Chronicles Of The Shura Clan

Arriving at the very corner of the room, Ling Chen quietly sat on the ground in a meditative stance as he gently closed his eyes.

He then inhaled and exhaled deeply. For the first few seconds, he sat there quietly with his eyes closed without making any moment before he eventually reached a state of zen shortly after.

Like always, Ling Chen used his awareness or his spiritual sense and dove within the dark void of his lower-dantian like a fish in the ocean.

Within the never-ending dark void which was his lower-dantian;

A figure suddenly appeared floating in the dark. The appearance of this person was exactly the same as Ling Chen.

Within his lower-dantian, everything seemed to be the same even before his breakthrough. There was nothing but endless darkness. There's a vacuum of space with no light. The vast expanse of darkness or void expended as far as the eyes can see.

The only difference this time was the amount of the dark tree roots as well as their sizes. The number of the dark tree roots seemed to have doubled, including their sizes.

The giant trunk of the dark tree looked like a massive octopus with millions of dark tentacles from top to bottom.

Aside from that, the nefarious and ominous intent that used to be emanating by the countless dark tree roots seemed to have spread out throughout the whole dark void like a plague. Furthermore, its intensity seemed to have increased exponentially as well.

The entire space was filled with countless evil intents such as violence, hatred, cruelty, greed, and murderous bloodthirst.

Whether it was the dark tree roots or the entire space itself, they were all reeked with death, evil and destructive energy.

They gave off the feeling as though they were the root of all evil in the world.

Though anyone who would come to this nefarious and ominous place would be shivering from an uncontrollable fear, It wasn't the case for Ling Chen because the tree trunk, its dark serpentine roots, and even the entire space itself was a part of him.

To him, the darkness and the evil energy emanating from the dark tree roots were very gentle and warm.

As he was thinking about that, Ling Chen slowly moved closer to the dark tree roots. The moment he got closer, the dark tree roots suddenly surrounded him and wrapped around him.

Each string of dark tree roots was as warm and pleasant as the return of spring, almost the hand of a lover caressing him or perhaps the embrace full of love from one's mother…

"No matter how evil and nefarious you may be, you are still a part of me. A part of me that I will never change." Ling Chen whispered to himself as he was feeling the warm embrace of the dark tree roots.

As if they could understand what Ling Chen just said, more dark tree roots suddenly seated towards Ling Chen like a flood and surrounded him. It was as if they were trying to show him their love as well.

At this moment, Ling Chen couldn't help but ask himself whether the dark tree roots were truly his nascent soul or rather a totally different entity fused with nascent soul.

After playing with the dark tree roots within his lower-dantian, Ling Chen's figure suddenly disappeared as he went up to his upper-dantian.

The moment Ling Chen's projection arrived in his upper-dantian, he was suddenly shocked.

Though the endless white space seemed to be the same, it was giving off a different vibe. The endless white space used to be bland with no intents or characteristics. It was nothing but an endless white light, however, now it seemed to have changed.

Just like his dark true Qi energy, this white light within his upper-dantian has now transformed into pure holy light which was filled with benevolence, love, holiness, and wisdom. Just like his lower-dantian gave off the feeling as though it was the root of all evil, his upper-dantian was the opposite, it gave off the feeling as though it was the root of all the goodness in the world.

Ling Chen has checked his upper-dantian many times before and never did it give that kinda holy feeling. It used to be simply a white bland light with no characteristic whatsoever.

Now, he finally understood where this feeling of holiness came from when he used the light power within his upper-dantian.

After the remaining fruits had ripened and he had broken through the Martial Saint realm, Ling Chen was somehow able to use light power within his upper-dantian just like he did with the dark power within lower-dantian.

It was something that he couldn't do in the past. At the same time, the property of the never-ending white space had changed as well.

While Ling Chen looked like a demonic being when he used the dark power within his lower-dantian, the white light power within his upper-dantian did the opposite, it made him seem like a celestial being.

Aside from that, one the major changes that happened after broken through the Martial Saint realm was the fact though he didn't possess any comprehension of the spatial law like a true Martial Saint, he was now able to use the spatial energy within both his lower-dantian and upper-dantian just like he did with the dark power as well as the light power.

Furthermore, though the spatial energy from Ling Chen's space was different from the real world as they were the two completely different worlds or space, they still have the same use.

Just like any other Martial Saint, Ling Chen could easily transform the space surrounding him to decrease the gravity around him by several tens times my using the spatial energy within his dantians.

In a battle among Martial Saints, the most important aspect was one's comprehension of space.

A low-level Martial Saint possessed enough comprehension of the space that allowed him to counteract the gravity while a mid-level Martial Saint had enough comprehension of the space to allow him to use the spatial domain. Within the range of that domain, a mid-level Martial Saint was capable of inhibiting the movement of his opponents.

As for the late and peak Martial Saint, they were able to destroy a small region of space with ease. A low-level Martial Saint didn't have the power to resist a Mid-level Saint and the same goes for the Mid-level Saint against a late Martial Saint.

However, Ling Chen was different. His spatial power didn't come from this world but rather his own space. As such, this concept or restrictions didn't really apply to him. Within his spatial domain, he could be considered as omnipotent as unequaled.

Nevertheless, there was one thing he was worried about it. As his spatial energy didn't come from this world, he was afraid that its effects might be greatly weakened and inferior when being used in the real world. And without facing a Martial Saint, he would never know for sure.

Furthermore, he also understood, that when two people with the same level of comprehension fight each other, they would still have to resort back to using their most primitive strength. Nonetheless, he was still happy that he was able to use the spatial energy within his space.

"Ohh well, It won't be long before I get the answer to that question."

After saying that, Ling Chen shifted his gaze toward the dark tree.

"What the fuck!" Ling Chen was suddenly shocked by what he was seeing.

The dark tree had suddenly become taller and bigger. Not too long ago, it was only about 35 feet long with its trunk having a 12 feet circumference, but now it had doubled in height and size.

The dark tree was now a full 70 feet long with a circumference of 24 feet. It was truly huge compared to its previous size.

"No wonder I felt that my spiritual power had suddenly doubled when I broke through the Martial Saint realm."

As the dark tree represented Ling Chen's nascent soul, the bigger it got, the stronger Ling Chen's spiritual power became.

Despite all these new changes within his lower-dantian and upper-dantian, the thing that shocked Ling Chen the most was the appearance of the new set of seven tiny fruits hanging in the dark tree within his upper-dantian.

Unlike the previous seven fruits, these new seven fruits were white as snow and each of them was giving off a holy feeling just the surrounding space.

If each of the previous seven fruits represented the embodiment of evil, these new seven tiny fruits were the embodiment of all that was good and pure.

While Ling Chen was about to check the power within these new seven fruits, he suddenly heard the loud cry of a baby.

Without any hesitation, he quickly retracted his spiritual sense within his body and slowly opened his eyes.