BOOM!
An explosion that occurred in the middle of space where the empresses were shocked to see that Leo who was the source of explosion himself.
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A minute earlier.
"So… what do you think about our son-in-law's origin?" The time empress spoke in her sweet voice.
"Hm… It doesn't mean much to me, but I'm still curious." The empress of sorcery spoke in a neutral voice.
"I want to know more about it because there is something that's bugging me." The empress of hell spoke in her usual cold voice.
"Hm!?… Something that's bugging you?" The Dragon empress spoke with a domineering yet sweet voice.
The other empresses looked towards her silently.
"Perhaps… you saw something in those souls?" The empress of undead questioned her.
"Yes … Our son-in-law was born … a th-" The empress of hell couldn't even answer completely due to the sudden explosion.
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Present.
Everyone was shocked to look at Leo, who was supposed to be covered by a hundred of layers of protective spiritual energy to make him more comfortably wander in space and also providing him oxygen to breath.
There was a series of cracks originating from Leo's chest. The cracks were spreading at an astonishing pace at every layer. It occurred fast, but the empresses made a move at the right moment and covered a whole 1 km of area with another hundred of layers of protection layers for him.
Before they could inspect the protection layers on his body, two more explosions occurred at his left leg and right palm. The cracks kept on spreading like spiderwebs and soon a hole appeared at the topmost and last layer of protection layer on his body.
The empresses were shocked to see the sight in front of them.
There was a strange aura that was wildly 'absorbing' the crude spiritual energy in the huge protective dome.
Leo's eyes were still radiant crimson, and his maniacal smile had disappeared. When they looked at face … beads of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads including the dragon empress that had an 'Are you serious!?' expression.
The layers of protection were broken in no less than 15 seconds, and right after that all the crude spiritual energy in the huge protective dome begun to be absorbed with an astonishing pace.
The empresses were … suppressed by some unknown force that didn't let them move at all. Before they could do anything to move, they felt that the spiritual energy in the protective dome had depleted completely.
"Annoying!" Leo spoke with a disappointed expression on his face that widened the empresses eyes completely.
Suddenly, huge cracks appeared on the golden protective dome, and it shattered as if it were some frozen ice with no mass inside it.
A gush of 'crude' spiritual energy came from all directions towards a single mortal with no cultivation. The tides of spiritual energy were being absorbed hungrily by his body without a stop.
The tides of spiritual energy had now turned into tornados.
The crude spiritual energy being absorbed by Leo was considered to be avoided by cultivators because of its nature of harming the internal organs along with it being too unpredictable to the negative ailments that were suffered by people.
The empresses were worried about Leo's current condition as they could move now but were still questioning that strange pressure.
And about him absorbing 'crude' spiritual energy without any problems so far… they had already guessed about a certain spiritual root.
…
Meanwhile, inside Leo's body.
Wild waves of spiritual energy were flowing in his body passing through every bone, blood, vein, and organ. Leo's golden blood turned into crimson gold and started flowing in his body along with the spiritual energy that slowly started to circulate in a more organized manner.
Before a minute could pass, the crude spiritual energy was purified and turned into pure Spiritual energy. It flew towards his abdomen and began filling in his dantian.
BOOM!
Qi Refining 1st Stage
"He opened his dantian with that?!" The Empresses were shocked with their mouths wide open.
Leo's dantian didn't stop with this 'measly' amount. It kept on absorbing spiritual energy until no more could be stored.
BOOM!
Qi Refining 2nd Stage
The dissatisfied dantian kept on absorbing until it reached the limit again.
BOOM!
Qi Refining 3rd Stage
BOOM!
Qi Refining 4th Stage
Qi Refining 5th Stage
Qi Refining 6th Stage
Qi Refining 7th Stage
Qi Refining 8th Stage
Qi Refining 9th Stage
It was at this moment when his dantian slowly stopped absorbing and reached its limit again.
BOOM!
Foundation Building Stage 1st
It finally stopped.
The raging tornados of spiritual energy were also not visible anymore as if they never existed in the first place.
Leo's body had gone through this 'subtle' change where he did have control over his body, but he was annoyed for no specific reason.
[Assimilation - 23%]
The assimilation rate had increased a lot just from the Qi refining stage.
Leo looked at it and suddenly felt the same desire to grow stronger, but this time it was less strong, and it was just a feeling he continued to feel.
'Even in the whole dragon clan or any race… no one has ever crossed a major realm so… fast!?' The dragon empress looked at Leo like a rare animal.
'MONSTER!' They all spoke the same thing in their minds, but they didn't know it.
A really formidable yet thick aura of spiritual energy was being released from Leo's body. Leo felt his body filled with a new strength that he had thought of not achieving so easily.
He tried to withdraw the aura around his body, and it was done easily without any efforts.
There was still some time needed to consolidate his realm.
After all he had just started cultivation.
*Ding!* *Ding!*
A system notification appeared in his vision that surprised him too.
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