Man is in the heavens, parasitic on the way

Chapter 120 Effects of Fruit

"This is?" A golden light flashed, and a figure shrouded in primal chaos walked out from the golden Willow Tree, then stepped out, entering Fang Ming's Cave Heaven World.

This figure was hazy, wrapped in primal chaos, appearing very mysterious.

Within the Cave Heaven, Fang Ming's figure manifested. His avatar's face was blurry, as if it had no real face.

Liu Shen stood before the verdant small tree, staring at it intently, her eyes showing worlds being born and extinguished, all heavens being opened, and endless Great Dao profundities emerging. She was deducing something.

"It has the characteristics of kun wood, but it is not kun wood..." After a long while, Liu Shen spoke with a hint of recollection, "It is also not the Immortal Medicine before the kun wood evolved into the world tree... It's very peculiar. It's not a world tree, but rather a type of Immortal Medicine with some characteristics of the world tree. It's extraordinary."

"Fellow Daoist truly has great skill!" Liu Shen looked at Fang Ming and said with emotion, "I remember when the world tree was intact, we also took branches from the world tree, planning to cultivate them again, attempting to obtain world tree seedlings or evolve them into Immortal Medicine..."

"Unfortunately, all attempts ended in failure. While not completely fruitless, the results were negligible," Liu Shen sighed.

As her strength recovered, she also recalled many past events.

Hearing Liu Shen's words, Fang Ming asked with some curiosity, "Why did it fail? Given Fellow Daoist's strength back then, logically speaking, it shouldn't have failed."

In the previous era, Liu Shen was a peak figure among Immortal King, immensely powerful. Opening up a Great Chiliocosm Universe was not an issue for her. Logically speaking, she shouldn't have failed.

"It wasn't a complete failure; we still harvested some divine wood," Liu Shen shook her head and said, "As for the specific reason for the failure, we didn't know either. The original world tree was already destroyed after the great battle. This kun wood was a spiritual root that later evolved from primal chaos."

"Although Immortal King are strong, there are countless hidden secrets in all heavens. We couldn't fully comprehend the profundities of the world tree back then. It's not just about supporting a realm; ordinary Great Chiliocosm Universe are difficult for a world tree to be born in," Liu Shen explained.

"In fact, it wasn't just us who failed; Immortal Domain also failed," Liu Shen paused, then continued, "Regardless of the realm, attempts to cultivate a new world tree from world tree branches all failed."

"World tree seedlings are either cultivated artificially by selecting Immortal Medicine or spiritual roots as a base and guiding them to evolve towards a world tree, or they are naturally born from a world tree itself," Liu Shen said.

"So that's how it is," Fang Ming nodded, having some guesses in his heart. He thought to himself, "Perhaps the mixture of returning yang true water and the green liquid from the palm heaven bottle produced a miraculous effect when used together. Of course, it's also possible that the kun wood's demise allowed the seedling to sprout..."

Then, Fang Ming pointed at the fruit on the top of the small tree and asked curiously, "Can Fellow Daoist tell what effect this fruit has?"

Liu Shen looked at the small tree and said, "In fact, the kun wood world tree back then also bore World Dao Fruits. Consuming them could directly allow a person to become Immortal, their effect even surpassing Heavenly Immortal Fruits and flat peach."

"This small tree possesses some characteristics of the world tree, so Fellow Daoist must have already guessed the effect of its fruit," Liu Shen said calmly.

Fang Ming nodded calmly, indicating that he did indeed have some guesses.

He wasn't entirely pretending to have guessed; he actually did have such thoughts.

Fang Ming hinted, "Presumably the effect of the fruit is not as good as the World Tree Dao Fruit."

"It's definitely somewhat inferior, perhaps even less effective than Heavenly Immortal Fruits and flat peach, only barely allowing someone to cross the threshold of Immortal Dao," Liu Shen nodded.

"That's still not bad. After all, it was only cultivated from a section of kun wood," The joy in Fang Ming's heart did not diminish in the slightest.

He was already very satisfied that the fruit could have such an effect. For him, it was the best possible outcome.

"Indeed," Liu Shen nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist's divine abilities are astounding. With such methods, being able to make this kind of Immortal Medicine grow quickly is truly remarkable."

As she spoke, she seemed somewhat lost in thought. In the previous era, there were also people in Nine Heavens and Ten Earths who could do similar things.

Wu Zhong Immortal King was proficient in the Great Dao of Time, with a deep mastery of 'End'. His great divine ability could make time flow rapidly, thereby achieving a similar effect.

Unfortunately, Other Realm broke through Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the Immortal King perished. Looking around, the old friends have already withered away.

Fang Ming shook his head and said casually, "I merely obtained some treasures by chance; it's not my own ability, so it's nothing to speak of."

"That is also Fellow Daoist's opportunity," Liu Shen shook her head, and her figure, veiled in primal chaos, dispersed with the wind.

"The main task now is to ripen the fruit, the more the better!" Fang Ming made a decision in his heart.

With a thought, his divine sense spread boundlessly, sweeping across the vast Desolate Region.

He remembered that there was something quite heaven-defying in the Fire Country ancestral land, called a 'Divine Mansion', which seemed to have the ability to regulate the flow of time.

Cultivating for a month in the Divine Mansion while only a day passed outside, a ratio of one to thirty, was already considerable.

This was something that cultivators in the Lower Realm could continuously refine.

Such a treasure was not even guaranteed to exist in the Upper Realm, truly heaven-defying.

Fang Ming was very curious whether the Divine Mansion truly possessed the ability to regulate Time.

If it were true, that would be heaven-defying. This would surely be an extraordinary creation.

The cultivation of the person who refined the so-called 'Divine Mansion' would not be too high, at most Divine Fire, or even just a Venerable.

This meant that there was a possibility of widespread use!

Even if it wasn't true, and only accelerated enlightenment or mental perception, it would still be a very good treasure, of great use to him.

"Just now, I observed Fellow Daoist's Cave Heaven World. It seems to be just a step away from breaking into another realm," Just then, Liu Shen's voice sounded. She said, "It just so happens that I have finished refining the Pumo King's remains. The remaining ball of undying True Immortal blood is of no use to me, so I will help Fellow Daoist!"

With her knowledge, she could naturally see the signs.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ming was pleasantly surprised and quickly expressed his gratitude, "Then I thank Fellow Daoist. I am indeed just a step away."

"You're welcome. I also want to see what achievements Fellow Daoist will make on this path," Liu Shen said with a hint of anticipation, "If the environment of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths recovers in the future, I hope this system created by Fellow Daoist can spread throughout this realm."

One of the reasons for the defeat of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths in the battle during the Immortal Ancient Era was that Other Realm had developed secret techniques and divine abilities specifically targeting the Dao seeds of this realm, effectively interfering with the so-called perfect seeds and affecting the supreme experts of this realm.

Having suffered losses in the early and middle stages, it was difficult to reverse the decline in the later stages.

In fact, whether it was the previous era or this era, although there were differences in the cultivation systems of cultivators, the fundamental foundation had not changed, as can be seen from the fact that after the Heavenly God realm, one could freely switch cultivation directions.

It was like different branches growing from the same tree!

The boundary between the present law and the Immortal Ancient law was not so clear; they could be considered different directions within the same system.

Unlike the Secret Realm system that Shi Hao would later create, which was completely different from the previous cultivation system.

The Five Great Secret Realm system and the current system are absolutely distinct, with no possibility of switching cultivation.

Essentially, the source of the current cultivation system is still Immortal Domain, created by those few individuals who almost broke through the Immortal King realm back then.

This is why the cultivators of this realm would lament that the current cultivation system has been thoroughly studied by Other Realm and requires change, requires new laws.

If the current system had only been created and popularized in this era, becoming what it is today, then no one in Nine Heavens and Ten Earths should have successfully passed the Immortal Ascension tribulation and achieved the True Immortal position by now.

The person who created the cultivation system must be a supreme figure, otherwise how could they create a cultivation system with universal applicability!

The Immortal Ancient law was created by several people working together, and those few people almost broke through the Immortal King realm.

Had it not been for the ancient palace on the Boundary Sea side taking action, leading to their demise, perhaps some of those individuals could have truly broken through the Immortal King realm.

Looking at how Shi Hao created the Five Great Secret Realm law, one knows that he only truly perfected the Five Great Secret Realm system after becoming a Red Dust Immortal, making it possible for later generations to cultivate the Secret Realm law without needing to take their body as a seed.

Even if the Secret Realm system is somewhat special, it is enough to prove that a system cannot be truly perfected before reaching the Immortal Dao realm; that is not realistic.

"This matter is still too early," Fang Ming said, "This path is still in its initial stages, and there is a long way to go before it is truly completed."

"The seed has been planted. With Fellow Daoist's ability, it will surely sprout and grow into a towering tree," Liu Shen said.

"Then I will accept Fellow Daoist's auspicious words," Fang Ming smiled. If he could truly perfect his own cultivation system, he would also be happy to spread it throughout the world.

As they spoke, space rippled, and ten drops of undying divine radiance flowing with five colors, like ten extremely brilliant five-colored precious pearls, appeared.

Instantly, an indescribable fragrance accompanied by unparalleled life force drifted and spread.

The ten drops of undying True Immortal blood that Liu Shen had refined from the Pumo King's remains drifted towards Fang Ming.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist," Fang Ming thanked her solemnly.

Ten Cave Heaven World appeared, steadily absorbing the ten drops of True Immortal blood into them.

Then he said, "Fellow Daoist, I still have some matters to attend to. I will take my leave now."

Just now, he had already discovered Shi Hao's whereabouts. He was currently in a certain hidden place in the Fire Country, cultivating within it.

"Fellow Daoist, please feel free," Liu Shen said calmly.

As her voice fell, space rippled, and the seed the size of a finger joint disappeared.

Somewhere in the Fire Country ancestral land, Shi Hao was walking aimlessly. He had already entered the middle stage of the Engraving realm and was contemplating the path of this realm.

He was thinking about how to refine divine radiance as he wished, to evolve all phenomena at will, divine radiance transforming into cauldrons, bells, and even Kun Peng, Nine-leaf Sword Grass... He wanted to condense the Kun Peng Law and the Grass Character Sword Technique, constructing the Kun Peng divine form with his own divine radiance, but he was stuck.

"How can I condense and evolve the Kun Peng Law into a Great Dao rune?" Amidst the swirling dust, Shi Hao muttered to himself.

"With your current Dao foundation, you cannot accomplish this," Just then, a familiar voice sounded in his ear.

Shi Hao looked in the direction of the voice and indeed saw something familiar.

A seed the size of a finger joint, like a miniature world suspended in the air, flowed with a mysterious aura.