Big Dipper Empire

Watching the Phoenix Divine Tree slowly rise, the Undying Golden Phoenix held its breath.

This Phoenix Divine Tree had completely fused with this space. Let alone it, at the True God Late Stage Peak, even a Heavenly God Realm expert would be unable to shake it in the slightest!

It could be said that even if a Heavenly God Realm expert threw a full-force punch, not even a piece of bark would fall from this Phoenix Divine Tree.

Yet now, the entire Phoenix Divine Tree was rising into the air.

The earth trembled, and mountain after mountain continued to collapse.

The Phoenix Divine Tree shook free of every restraint of the earth and finally flew completely out.

Its roots stretched for who knew how many hundreds of zhang, drifting through the high sky like flying dragons and radiating a captivating luster.

The Phoenix Divine Tree had already towered into the heavens while rooted in the earth. Now that it had completely emerged, its sheer enormity was beyond description.

Lu Yiping looked at the rising Phoenix Divine Tree and shook his head. "What a pity. It still hasn't grown for long enough."

The Phoenix Divine Tree was indeed good, but the one before him was still only in its youth.

Hearing Lu Yiping disdain the Phoenix Divine Tree for being too young, the Undying Golden Phoenix choked.

This Phoenix Divine Tree had existed for who knew how many ages, as ancient as this Otherspace itself, yet this young man actually thought it had not grown long enough.

At that moment, Lu Yiping took out a piece of dazzling golden soil.

The moment the soil emerged, heaven and earth brightened. Astonishing Chaos Energy churned endlessly within it.

"This is Nine Heavens Breathing Soil?!" the Undying Golden Phoenix cried out tremblingly, unable to believe it. "You actually have a piece of it!"

Nine Heavens Breathing Soil was a Chaos Divine Artifact.

Legend had it that even if a blade of weed were planted atop it, given enough time, it could transform into a Chaos Spirit Medicine.

The divine histories recorded that the Lord of All Gods had once searched for a single grain of Nine Heavens Breathing Soil without success.

Yet now, the Blue-robed Youth had an entire piece in his hand!

Lu Yiping smiled faintly. In truth, he had several pieces of Nine Heavens Breathing Soil.

Some of the other pieces had already been used to plant other things.

With a casual toss from Lu Yiping, the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil flew up. Originally only palm-sized, it suddenly expanded until it was as large as a continent.

The Phoenix Divine Tree descended and took root upon the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil.

Nourished by the Chaos Energy within the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, the phoenix flames all over the Phoenix Divine Tree surged at once.

The aura of the Phoenix Divine Tree's phoenix flames also fused with the Chaos Energy of the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, making the soil even more crystalline and lustrous.

Naturally, a Chaos Divine Artifact like Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could not have ordinary things planted on it. Otherwise, over time, it would instead affect the soil's quality.

But the Phoenix Divine Tree was a rare divine tree. Planted atop it, its phoenix flame aura would in turn nourish the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, making it even better.

Of course, the Phoenix Divine Tree would receive even greater benefits from being planted there.

By then, the Phoenix Divine Tree would grow at an astonishing rate and continuously undergo transformation.

The Phoenix Divine Tree's phoenix leaves could be used to refine divine pills. With the tree planted upon Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, the effects of divine pills refined from its leaves would be even more astounding.

Lu Yiping stretched out his hand, and the continent-sized Nine Heavens Breathing Soil shrank once more. The Phoenix Divine Tree planted atop it shrank along with it, eventually returning to palm size.

Lu Yiping placed it inside the Qiankun Cauldron.

The Undying Golden Phoenix swallowed, staring anxiously at Lu Yiping.

Whether this young man truly was Saint Demon's master or not, the terrifying power with which he had casually lifted the Phoenix Divine Tree earlier was far beyond anything it could contend against.

If he wanted to kill it, one finger would suffice. He would not even need to use a finger.

Looking at the nervous Undying Golden Phoenix, Lu Yiping said, "You came from a good lineage and possess the Phoenix Clan's most supreme bloodline. Unfortunately, you cultivated and comprehended the Dao alone here, and went down quite a few crooked paths. Otherwise, you would have broken through to the Heavenly God Realm long ago."

The Undying Golden Phoenix's expression shifted between light and dark. Gritting her teeth, she stepped forward respectfully. "I beg you, my lord, grant me the method of the divine path. Huang Jiu is willing to serve you before and behind, to brave boiling water and tread through fire!"

Lu Yiping smiled faintly. "No need to brave boiling water and tread through fire." Then he raised his hand. Light surged around his fingers as ten thousand Heavenly God Laws condensed.

With a flick of Lu Yiping's finger, all ten thousand Heavenly God Laws surged into the Undying Golden Phoenix, Huang Jiu.

As Huang Jiu fused with and comprehended those ten thousand Heavenly God Laws, light surged across her entire body, and her aura grew increasingly powerful.

Very soon, thunderclouds churned across the nine heavens, and bolts of tribulation lightning formed one after another.

Clearly, this was a sign that Huang Jiu was about to break through to the Heavenly God Realm.

As Huang Jiu's aura grew stronger and stronger, golden light finally burst from her entire body and shot into the nine heavens, while tribulation lightning poured down in a mad deluge.

Heavenly God Tribulation Lightning capable of destroying an entire continent erupted with terrifying radiance.

Yet when the Heavenly God Tribulation Lightning fell, Lu Yiping merely clenched his hand in the air, and an invisible giant hand seized it!

Though she had already witnessed Lu Yiping's terrifying power, Huang Jiu was still horrified when she saw him grasp the Heavenly God Tribulation Lightning in empty space.

Heavenly God Tribulation Lightning could actually be grasped?

She could not imagine how this was possible.

At that moment, Lu Yiping clenched his hand, crushing the Heavenly God Tribulation Lightning. Like exploding fireworks, it bloomed with incomparable splendor in the high sky.

In the end, the tribulation lightning transformed into the purest lightning energy and fell, surging into Huang Jiu's body. The Divine Spark within her absorbed the lightning energy and began to transform, while her Divine Physique was also coated in a layer of luster.

Huang Jiu adjusted to the Heavenly God power within her body, took a deep breath, then prostrated herself. "Thank you, my lord."

Originally, she would still have needed several hundred years to break through to the Heavenly God Realm. Yet Lu Yiping had allowed her to break through directly, saving her centuries of effort.

Lu Yiping had Huang Jiu rise.

A while later, the group left the Phoenix Otherspace.

Huang Jiu transformed into a tiny golden bird the size of a palm and perched atop the front of the War Chariot.

Lu Yiping was in no hurry to travel.

The War Chariot did not move quickly, and only after several days did it leave the Battlefield of the Gods.

"My lord, where are we going?" Zhang Jin asked respectfully.

Lu Yiping pondered for a moment. "Let's go to the Big Dipper Empire."

The Big Dipper Empire was the strongest empire on the Divine Martial Continent.

In the Big Dipper Imperial Capital, the largest major merchant guilds of the Divine Martial Continent gathered there.

Wei Bing and Chen Yongyuan still did not have True God Divine Sparks. They could go take a look and see whether there were any suitable ones.

(Second update delivered.)