Xiao Fei’s stored spirit stones and origin crystals were all depleted.
The jade disk stubbornly continued to absorb the magic power within Xiao Fei’s body, completely disregarding his life or death.
Watching his physical body gradually shrivel, he was on the verge of dying.
Although he could switch to another body to continue his adventures, the vast resources he had spent thus far might all go to waste. How could he possibly accept that?
Suddenly, he remembered that he had obtained five immortal stones. As an energy source more advanced than spirit stones, they should have an effect, right?
With this thought, he took out an immortal stone. As soon as he held it in his hand, a powerful suction force emanated from the jade disk, drawing away the immortal energy from the stone.
Streams of immortal energy flowed from the immortal stone, coursed through Xiao Fei’s body, and then entered the jade disk.
Xiao Fei’s physical body also underwent a transformation under the repeated cleansing of the immortal energy, benefiting from it slightly.
The energy contained within a single immortal stone was far greater than all the spirit stones he had accumulated before.
However, one immortal stone was clearly not enough. The powerful suction force continued to press, and Xiao Fei could only take out another immortal stone to be absorbed.
With the support of a large amount of immortal energy, the cracks on the jade disk quickly recovered, and at the same time, drastic changes were occurring within the space.
The area of the space rapidly expanded, and the small mountain was rapidly growing taller.
The Tongtian Jianmu, which had barely grown at all, was also visibly growing upwards, unfurling tender leaves.
After consecutively using three immortal stones, the jade disk seemed to have finally had its fill, and the suction force gradually ceased.
Xiao Fei had now officially become a cultivator at the Integration stage, with magic power surging within him, more than ten times that of the Void Refining stage.
Simultaneously, his soul and physical body were slowly merging together.
According to the information he had seen from the inheritance of that black dog, at the Integration stage, the soul and physical body began to merge, and this would continue until complete fusion at the Mahayana stage.
After that, the body would undergo a qualitative change, a complete transformation, becoming an immortal body.
Before a cultivator ascended to immortality, no matter how powerful their cultivation, their physical body would eventually decay.
All physical bodies would die, leaving the soul adrift and ultimately dissipating into nothingness.
It was merely a matter of those with higher cultivation having longer lifespans, while those with lower cultivation had shorter ones.
Only after undergoing tribulation and ascending to immortality would the physical body undergo a qualitative change, ceasing to age and truly achieving eternal life.
While the jade disk absorbed immortal energy, using his physical body as a medium, Xiao Fei’s body was repeatedly scoured by the immortal energy, and now his physical body actually contained a trace of immortal energy.
Xiao Fei walked through the space at this moment, and the space had undergone earth-shattering changes.
The overall area had expanded tenfold, reaching 3.6 million mu.
The space contained undulating mountains, spirit springs, and lakes.
The slightly bulging mound of earth had now become a ten-thousand-zhang high mountain, with fierce winds at its summit.
Standing on the mountaintop, Xiao Fei could even sense a trace of extremely thin immortal energy.
Although not much, it was exceptionally rare in this lower realm.
At the center of the space, the Jianmu tree had achieved explosive growth this time.
From its previous height of just over a foot, it had suddenly grown to over ten zhang tall.
The trunk of this tree was smooth and emerald green. Despite its significant growth, it still grew straight upwards, without a single branch.
Legend had it that by climbing the Tongtian Jianmu, one could ascend to the celestial realm.
Given the current smooth and branchless state of this tree, it clearly wasn’t designed for climbing.
If the Jianmu had branches, he would have wanted to chop off a branch to study it. Now, he could only pick a leaf to examine.
The leaves of the Jianmu were a vibrant green, oval-shaped, and emitted a faint, refreshing fragrance.
Decomposing it with the Law of Gathering and Dispersing was a slow process. It took a long time to break it down into several components.
This material contained vigorous life force, and judging by his alchemy experience, it could be used to refine many types of pills.
Apart from the Tongtian Jianmu, the other spiritual plants in the space showed no significant changes.
However, as the space expanded, the lake where the flying fish resided and the spring of enlightenment had both grown much larger.
The output of the spring of enlightenment had increased, which would further accelerate his comprehension of laws in the future.
In his battle with the black dog this time, he had felt that he had gained no advantage in terms of comprehending laws.
He could not accept being inferior to even a dog in this regard.
The next time he encountered that black dog, he would definitely defeat it and prove that he was stronger.
He planned to use the vast amount of newly added land in the space to cultivate food crops.
He harbored a grand ambition: to unify the entire Giant World.
To make all giants his most loyal warriors, prepared to face any dangers that might lie ahead.
He did not know what dangers he would face next, but they should not be any less formidable than that black dog.
To gather the giants, he needed to possess a large supply of food.
The millions of mu of land newly added to the space were perfect for providing logistical support.
For these over 3 million mu of land, he planned to primarily plant the fast-growing, high-yield Overlord Potato, with a small amount of other higher-tier crops.
These tasks would be handled by the puppets within the space.
Xiao Fei was searching within the space for the laws that always appeared after each advancement and spatial transformation.
He searched for a long time, and finally, he felt a sense of connection in his heart. A wave of sorrow instantly surged into his chest, and he then collapsed on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.
Seeing this, the flying fish quickly flew to his side to comfort him.
“Master! Please don’t be like this! I will feel very guilty.”
However, Xiao Fei ignored him and cried even more sorrowfully.
“I thought you didn’t like dog meat, that’s why I finished it. Next time, I will definitely find something better to compensate you.”
“Master, I beg you, please stop crying, okay?”
“Don’t you often teach me to be magnanimous? It’s just a pot of dog meat, why are you crying so miserably!”
“Look, that dog still has so much meat. How about we stew another pot? This time, I promise I won’t eat a single bite.”
The flying fish, mistaking Xiao Fei’s tears for regret over not getting to eat dog meat, tried its best to comfort him.
Although Xiao Fei was weeping under the influence of the law, he heard everything the flying fish said clearly.
Angered, he directly infused the nascent traces of law he had just comprehended into the flying fish.
“Waa! Waaaa…”
“Master, I suddenly feel so sad!”
“Waaaa waaaa…”
And so, the master and servant, human and fish, cried their hearts out in the space.
They cried for over a month, their throats hoarse, before gradually calming down.
Xiao Fei had now initially comprehended this law, which turned out to be "Sorrow" from the Seven Emotions.
He had previously comprehended "Joy" from the Seven Emotions, and now he had comprehended "Sorrow." The two formed a perfect pair.
As for these laws related to the Seven Emotions, if you say they are useless, they can directly influence a person’s emotions.
If you say they are useful, they don’t have much effect in combat.