Great Leiyin Temple

Ye Fan recognized the two complete characters and said this as he looked at Ji Hao. Ji Hao nodded as well.

A trace of gravity appeared on Ye Fan's face.

"Your guess was right. This is Yinghuo Ancient Star." After speaking, Ji Hao turned and curiously surveyed the surroundings. Although he had been born during Earth's most glorious era, when enlightened Great Emperors roamed everywhere and Saints and Great Saints were commonplace, Earth had still been called the Primordial Ancient Star then. Yet because of his physical condition, Ji Hao had rarely ever left home.

The farthest he had ever gone was the banks of the Ji River before his home. He was quite interested in traveling beyond Earth.

Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they could not help staring in shock. They had never imagined that this was Mars!

When they looked again at the moon in the sky, it was only half its usual size. Only then did they fully understand that they were no longer on Mount Tai. Even if this was not Mars, they were somewhere unknown.

Everyone felt heavy-hearted. Only Ji Hao remained relatively calm. The moment he arrived, he had used his Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes to observe this ancient star. He found the land incomparably desolate, covered in crimson, utterly barren. For the moment, however, he had not seen any living creatures.

After all, his Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes had only just awakened. They could not detect beings on a higher level; the gap was simply there.

Seeing everyone standing there in a daze, Ji Hao took the initiative and stepped forward.

To be honest, Ji Hao was somewhat nervous as well. As a minor cultivator in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, he was little different from a mortal before Crocodile Ancestor, who was comparable to a Saint.

Although he had quite a few trump cards, this was, in the truest sense, his first time facing this world—the world known as Shrouding the Heavens—without the Yellow Emperor's protection.

He had ultimately arrived in this world like a butterfly, stirring up a storm that would belong to him.

"You should all be careful!" Ji Hao glanced back at the others, then transformed into a rainbow streak and flew into the distance.

Looking over the barren land, Ji Hao did not seem to find it desolate. Instead, he even felt a sense of familiarity.

Ji Hao had been sealed within Divine Source for more than a thousand years, cut off from the world like a butterfly trapped in amber, unable to move. He had waited alone through those long years. Even when he occasionally awakened, he had still been by himself, with no choice but to return to sleep.

Loneliness, solitude, and oppression had been the only melody of his years.

Now that he had broken free of his restraints, he had long since grown impatient. If Jingwei had not held him back, he would probably have gone looking for Crocodile Ancestor to fight already.

If Jingwei had not sealed herself alongside Ji Hao all these years and withdrawn from the mortal world, she would have known that Ji Hao now was exactly like a divine beast called a husky.

From afar, he saw a dilapidated ancient temple standing upon the red earth.

Before the ancient temple stood a Bodhi Tree, its entire body vigorous and gnarled like a horned dragon. Five or six green leaves adorned it, each one crystalline and translucent, gleaming with green light like jade divine crystals.

The Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes activated. Nine imperial characters emerged within his gaze, while Fortune Immortal Light condensed from his pupils. He stared fixedly at the Bodhi Tree, feeling only that it was infinitely profound and unfathomable. The Bodhi Tree was known as the tree of contemplation and enlightenment.

A Bodhi Seed beneath the Bodhi Tree!

He knew this was Ye Fan's opportunity. In order not to disrupt the plot, he should still... take it.

After all, he was not that Double-Pupils fellow next door. Without those invincible Double Pupils, whether in battle or while seeking treasures, things would be much less convenient.

Besides, opportunities belonged to whoever got them first!

Although the Bodhi Seed carried immense karma, an Immortality Elixir had been left on Mars. No matter how one looked at it, that made no sense. This was not one or two pieces of Source, but a divine medicine that even ancient Great Emperors treasured greatly. Not every Great Emperor was like Ruthless, who was written as a rich woman.

Immortal Metal was measured by the block, and Immortality Elixirs were treated as nothing.

This Bodhi Immortality Elixir had likely undergone nirvana again on Mars, a process that took a long time. That was why Shakyamuni had left it on Mars, with only a wisp of divine sense attached to it.

If Ruthless had not been watching over it, Ye Fan probably would not have obtained this Bodhi Seed.

Shakyamuni was probably confused as well. He woke from a period of secluded cultivation and found the Bodhi Seed gone. Where was his huge Bodhi Seed?

But how could Ji Hao, a descendant of Yan and Huang, be afraid? He had backing too. Flame Emperor was probably discussing the Dao with Shakyamuni right now!

He acted decisively, uprooting the Bodhi Tree entirely. He did not even spare the few leaves on it. They glittered at a glance and were clearly enlightenment treasures no less valuable than Enlightenment Tea Leaves.

A flash of green light appeared, and a fist-sized Bodhi Seed burst from the earth before being directly stored in his Sea of Bitterness. Ji Hao looked left and right with his little head, afraid someone might discover him.

After taking it, he pretended nothing had happened and strode into the Great Leiyin Temple.

The ancient temple was covered in dust. No living being had been here for thousands of years. Many objects, such as prayer cushions, prayer beads, and jade ruyi scepters, had already lost their luster and spirituality.

"What a pity. They have all lost their spirituality. Still, these days, we lack everything except weapons," Ji Hao said after looking around.

As the most favored child in his family, although he did not possess an Emperor Weapon, he still had two Quasi-Emperor Weapons.

Besides, once he went to the Big Dipper, he would at least be able to borrow two Emperor Weapons.

Ji Hao wandered through the main hall. His pupils shifted slightly, and he spotted quite a few treasures, such as half a vajra pestle. It shone with golden light and was clearly no ordinary object.

But the best item was still the bronze lamp Ye Fan would obtain in the future. It seemed to have once been a Saint Weapon, though not an Inherited Saint Weapon. It had lost its spirituality through the passage of time.

However, Ji Hao did not take any of them. Of the three thousand weak waters, he would take only one scoop—though this scoop was rather precious.

After making a round through the temple, Ji Hao's face suddenly turned pale, and a stream of deathly aura circulated between his brows.

"It's happening again. How annoying!" Ji Hao sighed and found a random place within the Great Leiyin Temple to sit cross-legged.

He closed his eyes and sensed the situation within his Sea of Bitterness.

Within the Wheel Sea Secret Realm, a Divine Bridge hung high in the air, radiating Fortune Immortal Light. Blossoms of immortality bloomed upon it, sacred beyond compare. At the base of the immortal bridge, a Life Spring emitted the aura of life, yet its condition was far from good.

Deathly aura surged wildly within the Sea of Bitterness, constantly scouring the Life Spring as though it wished to grind it away completely.

Outside, Ji Hao's body rumbled. The Divine Bridge rose toward the heavens like a divine dragon soaring into the sky. Chants seemed to travel from the past and future alike. They were scriptures inscribed upon the Divine Bridge. The Divine Bridge was both a secret realm and one of the "vessels" Ji Hao had forged, displaying his deep foundation.

Streams of Fortune aura merged with the divine dragon projected by the Divine Bridge and traveled along it to the Life Spring.

The entire Wheel Sea Secret Realm shook. Auspicious clouds and radiant qi descended from the heavens, merging with the five-colored divine light upon the Divine Bridge. They transformed into dancing dragons and phoenixes, with dragons and phoenixes bringing auspiciousness, immortals ascending in feathered flight, Dao marks and divine traces, and golden lotuses blooming. Bursts of immortal music rang through the void.

The divine dragon stretched out its claw and suppressed everything. Fortune Immortal Light erupted, golden lotuses bloomed one after another, and an illusory world emerged within the Wheel Sea Secret Realm.

Phenomenon—Splendid Mountains and Rivers!

The pure deathly aura within the Sea of Bitterness was completely suppressed by the Mountain-River Diagram.