"An undying divine herb? This Chaos Azure Lotus is no undying divine herb. It's a chaos spiritual root!"
Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile. With a turn of his palm, an azure lotus about a foot tall appeared out of thin air.
Twelve lotus leaves of varying sizes swayed gently, and twenty-four flower petals shimmered with a dreamlike luster. Five crystal-clear lotus seeds lay at its heart.
Boundless Dao resonance suffused the entire azure lotus, as though it were expounding the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.
Ye Hao's mind shook violently. Although he had never heard of a chaos spiritual root, he could sense how extraordinary this Chaos Azure Lotus was. It was probably far more precious than even the legendary undying divine herbs!
Did the Purple Firmament Holy Land have such profound reserves?
"Sit cross-legged, gather your mind, and circulate the Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture!" Jiang Chen commanded in a deep voice.
Ye Hao dared not think any further. He hurriedly sat cross-legged where he stood, gently closed his eyes, and calmed his mind as he began circulating the Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture.
Jiang Chen raised his hand and sent the Chaos Azure Lotus into the Wheel Sea within Ye Hao's dantian.
The Chaos Azure Lotus swayed gently, releasing wisps of chaos mist that silently nourished Ye Hao's Wheel Sea.
Ye Hao's Wheel Sea had originally been as hard as divine iron, barren, silent, and lifeless. He had once expended countless cultivation resources without stirring even the slightest ripple within it.
With the nourishment of the Chaos Azure Lotus, Ye Hao's Wheel Sea finally began to change.
Buzz!
Suddenly, an illusory black shackle appeared over Ye Hao's Wheel Sea. Densely packed ancient runes flickered across it, glowing dimly as vast, primordial power of heaven and earth spread from it.
Heaven and Earth Shackles!
Every time an Ancient Desolate Sacred Body broke through a realm, it had to shatter a Heaven and Earth Shackles. This was the Heaven and Earth Shackles over Ye Hao's Wheel Sea!
The Chaos Azure Lotus swayed gently, and thick chaos mist spread, silently seeping into the Heaven and Earth Shackles.
Crack!
The Heaven and Earth Shackles sealing his Wheel Sea shattered!
Like a true dragon awakening, Ye Hao's blood surged wildly within him, roaring like rushing rivers.
Whoosh!
Immediately afterward, ten thousand rays of golden light burst from Ye Hao's Wheel Sea, brilliant as rainbows, illuminating heaven and earth.
Golden waves surged and churned, accompanied by flashing lightning and rolling thunder. Amid the ceaseless rumbling, boundless divine radiance swept across the heavens like roaring mountains and surging seas.
The Chaos Azure Lotus swayed gently, its chaos mist suffusing every inch of the golden Wheel Sea and drawing out all of Ye Hao's potential.
"The Wheel Sea phenomenon of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body truly is astonishing!" Jiang Chen marveled inwardly.
Ye Hao's Wheel Sea shone with dazzling golden light and resplendent divine radiance. Golden waves swept furiously through the nine heavens, with thunderbolts and lightning flashing from time to time, exuding a deep, vast sense of pressure.
The peak of the Wheel Sea Realm!
With the Chaos Azure Lotus's help, Ye Hao's Wheel Sea had been opened to its utmost limit the moment it formed, taking him straight to the peak of the Wheel Sea Realm!
Whoosh!
Once Ye Hao's Wheel Sea had successfully opened, the Chaos Azure Lotus flew out of it on its own and disappeared into Jiang Chen's body.
Jiang Chen could clearly sense that the entire Chaos Azure Lotus had become even more vibrant and brimming with vitality.
It seemed that while the Chaos Azure Lotus had helped Ye Hao open his Wheel Sea, it had also been nourished by the immense power of providence upon him, benefiting greatly as well.
With Ye Hao's breakthrough, the corresponding system notification sounded in Jiang Chen's mind.
[Detected that the host's disciple Ye Hao has broken through to the Wheel Sea Realm. Providence feedback received. Congratulations to the host on obtaining ten years of cultivation! Congratulations to the host on obtaining the Holy Battle Technique!]
Buzz!
A vast presence suddenly erupted from Jiang Chen. His body seemed capable of devouring all the heavens and myriad worlds as dense world power spread from him. Densely packed laws of order appeared across his body before receding in an instant.
The Venerable Lord Realm!
In this realm, a grotto-heaven world would naturally arise within one's body, allowing one to wield world power and reign supreme beneath the heavens.
Jiang Chen's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Emperor Realm. With this providence feedback, he directly broke through the bottleneck and forced his way into the Venerable Lord Realm!
With the blessings of numerous children of providence, Jiang Chen's cultivation faced no bottlenecks at all!
Jiang Chen paid little attention to his cultivation. Instead, he was quite interested in the Holy Battle Technique he had just obtained.
Holy Battle Technique: One of the Nine Secrets, the strongest close-combat technique. It could manifest myriad techniques and was unmatched in attack. The stronger the physique, the greater the power it could unleash.
With this Holy Battle Technique, Jiang Chen possessed endless means of attack!
Such a technique was equally suited to the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body!
Jiang Chen was extremely satisfied with what he had gained from accepting this disciple, and he turned his gaze toward Ye Hao.
The boundless golden light blooming from Ye Hao's Wheel Sea gradually receded. The sounds of thunder and surging seas also faded until everything finally fell completely silent.
Whoosh!
Ye Hao opened his eyes, divine light shining within them. Dao resonance wreathed his entire body, and he naturally exuded the confidence that, with him here, no opponent could prevail.
Using the Chaos Azure Lotus to open his Wheel Sea this time had directly developed it to its utmost limit, bringing him to the peak of the Wheel Sea Realm!
"Thank you, Master!"
"Master, I have no way to repay you for giving me a new life!"
"Whatever commands you have, Master, I would not refuse even ten thousand deaths!"
Ye Hao solemnly thanked Jiang Chen.
At this moment, Ye Hao gained a deeper understanding of that Chaos Azure Lotus.
That Chaos Azure Lotus was definitely far more precious than the legendary undying divine herbs!
Such a thing should never have appeared in the lower realm!
With the Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture, which could suppress the ages, and a heaven-defying spiritual root like the Chaos Azure Lotus, his master's origins were surely beyond imagination!
Could Master be an immortal who descended to the mortal world?
Ye Hao had some vague guesses, but he did not ask any further.
Whatever his master's origins, he was still the master Ye Hao respected most, someone worth protecting with his life!
"It's enough that you have the heart. I certainly won't deliberately send you to your death." Jiang Chen could not help chuckling.
At this point, Jiang Chen seemed to recall something and said thoughtfully, "Right, I'll teach you another combat technique!"
With that, Jiang Chen touched a finger to Ye Hao's brow and imparted the Holy Battle Technique he had just obtained.
Ye Hao opened his eyes, a trace of shock flashing through them.
He could sense how extraordinary this Holy Battle Technique was. Even the various holy lands and great sects might not possess a combat technique of this level!
Yet his master had brought it out so casually. He was becoming more and more mysterious!
"I will certainly cultivate diligently. I would never dare let your painstaking efforts go to waste, Master!" Ye Hao replied.
Jiang Chen smiled and nodded. With a beckoning gesture, a three-story pagoda landed inside the great hall, its radiance flowing as rosy clouds formed in the void.
"This is our Clear Void Peak's Samsara Dream Trial Pagoda. By entering meditation within the pagoda, you can enter a trial dream."
"The dream will manifest cultivators ranging from the Wheel Sea Realm to the Emperor Realm as your opponents, allowing you to gain combat experience."
"Also, everything you experience in the trial dream is merely a realistic dream, and time flows differently within it. On the first floor, one day outside is one day inside. On the second floor, one day outside is one month inside. On the third floor, one day outside is one year inside."
"Although your consciousness won't truly die within the trial dream, the sensations of injury or death will be exactly the same as the real thing."
"If your consciousness cannot endure it, it will collapse and dissipate, leaving you a walking corpse."
"Do you dare enter?"
Jiang Chen briefly introduced the pagoda's origins, then turned his gaze toward Ye Hao.
"I'm willing to try!"
Ye Hao's face was full of eagerness.
He wanted to resolve the Ye Lineage's crisis himself!
Jiang Chen nodded slightly and gestured to Ye Hao. "Go!"
Ye Hao stepped into the Samsara Dream Trial Pagoda and went straight up to the third floor. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered meditation, his entire figure becoming dreamlike and illusory.
Jiang Chen transmitted his voice outside from afar. "Ye Hao's Wheel Sea has opened. He is now cultivating in seclusion and should be able to emerge in three days. Do not disturb him during these three days."
Hearing Jiang Chen's message, the members of the Ye Lineage erupted in thunderous cheers. They all felt the gloom in their hearts swept away, and the entire Ye Lineage regained its former bustle.