"Level up?" The Golden-winged Little Roc King sneered. "Even if you break through to the second level of the Dao Palace Secret Realm now, you'll still be far behind me!"
Shen Ye ignored him and simply sat down cross-legged.
Following the order of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint, the Dao Palaces he would open next would be: the Spleen Divine Treasury (Earth)—the Lung Divine Treasury (Metal)—the Kidney Divine Treasury (Water)—the Liver Divine Treasury (Wood).
Xuan was the essence of heaven, Huang the marrow of earth. The Source Root of All Things' Mother Qi, also known as the Essence of Heaven and Earth, was naturally the finest treasure for refining the deity of the Spleen Divine Treasury.
Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold would refine the Lung Divine Treasury, while Arctic Immortal Light would refine the Kidney Divine Treasury!
He had created even the scriptures for the Dao Palace Secret Realm himself. So long as he found treasures to suppress the Divine Treasuries, breaking through posed no difficulty whatsoever to him.
The only slight trouble was that opening Dao Palace Divine Treasuries required an enormous amount of heaven-and-earth essence qi. Yet immortal fire, immortal light, Immortal Gold, and the Essence of Heaven and Earth all contained energy of an exceptionally high level, fully allowing him to be self-sufficient!
For a time, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, immortal music and Buddhist chants resounded, mysterious yellow qi coiled through the air, and all manner of heavenly phenomena appeared without end.
Many demons in Demon City thought some heavenly treasure had emerged, and they hurriedly rode divine rainbows toward the scene.
Then they saw the Little Flood Dragon King and the Little Roc King standing around a single person. The aura around that person soared wildly all the way up before finally stabilizing