Shrouding the Heavens: Creating the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art in the Age of Myth
Chapter 31

White Tiger Divine Medicine

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The towering Kunlun stretched vast and boundless, pressing across the six directions and spanning the eight horizons.

It was an endless primordial wilderness, as far as the eye could see.

To mortals, the Kunlun Mountain Range they saw was merely one corner of it, just a branch at the edge of the true Kunlun Mountain.

Only after truly setting foot in Kunlun did one realize how small one was.

It resembled a boundless starry sky, every mountain astonishingly tall.

Mists and clouds shrouded it, chaotic energy pervaded it, and it was filled with the aura of creation.

Viewed from above, it resembled a sleeping Great Dragon. Countless enormous peaks were like the Great Dragon's backbone, with myriad majestic forms, winding and coiling as they lay there.

It could be called a pure land of soaring dragons.

This extraordinary terrain was the ancestor of all mountains and veins, the root of all peaks and lands. It had reached the limit permitted by this world, truly deserving its title as one of the universe's primordial divine mountains.

After Li Ming killed the Dark Supremes of Kunlun Mountain, no one dared utter a word, nor did anyone dare stand up for them.

Instead, fervent cheers erupted across the universe. The cheers resounded through the starry sky, and many people shouted the Demon Venerable's name!

The facts proved that as long as one was powerful enough, people would naturally fear and worship them.

Of course, perhaps some people had simply been oppressed too severely by those Supremes of Kunlun Mountain and were taking pleasure in their misfortune.

After watching Li Ming enter Kunlun Mountain, the Dark Supremes of those forbidden zones returned to slumber.

They had no ability to stop Li Ming, much less dared to seize his treasures.

"Truly worthy of being a primordial divine mountain of the universe!" Li Ming entered Kunlun Mountain once more, examined it carefully, and could not help letting out a sigh of admiration.

The terrain here had truly reached the limit permitted by a Heavenly Emperor.

If not for this world's restrictions, this place might truly have become a land of ascension.

Originally, Li Ming had only intended to refine the Heavenly Demonic Saber here, but seeing how grand and magnificent this place was, he decided to claim it for himself.

Such a fine place should not be wasted, nor should it be handed over to anyone else.

As for whether Emperor Zun would covet this place in the future or try to seize it?

"If Emperor Zun really dares to come and take it, I'll punch him to death!"

"Emperor Zun's Immortal Ascension Cauldron really is a fragile cauldron. It seemed to have been shattered once at the end of the Mythological Era, then later reassembled. At the end of the Ancient Era, it seemed to have been shattered again during the divine war."

"Later, during battles, the Divine Organization of Emperor Zun's Ancient Heavenly Court used its fragments to fight many times."

"When the Road to Immortality on Feixian Star opened, it finally gathered itself back together, only to be blasted apart again."

"That lousy cauldron is useless even to Emperor Zun. He might as well stop refining it. What a piece of junk."

Li Ming thought it over and could not help complaining.

Since that was the case, his Heavenly Demonic Saber would seize the advantage first and use the Fortune and opportunity here before anyone else could.

Li Ming strode onward. Ancient trees towered into the sky along the way, having grown for countless tens of thousands of years, yet none had transformed into demons.

Some ancient trees soared into the clouds, even rising as high as mountains. It was truly unbelievable.

There were also incomparably thick vines, like giant dragons, coiling around several mountains, verdant and towering.

Everywhere was filled with vigorous life.

Thud, thud, thud.

The ground trembled faintly as heavy footsteps echoed from all directions.

In the distance was a group of enormous creatures, each dozens or even hundreds of zhang tall, like mountains themselves.

Some resembled giant apes, with horns growing from their brows, crimson bodies covered in thick fur, and eyes like two tiny suns, gleaming brightly.

Some crackled with lightning and thunder all over their bodies.

Some resembled the ten great Dark Supremes.

They were clearly all members of the Kunlun Immortal Race.

Sensing the aura of their ancestors' deaths, they howled in grief one after another.

After sensing Li Ming's arrival, they all trembled. Some fled madly, some howled hysterically, and some fell to their knees, shivering in terror.

Li Ming thought of how, in the original work, after Emperor Zun attacked Kunlun Mountain, defeated the Kunlun Immortal Race, and killed those Dark Supremes, he had not completely eradicated their descendants. Instead, he had allowed them to leave and hide on Feixian Star.

There had even been two Quasi-Emperors in Emperor Hengyu's era who contended against Emperor Hengyu, only to be killed.

Their descendants had held the Human Emperor Seal of the Lunar Saint Emperor and tried to kill Jiang Yifei.

Thinking of this, Li Ming felt that the Kunlun Immortal Race was extremely vindictive.

Li Ming had his own methods for dealing with such people.

A flash of saber light swept across the sky.

Blood rained down.

Beast Kings, Quasi-Emperors, Great Saints—regardless of what they were, all turned to ash.

In the blink of an eye, the so-called Kunlun Immortal Race had been wiped out completely. There would never again be any so-called Kunlun Remnant Race.

That was the sorrow of the weak.

No one spoke up for them.

Perhaps some people thought Li Ming was too cruel.

But in Li Ming's eyes, this so-called Kunlun Immortal Race was nothing more than a pack of beasts that oppressed the Human Race of the Primordial Ancient Star.

Only after they died would the Primordial Ancient Star welcome an era in which the Human Race flourished.

From that perspective, Li Ming felt that not only was he not cruel, he was actually a hero of the Human Race.

Thus, he killed them with a clear conscience and not the slightest psychological burden.

Li Ming continued onward and soon reached the deepest part of Kunlun Mountain.

Even he was startled when he saw the terrain here.

There were actually more than ten thousand peaks clustered together, surrounding an incomparably vast valley.

Every peak resembled a dragon head. Though blurred, the outline of dragons could indeed be seen.

"So that's how it is!"

"I was wondering why Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable had been able to refine the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains in such a short time in the original work!"

"So the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains had truly existed long ago!"

"They merely reactivated them after the Immortal Dao Runes on them had been worn away!"

Li Ming looked at the Immortal Treasure Map in his hand. Every peak on it resembled a dragon head, naturally formed and lifelike.

Then he looked at the peaks ahead. Their dragon-head shapes had become indistinct, but Immortal Dao Runes still gleamed upon them.

Clearly, Kunlun Mountain was also a primordial divine mountain that had fallen from the Immortal Domain into this world.

The shining Immortal Dao Runes might be the proof.

Though the dragon heads were blurred, each one had an opening before it, like a dragon's mouth breathing essence outward.

Immortal energy churned and gathered within the valley, looking unfathomably mysterious.

How had these ten thousand peaks been activated in the original work?

Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable had nourished them with the life essence of one ancient life-bearing star after another, seizing the life essence, Fortune, and opportunities of entire planets.

They had made each Dragon-Head Peak gain sentience, transforming them into supreme treasures of the mortal world with true divine wills.

So these ten thousand peaks had truly been naturally formed by heaven and earth.

If they had truly been nurtured by many ancient stars working together, they could never have been created in such a short time.

Li Ming opened his Heavenly Eye and observed carefully.

There were over ten thousand Dragon Veins underground, while only those dragon-head-like peaks stood above the earth.

Heaven and earth essence flowed from their openings toward the central land of ascension.

Even Li Ming could not help sighing in amazement at the sight.

The Kunlun Immortal Race had truly occupied an excellent place. No wonder Emperor Zun had risked everything to attack Kunlun Mountain.

This terrain was simply peerless.

It truly held the hope of nurturing immortals.

Only the hope nurtured through the utmost efforts of countless planets could revive these dragon heads and create the spectacle of ten thousand dragons soaring into the sky. One could see just how astonishing the amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy they needed to absorb was.

The essence they released all existed to fulfill the treasure in the central land of ascension.

"Luckily, I came early!"

"Otherwise, if I had arrived later, I would only have seen this terrain after Emperor Zun's Ancient Heavenly Court had nearly destroyed all its Immortal Dao Runes."

"Since there are so many Immortal Dao Runes here, letting the Heavenly Demonic Saber become an Immortal Weapon here will be perfectly natural!"

"There will be no need to deliberately activate these dragon mountains!"

Li Ming looked at the ten thousand Dragon-Head Mountains. Giant dragons coiled and soared, while countless Great Dragons raised their heads and roared. They were all formed from dragon energy.

The center of the valley was a vast expanse, radiating all kinds of immortal light.

Within the valley, Li Ming saw many Medicine Kings, each crystal-clear and radiant, their fragrance assailing his nostrils.

He had not expected this place to be so extravagant, nurturing so many Medicine Kings only to leave them lying here.

With a sweep of his hand, Li Ming casually harvested them.

Though these things were of little use to him now, they were still wonderfully refreshing when eaten like radishes.

Li Ming felt he could use these Ancient Medicine Kings to remember hardship and cherish the sweetness, recalling the immense delight he had felt whenever he discovered an Ancient Medicine King while still weak.

Especially the joy and happiness he had felt when eating an Ancient Medicine King.

Though the ten thousand Dragon-Head Mountains had somewhat blurred appearances, the dragon might emanating from the flashing Immortal Dao Runes atop them was extremely astonishing.

Everything had been naturally formed, truly like divine craftsmanship.

There were precious herbs on the Dragon-Head Mountains, dazzling and radiant, but most had already been harvested by the Dark Supremes of Kunlun Mountain.

Even so, those that remained were still astonishing.

Li Ming looked at the precious herbs resembling coral and pearls, then casually plucked them.

The Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains could absolutely be used to refine Extreme Dao Weapons, even Immortal Weapons, but Li Ming would not use them to refine a weapon.

It would be truly wasteful to turn such a land of Fortune into a weapon.

This was a place capable of nurturing immortals.

In the original work, there had been the White Tiger Divine Medicine and the Ginseng Fruit Tree here.

Li Ming continued investigating as he walked, wanting to see whether such divine medicines were here.

And Emperor Zun's humanoid Immortal Medicine had likely been found here as well, right?

Ancient Medicine Kings covered the ground here, and Li Ming unceremoniously harvested many of them.

Soon, he smelled an especially rich fragrance drifting toward him.

That extraordinary scent jolted Li Ming's mind.

"Which Immortal Medicine does this scent belong to?"

"The Ginseng Fruit Tree?"

"The White Tiger Divine Medicine?"

"The humanoid divine medicine?"

Whoosh! A streak of white radiance flashed past, releasing waves of fragrance.

It was the White Tiger Divine Medicine!

The White Tiger Divine Medicine could fly through the sky and burrow through the earth. It possessed a dim consciousness and instinctively wished to avoid all strangers.

It was extremely fast and somewhat panicked as it fled at full speed.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine resembled a little white tiger. White leaves grew from its head, crystal-clear and radiant like white jade, while its roots resembled legs as it fled frantically.

Upon seeing Li Ming, it did not take the initiative to approach and follow him. Instead, it repeatedly clasped its paws, looking terrified.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, radiating endless vital essence.

It was a genuine Immortal Medicine.

At this moment, it shivered before Li Ming.

"You bastard, you don't know what's good for you!"

"I am the Heavenly Venerable of this age. An Immortal Medicine should naturally take the initiative to follow me. Yet you piece of trash dare refuse me? You dare run away?"

Li Ming waved his hand and lightly slapped it.

Although Li Ming controlled his strength to avoid killing the White Tiger Divine Medicine.

Even so, Li Ming's terrifying power sent the White Tiger Divine Medicine spinning wildly like a top.

Tears streamed down its face from the blow.

Then the White Tiger Divine Medicine knelt on the ground, bowed in worship, and begged Li Ming to take it in.

"That's more like it!"

"Following the Heavenly Venerable of this age is your honor!"

"How could you run? That was extremely disrespectful to me!"

"Remember this in the future. If I don't allow you to run, you cannot run!"

Immortal Medicines were extremely useful to Li Ming, so he naturally had no desire to kill one.

This White Tiger Divine Medicine had failed to appreciate his kindness, so it had to be taught a lesson.

After Li Ming gave it a thorough beating, the White Tiger Divine Medicine thanked him profusely and decided to follow Li Ming unto death.

Li Ming thought for a moment, seized the White Tiger Divine Medicine, branded it with his mark, then placed it in his Bitter Sea.

It would keep the Divine Peach Tree and the True Dragon Elixir company within the Bitter Sea.

The land of ascension in Kunlun described in the original work had been like a mystery, making every reader want to explore it in detail.

Now Li Ming had arrived.

More than ten thousand mountains surrounded an enormous valley.

Every dragon-shaped peak poured waterfall-like streams of radiance from its opening, gathering toward the central region.

The Immortal Pool at the center emitted hundreds of millions of strands of divine light, dazzling and magnificent.

Immortal energy lingered everywhere, divine radiance surged upward, and it was truly an excellent place.

Li Ming could sense that the Immortal Dao Runes here also contained chilling killing intent.

These should have been Immortal Dao Runes naturally nurtured by heaven and earth.

After falling into this world, they had been suppressed by this world's Great Dao and gradually transformed into this world's Dao runes.

He could see Great Dao Divine Patterns in the void, dense and intricate, interwoven into trajectories like one universe after another, scattered throughout every corner of the valley.

These formations surpassed Ultimate Dao Array Patterns yet had not become Immortal Arrays. Clearly, they were formations from the Immortal Domain whose level had fallen after being suppressed by this world.

This could be seen from the remaining Immortal Dao Runes.

Such a formation should have been extraordinarily terrifying. Once activated, its destructive power would surely have been astounding.

Li Ming had destroyed the Extreme Dao formations of Kunlun Mountain's ten Dark Supremes, but he had not deliberately damaged these naturally formed formations.

These things were connected to the earth veins here; a single disturbance would affect everything. If he destroyed them carelessly, Li Ming could certainly survive the disaster by hiding in the Bronze Immortal Hall, but the Ancient Medicine Kings growing here would probably be reduced to ashes.

Li Ming could sense that although no formation spirit had yet been born here, the Great Dao laws were still so powerful that even he felt his heart pound in alarm.

Clearly, the remaining Immortal Dao Runes had made Li Ming feel threatened.

Cultivating here would undoubtedly bring immense benefits.

Li Ming planned to comprehend the Dao and cultivate here for a while.

The Primordial Era Formation here, along with the remaining Immortal Dao Runes, would absolutely inspire him.

Although he had only found the White Tiger Divine Medicine here, and neither a humanoid divine medicine nor the two Immortal Medicines, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, Li Ming was already very satisfied.

Li Ming stepped forward and soon arrived beside the true Immortal Pool.

This Immortal Pool truly resembled a placenta. It was indeed worthy of being a place that nurtured Immortal Weapons.

Now, a tear had appeared in this placenta. Clearly, the Kunlun Immortal Bell had previously remained here all along.

This could be seen from the lingering aura.

He opened his Heavenly Eye and dispelled the brilliant rays of light.

Once the light faded, Li Ming quickly discovered a Kunlun Immortal Bell entirely formed from Immortal Dao Runes.

This left Li Ming both shocked and delighted.

He had never expected this place to have truly copied down the Immortal Dao Runes of the Kunlun Immortal Bell.

He carefully removed it from the Immortal Ascension Pool and set it aside, intending to study it closely.

This pool was roughly one zhang in length, width, and height. He had no idea what material it had been refined from.

Its interior was filled with incomparably brilliant rosy light. The spiritual essence of heaven and earth was so dense it could not disperse, even condensing into liquid and gathering there.

Li Ming casually tossed the Heavenly Demonic Saber inside.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber rested quietly at the bottom of the pool as all kinds of mysterious patterns began to imprint themselves upon it.

Birds, beasts, fish, insects, the sun, moon, and stars...

Gradually, they changed from blurry to distinct.

"I never expected this pool to be so astonishingly effective."

"The Heavenly Demonic Saber had only just been placed inside, yet it had already begun rapidly evolving toward an Immortal Weapon."

"Of course, this was because the Heavenly Demonic Saber had already devoured the origin blood essence of many Supremes and refined countless heavenly treasures into itself, but the effects of this pool absolutely could not be underestimated."

Li Ming stared intently at the changes in the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

He wanted to witness with his own eyes how it evolved from an Extreme Dao Weapon into a true Immortal Weapon.

Very soon, Li Ming noticed that the damaged placenta had closed again.

It transformed into a true placenta and began nurturing something.

He could sense a strange power within it.

There were thread-like webs along the walls of the pool, each strand crystalline and translucent, flowing with immortal light. Like the blood vessels of a living creature, they continuously inhaled and exhaled.

It truly seemed alive, containing boundless vitality.

After the Heavenly Demonic Saber was placed within it, the surrounding Dragon-Head Peaks unexpectedly became clearer and more lifelike.

As though they had been awakened, they flowed with misty rosy clouds.

They flowed with Immortal Dao Runes.

The immortal liquid flowing from their mouths carried Immortal Dao Runes.

It flowed out continuously, nourishing the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

It truly possessed the ability to seize the Fortune of heaven and earth and nurture an Immortal Fetus.

This place had not yet been destroyed. It was not like later, when it was damaged once in a divine battle and then damaged again by the Ruthless Empress.

Later, Ye Fan had also spent a great deal of effort restoring this place.

But Li Ming could now simply reap the benefits.

After falling from the Immortal Domain into this world, the Dark Supremes of Kunlun Mountain had not dared touch this place at all because the Kunlun Immortal Bell occupied it.

Now, all the Fortune and opportunities here had instead fallen into Li Ming's hands.

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