Chapter 95: A Brand New State

His thoughts and spirit rose to the Chat Group; before he could even speak, a message suddenly popped up in his mind.

Ding, the Kunlun Mountains Flat Peach has ripened. Would you like to harvest it?

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then filled with great joy.

"This thing is ripe? I recall it hasn't even been ten days yet?"

It clearly hadn't been long since he left the Chat Group, and it clearly had only been a short time since he left the peaceful Earth, yet in Zhang Xuan's mental thoughts, it felt as though a long time had already passed.

Only after carefully collecting his thoughts did he realize that only five days had passed since he went to the Resident Evil world.

"A tragic world is indeed the best place to temper a person, but this Flat Peach..."

Zhang Xuan felt as if a lifetime had passed. His thoughts rose to the Chat Group, touching that unique Plantation, and he marveled once again at the vastness and grandeur of the Plantation.

Within the Plantation, a Flat Peach Tree stood silently. Many areas above were still in bloom, while some of the Flat Peaches at the very top had already grown to the size of several fists, their red and white colors intermingling like the buttocks of monkeys—extremely enticing.

As his thoughts existed in this space, the figure formed by his Divine Sense seemed able to smell that rich fragrance.

Zhang Xuan reached out to touch them, and the invisible rules of heaven and earth naturally brought the three ripe Flat Peaches above directly before him.

Before even tasting them, Zhang Xuan felt a wave of rich Heaven and Earth Essence rushing toward him.

It was far richer than the Kunlun Flat Peach he had eaten before; he even sensed a peculiar Immortal Substance on this Kunlun Flat Peach.

Originally, Zhang Xuan would not have been able to sense Immortal Substance; after all, his level of life had not yet reached the stage of a Great Emperor, nor was he at the point of being old and frail—his life vitality was still quite vigorous.

But having been to the Yitian World and returned to the Zhetian Universe, the contrast between the worlds was very clear. Plus, after unconsciously refining the Dragon Inner Core from the Shenmu World while practicing the Indestructible Heavenly Art last time, he could clearly and distinctly feel the Immortal Substance.

If one is always in Darkness, one naturally has no way to touch the light.

One might not even feel that there is anything special about light or darkness, but once one has truly witnessed the difference between them, one can immediately sense the subtle changes within.

"To think it can actually nurture Immortal Substance; this is a bit heaven-defying!"

Zhang Xuan felt deep shock. In the Zhetian Universe, many Undying Divine Medicines contain Immortal Substance.

This peculiar Immortal Substance can allow one to live forever, but to truly contain a rich amount of Immortal Substance requires many special existences.

Those capable of extending life are all Small Medicine Kings or Medicine Kings, which often require fifty thousand or one hundred thousand years to grow, and that kind of special Undying Divine Medicine is even more peculiar.

What many Great Emperors pursue is merely the special Immortal Substance contained within them.

Yet the Flat Peach planted in Zhang Xuan's Plantation, which originated from the Martial Arts world, actually contained quite a bit of Immortal Substance.

Upon seeing the Flat Peach, Zhang Xuan suddenly understood the special nature of the Plantation.

"Under normal circumstances, even if you planted a Kunlun Flat Peach seed from the Yitian World in the Zhetian Universe, in an area rich with Heaven and Earth Essence, wanting it to transform and contain so much rich Immortal Substance would require many generations of change."

"It might take hundreds or thousands of years, or even longer, for this seed to evolve bit by bit under more perfect rules of heaven and earth, making its subsequent fruits increasingly special."

"And the Plantation has accelerated this process and stabilized it."

A look of joy could not help but appear on Zhang Xuan's face. The entire space of the Plantation, or rather the Plantation, was rooted in the Zhetian Universe where he resided; it was the highest grade of soil in the Zhetian world, comparable to the level of Chaos Immortal Soil.

Planting ordinary seeds in such soil would likely cause them to burst, but the Plantation could allow them to survive rapidly and complete their evolution in a very short time. This alone was already the most top-tier and special ability in heaven and earth.

"But this also fits the status and capability of the Chat Group."

The Flat Peach before him could already rival an ordinary Small Medicine King and could be considered a top-tier treasure for extending life.

Zhang Xuan took a look and swallowed one whole.

If there were an orthodox alchemist to refine pills, one could certainly make better use of the medicinal effects to create better pills, but Zhang Xuan did not have one, so he simply used it directly.

While in the Resident Evil world, although he did not achieve his goals as perfectly as originally intended, he had continuously swallowed the Origin of thousands of figures, so the Origin within Zhang Xuan's body at this moment was extremely abundant, and his realm should logically have broken through long ago.

But limited by the world, the Heaven and Earth Essence in the Resident Evil world was quite thin, similar to the Earth in the Zhetian Universe, or perhaps even worse, nearly reaching the level of being devoid of spiritual energy.

Zhang Xuan found it very difficult to perform related spells in the Resident Evil world; if not for his foundation in martial arts and the Eight-Nine Profound Art, he would not have been able to use many of the Zhetian techniques.

If not for the Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal personally explained by Qingdi, Zhang Xuan feared he would not have been able to use them at all.

As the Flat Peach was swallowed, his body seemed to emit a series of groans, and every cell in his body seemed to be cheering, feeling an unprecedented joy.

With unprecedented comfort and ease, the vigorous Life Essence and the contained Immortal Substance were swallowed into his body, and Zhang Xuan even felt his own state leaping toward a more youthful level of life.

However, within the Indestructible Heavenly Art, the relevant ancient characters of the Great Emperor were naturally imprinted on his body bit by bit, maintaining this state.

This prevented Zhang Xuan's age from further diminishing; he was quite satisfied with his current appearance and state.

His Bitter Sea expanded further, his Divine Bridge rose to its true limit, and then, after a slight pause, Zhang Xuan crossed over directly to the Other Shore.

Having absorbed enough Origin, it was not too difficult for Zhang Xuan to break through; the reason he could not break through in the Resident Evil world was that the Heaven and Earth Essence was too thin.

Now that it was replenished all at once, he could succeed directly.

His body felt unprecedentedly comfortable, and his four hundred and eighty million pores seemed to relax all at once.

That is the good thing about the cultivation methods of the Zhetian world: before the Immortal Embryo Realm, as long as you just eat and eat, the necessary requirements for cultivation are naturally replenished.

There are not many bottlenecks; the step from the Divine Bridge to the Other Shore has a slight influence.

One needs to clarify the mind and see one's nature so as not to sink into that fog, but Zhang Xuan had questioned his own heart several times, so passing this step was not too difficult.

He passed through this stage very fluently.

His cultivation realm had risen to a higher level, but the corresponding evaluation in the Chat Group remained Tier 4; Zhang Xuan had expected this long ago.

Reaching the Tier 4 realm meant he had truly opened a gap with ordinary people, and he could be considered half-god and half-Immortal.

Breaking through at this realm would also become extremely difficult, and the barriers between realms were exaggeratedly large.

At the very least, Zhang Xuan's current realm basically did not budge; he remained firmly at the early stage of Tier 4.

Zhang Xuan had expected this; cultivation is inherently a process that is difficult at the beginning, difficult in the middle, and even more difficult at the end.

With the Chat Group, he had bypassed the process of seeking cultivation methods and resources in the early stages, and his strength improvement could be considered top-tier among many figures, but as he moved toward the later stages, the speed would eventually return to calm, perhaps becoming Tongtian all at once.

"Having the current level is satisfying enough."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently.

After re-organizing his corresponding state, he began to bubble up in the Chat Group.

Zhang Xuan: 【Brothers, I have returned from saving the world! Battered and bruised. jpg】

Meng Qi who is not a monk: 【Oh, incredible, you finally bubbled up. I thought you were still being chased by zombies. Is the zombie world fun?】

Qiao Feng: 【What do you two mean by that? I don't quite understand!】

Zhang Sanfeng: 【Has saving the world truly succeeded? Then the little friend is truly of boundless merit!】

The Hero: 【Success is a good thing!】

A crowd of people popped up, all very concerned about Zhang Xuan's actions and the subsequent events.

Zhang Xuan looked on and smiled slightly.

Zhang Xuan: 【By and large, it has basically all been settled...】

Zhang Xuan recounted his related plans and general course of action; the story he told was quite long, and he also included some photos of the many walking corpses inside the Umbrella Underground Base along the way.

Seeing this, Zhang Sanfeng, Qiao Feng, and the others exclaimed repeatedly, feeling both fear and unease; after learning the details of the related virus, they felt even more that this Shi Jie was extremely dangerous.

Zhang Sanfeng: 【The little friend is truly deep in thought and far-sighted; to be able to successfully save such a world is truly impressive.】

Qiao Feng: 【To think there is such a ferocious plague in the world, and it was even created by someone; such a person is truly terrifying.】

Qiao Feng even followed up by posting a "scared" emoji, which made the corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth twitch wildly; in his mind, he pictured the image of Qiao Feng as a mighty hero, but paired with this kind of soft and cutesy emoji, it gave him a feeling of his scalp tingling.

One could only say the style had completely collapsed.

On the other side, when Meng Qi heard Zhang Xuan take the initiative to speak about the relevant process, and that he did not shy away from using those zombies as materials to practice the Indestructible Heavenly Art, he felt both heavy-hearted and deeply relieved.

"It is my own thoughts that are too dark; I knew it, how could a modern person possibly do something like turning the entire world into a kingdom of zombies and then using them to practice martial arts? It is I who am too base."

Meng Qi went straight into a phase of self-reflection, feeling that his previous behavior and way of handling things were too poor, and that the conjecture he had made painted the other person as too dark and base.

In reality, the actions and behavior Zhang Xuan displayed could simply be called righteous; although the description was very brief, the fact that he still insisted on saving the world while facing the crisis of a nuclear bomb descending was enough to make people admire him. Putting himself in those shoes, Meng Qi did not think he could do it.

(End of this chapter)