Chapter 492: Two Hundred Miles of Earth-Shifting, the Shocked Lancuan!

Zhao Xing had completely entered a state of flow, wholeheartedly constructing the 【Anti-Dou Earth Palace】.

The Anti-Dou Earth Palace was something his clone had learned at the Primordial Hill. Although it was an Earth Palace technique, it was commonly found in the Earth-Treasury Dharma Books.

Because the Anti-Dou Earth Palace was not a specific spell, but a concept of construction, it was rarely used for attacks itself.

Instead, it was used to handle complex underground environments.

"Yu~~~"

At this moment, the Anti-Dou Earth Palace was vibrating at a tiny but extremely high frequency, while Zhao Xing stood in a corner inside the palace, watching.

Qi from the five halls of the Earth Palace gathered along the passages toward the skylight, surging upward to form a pillar of smoke that was expelled. The area above was incredibly turbid, while the spot where he stood remained perfectly clean.

"The five halls of the Earth Palace reverse the Five Elements; Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, begin to invert!"

When Zhao Xing constructed the Anti-Dou Earth Palace, he started from the Wood Hall, proceeded to the Fire, Earth, and Metal Halls, and finished at the Water Hall.

It also incorporated the characteristics of the 【Life Earth Palace】, meaning the palace constructed by the five halls operated like the five internal organs of a human body, which was why it produced vibrations.

If one ignored its form, someone standing on the surface would not sense an Earth Palace, but rather feel as if someone below was cultivating.

Five Qi returning to the Origin, gathering at the crown.

However, the Qi belonged to the earth, naturally returning to the ground, so expelling it was very difficult.

Because Yang Qi is clear and rises, while Yin Qi is turbid and descends—Yin and Yang Dao begetting two—this was the natural characteristic of the manifestation of the Great Dao.

Therefore, the Anti-Dou Earth Palace Zhao Xing laid out remained the foundation; within the Anti-Dou Earth Palace, the characteristics of Yin and Yang Qi were inverted.

Clear Yang Qi descended, and turbid Yin Qi rose, thus achieving the expulsion of the flowing Qi.

When the Anti-Dou Earth Palace formed, the checkpoint at the seventy-kilometer mark was also broken.

"Boom!"

The Qi rushed to the sky, like an earth dragon turning over.

Zhao Xing stood with his hands behind his back, watching this scene, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.

"Truly spectacular."

"The Nine Nether Rush has already reached the might of a demigod. I really am a genius."

The power Zhao Xing guided out by constructing the Earth Palace had absolutely reached the might of a demigod.

With the strength of an Eight-Tribulation Emperor, to pry open an earth-change comparable to demigod power—and to have this earth-change remain controllable—this sense of achievement was unparalleled.

"Continue descending."

Zhao Xing completely failed to notice that the poisonous gas released by the Earth Palace had poisoned the guarding Heavenly Patrol God-Guard, Shan Qi.

Even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared. How could that be more important than practicing the "Thousand Earth Wonders" in actual combat?

As the guardian of the Profound Yin Rift, Shan Qi had to bear the corresponding risks if he wanted to earn that money.

If you don't have the ability, why are you guarding the venue?

While Zhao Xing continued to descend, Venerable Qi, who had collapsed in the Earth-Escaping Shuttle, automatically began to return after the artifact spirit detected the abnormal situation, quickly fleeing back to the bottom of the valley.

"Yu~"

The command flag trembled, and the Earth-Escaping Shuttle broke through the soil. However, only one end was exposed, while the other end remained blocked below to prevent the further rise of the released Qi.

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei were waiting for the investigation results from Venerable Shan Qi.

Hearing the commotion, they immediately looked over.

"Why is Venerable Shan Qi asleep?" Emperor Di Jun looked on in confusion.

"Have you ever seen a sleeping person lose flesh?" Emperor Cheng Fei said with some horror, "He's been poisoned!"

They saw Venerable Shan Qi lying quietly in the cabin of the Earth-Escaping Shuttle; through the transparent window, one could see the flesh all over his body rotting.

Although his body was also rapidly repairing itself, the speed at which the poison gas destroyed the flesh was greater than the efficiency of his Golden Body's self-healing.

"Something happened? Do you think he might be faking it..." Emperor Di Jun still found it hard to believe. Shan Qi was a powerful Heavenly Patrol God-Guard, a guardian—how could something happen to him?

"That doesn't seem likely..." Emperor Cheng Fei looked on suspiciously. But they didn't know what to do; after all, they didn't know the other Heavenly Patrol God-Guards, nor did they know who to notify.

Due to the occurrence of the abnormal situation, the other challengers also quickly returned from underground. Upon seeing the miserable state of Venerable Shan Qi, they were all quite frightened.

"What happened? Should we run?"

"It seems to have become dangerous underground; this place is not suitable for a long stay."

"Sigh, the money was wasted this time..."

No one cared about the life or death of Venerable Shan Qi, but no one dared to run away immediately either.

However, this chaotic situation was soon broken.

"Swish~"

A cloud of mist exploded from the ground, followed by the emergence of a middle-aged man wearing gray hemp dharma robes, possessing four arms, and a 'Lord' mark on his forehead.

"It's the Earth God Official!"

"A Thirteenth-Rank demigod."

"Greetings, Venerable Lancuan."

Venerable Lancuan was Shan Qi's superior; Shan Qi and some other Heavenly Patrol God-Guards were under Venerable Lancuan's management.

Upon receiving Shan Qi's warning, Venerable Lancuan had immediately escaped over.

Venerable Lancuan ignored these ants, just quietly watching the land below, as if peering through infinite depths.

At this time, only Yu Ying and Zhao Xing were challenging underground.

Among them, Yu Ying had already reached the ninety-seven-mile mark. The traces she left while escaping downward were relatively small in disturbance; the top thirty miles had even automatically recovered.

"It's not her."

Venerable Lancuan looked toward Zhao Xing's direction, then revealed a look of surprise.

"Hm? His way of passing the trial is very clever."

If one viewed Yu Ying and Zhao Xing's challenges as solving a problem, both of their answers were the same, but Yu Ying's problem-solving was plain and unremarkable; one could see her level at a glance.

But Zhao Xing's problem-solving process was exquisite; even to Venerable Lancuan, it seemed quite profound.

Venerable Lancuan watched for a while, and through the report from the Earth-Escaping Shuttle's artifact spirit, learned the reason for Qi's poisoning.

"Earth Palace guiding Qi, Shan Qi went down and just happened to run into it—hm? Using an Earth Palace technique to break the Five Pulse Convergence and flow into one Qi?"

"No—how did his Earth Palace fuse with other things?"

Yu Ying's clearing of the trial was treating the symptoms but not the root cause; Zhao Xing's clearing of the trial didn't look like clearing a trial, but more like governing a region, and he was aiming for a permanent cure.

Venerable Lancuan immediately evacuated the other challengers: "You all go back; the fees paid will be refunded to you."

"Yes." The crowd didn't understand why, but they had no choice but to leave.

Afterward, Venerable Lancuan stood on the ground, quietly watching the underground.

"Yu Ying should have hope of reaching a hundred miles."

"I didn't expect another Emperor Chenan to emerge. It seems I will harvest two subordinates this time." A smile appeared on Venerable Lancuan's face.

As a Minister of Agriculture, he naturally preferred Ministers of Agriculture as subordinates.

Having a warrior like Shan Qi assigned to him was actually a last resort.

If a Minister of Agriculture were doing the job of guarding the Profound Yin Rift, how could such an accident occur?

"Earth-Escaping Shuttle, send him to the Soul Pool for treatment. After he wakes up, have him come see me."

Venerable Lancuan waved his hand, and the Earth-Escaping Shuttle quickly burrowed into the ground and left.

Afterward, he glanced at Yu Ying's direction, but his attention quickly returned to Zhao Xing.

About a month later, Yu Ying succeeded first, breaking through the hundred-mile checkpoint.

"Finally broke through."

After standing firm at a depth of a hundred miles, Yu Ying let out a long breath.

Escaping a hundred miles underground allows one to become a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard.

A hundred miles underground is a hurdle; even for a demigod Minister of Agriculture who has passed nine tribulations, very few succeed.

Yu Ying was already a demigod who had passed nine tribulations, but she had tried for thirty years, challenging many times, and now she could only barely pass.

She didn't continue to try going deeper, because she knew her limit was right here.

"Swish~"

After spending some effort, Yu Ying returned to the surface. However, when she came up, she found that Venerable Shan Qi was gone, replaced by the Earth God Official Lancuan.

"Greetings, Venerable Lancuan." Yu Ying was startled and hurriedly came to pay her respects.

After becoming a demigod, every level is a huge chasm. Being one rank higher in officialdom can crush someone, let alone a genuine difference in realm.

She was only a Ninth-Rank demigod, but Lancuan was a Thirteenth-Rank demigod. With this gap, a single glance could kill her.

"Yu Ying, congratulations on passing the test." Venerable Lancuan nodded slightly. "However, wait on the side for now. When the other person comes up, you will go together to receive the baptism of divine power."

"Yes." Yu Ying bowed obediently.

Becoming a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard, protection is secondary; the most important benefit is obtaining the 'baptism of divine power'.

Regardless of whether one had a physical body before, obtaining the baptism of divine power allows one to possess a flesh-and-blood body. If one has already cultivated a method of flesh regeneration, one will go a step further, and it can also nourish the true spirit—the benefits are great.

However, Yu Ying was also very curious about who the other person was. Could it be that another person would also become a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard,

even making Venerable Lancuan wait here in person?

A hundred miles underground, there was a hollow area.

In the center of the space was a large mountain, with earth fire flowing above the mountain, each stream approaching the power of a demigod.

The foot of the mountain was covered with a layer of water, and beneath the water, fire was vaguely burning.

The entire mountain was indestructible, with thin, scaled angular peaks protruding, looking like a hedgehog mountain.

Zhao Xing tried to escape down from the mountain, but found the pressure immense. If he didn't use special magic power, he couldn't squeeze in at all.

He tried throwing a stone toward the water layer at the foot of the mountain; the stone entered the water and was instantly corroded into powder.

"Yang fire circles the Golden Mountain, Golden water hides Yin fire; this is another one of the Thousand Earth Wonders."

"But something is missing here. Logically, there should be Earth Wood dividing Metal; why didn't I see this phenomenon?"

Zhao Xing kept flying around the mountain; there was only one path down, and the command flag barrier also restricted him from going around.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Zhao Xing was hit by a piece of rubble, a bloodstain was cut on his skin, and even his Day-Sun Dao Bone showed a hairline fracture.

He looked up and saw a stalactite had fallen from the top.

"I understand!" After Zhao Xing healed the wound with Azure Flower magic power, he suddenly realized.

"The creation of the karst cave space is caused by geological layer movement. Yang fire circles the Golden Mountain, burning out the wood veins of this space; Yin fire hides in the water, collapsing the earth veins, which is why a unique hollow area was vacated."

"Metal, Water, Fire, and Earth veins have all reached the limit of what an Emperor can escape through; my Profound Earth technique 【Escape Star】 is difficult to pass through."

Earth-Heart Cracking Soil, Demon God Earth Palace, Profound Earth Escape Star, Primordial Earth Treasury, Rock-Friend Earth Connection, and Overlapping Boundary Mountain. These are the six great earth-advantage divine abilities Zhao Xing cultivated with Lushan Heng; after being cultivated in the Mustard Seed Dharma Domain, they all became Reincarnation-level secret techniques.

The Profound Earth technique 【Escape Star】 can allow one to escape from one star continent to another; this is a very strong secret technique, and what can block it is this kind of environment among the Thousand Earth Wonders.

After figuring out the essence of the problem, Zhao Xing began to look for a way to break it.

"Can I use the Earth-Heart Cracking Soil technique to reset the terrain?"

The Cracking Soil technique is known as the gambler's strategy; using it to govern the environment is very effective.

Especially in some extreme environments, using the Cracking Soil technique to reshuffle, even a bad environment can't be worse than it is now.

Because of this, the Cracking Soil technique is the first choice for Earth-Advantage Ministers of Agriculture when dealing with extreme geographical environments.

"No, this method is not feasible. Metal, Water, and Fire veins press on Earth and Wood, and the Three Extremes Forming Emptiness technique is also empty. This terrain is a terrain that counters the gambler's strategy."

One of the Thousand Earth Wonders, if it were so easy to break, it wouldn't have been recorded in the Daoist books.

The so-called Three Extremes Forming Emptiness technique is also empty, meaning that the underground space formed by the Three Extremes veins cannot be shaken by most spells.

The Earth vein is pressed under the mountain, the Wood vein is burned to ashes; this place simultaneously destroys the hope of the Cracking Soil technique and the Earth Palace technique.

Because the Cracking Soil technique is triggered from the Earth vein, and the Earth Palace technique is constructed from the Wood vein.

Of course, nothing can resist breaking the law with force. If Zhao Xing were an Eleventh-Rank demigod, his spells could still crack the Golden Mountain, and he could also rebuild the Earth Palace. Even if he were a powerful demigod warrior, he could just move the mountain.

"Mountain techniques should be broken with mountain techniques. It's a pity that my clone had just started learning the Mountain Opening technique and Mountain Sealing technique before coming in."

"My main body doesn't share this part of the knowledge, and now I can't sense it either."

"The mountain technique I created myself, Overlapping Boundary Mountain, has very strong directionality, and the eight secret techniques contained in Overlapping Boundary Mountain are all aimed at Overlapping Boundary Mountain."

"Rock-Friend Earth Connection is a communication method, so I have to try with the 【Primordial Earth Treasury】 technique first,"

"or create another technique." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Otherwise, I can only use seven-colored magic power to force it open."

Creating a technique to break the Thousand Earth Wonders—how could it be that simple? So there are two choices.

"Primordial Earth Treasury is an auxiliary technique; it is to artificially trigger an 'earth change', activate dead earth veins, and even make earth veins promote, allowing dead life-bearing star continents and star continents to glow with new vitality."

"The Wood vein is burned out, the Earth vein is collapsed, but they are not completely non-existent. With the Primordial Earth Treasury technique, combined with the Mustard Seed Dharma Domain of the Extreme Continent, if I can reconverge a part of the Earth and Wood dual veins, there is hope of breaking it."

The benefits of the Desire-Dream Dual Cultivation restoring the flesh-and-blood body are revealed at this moment.

If it were still a skeleton body, then it would be impossible to use the micro-Extreme Continent, nor could one use the Mustard Seed magic power and Dharma Domain, and the execution of the Primordial Earth Treasury must also be based on the Extreme Continent cultivation method.

"The first layer of 'Extreme Continent' is: Gathering Spirit into Veins, Guiding Veins into the Body, Extreme Veins Initially Formed."

"The second layer is Extreme Veins forming a Mountain; the second layer is divided into two directions: Extreme Continent Mustard Seed Mountain, and Extreme Continent Giant God Peak."

"The Extreme Continent layers in different directions are 【Mustard Seed Dharma Domain】 and 【Five Epoch Body】."

"The 【Five Epoch Body】 is to cultivate the earth veins of five geological eras, focusing on cultivating the Dao body and the five earth veins inside."

"The Mustard Seed Dharma Domain focuses on magic power, exhausting from the inside out, the Mustard Seed Mountain condensed by eight hundred million four thousand micro-magic particles,"

"influencing all earth veins between heaven and earth, sensing the Extreme Continent."

The Five Epoch Body is known as the Warrior Minister of Agriculture secret technique; the body will be cultivated to be hard, but the Mustard Seed Dharma Domain doesn't change much in the body, and magic power has a bonus to various spells.

"Primordial Earth Treasury!"

"Yu~"

A phantom of an earth vein appeared in Zhao Xing's dantian. In fact, this is not a physical entity; the Five Epoch Body would have a physical entity. Now it is only because he is mobilizing eight hundred million four thousand micro-Mustard Seed Mountains throughout his body to cast the spell.

"The Earth-Advantage faction divides the universe into three major periods by earth layer units: Archean Eon, Proterozoic Eon, and Dao-Manifestation Eon."

"This Primordial Earth Treasury technique was created based on that ancient earth vein preserved in the Proterozoic world."

"The Archean earth vein derives the Proterozoic earth vein, and the Proterozoic earth vein gives birth to the earth veins of the Dao-Manifestation period."

"The Primordial Earth Treasury technique is second only to the Archean Earth Treasury technique."

Zhao Xing looked at the surrounding space.

"Swish swish swish~~"

A large number of particles began to surge toward him.

Seven days later, these particles became visible to the naked eye.

The dead Earth and Wood veins were reconverging!

A month later, fist-sized rubble floated around Zhao Xing.

Two months later.

"Bang bang bang..."

Clusters of giant rubble collided in the air, shattered, then regrouped, and collided again.

Amidst this random collision, it seemed as if a vitality was glowing!

"Good technique!"

Venerable Lancuan on the ground suddenly brightened his eyes and blurted out.

Yu Ying on the side didn't understand.

But she immediately realized that the God Official Lancuan was talking about the Emperor Chenan who was challenging below.

"How exquisite is Emperor Chenan's spell that it actually drew such praise from God Official Lancuan."

Yu Ying had also lived in Yuanyuan City for a long time; she recognized all the Ministers of Agriculture who came here to challenge, but she had no impression of Emperor Chenan.

To be an Emperor and yet draw the praise of God Official Lancuan? Yu Ying also became curious.

"Earth and Wood born, and the extremes broken."

Zhao Xing looked at the two tiny earth veins that appeared before him, one yellow and one green, circling around him like swimming dragons.

The mountain, water, and fire below were the two great dragons guarding the checkpoint.

When Zhao Xing resurrected the two 'little dragons', he had obtained the key to open the checkpoint.

Zhao Xing used the minimum magic power consumption to pry open the Golden Mountain, Yang Fire, and Yin Water, manifesting the forms of the earth veins.

The Golden Mountain was no longer indestructible, because after the Earth and Wood veins appeared, using spells to pry the Five Elements into operation, the mountain, water, and fire all had periodic cycles of strength and weakness.

Upon reaching a weak cycle.

"Plop!"

Zhao Xing seized the opportunity, crossed the water-fire layer, and successfully broke through to a hundred miles below.

"Earth and Wood reborn, breaking the extremes with magic, using the weak cycle of the Five Elements earth vein fusion to break the checkpoint, and doing it so easily. For an Eight-Tribulation Emperor to have this talent, this person's talent is not inferior to mine."

Intense appreciation flowed in God Official Lancuan's eyes.

Zhao Xing's application of spells and his understanding of the Dao of Earth Advantage had exceeded his expectations.

"God Official Lancuan, are you talking about Emperor Chenan? What spell did he use?" Seeing God Official Lancuan praise him so much, Yu Ying finally couldn't help but ask.

"Spells are secondary. Spells of the same level, in the hands of different people, are used differently." God Official Lancuan glanced at Yu Ying. "Maybe some people have to spend several times the energy to solve a problem,"

"but some Ministers of Agriculture are efficient and relaxed."

Yu Ying's face turned pale. She always felt that God Official Lancuan was implying something. Could it be that he was saying that she, a demigod, was not as relaxed as Emperor Chenan in clearing the trial?

"To be able to get such praise from God Official Lancuan, Emperor Chenan will surely become a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard. I must find an opportunity to ask for advice later; I want to see what skills he really has."

After passing a hundred miles, Zhao Xing still hadn't stopped; he had completely fallen into the joy of clearing the trial.

Yu Ying couldn't see as clearly as Venerable Lancuan; she could only use the Earth Connection technique to vaguely sense Zhao Xing's position.

"Still continuing to descend."

"Can he still continue to challenge? Only an Eight-Tribulation Emperor, he really isn't afraid of death."

After breaking through a hundred miles, the horizontal space for escaping downward became even larger.

The hemispherical barrier formed by the command flag that Qi had inserted also restricted a certain amount of activity space when going deeper; this was also a kind of protection.

True, Ministers of Agriculture can control heaven and earth and borrow the power of heaven and earth, but it is also possible to play themselves to death.

Back then, when Zhao Xing was in the Lingxu Origin World, he borrowed the power of the boundary volcano to kill the Turtle Clan leader, but he himself couldn't control this power because the range was too large; it was a volcanic eruption triggered by the joint efforts of a fifty-person team. If it weren't for the Mechanist Gu Ming controlling the boundary boat to shuttle through, he would also have been affected.

Those who drown are often those who are good at water!

"Above a hundred miles, the command flag restricted the activity space, which also disguisedly restricted the power of the earth change triggered by the Minister of Agriculture, so he wouldn't play himself to death."

"However, below a hundred miles, the command flag space becomes larger, meaning the power limit of the earth change produced has completely reached the demigod level."

"Borrowing power and taking shortcuts also has a limit. If the power he borrows is too great, he will crush himself to death first." Yu Ying thought silently.

However, Zhao Xing was continuously escaping; after a hundred miles, his speed didn't decrease, but instead increased.

This was mainly because at this time, Zhao Xing had already begun to use Azure Flower magic power, Red Lotus magic power, Cangming magic power,

and Profound Soul magic power for amplification.

The Profound Soul magic power that amplifies the true spirit fire seed, the Cangming magic power that amplifies the mental will, the Red Lotus magic power that contains the Great Dao of Destruction, and the Green Lotus magic power that encompasses everything made Zhao Xing clear the trial below a hundred miles even faster.

"After a hundred miles, every hundred miles of escaping is a checkpoint."

"He is almost at a depth of two hundred miles now, right?" Yu Ying was shocked.

In more than half a year, escaping two hundred miles—is this really something an Eight-Tribulation Emperor can do?

"He ran into the Extreme Cold Earth Vein; he should stop here."

"You wait here; I'll go down and take a look." Venerable Lancuan ordered, then turned into a wisp of green smoke and burrowed into the ground.

Obviously, Venerable Lancuan also began to worry about Zhao Xing's safety.

If such a talent accidentally died underground, it would be a great pity.

He had to go down and take a look, and intervene to save him when Zhao Xing was unable to cope.

"Gurgle~"

Two hundred miles underground was a lava lake.

Bubbles rolled in the lava lake; every bubble was like a star annihilating, erupting with intense fluctuations.

Zhao Xing looked at this scene and couldn't help but frown.

Because this lava was not bright red, but blue.

He didn't feel any intense heat; on the contrary, there was a coldness coming from his soul.

"Extreme Cold Earth Vein." Zhao Xing took a deep breath. "Sure enough, another Thousand Earth Wonder."

"No wonder 'Escaping the Extremes of Profound Earth' can allow one to sit and discuss the Dao with the Yu God, and even be gifted a Great Dao Divine Artifact. If everything behind is at the Thousand Earth Wonder level and constantly strengthening, to detect the end, I'm afraid it would take a God-King level Minister of Agriculture."

After observing for a while, Zhao Xing began to think about how to break it.

"Normally speaking, if the earth vein is extremely cold, it is impossible for it to flow like a river; instead, it would freeze and remain still."

"But now this blue lava lake is boiling, completely violating the laws of nature."

"I can't feel a bit of the origin of Metal, Wood, Earth, or Fire. This kind of wonder doesn't have a clear explanation in the Daoist books of the Primordial Hill."

"From the teacher of Venerable Meishan, 'God of Storms', the founder of the Life Earth Palace once mentioned a sentence: apart from breaking it with force, to shake the 'Frozen Flame Lake', one can only start from the 'Lazy Fetus Technique' in the Profound Earth technique."

What is the Lazy Fetus Technique? This has something to do with the Life Earth Palace and the corresponding cultivation method "Extreme Continent Mustard Seed Mountain".

The cultivation method Extreme Continent Mustard Seed Mountain can cultivate the "Life Earth Palace", but the Extreme Continent Giant God Peak is extremely difficult.

The reason is that when the Life Earth Palace can nurture a second life, it turns into a "Lazy Fetus".

The Lazy Fetus Technique was successively placed in the Profound Earth technique and the Ling Mountain technique, just because its legal principles had no source in the Earth-Advantage faction; instead, it could find a basis in the Hou Bian technique of the Heaven-Time faction.

The change of phenology into a Lazy Fetus—no matter how you look at it, this Lazy Fetus Technique seems to belong to the Hou Bian faction.

But how could the Primordial Hill admit this? The Life Earth Palace is the unique skill of the Primordial Hill; admitting that the Lazy Fetus Technique is a Heaven-Time technique is a fatal blow to the unique skill of the Primordial Hill.

A small Heaven-Time faction wants to ride above my Earth-Advantage faction? It's simply rebelling!

So they were unwilling to admit it even to death; it was first placed in the Ling Mountain technique, forcibly given a sentence: 'Divine Mountain can be spiritual and elegant, Lazy Fetus obtains creation.'

Later it was placed in the Profound Earth technique, and they simply didn't explain it.

When in doubt, use the Profound Earth technique. Anyway, this major category has never had any theoretical basis, but it is full of Earth-Advantage faction characteristics. Even if there are bugs, it can be passed down from generation to generation.

Zhao Xing also felt that this technique should be counted as part of the Hou Bian technique, but who made the Primordial Hill powerful in the Profound Spirit Star Region, while the Heaven-Time faction was weak?

Who made the Heaven-Time Hou Bian faction in the Profound Spirit Star Region only able to change life forms, and no longer able to change objects? You also know the Lazy Fetus Technique, so what else can you say is your faction's?

Thoughts returned to the present, and Zhao Xing quickly found a feasible strategy.

"Venerable Meishan's teacher 'God of Storms' said the Lazy Fetus Technique can break it. Does it mean I should use the Extreme Cold Earth Vein to form an Extreme Cold Lazy Fetus and hide inside to escape down?"

Turning into an Extreme Cold Flame Lake is obviously impossible. The Hou Bian technique can be divided into Object-Changing Technique and Life-Changing Technique; the Object-Changing Technique has long been no longer mentioned.

Turning into a cloud, turning into a sea—these things only exist in the legends of the Heaven-Time faction; they are the means of gods.

"I have cultivated the Life Earth Palace, but to form a Frozen Lazy Fetus, this is also difficult to do."

The Lazy Fetus Technique corresponding to the Life Earth Palace is a spiritual fetus matched with various rare materials. This is very different from the Lazy Fetus Technique in the mountain technique and the Profound Earth technique.

"Hm? Almost forgot, I know 'Rock God Transformation'; I can try to fuse the two techniques."

The Heaven-Changing Divine Needle left behind by Venerable Bai Han has a set of Hou Bian techniques, which were created by the great power who forged the Divine Needle, based on the Nine Marsh God, Rock Star God, and Pu Luo God, the four naturally born gods.

The Rock Star God in it is a special life form in the universe; it is rumored to be nurtured from a divine fetus born at the beginning of the Origin World.

He mastered the first layer of the Nine Marsh God's Hou Bian technique, and the Rock Star God and Pu Luo God's techniques also had the level of the first layer. Back then on the fifth-layer floating island of the Extreme Star, he and Emperor Chixiao had both seen a large number of Life Dao Diagrams.

"Let's try." Zhao Xing sat cross-legged.

While observing the Extreme Cold Flame Lake, he tried to combine the Spiritual Fetus Technique in the Life Earth Palace with the first layer of the Rock Star God's Hou Bian technique.

Venerable Lancuan saw that Zhao Xing didn't recklessly rush into the lake, and couldn't help but feel relieved, not in a hurry to appear.

Perhaps he couldn't bear to see a genius take risks, or perhaps he had already determined that Zhao Xing was his subordinate. From the first moment he saw Zhao Xing, he felt Zhao Xing was very close and didn't want him to get hurt.

"Possessing unique skills, with high Dao and magic talent—such a genius, if he dies once, even if he can crawl back from the Soul Pool, it is a great loss. I hope he knows when to retreat." Venerable Lancuan watched quietly from the soil layer above.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, eight years had gone by.

In these eight years, Zhao Xing had been fusing the two techniques, but had never once tried to break through the lake below.

In the ninth year, Zhao Xing finally finished the deduction and flew upward.

"Failed?" Venerable Lancuan saw Zhao Xing flying upward and thought he had retreated in the face of difficulty, but suddenly—

"Swish!"

When Zhao Xing reached the top, he suddenly began to free-fall, the escape technique barrier on his body also instantly disappeared, and his whole person fell toward the lake.

"What?!"

Venerable Lancuan's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to intervene to stop Zhao Xing.

But just at this moment, he discovered an astonishing scene.

He saw that after the escape technique barrier on Zhao Xing's body disappeared, a blue film layer like crystal suddenly condensed.

Immediately following, it rapidly solidified, and a large amount of blue particles floated up from below, surrounding Zhao Xing's whole body.

The Extreme Cold Earth Vein seemed to have been plundered of a trace of energy by Zhao Xing, and after combining with Zhao Xing's magic power, it formed a solid protective layer like a cocoon.

"This is the Hou Bian technique? Could he also be a Heaven-Time faction Minister of Agriculture—the change of phenology... in the hands of the Profound Heaven Sect in the Yang World, could he be a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect?" Venerable Lancuan stopped his movements immediately.

"Gurgle~"

He saw Zhao Xing's Lazy Fetus rapidly sink into the blue lava lake.

Venerable Lancuan stared fixedly, discovering that the other party's life aura had almost disappeared, but the true spirit fire seed still existed.

The lava lake was only fifty meters deep, and soon Zhao Xing penetrated this layer and entered the area two hundred miles below.

"He really passed it!" Venerable Lancuan was shocked beyond measure. Through the blue lake, he could see the spiritual fetus going all the way down.

Ignoring the pressure underground, he arrived before the three-hundred-mile checkpoint.

He followed behind all the way, his heart full of curiosity about Zhao Xing.

Until before the three-hundred-mile checkpoint, Zhao Xing broke out of the fetus, his whole person intact, although his body carried a bit of wind and frost.

"Too much Azure Flower magic power consumed." Zhao Xing spat out a cold breath, the flames on his body flashed and disappeared, driving away the cold for himself.

"At three hundred miles, another Thousand Earth Wonder appeared; it's an Earth-Evil Wind Cave."

Just by taking one look, Zhao Xing felt his true spirit was about to be blown away by the Yin wind.

"My strength is too weak; there's no way I can continue forward."

Although Zhao Xing really wanted to try, he also knew he couldn't continue. To continue would be to be stubborn, to seek bitterness, to court death.

"Go back."

Zhao Xing hid in the spiritual fetus again and escaped upward.

"Gurgle~"

When he emerged from the blue lava lake, he saw Venerable Lancuan waiting for a long time.

"I am the Earth God Official Lancuan. Shan Qi is my subordinate. Seeing someone become a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard, I came over to see."

"Chenan pays respects to the God Official." Zhao Xing bowed respectfully, not expecting to have alarmed an Earth God Official.

Every demigod has the hope of becoming a god, whether it is the ninth rank or the eighteenth rank; as long as they find an opportunity, they can enter the God Realm.

"I ask you, did you use the Lazy Fetus Technique or the Object-Changing Technique? Are you a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect?" Venerable Lancuan was very curious.

Zhao Xing felt vigilant.

It was hard for him not to be vigilant.

Because this meant Venerable Lancuan had observed him for a long time, and the other party asked about his cultivation technique as soon as he came up,

which reminded him of the Dan Ye Free God.

The Dan Ye Free God was also amiable at the time, looking very appreciative of Wei Tianchen, and also asked about Wei Tianchen's magic techniques.

However, Zhao Xing could only bite the bullet and answer; he believed that the Yu God Continent should still have order.

"It is the Lazy Fetus Technique."

"I am not a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect; I just occasionally obtained an ancient inheritance and realized it myself."

"Can the Lazy Fetus Technique be used to cross the Extreme Cold Flame Lake?" Venerable Lancuan nodded slightly, keeping this matter in mind.

Seeing that Zhao Xing seemed to be on guard, he must have experienced something unpleasant in the wilderness Dao barrier before, so he didn't ask too much.

"Since you can escape two hundred miles underground, you have met the requirements to become a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard."

"You became a Heavenly Patrol God-Guard in the area I am responsible for, so you are temporarily under my management. Let's go; I will lead you and Yu Ying to receive the baptism of divine power."