A spatial rift opened, releasing an immensely vast aura.
It swallowed him whole.
"This is..."
Taiyi felt his vision blur, then suddenly open onto a boundless vista.
Spiritual energy misted through this place, and immortal light wreathed it in unimaginable abundance. Endless spiritual liquid gathered into streams.
Vast quantities of Dragon Qi surged through it as well, transforming into all manner of tiny creatures that danced in the air.
His pupils contracted sharply as he surveyed his surroundings, studying the place carefully.
He could not help crying out, "Could this be an unknown expanse of Chaos Immortal Soil?"
He had never imagined that, through sheer chance,
he would discover such a treasure land.
For a moment, excitement flooded his heart.
Remaining vigilant, he began exploring with utmost care.
Before long, he made a discovery, arriving before a dazzling treasure pool of irregular shape, roughly ten zhang in both length and width.
Its brilliant radiance was blinding, so intense that it burned tears from his eyes and made it impossible to look at directly.
Vast quantities of Life Essence, too dense to disperse, billowed upward like clouds and mist.
It made him feel as though he had instantly grown more than ten years younger.
"Is this... the legendary divine source liquid?"
As he gazed at the pool of divine liquid, a full ten zhang square,
Taiyi's breath caught, and his eyes widened.
Along with shock and delight, he felt as though he were dreaming. It seemed almost unreal.
The Life Essence contained within this dazzling pool of divine liquid was countless times greater than that of pure source.
It matched Danyangzi's description perfectly.
"There's no mistake. This really is the legendary divine source liquid!"
Throughout the long ages, whenever even a small amount of divine source liquid appeared, it was enough to drive countless factions mad with envy, making them fight over it at any cost.
For divine source liquid contained unimaginable amounts of Life Essence. In sufficient quantities, it could seal away powerful cultivators whose lifespans were nearly exhausted, allowing them to endure in this world.
That was where the Great Powers' "hidden reserves" came from.
Yet he had never expected there to be so much divine source liquid here.
It was simply unbelievable.
Taiyi did not hesitate.
He immediately took out a jade bottle.
He began collecting the pool of divine source liquid.
The quantity of divine source liquid in this pool was astonishing.
Even a tenth of it would be enough for him to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
"Now I won't have to worry about the resources for breaking through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm!"
Taiyi was both astonished and delighted. He had originally been worried.
If he next cultivated to the Five Dao Palace Heavens, even if he was willing to expose his Sun Sacred Body,
with an already outstanding Yaoguang Holy Son and the Ruthless One's Lineage interfering behind the scenes, it was still uncertain whether the Yaoguang Holy Land would truly be willing to gamble and provide ten million jin of source all at once to help him break through.
It might even place him in unforeseeable danger.
After all, the origin essence of the Sun Sacred Body was undoubtedly an exceptionally rare great medicine to the Yaoguang Holy Son, who cultivated the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.
He would surely be unable to sit still, devising every possible scheme and stopping at nothing to ambush and kill Taiyi, then plunder his origin essence.
But now, all those problems had plainly fallen away like bamboo splitting beneath a blade.
"If I auctioned off some of this divine source liquid, it would definitely fetch an astonishing astronomical sum, causing a tremendous stir and making the Great Powers fight until their heads split..."
After putting away all the divine source liquid,
Taiyi suppressed his excitement and marveled aloud.
Of course, wealth was best kept hidden. Before he had grown strong, Taiyi would not be foolish enough to invite trouble.
In any case, just a small portion of the divine source liquid would suffice for his breakthrough.
Even if using it that way was rather wasteful, it did not matter.
To the Great Powers, using large quantities of divine source liquid to break through to Four Extremes would undoubtedly be squandering heaven's treasures. It would make them stamp their feet and beat their chests, crazed with red-eyed envy.
But for Taiyi as he was now, its advantage lay in safety.
That was a trade-off worth making.
He did not stop, continuing to explore deeper.
Before long, he discovered an exceptionally unusual medicinal field.
The place brimmed with vitality, shrouded in spiritual energy and rich medicinal fragrance.
It shimmered with crystalline light, though he could not tell what kind of divine soil it was.
Scattered across it were several hundred spirit herbs, ranging from decades or centuries old to over ten thousand years.
By a rough estimate, at least twenty were little medicine kings over fifty thousand years old. There were even five ancient medicine kings with astonishing medicinal fragrances, certainly over a hundred thousand years old.
There were also large numbers of ancient herbs that had already withered.
Among the vaguely recognizable remains were quite a few medicine kings that had failed to endure the years, withering before they could become even more astonishing half-divine medicines.
"Medicine kings-and five whole plants!"
Taiyi's voice trembled.
He was filled with excitement, scarcely able to calm himself.
Clearly, over the long ages, most of the ancient herbs had withered away.
Most likely, when the spirit herbs died, their seeds had fallen into the medicinal field, taking root and sprouting into new spirit herbs.
As time passed, who knew how many generations of spirit herbs had already withered here?
Over the years, it had become what he saw now.
"What a tremendous haul!"
Taiyi's face shone with delight.
Leaving not even a feather on a passing goose, he took out the treasure box Danyangzi had left him.
He collected every last one of them, along with the divine soil.
Although the jade box was not some Rare Divine Treasures specifically designed to nourish spirit herbs,
the nourishment of that divine soil would ensure that these spirit herbs did not wither.
Chapter 35: Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Chaos Immortal Gold
"As expected of the legendary Chaos Immortal Soil. There are even so many ancient medicine kings here. This haul really is enormous."
Even after quite some time had passed,
Taiyi still felt as though his steps had become light and floating.
He felt as though he were dreaming, and none of it seemed real.
But he soon took a deep breath, doing his utmost to settle his excitement.
He did not recklessly lower his guard because of his astonishing gains, remaining alert.
Before long, he reached the center of this immortal land.
Whoosh... Five-colored radiance soared into the sky there, and shimmering immortal light presented an awe-inspiring sight.
Five enormous earth dragons, each a different color, also extended straight out of the void.
They were all lifelike, their scales clearly visible. With their great mouths open, they breathed endless Dragon Qi in and out, auspicious mist billowing around them.
It looked even more like an enormous Five-Colored Altar.
At the center of the "altar" lay an Immortal Pool several zhang square, with crystal-clear immortal liquid bubbling up within it.
Chaos swirled there, immortal energy hung in the air, and auspicious mist rose amid myriad rays of rosy light that engulfed the surroundings...
"Is this... a Five-Colored Altar?"
Taiyi soared into the sky.
Looking down, he was filled with inexplicable shock.
He found that it resembled a massive Five-Colored Altar. "What exactly is going on here?"
"An expanse of Chaos Immortal Soil shouldn't manifest like this!"
He gathered divine power in his eyes and peered into the distance.
He noticed the Five-Colored Stone Dragons extending from the void, which had endured who knew how many years.
Between their brows were horrifying cracks.
They looked as though someone had pierced straight through them.
Strictly speaking, they had already "died."
Although they still breathed Dragon Qi in and out, it was far less than when they had been "alive."
Even so, the sight remained astonishing. Such a land of wondrous fortune would be enough to make every great faction burn with envy; it was an unimaginable sacred ground for cultivation.
Moreover, above the Immortal Pool at the center of the Five-Colored Altar, where rosy light pierced the sky and immortal energy rose through the pervasive haze, he discovered something startling.
A piece of immortal gold roughly one zhang across, wreathed in chaos qi, shone brilliantly.
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