After being watered with the nineteenth drop of Western Heaven Blood, this Treasure Tree Sapling in its sprouting state had already turned ninety percent black and white, yet ten percent of its original purple-jade color remained, remarkably stubborn.
Li Qingyun frowned slightly and poured on another drop.
After this drop of Western Heaven Blood was swallowed by the sprout, the sapling showed no sign of continuing its transformation. Instead, it stirred restlessly, as though it were about to accelerate its growth.
That left Li Qingyun somewhat troubled.
Stuck halfway to advancing into the peerless grade, unable to bring things to a perfect conclusion, all his earlier investment would be like water poured down the drain.
"My aim is the peerless grade. A mere half-peerless sapling is essentially meaningless..."
After frowning in thought for a moment, he sighed softly. A wound split open on his fingertip, and a drop of dazzling, resplendent golden-purple true blood rolled out.
In an instant, the aura throughout the entire tree chamber became restless once more!
Shangqing Blood—or Blood of Rebirth—contained a sacred aura. The moment it appeared, it caused the sprouting sapling to send out intense ripples of devouring desire.
"To take, one must first give. Lucky you!"
Though his heart ached, Li Qingyun dripped that drop of Shangqing Blood onto the Treasure Tree sprout.
Hum!
That drop was like a spark falling into a cauldron of boiling oil. Dense black-and-white divine radiance immediately surged from the sprout, yin and yang split evenly, cycling in endless rotation. At last, that final trace of purple-jade color completely vanished!
"Now this is getting interesting. Pu Li Tian's Western Heaven Blood was the foundation, helping this Treasure Sapling surpass the superior grade and conquer a vast territory, but in the end, it lacked the strength to ascend the