Chapter 679

These days, the water and soil here have grown even more spirited; every child born in the village possesses spiritual sensitivity.

If this continues, Shi Village will become a sacred land.

This place has a lake, within which swim golden-scaled fish—a rare treasure; on the grassy banks, a herd of unicorns gallops, shimmering with silver light, one among them a towering, snow-white, crystalline steed covered in dragon scales—the heavenly horse Shi Hao captured, now also embarked on a path of evolution.

Whoosh—a strong wind swept through, and several massive predatory birds appeared in the air, circling with outstretched wings.

"Aunt Qinglin, Dapeng, Xiaoqing, Zi Yun!"

Shi Hao grinned and waved toward the sky; instantly, the four giant birds descended, especially the smallest, Zi Yun, who was overjoyed to see Fang Yu, circling above Dahu and stirring up waves.

These were all the little ones Fang Yu had met the last time he came to Shi Village; now seeing them again, he still felt warmth.

But one domestic chicken paid no attention to anyone, strolling lazily by the lake, utterly calm.

This is the Eight Treasures Chicken, held in high esteem in the village—it lays spiritual eggs, and the villagers treat it as a treasure; even the most mischievous children dare not bother it.

In the entire Shi Village, only this chicken strolled with ease.

Beside Fang Yu, a juvenile Primordial Heavenly Dragon emerged and greeted the Eight Treasures Chicken, instantly overwhelming it with dragon aura like an ocean—the Eight Treasures Chicken could no longer maintain its earlier languidness.

"Don't worry, the little one just wants to play."

Fang Yu was psychically linked to the juvenile Primordial Heavenly Dragon, so he wasn't concerned it would swallow the chicken whole.

The entire Shi Village was lively, but after midnight, many children went to rest, and the able-bodied men all bowed to Fang Yu before retiring; the village fell quiet, bathed in a hazy moonlight, as if draped in a mysterious veil.

Moonlight flowed like water; the great willow tree at the village's entrance thrived, emitting a green glow, its branches far more numerous than before.

Fang Yu arrived beneath the Willow Spirit tree, seated in the center, and gestured with his hand—above his head emerged the Book of Ultimate Nothingness; instantly, boundless lunar energy, as if finding its target, poured down without restraint, converging into the Book of Ultimate Nothingness atop his head, forming a lake of moonlight.

Not only moonlight, but also stars in the void emitted vast stellar energy, now pouring down without resistance, all rushing toward the Book of Ultimate Stars, as if utterly powerless to resist.

This convergence of stellar energy became rivers of heaven and earth; even nearby, the Willow Spirit and little Shi Hao reaped tremendous benefits.

"The divine ability you cultivate is powerful."

The Willow Spirit spoke.

Though still in tree form, the Willow Spirit addressed Fang Yu directly—he could even sense her gaze fixed upon him.

"During my travels, I indeed gained many wonders; I even uncovered profound methods in the Five Elements Dao, unparalleled in the world, with no other technique surpassing them."

Fang Yu smiled—he could accept the Willow Spirit's praise.

After all, his Book of Ultimate Nothingness was forged from the Top-Ten Celestial Dao of the Eternal Life Realm: the Great Star Art, which allows him to draw boundless stellar energy from all stars in the heavens, condensing it into Ultimate Light. If this Great Dao were broken down in the Desolate Wilds Realm, it would equal thousands of Dao methods there—anyone gaining even one fragment could cultivate to the Heavenly Immortal or even Pure Yang True Immortal; in this Perfect World, it remains an invincible Great Dao, the Ultimate Light no weaker than the Five Elements Light.

If Fang Yu reaches the Longevity Secret Realm, the power of the Ultimate Light will grow even more terrifying; as his realm advances, merely unleashing the Ultimate Light alone will be enough to assimilate all stars in the heavens.

This is no empty boast—it is a true, inevitable reality. When the Great Star Art is cultivated to its peak, it can indeed assimilate all stars into the Book of Ultimate Nothingness; when the Ultimate Light pours forth, the entire starry expanse flows with power—who can stand against it?

Of course, before the Willow Spirit, Fang Yu only slightly demonstrated the power of the Great Star Art, and incidentally improved Shi Village's environment—he wished to trade with the Willow Spirit on the Five Elements Dao.

This was why Fang Yu came to Shi Village after breaking through to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities; as for Shi Yi, he truly gave him no thought.

"You gained profound methods in the Five Elements? Unparalleled in the world, with no other technique surpassing them?"

Indeed, the Willow Spirit's voice sounded, her divine awareness fixed on Fang Yu, curiosity rising within her.

This Willow Spirit did not doubt Fang Yu's bold words before her, for she knew he was not such a person; in her eyes, this seemingly young boy held countless secrets she could not fathom, his entire being saturated with mystery.

She still remembered when she first met this boy—he was not particularly powerful, yet less than a year had passed before his cultivation base ascended at a speed no one could comprehend, his power becoming utterly overwhelming, his cultivation realm immensely strong, his divine abilities far deeper than countless Dao methods of the lower realms.

The stellar art Fang Yu just displayed before her—even across heaven and earth—was among the finest stellar techniques; even a minor branch of it could establish a major holy sect.

Even the ultimate treasure arts of the Primordial Divine Mountains seemed inferior to the divine abilities this boy casually revealed—how could he possibly achieve this?

The Willow Spirit was curious, and even more curious about Fang Yu's Five Elements methods.

She sensed a powerful premonition—this was a tremendous opportunity even for her.

"Is my opportunity in him?"

The Willow Spirit pondered.

At that moment, the Book of Ultimate Nothingness above Fang Yu's head retracted into his body, and another crown—the Five Emperors Canopy—slowly rose, revealing boundless mystery: ten ancient deities and sovereigns appeared within the Five Emperors Canopy.

Green Emperor, Wood Sovereign, Red Emperor, Fire Sovereign, Bai Di, Gold Sovereign, Black Emperor, Water Sovereign, Yellow Emperor, Earth Sovereign.

These ten deities radiated power that suppressed the Endless Worlds and boundless void.

Around these ten deities swarmed dense torrents of five-colored thunder, within which stood countless Five Elements sacred beasts and divine beasts: Zhu Quexuanwu, Qinglong Bai Hu, Tengshe Qilin, Fenghuang Jin Wu…

These were sacred and divine beasts beyond mortal imagination—now bowing in reverence around the Five Emperors Canopy.

Ten ancient deities, countless divine and sacred beasts, and five-colored thunder coalesced into this One Five Emperors Canopy.

Anyone who saw this Five Emperors Canopy would feel an unshakable, inviolable sense of absolute safety.

Solid. Secure. Absolutely secure! Unimaginably secure!

Even the Willow Spirit felt that if one cultivated this Five Emperors Canopy, one would be invulnerable to all Dao methods and divine arts beneath it.

Before this Five Emperors Canopy, all Five Elements techniques, divine arts, and treasure arts in heaven and earth lost their color and value.

When Fang Yu willed it, the Five Elements Daoist Gang Qi transformed into five-colored divine light and flowed into the Willow Spirit's body—she felt profound comfort, an indescribable sensation.

The Five Elements water was Water Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi; at Fang Yu's current level, every drop of Water Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi was a supreme treasure, each drop sacred water.

The Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi was even more so—one drop could instantly add thousands of years of medicinal potency to countless plants, even directly ripening them into spirits.

At Fang Yu's cultivation level, a single breath upon newly planted ginseng could instantly grant it three to five thousand years of medicinal potency, turning it into a spirit on the spot.

The Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi needed no further explanation—Earth Sovereign Qi was the mother of all things, central and nurturing life; even the famed Willow Spirit herself had once grown from the earth. Such Daoist Gang Qi offered immense benefits to cultivators who achieved Dao through plants.

The Bai Di Gold Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi was slightly inferior, for Gold Sovereign governed destruction; the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Daoist Gang Qi could transform into pure fire, burning away all impurities and maintaining the cultivator's Pure Yang true body.

Now, as Fang Yu sent the five-colored divine light into the Willow Spirit's body, she immediately gained a tremendous opportunity—an unimaginable, unprecedented boon, one she could never attain even after a thousand, ten thousand, or hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation in this world, for the Great Five Elements Art was not of this Perfect World—it was a Great Dao from the Eternal Life Realm, ranked among the Top Ten.

As the divine light born from the Great Five Elements Art surged into the Willow Spirit's body, her form underwent massive change—originally possessing only eighty-one branches, these now grew wildly, their vitality condensing continuously.

Each branch trembled and extended in the void, absorbing boundless Xu Yuan Qi without restraint, forming colossal spiritual energy vortices across heaven and earth.

Yet this was not the greatest change—new buds sprouted along the Willow Spirit's trunk: first one, then two, then three.

Within moments, the number of new buds surged to a staggering one hundred, then quickly rose to two hundred.

After two hundred new buds appeared, the Willow Spirit's transformation had not ceased—she continued to grow more.

Three hundred.

Five hundred.

Eight hundred.

One thousand!

After a full thousand new sprouts had emerged, the Willow God finally ceased growing new sprouts; instead, the sprouts transformed, and boundless Xu Yuan Qi poured in from the boundless void, causing these new sprouts to grow wildly.

Of course, Fang Yu's Five-Colored Divine Light surging into the Willow God's body caused these new sprouts to grow even faster.

This was an exceedingly mysterious transformation process.

To the shock of Xiao Budian, all one thousand new sprouts ascended into branches—though not as vigorous as the original eighty-one branches.

Yet this still filled Shi Hao with boundless astonishment.

For when the Willow God had possessed only a single branch, it had already been able to protect the Stone Village; later, it cultivated eighty-one willow branches. Now, with her Master's aid, the Willow God had gained a thousand new sprouts, new branches—this transformation was utterly terrifying!

Each newly emerged branch brimmed with boundless vitality, emerald and crystalline; without needing to think, it was clear the Willow God had gained a tremendous opportunity today, her strength having increased several times, even dozens of times, over before.

"You are indeed my greatest opportunity, and I will not let myself owe you."

After a long while, the Willow God finally completed her cultivation; she was indeed many times stronger than before. In the void, one thousand and eighty-one branches swayed with the wind, as if ready at any moment to shatter the void and ascend.

As she spoke, a willow branch flew from her body and landed in Fang Yu's hand.

Fang Yu felt the willow branch, and his expression brightened with delight!