Chapter 758: The Heavenly Dao Spins
been enhanced, then they must have been enhanced.Standing beside Zhao Guang, Zhao Yanzi looked at Hao Ren in surprise. How could he break through the second level of Spirit Concentration Art so quickl...Chapter 758 - The Heavenly Dao Revolves~
The outcome of Su Han's and Zhao Kuo's duel would spread like an explosion throughout every corner of the dragon clan circle.
The Dragon Palace generals and elders returned with Zhao Hongyu's江山圖, likely to deliberate on their next strategy in earnest.
Zhao Yanzi stood on her Purple Cyan Treasure Sword, not returning to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace but instead accompanying Hao Ren towards Donghai University.
She was very dejected; she had never thought that her uncle who could sweep all before him would actually lose to Su Han.
The fact that Zhao Kuo couldn't successfully ascend to Heavenly Dragon dealt a heavy blow to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, and following this, her marriage with Hao Ren wouldn't be as smooth sailing.
As the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace was steadily rising, its momentum suddenly came to a halt.
But she couldn’t blame Su Han for this; in reality, it had nothing to do with him. Battles between the strong are unpredictable and no one can say who will win or lose.
The probability of successfully ascending to Heavenly Dragon was basically once every thousand years, meaning that only the strongest within a millennium could have the opportunity to ascend.
Both Zhao Kuo and Su Han were striving for insight in their battle, making it somewhat like a preliminary match for ascending to Heavenly Dragon from one perspective.
Zhao Kuo and Su Han both knew that regardless of whether the victor could successfully ascend to Heavenly Dragon or not, the loser's chances would be completely dashed.
The critical point of this battle wasn't about victory or defeat but rather the impending Heavenly Dragon Tribulation!
Xie Yujia followed Hao Ren while riding a white如意布, her heart also heavy with gloom. Hao Ren’s fate was intertwined with that of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, so she could not help feeling anxious about its future.
Duan Yao accompanied Hao Ren without any expression on her face; neither victory nor defeat mattered to her.
Lu L琳琳 and Lu Li莉flew beside Hao Ren on either side. They cared little for Zhao Kuo but only focused on Hao Ren.
Hao Ren remained silent, riding the Golden Shield and leaving a trail of rapid light behind him. Su Han hadn't been defeated alongside Zhao Kuo in mutual destruction, which was what he had feared most, but that Su Han's strength surpassed Zhao Kuo by such an extent also caught him off guard.
Zhao Kuo’s defeat threw all plans into disarray.
Boom!
As they followed Hao Ren flying towards Donghai City, Hao Ren suddenly changed direction and soared upwards.
The speed of Golden Radiant Shield instantly reached its peak, drawing a streak of golden light.
Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi were slightly surprised as they quickly followed Hao Ren. Lu L琳琳 and 陸莉莉 twisted their graceful waists, leaving trails of green and blue light before vanishing into the clouds.
The young cultivators were astonished to see how fast Hao Ren and his group could move; they helplessly watched them disappear into the upper cloud layers while discussing among themselves about landing at Donghai University.
"Hao Ren!"
Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzǐ shouted simultaneously, but all they could see was Hao Ren's blurry silhouette.
Duan Yao hesitated for a moment before finally flying towards the fifth heaven layer.
Whoosh... Hao Ren flew into the boundary of the fifth heaven layer and directly rushed into Misty Peak.
Due to the dual-layered array formation surrounding Misty Peak, the concentration of spiritual energy inside was almost as high as that in the seventh heaven layer, being more than ten times higher than on land.
In the Spirit Field located at the center of a valley, various spirit herbs were thriving vigorously. Several species with fruit-bearing spirit herbs looked particularly lush and full of vitality.
Three Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies had successfully sprouted tender leaves in a pool formed from several top-tier spirit herbs.
The array formation gradually melted these top-tier spirit herbs into liquid form, turning them into a thick spiritual liquid. This highly concentrated herbal medicine enabled the three seeds to germinate and grow.
This kind of liquid could be called divine nectar; one drop was enough for a spirit herb to reach a hundred years' worth of growth in just moments, and several drops would enable it to reach a thousand years' worth!
"Master, they've succeeded!" Lu L琳琳 and 陸莉莉 chased into Misty Peak and saw the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies sprouting leaves. They said joyfully.
Hao Ren's mood was somewhat gloomy at first, but seeing these three beautiful young plants, he felt a bit better.
The difficulty of cultivating Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies is extremely high; even the Heavenly Mountain Sect, which specializes in cultivating spirit herbs, only has theoretical records and might not be able to succeed even if given sufficient materials.
Now that all three seeds have sprouted and grown, it doesn't seem far from maturity.
The thick spiritual liquid made from countless residual fragments of spirit herbs and several top-tier ones had already been absorbed by the seedlings. For them to fully mature, these highly concentrated medicinal liquids would eventually be completely consumed.
Hao Ren thought for a moment and threw all ten-grade demonic cores into the pool to supplement nutrition for the three Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies.
The dazzling light released by the ten-grade demonic cores was quickly absorbed into this high-concentration spiritual liquid.
It's worth noting that such demonic cores are crystalline-like objects brimming with thick demonic energy, which even Whitey would take several days to digest. However, this spiritual liquid instantly dissolved the demonic core, demonstrating its extremely strong refining effect. If a cultivator touched it directly, their flesh would melt immediately!
The three Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies were steadily growing in this ultra-high concentration spirit liquid, how resilient they must be!
As a few demon cores dissolved, the leaves of the Three Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies underwent slight changes and became even more emerald green, like top-grade jade sculptures.
Rush rush rush...
Zhao Yanzǐ, Xie Yujia, and Duanyáo, who moved slightly slower, successively entered the Mysterious Peak.
Xie Yujia was surprised to see that the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies had grown tender leaves, each seedling over ten centimeters tall.
Duanyáo was also somewhat startled when she saw the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies. Her former Heavenly Mountain Sect was renowned for cultivating Snow Lotus flowers, so she knew that the most top-tier variety of Snow Lotus flower was the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lily.
However, this kind of Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lily, she had only heard about but never seen with her own eyes before... She didn't expect that ... Hāo Ren's valley could actually cultivate these legendary Snow Lotus flowers into existence.
But such a Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lily, due to its unique attributes, couldn't be used in alchemy; even if it was mixed into the ingredients for alchemy, cultivators wouldn't be able to consume them. They could only forge them into magical treasures with some functions of the five elements, but there were so few cultivators who could use magical treasures imbued with elemental powers...
Duanyáo looked at Hāo Ren in puzzlement, unsure what they intended by cultivating this Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lily that her Heavenly Mountain Sect couldn't grow.
Zhao Yanzǐ was originally in a bad mood as well, but upon seeing the three seedlings radiating holy light like sacred artifacts, she immediately threw herself into focus on them.
"At this rate, they'll mature in five days," Xie Yujia said.
She had originally estimated it would take around ten days, but Hāo Ren had thrown all tenth-stage demon cores inside, causing the concentration of spirit liquid to rise another level and accelerating the catalysis speed even further.
The demon core contained unparalleled demonic power, which was essentially the essence of heaven and earth obtained by demons. When released into the spirit liquid, it was also rich fertilizer.
If cultivated according to the methods used by the Heavenly Mountain Sect, it would take at least a hundred years to grow Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies, but Hāo Ren added ten top-tier spirit herbs and large quantities of remnants from Class 100,000-year-grade spirit grasses, as well as tenth-stage demon cores and an extremely powerful spirit-attracting array formation. This compressed the cultivation period of Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies, which should take several hundred years to mature, down to a few days!
Of course, this resulted in all the spirit liquid sufficient for Seventh Heavens' sects to go crazy over being absorbed clean.
"And it's one hundred thousand years worth of Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies," Lù Línlin added when she heard Xie Yujia.
The materials used this time for catalyzing the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lily included parts from Class 100,000-year-grade spirit herbs and remnants of medicinal plants from the entire Medicine Garden atop the Pinnacle Tower. This meant that after maturing, the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies would surpass the planned ten-thousand year grade and reach a hundred thousand years worth!
This much spirit liquid alone could cause all medicinal herbs in Fifth Heaven to grow their efficacy by several hundred years.
Duanyáo's eyes widened slightly as she couldn't believe that these three small Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies had actually reached a hundred thousand years worth, and there were three of them!
During the peak period on land when the Heavenly Mountain Sect thrived, they once cultivated Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lilies using several top-tier spirit herbs with only a fifty percent success rate. Hāo Ren had managed to succeed in growing not one but three.
"Can we... compress it within three days" Hāo Ren pondered for a moment before asking.
Xie Yujia stared at Hao Ren in surprise.
It only took another five days to cultivate the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lotus, which was already an incredibly fast speed. But Hao Ren wanted to compress it into three days—could it be…
"I want to refine the Black Crystal before Su Han tries to break through to the Heavenly Dragon Realm," said Hao Ren as he slightly turned his head to look at Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉, and Xie Yujia. "A Ten Thousand Years grade should suffice."
"Master…" Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 looked at Hao Ren with a hint of regret.
The difference between the Ten Thousand Years grade and the Hundred Thousand Years grade was too significant. It required perfect timing, geographical advantage, and human resources to cultivate even one Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lotus that had reached the Hundred Thousand Years stage—it might not even appear again for thousands of years.
To reduce it from a Hundred Thousand Years grade to a Ten Thousand Years grade in just two days was…
Even Duan Yao thought Hao Ren's ambition seemed too hasty. She regarded Hao Ren as her enemy, yet she still hoped he could cultivate the Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lotus that had reached the Hundred Thousand Years stage.
"Wasn't the day Su Han chose to break through also carefully selected" Hao Ren asked.
Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 furrowed their brows, calculated it carefully, then looked at Hao Ren in surprise. "How did Master know On that day, the Heavenly Dao is at its weakest."
Hao Ren's deduction was based on his understanding of cultivators like Su Han, who had a mutual connection with heaven and earth, which allowed Zhao Kuo to sense impending heavenly tribulations and prepare accordingly.
"In three days, it will be the day when the ancestor dragon shifts positions," said Lu 莉莉.
"What do you mean" Hao Ren asked.
"The Creator Dragon has nine sons. Eight of them keep watch over eight directions of heaven and earth while one roams freely between heaven and earth, changing positions every five hundred years. This causes a slight shift in the balance," said Lu L琳琳.
By rights, this celestial information shouldn't have been told to Hao Ren; however, they didn’t consider him an outsider and thus had divulged it secretly—anyway, they would soon be returning for their punishment.
"Five hundred years ago, a Golden Dragon cultivator successfully ascended to the Heavenly Dragon Realm. He chose this day as well," said Lu 莉莉.
Hao Ren knew Qiong Niu was currently roaming between heaven and earth—the equivalent of taking a five-hundred-year vacation—and wondered who would be next…
"I will refine the Black Crystal within three days," Hao Ren said as he shot two sword beams, picking one seedling each from the left and right Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lotus plants.
Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 were initially stunned before their eyes lit up—by removing two seedlings, they could focus on cultivating a single plant to reach the Hundred Thousand Years stage!
Their fixation on three seedlings had blinded them from this possibility! The Dao of heaven is one of choices. By focusing resources on one plant while letting the others reach the Ten Thousand Years grade, wouldn't that solve the issuet such an excellent girl like the class president would either fall for someone extremely outstanding with a quiet demeanor or fancy a cool and elegant athlete. Someone like himself who fits neither c...