Chapter 21

Styx caught sight of Jieyin and Zhunti beside him, their joy utterly undisguised, and regret surged through him like a tide.

The Blood Sea Trial he had personally arranged had actually become someone else's wedding gown!

This monster...

He was clearly stepping over the corpses of the Asura Race to rebuild his foundation and ascend to the peak!

Wait!

Styx suddenly realized that Lu Tian could restore his foundation by devouring others. There were so many fallen experts on the battlefield now, including Taiyi Golden Immortals. If he devoured and absorbed them...

He did not dare think any further!

Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti were already beaming with delight. They laughed heartily right in front of Styx, their eyes brimming with unconcealed ecstasy.

This was their **!

A peerless prodigy unlike any other in the Primordial World!

If the Three Pure Ones learned that they had missed such outstanding talent, would they regret it until their intestines turned green?

What was more, they had not even invested many resources into this ** yet!

After the Two Sages of the West imparted their secret art to Lu Tian, they had bestowed the Vajra Scepter upon him. Yet now that he had obtained a new opportunity, he had no use for that Dharma treasure at all.

Though the Blood Sea Trial was precious, other Quasi-Saints and Saints could still open it as long as they were willing to pay the price.

Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged smiles, secretly delighted that the Western Teachings had stumbled upon such a tremendous bargain.

Fortunately, the Three Pure Ones had been blind!

Hadn't they simply handed over the advantage for nothing?

Thinking of how they had always been suppressed by the Three Pure Ones, the two of them felt all the more triumphant.

At that moment, Lu Tian was focused on devouring the Power of Origin of countless experts.

Such enormous energy was enough to repair his damaged foundation.

Especially the origin of that Taiyi Golden Immortal!

From Heavenly Immortal to True Immortal, then from True Immortal to Golden Immortal, the origin required for every breakthrough multiplied exponentially.

He had slaughtered six thousand Golden Immortals as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, but when facing the siege of three Taiyi Golden Immortals, he had been forced to trade wounds for moves.

If not for the Zero World, his True Spirit would likely still have been battling the spirit sword, let alone ** the other party.

Taiyi Golden Immortals and Golden Immortals were worlds apart!

How far would he break through this time?

Lu Tian sat cross-legged, energy surging around him.

Ever since he had fought the Taiyi Golden Immortals, all onlookers had long since fled--

Who would not fear being crushed into dust by the battle's aftershocks?

This instead allowed him to devour origin without restraint.

While Lu Tian cultivated,

No one noticed that the light in a certain corner of the void had twisted strangely for an instant.

Half a month later,

All the Taiyi Golden Immortals of the Crimson Continent gathered together.

The Four Great Tribes had originally possessed six Taiyi Golden Immortals. After one had fallen, five remained;

The two Taiyi Golden Immortals from the two allied forces had also joined this **.

These experts, who had once been at each other's throats, had no thoughts of scheming against one another now.

Every one of them wore a grave expression, looking dazed.

"Moxi, is the footage you showed truly reliable?" someone could not help asking.

The Asura Race member called Moxi swept his gaze across the crowd with a dark expression.

He gave a bitter smile. "How could it be fake?"

"When has my Yanghua Mirror ever made a mistake?"

He raised his hand and summoned a treasure mirror. Within it, the scene of Lu Tian killing two Taiyi Golden Immortals with two slashes reappeared vividly.

"It isn't that I don't believe it..." The questioner stared at the image and muttered, "But a peak Golden Immortal killing Taiyi Golden Immortals with two strikes... it truly defies belief!"

"Kaluo's Five Elements Body was not cultivated particularly well, having only reached the beginner level. Yet killing him with two strikes is likely something none of you present could accomplish, is it?"

"That at least proves that his attack power surpasses all of ours."

Moxi sighed softly, his tone filled with helplessness.

"To be surpassed by a Golden Immortal... what utter humiliation!"

Moxi slammed the table, gritting his teeth.

"Not only is his attack power formidable, his defense is equally astounding. The strength of his physical body is beyond imagination."

"I slashed him twice in succession, yet I still failed to take his life!"

"However, since he has already been severely wounded, if someone cooperates to restrain him next time, we will certainly be able to kill him."

The blade-wielding Taiyi Golden Immortal was equally indignant.

"A dignified Taiyi Golden Immortal failing to kill a Golden Immortal with two slashes is simply the greatest disgrace!"

"Don't forget his attainments in the Space-Time Law. Two of his first eight strikes involved space-time dimensions. He must be proficient in both space and time laws to use them!"

"Most terrifying of all is his secret art. He may even be hiding an even stronger trump card..."

"Everyone, don't forget that his True Spirit is equally powerful..."

The crowd discussed the matter all at once.

In the end, they fell into an eerie silence.

Their first gathering to deliberate had led to the conclusion that Lu Tian was nearly without flaws!

Other than lacking the Five Elements Body, he was practically no different from a Taiyi Golden Immortal!

"And this!"

Moxi pointed at the Yanghua Mirror, and the image within changed once more.

It showed Lu Tian devouring the origins of fallen experts on the battlefield.

Countless points of light entered his body. With every bit he absorbed, his aura grew deeper.

Seeing this, the crowd fell silent again.

"What secret art is that?"

"I have never heard of anything like it. It can actually break down fallen experts and turn them into his own power. If I had such an art, I would have become a Great Luo long ago!"

"Moxi, just tell us your plan."

"That's right. If we are joining forces against Lu Tian, I am willing to participate!"

"Count me in as well. We must eliminate this boy early, or there will be endless trouble later!"

The seven of them stated their positions one after another.

Their goal was the same as before--

To strangle Lu Tian at the Golden Immortal realm before he could grow any further!

In the end, all seven Taiyi Golden Immortals unanimously approved the decision to join forces and kill Lu Tian!

As for whether they could succeed?

Three of them had been enough to wound Lu Tian. How could seven joining hands possibly fail?

What was more, Lu Tian had already been severely wounded!

The Asura Race was certain to win this battle!

Winds and clouds churned across heaven and earth, thunder rolling endlessly.

Lu Tian ** amid the thunderstorm **, his Spiritual Sense sinking deep into the origin within his body. Golden immortal essence, like a rushing torrent, was refined by the demonic heart before flowing continuously into the Purple Bamboo. The once-withered bamboo body gradually unfurled, regaining its jade-like luster.

This transformation lasted a full ten days.

When the final strand of immortal essence was absorbed, his origin had actually recovered by fifty percent! Even Lu Tian was shocked by such astonishing speed. The origin of a Taiyi Golden Immortal truly was extraordinary--not only did it equal the combined total of three thousand Golden Immortals, its purity also multiplied the conversion efficiency.

Only now did he clearly see his true form: it was actually a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root capable of standing alongside Peaches of Immortality and Ginseng Fruit! Beyond the ten great spiritual roots universally acknowledged in the Primordial World, he was the eleventh. The western land should once have possessed seven or eight spiritual roots, but unfortunately, all had been destroyed in the Dao-Demon Conflict. Only he had crossed through space and time, preserving the Creation-Destruction Bamboo that should have vanished completely.

This spirit bamboo concealed the Five Elements Origin and even gave birth to the laws of creation and destruction. As an innate companion talent, the Sky-Piercing Heart was merely a basic ability. Its true power lay in this:

With his left hand, creation could bring dead wood back to spring and accelerate the growth of all things. It could also heal his wounds, granting endless vitality.

With his right hand, destruction could summon divine lightning from the Nine Heavens, and it possessed another divine ability. At the cost of burning his life force, he could erupt with ten times his combat power in an instant!

Lu Tian carefully sensed the renewed state of his true form and was stunned for a moment.

This feeling was simply wonderful!

The laws of creation and destruction contained within it alone could be considered the most top-tier Innate Divine Abilities.

The former granted nearly indestructible vitality and astonishing recovery power; the latter could summon heavenly lightning to destroy enemies and erupt with terrifying combat power by burning life force.

Even more precious was that these two divine abilities complemented each other and came from the same source.

Although he had recovered only fifty percent of his strength and the two divine abilities had not yet been fully unsealed, it was enough to send Lu Tian into ecstasy. He wished he could immediately find an expert to exchange blows with and test the limits of his current combat power.

However, Lu Tian understood his priorities.

His most urgent task was to heal--after taking two strikes from a Taiyi Golden Immortal head-on, he would likely have already fallen if not for the fusion and strengthening of his physical body with the Vajra Body.

This was the perfect chance to test the limits of his recovery power!

With a thought, Lu Tian entered the Dream World. He perfectly replicated his real-world injuries onto his dream body, then took out an enormous quantity of pills.

Since he was testing his recovery speed, he naturally could not rely on sitting in meditation and regulating his breath.

Healing pills poured into his mouth like water. The demonic heart devoured and converted them frantically, and the medicinal power swiftly nourished his entire body.

In just one month, after consuming a vast number of Golden Immortal-grade pills, twenty percent of his injuries had healed.

By this estimate, complete recovery would take around five months.

This speed far exceeded expectations. These were fatal wounds left behind by a Taiyi Golden Immortal!

On second thought, Lu Tian could not help laughing. He was practically cheating--with the demonic heart's devouring efficiency a hundred times greater than that of ordinary people, combined with his utterly reckless consumption of pills, how could his recovery speed be merely ten thousand times that of others at the same realm?

Of course, he only dared attempt such extravagance in the Dream World. In reality, even if he looted countless Golden Immortals, he could not endure such consumption more than a few times.

That was precisely why he could create the miracle of recovering in five months.

A Golden Immortal of the same realm suffering such injuries would ordinarily need two or three thousand years to recover.

Lu Tian sat down where he was and activated the self-healing power within his body.

The profound and unfathomable Power of Creation flowed through his meridians.

Even with Lu Tian's comprehension, he found it difficult to grasp its mysteries for the moment. He could wield this power only because it was the Power of Origin he had been born with.

It was not because his comprehension was insufficient.

It was because he had never encountered the Dao of Creation before, so naturally he could not understand it upon first contact.

As the Power of Creation continued to circulate,

The wounds on Lu Tian's body healed at an astonishing speed.

This recovery efficiency was actually comparable to the effect of his earlier frenzied **!

This discovery sent Lu Tian into wild delight.

The Power of Creation alone could achieve the same effect as consuming a vast quantity of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Even better, the two could be used together.

At that thought, Lu Tian immediately exited the Dream World.

He took out a hundred bottles of Golden Immortal-grade pills and swallowed and refined them all at once.

At the same time, the Power of Creation flowed slowly, the two energies intertwining through the meridians around his body and nourishing his wounds together.

His recovery efficiency soared another tenfold. He was expected to recover completely within half a month!

On the fifth day of regulating his breath, eighty percent of his injuries had already healed.

All that remained was to treat some hidden wounds.

Just as Lu Tian was preparing to continue healing--

Those Taiyi Golden Immortals had actually come looking for him on their own!

The seven surviving Taiyi Golden Immortals of the Crimson Continent attacked together.

Overwhelming pressure surged in from all directions.

In an instant, winds and clouds changed color, dark clouds blocked out the sun, and terrifying pressure completely enveloped Lu Tian.

Seven of them?

Lu Tian swept his gaze around and spotted several familiar faces.

There was the Taiyi Golden Immortal from the Allied Forces War Zone who had once been besieged by three people. He had escaped only because Lu Tian had drawn the firepower away.

The Taiyi Golden Immortal whose natal treasure pagoda had been destroyed by Lu Tian now had an aura noticeably weaker than the others.

The ambusher who had slashed him twice through the void was still hiding within the gaps of space.

There were four other experts whose auras were no weaker than theirs.

The solemn pressure made the surrounding air seem almost frozen.

An ordinary Golden Immortal standing here would likely have already suffocated to death.

Fortunately--Lu Tian had never been an ordinary Golden Immortal.

The Moon Washing Blade gleamed with chilling light, moonlike radiance flowing along its blade as though it had been coated in silver frost.

There were no pre-battle challenges, nor was there any war of words.

All eight knew perfectly well that this battle could only end in a fight to the death. At this moment, any words would have been superfluous.

Walking out of the battlefield alive was the sharpest mockery of one's enemy.

Lu Tian's gaze swept over the seven Taiyi Golden Immortals like lightning, and his figure suddenly vanished into the void.

In an instant--

A hundred-zhang-tall, two-headed, four-armed Vajra Dharma Form tore apart the heavens!

Each of its four arms held a divine weapon: the Moon Washing Blade flashed with cold light, the Vajra Scepter radiated golden brilliance, the Huntian Stone Staff carried the force of a mountain, and the Black Iron Spear struck like a dragon flicking out its tongue.