Chapter 712

The God-Smashing Stone trembled all over upon seeing this ancient seal, sensing that if it devoured this magical seal, its strength would surge to an unimaginable level.

"You, fellow, are indeed worthy of advancement—I'll grant you a bit of Chaos Qi to lend you a hand."

Fang Yu smiled and pulled out another trace of Chaos Qi, directly refining it into the God-Smashing Stone's body via the Great Chaos Art.

Instantly, the God-Smashing Stone's body grew at a visibly rapid pace, a mysterious aura flowing through it.

If previously its power in the Eternal Life Realm was merely comparable to a supreme-grade treasure, now it had the potential to transform into a Dao Artifact.

This was a qualitative transformation.

It was only a tiny bit of Chaos Qi.

The one who gained the greatest benefit was, of course, Fang Yu.

Though he had not fully refined the World Mountain, the portion he had already refined had greatly enhanced the power of his Great Chaos Art; he felt that if he refined the entire World Mountain, his Great Chaos Art could reach its peak.

The World Mountain was undoubtedly a rare celestial marvel—a speck no larger than a fingernail, if placed outside, rivaled a Shenshan; of course, the Eternal Life Realm also possessed similar treasures, such as Nine Heavens' Soil, a sacred earth element equally powerful, where even a speck of Nine Heavens' Soil could grow into a great mountain, a divine substance used by ancient deities to control floods.

Now, as Fang Yu refined the World Mountain, not only was his Great Chaos Art growing stronger, but his Great Five Elements Art was also continuously increasing in power.

Especially the Huang Di Earth Sovereign Dao within the Great Five Elements Art.

Among the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Great Five Elements Art was a single Great Dao in the Eternal Life Realm, yet in the Desolate Era Realm it became five Heavenly Daos; absorbing the World Mountain benefited the Earth Heavenly Dao the most, and due to the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint, it also greatly aided the other Five Element Daos.

Fang Yu's Great Five Elements Art had steadily strengthened to the Longevity Secret Realm level, even surpassing the Wan Shou realm of the Longevity Secret Realm.

His Qingdi Wood Sovereign Art had been nourished by the original willow branch of the Willow God, his Chidi Fire Sovereign Qi had been enhanced by the Fire Essence Seed from the Changsheng Seventh-Realm World of Kan-Li, and now his Huang Di Earth Sovereign Dao had been nourished by the World Mountain; with the addition of the Five Elements Mountain, the power of the Great Five Elements Art had reached an even more terrifying realm.

With the Great Five Elements Art among the Three Thousand Great Dao in Fang Yu's hands, he could now annihilate beings of the Longevity Secret Realm; though his magic power quantity still lagged behind ordinary titans, in quality he had already surpassed most Wan Shou-tier titans.

This was a great joy.

Just as Fang Yu circulated his Great Dao, making the refined Chaos Seal immensely powerful—capable of slaying the deities of this realm—boom—

The entire Golden Ancient Tree violently trembled, and within the trembling, it transmitted a thought.

That thought revealed information so shocking it stunned everyone.

"I wish to follow you."

This was the Golden Ancient Tree's thought, clearly landing in the hearts of everyone present.

Shi Hao sensed this thought, Shi Ziling felt this thought, Qin Yining also sensed this thought.

Of course, Fang Yu sensed this thought too.

Regarding this thought, he found it unexpected yet perfectly reasonable.

The Golden Ancient Tree sought to evolve into a World Tree; only by following him could it advance faster—once Qingdi Wood Sovereign Art was unleashed, it could create ten thousand trees; when he first climbed the tree, he had sent a thread of Qingdi Wood Sovereign Art into the Golden Ancient Tree, to ask it: Do you wish to follow me?

This was mutual selection, mutual attraction.

Fang Yu chose celestial marvels, and celestial marvels chose him.

Among the Three Thousand Great Dao, the Great Five Elements Art, Great Chaos Art, Great Thunder Art, and Kunpeng Divine Art—any one of these Great Dao techniques offered the Golden Ancient Tree immense benefits.

Now that the Golden Ancient Tree had truly chosen to follow him, this was indeed pleasant.

Otherwise, if he forcibly seized the Golden Ancient Tree with the Chaos Pagoda, he might lose much of the hundreds of millions of Pure Yang Dan he had painstakingly accumulated.

To make the Golden Ancient Tree submit without a fight—this was a tremendous stroke of luck.

"Good! Extremely good! Golden Ancient Tree, if you choose to follow me, you will never regret it, and I will never let you regret it—we shall journey together toward an infinite future."

Fang Yu cried out loudly and summoned the Chaos Pagoda.

Simultaneously, the entire Golden Ancient Tree rapidly shrank, shrinking.

The Chaos Pagoda expanded, wildly expanding, while the Golden Ancient Tree shrank, wildly shrinking; just before entering the Chaos Pagoda, one of its branches lightly flicked, sending a flower flying outward.

The Golden Ancient Flower bloomed in empty space, revealing within it an egg, from which a person was gestating.

It was a woman; she had gestated within the egg, absorbing most of the golden sap, drawing the essence of divine herbs—only three drops had fallen, which Shi Hao's family had obtained, already a tremendous fortune.

Yet the majority of the fortune had been claimed by the woman within the egg—she had golden hair, long eyelashes shimmering with golden radiance, and her skin glowed with luminous brilliance.

She was a beautiful woman.

The flower had originally gestated this beautiful woman, but after the Golden Ancient Tree chose to follow Fang Yu, this woman was flicked out.

Her eyes opened, filled with a touch of astonished wonder and disbelief, as if she could not believe she had been flicked out by the Golden Ancient Tree.

"A woman was gestated inside the flower…"

At this moment, the beautiful woman looked toward Fang Yu and the others; Shi Hao and the rest also looked at her, all feeling deeply astonished.

Fang Yu, however, remained calm; he had long known that the Golden Flower contained a woman, said to be the daughter of a Tian Di, though he did not know which era's Tian Di from the Perfect World.

When he saw the Golden Ancient Tree fully enter his Chaos Pagoda, his mood improved further; light from his Great Five Elements Art flowed from his body into the Chaos Pagoda, reaching the Golden Ancient Tree's form, and instantly the tree transmitted an immensely comfortable thought.

Its leaves and branches, nourished by this Qingdi Wood Sovereign Gang Qi, stretched out, each branch and leaf becoming far thicker and more crystalline than before; even the stars upon its branches, nourished by the Great Five Elements Art, appeared more real than ever before.

One could imagine that if this Golden Ancient Tree cultivated the Great Five Elements Art over countless years, the many stars upon its branches would one day fully mature.

Then, the Golden Ancient Tree would ascend into a true World Tree.

Immediately after the Golden Ancient Tree received the nourishment of the Great Five Elements Art, a stream of Golden Ancient Tree's wood qi flowed out into empty space, appearing golden-yellow.

This dense golden wood qi, each drop far more potent than the golden flower branches Shi Hao's family had obtained, was now directly released by the Golden Ancient Tree as a return gift.

Fang Yu nodded, extended his hand, and with five-colored divine light absorbed the dense golden wood qi; instantly, he felt his Qingdi Wood Sovereign Art had gained much profundity.

Purely in terms of realm, the Golden Ancient Tree's strength in the Eternal Life Realm surpassed the Divine Ability Secret Realm and reached the Longevity Secret Realm, even surpassing the third-realm Cave Heaven level in profundity; with proper cultivation, it might one day reach the Changsheng Seventh-Realm World Sovereign level—its current joint advancement with Fang Yu was a tremendous blessing.

"What happened? Why has the Golden Ancient Tree vanished?"

"The Golden Ancient Tree is truly gone—all the fortunes have disappeared!"

"That being appeared—what on earth is going on?"

At this moment, voices of shock from outside reverberated.

Whether the Five-Colored Deer Ancestor, the Silver Lion, or the Ant Ancestor, all had retreated from the Golden Ancient Tree out of fear of Fang Yu's aura, yet they were deeply unwilling to let this fortune pass them by entirely, so they still waited above the magma ocean, hoping to scavenge leftovers.

Then they saw the one-zhang-tall Golden Ancient Tree suddenly vanish—everything there was gone, leaving only a few people reappearing atop the magma sea.

Fang Yu, Shi Hao, Shi Ziling, Qin Yining, and an extraordinarily beautiful woman.

This shocked the waiting Sovereigns immensely, and they exchanged glances.

Where had that golden ancient tree gone, and how had this beautiful woman appeared?

Many mysteries rose in their hearts, but at this moment, Fang Yu's gaze swept over.

Although it was only a single glance, those Sovereigns felt as if a primordial divine mountain had settled upon their hearts, and the void itself seemed to brim with countless terrifying Xu Yuan Qi, ready to annihilate them completely at any moment.

These Sovereigns felt fear, a sensation as though they had returned to the very moment they first began to cultivate.

Back then, they were nothing more than simple five-colored deer, lions, ants—any cultivator who had stepped into the Grotto-Heaven realm could have slain them with ease.

"We are Sovereigns, yet we are so utterly helpless before this being!"

"Retreat at once, or we shall all become this being's slaves!"

"An existence beyond imagination—we dare not obstruct him in the slightest."

In the blink of an eye, these Sovereigns once again fled in all directions.

"Now, it's time I returned as well."

Fang Yu's gaze followed those fleeing Sovereigns, but he paid them no mind.

Having already obtained many fortuitous opportunities, it was time to return.