Chapter 3613: What Is The Black Crystal?

"This suggests dilution prevents its formation."

He then turned to the samples from mixed foxkin tribes.

Lin Mu observed them closely.

This confirmed another critical point.

Pure bloodlines strengthened the anomaly.

Human integration eliminated it.

Strength.

Purity.

And in doing so...

Lin Mu closed his eyes briefly, organizing his thoughts.

A result of something fundamental within their evolution. When he opened his eyes again, they carried a sharper focus.

He had identified the pattern.

Only one question remained.

Was that black crystal?

Lin Mu stood amidst the suspended arrays of crystals, his gaze fixed upon the pitch black fragments that hovered like silent voids within the chamber. Each one was contained, isolated, and stabilized, yet their presence felt heavier than all the others combined.

For over an hour, Lin Mu remained where he was, his thoughts turning again and again toward the same question.

He reviewed everything he had learned.

It was not part of the beast component.

It was something else entirely.

His immortal sense had failed.

Even the arrays, enhanced with precise configurations, had yielded almost nothing.

"This may be beyond the scope of the Immortal Realm." he thought.

If it could not be observed, could not be analyzed, and could not be interacted with through conventional means...

Lin Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Without hesitation, he reached out.

"Saintess," he called.

Time passed.

Two.

There was no explosion of energy, no dramatic distortion.

The cloaked figure of the Saintess stood before him, her form veiled in layers of compressed air and cloud that concealed her completely. Yet despite the concealment, Lin Mu immediately sensed something different.

There was a weight to it now, a subtle pressure that had not been there before. It was not oppressive, but it was unmistakably stronger.

"You seem different," he said. "Has something changed?"

"I have cultivated a bit more Celestial Qi," she replied. "Within the Fifteen Ryze World."

"That world?" he asked. "How?"

"It may be due to its nature," she said. "The world is weaker. It lacks a sufficient number of high-level cultivators. There has never been a celestial born from it."

"The Celestial Qi there is... easier to absorb. Less contested. Less bound."

"So you took advantage of it."

Lin Mu gave a small nod.

The Saintess inclined her head slightly in acknowledgment.

"If that is the case... then what of this world?" he asked. "Is it similar?"

Instead, her presence seemed to focus, as if she were sensing the environment more deeply.

"No."

Clear.

"The restraints here are strong," she continued. "Far stronger than what would be expected of a so-called lower tier immortal world."

"That is not what the foxkin believe." he said.

Lin Mu’s mind moved quickly.

The Saintess nodded.

She paused, then added something that caused Lin Mu’s expression to shift.

Lin Mu’s gaze sharpened.

The Saintess continued.

She lifted her hand slightly, as if demonstrating.

Lin Mu felt a faint sense of shock.

The Saintess tilted her head slightly.

Lin Mu fell silent for a moment.

"If that is true," he said slowly, "Then why has this world not ascended?" he wondered what is it that made it different from the Rust Sky World that was facing ascension and only had one proper true Celestial ascend from it.

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