Chapter 0447 – A Well

Qin Hongyi had a brilliant scheme in mind—she intended to gain everything without giving anything in return.

"Still, both Qin Hongyi and Luo Jianfei are after some kind of legacy. If I'm not wrong, that legacy must be near or inside the Divine Source Cave. But how are they planning to obtain it? There must be secrets here,"

Yi Tianxing murmured, a thought flashing through his mind.

Everything about the Divine Source Cave reeked of mystery. No one knew what unknown forces might lie within. The legacy itself remained an enigma, cloaked in layers of fog.

"Brother, are we leaving now?"Nannan looked up and asked softly.

"We're not leaving. Since we've come all this way, we're not walking away empty-handed."

Yi Tianxing smiled. Now that he understood the properties of the barrier, he naturally had ways to bypass it. Before the others arrived, he would seize some of the Divine Source for himself—this was a fortune laid bare before him.

Leaving now would mean forfeiting an opportunity.

Moreover, watching Nannan press the tip of the pagoda into the barrier gave Yi Tianxing another idea. If successful, this could lead to a life-changing stroke of fortune.

"You mean you have a way, Brother?"Nannan blinked curiously, her voice crisp and clear.

"Of course."

With a flash of light, a pitch-black fishing rod appeared in Yi Tianxing's hand. The rod was black, the line translucent, and the hook as dark as ink. The entire thing emanated a chilling, eerie aura. Holding it made his soul tremble, as a coldness silently crept into his blood, trying to freeze even his soul.

This was the rod he had forcibly taken from the Dark Whirlpool long ago—named the Death God's Fishing Rod (死神钓竿).

🔹 Death God's Fishing Rod: A terrifying treasure once wielded by the god of death to fish for souls. Once targeted, it locks onto the soul's energy and won't stop until the soul is dragged out. The hook can bind all forms of spiritual essence and divine souls unless protected by another supreme soul artifact.

Aside from its horrifying soul-harvesting power, the rod also possessed normal fishing rod functions, including extraordinary durability and the ability to shift between visible and invisible states.

Among the strange and rare weapons, fishing rods were perhaps the most mystical—and the most difficult to master. But when used well, they were beyond supernatural.

Swish!!

Yi Tianxing cast the Death God's Fishing Rod toward the Divine Source Cave, like an angler dropping a line into water. The pitch-black hook shot out like lightning and precisely snagged a piece of Divine Source.

What happened next was uncanny.

The hook melted into the Divine Source as though it were a fish swallowing bait. The source remained untouched on the surface, yet the hook was embedded inside.

Swish!!

Yi Tianxing flicked his wrist and pulled back. The line went taut, and the chunk of Divine Source—originally embedded in the wall—flew into the air and passed through the barrier, landing in front of him.

Divine Source was normally extremely hard and nearly impossible to extract.

But the Death God's Hook pierced it effortlessly and yanked it free like it was never part of the rock.

The scene was like fishing—except instead of fish, he was reeling in Divine Source.

"This is Divine Source… and you can fish it out? Brother, you're amazing!"

Nannan's eyes widened at the fist-sized piece of glowing Divine Source now before her. Its gentle radiance caused her every pore to open in bliss.

"It really works. Nannan, I'm going to fish out a whole bunch for you to use in cultivation. With Divine Source, your path will be smoother, and we can slowly fix your lacking natural aptitude."

Yi Tianxing smiled and cast the line again. Another Divine Source was hooked and reeled in effortlessly. His motion was fluid—like a serene fisherman.

"Nannan, pierce part of the pagoda into the barrier. Keep half of it outside. The Divine Source Cave is overflowing with pure energy and resonant Dao essence. Instead of letting it go to waste, we'll feed it to the pagoda to strengthen its foundation."

Strength was the only truth that mattered.

The Primordial Heaven Emperor Pagoda was his life-bound treasure—its growth directly tied to his own. Strengthening it was a top priority.

Compared to this place, not even a full spiritual vein could compare.

And such a banquet of power? How could anyone not feast?

Boom!!

Nannan obediently inserted the tip of the pagoda into the cave through the barrier. Instantly, an immense devouring force surged from the pagoda. The multicolored light radiating from the cave poured in like waves.

The energy here was not only incomparably pure—it was also infused with the Dao's essence, just like the Divine Source.

This Dao-infused energy merged with the pagoda, fueling a massive transformation. The internal spatial realms and laws of nature within the pagoda grew explosively.

Yi Tianxing could feel the expansion within the pagoda—its spatial domain was evolving.

The Chaotic Realm inside the tower began to birth even more chaotic energy, and the other internal realms expanded in turn.

"This really is a feast," Yi Tianxing thought, exhilarated by the feeling of constant strengthening.

Motivated, he cast the line even faster—each cast pulling in a fist-sized Divine Source.

"Brother, this cave really is like a well. No matter how much you fish or absorb, it keeps refilling itself. You're fishing in a well! If it truly is a well, that's amazing. If only the Divine Sea inside me were like this cave, producing endless true essence, I could keep attacking my meridian rivers without ever worrying about running out."

Nannan tilted her head, speaking with childlike innocence.

"A well?"

Yi Tianxing paused, his hands still. He looked carefully at the Divine Source Cave. Though it extended horizontally, viewed vertically, it truly resembled a Divine Source Well.

If this was a well, then the energy pouring out was its water, and the Divine Sources were fish. There might even be a spring deep inside, constantly producing Source Power—making it inexhaustible, no matter how much was fished or absorbed.

That thought was unnervingly strange.

If it was truly a Divine Source Well, then how had it formed? Legend held that such mines were impossible to create… yet here it was.

That mystery only deepened.

"Wait. If this cave is like a well, isn't that similar to the Divine Sea Nannan developed in her body? Small and shallow, yes—but still a well. What if... instead of trying to expand its width, we deepened it instead?"

Yi Tianxing's eyes lit up with inspiration. Nannan's low talent had always weighed on his mind. But maybe—just maybe—there was another path.

A Divine Well.

Rather than widen the sea, what if they deepened the well infinitely, allowing it to store massive amounts of true essence? It could function just like a normal Divine Sea—maybe even better.

No one had walked such a path before—but why not try?

"If my Divine Sea could become a well like this," Nannan said softly, "then I wouldn't be worse than anyone else."

Her eyes lit up, and that idea took root—just as it had in Yi Tianxing's mind.

She stared at the Divine Source Cave, completely unable to look away. The well seemed to whisper with hidden truths and infinite mysteries, full of Dao's resonance.

Her breathing stilled. She didn't even blink.

"Enlightenment?" Yi Tianxing gasped, seeing her unmoving gaze.

Only those with extraordinary perception and talent could enter enlightenment—a state many cultivators dreamed of, yet most never touched in their lives.