Dominator Emperor

With that, Li Qiye took out the Key of the First Evil Tomb and slowly opened it. In this instant, the item was as authoritative as an Emperor’s Holy Decree.

Neither the Soldier Guard Tree, nor the Ten-Change Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass that now resembled a Flying Dragon, nor the Ginseng Ancestor spoke another word. They all stared at the Key of the First Evil Tomb in Li Qiye’s hand. Finally, the Soldier Guard Tree simply snorted and said no more.

Without a doubt, the Soldier Guard Tree and the others had permitted Li Qiye to use the Medicine Field before them.

“Then I thank you. I’ll just be doing some Cultivation here, so please don’t mind me. You can all carry on.” Li Qiye sat down cross-legged with a smile. After speaking, he took out the Ten Thousand Furnace God.

BUZZ! The moment the Ten Thousand Furnace God appeared, it instantly transformed into a giant toad, spewing forth blazing flames. It was like a hungry wolf laying eyes on a flock of lambs. The Ten Thousand Furnace God glanced at the Ginseng Ancestor, then at the Ten-Change Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass, and then at the Reincarnation Celestial Soul Vine… it looked ready to pounce and devour these Immortal Herbs and Immortal Elixirs.

“Ten Thousand Furnace God!” At this, the Ginseng Ancestor, the Ten-Change Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass, and the other Immortal Elixirs all erupted with a monstrous aura, as if one Great Sage after another was descending upon them.

Unquestionably, these Immortal Elixirs held no goodwill toward the Ten Thousand Furnace God. The reason was simple: the Ten Thousand Furnace God had devoured far too many Spirit Herbs and Immortal Elixirs. It had even devoured Medicine Kings as if they were mere carrots. An existence like it, having consumed a sea of Spiritual Medicine and Immortal Herbs, was the absolute enemy of the beings before them.

“Easy now, easy. We must all coexist peacefully.” Li Qiye immediately held back the provocative Ten Thousand Furnace God and said with a laugh, “We’re not here to eat Immortal Elixirs. We’re here to do some Cultivation.”

Pacified by Li Qiye, the Ten Thousand Furnace God refrained from pouncing. Li Qiye patted it and said, “You’ve eaten too many Spiritual Medicines and Immortal Herbs. You don’t need to eat any more. What you must do now is refine all the Essence of Spiritual Medicine within you, let it all truly fuse together, and make your Medicine Treasure a truly supreme one. Otherwise, consuming any more Immortal Elixir Spirit Grass will be a complete waste.”

Since time immemorial, the Ten Thousand Furnace God had devoured an unknowable amount of Spiritual Medicine and Immortal Herbs. Furthermore, its diet was too varied and the quantity too immense. Although it possessed a world-shocking Medicine Treasure, the essences within it could not fully integrate. This prevented its Medicinal Power from reaching the level of an Immortal Elixir, let alone a True Immortal Medicine.

“This Medicine Field is a work of Seizing Heaven’s Creation, an incredibly rare opportunity. I brought you here to cultivate for the sole purpose of refining the Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines inside you,” Li Qiye said, patting the Ten Thousand Furnace God reassuringly.

Finally, soothed by Li Qiye, the Ten Thousand Furnace God transformed back into a Divine Furnace and crouched beside him. It had clearly heeded his counsel.

The Ginseng Ancestor and the Ten-Change Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass, along with the other Immortal Elixirs, let out a cold snort, turned, and left the Medicine Field. To them, the Ten Thousand Furnace God was an enemy. Since it was staying, they were unwilling to remain in its presence and chose to temporarily withdraw.

Li Qiye also sat down and said to Lan Yunzhu, “You should sit and cultivate as well. This Medicine Field is absolutely unparalleled; an opportunity like this is hard to come by. You can use it to nourish your True Destiny and Dao Foundation. It will be of great benefit. If you don’t wish to stay, you’re free to explore the surroundings.”

With that, Li Qiye closed his eyes and opened his Life Palaces. A series of rumbles echoed as they opened one after another. Li Qiye’s True Destiny emerged, his Dao Foundation appearing like a Star River. Then, with a long cry, the Dao Foundation transformed into a sky-blotting Chaos Kunpeng.

BOOM! A deafening blast erupted. Li Qiye’s Life Palaces instantly formed a kingdom, and his Earth Vein Root seemed to sink deep into the Medicine Field. Like a whale devouring the sea, the Earth Vein Root began to madly absorb the field’s Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi. In a short time, the entire kingdom of his Life Palaces was saturated with it.

BOOM! In that instant, the True Destiny commanded the Dao Foundation. The Chaos Kunpeng reverted to a Star River coiling around the True Destiny. Then, like a great whale, the True Destiny devoured the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi that had been refined by the kingdom of Ten Palaces. In a flash, the essence qi completely submerged both the True Destiny and the vast Dao Foundation.

The rumbling was incessant. Li Qiye’s Life Wheel emerged, and his Blood Qi billowed forth, pouring into his Dao Foundation like a great river. At the same moment, his Moon Vortex Yang Wheel Technique began to frantically draw upon the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi. Like a giant millstone, it ground the essence qi and his Blood Qi together, fusing them into one. This new mixture was then used to nourish his Dao Foundation and True Destiny. Instantly, Li Qiye’s True Destiny burst forth with an incomparably brilliant radiance.

Li Qiye had already undergone refinement from the Heaven and Earth Primordial Liquid, so his physique, Dao Foundation, and True Destiny could already be described as perfect.

However, Li Qiye was now using this Medicine Field for another round of refinement. Having opened ten Life Palaces, he needed superior conditions to temper his True Destiny Dao Foundation. Only a refinement of this caliber could unlock his limitless potential. Only this would give him a real chance to open an eleventh, a twelfth, and perhaps even the legendary thirteenth Life Palace.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM— At this moment, the Ten Thousand Furnace God also began to spew an endless stream of Essence Fire. Its Medicine Treasure materialized—a boundless expanse resembling a vast sea, filled with an indivisible mass of the Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines.

Lan Yunzhu couldn’t help but be shocked by the sight. ‘So much Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines… Just how many Spiritual Medicines and Immortal Herbs has this Furnace God devoured?’

With a long cry, Li Qiye’s Dao Foundation transformed into a Chaos Kunpeng and soared forth. The Kunpeng plunged into the vast sea of the Ten Thousand Furnace God’s Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines, and in that instant, it transformed into a Heaven and Earth Cauldron. Li Qiye’s Dao Foundation then began to frantically perform Refinement on the furnace god’s essence.

His True Destiny drove the fused essence of Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi and Blood Qi to submerge the Ten Thousand Furnace God, refining it again and again. For a time, the Laws emanating from Li Qiye’s body cascaded down like a Celestial Waterfall. The Ten Thousand Techniques circulated, tempering both him and the furnace god.

Li Qiye and the Ten Thousand Furnace God had entered a symbiotic state. Li Qiye was using the Medicine Field to refine the furnace god, while the furnace god’s vast Essence of Ten Thousand Medicines nourished Li Qiye in return. They were mutually reinforcing one another.

Seeing that Li Qiye had entered a state of Meditation, Lan Yunzhu followed his example, sitting down cross-legged. She opened her own Life Palaces and began to use the Medicine Field’s Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi to refine her True Destiny and Dao Foundation.

Within the Medicine Field, a green mist lingered as the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi was drawn in and expelled in a ceaseless cycle. This place was more than a simple Medicine Field; it was a plot of supreme soil. This was precisely why beings like the Ginseng Ancestor and the Ten-Change Dragon Silkworm Soul Grass chose to absorb the essence qi here.

Lan Yunzhu absorbed the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi to refine her True Destiny Dao Foundation. As the essence qi flowed endlessly, her Dao Foundation transformed into an Ancient Star River, her Celestial Mandate cycling for eternity.

Lan Yunzhu possessed a dual saint aptitude—a Holy Destiny and a Holy Wheel. Her talent could be considered the pinnacle, so she refined the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi at an incredible speed. After an unknown period, her True Destiny became dazzling, wreathed in Divine Chain Laws. At this moment, her Great Dao resonated in harmony, as if the Heaven and Earth Ten Thousand Paths themselves had drawn infinitely near.

After an unknown amount of time, Lan Yunzhu finished her cultivation and slowly opened her eyes. She felt as if her True Destiny had become a Flying Immortal. Having been refined by the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi, both her Dao Foundation and True Destiny had ascended to a new level.

As someone with a dual saint aptitude, her True Destiny and Dao Foundation were already nearly perfect. This second refinement with the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi allowed her to achieve a new level of sublimation.

As Lan Yunzhu opened her eyes, she instantly felt an immense and boundless power permeate the area. This power was majestic, filled with the presence of the Righteous Dao. As it spread, it felt as if the entire power of the Nine Realms was converging on this single point.

Lan Yunzhu immediately turned to look. The source of this boundless, infinite power was none other than Li Qiye. He was no longer refining his True Destiny and Dao Foundation with the Heaven and Earth Extreme Essence Qi; his session was complete.

Even the refinement of the Ten Thousand Furnace God was complete, and Li Qiye had already put it away.

Yet, Li Qiye remained seated majestically in the Medicine Field, his expression solemn. Above his head, his Life Palaces drifted, forming a kingdom and manifesting the Dao.

“Eleven Life Palaces!” Lan Yunzhu’s expression changed drastically as she stared at the palaces above Li Qiye’s head and exclaimed in shock.

Before this, Li Qiye had Nine Stars and Ten Palaces. Simply having ten Life Palaces was already a shocking feat. Nine is the limit, but ten represents perfection. A person with ten Life Palaces was considered a heaven-defying talent, someone destined to become a Celestial Venerable!

And yet, Li Qiye now possessed eleven Life Palaces. He had actually managed to open another one while refining his True Destiny Dao Foundation.

“Eleven… a miracle for the ages!” Lan Yunzhu murmured, deeply moved as she gazed at the eleven Life Palaces.

Although eleven was only one more than ten, this was no simple numbers game. Even for a heaven-defying talent with the makings of a Celestial Venerable, opening another Life Palace after achieving ten was an almost impossible feat. That was why eleven Life Palaces had always been hailed as a miracle for the ages!

Thus, successfully going from ten to eleven Life Palaces was truly a miracle unseen since the dawn of time. Legend had it that the number of people throughout history who had accomplished this could be counted on one hand. Some even believed the total number was no more than three.

KACHA— However, while Lan Yunzhu was still reeling from the shock of Li Qiye’s eleven Life Palaces, a cracking sound came from his Mud Palace Acupoint. It sounded as if something was being chiseled open from within, or perhaps like something breaking through soil.

“He’s opening the twelfth Life Palace!” Lan Yunzhu instantly realized what was happening, and her face went pale. This time, she was genuinely terrified. ‘Twelve Life Palaces! How terrifying is that?!’

A saying circulated among Cultivators: “Eleven is a miracle for the ages; twelve secures the Immortal Emperor’s throne!” This meant that while a person with eleven Life Palaces was an eternal miracle, a person with twelve… the title of Immortal Emperor in this era would belong to them and them alone! In fact, throughout all of history, no one had ever heard of anyone successfully opening a twelfth Life Palace!