Volume 1, Chapter 463 – Native Lifeforms

Between stretches of icy peaks sat a volcanic crater, wreathed in black smoke. Scalding magma flowed slowly within, accumulating boundless energy powerful enough to shatter heaven and earth.

Shi Lan sat cross-legged at the bottom of a magma lake. Before her, a crimson immortal flower rose and fell gently in the molten rock.

Strands of fire-aspect essence seeped out of the magma and sank deep into her body, tempering and refining her physique.

After a long while, Shi Lan slowly opened her eyes, parted her lips, and swallowed the crimson flower before her whole.

Vast energy exploded within her body, surging straight into her spiritual platform and flooding through every limb and bone.

This immortal herb had grown in a place of extreme yin, then transformed from utmost yin into utmost yang. It was of great benefit to the true fire within Shi Lan’s body.

Moreover, it contained a sliver of a law fragment born from the alternation of yin and yang, something of immense importance to Shi Lan.

The Heaven-Man Realm was itself a realm meant for comprehending laws and resonating with heaven and earth. Law fragments naturally nurtured by heaven and earth such as this could greatly shorten that process.

Her cultivation, which had gradually begun to stagnate, loosened slightly as well and started to rise once more.

After stepping into the Heaven-Man Realm, Shi Lan had keenly sensed that the speed of her cultivation progress had slowed. The swift, ever-changing pace of improvement she once enjoyed was steadily fading.

Now, several days had to pass before she could sense even the slightest bit of progress.

If she simply continued cultivating in this plain, uneventful way, she might need several years to bring the sixth level of the Yuqing Creation Art to the stage of great completion.

That speed was perhaps not slow, but compared with her previous cultivation speed, it was far inferior.

As she refined the herb, several days passed in the blink of an eye.

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Boom!

A tremendous roar rose from the depths of the earth. Dark-red magma erupted upward, carrying world-shattering energy with it, while countless brilliant rays streaked across the sky and scattered into all directions.

Shi Lan stepped out bathed in earthfire, treasure-light flowing across her whole body, scarlet divine radiance streaming through her hair. That single immortal herb had saved her at least half a year of bitter cultivation, and her spirit soul had recovered considerably as well.

If not for the message that had come from Qinglan, saying that Tushan Yuqi had harvested several more immortal herbs, Shi Lan might have remained in seclusion for several more days to consolidate her gains.

She truly was not skilled at searching for immortal herbs. Since she had the chance to build up more reserves, there was naturally no reason to let it pass.

At present, Tianbai had reverted to her true form and hidden herself in a remote mountain range. She was safe for the time being, so there was no need to rush to find her. There was still time to make another trip.

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The native lifeforms of this world were a kind of spirit beings born from fire-aspect essence.

After evolving over millions of years, they had already gained flesh-and-blood bodies, completely become a race of their own, and developed a civilization with intelligence.

Among them, the strongest had already faintly developed the rudiments of Emperor Dao within their bodies. One could say their physical bodies had already stepped into the Emperor Dao domain, lacking only the final step.

They knew little of the details of Huang Ze’s mausoleum, but they were innately hostile toward all outsiders.

The many Heaven Demons of the Divine Phoenix race had not progressed smoothly after entering this world.

They had originally assumed that, as members of the same Divine Phoenix race, entering the mausoleum of their own ancestor and obtaining the inheritance should have been theirs for the taking. Instead, they had run into obstacle after obstacle.

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First came human interference, then pursuit by the native lifeforms.

This world had been opened by Huang Ze, so these native lifeforms were naturally extremely sensitive to the blood of the Divine Phoenix.

It was as though there were no hiding places anywhere in heaven and earth. No matter where they were, these native lifeforms could find them in an extremely short time.

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Amid a chain of mountains, an angry river carved through cliffs and stone, surging downward with overwhelming force.

A single black halberd scar cut across the river, turning the rushing torrent into a waterfall that stretched ten thousand miles, opening up a bottomless canyon.

Tushan Yuqi sat blankly by the riverbank, her expression vacant. The footprint on her chest was still clearly visible.

In only a few short days, she had been robbed yet again, by the same method and the same person.

The only difference was that this time, even the six Heaven Demons at her side who were above the seven-tribulation level, together with the two demon grandmasters beside Qinglan, had failed to stop it.

Not only had they failed to spare her that humiliation, they had been looted along with her and stripped clean of everything they owned.

Qinglan stood expressionlessly not far away, her hands behind her back, fingers joined into a sword gesture as she slowly traced circles behind her, faint sword qi flickering at her fingertips.

Slightly unlike Shi Lan, she had developed killing intent toward Tushan Yuqi.

The Tushan branch of the fox clan held immense influence within the demon domain. Its clansmen were tied by marriage to many of the great demon races.

From what Tushan Yuqi had said earlier, the Tushan clan had already noticed the existence of the Lan Clan. In the future, they would inevitably become a hidden danger.

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She was on the verge of reaching the perfection of Spirit Transformation, and the great tribulation of Dao Union was close at hand. With tribulations pressing in from all sides, she could see almost no path to survival.

After a long while, the sword qi at Qinglan’s fingertips faded. She raised her head to look at the sky, her black eyes fathomless.

She did not want to die.

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Clang!

Blinding sparks lit up the night sky. In the void, the fire laws churned, layer upon layer, endless and unceasing.

Shi Lan stood in the void with her halberd in hand, her brows knit tightly.

Hundreds of figures surrounded her. Male and female alike, all had crimson skin, Dao marks on their foreheads, and rough, rugged features.

Leading them was a tall man, bare-chested, his body covered in mysterious patterns. He held a blood-red scythe more than three zhang long, his hair whipping like flames as he roared in an ancient tongue Shi Lan could not understand at all.

After leaving Qinglan’s side, Shi Lan had intended to find Tianbai, but before long, these people had fixed their sights on her.

They were the native lifeforms of this world, beings born from heaven and earth. Their understanding of the laws within this world was extraordinarily profound, and their battle strength was immense. Even Shi Lan found them rather troublesome.

A bloody battle with these beings offered her no benefit whatsoever, yet they seemed to possess some secret method that let them pinpoint her location, pursuing her without pause.

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After repeated harassment and pursuit, even a clay figure would have some temper left, much less someone like Shi Lan.

Boom!

The tall man stepped forward and swung the giant scythe in his hand. Blazing divine radiance tore through space, fierce and unmatched in power.

The hundreds of figures around Shi Lan charged as well, savage light flashing in their eyes.

A sharp light flashed through Shi Lan’s eyes. Her hair whipped wildly, her blood and qi billowed upward like beacon smoke, and the Scarlet Crow War Halberd in her hand swept out, tearing across the sky.

Puff, puff, puff!

The halberd-light knocked back the descending giant scythe and crashed into the crowd. Dozens of figures exploded in an instant, blood splashing across the heavens.

The blood of these beings seemed to contain some mysterious Dao resonance. Scattered through the void, it did not fall to the ground, but gradually merged together in midair.

The tall man let out a grief-stricken howl. Swift as thunder, he rushed forward again. A layer of blood-light ignited across his entire body, marks circulating over him as his aura surged explosively.

A resonance formed between him and the giant scythe. Suddenly, a woman’s murmur rang out through the void, obscure and indistinct, impossible to describe.

The moment she moved, Shi Lan went all out. She held nothing back, even opening the Qiongluo Realm and drawing upon the power of heaven and earth from deep within the land to bolster herself.

A complete major world, even if she drew out only one ten-millionth of its power, still possessed incomparable might.

Her already dragon-like, violent strength swelled yet again. The black war halberd came crashing down, as if it were about to rip apart the entire world.