Cultivation Online

“Good heavens, Dena… To recreate Eternal Essence like this…” Yuan sighed in disbelief. “I’m speechless.”

He couldn’t help but wonder what had pushed her to recreate Eternal Essence, and how she had managed to understand it deeply enough to replicate it.

‘Did she fight with an Eternal and somehow studied Eternal Essence that way? Or is she in contact with an Eternal?’ Yuan had many questions, but unless he dealt with the clone before him, he had no way of asking Supreme Ruler Dena these questions.

Unfortunately, Supreme Ruler Dena’s clone seemed to have no plan to let Yuan disturb the real her.

“Looks like I’ll have to take this seriously…” Yuan said as he took a deep breath and unleashed even more Eternal Essence.

Up until now, he had only been using about half of his strength. Now, he was raising it to nearly eighty percent.

The Eternal Essence radiating from Yuan became so intense that an invisible barrier formed around him, automatically repelling everything in its vicinity, including Supreme Ruler Dena’s crimson hair.

“Let’s see if your fake Eternal Essence can withstand this!” Yuan roared as he swung the Demon Devouring Sword toward the clone.

The clone’s aura skyrocketed in response, desperately trying to match Yuan’s power. Yet even as it pushed itself further, it still fell short of Yuan’s genuine Eternal Essence.

In the following second, Yuan’s sword tore through the clone’s arm like a knife through fragile threads, continuing through its body and splitting it in half.

But the Eternal Essence didn’t stop there. The overwhelming power instantly evaporated the clone, leaving nothing behind.

However, the instant the clone was destroyed, another one formed from the endless sea of crimson hair.

But it didn’t stop there. This time, two clones appeared, standing side by side as they blocked Yuan’s path to the cocoon.

Seeing this, Yuan pressed forward, cutting down every clone that stood in his way—both the two before him and any others that appeared to replace them.

Before long, he arrived in front of the cocoon.

When Yuan got close enough to the cocoon, the clones continued to spawn, but they no longer attacked him. Instead, they simply stood there and surrounded the cocoon in silence, quietly glaring at him with blank expressions.

Seeing that they weren’t attacking him, Yuan stopped paying attention to the clones and focused on the cocoon instead.

At first glance, the cocoon appeared to be made from the same hair-like material as the clones. However, upon closer inspection, it was several times more durable and was even reinforced by fake Eternal Essence.

After a moment of silence, Yuan raised the Demon Devouring Sword and swung it at the cocoon, unleashing eighty percent of his Eternal Essence.

A powerful ripple swept across the area when his sword collided with the cocoon. Yet even with such overwhelming power, Yuan was shocked to see that it remained completely unharmed, with not even a scratch appearing on its surface.

Yuan struck again, this time using ninety percent of his full strength.

A far more violent ripple erupted from the impact, shaking the entire cocoon. Even so, it remained unscathed.

Seeing this, Yuan paused for a moment, gathering as much Eternal Essence as he could before striking the cocoon for a third time.

The impact was so powerful that it blasted away the clones surrounding him.

When Yuan looked at the spot he had struck a moment later, he felt a brief sense of relief after noticing a small cut on the cocoon. However, that relief quickly vanished, as the damage repaired itself in less than a second, leaving the cocoon looking completely untouched once again.

Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath before unleashing a rapid series of strikes against the cocoon. However, no matter how quickly he attacked, the cocoon seemed to heal itself faster than he could damage it.

Moreover, it was far thicker than Yuan had anticipated, and despite his relentless assault, he had only managed to carve about thirty inches into it before it restored itself. “If this is how you want to play…”

Yuan inhaled deeply before activating God of War’s Astral Arts, followed by Limitless Sword Domain.

Moments later, thousands of swords appeared in the sky. Infused with Eternal Essence and Supreme Sword Aura, they shot toward the cocoon with perfect precision, relentlessly striking the same point.

Meanwhile, Yuan advanced with his own blade, unleashing the Nine Supreme Swords, each strike more powerful than the previous one.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The entire Deprived Crimson Valley trembled as Yuan’s full prowess clashed against the crimson cocoon, shocking every exile within the valley.

Eventually, Yuan broke through the cocoon, leaving behind a small opening barely wide enough for him to pass through.

Without a moment of hesitation, he dashed forward and slipped inside just as the cocoon sealed itself once more.

When Yuan entered the cocoon, he was surprised to find an enormous space within.

From the outside, the cocoon was only four to five times larger than his own body, yet the interior stretched endlessly, as though he had stepped into another world.

“This place must be Dena’s personal world…” Yuan muttered as he immediately understood where he was.

The world looked quite similar to the Fourth Valley of the Deprived Crimson Valley—a vast, empty plain covered in crimson flowers and the same crimson hair that attacked him, though they didn’t react to his presence. The sky above was dyed crimson as well, almost as if a god had been slain and its blood had spilled across the entire world.

Yuan didn’t wander and stayed still as he used his divine sense to look for Supreme Ruler Dena.

Several minutes later, Yuan started walking in a certain direction.

After walking for a short while, Yuan spotted a small pale figure in the distance.

The figure sat quietly on the ground, hugging her legs with slender arms while her face remained buried in her knees. Behind her stretched endless crimson hair, cascading like a boundless cape.

“Dena…”

Yuan muttered in a low voice before approaching her in slow, calm steps.