Packing It All Up

"Rumble!"

A massive shockwave erupted, shaking the earth.

A large section of the volcano's crater wall was also blasted apart. Fortunately, Li Yu had already collected the magma; otherwise, it would have overflowed and submerged the surrounding ruins.

"Phew! Finally made it through."

Li Yu panted heavily, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "Good heavens. I had to use nearly three Saint-level powers to block that energy."

"System, scan the source of this energy."

With the energy acquired, Li Yu was no longer stingy like a miser.

"The energy comes from the sealing formation."

"Sealing?"

Li Yu blinked, suddenly remembering that the Azure Emperor's Tomb was supposed to appear several months later, which was when the sealing energy would have been depleted.

Li Yu had arrived early, and there was still residual energy in the seal. Li Yu had just encountered this energy burst.

"What the heck!"

Li Yu looked dejected.

This seal was likely set up by descendants or subordinates of the Azure Emperor from back then.

Even after countless years, the residual energy's power could rival a Saint-level being. What kind of cultivation must the person who set up the seal have possessed back then!

Fortunately, after this energy burst, the seal was already shattered.

With lingering fear, Li Yu retracted the Mystic Gold Armor and looked up at the magnificent, multi-colored grand hall.

"The entire hall is refined from Five-Colored Divine Jade. So extravagant, truly too extravagant."

Pausing before the hall, Li Yu didn't approach further but hatched another idea.

"System, can I collect the entire hall along with everything inside?"

This was Li Yu's plan.

After being so startled, how could he vent his anger without packing it all up and taking it away? Moreover... ahem, saving is a virtue, and we mustn't waste!

"The volume of the designated item exceeds user permissions."

"Huh?"

Li Yu was stunned. "No way? There's such a thing?"

"Hmm? Wait. The System only said it exceeds permissions, not that it can't be collected. So that means..."

Li Yu's eyes lit up. "System, what is the cost to collect the entire hall?"

"It will consume 500 energy points and temporarily activate a recycling channel. Do you wish to activate it?"

"Activate! Of course, activate!"

Only 500 energy points? The energy collected from the magma earlier had caused the System's energy count to surge to 5,000. Li Yu felt this small amount was insignificant.

"Swish..."

An invisible wave swept through the entire hall, and in an instant, the massive, five-colored hall vanished.

"Hahahaha! I've hit the jackpot! I've really hit the jackpot!"

Seeing the five-colored hall appear in the System Resource Library, Li Yu was overjoyed.

The Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon! The Heart of the Demon Emperor! And countless weapons and secret treasures! Even fragments of the Dao Scripture's Wheel Sea Chapter and the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, the Green Bronze Chunk, were inside! He had completely packed it all up and taken it away!

His escape light shot up, and Li Yu's figure emerged from the crater, landing before the hall at the foot of the mountain.

"Grandmaster, you've returned."

Seeing Li Yu return, Zhou Yi quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.

"Mm."

Li Yu nodded, then glanced at Zhou Yi, noticing his entire body's blood essence churning, with divine light faintly flashing.

"You purified your bloodline using the Supreme Heavenly Book? Hmm, your bloodline has improved significantly, but it's not yet a Divine Body."

"Grandmaster's discerning eye is flawless."

Zhou Yi replied with a smile, "Your disciple recently exchanged some demon corpses for energy, which improved my bloodline. However, the energy is insufficient, and it's still far from a Divine Body."

"Is that so!"

Li Yu smiled. "Since that's the case, then your Grandmaster will lend you a hand."

Having just made a great haul, Li Yu was in an excellent mood. Seeing that Zhou Yi was still lacking, he was naturally happy to bestow a gift.

He waved his hand with a pretense of scattering some spiritual light, but in reality, he exchanged for a Divine Body from the System and designated Zhou Yi as the target.

As the spiritual light descended, the Divine Body transformation began.

"Your Majesty, by the grace of the Dao Ancestor, your bloodline has been comprehensively enhanced, and you have obtained the complete Divine Body bloodline. The Divine Body transformation has begun. Please prepare yourself, Your Majesty."

"Ah..."

A hot current, like magma, surged into Zhou Yi's body. Zhou Yi felt as if his entire being was being crushed and then painstakingly reshaped.

The intense pain made Zhou Yi cry out involuntarily.

"Haha! I went through hell too back then. Now you get to taste it too."

Seeing Zhou Yi screaming in agony and writhing on the ground, Li Yu chuckled inwardly.

A moment later, the Divine Body modification was complete.

Zhou Yi flipped over and got up from the ground. He stared at his body in disbelief. "Is this the Divine Body?"

Divine radiance quietly rose, scattering like moonlight.

Life essence boiled within his body, like surging tides. He was flawless and pure, radiating divine brilliance. His skin shimmered with flowing colors, as if it weren't flesh and blood at all, but rather sculpted from divine jade.

"The Ji Family's Divine Body is indeed extraordinary. With this, your foundation is firmly laid."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Yi, nodding with a smile, but inwardly he shook his head. Although the Divine Body was extraordinary, it was far inferior to the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.

"Thank you, Grandmaster! Thank you, Grandmaster!"

Zhou Yi was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Li Yu in gratitude.

"Mm. Now that the Divine Body is formed and the Sea of Bitterness has been opened, you have officially begun."

Li Yu nodded and beckoned. A short sword, about a foot long, appeared in his hand.

This was one of the countless weapons stored in the Azure Emperor's Tomb. A spirit weapon for the Wheel Sea realm was considered the absolute dregs of the Azure Emperor's collection.

Handing the short sword to Zhou Yi, Li Yu said, "You have the basics now. The next step is continuous cultivation and constant combat. The surrounding mountains and forests are perfect for your training."

"Yes."

Zhou Yi took the short sword and accepted the order, then departed.

Watching Zhou Yi's retreating figure, Li Yu smiled. "I've given you the beginner equipment and the beginner reward. Now it's up to you to see how far you can go."

He glanced around the great hall and saw that it was covered in dust and looked dilapidated. Li Yu frowned.

"I'll be staying here for a while longer, so I should tidy it up."

Li Yu waved his hand, and the dust in the hall was recycled by the System. The entire hall immediately became clean and tidy.

"This looks much better."

Taking out a meditation cushion from the Azure Emperor's Tomb's collection, Li Yu sat down and began to examine the spoils from the Azure Emperor's Tomb.

"System, extract all items from the Azure Emperor's Tomb and store them in categories."

Li Yu issued the command, and the System instantly categorized and stored various items in the Resource Library.

"There's actually this much stuff?"

Seeing the various physical materials that instantly appeared in the Resource Library, even though Li Yu had been mentally prepared, he was still startled.

"As a Great Emperor, the Azure Emperor didn't put everything here, but this is still astonishing."

"I'm rich. Haha. I'm rich!"