Chapter 509: Enter the Core: Origin of Poison

Just one more li left, but I can't go any further.

What do I do?

There's a way!

He He Pingsheng now has two solutions.

First, continue sitting cross-legged and meditating on the rules of poison.

If I can advance further in the poison rules, break through one layer of Dao barrier, then I can pass through.

But this method has one major flaw: it consumes too much time.

Without twenty years of effort, don't even think about it.

The second option: Heavenly Gang Three Transformations.

"Heavenly Gang Three Transformations…"

He He Pingsheng muttered softly, and the divine power within his body shifted.

His combat power instantly tripled.

Poison resistance is a form of combat power.

Under the enhancement of Heavenly Gang Three Transformations, He He Pingsheng's poison resistance also tripled.

Charge forward!

The distance is closing.

One hundred zhang!

Fifty zhang!

Thirty zhang!

…

Boom…

He He Pingsheng finally reached the front of the divine tree.

The divine tree was like a mountain.

Close up, He He Pingsheng could even reach out and touch its bark.

This tree had grown for countless years, its surface riddled with countless hollows!

Any one of these hollows could be entered.

He He Pingsheng found a hole and plunged inside.

The next moment, something miraculous happened.

Inside the hollow of the great tree, there was not a trace of poison energy.

This…

The world before him was dim!

He He Pingsheng opened his eyes, and a golden light flashed within them.

At the same time, his spiritual sense extended outward.

He clearly saw the entire interior of the divine tree.

The center of the divine tree was hollow.

A massive tree, its trunk had rotted away for countless years; now the divine tree was held up only by its outer ring of bark.

Truly unimaginable.

"Whoosh…"

With no poison gas here, He He Pingsheng's spiritual sense was unimpeded; he leapt directly into the void.

From above, he observed the entire interior space of the divine tree.

He saw a glowing vortex.

The vortex was small, only about two zhang in diameter, yet within it radiated nine-colored divine light, expanding in concentric rings, illuminating the entire hollow cavity.

At the very bottom of the tree, in one spot, droplets of spiritual fluid dripped from within the bark, coalescing into a green amber at the base.

The amber was enormous, spanning dozens of zhang in diameter.

Upon the amber, countless mysterious Dao runes flowed and flickered—profound, obscure, and exquisitely arcane.

"This is…" He He Pingsheng felt a flicker of familiarity; he stepped forward and arrived at the green amber.

"Poison fluid… This is poison fluid?"

"No… This is… the origin of poison rules!"

"And it's a fifth-rank origin!"

"This…"

He He Pingsheng was utterly stunned.

He had previously obtained three origins in the Five Dragon Gully Secret Realm: ten-thousand-year ice marrow, fire crystal stone, and Saurauia Holy Fruit.

All were fourth-rank origins!

The Dao rules contained within them were all fourth-rank.

But now, this poison was fifth-rank, so its rule origin must also be fifth-rank.

"No wonder there was no poison gas inside the hollow!" He He Pingsheng breathed deeply, murmuring: "All the poison energy has been absorbed inward by the rule origin!"

This treasure must not be missed.

"Collect!"

He He Pingsheng directly sealed the poison rule origin into a ring.

Later, strengthen it with the Treasure Gathering Basin—it'll become top-tier material for body refinement.

Not only can it be used for body refinement, but also to comprehend rules and break Dao barriers.

Perfect!

After securing the poison rule origin, He He Pingsheng raised his head and gazed at the vortex radiating nine-colored light.

What is this thing?

He'd never seen anything like it.

Of course, he dared not enter it rashly.

What should I do?

Hmm… observe first, see if there's any pattern.

He He Pingsheng sat cross-legged in midair and began observing and meditating.

While observing, he also refined 【Heavenly Pine Mystical Yellow Dew】.

He had only refined two batches before—still too few.

In the hollow cavity of the great divine tree, He He Pingsheng refined spiritual fluid continuously for a month.

While refining, he also strengthened it.

Simultaneously, he observed the vortex for a full month.

But he observed nothing.

Because the vortex showed no change whatsoever.

It simply spun endlessly, emitting wave after wave of nine-colored divine light.

Its position remained fixed, its size unchanged.

To He He Pingsheng, the vortex resembled some kind of gap.

He had once swept his spiritual sense into the vortex.

It was useless—his spiritual sense was instantly shredded the moment it entered.

He He Pingsheng was unwilling to give up; he searched thoroughly within the hollow cavity of the great tree.

But there was nothing!

Within the tree's space, apart from the vortex and the continuously dripping poison rule origin, there was only countless rotting wood.

Nothing else.

He He Pingsheng crawled back out through the hollow and swiftly departed.

In half a stick of incense, he arrived beside Wang Dun.

"Younger brother, what's the situation inside?" Wang Dun looked at He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng said: "According to the map you gave me, once you enter this great tree, you reach the very core of the Master Tianji Absolute Land!"

"Inside are space origin and time origin!"

"But… there aren't any!"

He He Pingsheng shook his head.

"Impossible!" Wang Dun said: "Absolutely impossible!"

He He Pingsheng asked: "Where did you get this map? Could the information be wrong?"

"Impossible!" Wang Dun said firmly: "Younger brother… let me put it this way: I'll tell you my map was given to me by Heaven's Dao—do you believe me?"

He He Pingsheng snorted.

"Fine, it's not that I don't trust you—I can only trust my own map!" Wang Dun continued: "Tell me, what's really inside that tree?"

He He Pingsheng waved his hand and produced a large lump of poison rule origin. "Here—I got this!"

"Besides this, there's only a vortex emitting nine-colored light—it looks strange!"

"And then just a bunch of rotting wood!"

"I have nothing else!"

"So that's how it is!" Wang Dun frowned and said softly, "My map is definitely correct, younger brother. If what you say is true, then the primordial source of space-time must be inside that vortex!"

"Didn't you go in and take a look?"

He He Pingsheng shook his head: "No… I was scared, so I didn't go in!"

"Who knows what's inside that vortex?"

"Or maybe it leads to another world!"

"No!" Wang Dun said. "That vortex should be the gateway to the Ascension Passage—though I'm only guessing."

"As you just said, this thing is dangerous. Whether you go in or not, it's your decision!"

"No matter what you decide, I support you!"

"Think it over!"

Wang Dun looked at He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng nodded: "Alright… Brother Wang, don't rush. Give me one day—I'll think about it!"