Refining Pangu's Essence Blood, Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree

To become a saint, the fastest and most promising method was undoubtedly to obtain a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi for oneself.

And the last remaining strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi was now with Hongyun.

Therefore, to become a saint, one needed Hongmeng Purple Qi, and to obtain Hongmeng Purple Qi, one had to seize it from Hongyun.

Dijun quickly sorted out his thoughts and began to scheme.

Meanwhile, in the Netherworld Blood Sea, within the Blood God Palace, Minghe was in secluded cultivation.

Having long since clarified his path to Dao Proving, understanding the key and mystery of Dao Proving Through Laws, Minghe's cultivation progressed very rapidly. His physical body and Primordial Spirit absorbed various laws every moment, tempered by them.

At the same time, Minghe sat cross-legged in the Blood God Palace as streams of immense blood essence energy surged toward him from all directions, madly pouring into his body to nourish his flesh and Primordial Spirit.

This was also Minghe's unique advantage—the reward for occupying this Blood Sea.

The essence within the Blood Sea seemed inexhaustible, and after Minghe had refined the Blood Sea, it could directly transform into his cultivation without further refinement, allowing his body and Primordial Spirit to advance by leaps and bounds.

Not only that, but Minghe had recently begun to swallow the drop of Pangu's Essence Blood he had obtained.

This drop of Pangu's Essence Blood was different from the one that had nurtured the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

The Pangu's Essence Blood that nurtured the Twelve Ancestral Witches was mixed with turbid qi, causing the resulting Ancestral Witches to be unable to form a Primordial Spirit.

But Minghe's drop of Pangu's Essence Blood was uncontaminated by turbid qi, no different from the blood in the Blood Sea.

The only difference was the terrifying amount of energy contained within this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood.

Minghe had refined less than one-tenth of this essence blood, yet he already felt his body and Primordial Spirit had made tremendous progress, becoming stronger than before.

This also allowed his body and Primordial Spirit to accommodate more laws and Dao.

On this day, after cultivating for over thirty thousand years, Minghe's body finally trembled.

Like water flowing into a channel, his cultivation finally broke through, reaching the mid-stage Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

Moreover, even so, Minghe had still refined less than half of the Pangu's Essence Blood.

It was only about three-tenths.

If he fully refined this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood, Minghe estimated he could reach the late-stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Or even ascend directly to the peak of Golden Immortal of the Origin, perhaps.

And not long after Minghe's breakthrough, while he was still in secluded cultivation refining the Pangu's Essence Blood, On this day, the system's prompt sounded in Minghe's mind.

"Ding, detected that the Demon Race Heavenly Empress Xihe has given birth to ten Golden Crow Eggs. Host may make the following choices."

"Choice One: Go to the Thirty-three Heavens Heavenly Court to congratulate Dijun. Reward: Solar True Fire Method."

"Choice Two: Sneak into the Heavenly Court and steal at least one Golden Crow Egg. Reward: Su Se Yun Jie Flag."

"Choice Three: Ignore this matter. Reward: Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree."

Hearing the system's prompt, Minghe's heart stirred, and he opened his eyes.

Xihe gave birth to ten Golden Crow Eggs? So these were Dijun's ten little sons being born?

Still ten bird eggs now.

Hmm, Minghe found the species relationships in the Primordial World a bit chaotic.

After all, Dijun's true form was a Three-legged Golden Crow, while Xihe's true form should be a Lunar Toad.

These completely different species mating was one thing—after all, both could transform into Dao bodies.

But how could a perfectly good Lunar Toad give birth to ten bird eggs?

Of course, if he ignored these issues, he could still draw a conclusion.

That Dijun's Three-legged Golden Crow bloodline was indeed more domineering. Worthy of being the Heavenly Emperor!

Returning to the choices themselves, Minghe considered each one.

First, congratulating Dijun would reward him with the Solar True Fire Method.

This was similar to the Dutian Divine Thunder, granting him the divine power to control Solar True Fire.

But this wasn't very necessary for Minghe. Even if he learned to use Solar True Fire, he could never match Dijun or Taiyi.

The second choice, stealing at least one Golden Crow Egg, rewarded the Su Se Yun Jie Flag.

This was undoubtedly tempting him to commit a crime again.

Stealing bird eggs—the crime was huge. Dijun would probably go mad and drag the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array to block his door.

And Taiyi would keep ringing that funeral bell at him, dang dang dang dang, like a scrap collector.

Minghe thought about it—the image was way too beautiful!

Although the Su Se Yun Jie Flag was good, Minghe wasn't in a hurry. It wasn't like he had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

It wasn't necessary to have all five flags in hand.

After all, even if he got the Su Se Yun Jie Flag, he still wouldn't have the Qing Lian Bao Se Flag.

The Qing Lian Bao Se Flag is currently in the hands of the Two Sages of the West, Jieyin and Zhunti.

How could This Humble One obtain it?

Wouldn't it still be missing one of the four in the end?

Minghe shook his head, silently recited to himself, and said to the system, "System, I choose three."

The cautious Minghe still opted to lie low. After all, although his cultivation was already considered quite profound now.

And sneaking into the Heavenly Court undetected to steal the Golden Crow Egg was not impossible.

But his divine powers were not yet complete; ruining a grand plan for the sake of a mere Lingbao would be unwise.

Thus, Minghe chose stability.

Only by staying steady could he have everything. Now was not the time to act recklessly.

And as Minghe made his choice, the system's reward was soon delivered.

The Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree.

That's right, what was said earlier was only part of the reason; the biggest reason was that the reward for this last choice was the most enticing!

Like the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Five-Leaf Pine Needle, the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

It was only one grade below the Ten Top Innate Spiritual Roots.

But the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree had its own unique qualities. Minghe took out this spiritual root.

The root was wrapped in starlight, its body a deep ink-black, as if countless stars were hidden within it.

Like the starry sky of the Primordial World.

And the most wonderful part was that this Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree happened to have exactly three hundred and sixty-five branches, bearing three hundred and sixty-five flower buds.

These three hundred and sixty-five branches and three hundred and sixty-five flower buds undoubtedly corresponded to the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Main Stars in the sky.

When the flower buds turned into fruits, they would become three hundred and sixty-five star fruits, each with different attributes.

If one ate these fruits, they could transform their body into a star body corresponding to that star, gaining many unimaginable benefits from that star in their cultivation.

However, Minghe was not in a hurry to deal with the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Tree now. What he needed to do first was to completely refine Pangu's Essence Blood.

This was also one of the reasons why Minghe did not plan to go out and stir up trouble. If he could increase his strength by staying put, then only a fool would go out and cause chaos.