Elven cultivators

Deep-sea volcanic zone.

The four elemental primordial planes floated stably at the edge of the array.

The four energies of earth, water, fire, and wind, bound by the guiding array, maintain a delicate balance and are guided into the central harmonizing pool, where they intertwine with the metal elemental energy extracted from the sunken star thunder iron ore vein to form a stable stream of five-colored light.

In the center of the stream of light, the figure that had been sitting cross-legged for who knows how long finally changed.

Anton slowly opened his eyes.

The three swirling clouds overhead had completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a ghostly figure that looked exactly like him.

The phantom was enveloped in a layer of five-colored spiritual light as thin as a cicada's wing. Its outline was clear and its features were vivid. However, its texture had a semi-transparent quality that was somewhere between glass and light and shadow, like a jade statue that had been steeped in light for thousands of years.

The Dharmakaya has been completed!

Anton gazed at the illusory figure that matched his own appearance, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't rush to get up, but instead closed his eyes and focused his mind, sensing the changes within himself.

The magical power within his body was far more abundant than before his seclusion, flowing without any stagnation, and each surge carried a more acute resonance with the laws than before.

The condensation of the Dharma body not only brought about an improvement in the quality of his magical power, but also allowed him to reach a new level in his understanding of the laws.

This means he can more easily integrate the essence of the four supernatural powers into the sword light.

The next breakthrough in light-dispersive technology will also become simpler.

But this is far from the full extent of the gains from this breakthrough.

What truly elevated his power to a higher level were two things.

The first is naturally the Dharmakaya.

With a slight thought from Anton, the Dharma body opened its eyes as if it had come to life.

He then injected a portion of his divine consciousness into his Dharma Body, allowing it to simultaneously control the Heaven-Turning Seal and the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

The two magical artifacts were activated almost simultaneously, floating one after the other in the seawater, each maintaining a stable flow of spiritual light, as smooth and natural as a person controlling two arms at the same time, without any conflict or lag.

He then manipulated his Dharma body to unleash supernatural powers, just as effortlessly.

Its power was no less than that of his true self.

The Dharmakaya possesses independent consciousness, can exert supernatural powers, can exist independently outside the body, and can fight alongside the original deity.

In battle, it's like having an extremely well-coordinated helper.

In a sense, this is equivalent to doubling Anton's combat strength.

The second is the technique of sealing off heaven and earth.

Anton's mind stirred again, and an invisible force field spread outwards from him, like a tide overflowing a beach, neither too fast nor too slow, leaving no blind spots.

Where the force field covered, the water that had been slightly fluctuating due to the energy escaping from the elemental rifts instantly returned to complete calm.

The elemental energy in the seawater seemed to be held down by an invisible hand, freezing in place.

Dozens of kilometers away, Solius was swimming slowly in the sea.

As that invisible force field swept over its body, the enormous deep-sea ghost trembled violently, and the wrinkles along the edges of its umbrella-like canopy tightened.

It attempted to invoke the laws of the Shadow Abyss, but in that instant, it discovered that it could not mobilize even the slightest bit of the power of those laws.

"Waaaaah!!"

Thorius let out a short, sharp cry and suddenly rushed to the surface of the sea, its huge eyes staring in horror toward the volcanic zone.

""

A moment later, the force field suddenly dissipated, as if a gust of wind had passed without a trace.

Inside the Harmony Pool, Anton withdrew his senses, his smile deepening.

Although divinists can also interfere with the world and exclude lower-level laws within a certain range, they are ultimately inferior to the techniques that imprison heaven and earth and the true realm of laws.

This means that even without using his Dharma Body, he is now powerful enough to defeat any deity.

If one uses their Dharma body, they will have the confidence to confront even a demigod head-on.

Once he breaks through the "One Sword Transforms into Myriad Laws" and "Splitting Light and Separating Unity" techniques, he will probably be able to truly contend with demigods.

After a moment of joy, Anton rose up, broke through the sea, and sped toward Solius.

Upon seeing him appear, Thorius became very excited, waving his whiskers rapidly as if expressing a mixture of unease and closeness.

Anton smiled and reassured him, "It's alright, I was just testing something."

Thorius breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

But its animalistic instincts made it vaguely aware of the changes in Anton, so it let out a low, ingratiating hiss and gently nudged the hem of his robe with its whiskers.

Just as Anton was about to speak, his expression suddenly shifted, and he turned his head to look at the distant sea.

He sensed a familiar presence rapidly approaching.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

A moment later, the figure broke through the sea surface, leaving a thin trail of water in the sunlight, and landed gently in front of him.

Celine.

Anton's gaze immediately fell on the sea-blue crystal necklace around the mermaid girl's neck, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, that should be the symbol of the Holy Maiden of the Tide Temple, right?

Anton unleashed his divine sense, and then a knowing smile appeared on his face.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

The mermaid girl was taken aback for a moment, but quickly recovered and smiled faintly, "Congratulations to you as well, Lord Anton."

Anton knew that the fluctuations in the laws caused by his breakthrough couldn't be hidden from the Tide Temple, so he wasn't surprised to hear this. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, you didn't come here personally just to congratulate me, did you?"

Celine didn't beat around the bush and said frankly with a smile, "There is indeed something else I'd like to discuss with you today."

"The Temple of Tides hopes to further deepen trade cooperation with the Silvermoon Clan."

Although the Tide Temple had previously cooperated with the Silvermoon Clan, the cooperation had never been very deep due to the overt and covert obstruction of another faction.

Now that the temple has reached a consensus and internal resistance has completely disappeared, it can naturally deepen cooperation with the Silvermoon Clan and take this opportunity to enhance relations between the two sides.

Anton seemed thoughtful, then smiled and said, "This is a good thing."

Trade involves many details, and neither Anton nor Celine could possibly negotiate them personally.

The details of the discussion will definitely be left to the people below.

After reaching an understanding, the two chatted casually about the current situation in the Great Whirlpool Sea before saying goodbye and parting ways.

......

Returning to Taichu City after six years, Anton had barely met Eleanor at the Tianyuan Palace when he was told two pieces of good news.

First, the Grand Elder successfully broke through and was promoted to Saint.

"Now our clan finally has a second saint."

A genuine smile of joy appeared on Eleanor's face.

It wasn't just because his grandfather had successfully broken through to the next level and his lifespan had been extended, but also because the clan had become even stronger.

Although Mist Shadow and Dark Spider Mother are also Saint-level combatants, they are ultimately 'beasts'.

Strictly speaking, the Grand Elder was the clan's second saint.

"The Second Elder and Cedric are still in seclusion, but they are expected to break through soon. At that time, the clan will have two more Saint-level combatants."

"There's more good news: the first batch of spirit souls has met the standards to serve as spirit seeds."