This Item Has Destiny With This Humble Daoist

With a shift in his escape light, Li Yu ascended into the sky.

A moment later, Li Yu landed in front of the previous great hall.

He stepped into the hall and saw Zhou Yi cultivating. Vital energy flowed around him, and the Sea of Bitterness rumbled, seemingly reaching a critical juncture for its creation.

"Not bad. The Sea of Bitterness is about to be successfully opened."

Li Yu nodded, found a spot to sit nearby, and began to review his recent gains.

The remnant soul of the Azure Emperor's descendant, though not top-tier in cultivation, possessed very orthodox knowledge. Both the Emperor Scripture, the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, and the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Demon were supreme ultimate skills.

More importantly, these cultivation techniques and secret arts could be used without consuming energy. Although the System had scanned all resources in this world, each one required energy to be exchanged.

Even though cultivation manuals consumed little energy, with only a thousand-odd points of energy, how could Li Yu bear to spend it casually? Things that were obtained as physical items and could be used without consuming energy were Li Yu's favorite!

"The cultivation insights and combat experience are very useful."

Li Yu nodded, his gaze shifting to the various monsters he had slain earlier.

"System, extract the cultivation methods, insights, and combat experience of the transformed demons. Although they aren't of much use, they can enrich the Resource Library. The rest can be directly decomposed into energy."

After decomposition, the System's energy increased again, reaching just over two thousand points.

"Staying in this world for a year, I have the true form of the Crocodile Ancestor at the Demon Saint level, the Celestial Sword Pool, and the Crocodile Ancestor's Saint-level armor and Saint Weapon longsword. Under normal circumstances, self-preservation is no longer an issue."

Li Yu looked up at the volcano, a smile on his face. "If I can obtain the Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon and the Heart of the Demon Emperor, then I'll be even safer."

"Buzz..."

A tremor sounded, and brilliant radiance bloomed.

Zhou Yi, who was sitting cross-legged, was enveloped in a layer of dazzling colored light.

"The Sea of Bitterness has been opened? And there are phenomena manifesting. It seems his foundation is quite good!"

Li Yu smiled and nodded, praising him. However, his words implied that the foundation was merely "quite good."

"After all, his essence is still a bit weak. If he wants to achieve anything, I'll have to let him exchange for a powerful physique."

Li Yu chuckled. "Zhou Yi is also a descendant of the Ji Family, so of course, he should have the Ji Family's Divine Body! The Void Emperor Scripture, the Eastern Wasteland Divine Body – that's what befits the Descendant of the Great Emperor!"

"Grandmaster!"

At this moment, Zhou Yi had finished his cultivation. Seeing Li Yu watching over him, Zhou Yi felt touched. Was Grandmaster still worried about my safety?

"Mm. The Sea of Bitterness has been opened, good."

Li Yu nodded at Zhou Yi. "To walk far on the path of cultivation, one must have a solid foundation. While your foundation is good now, it's still lacking if you want to contend with the geniuses of this era."

"Please guide me, Grandmaster."

Hearing Li Yu's words, Zhou Yi quickly bowed, seeking Li Yu's advice.

"Although you are a Descendant of the Great Emperor, your bloodline is a bit thin. To solidify your foundation, it must start with the bloodline."

Li Yu stood up and smiled at Zhou Yi. "Don't rush to increase your cultivation; your foundation is the root of everything."

"This disciple understands."

Zhou Yi nodded earnestly.

"Mm. Then you prepare yourself first! I'll take a walk around the area."

Li Yu nodded, stepped out of the hall, and used his escape light to head towards the volcano.

Within this volcano lay the tomb of the Azure Emperor. Although it was still a few months before the tomb would appear, Li Yu wanted to try and obtain it in advance.

His escape light landed at the mouth of the volcano. Before him was a churning inferno, with scorching magma boiling in the crater, casting a red glow across the sky.

"So hot."

Even though Li Yu had exchanged for the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, his powerful physique still found it difficult to withstand the intense heat.

"Activate resource collection, collect heat."

An invisible black hole appeared around Li Yu, and the surrounding heat surged towards him but could not cause him any harm.

"Good."

Li Yu nodded and walked to the edge of the volcano, approaching the churning lake of lava.

"The Azure Emperor's tomb is a great hall, buried within this scorching magma. If I collect all this magma, can I find the Azure Emperor's tomb directly?" Li Yu pondered, feeling a sense of eager anticipation.

"Even if it doesn't succeed, collecting this magma can replenish the System's energy. So, let's give it a try!"

With a wave of his hand towards the lava lake, an invisible black hole formed within it.

"Rumble!"

The entire lava lake violently trembled, sending up massive waves of magma. A huge vortex instantly appeared in the lava lake, and the churning magma continuously rushed into the vortex and disappeared.

"It really works."

Seeing this, Li Yu couldn't help but laugh. "System, decompose the collected magma and convert it into energy."

As time passed, the surface of the lava lake slowly lowered, and the energy numbers in the System continuously ticked upwards.

Two thousand five, three thousand, four thousand...

"Excellent. Even if I can't find the Azure Emperor's tomb, this much energy alone makes it worthwhile."

Seeing the continuously increasing energy in the System, Li Yu's face lit up with joy.

With energy, everything becomes convenient!

Li Yu rode his escape light, floating on the surface of the lava lake. He watched the lake level drop and saw glimmers of light faintly showing within the lava. Li Yu felt immensely pleased.

"System, confirm the location of the Azure Emperor's tomb and speed up the lava collection."

"RUMBLE!"

The lava lake violently shook again, and the entire lake surface visibly dropped at a rapid pace. Gradually, a grand hall radiating brilliant light began to emerge.

Not long after, the hall surfaced from the lava.

This was a majestic and magnificent hall.

The entire hall was refined from five-colored divine jade. It was crystal clear, shimmering with iridescent colors and overflowing with radiant light, appearing incredibly mystical.

On the surrounding walls and the foundation below, countless ancient characters were inscribed. The characters were archaic, resembling vines and tendrils, dragons and snakes. There were also depictions of dragons, phoenixes, turtles, and qilin, appearing extremely profound.

"Is this the Azure Emperor's tomb?"

Li Yu's eyes brightened, and his heart filled with joy. "Hahahaha, this treasure is fated to be mine!"

His escape light descended, and Li Yu arrived in front of the hall.

"CRACKLE!"

A dazzling radiance erupted, and a massive force surged upwards, like a tsunami or a mountain collapse.

"Whoa!"

Li Yu was greatly alarmed and quickly drew upon the power of the Crocodile Ancestor's corpse, creating a light screen in front of him to fiercely block the impact.

"CRACK!"

After resisting for a moment, the light screen formed by the power of a Demon Saint's cultivation began to crack.

"I refuse to believe I can't block this!"

Li Yu gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and released the Crocodile Ancestor's Mystic Gold Armor, putting it on temporarily even though it didn't fit.

"CLANG..."

The Sword Qi from the Celestial Sword Pool violently erupted, slashing towards the incoming force.