After a general perusal of the techniques that appeared in his sea of consciousness, Ji Yuan slowly opened his eyes and then looked to his side.
At this moment, all the divine light on Jiang Yunzhou had been retracted, but the fluctuations emanating from his body had become increasingly powerful.
Although he had not broken through his current realm, the feeling he gave off was already incomparably close to the Golden Core realm, having gone from being only a step away to now just a thread away.
Ji Yuan believed that if Jiang Yunzhou wished, he could break through at any moment and achieve a Divine Golden Body comparable to the Immortal Golden Core.
However, he had forcefully suppressed it, not taking the final step, but instead putting aside the Dao fruit he had pursued for many years.
“Let’s go, let’s see what’s inside the divine hall together.”
He opened his eyes and then smiled faintly.
As his words fell, the two of them walked forward and arrived outside the gate of the divine hall.
The originally tightly shut gate seemed to sense something and slowly opened on its own, releasing an ancient aura from a distant era.
Ji Yuan and Jiang Yunzhou exchanged a glance, then walked into the divine hall filled with surging divine light, and the great door behind them slowly closed.
*Dong—!*
As the gate closed, the divine light within the hall suddenly condensed and then rapidly retreated, flowing back into the round pillars crafted from spirit stones.
The two arrived in the center of the great hall and looked up to see, at the far end of the divine hall, a tall spirit stone platform, on which three colossal divine statues were enshrined.
The scene before them undoubtedly confirmed their suspicions: this divine hall was likely built by the Rain Clan in ancient times.
What was now enshrined on the divine platform were very likely the three powerful celestial gods that the clan possessed during its most glorious period!
Suddenly, a divine sense appeared, and it was as if a voice echoed in their ears. Following that, the surroundings in the depths twisted, and a vast world suddenly appeared before them.
Ji Yuan and Jiang Yunzhou seemed to have returned to ancient times, as if standing in the river of time, enveloped by an ancient aura.
“The Rain Clan governs the divine authority of rain, and its people are named—Rain Masters!”
“All water deities in the world are under the supervision and command of the Rain Masters. The Rain God is also the commander of all water deities in heaven and earth.”
A divine sense emerged in their minds, then transformed into a deafening, magnificent voice that reverberated.
The expressions of the two turned serious, and they then saw the surrounding scene change. Countless living beings on the earth prostrated themselves, offering their purest faith and wishes.
Fine rain fell from the heavens, and the divine pressure descended from the sky. Above the clouds, countless members of the Rain Clan flew on clouds, scattering clouds of life-giving rain with a wave of their hands.
Any living being or vegetation that was sprinkled with rain would have its illnesses and injuries disappear.
When the rain fell upon the earth, it would turn deserts into oases, and even the most barren land would become fertile soil.
For a time, the hearts of the two were unable to calm down, as if they were infected by the scenes before them.
At this moment, the wind and clouds suddenly surged, and streaks of cloud dragons appeared in the sky. Standing on the massive dragon heads were burly men radiating divine light.
The expressions of the two shifted, and the sky was filled with swirling clouds and rain, a profound and esoteric Dao rhythm that enveloped the sky and the earth.
Amidst the pervasive divine light, all scenery gradually faded. The surging clouds and rain transformed into two spheres of light, containing the original Dao rhythms of two divine paths.
Ji Yuan and Jiang Yunzhou returned to the divine hall, and the surroundings became extremely quiet, as if everything that had just happened was merely their imagination.
However, the spheres of light quietly suspended before each of them proved that the previous events were not mere hallucinations.
“This is…”
The hearts of the two were shaken, and a bold idea immediately surfaced.
The next moment, a dense divine light emerged and instantly flowed from the spheres of light into their brows.
Ji Yuan’s eyes suddenly burst with brilliance; he could feel a Dao rhythm condensing within his sea of consciousness.
A massive amount of divine power surged into his sea of consciousness, enveloping a jade bead within it. In just a moment, the divine power, which was originally comparable to the mid-stage of the second realm, multiplied several or even over ten times!
In just a few breaths, the divine power within the jade bead had reached the late-stage of the second realm and was rapidly climbing towards its peak.
At the same time, enveloped by the esoteric Dao rhythm, divine light began to condense deep within the jade bead, and wondrous patterns gradually appeared on its surface.
Although Ji Yuan could not understand these patterns, the moment he saw them, waves of comprehension surged into his heart.
These comprehensions, with just a little study, immediately turned into profound accumulation, causing his realm in the divine path and the path of rain to skyrocket at an astonishing speed.
In just about an hour, he was like a cultivator who had immersed himself in this path for decades. Even without cultivating any techniques or arts, he could now analyze the Dao principles from their very foundation.
And such terrifying changes were merely the beginning!
Approximately after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a fluctuation suddenly emanated from Ji Yuan, possessing a strength comparable to that of a third-realm cultivator.
Within his sea of consciousness, the jade bead was now covered in patterns, emitting an esoteric aura, and pulsing with divine power fluctuations comparable to the third realm.
With the infusion of massive amounts of divine power and the illumination of the divine path and the path of rain, the divine power contained within the jade bead had transformed to the level of the third realm.
If Ji Yuan were to use the jade bead, aside from his own insufficient realm, he could already be considered half a third-realm existence.
And the missing realm was rapidly growing within the profound comprehensions derived from the sphere of light before him.
Under the illumination of the divine light, a sense of drowsiness suddenly washed over him, and his consciousness gradually blurred, eventually falling into a deep sleep.
Even though his consciousness had ceased to function and he had fallen into a deep slumber, Ji Yuan was still instinctively absorbing the myriad of insights that appeared in his sea of consciousness, and his understanding of the divine path and the path of rain was quietly and silently growing.
Simultaneously, the changes in the jade bead had not stopped for a single moment. As the sphere of light outside gradually shrank, more and more patterns appeared on the jade bead, and the divine light deep within its core became increasingly solid.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Yuan had spent over a month in his slumber. When he finally awoke, the sphere of light before him was nowhere to be seen.
Where the sphere of light had been, only a point of light remained. As his gaze fell upon it, it finally dissipated completely, transforming into a stream of light that surged into his brow.
He immediately submerged his consciousness into his sea of consciousness and felt an ancient Dao rhythm.
Within his perception, a round bead was slowly rotating, covered in densely packed, intricate patterns that radiated an esoteric aura of the Great Dao.
At the same time, Ji Yuan could feel that his comprehension of the divine path and the path of rain had reached an extremely profound level. With just a little time spent organizing and comprehending, he could easily reach the third realm!