Xu Chunniang recalled what everyone in Taoyuan Village had said during their usual chats.
They said that a Daluo Golden Immortal who consumed a Mystic Wood Fruit could use the immense power within it to open the Nine Divine Apertures and achieve the body of a Supreme Human.
However, if one did so, although they could successfully advance into the Supreme Human Realm, they would lack a true Supreme Human Heart. Though they possessed the cultivation and realm of a Supreme Human, they could not be considered a true Supreme Human.
Moreover, Supreme Humans who achieved their bodies through Mystic Wood Fruits would find it exceedingly difficult to comprehend the Supreme Human Heart.
After staring at the Mystic Wood Fruit for a long while, Xu Chunniang finally put it away.
She had cultivated for only a few thousand years. She wished to rely on her own efforts to open the remaining Divine Apertures.
Yet just after she put away the Mystic Wood Fruit, she was suddenly seized by an intensely dangerous feeling. Relying on her body's instincts, she burst forth with the fastest speed of her life, stepping left to evade a dark glimmer.
Seeing that she had actually avoided his attack, the newcomer was clearly somewhat surprised. The look in his eyes as he regarded Xu Chunniang grew ever more inscrutable.
"You were actually able to dodge my attack. So it truly is you who has returned."
Once she recognized the newcomer, Xu Chunniang's heart sank sharply. It was Emperor Lintian, one of the Five Emperors!
She had seen this Emperor's portrait in the jade slip Fairy Lingyun had given her, and she had also caught a glimpse of his "true appearance" on the Archaic Road.
Yet she was certain that she had never had any dealings with Emperor