Medical Sage

The crimson ancient tree clamped in the beak of the Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe was brimming with spirituality; even trapped in the divine bird’s mouth it was still violently struggling, its vast Power of Laws and Elemental Power twisting without cease, yet it still couldn’t break free from the Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe, as if it had met its natural nemesis.

After that, the Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe carried the Yaoxin Emperor Tree back to Chen Fei. That branch of the Yaoxin Emperor Tree finally fell into Chen Fei’s hand.

”Screech!” The Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe beat its wings and soared high, leaving the Yaoxin Emperor Tree behind before returning to Chen Fei’s Sea of Consciousness.

And seeing the Yaoxin Emperor Tree the Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe had left in his hand, Chen Fei naturally couldn’t hold back his excitement.

”This truly is heaven’s aid to me.” He’d originally been pondering what method to use to obtain this Yaoxin Emperor Tree, yet now the Divine Bird of the Celestial Universe had directly helped him, simple and brutal. Worthy of the legendary Dragon-Slayer Finch—simply formidable.

”This is the legendary Yaoxin Emperor Tree? Even a single branch is genuinely miraculous.” Clutching that Yaoxin Emperor Tree branch tightly, Chen Fei was deeply shaken. This was merely a piece of wood, yet it actually housed such terrifying Power of Laws and Elemental Power. No wonder then that a single branch could allow a Cultivator to break through to the Peak of Mystic Heaven Position.

”With this Yaoxin Emperor Tree, me breaking through to the True Monarch Realm should be practically guaranteed. Since that’s the case, let’s begin.” Muttering softly, Chen Fei gripped the Yaoxin Emperor Tree, fully drawing upon the power within it and began to push for a full-force breakthrough.

”Hm?” At the same time, almost everyone on the Hundred-Feet Yao Heart Imperial Tree furrowed their brows in unison, because they all felt that the Yaoxin Emperor Tree’s amplification of enlightenment had weakened. Was this… an illusion?

But no one spoke. This was everyone’s first time comprehending Dao beneath the Yaoxin Emperor Tree; they didn’t know the exact particulars. Perhaps this was just normal?

With faint doubt in their hearts, they once more sank into enlightenment and Cultivation.

The fear of the unknown made them all choose silence.

In this manner, time flew rapidly by.

More than ten days later, on the Hundred-Feet Yao Heart Imperial Tree, the extremely deep Void and profound tranquility, intertwined Power of Laws and Elemental Power, were shedding and transforming into an inconceivable fluctuation.

However, that fluctuation was enjoyed solely by Chen Fei alone.

Around the section of the Yaoxin Emperor Tree where he was comprehending and cultivating, all things manifested, life force surged, arising and perishing in cycles, revolving endlessly. Yet other places were not like this: some leaves were gradually turning yellow, some branches were beginning to wither.

”Why is there no effect?” After so many days of enlightenment, many people now had this question in their hearts, thoroughly puzzled.

Legend said the Yaoxin Emperor Tree could allow everyone to comprehend Dao and break through to the Peak of Mystic Heaven Position. But now that they were personally experiencing it, they felt it wasn’t quite as miraculous as rumored.

”So this is the so-called Yaoxin Emperor Tree?” Lul Shenze, a Mystic Heaven Position expert of one of the ancient clans, wore a gloomy expression, almost unable to hold back a torrent of curses. If he’d known beforehand that the Yaoxin Emperor Tree only had this much use, he would never have agreed to such a losing deal.

But now, saying anything was too late.

”Buzz!” Just then, a strange sound echoed. The man wearing an Evil Ghost Mask stood motionless upon the Hundred-Feet Yao Heart Imperial Tree, still as a boulder, yet his body suddenly blossomed with radiant light, illuminating the heavens, unleashing tremendous might that made all faces change.

”A b-breakthrough?!” Everyone’s pupils constricted, faces full of shock, nearly biting their own tongues. Could it be the Yaoxin Emperor Tree wasn’t ineffective, and it was they who hadn’t found the key?

Otherwise, why would that man break through?!

In an instant, among those who’d thought the Yaoxin Emperor Tree was useless or its effect poor, the atmosphere subtly shifted. The Yaoxin Emperor Tree’s fame was widespread; it was hard to imagine the Lone Emotion Ancestor would play tricks with it and deceive them. And now someone really had broken through.

Thus, there was only one explanation: either their talent was lacking, inferior to others, so enlightenment beneath the Yaoxin Emperor Tree was useless to them.

Yet which of them here wasn’t a person of status and reputation?

Who would be magnanimous enough to admit they were inferior to others?!

As a result, all the doubts these people had voiced were instantly erased.

No one said anymore that enlightenment beneath the Yaoxin Emperor Tree didn’t work, because if that comment accidentally implicated themselves, they would only make a complete laughingstock of themselves.

Clearly, none of them wished to see that scene occur.

Meanwhile, the Evil Ghost Mask man who’d just broken through was sensing his newborn strength, while a peculiar light flickered in his eyes as he murmured, ”Is this the power of the Yaoxin Emperor Tree? But why can’t I feel it, or is it just my illusion? This formless power is something I shouldn’t be able to sense, and instead it works subtly, imperceptibly…”

Obviously, he too was actually doubting the Yaoxin Emperor Tree’s effectiveness. Yet now that his breakthrough in Cultivation Level was right before his eyes, he couldn’t bring himself to doubt the Yaoxin Emperor Tree’s efficacy and could only subconsciously find excuses for it.

It wasn’t that the Yaoxin Emperor Tree had no effect, it was merely that they couldn’t clearly feel it, but the effect was still there. The fact that he was able to break through was a vivid ”example.”

But none of them could know that all of this was nothing more than coincidence. The main body of the Hundred-Feet Yao Heart Imperial Tree, its branch of the Yaoxin Emperor Tree, had long since been taken by Chen Fei, used alone. Naturally, they could no longer enjoy any effect.

As for why that Evil Ghost Mask man had broken through, to put it bluntly, it was just because he had good luck; it was his own achievement, the natural result of water overflowing the brim right at this moment…

”Boom!”

Suddenly, a vast Thunder Sea appeared in the sky, torrents of lightning flooding downward, thunderclaps surging like tides, shattering everything—terrifying to the extreme.

”Damn it, what’s this now, a Heavenly Tribulation? Someone else broke through?” Sensing that heavenly might, everyone’s expressions changed. After the True Monarch Realm, it was perfectly normal for a Heavenly Tribulation to appear when one’s Cultivation Level broke through. This completely dispelled their last doubts about the Yaoxin Emperor Tree.

One person breaking through might be luck, but two? It couldn’t possibly all be luck.

Quite a few faces twisted directly with jealousy. Why, why wasn’t it they who succeeded in enlightenment? Damn it!

”Boom!” A vast ocean of thunder, terrifying bolts crashing down, as if they were about to puncture human eardrums and shatter souls! This Heavenly Tribulation was simply terrifying, making hearts tremble and souls quake.

”Who? Whose Heavenly Tribulation is this, hurry up and get off the Yaoxin Emperor Tree.” At this moment even the Lone Emotion Ancestor had rushed back, face dark as he bellowed.

Even he felt danger from this Heavenly Tribulation. If the Yaoxin Emperor Tree were harmed, what then? The loss would be immeasurable!

Whoosh!

The next instant, a figure shot up into the air from that hundred-feet Yao Heart Imperial Tree, streaking away.

”It’s him, King Chen!” The moment they saw that figure, everyone’s pupils shrank. Before his breakthrough he had already been able to kill the Spear-wielding War King; if he continued to break through now… it was simply unimaginable.

Damn it, why is it him, why isn’t it us!?

Terrifying thunder filled every inch of space.

”Boom!”

A fearsome bolt of thunder fell, like world-ending lightning, the vast heavenly might making every face change.

”Scram!” But next, they only heard a faintly spat word—scram—and a gigantic palm appeared in the sky, slapping that first descending pillar of lightning to pieces in an instant.

”What?!” Everyone’s eyes narrowed, mouths hanging open, the shock almost beyond words.

”He actually has this kind of strength?!” All eyes were shaking, locking firmly onto Chen Fei. No wonder this man could kill the Spear-wielding War King—this strength was downright outrageous.

”Boom!”

Another surge of thunder poured down, incomparably blazing, and this time it completely buried Chen Fei. Bang! Rumble rumble… no one knew how many bolts struck his body, yet his figure didn’t move a hair, as if nothing had happened at all.

”Th-this, how is this possible?!” Everyone’s mouths gaped wide, like they could swallow an egg. That tide of thunder, in their eyes, would heavily injure even a Mystic Heaven Position Cultivator who went up against it, yet Chen Fei was actually fine?!

”A Spirit Artifact Level physique?” Only the Lone Emotion Ancestor seemed to have seen some clue, strange light flashing in his eyes as he muttered.

”Spirit Artifact Level physique?!” The crowd shuddered harder, shocked to the point of disbelief.

What did a Spirit Artifact Level physique even mean? As everyone knew, a Body Refining Cultivator was the most envied and the hardest to deal with, because compared to cultivators of the same realm, their fleshly bodies were too strong—you basically couldn’t beat them to death.

An Immortal Body, who wouldn’t envy that?!

At this moment, everyone looking at Chen Fei’s figure wore deep reverence on their faces, mingled with raw jealousy. In their eyes, a Spirit Artifact Level physique was basically equivalent to an Immortal Body.

Boom!

Rumble rumble rumble rumble…

The Thunder Sea once again came crashing down, obliterating all it touched. Boundless violet thunder surged like a tide—this was Purple Scorching Heavenly Thunder, the Supreme One among Primordial Core Realm thunder, incredibly terrifying. Yet no one knew this was merely a Minor Heavenly Position Primordial Core Thunder Tribulation for a breakthrough from the True Person Realm to the True Monarch Realm.

And still such terrifying thunder appeared.

In the distance, many people—such as Lul Shenze, the Thunder Venerable Valley Second Palace Master, and others—had all changed expressions, cold sweat streaming down the moment they saw that Purple Scorching Heavenly Thunder.

If this Heavenly Tribulation were theirs to shoulder, they would undoubtedly die.

”Boom!”

But just then, Chen Fei suddenly tore through the void, soaring upward. He stretched out his hand, and a vast violet-glittering palm slammed down onto that Lei Yun.

Heaven and earth shuddered. The terrifying sea of Purple Scorching Heavenly Thunder filling the sky exploded apart on the spot.

In an instant, everyone was dumbstruck.

”Is this guy really fucking human?!” Lul Shenze couldn’t help but roar, his face full of shock, a shock beyond words. So Chen Fei’s strength was actually this ferocious. So this was the heaven-defying combat power of the one who could kill the Spear-wielding War King?!

Looking again at the thunder tides in the sky, they had already quietly dissipated. After all, this was a Minor Heavenly Position Thunder Tribulation, so no matter how strong and terrifying, it still had limits.

After being blasted apart by Chen Fei’s palm, it seemed to gain some hint of sentience, and smoothly began to fade and withdraw.

At the same time, a golden radiance lit the firmament, shining down to envelop Chen Fei, suffused with an incredible, mysterious fluctuation.

”Heavenly Light of the Divine Sign?!”

The Lone Emotion Ancestor’s whole body trembled as he stared at that golden pillar of light in disbelief. In ancient historical texts he had once read that those with peerless talent, upon passing a trial, would receive rich reward from heaven and benefit endlessly.

And that rich reward was called the Heavenly Light of the Divine Sign. He had thought it fabricated, mere legend, never expecting it to actually be real?!