Chapter 026 Hela's Idea

After Wang Bo threw the Jade Linglong into the Woodcutter's Spring, the spring released a soft and dazzling golden light.

Within this light, the Spring Goddess slowly emerged, holding a basketball-sized Jade Linglong.

Compared to before, the Spring Goddess was now more radiant and beautiful, her clothes more splendid—the difference was like that between a village girl and the most beautiful woman in the world.

Even the intelligence of the Spring Goddess had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"It's you again," the Spring Goddess said upon seeing Wang Bo. Without even following the usual routine, she tossed the basketball-sized Jade Linglong to Wang Bo. "Here, take this. Don't bother me lately; I'm binge-watching a show."

With that, she returned to the spring.

Wang Bo: ...

Although he felt that the Spring Goddess seemed to have become too intelligent, obtaining the Jade Linglong was all that mattered.

Wang Bo then put away the Woodcutter's Spring and took out the Copy Mirror to duplicate a Jade Linglong.

Afterward, Wang Bo tossed the original Jade Linglong to the stunned Li Qiushui.

"Here, return this to you."

Li Qiushui quickly reached out to catch the Jade Linglong. The moment her hand touched it, the Jade Linglong eagerly burrowed into her body. In an instant, the true qi within Li Qiushui's body surged and boiled.

Immediately, Wang Bo felt Li Qiushui's aura continuously rising, rising, rising.

Her entire being grew younger, more beautiful, more radiant.

If Li Qiushui had been merely a mature woman in her thirties moments ago, now she was a young maiden in the bloom of youth.

This transformation occurred in the blink of an eye.

Li Qiushui struck out with a palm, and a ghostly claw a hundred meters high tore through the air. The claw was lifelike and tangible, easily penetrating the wall of the underground chamber like a hot knife through butter, leaving a hundred-meter-high claw-shaped hole in the wall without any resistance.

Blazing sunlight streamed in, illuminating the entire chamber.

Li Qiushui stared in astonishment at her slender fingers. She had been powerful before, but she could not have done this. Now, she could do it with ease.

What was even more astonishing was that this was merely a casual strike, far from her full strength.

"So powerful." She felt the surging, nearly inexhaustible true qi within her and believed she could kill her former self with a single finger.

What were Xiaoyaozi or Wu Xingyun compared to her? Nothing.

"Thank you, Senior!"

Soon, Li Qiushui composed herself and expressed gratitude to Wang Bo, for she realized that even after her upgrade, she might not be a match for these two old seniors.

Who knew how many years these monsters had lived, to be so indifferent to the Jade Linglong.

Hela glanced at Li Qiushui and then looked away, but her interest in the Jade Linglong grew more intense, as she saw that Li Qiushui's strength had increased astonishingly after absorbing it.

When she first met Li Qiushui, the latter's strength, though decent, was only slightly better than that of an ordinary Asgardian warrior.

But now, after absorbing the Jade Linglong, Li Qiushui was qualified to join Asgard's Valkyrie Corps.

It was true that she had single-handedly wiped out the Valkyrie Corps, but she also admitted that the Valkyrie Corps was one of Asgard's most elite legions.

Every female member was a super warrior selected with great care.

A mere Jade Linglong could elevate an ordinary Asgardian warrior to the level of a Valkyrie—this was beyond imagination. Coupled with its ability to grant immortality, even Odin's treasure vault held few items that could compare.

After duplicating several Jade Linglongs with the Copy Mirror, Wang Bo kept one and put the rest away along with the mirror. He then attempted to absorb a Jade Linglong into his body.

The Jade Linglong obediently entered Wang Bo's body, traveled upward, and finally settled in the most important part of the human body.

The Niwan Palace!

The Niwan Palace, also known as the Upper Dantian, is located between the eyebrows at the intersection of the Yintang and Baihui acupoints—a very important part of the human body.

Throughout history, people have had many understandings of the Niwan Palace. Science calls it the pineal gland; Taoism regards it as the residence of the primordial spirit; Buddhism calls it the Dharani Gate.

Besides these, the Niwan Palace is also known as Kunlun Peak, Perfect Enlightenment Sea, Central One Palace, Brain-Blood Jade Chamber, Soul-Essence Jade Treasure, Pure Void Palace, Upper Heaven Gate, Sympathetic Palace, Samadhi, Heavenly Palace, Heavenly Root, Mysterious Gate, Other Shore, Jade Pool, Purple Mansion, and many other names.

The importance of this place to the human body is self-evident.

However, Wang Bo did not expect that the Jade Linglong would open up the Niwan Palace and take up residence there, thereby connecting the human body with heaven and earth, forming a cycle between the two.

At the same time, the Nine Yang True Qi within Wang Bo surged. He felt an endless stream of sunlight being drawn down into the Jade Linglong.

Then the Jade Linglong effortlessly converted this sunlight into Nine Yang True Qi.

Not long ago, Wang Bo's Nine Yang True Qi had already reached the Ten Yang realm.

Although it was only the first stage of Ten Yang—the Blue Flame stage—it could vaporize steel, and modern forged weapons would turn to ash upon contact.

But now, with the addition of the Jade Linglong, Wang Bo's Nine Yang True Qi underwent another transformation.

It leaped directly from Ten Yang Blue Flame, skipping Purple Flame and Cyan Flame, and instantly reached the highest realm of Ten Yang... White Flame!

At this level, whenever Wang Bo activated his true qi, his entire body would emit a white light flame. This white flame was immensely powerful, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas with ease.

Even more terrifying was that this flame possessed the property of indestructibility. Without special means, the white flame would burn continuously—water could not extinguish it, ice could not freeze it, and even a vacuum could not snuff it out.

After all, it was not real fire but a special kind of power.

Hela immediately sensed the power of the white flame and couldn't help narrowing her eyes, for she felt that the temperature of this white flame had surpassed the surface temperature of the sun.

In all of Asgard, few dared to face such formidable power head-on.

Her regard for the Jade Linglong rose even higher.

However, Hela did not ask Wang Bo for the Jade Linglong, as she knew that even if she asked, Wang Bo would not hand it over.

So Hela planned that if she encountered some good treasures in other worlds, she could trade with Wang Bo for the Jade Linglong using items she had no use for.

But what Hela wanted most was not the Jade Linglong itself, but the treasure that could duplicate it.

That was the true priceless treasure.

With that treasure, she could duplicate all kinds of treasures and, relying on them, forge an invincible army armed to the teeth.