Defeating Daoist Burning Lamp, Encountering the Innate Enlightenment Divine Tea Tree

The twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads emerged!

All light in heaven and earth seemed to be swallowed by them.

The sun and moon lost their light, heaven and earth lost their color!

Daoist Burning Lamp's falling figure suddenly halted.

He looked up, instantly overwhelmed by endless fear.

He had initially thought the mere Sea Calming Divine Beads were just high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

He never expected this treasure could unleash such terrifying power in Su Ming's hands!

These weren't twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads!

They were simply twelve Great Thousand Worlds!

Each bead seemed to carry a real world, the might of the worlds interlinked, forming a terrifying aura that suppressed all heavens and stabilized the universe, locking onto him tightly!

In the face of this power, his proud high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were like children's toys.

His indestructible True Body coffin lid was even more like a piece of rotten wood!

"No..."

Daoist Burning Lamp let out a non-human roar, his mind completely shattered by fear.

He wanted to escape, but under the suppression of the twelve Great Thousand Worlds, space was like a solidified iron plate, making even moving a finger a luxury.

Su Ming stood at the center of the Illusion of Myriad Worlds, his expression indifferent, like a supreme god controlling the birth and death of worlds.

He wasted no more words.

He never spared on decisive measures against his enemies.

With a thought.

"Rumble!"

The twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads, carrying the supreme might of the twelve Great Thousand Worlds, transformed into an extremely brilliant torrent of divine light, crashing down towards Daoist Burning Lamp!

Before this strike even landed, the terrifying pressure had already caused the Wuyi Mountain range below to crack inch by inch, the earth sinking!

"Great terror!"

The shadow of death descended like never before, Daoist Burning Lamp completely broke down, roaring madly, trying to awaken a shred of pity in Su Ming.

At the same time, the instinct for survival drove him to desperately activate his remaining strength.

"Block for me!!!"

The dim and lusterless Universe Ruler and Spirit Coffin Palace Lantern were once again summoned by him, placed horizontally before him.

That coffin lid, already covered in cracks, erupted with its final light, blocking at the very front.

He staked all his defenses on this moment!

However, in the face of absolute power, all struggles were futile.

The torrent of divine light arrived in an instant!

"Bang!"

The Universe Ruler, taking the brunt of it, couldn't even last a single breath before being directly blasted away by the terrifying force. Its spiritual light was completely annihilated, and it was flung away to an unknown location.

Next was the Spirit Coffin Palace Lantern!

"Bang!"

With another crisp sound, the faint divine fire on the lamp body was instantly extinguished. This high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure let out a mournful cry, and was also smashed away, its brilliance completely lost.

Two high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were crushed like dry weeds before the Sea Calming Divine Beads!

The torrent of divine light, its power undiminished, struck squarely onto that black coffin lid.

"Boom!"

This time, there were no more cracks appearing.

Instead, with a deafening roar, the Innate Spiritual Treasure coffin lid, renowned for its indestructibility, Daoist Burning Lamp's strongest defense, was… smashed to pieces by the twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads!

"Crack—"

The coffin lid shattered into countless fragments, shooting out in all directions!

"Pfft—"

With his life-bound magical treasure destroyed, Daoist Burning Lamp felt as if he had suffered a divine punishment from creation. His entire being exploded into a mist of blood in mid-air, his soul seeming to be torn apart, his aura declining at an avalanche-like speed.

Severely wounded!

Severely wounded like never before!

His Dao Foundation was almost completely destroyed by this strike!

"Cough... cough cough..."

Daoist Burning Lamp was covered in blood, his hair disheveled, no longer possessing any trace of immortal grace. He was as pathetic as a stray dog.

He looked at Su Ming, who stood proudly in the void, not even a corner of his robe out of place, and felt only the most primal fear in his eyes.

Defeated.

Utterly defeated, without any suspense.

"Fellow Daoist, spare my life!"

His breath was faint, his voice trembling, "This poor Daoist is willing to offer everything, just to ask you to spare my life... This poor Daoist can make a Heavenly Dao oath, and never be your enemy again..."

To survive, he had abandoned all dignity.

Su Ming's gaze remained as calm as ever.

He looked at Burning Lamp and slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly echoing through the shattered heavens and earth.

"To cut grass, one must remove the roots."

These four short words pronounced Daoist Burning Lamp's death sentence!

Upon hearing this, the last flicker of hope in Daoist Burning Lamp's eyes was completely extinguished.

In its place was a hysterical madness and venom!

"You brat! You're going too far!"

"Do you really think you've got this poor Daoist cornered?!"

Daoist Burning Lamp let out a fierce roar, and his entire body began to burn!

It wasn't fire, but his own vital blood and Primordial Spirit, burning wildly in a manner of mutual destruction!

"The humiliation today, this poor Daoist will repay a hundredfold in the future!!"

"Blood Escape Great Method!"

BOOM!

A terrifying speed, far exceeding anything before, erupted from him.

His entire being transformed into a dazzling streak of blood-red light, tearing through the blockade of the Sea Calming Divine Beads' aura and escaping towards the edge of the sky at an unbelievable speed!

This was his ultimate forbidden technique, burning ninety percent of his vital blood and Primordial Spirit in exchange for a sliver of survival!

The price was the destruction of his physical body and the loss of his Innate Spiritual Treasure.

His cultivation would permanently regress by a major realm, with no possibility of further advancement in this lifetime!

But, as long as he could live!

Su Ming watched the streak of blood-red light disappear into the horizon without pursuing.

A Burning Lamp whose Dao Foundation was destroyed and cultivation regressed was no longer a threat.

Wasting his time chasing a cripple was not worth it.

He slowly retracted the twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads and his gaze fell upon the land below.

[Ding! Defeated Daoist Burning Lamp, obtained Golden Trait: Netherworld Ghost Fire!]

[Netherworld Ghost Fire: One of the Ten Great Innate Divine Fires, residing within Daoist Burning Lamp's accompanying treasure, the Spirit Coffin Palace Lantern. Appears as grey flames. This fire leads directly to the Netherworld and has the ability to reveal the scenes of a deceased person's life. Daoist Burning Lamp's innate Spiritual Power.]

He had obtained the trait left behind by Burning Lamp.

Su Ming then made a casual gesture.

Two streams of light flew out from the distant ruins of rocks and landed in his hands.

They were the Universe Ruler and the Spirit Coffin Palace Lantern, which had been sent flying.

These two high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures had lost much of their spiritual essence, and their artifact spirits had fallen into a deep slumber. However, with a little refining, they could be restored to their original state.

Su Ming played with the two spiritual treasures, his Divine Sense sweeping over them.

The Primordial Spirit imprints left by Burning Lamp had long since dissipated when his True Body was heavily injured and fled.

Now, they were ownerless.

"This trip to Wuyi Mountain has yielded several Innate Spiritual Treasures, so it wasn't a wasted journey."

A satisfied smile curved Su Ming's lips.

"Indeed, one cannot get rich without ill-gotten gains, just as a horse cannot grow fat without night fodder."

One hundred years passed.

Su Ming's figure appeared in the deepest part of the Wuyi Mountain range.

In the past month, he had turned almost the entire Wuyi Mountain upside down. Relying on his foreknowledge of the Primordial World's geography, he had also scoured for many rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

At this moment, he stood before a valley enveloped by an innate formation.

If not for his Pangu inheritance and his profound understanding of the Great Dao of formations, he might not have discovered the mystery of this place.

He strode into the formation.

The next moment, a refreshing fragrance, as if it could cleanse the soul, wafted towards him.

In the center of the valley, a small tree, no more than three feet tall, emerald green like jade, with what seemed like Dao patterns flowing on its leaves, was quietly growing.

On the small tree hung a sparse seven leaves.

Each leaf exuded profound Dao charm, causing the surrounding void to resonate.

A top-grade Innate Spiritual Root—the Enlightenment Divine Tea!

This tea didn't need to be refined; one simply needed to brew it and drink it to allow cultivators to enter a state of enlightenment, which had infinite benefits for comprehending the Laws and the Great Dao!

Its value was even greater than that of ordinary top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!

"What a treasure!"

Su Ming's eyes flashed with brilliance.

This trip to Wuyi Mountain had truly been fruitful.

He carefully collected the Enlightenment Divine Tea tree into his possession.

After doing all this, he was ready to leave, content.