A Path Similar to the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art

"Hmm?"

"I never expected the Sacred Body's essence blood could ripen this Azure Lotus!"

Lu Zhou stepped forward and plucked the three lotus seeds directly.

The instant he picked the three lotus seeds, the Azure Lotus rapidly withered and died once more.

Then it turned back into a Lotus Seed and fell into the Empress Sacred Spring.

Lu Zhou examined the three lotus seeds in his hand. From them, he sensed energy fluctuations even more majestic than those contained in the three lotus seeds he had taken before.

Joy appeared on his face.

In an instant, countless thoughts came to him.

His blazing eyes fixed on the Lotus Seed in the sacred spring.

Then Lu Zhou began experimenting.

He put away the three lotus seeds, then extracted another drop of Sacred Body essence blood, turning it into a blood mist that enveloped the Lotus Seed.

He could clearly sense the Lotus Seed independently absorbing the energy contained within the Sacred Body essence blood.

Lu Zhou heard the sound of a seed cracking open and sprouting.

Once that drop of Sacred Body essence blood had been completely absorbed by the Lotus Seed, the Lotus Seed submerged in the Empress Sacred Spring indeed cracked open and sprouted again, beginning a new cycle of growth.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou immediately drew out another drop of Sacred Body essence blood, transformed it into blood mist, and used it to stimulate the Lotus Seed's growth.

An hour later, three new Azure Lotus Seeds appeared in Lu Zhou's hand.

"These three Azure Lotus Seeds also contain energy that can enhance my physique, divine power, and Divine Sense!"

"Furthermore, the energy contained in this third batch of Azure Lotus Seeds has risen another level compared to the second batch!"

"It seems that each time this Azure Lotus undergoes nirvana, the lotus seeds it bears after regrowing become progressively more effective."

The smile on Lu Zhou's face grew increasingly broader.

Vaguely, he could already see a path that could rapidly increase his cultivation and combat strength.

"This time, ripening the Azure Lotus consumed a total of five drops of Sacred Body essence blood!"

"Then... I'll continue experimenting and see how much Sacred Body essence blood the Azure Lotus Seeds produced after its fourth nirvana will consume."

Lu Zhou was a man of action. The moment he said it, he did it.

He immediately resumed his experiment.

This time, he still separated out a drop of Sacred Body essence blood, turning it into blood mist and wrapping it around the Lotus Seed.

However, after that drop of Sacred Body essence blood was completely absorbed by the Lotus Seed, it did not sprout.

But Lu Zhou could feel that the Lotus Seed's life fluctuations had grown stronger.

"The energy contained in one drop of Sacred Body essence blood is no longer enough for it to crack open and sprout."

Lu Zhou immediately dissolved another drop of Sacred Body essence blood and continued ripening the Lotus Seed.

Three hours later!

Three more lotus seeds appeared in Lu Zhou's hand!

"Just as I expected, this fourth batch of Azure Lotus Seeds is another level stronger than the third batch."

"If I consume and refine all the Azure Lotus Seeds from these batches, my physique, Divine Sense, and divine power will surely soar. Perhaps..."

Lu Zhou's eyes shone like stars.

Who knew what he had thought of!

"Ripening the third batch of Azure Lotus consumed five drops of my Sacred Body essence blood, while ripening the fourth batch consumed a full twenty drops!"

As Lu Zhou thought this, his gaze fell upon the mass of Sacred Body essence blood floating before him!

It had shrunk by a full circle.

"About seventy-four drops remain. I wonder if that will be enough for two more rounds of ripening the Azure Lotus. It should be enough."

Even as he spoke, he had already begun ripening the Azure Lotus again.

During this process, he thought of Ye Fan.

He pondered Ye Fan's golden Sacred Blood after breaking into the Four Extremities.

"Ye Fan should be getting hunted down by the people Jiang Yichen sent right now, shouldn't he?"

"I wonder whether only Sacred Body essence blood can ripen this Azure Lotus. What about the essence blood of King Bodies, Divine Bodies, and descendants of the Primordial Race and Imperial Clans? I wonder if theirs will work."

"If I get the chance, I have to obtain some other essence blood to test it."

Lu Zhou felt this was a subject well worth researching!

It concerned his path to greatness.

In a daze, he saw a path similar to the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

Cultivators of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art devoured the origins of various physiques to promote the transformation of their own physiques.

The Empress had once used it to transform from an ordinary body into a Chaos Body.

"How far this Azure Lotus of mine can let me grow is still hard to say, but it can definitely allow me to surpass ordinary cultivators of the same realm and give me the foundation to fight above my level."

"If my guess is true, perhaps in the future, through the lotus seeds borne by this Azure Lotus, I can possess a physique comparable to a Divine Body, or even a Tyrant Body or Sacred Body."

"When that time comes, what I will lack compared to them will only be the phenomena and divine forms of those physiques."

"But in that regard, as long as I possess enough offensive techniques that are powerful enough, I should be able to make up for that weakness."

"Besides, with the system, I may not be unable to sign in for rewards related to phenomena and divine forms in the future!"

Thinking this, Lu Zhou suddenly no longer felt so desperate to sign in for a physique.

Having read the original work in full, he naturally knew that once one reached a certain level, so-called physiques and bloodlines would instead become shackles preventing cultivators from entering higher realms!

Two days later, after Lu Zhou expended another full seventy drops of Sacred Body essence blood, six more Azure Lotus Seeds appeared in his hand.

Counting carefully, he now possessed five batches, a total of fifteen Azure Lotus Seeds radiating azure, crimson, and golden light.

That Azure Lotus had withered and died six times, once again turning into a Lotus Seed.

Lu Zhou sealed the remaining four drops of Sacred Body essence blood with Qiankun Power. These four drops of essence blood, likely taken from a Dao Palace Realm Sacred Body, were no longer enough to make the Lotus Seed crack open and sprout.

Next, Lu Zhou did nothing else. He sat cross-legged beneath the World Tree and, in order from lowest to highest, began swallowing and refining the Azure Lotus Seeds one by one to improve his cultivation and combat strength.

The three-zhang-tall World Tree had become increasingly mystical. Occasionally, ancient scriptures that Lu Zhou had imprinted upon its trunk flickered with light.

As its branches and leaves swayed, waterfall-like Chaos Mist cascaded down, like a river of stars hanging upside down from the ninth heaven, displaying boundless majesty.

That Chaos Mist was hazy and indistinct. After leaving the area enveloped by the World Tree, it gradually dispersed into mist, and in the end, nearly all of it flowed back into the World Tree.

Only an exceedingly tiny wisp of Chaos Mist transformed into the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, nourishing this Qiankun Heaven and Earth and making the spiritual essence within it increasingly abundant.

During this process, the area of the Qiankun Heaven and Earth continued to expand, while the power of the Qiankun Pearl also steadily grew stronger.

Time passed. Just half a month later, Lu Zhou had completely refined the three Azure Lotus Seeds from the second batch.

He could clearly feel that he had become stronger. He had undergone a third transformation akin to being reborn.

He continued his secluded cultivation!

Another half month later, he had completely refined the Azure Lotus Seeds from the third batch as well.

He underwent another rebirth-like transformation. Shattered bones, foul blood, and old skin fell away from his body.

He did not stop, instead taking out the fourth batch of Azure Lotus Seeds and swallowing them to refine.

He immersed himself in the exhilaration of constantly becoming stronger and transforming.

Another month and a half passed, and Lu Zhou had completely refined every Azure Lotus Seed in his possession.

In merely two and a half months, Lu Zhou had undergone five full rebirth-like transformations.

Adding the three Azure Lotus Seeds he had taken the first time, as well as the cleansing of his physique with Imperial Blood, Lu Zhou had already undergone seven complete transformations.