Chapter 333: Snatching from the Fusang Divine Tree

Absorbing a single drop of Vermilion Bird's blood essence activated a Vermilion Bird bloodline divine ability—this gain filled Hua Changxi with pleasant surprise.

She had done some research on bloodline divine abilities.

She knew bloodline divine abilities were not easily activated, especially one from the Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols.

Even activating some ordinary bloodline divine abilities required a great deal of resources; for her to obtain a Vermilion Bird divine ability with just one drop of Vermilion Bird blood essence was simply too fortunate.

She felt that besides the fact that the drop of Vermilion Bird blood essence given to her by Grand Elder Yiming was exceptionally pure, her easy activation of the Vermilion Bird bloodline divine ability was also directly related to refining the blood essence within the Fusang Divine Tree space.

Within this Fusang Divine Tree space, aside from dense and pure fire spiritual energy, it was also filled with countless traces of the law of fire origin.

All of this had undoubtedly provided great assistance in her activation of the Vermilion Bird divine ability.

From this, it was clear that the Fusang Divine Tree space was undoubtedly a paradise for cultivators with fire spiritual roots.

Hua Changxi recalled the seven-colored strange fire she had subdued earlier, quickly summoned it out, and then began to fuse the seven-colored strange fire.

Just as the seven-colored strange fire completely merged into a wisp of Great Sun Divine Flame the size of a fist, a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree descended from the sky and directly swept away the Great Sun Divine Flame.

This sudden "robbery" left Hua Changxi dumbfounded.

The Great Sun Divine Flame had been snatched away by the Fusang Divine Tree?!

For a moment, she was somewhat at a loss as to how to react.

Go and snatch the Great Sun Divine Flame back?

Sorry, she couldn't snatch it away!

She couldn't even reach it!

The Great Sun Divine Flame was sent by the Fusang Divine Tree branch to the very top of the divine tree, and at the same time, a rain of fire spiritual energy began to fall within the divine tree space.

Watered by the rain of fire spiritual energy, that wisp of Great Sun Divine Flame was gradually growing larger, and in the blink of an eye, it became as bright as a blazing sun.

The might of the divine flame was also continuously increasing, and when it transmitted to Hua Changxi, she felt that the Fusang Divine Tree space was no longer suitable for people to stay.

Although she did not understand why the Fusang Divine Tree had snatched her Great Sun Divine Flame, she could only swallow this bitter loss in silence.

She had no choice but to consider the Great Sun Divine Flame as payment for the Fusang Divine Tree helping her activate the Vermilion Bird bloodline divine ability!

Watching the clump of Great Sun Divine Flame atop the Fusang Divine Tree growing larger, Hua Changxi prepared to leave.

She had not forgotten that this time she had entered the Tang Valley together with Tong Yao and the other two, and had even made her presence known to the Grand Elder of the Artifact Saint Palace. Now that she had refined the Vermilion Bird blood essence, she needed to get out quickly and reunite with them.

"I hope they won't be angry..."

It was agreed that they would only enter the Tang Valley to subdue the seven-colored strange fire, but she had acted first and reported later by entering the Tang Bathing Pool.

Tong Yao might be easy to deal with, but as for the Grand Elder of the Artifact Saint Palace, she would inevitably have to give an explanation and pay some price.

With that thought, Hua Changxi no longer lingered. However, just as she flew toward the spatial rift connected to the aura of the Divine Farmer Cauldron, she suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

Hua Changxi turned back to look at the Fusang Divine Tree, thinking that after this experience of entering the Tang Bathing Pool by acting first and reporting later, the Artifact Saint Palace would likely not allow her to enter the Tang Valley again next time.

If she could never enter the Tang Valley again...

Then she might as well take this opportunity to chop off some more divine tree branches!

Hua Changxi summoned the Floating Light Sword, turned around, and flew toward the Fusang Divine Tree.

During her previous visit, she could only move around the roots of the divine tree and collected some roots; but this time, she could withstand a certain amount of the divine tree's pressure, hover in mid-air, and cut off some divine tree branches.

Treating this as her last chance to enter the Fusang Divine Tree space, Hua Changxi swung the Floating Light Sword without any mercy.

The branches of the Fusang Divine Tree were supreme treasures for refining fire-type artifacts; the more the better.

At the same time, the Artifact Saint Palace, hidden within a spatial crack and shrouded by a barrier, had suffered the explosion of its mountain-protecting formation earlier, which had affected over a dozen earthly fire veins, bringing them to the brink of tremors and eruptions.

But at this moment, the trembling earthly fires gradually calmed down.

"This is..."

"It's the divine tree—the divine tree is suppressing the earthly fires."

Grand Elder Yiming arrived at the scene immediately, inspected all the earthly fire veins, confirmed that the earthly fires were slowly calming down, and showed a delighted expression: "The Fusang Divine Tree has nurtured the Great Sun Divine Flame."

The seventy-two earthly fire veins beneath the Artifact Saint Palace were the accompanying fire veins of the Fusang Divine Tree, and only the Great Sun Divine Flame could suppress them.

Now that the earthly fire no longer trembles, even the barrier of the Artifact Saint Palace has stabilized considerably.

In the Fusang Divine Tree space, Hua Changxi, while enduring the increasingly scorching power of the divine flame, breathlessly dragged over a dozen branches of the Fusang Divine Tree, each nearly a hundred meters long, that she had cut down toward the spatial rift.

She was also helpless; the Sumeru Pearl could not hold the Fusang Divine Tree branches, so the cut branches could only be placed into the Divine Farmer Cauldron.

Afterward, Hua Changxi shuttled through the spatial rift over a dozen times before she managed to load all the divine tree branches into the Divine Farmer Cauldron.

Originally, she had wanted to cut some more of the divine tree's roots, but who would have thought that as soon as she raised the Radiant Light Sword, the Fusang Divine Tree began to attack her, scaring her into fleeing the Fusang Divine Tree space.

Hua Changxi passed through the spatial rift and leaned her entire body against the Divine Farmer Cauldron, patting her chest in lingering fear: "Divine trees truly all have spirits."

Suddenly, Hua Changxi's expression changed: "Do the people of the Artifact Saint Palace know that the bottom of the Hot Spring Pool connects to the Fusang Divine Tree space?"

The price to pay for cultivating inside the Hot Spring Pool versus cultivating in the Fusang Divine Tree space is absolutely different.

"I hope they don't know."

After calming her emotions, Hua Changxi turned her gaze to the Divine Farmer Cauldron. Under her perception, the Soul River water that the cauldron had received was only a shallow layer.

It looked little, but the internal space of the Divine Farmer Cauldron was enormous, so the Soul River water collected should be quite a lot.

However, the Fusang Divine Tree soaking in the Soul River water was actually causing the Soul River water to evaporate quickly.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi felt great pain, but she had no other storage treasures, and the Sumeru Pearl could not hold the Soul River water, so she had to let it be for now.

The Soul River water could not be shown to others lightly. Hua Changxi glanced at the Soul Crystals at the bottom of the Hot Spring Pool, filled a ten-cubic-meter storage pouch, then retracted the Divine Farmer Cauldron into her sea of consciousness and quickly swam toward the opening of the Hot Spring Pool.

Shortly after, Hua Changxi's head emerged from the Hot Spring Pool. Seeing that the water level had dropped by several meters, her heart skipped a beat. Noticing no one by the pool, she quickly flew up, then mounted a somersault cloud and went to subdue the seven-colored strange fire.

She had to collect all the strange fires before the people of the Artifact Saint Palace appeared.

"Tong Yao, Hua Changxi has come out of the Hot Spring Pool. Hurry up and bring her out to me!"

"She soaked in the Hot Spring Pool for over half a month, causing the water level to drop by nearly ten meters. If she stays any longer, I'm afraid the Hot Spring Pool will dry up completely."

Seeing that Grand Elder Yi Ming was truly somewhat angry, Tong Yao did not dare speak up for Hua Changxi and quickly turned around to enter the Hot Spring Valley.

By the time Tong Yao entered the Hot Spring Valley and found Hua Changxi, Hua Changxi had already gathered the seven-colored strange fires once again.

"What are you doing here?"

Tong Yao saw a ball of flame floating above Hua Changxi's palm. The flame was like a mouth, opening and closing, and the fire spiritual energy mixed with demonic aura within the Hot Spring Valley was being devoured by that flame.

Seeing Tong Yao arrive, Hua Changxi waved her hand, and the flame dissipated.

She had confirmed that by using the Ten Thousand Fires Returning to the Ancestor divine ability, even if she devoured fire spiritual energy containing demonic aura, it could be transformed into pure fire spiritual power for her to absorb.