A white turtle carried an immortal. Its shell was as white as snow, and on top, a woman in white stood, her demeanor unparalleled. She was sacred and transcendent.
Shi Jian vaguely heard a melodious song, like a heavenly melody. This was an immortal scene conjured by an Immortality Medicine.
He did not hesitate and immediately headed towards the garden. The terrifying turbulent flows near it were comparable to a Heavenly God's strike, but they posed no danger to him. He walked straight through them, and the spatial turbulence could not break the defense of his Pantheon Battle Robe.
Upon nearing the garden, he saw corpse after corpse floating in the void. Over endless years, countless people had attempted to enter. Some of the skeletons had even reached the Heavenly God Realm.
The Dominator's Domain unfolded. Upon encountering it, these corpses were all refined into pure origin Qi, which then fed back to him.
Ignoring the turbulence, he ascended the island and opened his Dominator's Eye. At a glance, sacred medicines were everywhere. He saw a tree like a coiled dragon, its light soaring to the sky. It seemed to sense his peeping and immediately ran off.
"It became a spirit," Shi Jian noted, unsurprised.
He began to search for precious medicines. He saw a True Phoenix nest, but the spiritual plants around it were not of high grade.
"Was it preempted?" A place like this should have nurtured more. "There are traces of a broken formation. To be able to break an immortal's formation… should be the God-Striking Stone. Has Shi Hao also come out of seclusion?"
Knowing Shi Hao had already been here, he did not continue in that direction. With the God-Striking Stone and the Small Pagoda with him, it was difficult for any treasures to be left behind. The greatest opportunity here was the Immortality Medicine, and one of the keys to obtaining it was the Daluo Sword Embryo.
He wandered the island, obtaining multiple divine medicines but only taking a portion, leaving the roots. He was too lazy to touch the lesser spiritual medicines.
After obtaining another divine medicine, he suddenly encountered an old tree scurrying along the road. Its roots waved on the ground like tentacles, and it was running very fast.
"Kid, don't chase me anymore! You've been chasing me for a day and a night!" a muffled voice came from within the old tree.
"If you don't run, I won't chase."
"If this dead tree runs again, I'll catch it and burn it." Several familiar voices came from behind it.
"If you chase me again, I'll report to the Adult!" the old tree shouted.
The ones chasing were none other than Shi Hao, the God-Striking Stone, and the Small Pagoda.
Shi Jian took a swift step forward. Divine Demon Seal. The perfect sealing method from the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength. His divine power transformed into countless black-gold snowflakes, flowing around the old tree and sealing its power.
"My divine power…" The old tree let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground.
"Why isn't this old tree running anymore?" Shi Hao's puzzled voice came from behind.
Shi Jian revealed his figure. "It seems your cultivation has been going smoothly. You've cultivated Immortal Qi."
"Brother!" Shi Hao responded in surprise. "Still can't compare to you. I heard you single-handedly killed many ancient prodigies. You must have cultivated more than one strand, right?"
"My path is different from yours. The Immortal Qi I have cultivated is more than just three strands," Shi Jian replied. At the same time, six strands of Immortal Qi emerged, encircling him.
"Six strands?" Shi Hao's mouth dropped open. The Small Pagoda and the God-Striking Stone were also greatly shocked.
"Prodigy! Even in the Immortal Ancient era, no one ever cultivated six strands of Immortal Qi," the Small Pagoda spun around him. "Three strands were already the limit of the Dao."
"Brother, how did you do it?" Shi Hao asked impatiently.
Shi Jian shook his head. "My path is different. The first path is to integrate laws into the body; when all laws converge, Immortal Qi can be born. The second is to undergo the strongest lightning tribulation and reach ultimate sublimation."
Strictly speaking, he had only found two ways to cultivate Immortal Qi. It was just that the first path could be replicated with the laws of different worlds.
"Undergoing the strongest lightning tribulation, huh?" Shi Hao noted this down. He now had some ideas.
…
After determining his path, he felt the terrifying aura from Shi Jian and spoke with a hint of melancholy. "Brother, have you broken through to the Heavenly God Realm? I didn't expect that after such a short time, you have already left me far behind again."
His progress was also very fast, but Shi Jian was now capable of slaying Heavenly Gods. His combat power had once again left him far behind.
Listening to his somewhat disheartened words, Shi Jian couldn't help but roll his eyes. If it were anyone else, he would offer comfort. But when Shi Hao, this cheat-like player, said such things, there could be no sympathy. That drop of blood from the future was still in his body.
The two brothers reunited, chatted, and then dealt with their spoils of war: the sealed Heavenly God Tree. The fruits it bore could instantly create a Heavenly God. Its value was self-evident.
"If I weren't injured, you would never have taken me down!" the old tree spoke unwillingly.
Shi Hao was too lazy to argue. He just wanted to reach out and pick its fruits.
"No, don't touch my children! Adult, help!" the old tree let out a tragic cry.
Just as Shi Jian was about to seal its voice, another voice entered everyone's ears. "My Adult wishes to speak with you all."
They looked over and saw a medicinal herb, entirely black-gold, emerge from a crack in a broken mountain.
"Who is your Adult?" Shi Hao asked out of curiosity. A divine medicine calling something else an Adult? It was possible that it was the Immortality Medicine.
The divine medicine emitted a strange fluctuation. "My Adult resides by the Immortal Spring and wishes to invite you all over for a face-to-face discussion."
"If they want to talk, why don't they come themselves? There's no sincerity," Shi Hao waved his hand in refusal, fearing a trap.
The divine medicine coughed. "We are all medicinal herbs and are wary of outsiders. My Adult choosing you is definitely a great opportunity. If you are worried, that tree and I are willing to be hostages."
"This was already our spoils of war," Shi Hao said, grabbing the Heavenly God Tree.
"I don't want to be a tree-hostage! I'm a tonic!" the tree cried out miserably.
"Brother…" Shi Hao looked at Shi Jian. He was indeed very interested.
"Let's go take a look," Shi Jian stated his position. "Lead the way."
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