Chapter 478: The Sixth Level, Venerable Bai Han's Final Trial

When Emperor Chi Xiao came to the Profound Spirit Dharma Assembly of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, it was precisely because 'Tian Ningzi' had written half a Heavenly Time Faction Dharma theory for him.

So, after Emperor Chi Xiao finished reading the Dharma theory Zhao Xing took out, he no longer held any grudges about the past.

In his view, although Tian Ningzi hadn't fulfilled his promise at the time and had almost put him in danger at the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom's Dharma Assembly, this couldn't be blamed entirely on him. If one had to blame someone, it should be the Dongyan Ancient Clan for causing trouble!

Tian Ningzi later used the alias Zhao Xing, wrote the Dao Manifestation Universe Earth Record Earth Change Theory, solved the Stacked Boundary Mountain problem, and later wrote the Annihilation Star Six Qi Theory, writing books on the Dao Tree.

If reputation had levels, Zhao Xing's reputation among Farming Officials would be as high as a demigod's. So Emperor Chi Xiao had absolutely no murderous intent toward Zhao Xing, but was instead quite admiring.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

"Brother Tian Ning, this Dharma theory of yours could completely allow a certain Heavenly Time Faction force to leap into becoming a top-tier force..."

After Emperor Chi Xiao finished reading, he carefully closed the book and handed it back with some reluctance.

"Brother Chi Xiao, please keep this book safe." Zhao Xing pushed it back. "The Bai Han Realm is full of tricks; I am trapped in this situation and may not have a chance to get out. Assuming I die in the Bai Han Realm, I ask Brother to perfect this theory and pass it on to the world on my behalf."

Emperor Chi Xiao's expression was solemn, and he was greatly moved, as if he were a minister entrusted with the fate of the nation by an emperor on his deathbed, receiving the 'Imperial Edict' very solemnly.

"I will certainly not fail the trust."

"However, I believe that Brother bears the mandate of heaven and will certainly be able to turn bad luck into good."

Emperor Chi Xiao bowed while holding the book, then kept the Dao book close to his body; this was the original copy, and he was the first to have seen it.

Zhao Xing also bowed back across the table, feeling relieved in his heart.

That he could pass Emperor Chi Xiao's test wasn't purely because of the Dharma theory.

"When a person is lowly, their words are light; if I were still as weak as before, just in the Origin Realm, no matter how amazing the Dharma theory was, I would inevitably be looked down upon."

"But now that I can run to the fifth level and sit and discuss the Dao with Emperor Chi Xiao, that in itself is proof of strength," Zhao Xing thought secretly.

After a while, Emperor Chi Xiao talked to him about the secret realm.

"Now that there are nine floating islands on the fifth level, quite a few people have come up, and there are four people who have occupied islands for a long time. Brother Tian Ning, who do you think can pass Venerable Bai Han's final trial?"

Zhao Xing pondered: "Hu An of Luo Island has refined a mouthful of Primordial First Qi and can already ignore the Marquis Transformation of the fifth-level floating island; he has also snatched quite a few magic treasures, so the hope is great."

Emperor Chi Xiao sneered: "Although Hu An has passed five True Spirit Tribulations and his Primordial First Qi is exquisite, he is just a martial brute and is not to be feared at all."

"Sword Monarch Ye Liuxin of the North Island has superb sword skills, mastered the origin of the Sword Dao, and uses the Sword Dao to replace the Heavenly Dao; he can even suppress the mutated Emperor Tian Wu on Li Island, so he also has hope of ascending to the sixth level."

Emperor Chi Xiao shook his head: "I have fought him; he is also a six-tribulation Emperor, and he is indeed powerful to lose to me by half a move. As for using the Sword Dao to replace the Heavenly Dao? That is even more nonsense!"

Zhao Xing said: "Then does Brother know the origin of the mysterious person?"

Emperor Chi Xiao said: "Although I don't know his origin, this person hides his head and shows his tail, not even daring to reveal his identity; how can he be the righteous path of heaven?"

"I think the only ones who can pass Venerable Bai Han's trial are Brother and me."

Zhao Xing smiled in his heart.

Emperor Chi Xiao was a typical Heavenly Time Faction Farming Official; apart from the noble Heavenly Time Faction Farming Officials, he looked down on everyone else.

But Emperor Chi Xiao was indeed very strong; as a man who had passed six True Spirit Tribulations, Emperor Chi Xiao's secret techniques had all been cultivated to the limit.

In other words, apart from his Heavenly Time magic power not yet being at the top level, there was nothing left to improve.

Assuming he could possess super cultivation techniques like 【Polar Land】 or 【Primordial World】, he should be at the level of a nine-tribulation Emperor now.

In Emperor Chi Xiao's own words: "Apart from True Spirit tribulation passing and the Marquis Transformation technique, which can still improve oneself, I have already walked the Heavenly Time Dao to the highest level that the Heavenly Time Faction in the Profound Spirit Star Domain can reach."

"If I wanted to, passing the seventh True Spirit Tribulation is a certainty, and the eighth tribulation is not a difficult matter either. The weak fear tribulations, while the strong actively pass tribulations, pursuing breakthroughs."

"It's just that the Heavenly Time cultivation techniques are lacking; even after passing the eighth tribulation, it is still difficult to be perfect, so there is no rush for the moment."

"To what extent does Brother think the Marquis Transformation technique can still be improved?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Theoretically speaking, one can reach the God Realm through the Marquis Transformation technique; this is heaven's compensation to the Heavenly Time Faction," Emperor Chi Xiao said. "Assuming one can comprehend those Life Dao Diagrams of innate gods, we Heavenly Time Faction Farming Officials can also be considered to have become God Realm beings in disguise, possessing divine power."

"However, this is ultimately just borrowing the Dao; it still doesn't count as perfect God Realm Dao verification."

Zhao Xing nodded in agreement; the Marquis Transformation technique was currently the best hope for the Heavenly Time Faction to reach the God Realm.

As long as one obtained the Life Dao Diagrams, essence blood, etc., of innate gods and created the corresponding Marquis Transformation technique, one could transform into a God Realm being.

The imperfection Emperor Chi Xiao spoke of lay in the fact that even if one truly succeeded, after canceling the transformation, the human form would still not be in the God Realm.

He believed that a true God Realm being should be a human body, a human bloodline becoming a god.

Of course, even this imperfect path to becoming a god was extremely difficult, out of reach.

The Life Dao Diagram of an innate god was equivalent to having to capture the racial life of an innate god; acquired ones wouldn't work, which was even more difficult than becoming a god itself.

"The Life Dao Diagram that Venerable Bai Han left on the fifth-level floating island is a source-tracing experimental specimen for the Life Dao Diagrams of the lower four levels."

Emperor Chi Xiao waved his hand, and in front of the pavilion, a Dao Diagram appeared; below the clouds, a meat-ball monster with countless horns and eyes appeared.

Zhao Xing had comprehended many Life Dao Diagrams of the first four levels and immediately deduced that this racial life was not a native species, but a derivative species.

Life derivation and hybridization were not just for plants; animals were the same, only animal life forms were more complex and uncontrollable.

In medical Dao, there were also the terms native species and derivative species. When Emperor Chi Xiao mentioned the words "source-tracing experimental subject," Zhao Xing understood Venerable Bai Han's intention.

"He wants to restore the racial bloodline of innate gods through this method, and then become a God Realm being through the Marquis Transformation technique?"

"Not bad," Emperor Chi Xiao said. "You should have seen the Life Dao Diagrams of the lower levels; among them, the Divine Feather Life Dao Diagram, the Rock God Life Dao Diagram, the Jia Moon God Life Dao Diagram... their test specimens are all descendants of the God Realm."

"Peeling the cocoon, tracing the source to return to the ancestors, and finally obtaining the God-level Marquis Transformation technique—one can glimpse Venerable Bai Han's ambition from this Polar Star floating island trial."

Zhao Xing looked at this Dao Diagram, and just by looking at it, his heart was affected; the tiger was dead but its might remained; he could feel that the beast in this Life Dao Diagram was definitely at the level of a six-tribulation Emperor during its lifetime.

"No wonder Emperor Tian Wu mutated into a beast and became even more powerful."

Emperor Tian Wu was strong, but not to the point where he could beat everyone.

But to this day, Li Island on the fifth level was regarded as a forbidden area, and few people dared to live there for a long time, precisely because the mutated Emperor Tian Wu was even more terrifying. He could be called a forbidden life form.

"Venerable Bai Han's Dao must have failed; the Marquis Transformation technique doesn't rely solely on researching the bloodlines of powerful life species."

"He used medical Dao to assist in his research on the Dao of Heavenly Time and Marquis Change. This was originally not a problem, but as I fought my way to the fifth level, I discovered that he had gradually deviated from his original intent, instead prioritizing medical Dao and losing sight of what was primary and what was secondary."

Emperor Chi Xiao said: "The Marquis Transformation arrays he left behind are not as profound as the Life Dao Diagrams; this is proof."

Zhao Xing was also very impressed with Emperor Chi Xiao at this time; not counting Qing Yuzi, his vision, theory, and spells were the strongest among all the Heavenly Time Faction Farming Officials he had seen so far.

Whether Old Qing was truly an orthodox Heavenly Time God was still up for debate, because Zhao Xing had learned soul secret techniques from him and had also seen him use the Dao of Space-Time and Fate; Qing Yuzi had also given him a Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone, but he had never executed a God-level spell of the Heavenly Time Faction.

"Brother Tian Ning, you can comprehend this Dao Diagram, but don't be overly immersed in it," Emperor Chi Xiao reminded. "Although Venerable Bai Han is a demigod, his Dao may not be applicable to you and me."

"Utilize its utility, but do not delve into its Dao."

Zhao Xing bowed and said: "Thank you, Brother, for the reminder."

Next, Zhao Xing comprehended the Dao Diagram named 【Nine Marsh God】 on Chi Xiao Island.

As the comprehension progressed, Zhao Xing discovered that it was indeed as Emperor Chi Xiao had described.

The Nine Marsh God Dao Diagram had a deeper study of life bloodlines, structures, innate secret techniques, and the manifestation of the Dao on life forms.

However, it ignored an important factor—the Marquis Transformation of the internal heaven and earth environment.

"Magic power is the foundation that supports the Marquis Transformation; it is the root. Life bloodlines, Dao body and Dharma body structures, innate secret techniques, and Dharma body Dao manifestations are the advanced trunks and branches."

"Lacking this point, the Marquis Transformation technique goes completely astray."

Using medical Dao to research derivative species indeed made it easier to obtain some powerful individuals.

Its beauty lay in the fact that a weak physician was very likely to obtain a mutated life Dao body that exceeded his own capabilities and mistakenly believe it was his own creation.

In reality, some mutants were uncontrollable even by the physician himself and could not be replicated.

However, after seven or eight years of comprehension, Zhao Xing's view changed somewhat.

Because he had obtained several profound magic power cultivation techniques from the 【Nine Marsh God】 Dao Diagram.

They could be called 'Marquis Transformation Magic Power,' which was the power specifically used to support the Marquis Transformation technique.

Zhao Xing tried it and found that the amplification effect was not as good as the Azure Flower magic power and the Red Lotus magic power; in terms of secret technique level, it was inferior to those two.

"Venerable Bai Han perhaps knew he had taken the wrong path, but he was helpless. He couldn't create a foundation sufficient to support his research on the Marquis Transformation, namely the magic power chapter."

After the comprehension deepened, Zhao Xing discovered 108 magic power chapters, corresponding to the 108 divine hidden acupoints of the human race.

He seemed to see a cold and ruthless figure, in front of a prison, dissecting powerful life forms in a cruel way, while also becoming increasingly impatient and conflicted.

The 【Nine Marsh God】 Dao Diagram left behind was also in a strange shape, completely lacking the aesthetic beauty of the Dao Diagrams of the first four levels.

"Rumble~~"

One day, twenty-seven years later, a clap of thunder woke Emperor Chi Xiao, who was sitting and comprehending.

He turned his head to look and discovered that the thunder was coming from Zhao Xing's stomach.

"Hmm?" Emperor Chi Xiao flashed to Zhao Xing's side.

He discovered that he was currently horned and prominent, having grown two tentacles full of secret patterns; his skin was crystal, and the internal organs and heaven and earth in his stomach were brewing storms one after another.

"This..." Emperor Chi Xiao was somewhat surprised.

He had comprehended the 【Nine Marsh God】 Dao Diagram many years earlier than Zhao Xing.

But now, Zhao Xing's appearance was completely different from what he had comprehended.

"When I first executed the Nine Marsh God Transformation, my whole body was covered with countless horn spikes; this is the side effect of this technique."

"After two hundred years of pondering, combined with my own cultivation insights, I finally suppressed it to nine horn spikes."

"He only has two horn spikes now?"

"Could it be that his harvest from comprehending the Nine Marsh God is greater than mine?"

Emperor Chi Xiao looked at Zhao Xing with hope.

He began to sit down next to Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing stared at the Nine Marsh God Dao Diagram, and he stared at Zhao Xing.

The Heavenly Time Dao was like a dark river with unknown risks.

At this time, Zhao Xing was crossing the river by feeling the stones, and Emperor Chi Xiao was crossing the river by feeling Zhao Xing.

Another eight years passed; in the thirty-fifth year after entering Chi Xiao Island, Zhao Xing's remaining two horns also became one big and one small.

Emperor Chi Xiao also reduced his horns to five; the sequelae were almost reduced by half!

"Worthy of being Tian Ningzi; he is a pioneer who can open up paths for the Heavenly Time Faction!" Emperor Chi Xiao felt infinite emotion in his heart.

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"It's just that he can manage to have only two horns left, but I still have five horns hindering the Marquis Transformation of the internal heaven and earth, and the mutation probability is still very high. Why is this?"

After Zhao Xing finished his comprehension, Emperor Chi Xiao asked this question.

"One is individual differences; perhaps my constitution is more compatible with the 【Nine Marsh God】 Dao Diagram."

"Two is the foundation; I actually entered earlier than Brother, but I have almost looked through all the hundred thousand floating islands of the lower four levels, and at least seventy or eighty percent have been completely comprehended."

"Looked through all of them? Seventy or eighty percent of the Dao Diagrams have been completely comprehended?" Emperor Chi Xiao was stunned. "The time is so short; how did you manage to... oh, I understand."

He remembered that Zhao Xing had Primordial Avatars, capable of ascending to islands and comprehending simultaneously. Ordinary magic power avatars couldn't ascend to the islands to comprehend at all.

Even if they ascended to the island, the focus of the Primordial Avatar was on tearing the soul body, and the comprehension talent of each individual was about the same.

Even if he knew the method, Emperor Chi Xiao had no way to imitate it.

This was an advantage unique to the Primordial Avatar.

"So that's how it is; it seems I should also go to the lower levels to take a look," Emperor Chi Xiao sighed. "I said Venerable Bai Han didn't value the basic magic power chapters, but I made the same mistake myself; truly, the bystander sees clearly while the person involved is confused."

Actually, there was a third reason Zhao Xing couldn't explain in detail.

That was that the magic power chapter of the Seven Aperture Heart Sealing Method played a decisive role.

He comprehended the 【Nine Marsh God】 and was able to reduce the sequelae to only two horns because he didn't use the magic power chapter provided by Venerable Bai Han to support the Marquis Transformation; he used the Azure Flower magic power!

The Azure Flower magic power encompassed everything; using it for spell learning could also reduce many risks of mutation; after all, Fan Qianrou was the God of Physicians.

"Brother Tian Ning, I plan to leave the island and go to the lower levels to comprehend; I will leave this Chi Xiao Island to you."

A month later, Emperor Chi Xiao left Chi Xiao Island, intending to replicate Zhao Xing's tracks and see all the islands.

He didn't seek to comprehend them completely; with his True Spirit, having passed the sixth True Spirit Tribulation, his comprehension speed when facing the Life Dao Diagrams of the lower levels was still very fast.

"With Emperor Chi Xiao gone, I'm the only one left on the floating island," Zhao Xing glanced at the panel.

【Azure Flower Magic Power: 2858/10000】

【Red Lotus Magic Power: 1750/10000】

"Comprehending on the fifth level, both my Red Lotus magic power and Azure Flower magic power have made great progress, especially the Azure Flower magic power; after breaking through two thousand points, the magic power is no longer like silk or thread, reaching 1 World Yuan."

"The Red Lotus magic power is still calculated in strands."

Two thousand points was a hurdle; before this, there were only strands, and the quantity was very small.

Once it broke through two thousand points, it surged immediately, as if breaking through some kind of restriction.

"Using the Marquis Transformation technique to execute the Nine Marsh God, the skin is crystal, the lower body is covered with scales, containing nine types of Dao, and the horns can execute innate secret techniques, but it doesn't hinder me from executing human spells in human form."

"This new Marquis Transformation technique still has room for improvement."

"However, I need to comprehend the third or even fourth type of my seven-colored magic power."

The new Marquis Transformation technique 【Nine Marsh God】 already had obvious discrepancies with the one created by Venerable Bai Han, closer to Venerable Bai Han's 'idealized' setting rather than the monster body in the Dao Diagram.

To distinguish it, Zhao Xing called the one he perfected himself 【Azure Flower Nine Marsh God】.

Emperor Chi Xiao was the same, calling his own Marquis Transformation technique 【Chi Xiao Nine Marsh God】.

"Can I go to the sixth level and try now?" An impulse surged in Zhao Xing's heart.

He felt that among the three floating islands on the sixth level, one floating island was attracting him. It was an instinctive desire generated after cultivating the 【Azure Flower Nine Marsh God】.

"All Daos return to one; according to the speculation between me and Emperor Chi Xiao, the last three floating islands on the sixth level should correspond to the forms of the three strongest Marquis Transformation techniques."

"There are nine floating islands on the fifth level, three of which correspond to the Nine Marsh God, three to the Rock Star God, and three to the Pu Luo God."

"Apart from Chi Xiao Island, there are Li Star Island and Mi River Island on the fifth level, which share the same origin as the Nine Marsh God Marquis Transformation technique."

"Mi River Island is unoccupied, and there is a mutated Emperor Tian Wu on Li Star Island; I'd better go to Mi River Island to take a look first."

Not long after Emperor Chi Xiao left, Zhao Xing also left Chi Xiao Island, leaving only an avatar to keep watch.

There was a magic array built by Emperor Chi Xiao inside Chi Xiao Island, and with Emperor Chi Xiao's prestige, there was no need to worry about the house being stolen.

"Hah!!"

Zhao Xing's heart moved, and he immediately executed 【Azure Flower Nine Marsh God】; two devil horns, one big and one small, appeared on the top of his head, the small one hidden in his hair, not very obvious.

The skin and flesh of his upper body were crystallized, dots of Azure Flower floating within, while his lower body was covered with layers of Azure Flower scales.

"Cloud Qi Method!"

Zhao Xing could still execute spells in human form at this time, and immediately began to traverse the void.

It only took seven days to catch up with Mi River Island, which was operating according to the Dharma Realm rules.

"Splash~"

Mi River Island was different from other floating islands; it was wrapped in tens of thousands of surging void rivers; wanting to enter, one could only drill through the gaps; each river rubbed against the others to form vortices, like eyes, capable of easily crushing early-stage Emperors and some mid-grade Reincarnation Dao Weapons.

Entering Mi River Island itself was somewhat dangerous; this island was not suitable for survival; among the fifth-level floating islands, it had the worst environment, so Hu An, Ye Liuxin, the mysterious person, and Emperor Chi Xiao did not choose to live on this island for a long time.

"Nine Marshes Settle the Universe!"

The Azure Flower scales on Zhao Xing's lower body flickered, and the innate power in his bloodline naturally drew upon the Daos of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Yin, and Yang, forming nine rivers of Qi.

Influenced by the nine rivers of Qi, the high-speed operating Mi River Island seemed to slow down, and the roaring void rivers also had their power greatly weakened.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing quickly drilled in.

Just as Zhao Xing entered Mi River Island.

On the peak of the high mountain in the center of the 'Spirit Wander Island,' one of the nine islands, a swordsman was observing the countless floating islands below, with four small bamboo swords circling around him.

The bamboo swords swam around him like nimble fish; as the bamboo swords operated, the rules of the entire floating island seemed to change because of this, and the Marquis Transformation approached stagnation.

He was precisely Venerable Bamboo Sword, who had accepted the Shadow Temple's capture mission and entered the ruins.

After arriving at the Polar Star floating island, Venerable Bamboo Sword had occupied Spirit Wander Island, never letting anyone come to the island; anyone who approached was inexplicably repelled; because his methods were powerful and he didn't show his face, no one knew his identity.

Originally, Venerable Bamboo Sword was supposed to search for Zhao Xing's tracks immediately after entering and then leave.

But plans couldn't keep up with changes, and Venerable Bamboo Sword chose to wait on the fifth level.

"Hum~"

Just in front of Venerable Bamboo Sword, a dim shadow appeared, and the Marquis Transformation within the floating island accelerated its operation again.

He had graying hair and a hunched figure; it was precisely the appearance of Venerable Bai Han.

"Fellow Daoist, you have been in my cave dwelling for over three hundred years; you neither comprehend my inheritance nor leave; what exactly are you plotting?"

One of the reasons Venerable Bamboo Sword had been here was because Venerable Bai Han was actually still alive and had been holding him back.

Also a demigod, Venerable Bamboo Sword was fighting on away ground and was somewhat wary of this Venerable Bai Han, who had concurrently cultivated both the medical and Farming Official Daos.

"Fellow Daoist is unwilling to speak, but I can guess one or two." Venerable Bai Han looked at the other party. "My cave dwelling does not allow demigods to enter, but you forcibly entered using the method of stealing heaven and changing the sun; such profound methods cannot be just for my little inheritance; then you must have a grudge against someone."

"But those who come here are all Emperor-level; who could offend you, making you wait here for several hundred years of time."

Venerable Bamboo Sword still didn't speak, as if treating Venerable Bai Han as air.

"I understand; heaven's secrets cannot be leaked; once you say it, your plot will likely fall through." Venerable Bai Han said to himself.

"Since Fellow Daoist is unwilling to leave and unwilling to speak, then you and I shall continue to fight with Dharma. I also wish to learn the prowess of the sword Dao Venerable of this era."

The three hundred and seventy-fifth year of entering the Polar Star floating island.

Zhao Xing came out of Mi River Island; at this time, the two horns on the top of his head, the smallest one had completely vanished.

The scales on his lower body had further faded, turning into crystal skin flowing with Azure Flower.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing came out of Mi River Island and quickly pursued Li Star Island.

"Rumble~~"

The heaven and earth were gray and dark, and the ground was boiling like a sea of fire.

Above the floating island, green and purple rain was falling, water vapor steaming, forming a toxic barrier layer again.

Black lightning flashed to the north and south of the island, the lightning forming mountain ranges that were like substance.

Only a small piece in the center had a place to stand.

But this small piece of land was both a comprehension area and the habitat of the monster-body Emperor Tian Wu.

"If you want to comprehend, you have to face the mutated body of Emperor Tian Wu."

Zhao Xing traversed the lightning pool mountain range, traversed the corrosive medicine rain layer, crossed heavy seas of fire, and descended to the place where the Dao Diagram manifested in the center.

"Swish~"

Just as he landed, a meat-ball monster covered in spikes and compound eyes opened its eyes, its scarlet gaze all fixed on Zhao Xing.

"Roar!!"

Golden light lit up on the monster's whole body, spreading to cover its entire body.

Zhao Xing tentatively executed the Five-Finger Mountain.

He hooked fire veins from the sea of fire, gathered them into a mountain, and the Great Five-Finger Mountain carried flames to press toward Emperor Tian Wu.

"Bang!"

Emperor Tian Wu just shook lightly, and the Great Five-Finger Mountain had three fingers shattered.

"Truly outrageous; in monster state, it actually possesses defense similar to a Reincarnation Golden Body."

"Inherited a portion of Emperor Tian Wu's characteristics."

"Emperor Chi Xiao said it was comparable to the defense of a seven-tribulation Emperor; it really wasn't a lie."

Zhao Xing's attack angered Emperor Tian Wu.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Spikes pierced into the ground, the meat ball rolled, and it pounced toward Zhao Xing.

When the golden meat ball full of spikes rolled, Zhao Xing felt as if the entire space-time was pressing toward him, as if the sky had collapsed.

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Xing turned his head and ran.

When he lured Emperor Tian Wu to the sea of fire layer, he immediately executed a spell.

"Earth Core Earth-Splitting Method!"

"Five-Finger Demon God Earth Palace!"

In a head-on confrontation, it was still very difficult for him to beat the mutated Emperor Tian Wu now.

But the harsh environment of Li Star floating island just happened to become a place where Zhao Xing could borrow strength.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!"

The sea of fire split further, and fire veins sprayed out one after another, whipping Emperor Tian Wu like chains while pulling him down into the sea of fire.

At the same time, a large mountain formed above the meat ball, pressing down from the top.

Pressing from above and dragging from below, it immediately pressed Emperor Tian Wu into the Earth Palace in the sea of fire.

Gurgle, gurgle~~

The giant beast still struggled endlessly, the spikes triggering layers of Dao origins, quickly poking several holes in the Earth Palace.

"This won't trap it for long," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "At most three days, it will break free; I can only use that method."

"Sorry, Emperor Tian Wu."

Tentacles extended from Zhao Xing's internal organs, and the Five Elements Sprout Skill was activated.

The Five Elements Sprout Skill was created by Emperor Five Poisons.

It focused on cultivating flesh-parasitic species, cultivating five Emperor-level vines within the Dharma body, not in the internal world.

Zhao Xing executed it not to attack, but to execute the next spell.

"Absorb Spirit Transformation Technique!"

Clang, clang, clang!!!

Five vine spikes rotated and drilled toward Emperor Tian Wu's flesh, immediately emitting the sound of metal clashing.

"Pop!"

Two sprout vines broke directly, while the other three drilled into the surface layer.

"Truly terrifying; drilling in from the wound, it still corroded two of my Dharma body sprout vines; now I can only exert seventy percent of my power; I don't know how long I can hold on."

After Emperor Tian Wu turned into a monster, his 'Spirit' had become extremely chaotic; Zhao Xing wanted to shave off his 'Ling' (Spirit) to reduce Emperor Tian Wu's combat power.

The Five-Finger Demon God Earth Palace, combined with the Absorb Thunder Transformation Technique, was the combat method of the Demon Farming Official: planting people in the ground and sucking them dry.

"Comprehend!"

Seeing Emperor Tian Wu trapped, Zhao Xing immediately went to comprehend.

About a month later, Emperor Tian Wu broke free and roared as he chased Zhao Xing.

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Xing could only interrupt his comprehension and continue to run for his life.

Afterward, he lured Emperor Tian Wu to the sea of fire layer and repeated the same trick.

The second encirclement trapped Emperor Tian Wu for another month and a half.

The third time, it trapped him for two months.

Repeated actions, taking advantage of the gaps to comprehend—this was the plan Zhao Xing had come up with.

His spirit was also highly tense.

Because as long as Emperor Tian Wu touched him once, he would be seriously injured or even die.

Emperor Tian Wu could make countless mistakes, but he had to be cool if he made one mistake.

"Roar!"

"Roar, roar~"

On Li Star Island, Emperor Tian Wu roared for a full fourteen years.

As Zhao Xing's comprehension progress deepened, the horns on his head became shorter and shorter, the crystal skin became more and more, and the scales became fewer and fewer.

"Roar!!"

Just as the monster version of Emperor Tian Wu rolled over with space-time, Zhao Xing subconsciously ran away, rushing toward the sea of fire; this had almost become his instinct.

And this time, it was a little different.

When the monster version of Emperor Tian Wu was trapped by the Five-Finger Demon God Earth Palace again, this time he seemed to have undergone some kind of change.

The spikes all over his body began to shrink into his body, the meat ball seemed to shrink a circle,

looking like a meat egg, beginning to rotate in the sea of fire of the Earth Palace.

"Hmm?" Zhao Xing checked and found that the meat ball was faintly becoming illusory, with a human outline appearing inside. "What's going on."

Zhao Xing activated the Five Elements Sprout Skill, constantly poking at the golden meat egg.

Wanting to stop it from rotating.

At this moment, a faint intention came from the meat egg.

"Zhao, Zhao Xing..."

"Whoa!"

Zhao Xing took a big jump and retreated far away, his expression suspicious, rich Azure Flower mist surging on his crystal skin.

"What the hell is this!"

"Stop hitting me, damn it; I am Emperor Tian Wu!"

The voice in the meat egg became clearer, somewhat angry.

"Emperor Tian Wu?"

Zhao Xing was stunned; he stared intently and found that the human figure in the golden meat egg was gradually taking shape; it was like Emperor Tian Wu's aura, but there were also huge changes.

"You're not dead yet?"

The golden meat egg rotated constantly, the golden light beginning to converge inward; from outside to inside, the outer skin began to collapse, shattering like crystal, and the whole body shrank more and more.

"I was almost dead, but you saved me," Emperor Tian Wu's intention gradually became clear. "Now, my Reincarnation Golden Body is undergoing its final reshaping."

"What?" Zhao Xing was stunned. "How can that be? You clearly turned into a monster for many years..."

"Venerable Bai Han's Marquis Transformation Dharma Realm is indeed very powerful, and I can also say I died once," Emperor Tian Wu said with emotion. "The physical body first produced Marquis Transformation, the Reincarnation Golden Body disintegrated, and then the monster body affected the True Spirit, making me a muddled monster..."

"Assuming you hadn't come to attack me, I'm afraid I would have truly sunk completely."

"I attacked you, and saved you?" Zhao Xing vaguely realized something. "Could it be because of the Demon Seed Method?"

"Right, it's Emperor Five Poisons' Absorb Thunder Transformation Technique," Emperor Tian Wu said. "You used the Five Elements Sprout Skill to absorb my 'Ling' (Spirit), which instead drew away the mutated True Spirit, allowing my only remaining clear intelligence to gain a chance to breathe."

"There's such a thing?" Zhao Xing widened his eyes.

"You don't think about it; these fourteen years, I followed your routine every time and obediently entered the trap, hahaha! How could there be such a good thing?" Emperor Tian Wu laughed.

"I turned into a monster, but the monster's combat instinct remained; how could I fall for it every time?"

"It was just me using my gradually clear intelligence to cooperate with you."

Zhao Xing realized: "I was wondering why the time to suppress you got longer; I thought I got stronger; I didn't expect it was you..."

Emperor Tian Wu: "I am a seven-tribulation Emperor; after turning into a monster, I am even comparable to an eight-tribulation Emperor; how could you suppress me at will? I hinted to you many times not to run, but you didn't understand, and every time you ran away without a word..."

Zhao Xing was speechless; he naturally had to run; after Emperor Tian Wu turned into a monster, if he touched him casually, he would be seriously injured; that was no joking matter.

"You extracted my mutated True Spirit, which instead allowed me to be reborn."

"Now my Reincarnation Golden Body is about to complete its eighth transformation."

"After this time, I only need to pass one more tribulation to step into the demigod realm!"

"Zhao Xing, I have to thank you."

Qi Sect martial artists are truly hard to kill; Zhao Xing didn't expect Emperor Tian Wu to be able to survive death and be reborn; the Reincarnation Golden Body is worthy of being the strongest path for Qi Sect martial artists.

"True Spirit affected by the Marquis Transformation body, chaotic and unbearable, yet can still recover through the Demon Seed Method; truly, there are no bad cultivation techniques, only people who don't know how to use them." Zhao Xing also sighed with emotion.

After this incident with Emperor Tian Wu, Zhao Xing had a deeper understanding of the Marquis Transformation technique and True Spirit transformation.

In the four hundred and first year of entering the ruins, the two horns, one big and one small, finally left only one.

Zhao Xing had completely digested the three Dao Diagrams about the Nine Marsh God on the fifth-level floating island.

"Physical body Marquis Transformation, True Spirit also changes accordingly."

"It's like a beast in heat, making the mind full of thoughts of reproduction and mating; even a tame pet will become irritable."

"I have been unable to wear down the last horn; it should be the trial of the sixth level."

"It should be inseparable from True Spirit strength and heart will."

Physical body affects True Spirit, turning into a monster; True Spirit controls the physical body, and the Marquis Transformation technique succeeds!

Zhao Xing glanced at the panel.

【Azure Flower Magic Power: 3124/10000】

【Red Lotus Magic Power: 2101/10000】

【Cang Ming Magic Power: 1042/10000】

In the year he completely comprehended the Nine Marsh God Dao Diagram, he finally comprehended the third type of magic power in the Heart Sealing Method.

Through the two seven-colored torrents of Azure Flower and Red Lotus, tracing the source upward, he comprehended the Cang Ming magic power.

The Cang Ming magic power focused on the Water Element; however, in the Heart Sealing Method, its role was to enhance heart will, capable of significantly improving heart-type techniques.

"Boom~~"

Just at this moment, Emperor Tian Wu also broke his shell and was reborn; his golden bones were brilliant, and the pressure of his precious body was like heavenly might.

Zhao Xing stood up to congratulate him: "Congratulations, Senior, on your rebirth."

Emperor Tian Wu bowed in return: "Zhao Xing, I owe you a favor; if there is a need in the future, I will help you at the cost of my life."

Reincarnation Golden Body reshaping, the kindness is like rebirth; if Zhao Xing hadn't executed the Demon Seed Method, in another hundred years, his True Spirit would have completely vanished.

So Emperor Tian Wu said that if Zhao Xing had a need, he could pay with a life, or even reincarnate once.

"Senior, you are too serious; I just stumbled into it by accident," Zhao Xing said.

"Haha, then you stumbled well, stumbling me to this realm." Emperor Tian Wu laughed loudly.

"Alright, don't talk about other things first; give me a set of Dharma clothes to wear; my storage ring has already shattered; I can't walk around naked."

Zhao Xing smiled and quickly took out a set of supplies from his storage ring for Emperor Tian Wu.

"Haven't seen you for hundreds of years; Zhao Xing, you can actually ascend to Li Star Island and suppress the mutated me; your strength has also greatly improved," Emperor Tian Wu stared at Zhao Xing. "Your current strength should be comparable to an Emperor at the peak of the sixth True Spirit Tribulation."

"I don't know either," Zhao Xing shook his head. "The Marquis Transformation technique ultimately cannot be maintained for too long; even if I have it, I only gained such strength for a short time."

Since comprehending the Nine Marsh God Dao Diagrams of the three floating islands, Zhao Xing found that his magic power value was not enough.

Even if he used all the Azure Flower magic power, Red Lotus magic power, and Cang Ming magic power, he could only barely maintain the complete version of the Nine Marsh form for two and a half hours.

In two and a half hours, all magic power would be bottomed out; in reality, he couldn't maintain this limit, as magic power depletion was a very serious injury. So one hour was the best combat duration.

Of course, if he maintained the previous two-horn state, the magic power value could last for dozens or hundreds of years.

What kind of strength it was, Zhao Xing didn't know either; after all, he hadn't fought anyone.

"What do you plan to do next?" Emperor Tian Wu asked.

"I plan to go to the sixth level," Zhao Xing said. "I have completely comprehended the three Nine Marsh God Dao Diagrams on the fifth-level floating island; staying on the fifth level has no meaning."

Emperor Tian Wu was somewhat surprised but also warned: "Zhao Xing, you must think clearly; the sixth level is not that simple; you know my lesson well; the fifth level was already so difficult..."

"I know," Zhao Xing didn't intend to change his mind.

When it came down to it, Venerable Bai Han was a Farming Official demigod; for the same trial, other professions would naturally find it harder to break through, while his own profession would be weaker.

Back in the Spirit Luo Realm, Emperor Fu Zhi being questioned was also based on this cognition.

"Alright, I won't go to the sixth level," Emperor Tian Wu said. "I'll just wait for whoever succeeds in clearing the stage."

If someone succeeded in clearing the stage, the others might be released.

"Senior, farewell." After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he intended to rush toward the sixth level.

"Wait a moment." Emperor Tian Wu suddenly called Zhao Xing back. "Almost forgot this."

"Senior, what instructions do you have?" Zhao Xing turned his head back.

"Pop!" Emperor Tian Wu suddenly pierced his own chest with one hand, pulling out a golden bone and a mass of golden flesh and blood.

"This is one of my tribulation bones and Reincarnation Essence Blood," Emperor Tian Wu said. "I see your True Spirit is about to pass a tribulation; if the sixth level triggers your True Spirit Tribulation, it will be troublesome."

"The tribulation bone can help you block the first and second True Spirit Tribulations, and the Reincarnation Essence Blood can help you recover magic power instantly, reshape your physical body, and even replenish longevity lost under special circumstances."

"Don't tell anyone; this is a secret of my Origin Heavenly Palace."

"This, thank you, Senior..."

Zhao Xing naturally knew this secret; the higher the Reincarnation Golden Body is cultivated, the more it will appear to have traits like Tang Seng meat, full of treasures.

However, this requires the Reincarnation Golden Body cultivator to offer it voluntarily; soul and body fusion, Emperor Tian Wu could also make this trait disappear with one thought.

"Senior, I'm going."

After Zhao Xing accepted it, he immediately jumped from Li Star Island on the fifth level and rushed toward the fifth-level floating island.

Between the fifth and sixth levels, there were three void rivers connecting them.

Zhao Xing went against the current and immediately felt immense pressure.

However, he was bursting with Qi, still approaching the three floating islands on the sixth level quickly.

"Hmm? Someone actually dares to challenge the sixth level?"

Hu An looked at the sixth-level floating island space, seeing a streak of white Qi going against the current in the dark void river, heading straight for the floating island on the sixth level.

"Only four hundred years, and someone dares to break through the sixth level?" On the Sword Island, Ye Liuxin also stared at the void river between the sixth and fifth levels. "Can't tell who it is; looks like a cultivator of the Nine Marsh God."

"But this form is a bit different."

"Someone is breaking through the sixth level." Zhong Qi, the physician of the Tai Su Palace, also looked up from the fourth level. "I hope he can pass; then we can leave this place."

"In four hundred years, ancient cultivation magic treasures have appeared less and less, and spiritual energy materials have been consumed significantly; if we don't get out, we will all be forced to reincarnate to leave."

"How difficult it is to pass the sixth level; the four great powerhouses don't have absolute certainty; this person doesn't seem to be one of the four great powerhouses."

"I hope he dies!"

"......"

Communication had been established between some powerhouses on the floating islands in four hundred years, and the news of someone breaking through the sixth-level floating island spread quickly.

And at this moment, Venerable Bamboo Sword on Spirit Wander Island also looked at the streak of white light crossing the night sky.

"Hum~"

A flash of brilliance suddenly appeared in Venerable Bamboo Sword's eyes, and four bamboo swords suddenly shot toward the shadow of Venerable Bai Han not far away.

He himself curled his fingers into a sword, actually tearing the rules of the Dharma Realm and opening a spatial channel!

"So you were looking for him; daring to break my rules, wishful thinking!" Venerable Bai Han's shadow also vanished accordingly.

Zhao Xing had no idea that another demigod had appeared on the Polar Star floating island, and one who had come to capture him.

At this time, after three hours of going against the current, he had already ascended to the island in the middle of the three floating islands on the sixth level.

"Hmm?"

Just as he entered the edge of the floating island, Zhao Xing discovered that this island was illusory.

The soil suddenly turned into a soft river and quickly formed a vortex, pulling Zhao Xing in.

"Damn, what level of Marquis Transformation is this, actually capable of turning earth veins into rivers out of thin air?"

Zhao Xing was shocked; he discovered that the wind, clouds, thunder, and lightning, mountains and water on the island had all undergone abstract changes, everything twisting along with the vortex under his feet.

This power was completely unrivaled, and his body couldn't help but fall into the vortex.

Just a second before Zhao Xing was about to fall completely into the vortex, a wooden sword suddenly cut through the abstract vision and passed through him.

"Sword? Where did the sword come from?" Zhao Xing was confused, and immediately following that, a stinging pain appeared in his head; the next moment, his vision went black, and the surroundings fell into dead silence.

When Zhao Xing regained the light, he discovered he had appeared on a bright platform; various parts of his body felt a faint stinging pain. But it soon vanished.

Zhao Xing discovered he was on a platform made of something like green jade slabs, mysterious patterns flowing under his feet, and a starry sky above his head.

Above the starry sky appeared a middle-aged man wearing gorgeous clothes with a ruddy complexion; he had a head of green hair; it was precisely Venerable Bai Han.

"Junior Zhao Xing, greets Venerable Bai Han." Zhao Xing bowed and saluted.

Venerable Bai Han waved his hand, and nine incomparably huge bone spikes drifted over from the starry sky; the bone spikes were thick at the top and thin at the bottom, patterns and Dao marks rotating in circles, echoing each other.

After Zhao Xing looked at them, he raised his eyebrows; this was actually the power of a divine object!

"It is called the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle; divided, it is nine top-grade magic treasures; combined, it is a divine object," Venerable Bai Han said indifferently.

"The Dao Diagrams 【Nine Marsh God】, 【Pu Luo God】, and 【Rock Star God】 are all secret techniques to drive it. Assuming you can master one of them, you can obtain this set of divine objects."

"My life is not long; my True Spirit has long since withered; I am just a living dead man."

"The sixth level of the second trial is the final test; in the two layers of trials, your performance is the most outstanding. If you can master this divine artifact of the Marquis Transformation Faction, you will be my successor."

A divine artifact of the Marquis Transformation Faction, the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle?

Zhao Xing was stunned; nine such huge bone spikes were called needles?

"You don't have much time left." Seeing Zhao Xing stunned, Venerable Bai Han urged: "I don't know who you offended; there is someone outside who wants to kill you; that is a sword Dao Venerable; I can block him for a moment, but I cannot block him for a lifetime."

"A sword Dao demigod wants to kill me?" Zhao Xing remembered that sword light, his head feeling a faint stinging pain; he didn't dare to be slow, immediately comprehending the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle.

The artifact of the Marquis Change faction, the Heavenly Change Divine Needle?

Zhao Xing was stunned. Those nine bone spurs, so large, were called needles?

"You don't have much time left." Seeing Zhao Xing dazed, Venerable Bai Han urged, "I don't know who you have offended, but there is someone outside who wants to kill you. That is a Venerable of the Sword Dao. I can block him for a moment, but I cannot block him for a lifetime."

"A Sword Dao Demigod wants to kill me?" Zhao Xing recalled that streak of sword light, and his head throbbed faintly. Not daring to delay, he immediately began to comprehend the Heavenly Change Divine Needle.