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Lu Jun smiled faintly, neither denying it nor admitting it.

The Tree God continued, "When you skipped the Divine Pill, Aperture Opening, and Spirit Transformation stages and directly opened up the Bitter Sea, I should have thought of it."

"What you walk is the most primordial Ancient Path. On that path, there is no Divine Pill, no Aperture Opening, no Spirit Transformation."

"When you later condensed pills, it also wasn't for Aperture Opening and Spirit Transformation, but to give the Bitter Sea an order."

"Five Divine Pills, the cycle of the five elements—that is your order. You do not need an Origin Infant, because your five-element Divine Pills themselves are your five avatars."

The Grotto-Heaven fell quiet once more.

Feng Xi's eyes went perfectly round, the Five Elf Ancestors' mouths opened into circles, and even the nine Heaven Ascension Realm experts forgot to breathe.

Five avatars?

The Tree God's words were like a pebble tossed into a calm lake, stirring up towering waves.

Feng Xi was the first to come back to her senses, her voice trembling. "Friend Tree God, you mean... Lu Jun's five Divine Pills can directly transform into five avatars in the future? Without needing Aperture Opening and Spirit Transformation, without needing an Origin Infant to take residence, the Divine Pills themselves are spirits?"

"The five elements form their own cycle, and the Divine Pills possess spirituality of their own," the Tree God said slowly.

"The five elements between heaven and earth are innately spiritual. The sharpness of metal, the life of wood, the moisture of water, the fierceness of fire, the thickness of earth—each attribute has its own will."

"He does not need to divide his divine soul and inject it into the five Divine Pills, because the five-element Divine Pills themselves are the incarnations of