Chapter 542: Penglai's Treasure, Leaving the Universe Boat!

"What? All four people completed the challenge!"

"Either they don't appear, or when they do, there are four peerless geniuses!"

"The final winner is Venerable Han. What is his background?"

"I heard he is a disciple of the Boundless True God."

"Truly powerful. From the moment he discussed the Dao, I knew Venerable Han was absolutely extraordinary!"

"Miao Hua and Ren Chuan... what a pity they encountered Venerable Han."

Upon hearing the Penglai Divine General's announcement, many people began to discuss.

The inheritance opportunity had cycled many times, but no one had ever completed the challenge.

This time, four people appeared.

Especially Venerable Miao Hua and Venerable Ren Chuan, both of whom almost completed two challenges.

Among them, the common bamboo cultivated by Miao Hua reached one hundred thousand units, and the spirit soil also reached the ninth-order limit.

Ren Chuan cultivated first-order divine soil, but the common bamboo only reached 99,999 units, missing just one unit!

In the end, both of them narrowly lost to Venerable Han.

"I knew he was powerful, but I didn't know he was this powerful!" Venerable Zhuohua couldn't help but exclaim. "While reaching one hundred thousand units, he could also condense a grain of divine soil."

"Venerable Han is indeed terrifying." A trace of awe also flashed in Liu Qingci's eyes.

Don't look at the fact that Miao Hua and Ren Chuan were only off by a little bit; that little bit was a huge gap.

"Han..."

Zizhao ran toward Zhao Xing's position with big strides, his eyes fanatical, wanting to ask for advice.

But just as he took two steps, he found himself bumping into a mountain peak.

"Hmm?"

Zizhao was dizzy from the fall, only to find that he had already left the Water Bamboo Cave Heaven.

The details about the Water Bamboo Cave Heaven were slowly fading, leaving only the comprehension of the Dao method clear.

"I've been cut off. I can no longer remember Venerable Han's aura, and his appearance has become somewhat blurred."

Venerable Zizhao felt a sense of loss. At this moment, in his mind, Han Bing remained only as a thin noun.

After the final winner was decided, everyone was teleported out, and everyone experienced the same situation as Venerable Zizhao.

Of course, Xu Huai, Liu Qingci, and Zhuohua, who had remembered him originally, were unaffected.

"Swish~"

At the same time, everyone disappeared, and the test area of the Water Bamboo Cave Heaven suddenly became empty, leaving only Zhao Xing in place, looking at the grain of sand in his palm.

"Did you understand what you saw?" The Penglai Divine General appeared beside Zhao Xing.

"Heaven and earth conceive life, and life changes heaven and earth." Zhao Xing said thoughtfully: "The development of the universe to this day is not a single result."

The Penglai Divine General was noncommittal: "Zhao Xing, you can think about the principles slowly. After becoming a god, you will have a long time to think about the relationship between heaven, earth, and all things."

Zhao Xing was shocked in his heart, looking up at the Penglai Divine General: "You know my identity?"

"When you first came in, I only knew you were a mountain leader from a certain time period in the future, because I sensed the existence of the Earth Hidden Divine Needle." The Penglai Divine General laughed: "As for the founder of the Three Epoch Boundary Theory, the Origin of the Dao Manifestation Universe Theory, the Eight Methods of the Overlapping Boundary Mountain, and the Ten Directions Mountain Classic, my teacher just told me."

Zhao Xing was surprised in his heart. How did the Earth Hidden Divine King know about him?

However, he didn't ask too much, and quickly followed behind the Penglai Divine General, heading toward the underground.

"Are you curious why we know you? After all, we cannot go out, which is equivalent to being dead in later generations."

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded: "The junior is indeed curious."

"The Earth God King is my senior fellow apprentice; he occasionally comes to see my teacher." The Penglai Divine General said.

Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

"At the end of the 341st epoch of the Wilderness Domain, the Universe Boat crashed, and the Fushan Domain was formed. The gods of the Ancient Hill had thought about rescuing us." The Penglai Divine General said lightly: "Although our philosophies didn't match, we were of the same root, so the rescue began quickly."

"However, we were already trapped to death, and this period of history was also solidified, unable to be twisted or changed, and naturally unable to be rescued."

"People cannot be rescued, but inanimate matter can be taken away by some means, and the cost is relatively small."

"Through cycle after cycle, taking away things that can be moved on the Universe Boat can be considered as recovering some losses for the Universe Boat project."

"The cost is borne by my teacher, the Earth Hidden Divine King, and my junior fellow apprentice, the Boat Mountain Divine King."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "In other words, the two Divine Kings allowed people from the outside to come in, so they could come in?"

"Yes." The Penglai Divine General nodded: "This also involves the existence of a historical Divine King, so it's not convenient for me to mention the specifics. However, my teacher, myself, and many powerful Divine Generals can perceive the cycle."

"What exactly is going on with the Universe Boat?" Zhao Xing asked suspiciously.

"You can think of it as a time valley." The Penglai Divine General said leisurely: "You coming to the Universe Boat is walking into this valley."

"For me, it is like this inside this valley:"

"Every time I live to the last day of the 1,200th solar year on the Universe Boat."

"Time stops flowing, and when I open my eyes the next day, I am back to the first day of the 1st solar year of the 341st epoch before the Wilderness Domain."

"Time loop?" Zhao Xing imagined a picture in his mind. After the Universe Boat crashed, due to its uniqueness, the 'water' representing time only circulated internally and would not continue to drift down the river of time to the next epoch.

Because the Penglai Divine General and the others were already one with the Universe Boat, they couldn't jump out, nor could they be fished out, and could only cycle infinitely with it.

The Universe Boat had formed a huge, infinitely cycling time trap, so powerful that even Divine Kings couldn't break free.

The true spirits of the Penglai Divine General, the Earth Hidden Divine King, and the Boat Mountain Divine King were strong enough, and their understanding of the Time Dao was high enough, so they could maintain the memories of countless cycles in a fixed time period (341st epoch before the Wilderness Domain) and a fixed time point (Universe Boat).

But others couldn't.

For the god realm, the definition of death is not the same.

Because they still have a time period that exists, but outside of this fixed time and place, they are considered dead.

"Alright, don't think too much." The Penglai Divine General laughed: "Just as I said just now, after you become a god, you will have enough time to think about the cycle, time, and the Life Dao."

"Now, let's take a look at the inheritance treasure I prepared for you."

"Yes."

Inheritance treasure? Zhao Xing's eyes lit up. After years of hard work, this was the moment he had been waiting for!

The earth-escaping went deep underground, arriving at the dead vein isolation zone.

However, the Penglai Divine General continued to take Zhao Xing downward.

Under his protection, Zhao Xing crossed a dark dead vein zone.

On the way, Zhao Xing was also guessing in his heart.

What is the treasure the Penglai Divine General wants to give him?

"If it's an inanimate object, like a magic treasure, it can be saved directly in a storage ring."

"Since it's hidden underground, it should be a living thing, very likely a plant."

After all, Bowei said that the Penglai Divine General liked farming.

I don't know how long they fell, but light suddenly appeared below. When the distance closed, Zhao Xing discovered that below was a hemispherical barrier.

Floating inside the spherical barrier was a piece of divine soil, on which was a fiery red plant.

When they landed, Zhao Xing discovered that there were seven fiery red bamboo stalks growing in this divine soil, each only one hundred meters high.

"This piece of land is over one hundred thousand boundary units, right? Such a large piece of god-tier soil, yet it only nurtures these seven bamboo stalks? And they are so short?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised.

"Zhao Xing, do you know what kind of bamboo this is?" The Penglai Divine General asked.

Seeing that the Penglai Divine General intended to test him, Zhao Xing didn't stand on ceremony, directly opening his cheat and using the panel to observe.

As long as it is a living thing and the realm is not too ridiculously high, at least the name can be seen.

But after Zhao Xing finished looking, his eyes were somewhat dull.

He couldn't believe his eyes.

"Senior, this, this is—a firecracker?"

Yes, a firecracker, and a god-tier firecracker!

In Zhao Xing's presentation, the seven bamboo stalks were all cultivated from common-tier 【Firecrackers】.

They were promoted all the way, breaking limits, but kept the characteristics of firecrackers, piled up to the god-tier!

As for exactly what level, Zhao Xing couldn't understand, as there was no realm, obviously because there was too high a level difference between them and himself.

"Oh? You actually dared to guess." The Penglai Divine General was somewhat surprised. "Although it has the appearance of a firecracker, the level is too high and the divine power is majestic."

"Yet some people didn't dare to guess it was a firecracker, and you actually guessed it directly."

"I, I also couldn't believe it." Zhao Xing's expression was incomparably surprised. "Your ability exceeds my imagination."

Life advancement; the greater the advancement span, the greater the change in appearance should be.

The fact that these seven firecrackers of the Penglai Divine General still maintained the initial form of firecrackers was the most essential part.

This had the same effect as the tough vines of emperor-tier cultivated by the Guluo River.

The tough vines were still tough vines after advancement and didn't mutate into something else.

Mutation is very difficult to control. When Zhao Xing learned the Ti-Yuan Divine Ability, he kept creating mushroom variants, and in the end, he didn't even know what variety he had created.

Although there were occasionally terrifying existences that shone brilliantly at the Primordial Conference, that kind of uncontrollable factor was also very taboo for fighting.

"The Great Dao is simple!" The Penglai Divine General said proudly: "The Earth Hidden Method and the Self School's variant method and derivative method are different; what they emphasize is maintaining the original characteristics of plant life."

"And these seven firecrackers are all mother bamboo."

"They are also the masterpiece I am most proud of in my life. If they stay in the divine soil, they can propagate a god-tier firecracker every five epochs."

"The life origin won't diminish?" Zhao Xing asked in shock. "No." The Penglai Divine General said proudly: "As long as the conditions of the divine soil are maintained, it will never happen."

Hiss, Zhao Xing gasped.

Phoenix gives birth to peacock, peacock gives birth to roc, roc gives birth to eagle, eagle gives birth to chicken; the origin of the Life Dao often diminishes, with each generation not as good as the last.

This also conforms to the law of the universe from primordial, origin, myriad phenomena, to extinction, because the origin of the universe is moving toward weakness, so life groups often evolve toward weaker strata.

When placed on powerful individuals, it is particularly obvious.

The Penglai Divine General gave him seven bamboo stalks, and they were all mother seeds.

Mother seeds mean they can propagate, which is already very precious.

And they won't have life origin diminution, which is even rarer!

The difficulty of the Penglai Divine General's inheritance is high, but his inheritance is absolutely worthy of this difficult test!

"Do you know the power of seven god-tier firecrackers?" The Penglai Divine General asked proudly.

"I don't know."

"Guess."

"Can it blow up a mid-stage Divine General?" Zhao Xing deliberately guessed low.

"Hahaha, who are you looking down on?" The Penglai Divine General laughed loudly. "Even if it's the explosion of a propagated sub-body, within thirty thousand boundary units, if a Free Divine General doesn't have a high-order Dao artifact, even if he is a late-stage Divine General, he can't withstand it. I mean all professions, including Qi Sect martial artists."

"If it's the mother body? Within thirty thousand boundary units, even a peak Divine General can't withstand it, unless they have a top-grade Dao artifact!"

"What? It's actually this strong?!" Zhao Xing showed a shocked expression.

"Of course!" The Penglai Divine General said: "You have practiced the Self School, so you should know that plant life is difficult to conceive, and the energy and growth time spent exceed all races, so it is also superior to all races in terms of life energy level."

"Yan Ao is tough enough, right? But if he is within thirty thousand boundary units of the mother body's explosion, he will definitely die!"

"In countless cycles, I have blown myself up many times, and I have also blown up gods of different professions. This has been verified!"

Looking at the Penglai Divine General who was talking endlessly, Zhao Xing didn't know what to say.

He could only complain about Bowei in his heart.

This is called loving peace?

Elder, do you want to hear what he is saying now!

"You are truly amazing." Zhao Xing could only respectfully agree.

It must be said that the Penglai Divine General is indeed awesome; being able to cultivate such god-tier plants is really not something an ordinary Agriculturalist God can do.

"Elder, how are firecrackers against a Tribulation-less True God?" Zhao Xing suddenly remembered this question.

"A Tribulation-less True God, I don't know about that." The Penglai Divine General pondered. "I haven't blown up a Divine General-level Tribulation-less True God."

"However, in my estimation, if the mother body is dispatched, as long as it's not a True God of the Boundless True God level, it is possible to be blown to death."

"You can try it in the future."

Hearing the Penglai Divine General say this, the look in Zhao Xing's eyes toward those seven bamboo stalks changed.

"But you must remember, once the mother bamboo explodes, it's gone, and it's difficult to reproduce."

"And it must maintain the same geographical environment as now. As for the timing environment, it's not picky."

"You first remember the 【Earth Hidden Divine Vein Map】 of this piece of soil. After you remember it, we will go to the next location."

The Penglai Divine General didn't let Zhao Xing collect it immediately, but first let him learn the layout of this piece of soil.

The spells of the Earth Hidden Office basically have something to do with formations.

Zhao Xing's learning now should strictly be called 【Earth Hidden Divine Vein Map: Firecracker Version】.

Turning the divine soil into veins and following the distribution of the map can cultivate god-tier firecrackers and maintain the rank without change, surviving for a long time.

Of course, there are many tricks in this, such as the different characteristics of god-tier soil, which involves some theories of 【Ten Earth Divine Soil】 and 【Primordial Universe Divine Vein Theory】.

About twenty years later, Zhao Xing had already entered the door.

"Now you still can't collect it. First look at the second batch of treasures I left for you."

"Yes."

Zhao Xing soon followed the Penglai Divine General to a cave dwelling with a black and white bamboo forest.

The Penglai Divine General pushed open the door of the mansion, and inside were stored many small pagodas, divine power brilliance flickering, simply blinding Zhao Xing's eyes.

"This is, a divine power pagoda?" Zhao Xing was dull again.

Presented before him were over ten thousand small pagodas, most of which were Divine Soldier-level divine power pagodas, but there were also over a thousand Divine General-level divine power pagodas.

"Hmm, I used up a lot. I'm too lazy to classify the rest; you can count them yourself." The Penglai Divine General said lightly.

"Yes." Zhao Xing excitedly went in to count.

The Penglai Divine General walked to the water area outside the cave dwelling.

"2~" A sea elephant appeared in the water area. It floated out of the water, looking at the Penglai Divine General with some reluctance.

"Main God, are you leaving?" The sea elephant rubbed against the Penglai Divine General's palm affectionately.

"Yes, Ying." The Penglai Divine General stroked the sea elephant. "Don't be sad. The person I entrusted this to has potential. I can't escape this cycle, but you have hope of escaping this cage in the future with his help."

The sea elephant shook its tail sadly.

Independent space, Divine Machine City.

On the small mountain built of clocks, the hands on the throne of the standing clock suddenly jumped, and the person on the throne and the space had a concept of time. The Boundless True God looked up, looking at his hands somewhat speechless.

At this time, a tuft of red hair grew on his right hand again, about eight thousand strands, and it was still spreading, seeming to have a growing trend.

The Boundless True God closed and opened his eyes, quickly knowing the cause and effect.

"Zhao Xing completed Penglai's test. Now, over eight thousand gods are inquiring about the name Han Bing."

"But they are just fluff, not really strong causality."

The Boundless True God nodded slightly and blew a breath toward his arm.

All the fluff fell off immediately.

And in countless time and space, all the gods inquiring about the news felt as if a cold wind had blown through their minds.

"Boundless Divine Venerable."

"It's someone from Divine Machine City."

"The Boundless True God took action and cleared the causality."

"Noble Boundless True God, I didn't mean to spy, please forgive me."

Many thoughts and voices flashed by. Some of them knew the Boundless True God, which is why there was interaction. Many scattered gods didn't know the Boundless True God, but they also understood that this was a taboo and could no longer be inquired about.

Many red tufts of fluff fell off, but there was still the longest one, a white tuft of fluff, which was relatively thick and already half a meter long.

"Hmm?" The Boundless True God became vigilant immediately.

White represents good cause and good fruit.

But this was the part he was most vigilant about.

Evil cause and evil fruit, the Boundless True God is not afraid; it's nothing more than a fight.

Good cause and good fruit means that some god is bestowing grace on Zhao Xing, which is actually difficult to handle.

The Boundless True God pinched this long white hair and reflected it inside.

"So that's it. Penglai's last words were just to save a Divine Soldier-level sea beast?"

The Boundless True God was relieved.

The Penglai Divine General's last words were a great binding force for Zhao Xing, because the Boundless True God sensed that Zhao Xing had received very heavy benefits. He didn't know what it was specifically, but he knew the weight!

He followed the end and checked the Penglai Divine General's last words, learning that the Penglai Divine General only asked Zhao Xing to save the pet he raised in the future, so this was just a small matter.

"Let Zhao Xing handle it himself." The Boundless True God tore off this line but didn't destroy it, just placing it in his palm to observe whether there would be any changes later.

"Zhao Xing, its name is Ying." Outside the cave dwelling, by the water area, the Penglai Divine General looked at Zhao Xing. "It has followed me for a long time, and I treat it like family."

"Universe Boat, I can't jump out, and my only regret is it. I hope you can save it out in the future."

"Senior, I swear by my Dao heart that I will definitely come to save it in the future." Zhao Xing swore solemnly.

"Good, then I have no regrets." The Penglai Divine General nodded. "The third type of inheritance is my divine origin."

"Now, let's go see my teacher. Only after bowing to my teacher can you receive the complete inheritance without cost."

Only then did Zhao Xing know that the Penglai Divine General's inheritance, once handed over, would disappear completely.

Even on the Universe Boat in the 341st epoch of the Wilderness Domain, he would no longer exist.

Among the secret methods of the Earth Hidden School, there is a move called 【Return Hidden Divine Origin】, which is a sacrificial spell.

It can turn everything one has into pure divine origin.

After using Return Hidden Divine Origin, the Agriculturalist no longer exists; perhaps they become a mountain, a sea, or perhaps a handful of soil.

The Earth Hidden Agriculturalist will return to the cycle of the universe's origin in this way at the end of their life.

"I am at the peak of the Divine General level. After you swallow my divine origin, not to mention inheriting it all, you can at least reach the mid-stage of the Divine General level. Let's go, let's go see my teacher."

Zhao Xing didn't move.

"Why, are you unwilling?"

"Senior, I practice three schools simultaneously, so I cannot inherit your divine origin now."

"It doesn't matter, you can keep it first and absorb it whenever you want." The Penglai Divine General said. "Just use the Return Hidden Method to guide it, and it can be temporarily preserved in the Extreme Land."

"Senior, I don't understand." Zhao Xing shook his head: "Why don't you want to continue living? Perhaps there is hope in the future..."

"Hahaha, I've lived enough. Is this reason okay?" The Penglai Divine General laughed loudly.

"Let's go, child, don't think too much. Dust to dust, earth to earth, this is the inheritance path of the Earth Hidden School Agriculturalist."

"As a mountain leader, you should understand."

Zhao Xing was silent for a while, but finally followed him to see the Earth Hidden Divine King.

The Penglai Divine General couldn't escape, day after day, year after year in the endless cycle, always following the solidified historical events,

so living enough was not a lie.

In addition, the failure of the Universe Boat project made the Penglai Divine General feel a sense of guilt, so he chose to let his inheritance return to the Ancient Hill in this way.

"Perhaps this is also a kind of relief for the Penglai Divine General."

On the towering Primordial Divine Mountain, there was a temple.

The whole mountain was wrapped in layers of time and space barriers, unable to see the full picture.

Zhao Xing followed the Penglai Divine General for a short time before appearing at the foot of the mountain.

Then a stone ox appeared, carrying them up the mountain.

Observing with the panel, he found that this stone ox was not a living thing at all, but just a divine image of the 【Earth Hidden Divine Ox】 method.

The same spell was completely different in the hands of the Earth Hidden Divine King. Zhao Xing clearly felt the fluctuation of life, but it couldn't be counted as life.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter~"

The stone carried the two up the steps and soon arrived at the temple.

The temple was a small temple with green tiles and red walls, very simple.

Small bridges and flowing water, heavy shade of trees, along two corridors, Zhao Xing and Penglai entered before a courtyard.

On the stone steps in front of the courtyard gate sat an old man wearing a straw hat. He rolled up his trouser legs, holding a hoe with both hands, bowing his head in thought, or as if he had fallen asleep.

Gods have a thousand faces and a thousand phases. What Zhao Xing saw now was the appearance constructed by the legends of the Earth Hidden Divine King.

"Teacher, I am here." The Penglai Divine General knelt respectfully to the old man. "Disciple has already found a candidate."

"Greetings, Ancestor." Zhao Xing knelt on the ground.

The old man raised his head, his eyes carrying a smile: "Penglai, congratulations. He is very good."

"Hahaha, thank you, Teacher, for the praise."

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Nothing else, Teacher, I am going!"

As the time and space beside him gently disturbed, Zhao Xing looked up again, only to find that the Penglai Divine General had disappeared, leaving only a pale yellow light group.

It was the first time Zhao Xing had seen the ancient tradition of the Earth Hidden Office. In the Ancient Hill of the Wilderness Domain era, there was no one in the Earth Hidden Office who knew this inheritance secret method.

As the Penglai Divine General's divine hidden returned to origin, the earth and space seemed to shake.

However, this shaking soon stopped with the voice of the Earth Hidden Divine King.

"Zhao Xing, don't waste his life."

"Junior will keep it in mind."

"Go."

The Earth Hidden Divine King lowered his head again, and everything around him seemed to be still again.

The next moment, Zhao Xing appeared on Penglai Mountain.

At this time, there was an extra divine origin in his Extreme Land, and an extra piece of divine soil in his inner world, on which were seven bamboo stalks and over ten thousand divine power pagodas.

"Hum~"

The Profound Spirit History Book rubbings trembled, but this time it was not a prompt or warning, but began to shatter inch by inch.

At the same time, Zhao Xing heard a thick voice in his mind.

"Yan Ao, his history book rubbings have run out of power. Quick, pull him out!"