upon contact, vanishing into the air in an instant, as if merging completely with his spiritual power.
He could clearly feel his spiritual level rise by a small step. The amplification of the Curse, Psychic, Summoning, and Space-Time elements all increased simultaneously.
"It works!" Lu Jun's eyes shone brightly. He silently declared in his heart, "Thought Stones, let me see where your limit truly lies!"
Boom—rumble—rumble!
One silver crystal after another appeared in midair, then swiftly melted away and disappeared.
Lu Jun closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, levitating in midair. Above his head, an immense expanse of silver radiance rolled and surged. As massive numbers of crystals fused into it, it grew increasingly solid and violent, like a roaring dragon.
Peak of the Seventh Realm… breaking through to the Eighth Realm!
The aura around his body rose step by step, rapidly surging upward. In the end, it shattered a bottleneck, shaking the heavens themselves, dispersing the clouds above his head and revealing a vast, clear sky.
Apas stared at the scene in shock. From Lu Jun, she felt an intense sense of danger. The Seventh Realm barely touched the Monarch threshold, while the Eighth Realm corresponded to a Mid-level Monarch. If combined with Super Tier Level Three cultivation, it would grant the power to hunt Mid-level Monarchs alone.
Unfortunately, Lu Jun's cultivation was still lacking—only Super Tier Level One. However, with the Curse element's Heavenly Seed method, his actual combat strength was not much weaker.
Buzz—buzz—buzz!
In midair, Lu Jun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with silver brilliance, like a lofty, supreme god.
His transformation was not yet complete. Subtle changes occurred within the star oceans of the Curse and Psychic elements. Endless magic energy mixed with spiritual force poured out and projected behind him. The sky darkened, and a vast pitch-black star domain faintly appeared.
"Transcendent Power!"
Lu Jun could clearly perceive that the two star oceans were continuously infusing magic energy into every corner of his body. Immediately after, most of that power gathered at the position of his eyes.
Boom!
Like a cosmic explosion, a thunderous sound echoed in his mind. His eyes turned into twin black holes, his soul splitting in two and being violently drawn into them, accompanied by the magic energy of the Curse and Psychic elements.
At that moment, Lu Jun felt the world spin violently.
After an unknown amount of time passed, he opened his eyes, and the world was completely different.
Within Lu Jun's perception, his eyes seemed to each contain a vast star ocean, refined into powerful artifacts—deep, mighty, and eternal.
If they were extracted after death, they would likely become a treasure just like the Scorching Evil Eye.
Even so, Lu Jun keenly noticed that his two eyes were vastly different, possessing divine abilities that were almost completely opposite—one sinister and imposing, the other pure and voidlike.
From the outside, his left eye shone with a sacred deep-blue hue. At the center of the pupil, a miniature Li Fan Flower sigil was engraved, its patterns clear, delicate, and exquisitely beautiful. His right eye radiated an evil blood-ink color, with a sinister shadow etched into the pupil, demonic sacrificial markings outlining its form.
"Psychic Element Transcendent Power · [Fantasy Pupil]!
Curse Element Transcendent Power · [Nether Gaze]!"
A surge of realization rose within Lu Jun's mind. Although he had yet to fully understand the might of these two Transcendent Powers, that did not stop him from naming them.
The Psychic Element Transcendent Power formed in his left eye perfectly integrated with the laws of imaginative force.
Meanwhile, the Curse Element right eye seemed to have fused with the power of a demonic remnant, further merging with the newly born Heaven-grade cursed substance [Blood Abyss]. New special effects would need to be released through this eye.
Vaguely, it appeared to open a passage to another special world—deep and abyssal—hence the name Nether.
Lu Jun stroked his chin. "Didn't expect this to become similar to Mo Fan. His future Chaos Eye and Space Eye are roughly the same in nature—just not as unique as mine."
That was hardly surprising. Super-tier
mages refine magic energy into their bodies, cultivating their limbs, bones, organs, and every part of themselves, embarking on a path of life evolution much like cultivators—this was also the most classic route.
With Eighth Realm mental power and dual-element Transcendent Powers, Lu Jun's strength soared once more.
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