Lu Jun's brows revealed a trace of heaviness. Ever since Dean Xiao had the idea of hunting an Emperor, he began to feel a growing sense that time was not on his side.
The world situation was changing too quickly. The level he was coming into contact with was approaching the realm of Emperors and Forbidden Spells, and the pressure increased sharply.
If he could refine the Water Element Seed, and take the opportunity to break through to Super Tier Level 2, then enter his Ascension State, his strength would rise another level—perhaps reaching the Sub-Emperor level, enough to assist Commander Hua and the others?
He thought it through carefully. Unlikely. The gap between a Supreme Monarch and an ordinary Forbidden Spell was already a chasm, let alone an Emperor capable of matching seven or eight Forbidden Spell Mages.
Lu Jun still remembered the future of the original timeline, when Hua Zhanhong single-handedly killed the Dragon Ant Queen Emperor. In front of an Emperor-level clash, the three Supreme Monarch—Totem Xuan Snake, Hai Dongqing, and Moon Moth Phoenix, were as insignificant as ants.
"Hopefully everything goes smoothly. The Undead Emperor is too sensitive, once I use it, the Parthenon will be exposed, and the Holy City will send down the Seven Archangels."
At this moment, Lu Jun silently prayed and inquired with the Mermaid Queen.
"Ling!"
The Mermaid Queen quickly responded, pointing toward the vast Yellow Spring beneath the ancestral altar, far into the distance, and softly chanting.
"You're saying that Water Element Heaven Seed is downstream in the Yellow Spring? Near the Underworld?"
Lu Jun's expression turned serious. That area was extremely dangerous.
The Mermaid Queen explained through mental transmission.
When this Element Heaven Seed was born, it shook the Mariana Trench, stirring up the Yellow Spring and even affecting the outer Pacific Ocean.
The ancestral Holy Spirit Emperor was alerted and went to investigate, only to find that its attributes were too extreme, completely unsuitable for the Mermaid race, so it was left alone.
Lu Jun had already made up his mind. Setting off from the altar, he submerged into the Black Sea and followed the Yellow Spring along the seabed downstream.
Along the way, he occasionally saw corpses within the Yellow Spring awaken and fight each other fiercely. The terrifying fluctuations swept through the Black Sea, causing the waters to tremble endlessly.
But Lu Jun paid it no mind. With the aura of an Undead Emperor, he ignored everything.
Finally, at the end of the Yellow Spring, at the boundary with the Underworld, within an expanse of endless darkness, he vaguely saw a dim yellow sun. Dense Yin water energy surged outward, and terrifying Undead Monarch-level beings lurked nearby.
This darkness contained overlapping spatial distortions, one misstep could drag him into the Underworld, trapping him forever.
Lu Jun released his Space Element perception, advancing along the faint flow of the Yellow Spring.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Suddenly, without Lu Jun noticing, his shadow twisted, gradually forming into a black-robed ghostly figure holding a scythe, letting out a sinister laugh.
A Shadow Elder, its cultivation at least at the True Monarch level was just about to behead Lu Jun when a voice suddenly exploded in its ears.
"Scram!"
Lu Jun coldly shouted. His shadow seemed startled, and with a "whoosh," it retreated into the endless darkness.
"A Shadow Elder, a noble of the Dark Plane. I didn't expect such a creature to appear. Looks like we're truly close to the Underworld."
Seeing this, he frowned slightly, then looked around at the ever-shifting darkness. Even his Space Element couldn't fully perceive it.
After a moment of thought, Lu Jun sent his consciousness into the White Tiger Pendant. Inside was a vast, boundless sea of blood-red essence, with several fragmented Monarch-level souls floating within, along with dozens of Commander-level fragments.
He made up his mind and guided several Commander-level soul fragments into the Space Element star river within his spiritual world.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The forty-nine stars at the center of the vast dark-silver star river were bathed in the power of the soul fragments, swelling one by one as they advanced into Level 5 stars.
The Space Element, Intermediate Tier Level 5 had broken through!
Previously, he had already maxed out Level 4 of High Tier for six elements, including Level 4 and 5 at the Basic Tier, and Level 4 at the Intermediate Tier, only Level 5 of the Intermediate Tier remained incomplete.
Given the current folding conditions of the Dark Plane, using the Space Element's Intermediate spell Spatial Rhythm was the most suitable response.
From compression, stagnation, fracturing, to Dimensional Anchor, all of them specifically targeted spatial fluctuations.
Lu Jun cast the Level 4 Dimensional Anchor. Although it could temporarily restrain the Dark Plane fluctuations within a hundred-meter radius, it wasn't a long-term solution, and he still advanced with difficulty.
He wondered whether the Level 5 Spatial Rhythm would be effective.
Soon, a flash of realization arose in Lu Jun's mind, and he smiled—sure enough, every spell at Level 4 and 5 had its own unique strengths.
The Level 5 Spatial Rhythm—"A Step Across the World" was especially so.
This spell had countless uses. With a single stroke forward, space could collapse, causing all magical attacks to become impossibly distant and ultimately dissipate. In addition, it possessed the ability to shrink space—one step could cross a hundred miles.
Buzz—Buzz—Buzz!
Lu Jun suddenly moved. With one step forward, the endless darkness beneath his feet rapidly contracted, and the chaotic spatial fluctuations were suppressed.
After just a few steps, what had once been a distant dim-yellow sun now felt within arm's reach.
Crash—!
As Lu Jun approached, the water-element Heaven Seed, condensed like the essence of the Yellow Springs, trembled, releasing a terrifying pressure. It seemed eager to surge into his body.
"Is this a Water Element Calamity Talent?"
Lu Jun pondered. Besides that, there was likely resonance with his Northern Heavy Water Devouring Seed and the origin of his Death Element.
"What a treasure. Its attributes perfectly match me, it's destined to be mine."
Sensing the dim-yellow sun brimming with vast water essence, he couldn't help but praise it.
A Heaven Seed's birth would normally attract guardian demons. Unfortunately for them, Lu Jun carried the aura of an Underworld Emperor, even Supreme Monarch-level beings would avoid him. The guardian Underworld Lords here had long since fled in fear.
Lu Jun extended both hands and slowly embraced the dim-yellow sacred water sun.
Boom—Boom—Boom!
In an instant, the Water Element Heaven Seed collapsed like a flock of swallows returning to their nest, dispersing into countless threads that surged into his body. The entire Black Sea violently trembled—waves soared into the sky, and even the Yellow Springs at the bottom erupted, like a true dragon roaring.
It was as if the entire world was celebrating the destined union of the Heaven Seed.
Lu Jun closed his eyes and felt it—an endless torrent of water energy surged wildly into him, washing over his limbs, organs, and very being. Most crucially, within his spiritual world, a violent upheaval occurred as a dim-yellow waterfall cascaded down like a heavenly torrent.
The pitch-black Water Element Star Ocean was no longer calm. Under the impact of the yellow waterfall, it surged with overwhelming waves, layer upon layer, sweeping toward the heavens.
For a moment, even the central and most powerful Curse and Psychic Star Ocean was forced aside.
A transformation was underway!
Lu Jun's Water Element cultivation skyrocketed, while the Northern Heavy Water Devouring Seed greedily absorbed the immense energy, devouring it like a snake swallowing an elephant, completing another special effect. Its aura surged continuously, evolving into a Heaven Seed.
At this critical moment, he did not hesitate. Without the slightest stinginess, he took out three supreme Water Essence Crystals stored in his spatial equipment—treasures obtained from Wu Ku. Any single one had the potential to create a pseudo-Heaven Seed; combining all three would undoubtedly rival a true Heaven Seed.
Originally, the Heaven Seed born from the Yellow Springs was already no weaker than a Greater Heaven Seed. Now, with the addition of the three supreme essence crystals—
This meant the Northern Heavy Water Devouring Seed was effectively consuming the spiritual traits of two Heaven Seeds in succession, enough to push it to the level of a Greater Heaven Seed, perhaps even beyond.
Lu Jun's ambition was immense. Since he had obtained a Water Element Heaven Seed, he would make it the very best—
The strongest Water Element Heaven Seed in the world.
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