While Yun Luo Fairy was concentrating on her retreat, striving to break through her bottleneck, a different scene was unfolding in the outer chamber.

Yuan Ming had also opened the forbidden array outside the secret chamber and sat cross-legged on a mat in the center of the outer chamber.

He first closed his eyes, focused on breathing control to adjust his state to the best condition, then immediately swallowed two bottles of elixirs to assist in cultivation, operating the "Primordial True Skill" to crazily absorb nature's spiritual energy.

In his uniquely structured Dantian, a Mixed Hole Vortex slowly rotated, like a bottomless pit continuously absorbing the surging nature's spiritual energy and the elixir's spiritual power.

Over the past few years, under the dual effects of numerous elixirs and the "Primordial True Skill," Yuan Ming's cultivation had not fallen behind and had indeed advanced greatly.

However, as his cultivation improved, the side effects of the "Primordial True Skill" also became increasingly severe.

Advancing to the Dharma manifestation Stage, the most notable trait is the fusion of a cultivator's divine soul and mana, inducing a synergy with the surrounding nature's spiritual energy, together forming a massive external dharma form.

The external dharma form isn't necessarily stronger when larger, but typically, a massive dharma form isn't weak, and its terrifying pressure alone can force most low-level cultivators to their knees before it.

Once the dharma form attacks, its power and range greatly surpass the cultivator's own, capable of smashing mountains with a punch, shattering islands with a palm, even shifting mountains and filling seas with ease.

However, to advance to the Dharma manifestation Stage and condense a formidable external dharma form, the most challenging part is having the divine soul descend into the Dantian and merge with one's own mana. Only after this step is completed can it manifest externally, manipulating the nature's spiritual energy to form.

In this case, the stronger the divine soul and the purer the mana, the easier it is to succeed.

As a mid-stage Word Witch soul cultivator, Yuan Ming's divine soul was undoubtedly strong, yet due to cultivating the Mixed Hole Secret Technique, his Dantian had formed a Mixed Hole Vortex that devoured nature's spiritual energy.

This caused his mana to become exceedingly chaotic and disorderly, and even with his strong divine soul, descending into the Dantian risked being engulfed by the vortex—a huge risk indeed.

Yuan Ming secretly smiled bitterly; with his current cultivation speed, reaching the Peak of Returning to Void Late Stage wasn't difficult, but with such severe mana turbulence, attempting the breakthrough to the Dharma manifestation Stage required far more preparation.

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Soon, seven days had passed.

The originally calm inner chamber of the secret room suddenly experienced a violent vibration, a strong wave of divine soul energy erupted, followed closely by an intense fluctuation of mana.

Yuan Ming, who was sitting quietly in the outer chamber, slowly opened his eyes, revealing a trace of joy on his face: "It has begun..."

Having said that, he immediately took out the Stealing Heaven Tripod, lit a stick of black incense, and placed it within.

This wasn't the original version of Possession Black Incense, but a replica crafted by Yuan Ming, which could only descend into the host's body without controlling the host's actions.

As wisps of smoke rose gently upward, Yuan Ming's consciousness gradually sank, and soon he awoke inside the inner chamber. Help us out by reading on *.

At this moment, he had already descended his divine soul into Yun Luo Fairy's body.

The additional insurance he sought was to descend into her body, to observe and comprehend the process of Yun Luo Fairy attempting the breakthrough to the Dharma manifestation Stage, a precious experience regardless of her success.

Yuan Ming saw through Yun Luo Fairy's eyes, observing a pair of delicate hands lifting a Purple Sandalwood Box.

It was then he realized Yun Luo Fairy was completely unclothed, her jade-like body fully exposed, which greatly embarrassed him. He quickly focused his thoughts on the Purple Sandalwood Box.

This was not because Yuan Ming was so righteous, but because this rare opportunity to comprehend the Dharma manifestation Stage's breakthrough was too vital to be distracted.

Yun Luo Fairy then opened the Purple Sandalwood Box, taking out the Dharma Manifestation Pill, and, after gazing at it for a moment, solemnly swallowed it.

Yuan Ming could feel Yun Luo Fairy's heart beating "bang bang," clearly showing her own tension.

As the Dharma Manifestation Pill was swallowed, its medicinal power quickly dispersed, but it didn't scatter to be absorbed by the Dantian like other elixirs, instead forming a cloud-like entity hovering within the Dantian.

Yuan Ming immediately sensed that the mana within Yun Luo Fairy's Dantian was being drawn towards this liquid cloud.

However, once the mana converged, it wasn't absorbed by the liquid, nor did the two merge; they were in a state of mutual attraction yet not combining.

Yuan Ming's mind moved, realizing that it was waiting for Yun Luo Fairy's divine soul.

Yun Luo Fairy, naturally aware, after a brief breathing control, descended her divine soul from the Sea of Consciousness, sending it toward the Dantian.

At the moment her divine soul entered the Dantian, it was drawn toward the liquid just like the mana; however, there was a difference in that her divine soul didn't attach externally but plunged directly into the liquid.

In an instant, the mist-like potion rapidly contracted and directly merged into Yun Luo Fairy's Divine Soul.

Yuan Ming's Divine Thought was connected with it, and he immediately sensed that as Yun Luo Fairy's Divine Soul merged with the potion, it began to rapidly absorb the Mana from her Dantian.

The initially separate three entities finally, at this moment, experienced a marvelous fusion.

Perhaps due to the effect of the Dharma Manifestation Pill, the fusion of the Divine Soul and Mana was exceptionally smooth. Originally existing only in spirit, without form, the Divine Soul began to manifest into a real shape, astonishingly formed from condensed Mana.

Meanwhile, the Nascent Soul quietly seated in the Dantian seemed to sense something and moved closer to the manifesting Divine Soul figure.

"Could it be that to advance to the Dharma manifestation stage, one must also fuse with the Nascent Soul?" Yuan Ming harbored a moment of doubt in his heart.

This evidently conflicted with what he previously knew.

But since he was not the one attempting to break through the bottleneck, he didn't dwell on it. After all, thinking wouldn't be of any use; he simply watched how Yun Luo Fairy would respond.

Regardless, such an immersive experience of comprehension was extremely valuable.

At this moment, the Nascent Soul of Yun Luo Fairy approached and extended its two little hands, pressing on the nascent Dharma manifestation, seemingly infusing its power into it.

Subsequently, Yuan Ming saw the shape of the "Dharma manifestation" in the Dantian rapidly condense, gradually forming the figure of a graceful woman clad in long, wide-sleeved robes, her form nearly perfect, though her facial features remained somewhat indistinct.

Her figure towered significantly over the Nascent Soul, the size difference akin to that between an adult and a child.

As the woman's form fully consolidated, a subtle sound echoed from Yun Luo Fairy's Dantian, immediately causing the Mana within to autonomously circulate, absorbing the surrounding nature's spiritual energy.

In an instant, countless threads of nature's spiritual energy surged in from all directions, converging upon Yun Luo Fairy, forming a spiritual energy vortex visible to the naked eye above her, swirling gently yet unceasingly.

The entire chamber was immediately filled with surging spiritual energy, mist rising.

At that moment, the array set beneath Yun Luo Fairy suddenly lit up, revealing a circular light array, densely covered with runes on its surface, all intercepting the gathered vortex of nature's spiritual energy above.

To say it intercepted it isn't quite accurate, as the nature's spiritual energy was not entirely blocked but filtered through a mesh, allowing only the purer energies to pass through.

Once filtered, the nature's spiritual energy became much more refined and, after being refined through the body's meridians, entered the Dantian.

As the threads of nature's spiritual energy were refined into Mana and absorbed by the Dantian, the Dharma manifestation of the woman in wide sleeves rapidly expanded, quickly filling the entire Dantian.

Before long, it continued to swell, manifesting externally as a Dharma manifestation phantom equal in height to Yun Luo Fairy's true form, though one was seated and the other standing.

At that moment, Yuan Ming suddenly sensed a wave of pain from Yun Luo Fairy's Divine Soul and quickly focused his mind to investigate, only to be surprised to find the "Dharma manifestation" manifesting externally was covered with cracks resembling a porcelain glaze.

"This is the hidden danger of impure Mana, isn't it? The Divine Soul cannot perfectly merge with the Mana, thus cannot fully control it. Wouldn't it burst this way?" Yuan Ming pondered.

As he was considering how to handle this, he suddenly saw that the previously used potion to merge the Divine Soul and Mana rapidly vaporized, transforming into a layer of white mist, enveloping the entire "Dharma manifestation" like a thin gauze.

"No wonder the Dharma Manifestation Pill can greatly increase the breakthrough probability; it indeed has such marvelous use," Yuan Ming thought with delight.

However, relying solely on the Dharma Manifestation Pill's effects was insufficient to help Yun Luo Fairy completely avert the crisis, for otherwise, the pill wouldn't just increase the breakthrough probability but would guarantee that Returning to Void Cultivators advance to the Dharma manifestation stage.

As the Nascent Soul's power continued to infuse, the obscure face of the Dharma manifestation began to emit a water-blue glow, layers of water-like ripples undulating over its surface, while the figure's lines became animated and alive.

At the same time, the face of the Dharma manifestation gradually revealed itself within the misty vapor, bearing a seven-tenths resemblance to Yun Luo Fairy, yet even more beautiful, more noble, more ethereal.

"Luoshui Goddess..." Yuan Ming couldn't help but silently praise in his heart.

Once the Dharma manifestation of Luoshui Goddess fully formed, a sound of something shattering abruptly emanated from within Yun Luo Fairy's body. In the next moment, a spiritual energy vortex manifested in her Dantian, luminous and revolving.

The surrounding spiritual energy rushed into her like tides, simultaneously condensing upon her Dharma manifestation.

Yun Luo Fairy's aura surged, the water-blue dress of her Dharma manifestation deepening in hue, spreading a vast mist of water, enveloping the entire chamber.

"Success!" Yuan Ming inwardly exclaimed.

He understood from Yun Luo Fairy's success in breaking through—a valuable experience that would undoubtedly greatly assist him in his own future attempts, significantly boosting his chances of advancing to the Dharma manifestation stage.

At this time, he suddenly noticed that the Nascent Soul figure in Yun Luo Fairy's Dantian was also continuously absorbing the inundating Mana from outside, growing bit by bit, seemingly on the verge of transforming into an adult form.