Lu's smile grew increasingly radiant—the white jade palace's effects were astonishingly good.
He could already sense many souls transforming: from the first layer to the second, or significantly elevating within layers.
Such elevation brought immense benefits—soul layers like vessel capacity, raising cultivation ceilings: crucial.
However, as more cultivators elevated soul layers in the palace, the Fire Elemental God's primordial spirit power drained faster—nearing depletion.
The god gradually stopped roaring. He tried conserving to recover—but sorrowfully discovered recovery lagged far behind consumption.
This was a peak heavenly god-tier divine-demon's spirit power—vast! What was Lu using it for to drain so rapidly?
A quasi-saint-level spirit exploding in the starry sky: radiating might could linger tens of millions of years dissipating naturally.
Proof of quasi-saint spirit potency—yet here with Lu: utterly insufficient.
Initially, learning Lu consumed/utilized his spirit: the god unconcerned, unworried. As Elemental God: spirit not strongest—but capacity immense.
Like giving an ordinary person a billion to spend in three days.
Impossible.
Lu mere human Emperor: same.
But wrong—spirit power flowed like water.
At this rate: emptied soon—spirit dry, will perish!
Yet then: outside cauldron, Lu smiling flicked finger—translucent jellyfish-like chrysanthemum drifted toward him.
"Immortal herb?"
God stunned.
Lu's intent?
Why give immortal herb? Save him—no death?
But god quickly realized—not dumb. Purpose: keep alive, sustained spirit supply.
"Courting death!"
God's eyes reddened instantly.
Too vicious—how so malicious? Raising him?
He, grand Fire Elemental God... reduced to this. Unacceptable—extreme rage.
But rage useless.
"Eat or not—this immortal herb, great tonic. Restores depleted spirit..."
"Up to you—dies anyway."
Lu's indifferent voice drifted.
"I, Fire Elemental God—even death: no bite your herb!"
God roared.
Lu's mind long exited platform—ignored lion-like roars.
Back lake island.
Lu leaned Thousand-Bladed Chair—board flickering projections.
Soul-transformed/elevated: starry gleam.
Lu increasingly satisfied—this palace: foundation-laying.
Prior Five Phoenixes under him—even time array buffering: too rapid—not good. Palace: sedimentation.
Lu prepared: true layer breakthroughs rare—first to second: not easy.
Chin propped, wine cupped—Lu gazed board, quietly anticipating.
...
Boundary Ruins.
Palace.
Black-White Beast lazily rolled on floor—harmless, unrecognizable as quasi-saint terror.
High seat: graceful Black-White Empress—long legs crossed, watched beast roll. Palace ages: boring, lonely.
But accustomed—powerhouses endure solitude.
Yet recalling that figure: lashes fluttered.
Rose—ground-rolling beast eyes lit—bounced ball-like to shoulder.
But Empress ignored—flicked away.
"Pack—time to go out."
Empress said.
Beast initially aggrieved—but words: eyes brightened.
Empress soon vanished darkness.
Soon: human beauty form—tight long robes outlining figure, black-white skin unified human tone.
Stunning allure.
"Going there—you'd die. Before: send to adopter."
Empress smiling said.
Beckoned beast—graceful in cold quiet palace slow walk.
Not nostalgic place—but knew: perhaps return someday.
"Gone."
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Empress said.
Voice echoed cold palace.
Next: long leg step—space storm swept, faint shatter collapse.
...
Gold Elemental God eyes cold.
Eyed star map—from Fire Elemental God imprisonment.
Unremarkable spot—imprisoned there?
Originally unremarkable—but seeing nearby human ancestral lands: eyes murderous surge.
"So..."
"Ancestral here—not far map mark... human deed."
Gold God lips cold smile.
No dispatch heavenly god-tiers scout—personal. Emperor task: complete—good impression.
Golden streak crossed stars.
Soon burst.
Starry sky: Gold God emerged—surrounding gold surging.
Looked up: gorgeous starry region ahead.
"Map mark?"
"Ordinary."
Gold God murmured.
But vast spirit surged—eyes burst brilliant gold, like piercing starry swords.
"Saw!"
God eyes radiant.
Divine ability: faintly saw hidden gorgeous world in stars.
"Human Immortal Martial World..."
"Unexpected—in unremarkable spot, humans secretly developed Immortal Martial?"
"Incredible... no wonder emperor said humans miracle creators—not underestimate."
Gold God grinned.
But exposed: erase world.
Human ancestral attentive—purpose migration? Now clear: this hidden Immortal Martial.
"Make ancestral value so—peerless genius?"
"Yes—curious human Lu Jiulian sudden fame. Now: from this newborn Immortal Martial."
Gold God killing intent denser—Lu Jiulian thought: rage surged.
Lu Jiulian, Fire Elemental God spirit... connected.
"Ancestral here... alone: can't breach. Full assault Five Phoenixes... ancestral fierce protect."
Gold God eyes wise gleam—pondering.
"Feint east, strike west."
"They unaware exposure... opportunity: crush humans."
Gold God decided.
Body hid void—streak vanished.
Return Elemental Realm—rally other Elemental Gods.
This... hard battle. Humans grown threatening—possible: resolve humans, end threat forever.
...
Human ancestral lands.
Floating stars: green-robed Xiaoyaozi slowly opened eyes.
Frowned—raised hand, calculated: expression grave.
"Great calamity approaches."
"Unknown: Five Phoenixes or Primordial Immortal Domain."
Xiaoyaozi inhaled.
Regardless: humans prepare.
"Three Beast Ancestor statues... human rise chance. Divine-demons anxious—possible assault: guard."
Xiaoyaozi calculated.
Five Phoenixes vital to him—safety concern.
Spirit surged—transmitted.
Soon: Xuancang tore space.
"Xiaoyaozi—what?"
Xuancang asked.
"Go Five Phoenixes—faint crisis, great calamity. Unknown Five Phoenixes or ancestral."
Xiaoyaozi serious.
Xuancang stunned—Xiaoyaozi divination skilled: calamity: serious.
"Likely Five Phoenixes... three statues: human core now."
"Ancestral vs Elemental Realm years: unlikely major crisis."
"Thus: Five Phoenixes."
Xuancang grave—no refuse. Bid Xiaoyaozi—tore void away.
Soon crossed stars—to Five Phoenixes region.
No enter—sat Ninth Heaven passage.
Crisis: quasi-saint power defend—give Five Phoenixes reaction time.
...
Current Five Phoenixes: time array running—swift passage.
White jade palace mysterious.
Many Five Phoenixes powerhouses inside: centuries.
Time passed—worldly curiosity waned. Palace effects subtle—soul elevation: low realms little change.
Dantai Xuan emerged.
Rebirth life end: awoke jade stairs.
Rose—expression complex.
From palace—lakeside fishing Tonggu sensed.
Dantai Xuan flashed beside.
"Good—stabilized second layer. Next: power accumulation."
Tonggu said.
"Thanks senior guidance."
Tonggu waved.
Dantai Xuan no linger—soared away, back Underworld.
Cross-legged bitter sea—one rebirth life: mindset massively transformed.
Surveyed Underworld—reincarnation orderly.
Dantai Xuan smiled—drifted bitter sea.
Bitter sea: countless sinful souls wailed—sinking rising, cleansing sin. Only clean: rebirth qualification.
Heavy sinners: millions, tens millions years unclean.
Dantai Xuan enlightened—inner peculiar change.
Boom!
Head: dense karma surged—vague world formed.
Purple qi birthed—vitality dense.
Cultivation transformed—breakthrough.
Boom!
Underworld: rosy clouds, myriad lights fell—many sinful souls cleansed faster.
Many wailed bitter sea: ecstatic knelt, wept praised...
Five Phoenixes continent sensed.
Many cultivators heart palpitation.
Not Zhou Peak: Zhulong cross-legged bluestone—sensed. Now Daluo.
Dantai Xuan Daluo: resonated.
Lake island: Lu satisfied—Dantai Xuan accumulation sufficient. Daluo natural—best arrangement.
Palace soul transformation: breakthrough easier, foundation firmer.
Lu smiled.
Silent—continued anticipation.
Palace cultivators quiet enlightened.
Time passed.
Soon: emerging—Overlord, Tang Yimo etc. No qualitative second layer.
Lu unsurprised—soul leaps hard.
But Lu, Tonggu unexpected: Ning Zhao achieved—second layer.
Lu astonished.
Even Tonggu puzzled.
"Perhaps... massive stimulus let Ning Zhao breakthrough. Otherwise—from understanding: hard."
"But hearts unpredictable—Ning Zhao's inner: perhaps we unknow."
Tonggu murmured—surprised but pleased.
One more second layer: great for Five Phoenixes, humans.
Means: time given—quasi-saint potential.
Another three centuries: more awoke.
Ancestral geniuses: most soul elevated—but second rare.
Five Phoenixes similar—but emerging: no regrets.
Palace insights: some mended regrets, some enlightened.
All gained.
Chai Feng breakthrough—soul leaped second.
Tonggu unexpected joy.
Human Emperor Chai Feng: true prodigy—cultivation gifted. Soul leap: Tonggu thrilled.
Post-elevation Chai Feng: 90% quasi-saint chance.
Another century.
Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, Empress, Tianxu Four Talents awoke.
Pity: no second breakthrough.
Bai Qingniao awoke—soul breakthrough unsurprising.
Mind Nine Phoenix Transformation soul-engraved: cultivation barrier crossed—second.
Lu unsurprised—Tonggu astounded.
Girl cheating?!
Time passed.
Ancestral prodigy Luo Yang: transformed—broke shackles, second layer.
Even cultivation breakthrough—vast qi gathered, peak Emperor—one step quasi-Emperor. Great human joy.
...
Preaching platform.
Cauldron.
Fire Elemental God emaciated—white-haired, lifeless eyes, flames dim.
Spirit power over-drained.
Each palace second layer human genius: massive draw...
Finally: near exhaustion.
Lu's translucent Mind-Chaos Chrysanthemum still floated cauldron.
Utmost temptation.
Seemingly luring god's spirit.
God swallowed—resisted temptation. Fire Elemental God, realm lord—must endure—no Lu herb!
Not pet—raised no!
But massive draws: extreme weakness—resistance willpower plummeted.
Death's door wander: gradually couldn't bear pressure.
Several times reached—but stopped—like starving facing golden dripping roast chicken.
Resisted self.
"Old Fire—too weak. Medicine."
Each resistance: outside cauldron Lu's voice.
Strummed last heartstring.
Nearly uncontrollable.
Time passed.
God constant recovery—but lag draw.
Five Phoenixes under god's spirit: second layer cultivators born one after another.
God increasingly emaciated.
Finally...
God couldn't endure.
Breathless—near death.
Originally facing death: all beings equal.
Trembling grabbed Mind-Chaos Chrysanthemum.
Finally couldn't resist—stuffed mouth.
Melted warm—long-dry spirit like nectar—madly absorbed...
God face infatuated.
Long drought sweet rain—soul sublimated feel.
Oh~
Flying sensation.
True fragrance.
Gradually strength—spirit recovered.
But god felt unease, dread.
Spirit power surged too fast!
Even burning soul elevate...
"What... you feed?!"
God roared.
"Not immortal herb!"
"Poison!!!"
God wretched—mindset exploded.
Damn Lu Ping'an!
Poison squeezed potential—converted soul—all to spirit power...
Continue: spirit explode—ash annihilation.
But palace draw: temporarily balanced, stabilized.
Platform.
Lu eyes brightened.
"Effective—worthy dad's poison. Even quasi-saint divine-demon works..."
"Now: sustain long."
Palace.
Lu Changkong under spirit support: soul second layer. Immortal herb nurturing deeper understanding.
Fire Elemental God no die.
Spirit power near dry again.
First felt humans devils...
Even this time: soul faint dry trace.
Felt truly dying.
Lu tomb again—plucked last Mind-Chaos Chrysanthemum. Anyway plucked—leave one lonely.
Fire Elemental God calm eyed floating utmost tempting Mind-Chaos Chrysanthemum.
Eyes numb.
Finally nostalgic: Tonggu how cute.
This human vs Tonggu... more heart-wrenching.
No more medicine.
Remaining spirit surged—god relieved.
Couldn't bear humiliation.
Outside cauldron: Lu astonished pained gaze.
Directly detonated own spirit.
Boom!
Fire Elemental God spirit—and soul—thoroughly extinguished.
Finally... no more medicine.
