Chapter 1358: Sixth-Level Vacuous Body

Pure Nine-Lotus Lamp

The power of the Void Grand Dao continuously surged into Chen Mobai's body, causing all his bones to emit crisp sounds like shattering glazed glass.

This was the Void Spirit Mark being activated, beginning to drive the advancement of his Vacuum Dharma Body.

Chen Mobai had not expected this process to be so painful.

He felt a piercing pain emanating from deep within his bone marrow, as if it were being crushed. This was not an illusion; it was truly happening.

With a 'boom'.

Under the impact of the endless void power, Chen Mobai's body transformed from solid to void, slowly dispersing into quicksand-like silver particles on the meditation cushion, then like a silver mist, floating in mid-air.

The silver mist, resembling countless stars, made contact with the surrounding Void Grand Dao, seeking to refine and integrate it into itself, thereby advancing the Vacuum Dharma Body to the eighth stage.

Under the activation of Chen Mobai's primordial spirit, the silver mist emitted a brilliant light, causing the void to constantly tremble and distort.

However, no matter how much it twisted, the void remained as solid as a rock, leaving no gap for the silver mist to integrate into.

As time passed, the silver mist, which was his transformed body, began to lose its luster. At this moment, a dark opening appeared in the void, like a gloomy vortex, threatening to swallow the particles forming the silver mist one by one.

Of course, if they didn't possess an eighth-stage Dharma artifact, they could still resist his power for a while.

"Fellow Daoist, it seems your realm is not yet stable. If you successfully achieve Star-Gazing, you can come to the Central Tower to find me. I am Cheng Yunlan."

That Dharma artifact had integrated seven Grand Daos. Sensing Chen Mobai's current Void Spirit Mark, it spontaneously resonated with it more deeply. With a thought, Chen Mobai directly brought the bell into his Dharma Realm, then cast the Tri-Integrity Sutra, enveloping a piece of the Ancestral White Dragon's corpse.

He possessed a complete Void Spirit Mark, fulfilling the number of the Heavenly Cycles. Previously, he hadn't understood its true value, but now he did.

Once it becomes completely pure white, the Void Grand Dao will have no gaps, signifying the final tribulation.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Places beyond his sight were either where eighth-stage foundations existed or where contemporary eighth-stage beings resided.

Chen Mobai had heard Xu Lingwei mention Cheng Yunlan's name, knowing her to be the master of Ruan Sha and a direct disciple of Dao Lord Xuangu.

Chen Mobai immediately tried it out. The spiritual energy in the cave abode surged towards him like a tide, instantly refined by his Vacuum Dharma Body. However, even such a vast amount of eighth-stage spiritual energy only caused the seventh Void Spirit Mark to brighten slightly, achieving roughly one ten-thousandth of the progress in merging with the Void Grand Dao.

Compared to the Ruan Sha universe, where things are managed everywhere, this place is completely pristine.

The foundation of the universe is the void. Even before creation, the Eight Thousand Grand Daos were attached to it.

Immediately after, Chen Mobai once again tested his current strength. His spiritual sense, following the boundless net woven by the interwoven Void Grand Daos, continuously spread outwards in all directions, reaching out to perceive events happening across the universe.

That was Ruan Sha's disciple who remained in Cangliu Sea, a white fish that had transformed after gaining an opportunity from the Xuanhai Palace. She respectfully relayed the message Chen Mobai had brought. According to immortal sect rumors, a Void Spirit Body is helpful for the Ruan Sha stage; it's true.

A gentle spiritual sense, like a clear breeze and a bright moon, sent a message through the void net: "Fellow Daoist, beneath the Seven Stars of Xuangu, you must not use the Void Sky-Orbit Vision to pry into privacy. You must be a novice Star-Gazer, right?"

When that sign appeared, Tongtian suddenly began to issue a warning. This was because the latter was precisely a reflection of the former's Grand Dao, so there was no rejection in this step, like water and milk blending together.

At the center of the star river was the Void Spirit Mark, the core of his body, like an axis and a net, interwoven to form a large human-like outline.

However, there were only so many shares. The more people who advanced, the more diluted the shares held by existing Ruan Sha beings would become. Therefore, later generations would continuously use their own Grand Daos to influence the void, making it more stable and increasingly difficult to achieve Star-Gazing.

In that case, in the future, it would be better for Qing Nv and the others to achieve Star-Gazing in the Tianhe Realm.

So, this divine ability was called 'Void Sky-Orbit Vision'. It seemed every Star-Gazing cultivator possessed it; he had originally thought it came inherently with the Void Spirit Body.

Chen Mobai couldn't help but sigh with emotion that cultivation had no end, with one tall mountain after another, and he didn't know when he would be able to reach the summit.

Moreover, compared to others in the Xuanhai Universe, Chen Mobai had a unique advantage in this stage.

Firstly, regarding the control of spiritual energy, he originally only achieved twenty percent efficiency each time he refined the eighth-stage spiritual energy from this cave abode, but now he could achieve eighty to ninety percent.

However, with the assistance of his fellow practitioners in the Ruan Sha River, it was several times faster.

Furthermore, if he were to stop now, not only would the Vacuum Dharma Body's advancement fail, but even his physical body would, in turn, be devoured by the Void Grand Dao, leaving only his primordial spirit.

So, the Spirit-Void Immortal Realm used this to determine whether a cultivator had achieved Star-Gazing!

Chen Mobai simply returned to the Tianhe Realm once more.

Under the movement of his primordial spirit, the human-shaped outline sketched by the Void Spirit Marks embedded itself deeply, like a person lying on soft sand, leaving its imprint within the Void Grand Dao. As expected, the Void Grand Dao here was much clearer compared to the Xuanhai Universe.

Even so, he already felt terrifyingly strong.

The Void Refinement cultivator in seclusion at the Sea Eye opening also sensed the fluctuations of the Void Grand Dao at this moment. Looking up, he saw the ascending spiritual light from below the Fourth Heaven, and couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He thought his aura had leaked during his enlightenment, and he was about to be taken away.

Upon realizing this, Chen Mobai finally understood why there were so few successful Star-Gazers in the Xuanhai Universe.

Subsequently, Chen Mobai's Void Spirit Mark began to merge with the Void Grand Dao.

After merging, the Void Grand Dao within the Xuanhai Universe bore his imprint.

He nodded towards the central direction of Ruan Sha, then withdrew all his perceptions from the Void Grand Dao.

What was happening?

Under his gaze, the previously surging power of the Void Grand Dao became as docile as cotton. As his thoughts turned, it integrated into his Vacuum Dharma Body at the most suitable speed, helping the Void Spirit Mark merge with the Grand Dao.

But just as she gritted her teeth and prepared to accept her fate, she suddenly noticed the ascending spiritual light from below the Fourth Heaven, which had just descended, darting around like a headless fly, and then simply vanished where it was.

In the Tianhe Realm, Yuan Qingque, Kui Beast, and the others didn't seem to face much difficulty. Clearly, the Void Grand Dao in the Tianhe Realm was still very pure, allowing cultivators there to achieve Star-Gazing with fewer restrictions. Below the Fourth Heaven, ascending spiritual light began to shine, descending towards his location.

The warning from the Tongtian Blessing came from this.

In his mind, all the contents of the Universal Heavenly Scroll, combined with the Dao patterns of the Grand Void Heavenly Scroll, were completely comprehended by him.

But now that the Indestructible Pill had been consumed, and to avoid wasting this eighth-stage medicinal pill, he could only brace himself and break through here.

Chen Mobai's vision quickly encompassed the entirety of Ruan Sha, Dongzhou, and even the more distant Seven Continents and Seven Seas.

He landed in Lingzun and cast his newly mastered 'Void Sky-Orbit Vision'. In his gaze, his vision showed myriad silver light rays, interwoven into a net that stretched to cover the entire Tianhe Realm.

Now, solely by relying on his eighth-stage Vacuum Dharma Body, he could manipulate the power of the void, effortlessly crushing a perfected Soul Transformation cultivator into a speck of cosmic dust.

If he truly achieved Star-Gazing, he would be able to control it perfectly.

At this efficiency, it would take ten thousand years to integrate all the spirit marks of his Void Spirit Body into the Grand Dao, thus perfecting his Vacuum Dharma Body.

If the void ceased to exist as a vessel, even many innate Grand Daos would dissipate.

Chen Mobai was slightly disappointed, but he quickly composed himself and began to attempt other aspects of advancement after his Vacuum Dharma Body reached the eighth stage.

After that step, the starry river of silver mist suspended in mid-air no longer resisted the void vortex and flowed into it like quicksand, following the suction. However, upon entering the vortex, it was not condensed and assimilated by the Void Grand Dao. Instead, with the Void Spirit Mark embedded within the Grand Dao as its axis, it continuously condensed along the human-shaped outline. At the seventh stage, although the Vacuum Dharma Body could already warp through the void and instantly teleport, it was still limited by the void, merely able to utilize the power of the Grand Dao and operate void rules to achieve its desired goals.

Undoubtedly, in the Xuanhai Universe, Ruan Sha existences were already quite numerous, so the Void Grand Dao there was mixed with countless wills, turning it silver-gray.

Suddenly, the Primal Chaos Bell vibrated eight times, and streaks of silver light emerged from its white jade-like bell wall.

If all these Void Spirit Marks were fully reflected, they would perfectly correspond to the Void Grand Dao.

This was the power of the Void Grand Dao.

The Vacuum Dharma Body's advancement from the seventh to the eighth stage was, in essence, a process of shedding physical constraints.

There were no spiritual energy fluctuations, no manifested Dao principles. A mass of eighth-stage Azure Ivy Gold, reputed to be the softest in Ruan Sha, was kneaded as if by an invisible giant hand, instantly dissolving into countless silver light points and dissipating.

For ordinary Soul Transformation cultivators, the incomparably solid Void Grand Dao, at the moment it was aligned with the Void Spirit Mark, slowly opened like a massive door with a key inserted.

Chen Mobai immediately activated all the remaining medicinal power of the Indestructible Pill, injecting it into the silver mist, causing its radiance to surge again, countering the void vortex. At the same time, he temporarily halted the Vacuum Dharma Body's advancement, and with the techniques from the Grand Void Heavenly Scroll, his primordial spirit operated, suspending the silver mist transformed from his body above the meditation cushion, weaving it into a stellar river.

As his primordial spirit stirred, the Void Spirit Mark at the center of the silver mist began to shine brightly, resonating with the omnipresent Void Grand Dao. Previously, the medicinal power of the Indestructible Pill had already activated these formerly dormant Void Spirit Marks.

It was unknown how long passed, but Chen Mobai's five sensory organs were filled out by the silver mist, followed by his hands, torso, and feet. Finally, his entire body was complete, and the restored human form once again sat upright on the meditation cushion.

Relying on this characteristic, Chen Mobai also discovered many undetected eighth-stage resources in Lingzun. This was due to the operation of the void, leading to the annihilation of matter.

Although the most crucial part of the eighth stage is the primordial spirit stepping into the Grand Dao, if one cannot even pass the initial Star-Gazing stage, there's no need to mention the former.

Although his Vacuum Dharma Body was now at the eighth stage, Chen Mobai's primordial spirit had not yet truly stepped into the Grand Dao. Compared to true Star-Gazing cultivators, he was undoubtedly inferior, so his tone remained polite.

He was like a silver-gray giant, seated cross-legged at the very center of the cosmic star river.

Even hidden Star-Gazers like True Monarch Fu Hai and others had expressions of shock just now.

This was clearly one of the other Star-Gazers from Xuangu Dao场.

It was precisely for this reason that the Grand Void Measuring Heaven Ruler had once said that if Chen Mobai elevated his Void Spirit Body to its extreme, he would be able to wield it.

And at that moment, something happened that caused his expression to change drastically.

Just as Ruan Sha was filled with doubt and surprise, a silver light lit up nearby, and then a fair and tender boy appeared out of thin air and swam over.

It was just a pity that Chen Mobai realized this point too late. Otherwise, with his character of disliking hardship, he would have preferred to break through in the Tianhe Realm to increase his success rate, even if it meant ascending after achieving Star-Gazing there.

However, there were also parts of the void covered by even more powerful forces, making them impossible to peek into.

Ruan Sha He: "My mistake, I was unaware of this taboo. I hope you will forgive me."

Cheng Yunlan, at the moment of spiritual sense contact, already knew Chen Mobai's foundation, so she didn't chat much or disturb him further. Finally, she left a message and withdrew her spiritual sense.

With the backing of the Nirvana Grand Dao, he didn't need to worry about life-and-death issues, but if he lost his body, Chen Mobai's Star-Gazing time would definitely be delayed.

Amidst the bell's ringing, multi-colored divine light and void ripples shimmered, falling upon the Ancestral White Dragon's corpse piece. In the blink of an eye, it disintegrated into the purest innate water essence.

He let the Primal Chaos Bell begin its self-refinement, and pointed his finger like a sword, lightly tracing towards the Dragon Void Treasure, which was piled up like a small mountain not far away.

However, at the eighth stage, one actually becomes part of the void itself.

Currently, Chen Mobai's Dharma Body had just entered the eighth stage, with only a single Void Spirit Mark on his head having completed its integration with the Void Grand Dao.

The Purple Heavens, and a portion of the universe beyond the Purple Heavens, were suddenly all reflected within his primordial spirit.

His activation of the void was naturally discovered by the administrators beneath the Purple Heavens.

Although these had been gathered by Qing Nv using the power of Interception, the Primal Chaos Bell would still need some time to refine them.

It was equivalent to being an employee of a company before, able to utilize the company's resources for work. But after achieving Star-Gazing, one would directly be promoted to a company partner, attaining shareholder status.

Outwardly, he seemed to have no changes, but in reality, he had already transcended physical form and become a part of the Void Grand Dao.

Seeing the Water Grand Dao dissipate under the power of the void, Chen Mobai suddenly had a great realization: "Is this the cycle of void creation and destruction?"

And Chen Mobai's body dispersing was precisely to integrate into the Void Grand Dao.