Ancestor Hongjun waved his hand, directly taking the split Heavenly Dao's Eye and leaving Buzhou Mountain.
As for the Innate Supreme Treasure, Taiji Diagram, who had the time to care about that?*
Qing Tian watched Ancestor Hongjun leave with the Heavenly Dao's Eye he had split in two. He did not stop the two of them from leaving.
The power of that axe strike had just drained all his strength, so he could no longer stop Hongjun from leaving.
Turning around, Qing Tian looked at the Taiji Diagram that had fallen nearby. With a wave of his hand, he collected the Taiji Diagram into the World-Destroying Millstone.
"Cough, cough. I really gained quite a lot of insight from this battle. Heavenly Dao, just you wait."
Qing Tian looked at the place where the Heavenly Dao had disappeared. Naturally, he could not let this grudge go so easily.
However, recovering from his injuries was the most important thing for now.
His continuous use of the Pangu Axe had far exceeded what his body could bear.
An Innate Supreme Treasure!
The energy contained within such a treasure was incredibly powerful. To use such a treasure without restraint, one had to at least be a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Especially a treasure like the Pangu Axe—it consumed an enormous amount of power.
Thus, after putting away the Pangu Axe, Qing Tian plucked a Yellow Zhong Plum from the World-Destroying Millstone and swallowed it. After calming his injuries somewhat, he left and descended to a height of thirty thousand meters.
He arrived at the small world where he and Qiankun Ancestor had parted ways.
With Qing Tian's reappearance, Qiankun Ancestor, who had been cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes.
Over these countless years, Qiankun Ancestor had relied on the abundant spiritual energy left behind here to break through from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
His current cultivation was already at the mid-stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
Qiankun Ancestor opened his eyes and looked toward the small world's entrance. He had initially thought that another life-form had intruded, but when he saw that it was Qing Tian—
Qiankun Ancestor quickly arrived at the entrance. Looking at Qing Tian, who was covered in wounds, he hurriedly asked, "Fellow Daoist Qing Tian, what happened? Why are you in such a state?"
Qiankun Ancestor was utterly shaken when he saw Qing Tian covered in wounds.
Qiankun Ancestor had witnessed how powerful Qing Tian was. For him to suffer injuries of this severity, the cultivation of his opponent was naturally extraordinary.
"Fellow Daoist Qiankun, I need you to protect me this time. I need to recover from my injuries," Qing Tian said to Qiankun Ancestor beside him.
He had not chosen to recover at Buzhou Mountain because he feared that another powerful life-form might intrude. That would be dangerous.
"Fellow Daoist Qing Tian, rest assured. As long as I am here, you can recover in peace."
Qiankun Ancestor answered Qing Tian solemnly. After all, Qing Tian had shown him great kindness. His breakthrough to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm had depended entirely on Qing Tian.
Now that he heard Qing Tian wanted him to protect him, he naturally became fully alert.
"Good. Then thank you, Fellow Daoist Qiankun."
Qing Tian said no more. He flew directly to the place where the Yellow Zhong Plum Tree had once grown and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Boom!
In an instant, he felt endless energy surge into his body and begin healing his injuries.
"System, how much download progress can I obtain by sacrificing the Taiji Diagram?"
"Ding!"
"Master, within ten thousand years, you can sacrifice only three treasures. You have already exceeded the sacrifice limit, so you cannot sacrifice anything else."
"What?"
"There's such a restriction?"
Qing Tian had originally planned to sacrifice the Taiji Diagram. After all, it was an Innate Supreme Treasure, and it would be the most powerful treasure he had ever sacrificed. He should have been able to obtain a great deal of download progress, allowing him to download cultivation again.
As long as his strength broke through, all his injuries would recover completely.
However, the system had given him such an answer, leaving Qing Tian utterly helpless.
Then!
He could only recover his injuries little by little.
And so!
Time passed day by day.
During the years Qing Tian spent healing, the friction between the three great races gradually grew more intense.
The three great races constantly clashed as they fought for the position of ruler of Heaven and Earth.
Although things had not yet reached the boiling point, they were close.*
Ten thousand years later.
Buzhou Mountain.
Qing Tian had finally recovered from his injuries, and his cultivation had advanced another step.
It turned out that there was another realm between the Hunyuan Golden Immortal and the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
This realm was called the Sub-Saint Realm, and it was divided into nine heavens.
Any life-form capable of entering this realm would certainly be able to attain the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao.
It could be said that this realm was equivalent to a key to entering the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
This breakthrough had also been Qing Tian's own, without relying on downloading cultivation.
"System, open my status panel."
"..."
Qing Tian also wanted to see how much download progress he had accumulated by now.
Downloaded Bloodline: 12% Downloaded Art: 56% Downloaded Cultivation: 2% (60%) Downloaded Pangu Axe: 11% Download Speed: 800 KB
Name: Qing Tian Cultivation: Fifth Heaven of Sub-Saint (Downloading) Bloodline: Top-Tier Innate Demon God (Downloading) Art: Nine Revolutions of Primordial Chaos Divine Art (Downloading) Divine Abilities: Dharma Appearance of Heaven and Earth, Heaven Shattering Palm, Three Heaven-Opening Styles, True Body of the Heavenly Emperor Treasures: World-Destroying Millstone, Pangu Axe (Downloading), Taiji Diagram (Unclaimed)
Qing Tian looked at his attributes. Every aspect had improved a little. The changes were not particularly obvious, but they were still acceptable.
Qiankun Ancestor, who had been guarding the small world outside all this time, hurried to Qing Tian's side when he saw him awaken and asked, "Fellow Daoist Qing Tian, you're awake? How are your injuries?"
"Fellow Daoist Qiankun, thank you for guarding me all these years."
Qing Tian stood up and answered Qiankun Ancestor.
Qing Tian valued this kindness greatly.
After all, during that battle with the Heavenly Dao and Ancestor Hongjun, he had used the Pangu Axe repeatedly and expended far too much strength. Even with Pangu's inheritance, he had been unable to withstand it.
If he had encountered a top expert hunting him during that period, he might truly have fallen.
Qing Tian knew very well that this was not a game. There was no chance to come back after dying.
Once dead, he would truly be dead.
Qiankun Ancestor had not chosen to attack him. Instead, he had protected him. Qing Tian naturally kept this kindness in his heart.
At the same time, his hatred toward the Heavenly Dao and Ancestor Hongjun had grown even stronger.
Especially toward the Heavenly Dao.
Damn it!
The Heavenly Dao was far too insidious. It had actually known how to scheme against him from the shadows.
Qing Tian suddenly had a thought. He had originally not wanted to get involved in any of the Primordial Wilderness's disputes. He had only wanted to search for Spiritual Treasures in peace, improve his cultivation, and transcend the world.
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