Page 1103 of Heaven, Earth, Me

Seeing its enthusiasm, Yasenia chuckled slightly. She still remembered how unruly the Celestial Energy Star was at first. Only when she started understanding [Celestial Intent] did it listen to her. Now that she had the Intent at Level 9, it seemed to have fully accepted her as its owner.

“Well.” Yasenia took a deep breath and focused on controlling all of the liquid energy flowing inside her dantian. “It’s time for you to be compressed.”

She closed her eyes and placed both her hands on her abdomen, right above where her dantian previously resided. Her mind and focus disconnected from the outside, entirely focusing on her own inner workings.

Right now, even a mortal would be able to sneak up on her.

Yasenia regulated her breathing and slowed down the energy coursing around her body. She wanted all her efforts, every single drop of focus, and every thought to focus on her dantian.

After all her senses reached the limit, Yasenia’s pressure descended into her dantian and squeezed her own energy from all directions.

Like before, the liquid failed to be compressed and transformed. Still, Yasenia didn’t care much. Now that she had a plan, this didn’t affect her mood in the slightest.

When she was giving her all, Yasenia used a bit of focus to control the mass of energy in her Dantian and move it near the Celestial Energy Star.

Then, the Celestial Energy Star’s pressure descended.

BOOM!

The entire ball of liquid energy became a perfect liquid sphere. The Celestial Energy Star’s pressure had made it gain a perfectly spherical form as it pressured it from all sides. Yasenia continued pressuring in this way, and time went on.

One week… two weeks… one month…

Yasenia’s forehead was filled with beads of sweat as her breathing became accelerated. She had been focusing on the extremes without results. ‘Is it not the Celestial Energy Star? I don’t believe it!’

Yasenia was actually flabbergasted. How could the pressure from the Celestial Energy Star fail to help her with this step? ‘Do I need more time? However, that’s… even if I needed a lot of time to compress it, I should’ve seen at least a little bit of it transform into solid-state energy!’

That was right. Still, when her spiritual sense scanned the ball inside out, she saw nothing. Everything was still in the liquid state. This made Yasenia feel frustrated for the first time in a long while. ‘Why does it not work? I don’t understand…’

She was so confident that this was the solution that the usually resolute dragon woman began to falter slightly when it appeared not to be the one.

Yasenia was determined, and her will was incredibly powerful. However, she was far from perfect. Even someone like her could feel frustration and other similar emotions, as she had shown plenty of times in the past.

Yasenia didn’t stop pressuring for a single instant, though. ‘I just need a little bit. One small speck of solid energy will help me transform the rest with time. Just that starting point! That’s all I need!’

Sadly, two more weeks passed, and Yasenia was still unable to see progress. The dragoness looked at the mass of liquid energy and sneered. ‘You don’t want to transform in this way? Good.’

Soluna, Draheart, Dramel, and the other treasures suddenly saw the mass of energy move toward the Celestial Energy Star.

Soluna was confused and asked. “What’s Yasenia trying to do?”

Dramel muttered, her usually melodic and graceful voice sounding confused. “I am unsure… Draheart, any idea?”

Draheart was silent for a few seconds before she spoke up. “She is trying to use the Celestial Energy Star.”

Soluna asked, confused. “Huh? Isn’t she already doing that?”

“She is using its pressure…”

Dramel started. “What else is there to…” She trailed her words, and suddenly, realization struck her mind. “H-Huh? She is trying to use the body of the Celestial Energy Star!? Oh! Master! Don’t do that! That’s too dangerous!”

Dramel wanted to communicate with Yasenia. However, the dragoness naturally wouldn’t hear or even stop her thoughts. Her gaze was cold and determined as she pushed the energy toward the Celestial Energy Star.

Yasenia felt the Star’s hesitation for the first time in her life. This surprised her. However, soon, she smiled. ‘Are you doubting me? I trust in you, and you trust in me. We are part of a whole, aren’t we?’

A soft and gentle affirmative aura spread from the usually indifferent and aloof Celestial Energy Star. Yasenia chuckled. “Then, there is nothing to hesitate.” Her voice lowered and gained a commanding tone. “Accept my energy inside of you, [Celestial Energy Star].”

The liquid energy surged and then sunk into the Celestial Energy Star. The second that happened, Yasenia’s mind felt as if thousands of needles were prickling it.

The Celestial Energy Star was a source of pure Celestial Energy. Hence, Yasenia’s energy, which was far from that state, would be purified if it touched that star. The fastest way to replenish Celestial Energy was just that: feed it.

However, that wasn’t good. Everything in excess was harmful, and this applied to Celestial Energy as well. As a mortal cultivator, Yasenia was far from being able to control a thoroughly purified energy.

Hence, when she pushed her energy into the Celestial Energy Star, waves of Celestial Energy flooded her meridians and soul, making her entire body and mind hurt. The pain was terrible, one of the worst she had ever experienced. However, Yasenia’s face remained resolute. She poured and poured without a single hint of stopping, even when the rest of her body was starting to feel the aftermath of energy withdrawal.

Day after day, Yasenia poured and poured energy into it. ‘You are not fully developed, like me.’ Her body was losing its healthy luster. However, her eyes remained unwavering. ‘Therefore, you can’t absorb infinite energy.’ Yasenia felt all her cells protest in hunger. They wanted energy, they wanted to bathe in Yasenia’s abundant energy!

However, even when all her existence asked for it, Yasenia continued pouring everything into the Celestial Energy Star and focusing her pressure on it as well.

For the first time, the Celestial Energy Star felt bloated. The energy constantly pouring on it was like trying to take a breath without exhaling once. Even a mortal would be unable to breathe air after inhaling it a few times in a row.

Eventually, even her mind started to falter. However, her focus remained there. “Push. Push more. Push further…” Yasenia looked at her dry skin, and knowing that she was reaching her limits, she gritted her teeth, and her eyes glowed with determination. “NOW!”

BOOOM!

The Celestial Energy Star used all of its gained energy and squeezed down with terrifying pressure. From the center of the Celestial Energy Star, a pressure like no other appeared and engulfed everything around the dragoness.

Yasenia’s tired mind hurt so much, wanting rest from the terrifying episode she put herself through. However, she persevered.

Soluna and the other treasures looked on with worried faces. They could feel and see how the dragoness was succumbing to her exhaustion.

After a few days, though, that perseverance faltered. ‘More… A little more…’ Her eyelids dropped, feeling as if they were weighing a thousand tons. She kept herself awake, seeing the Celestial Energy Star compress in size little by little. ‘Don’t… fall… unconscious…’

Sadly, the dragoness couldn’t hold back her tiredness anymore. It was a miracle that she had lasted until this moment. If it weren’t for her unbreakable willpower, Yasenia would’ve fallen asleep more than a month ago.

Eventually, Yasenia’s body went limp, and she dropped from her meditative posture. Soluna materialized herself outside and grabbed the much thinner woman between her arms. Her heart was full of sorrow. “You did well… You did well, Yasenia… Even if you didn’t manage to do it.”

The treasures inside Yasenia’s dantian were silent, feeling as if they had something stuffed in their hearts.

However, when everyone was feeling depressed, the Celestial Energy Star began gently rotating, and a wave of energy spread from it. This energy was different from before. More accurately, there were two types of energy being emitted from the Celestial Energy Star.

Soluna and the others looked toward the Star with a confused expression. The first type of energy they noticed was the one they had felt many times before—the absolutely pure and unparalleled Celestial energy.

However, the second energy was a new one.

“…Is that?”

Dramel, being the newest treasure, was slightly confused. “What’s that?

Soluna looked into Yasenia’s dantian and was startled as no new energy was appearing. “Draheart? What’s going on!? I can’t see Yasenia’s liquid energy forming again. Did she tire herself too much!?”

Draheart chuckled. “No. She didn’t.”

When she spoke those words, a terrifyingly deep energy burst outward from the Celestial Energy Star, flooding the dragoness’s meridians and body. Soluna saw in real time as her skin regained the usual glossiness and her plumpness returned. The dragoness’s perfect body returned to its peak condition in just a few instants!

“This aura…” Soluna’s eyes analyzed Yasenia’s cultivation level, and joy flashed in her eyes. “She broke through! Level Seven of the Dantian Spiritualization Realm!”

Soluna burst into laughter, happily hugging Yasenia. “You did it! You did it! Wow! Hahaha!”

Yasenia slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by the cheerful laughter of her spirit companion. “What are you laughing so happily about, Soluna?”

Soluna grinned widely and gave Yasenia a big kiss on the forehead. “You did it! Congratulations!”

Yasenia blinked a few times and looked into her Dantian. “Huh? Where is my energy?”

The Celestial Energy Star pulsed with energy, and Yasenia looked at it confusedly. Curious, she sank her spiritual sense into the star, and her eyes widened. “Huh? Why do you have a solid core now- Ah.” Yasenia muttered. “That’s… my energy.”

Her mind began spinning, and she placed a hand on her forehead. “What…? How? No… Why? No… Ha?”

She tried to think of explanations, but none came to mind. She had never encountered something like this in her entire life. She had never read of something like this as well. This was completely new territory.