What should he choose?
After all, a tremendous opportunity was currently right before him. As long as he took it, he could become a Hunyuan Golden Immortal. Even if he only reached the early stage, that would still be excellent.
The consequence was that he would never be able to take another step forward in his entire life, and could only remain stuck where he was.
Sigh!!
After thinking it over again and again, Qiankun Ancestor let out a long sigh and shifted his gaze from the Yellow Zhong Plum to Qing Tian.
"Fellow Daoist Qing Tian, there's no need. Although this treasure is indeed a good thing, I still have confidence in myself. It's merely becoming a Hunyuan Golden Immortal."
Qiankun Ancestor was, after all, one of the first Innate Demon Gods born when Pangu transformed into the Primordial Wilderness.
If he couldn't even enter the realm of a mere Hunyuan Golden Immortal, then he would truly be hopeless.*
Naturally, Qing Tian would agree regardless of what Qiankun Ancestor chose.
At this moment, upon hearing that Qiankun Ancestor had chosen to give up the Yellow Zhong Plum, Qing Tian was naturally quite pleased.
After all, Qiankun Ancestor was one of the first Innate Gods born when Pangu transformed into the Primordial Wilderness. If he chose to consume the Yellow Zhong Plum and break through, it would be far too useless.
However, since that was the case, Qing Tian would naturally give him a gift as well.
Thus!
Qing Tian gently waved his hand at a Yellow Zhong Plum hanging from the tree.
A golden-yellow Yellow Zhong Plum fell into Qing Tian's hand.
Indeed, consuming this fruit would cause one's cultivation realm to stop advancing, but it could still be used for cultivation.
Boom!
Qing Tian circulated his vast magical power, and a flame rose from his fingertip.
The flame that had appeared on Qing Tian's fingertip had quite an extraordinary origin.
It was called Chaos Fire.
The Primordial Wilderness contained the Ten True Flames.
And this Chaos Fire was the supreme flame ranked first. It could burn all things in Heaven and Earth.
If it were cultivated to its highest level, even Innate Spiritual Treasures could be easily refined.
Rumble!
The Yellow Zhong Plum, wrapped in Chaos Fire, instantly transformed into a pill.
"Daoist Qiankun, I've already removed the side effect from this Yellow Zhong Plum. You can consume it and break through without worry."
"Let us part ways here. If fate brings us together again in the future, we will naturally meet again."
Qing Tian handed the refined Yellow Zhong Plum to Qiankun Ancestor as he spoke.
As for the Yellow Zhong Plum Tree rooted in the distance, Qing Tian naturally wouldn't leave it there.
With a gentle wave of his hand, he uprooted the entire Yellow Zhong Plum Tree and sent it into the World-Destroying Millstone.
The World-Destroying Millstone contained a world of its own, and the spiritual energy within was countless times better than here.
"Ah, then I truly must thank you, Fellow Daoist Qing Tian."
Qiankun Ancestor looked at the refined Yellow Zhong Plum Qing Tian had handed him and was naturally overjoyed.
Hunyuan Golden Immortal!
If he consumed this Yellow Zhong Plum, he could naturally enter the Hunyuan realm.
"Then let us part ways here." Qing Tian turned around and vanished from the area.
Qiankun Ancestor watched Qing Tian's disappearing figure and tightened his grip around the Yellow Zhong Plum. If Qing Tian ever encountered trouble in the future, he would naturally risk everything to help him.
After leaving the secret realm, Qing Tian arrived at Buzhou Mountain and raised his head to look at the towering mountain.
Continue climbing!
A hundred years later.
Forty thousand zhang in the sky.
Qing Tian discovered that only one or two living beings were cultivating here.
Half-step Hunyuan Golden Immortal!
Qing Tian discovered that the living beings cultivating here were all at the Half-step Hunyuan Golden Immortal level.
Without another word, Qing Tian directly passed through this place and continued upward.
What?
That man?!
Qing Tian's continued ascent left the two living beings cultivating here utterly shocked.
They had cultivated here for a million years, yet they had never seen a living being enter the upper levels.
They had never expected to see a living being ascend to the upper levels today.
A thousand years later.
Fifty thousand zhang in the sky.
Ten thousand years later.
Sixty thousand zhang in the sky.
Eighty thousand zhang in the sky.
Phew!
Looking at the endpoint so close before him, Qing Tian couldn't help panting heavily.
The higher he went and the closer he came to the summit, the stronger Pangu's lingering pressure became—several times stronger each time.
Feeling the powerful aura radiating from Buzhou Mountain, Qing Tian truly couldn't understand how Gonggong and Zhurong had managed to break Buzhou Mountain during the future War of the Witches and Demons.
Even with his current cultivation, Qing Tian couldn't damage Buzhou Mountain, let alone break it by crashing into it.
Qing Tian didn't believe that Gonggong and Zhurong were stronger than him.
After cultivating for several days, he took out a Yellow Zhong Plum and consumed it to replenish the vast power he had lost.
"I have to say, this Yellow Zhong Plum really does taste good."
Qing Tian bit into the Yellow Zhong Plum and smacked his lips as he ate. The Yellow Zhong Plum truly did taste excellent.
The entire Yellow Zhong Plum Tree had produced a total of twenty fruits from its birth until now. Along the way, however, Qing Tian had eaten the Yellow Zhong Plums like snacks.
As for the side effect of the Yellow Zhong Plum, it didn't exist for Qing Tian at all. With Chaos Fire within him, the mere Yellow Zhong Plum was refined directly.
If the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness knew that Qing Tian was eating such a supreme treasure as a snack, who knew what they would think?
A single fruit could produce a Hunyuan Golden Immortal.
If it could create twenty Hunyuan Golden Immortal experts, it would be enough to dominate an entire region of the Primordial Wilderness.
A moment later, Qing Tian continued climbing toward the summit.*
Thirty thousand years later.
A stretch of void at the highest point of Buzhou Mountain.
He had finally arrived!
Looking at the endpoint within arm's reach, Qing Tian felt that the journey had truly not been easy.
Especially after eighty thousand zhang, every step he took felt as though a great mountain were pressing down on him.
Although it had been arduous, it had also tempered his cultivation even further.
After all, Qing Tian's cultivation had suddenly surged several times each time, leaving him very little time to completely consolidate and master it.
This journey to Buzhou Mountain had instead allowed him to fully master his immense power.
Standing atop Buzhou Mountain and looking down at the Wild Continent below, Qing Tian felt an unprecedented emotion.
It really was just as the saying went: the higher one stood, the farther one could see.
Qing Tian withdrew his gaze from the Wild Continent and looked toward the sky above.
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