Looking ahead, a waterfall cascaded down, shrouded in misty spray. Life Essence rushed toward him, spiritual energy coiled around it, and shimmering waterlight flickered endlessly. But upon closer inspection, one would find strands of long black hair at the source of the pristine Sacred Spring Water.
Another Divine Spring—and one that the Black Emperor used as bathwater. One of Shrouding the Heavens' biggest plot holes.
Then there was using the Source of the Dao to wash his feet, nearly shattering the Dao Hearts of countless Heavenly Prodigies on the Emperor Road. This Big Black Dog's ability to find backers was no less impressive than his talent for causing trouble. Otherwise, he would have been skinned and turned into dog meat long ago.
During the Immortal Ancient Era, he had the Immortal King Wuzhong as his backer. During the Ancient Chaos Era, he attached himself to the Huangtian Emperor. In the Desolate Ancient Era, he had Great Emperor Wu Shi, and now Ye Fan was carrying him.
Ji Hao continued forward and arrived before a Dao Platform.
It seemed to have been forged from Chaos Stone, majestic and imposing. Dragon Grass and Divine Orchids grew below it, while a mass of Chaos Qi coiled above it, unfathomably mysterious, as though it contained a great world of its own!
Divine Light burst from Ji Hao's eyes. He vaguely saw a hazy figure seated cross-legged upon the Dao Platform, its back facing all living beings, isolating the Years and suppressing the Heavens!
That was the phantom of Great Emperor Wu Shi. He had been far too powerful. Even a mere phantom of him sitting in cultivation had merged with Heaven and Earth, leaving behind this eternal, indestructible reflection.
Great Emperor Wu Shi's strength had been astonishing. He had fought his way across the Emperor Road, sweeping all before him and intimidating the Myriad Clans. Before attaining the Dao, he had directly withstood an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. Even the Life Forbidden Zones had been forced to flee from him. He swept through the Six Combinations and Eight Desolations, nearly invincible above and below Heaven, feared throughout all ages. He was one of the most domineering Great Emperors and Ancient Monarchs.
As the son of the Western Empress, possessing the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo and being an Immortal King's lesser incarnation, only Wan Qing, who had transformed from an Immortality Elixir, could rival him in innate talent.
After becoming an emperor, he suppressed the Undying Taoist with one hand, confronted the Immortal Emperor on the Immortal Path for two thousand years, and fought two Red Dust Immortals alone in the Strange World.
"So this is Great Emperor Wu Shi. He really is incomparably powerful."
Ji Hao looked around the Dao Platform again, and a delighted expression appeared on his face. Medicine Kings grew from some of the rock walls.
Two tiny stars lit up in Ji Hao's eyes. They were the Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes.
"As long as I can block that Chaos Qi, I can harvest the Ancient Medicine. These Medicine Kings are at least eighty or ninety thousand years old, and there are even several over a hundred thousand years old."
"Still, if I were to fish over a hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, would it transform into a hundred-thousand-year-old Medicine King because of this world's laws?"
"I remember that when Shi Hao entered the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, many of the Spirit Medicines he brought with him transformed into Sacred Medicines."
"Great Emperor Wu Shi only left a little over a hundred thousand years ago, and so many Medicine Kings have already grown here. How wealthy must those Forbidden Zones that have existed since the Mythological Era be?"
"Very good. That gives me another reason to pacify the Forbidden Zones!"
Ji Hao nodded seriously.
"But it would be a real shame to leave just like this!"
Ji Hao silently calculated. "I wonder whether two Quasi-Emperor Weapons infinitely close to Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons can withstand this surging Chaos Qi!"
The Lihuo Furnace was in his left hand, and the Xuanyuan Sword in his right.
His Divine Sense transformed into a tiny figure holding the Shennong Ding. Nüwa was transforming inside the Shennong Ding and could not be used for the time being, so he could only rely on the Shennong Ding's passive ability to protect himself.
Ji Hao activated the Lihuo Divine Furnace. Glazed light erupted from its surface as the lid slowly opened. Five-colored Divine Fire surged out and clashed against the Chaos Qi with a thunderous roar. Seizing the chance, he thrust out the Xuanyuan Sword toward the nearest Medicine King, which was more than eighty thousand years old.
He dug it out together with the soil. The Xuanyuan Sword probably never imagined that one day, it would be used as a shovel.
After successfully obtaining one Medicine King, the Dao Platform seemed to have been enraged. The Chaos Qi surged violently, pressing the Lihuo Divine Furnace until it creaked. An idea flashed through Ji Hao's mind, and he hurriedly took out the Emperor Jade.
The two pieces of Emperor Jade emitted a faint glow, making the Chaos Qi much less violent.
Seeing this, Ji Hao hurriedly thrust out the Xuanyuan Sword again and obtained another Medicine King.
Just then, the Beginningless Bell seemed unable to keep watching.
"Dong!"
It directly sent the two Quasi-Emperor Weapons flying. At the same time, the Chaos Qi on the Dao Platform erupted, concealing everything.
"Forget it. Getting two Medicine Kings is already incredibly lucky."
Ji Hao stored the two Medicine Kings in his Sea of Bitterness. Using soil and sand infused with Chaos Qi, he made a simple planter and planted the Bodhi Tree sapling inside.
After watering it with some Sacred Spring Water, the Bodhi Tree sapling soon began growing once more.
The Bodhi Tree sapling sprouted more tender branches, and fresh buds emerged one after another.
Ji Hao then pressed the two pieces of Emperor Jade into the grooves at the center of the altar. In an instant, a Light Screen erupted from the area and dissolved the surrounding Void.
A flash of gentle radiance enveloped him, and the place immediately became hazy.
At the final moment, a Black Shadow rushed over.
The surroundings were pitch-black and silent. Two beams of light flew over—it was the two pieces of Emperor Jade suddenly flying toward him. Ji Hao hurriedly caught them.
The Void passage shattered, and a man and a dog fell out of it, landing in a mine tunnel. It was very familiar—it was the path Ji Hao had taken. He had entered Purple Mountain through this passage.
At that moment, a Black Shadow pounced at him from the side.
Ji Hao used the Great Void Technique to evade it.
His gaze flickered as he slowed the other party's movements, clearly seeing the creature's full appearance. It had a square head, large ears, snow-white fangs, and a body as robust as an ox. It was clearly the Black Emperor!
Ji Hao flashed away, evading the Big Black Dog's attack once again. When the Big Black Dog missed, he immediately transformed into a bolt of black lightning. His bloody maw opened as he lunged in for the kill, but Ji Hao still evaded him with ease.
Unless one possessed the Movement Secret of the Nine Secrets, ordinary people simply could not catch Ji Hao when he used the Great Void Technique.
"Brat, hand over those two Medicine Kings to this Emperor."
The Big Black Dog bared his teeth, his fangs gleaming as he glared with eyes as large as bronze bells and threatened viciously.
Ji Hao asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid? I have Quasi-Emperor Weapons. You're this bold?"
"Brat, you should be nearly out of Divine Power, right? Hand over the two Medicine Kings and the Quasi-Emperor Weapons obediently, and this Emperor can make you this Emperor's human pet."
"Oh, I see. You really know how to play."
"You chose your timing well." Ji Hao's expression was strange.
Indeed, even though Ji Hao had only activated them briefly, the two Quasi-Emperor Weapons had nearly drained him dry. That was also why he had been so eager to leave Purple Mountain.
Ji Hao clenched his delicate little fist. "But have you ever seen a fist as big as a sandbag?"
"What sandbag-sized fist? You? Human pet, tremble!"
The Black Emperor opened his bloody maw and bit at Ji Hao.
I've been wanting to test just how powerful this dead dog is, with a physical body comparable to the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. Ji Hao thought.
Ji Hao was very curious about this legendary dog. After all, it was the only dog in the world that had bitten two Red Dust Immortals in succession.
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