The Gourd

Black light shot toward them.

In the blink of an eye, it collided with the Purple Gold Bowl!

The fine-looking Purple Gold Bowl let out a deafening boom and shattered instantly.

The black light kept going, shooting straight toward Wufawutian!

Wufawutian were both dumbstruck.

Yip Man was actually a super powerful Quasi-Saint!?

A Quasi-Saint who could stand alongside their sect leader—

Demon Ancestor Luohu!

Squelch!

The black light pierced through Wufa's upper thigh in an instant.

Then his entire leg began to dissolve!

The immense pain made Wufa collapse to the ground.

Clutching the leg as it slowly dissolved, its bones beginning to melt as well, he howled without end.

Seeing this, Wutian's legs trembled, and he dropped to his knees, screaming, "Spare me! Lord Yip Man, spare me!"

Over on Li Xuan's side, he had unleashed a Nirvana Finger.

A third of the spiritual energy in his body had been drained away.

This divine ability was indeed powerful.

But its cost was just too high.

He could use it twice at most—that was his limit.

If he used it again, his body would collapse.

So Li Xuan rolled his eyes and lowered his hand.

Looking up, he put on an imposing air and said to Wufa and Wutian, "You two bastards! Luohu told you to take the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, but did he tell you to harm its descendants!?"

At this, Wufawutian grew even more terrified.

From the way Yip Man spoke,

it seemed he knew Sect Leader Luohu!

But that made sense. How many Quasi-Saints were there in the entire Primordial Wilderness?

It was only natural that they knew one another.

"Spare us, sir! We were wrong! We were wrong!"

The two hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Wufa especially—

The pain and terror of losing one whole leg nearly scared the piss out of him!

He just kept banging his head on the ground.

A hint of smugness flashed through Li Xuan's eyes.

He continued calmly, "Still, I do have some history with Luohu. I'll spare your lives today! Now get lost!"

Wufawutian were as grateful as if they'd been granted a new lease on life.

They hurriedly cried, "Thank you for sparing us, sir! Thank you for sparing us!"

With that, Wutian grabbed the badly injured Wufa and took off in a panic, fleeing into the distance.

In moments, they disappeared beyond the horizon...

"Whew..."

Only after they were gone did Li Xuan let out a long breath. His face had gone pale.

Losing a third of his spiritual energy really was too much.

The worst part was, he hadn't even landed the hit properly!

But then he chuckled.

He quickly flew over to the two enormous eggs.

Without taking a closer look, he simply stored them away.

Then he rose into the air and headed back.

He couldn't afford to waste any time.

What if Luohu, that bastard, came in person?

Only after reaching the Nine Heavens Gaseous Wind layer

did Li Xuan begin to examine the two enormous eggs carefully.

According to legend, when the Peacock hatched, it received the blessing of the Five Elements' energy from Heaven and Earth!

It gained a natural divine ability known as the Five-Colored Divine Light!

He'd arrived too late to witness that wondrous sight.

But now, as he looked at the egg, he saw faint five-colored light circling around it. It was clearly extraordinary.

Then there was the Golden-Winged Great Peng.

According to legend, when it was born, it too received the blessing of the Geng Metal energy between Heaven and Earth!

That was why its beak and claws were exceptionally sharp!

It was also incredibly fast, ranking among the top five in the entire Primordial Wilderness!

At this moment, he looked at the smaller egg.

Sure enough, it shimmered faintly with golden light, its sharp aura spreading all around.

"So these are the future Peacock Great Bright King and Golden-Winged Great Peng. Tsk, tsk. And now they're just two eggs... Should I fry them and eat them? Hahahaha!"

Laughing loudly, Li Xuan quickly flew away.

As for Wufawutian, they fled at full speed.

It took them nearly half an hour to finally calm down.

They were relieved to have escaped with their lives,

but at the same time, they cursed Yip Man to hell!

They would definitely report this to their sect leader and have him avenge them!

After all, those two eggs were direct descendants of Yuanfeng and the Divine Phoenix.

The sect leader would surely be tempted if he found out!

Yip Man!

Yip Man!!

Just you wait!

An hour later.

The Incarnation Outside the Body returned to Mount Taixuan.

The two eggs were placed on the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.

At the same time, Li Xuan's Original Self heard the system prompt.

"Ding! Selection complete: Peacock and Golden-Winged Great Peng retrieved. Rewards: Innate Supreme Treasure, Monster Summoning Banner; one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence Blood; a hundred-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll."

In an instant, a blue-purple banner appeared atop the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform!

The banner fluttered, covered in mysterious markings.

Waves of aura surged from it, but the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform held them back, preventing them from spreading.

Though both were Innate Supreme Treasures,

the Monster Summoning Banner simply couldn't compare to the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.

After all, the power of the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform could even rival a Primordial Supreme Treasure!

As for the Monster Summoning Banner, though it was an Innate Supreme Treasure,

its function was rather limited.

It could only be used to summon the Demon Clan across the world.

Naturally, Li Xuan didn't dare use it to summon any mighty demon...

Fierce characters like Tai Yi, Di Jun, and Kun Peng.

It was likely they hadn't even been born yet.

And even if they had,

they'd probably turn on him the moment he summoned them over.

But...

Li Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, then dimmed again. He muttered, "Daji isn't even liquid yet... What am I getting excited about... Right, there's also Nuwa... Hmm... Forget it, I wouldn't dare mess with the Primordial Wilderness's number-one mature beauty..."

So for now, this Innate Supreme Treasure, the Ten Thousand Demon Banner, was practically useless.

Sighing, Li Xuan looked again at the basketball-sized mass of blood, glowing with a soft radiance.

This was the Divine Phoenix's true heartblood!

It was an incredible treasure.

It was dozens of times more potent than the so-called essence blood Wufawutian had concocted by fusing the Divine Phoenix's flesh and bones.

Whether it was Yuanfeng or the Divine Phoenix,

neither could have more than ten drops of this kind of blood in their entire body.

So whether he swallowed it directly to increase his cultivation,

used it to refine pills and compound medicines, or even used it to forge treasures,

it was a rare treasure beyond compare.

Li Xuan was delighted and about to put it away.

He would swallow it later, when he needed a breakthrough, to help him advance.

But as soon as the Divine Phoenix's heartblood appeared,

the two eggs began to tremble faintly, as if they were about to hatch!

Li Xuan hurriedly looked over.

The eggs trembled more and more violently.

At the same time, waves of energy emerged from within them, reaching toward the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood.

They seemed to want to draw the blood toward themselves.

Li Xuan stared in surprise.

But then he blinked.

With a wave of his hand, he put the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood away.

With no target left, the two eggs stopped trembling and returned to stillness.

"Hehehe. Hatching early isn't good behavior. Just stay put for a while, and you'll hatch naturally when the time comes. You have to go full term!"

Li Xuan looked at the two eggs with a blank expression and said, "As for this Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, it's mine..."

Whoosh!

A tremendous heat surged over him!

The hundred thousand years of cultivation experience had arrived too!

With his cultivation speed multiplied twentyfold, and the hundred thousand years of experience added on top,

the effects compounded, making Li Xuan's body tremble slightly.

As the boundless Dao Principles gathered, more inscriptions and talismans appeared across the surface of the Golden Core inside him!

Purple-gold light filled his entire dantian!

Golden Immortal, level one!

Golden Immortal, level two!

Golden Immortal, level six!

At the same time, the Incarnation Outside the Body was also howling in delight.

His cultivation steadily climbed, reaching level six of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

A hundred thousand years of experience multiplied by twentyfold cultivation speed meant two million years of cultivation.

And from the creation of Heaven and Earth until now,

only a little over a million years had passed...

In two million years, he'd gone from Golden Immortal, level one, to level six...

Just imagine how incredible a certain someone's aptitude was...

That certain someone was now sitting on the lotus platform with a foolish grin, happily feeling his cultivation grow...

Time passed.

Another ten thousand years went by in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.

It wasn't that the system had prompted him about anything.

After all, there was still a long time before the end of his twenty-five thousand years of cultivation.

Rather, it was the Innate Gourd Vine growing beside the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.

One of the gourds on it had finally ripened completely!

As one of the innate Chaos spiritual roots,

the Chaos Gourd Vine was renowned throughout the world, second only to the Primordial Green Lotus!

The Primordial Green Lotus was the greatest spiritual root in Chaos and had given birth to the mighty Pangu.

Afterward, its flower, leaves, seeds, and lotus platform all transformed into numerous supreme treasures.

The lotus platform was the very Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform Li Xuan was sitting on now.

But now, the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform Li Xuan had was one the system had given him.

The real Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.

It had long since transformed into the Twelve Grade World Destroying Black Lotus Platform beneath Luohu.

And the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, hidden somewhere unknown.

And the Twelve Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus Platform, which had fallen into the Sea of Blood.

There was no need to mention the other Chaos spiritual roots.

Just looking at the Chaos Gourd Vine before him was enough to make Li Xuan beam with delight.

The first gourd, which was about to ripen, was scarlet all over and radiated endless heat.

Its faint glow lit up the area for dozens of meters around it!

It was about to fall.

From the time Li Xuan had obtained this gourd vine until now,

more than two hundred thousand long years had passed.

Today, he was finally about to reap the rewards!

And the first gourd on the Chaos Gourd Vine was none other than the

Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd!

The Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd trembled slightly.

The spiritual energy around it suddenly surged toward it, completing the final stage of its growth.

The slender vine split open with a fine crack, then snapped.

The one-foot-three-inch Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd dropped down.

Before it could hit the ground, a hand was already there to catch it.

The hand slowly drew back.

A cheeky face appeared behind the gourd, staring at it with a delighted grin.

The Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd!

This was the finest of the Innate Spiritual Treasures!

As things stood, it was the most powerful offensive treasure in Li Xuan's possession!

The Jade Pure Bottle and the Qiankun Diagram were no match for it.

Once the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Red Sand was released, it would scatter the soul and spirit.

Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, without a powerful treasure to defend against it, would have their three souls and seven spirits scattered.

With this treasure, Li Xuan finally felt he had some confidence.

Below the Quasi-Saints, he should truly be invincible.

Li Xuan didn't waste any time. He grinned and opened his mouth.

The Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd spun in the air, shrinking as it flew into his mouth.

In his dantian's sea of energy, atop the dazzling purple-gold Golden Core,

the tiny Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd revolved slowly.

As Li Xuan's internal flame refined it, its power would grow greater and greater!

After swallowing the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, Li Xuan looked at the gourds still growing on the vine.

The second gourd, a golden orange, had already grown to a decent size.

It should ripen in another hundred thousand years or so.

This gourd was extremely famous.

It was called the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

It was also known as the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife!

"Hehehe, 'Treasure, turn around'? It'll be mine from now on!"

Li Xuan cackled, then closed his eyes again.

He continued meditating and cultivating, waiting for time to pass.

The sun rose and the moon set. Another ten thousand years went by.

Li Xuan awoke from his deep meditative state.

After twenty thousand years of cultivation, his cultivation had finally advanced by another level, bringing him to level seven of the Golden Immortal realm.

But he hadn't awakened just because he'd advanced by a single level.

It was because one of those two eggs—

had stirred!