Approaching the mesmerizing Formation patterns, Li Mu didn't rush to enter the Formation. With careful caution, he waved his hand, summoning a Clone Puppet from his nine storage spiritual pearl.
Li Mu's Divine Thought attached to the Clone Puppet, controlling it to slowly step into the Formation. As the Clone Puppet entered the Formation, the attached Divine Sense immediately became disoriented and confused, quickly getting lost.
Li Mu frowned. Even with his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation and a third-level Star God Chapter of the Star Map Contemplation Method Divine Thought, he couldn't resist the Illusion Formation's captivating power. This Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's achievements in Formation were far beyond his capabilities.
During his Nascent Soul Tribulation, his Sea of Consciousness was tempered by the Purple Heaven Divine Destruction Lightning, expanding his Sea of Consciousness and gaining a large amount of star source. With the addition of these star source, after exhausting all free attribute points, Li Mu successfully raised his Star Map Contemplation Method - Star God Chapter to the third level.
His Nascent Soul Primordial Spirit was greatly enhanced, and his Divine Thought far surpassed his Divine Sense when in the Divine Soul state.
However, even so, when his Divine Thought attached to the Clone Puppet and entered the Illusion Formation, the Illusion Formation's power still repelled the attached Divine Thought.
It seems that to enter this Immortal Cave, I have to take the risk myself!
After the Clone Puppet's recent probing, the Illusion Formation displayed powerful subversive illusionary power, but there was no killing intent. Li Mu, holding the Formation plate core of this Immortal Cave's Illusion Formation, should not fall into the Illusion Formation as he did just now!
Li Mu took a deep breath, condensing powerful Spiritual Qi in his hand, and decisively activated the Formation plate, stepping into the Illusion Formation passage while holding the Formation plate.
Li Mu's Formation plate vibrated violently, releasing a powerful Formation force, like a giant stone dropped into a deep pool, causing ripples to spread in all directions.
As this powerful Formation force spread, the powerful Illusion Formation power disintegrated, and a flat passage slowly appeared before Li Mu.
Li Mu's Divine Thought swept, and the scene beyond the passage instantly appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.
Before, his Divine Thought felt like it was deeply mired in mud, powerless and sluggish. At this moment, all Restrictions were gone, and the entire Immortal Cave was open to Li Mu.
Li Mu's eyes lit up, and sensing no danger, he flew in, passing through the Immortal Cave's protective Formation area in one go.
Soon, the scenery before Li Mu changed abruptly.
The originally dark and damp passage, filled with the stench of decaying remains, now became filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, and abundant Spiritual Qi.
Beyond the soft sand and stone, there was a lush green grassland and verdant ancient forest. Several large mountains stood in front, with a magnificent palace on one of the mist-shrouded mountains.
Under his Divine Thought, Li Mu discovered many rare Spirit Beast. Looking out, the vegetation was lush, and Spirit Fruit and Spiritual Plant were everywhere.
It was simply like an Immortal's blessed land.
Not only that.
The air was also filled with dense Spiritual Qi, hundreds of times stronger than outside.
Even ordinary Mortal, living here, could prolong their life and be free from all diseases.
With a little careful sensing, one could discover that the palace Immortal Cave in front actually emitted a powerful Spiritual Pressure, and it was actually a Heaven-Cave Spirit Treasure.
Li Mu's pupils contracted, and his eyes appeared in Yin and Yang states. He quickly cast his Heavenly Talent - Yin and Yang Twin Pupils, staring intently at the palace mansion's situation.
Painting World Treasure Mansion
Grade: Seventh-tier Heaven-Cave Spirit Treasure
Characteristics: Variable size, imprisonment of enemies, Spirit gathering (forms an inner Small World), thousand acres of Spiritual Plant fields, essence devouring and spirit refining.
Status: Spirit Domain self-formed, Five Elements self-formed, Spiritual Qi leaking.
Refined from Xuan Mother Divine Stone, Myriad Flower Divine Marrow, Ethereal World Stone, and eighth-tier Dao weapon fragments with eight-fold Heavenly Fire. This Spirit Treasure forms its own Small World, consumes massive Spiritual Items, produces a hundredfold Spiritual Qi, can lure enemies into a world, suppress cultivation, seal and seize essence, and refine their spirit.
Soon, under his Talent Divine Power - Identify Myriad Spirits, all the attributes of this Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure appeared on the character's virtual frame.
Li Mu couldn't help but tremble, unable to believe the scene he was seeing before his eyes.
He never thought, never thought that Celestial Evolution Divine Lord actually possessed a Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure, and even used a Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure as his Immortal Cave.
Li Mu's heart pounded.
The attributes of that Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure were too powerful. Li Mu's cultivation came from farming, cultivating various Spiritual Plant and acquiring Spiritual Plant to grow stronger. However, suitable spiritual mountains were very difficult to find, and most of them already belonged to someone. Otherwise, Li Mu wouldn't have had to live in anonymity in Qingxuan Sect for so many years.
Moreover, if a large area of Spiritual Plant were planted on a certain spiritual mountain, Li Mu would have to watch over the Spiritual Plant day and night and could not leave easily.
If he had a Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure, the situation would be completely different.
Planting Spiritual Plant in the Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure, if Li Mu encountered any difficulties in the future, he could directly take the Heaven-Cave Magic Treasure and escape, no longer having to worry about the spiritual mountain being invaded, Spiritual Plant being damaged, and all his efforts going to waste.
He must find a way to obtain this Heaven-Cave Spirit Treasure!
Li Mu's eyes were burning with desire, wishing he could immediately fly forward and refine that Heaven-Cave Treasure.
However, Li Mu had always been cautious. Before he could confirm if there were any other unknown dangers in this Immortal Cave, he would not act rashly.
After crossing the protective Formation area, Li Mu immediately turned around and reactivated the core Formation plate, opening the Immortal Cave's protective Formation to prevent other Cultivator from following him into this Immortal Cave.
Li Mu wanted to ensure that this Immortal Cave belonged exclusively to him.
After reactivating the protective Formation, Li Mu continued to explore the Immortal Cave.
Currently, other than some rare Spirit Beast, Li Mu had not yet discovered any potential dangers after entering this Immortal Cave. However, when exploring the Immortal Cave of a Transformation God cultivator, no amount of caution was too much.
Li Mu summoned a group of Puppet spiders, scattering them in all directions, and slowly exploring towards the palace Spirit Treasure on the mountain.
Soon, Li Mu's Divine Thought, attached to each Puppet spider, made an unexpected discovery.
One of the Puppet spiders discovered a Spiritual Plant garden on the mountainside. In the center of the garden was a circular fountain, with Spiritual Spring water gushing out. Around it was a thick layer of black mud, where various plants were growing: ginseng as thick as radishes, colorful lotus flowers in the spring, vermilion fruit trees… various exotic flowers and plants competing for beauty.
"A five-hundred-year-old golden origin Blood Ginseng, a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Bodhi Spirit Flower, it's actually a fifth-tier Spiritual Plant - Seven-Colored Primordial Lotus, and they're all ripe! ..." Li Mu's eyes sparkled with various colors. He knew the high-grade Spirit Medicine in that medicine garden like the back of his hand, and his heart was filled with emotion.
For so many years, Li Mu had been cultivating various Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant. However, apart from the necessary Five Elements Spiritual Plant, Yin and Yang Spiritual Plant, Wind Spirit Grass, Emerald Spirit Fruit, and heavenly phoenix grass, these low-grade Spiritual Plant, he had no energy to care for other Spiritual Plant and Spirit Medicine, and he hadn't truly succeeded in cultivating them.
Some mature Spiritual Plant were harvested early because he needed to obtain the Spiritual Plant light clusters. Li Mu had never seen so many mature Spirit Medicine before. For a moment, he was overjoyed at the sight of the hunt and even forgot himself, wishing he could harvest a batch immediately to see what Spiritual Plant attributes these many Spiritual Plant could provide him.
However, since they weren't Spiritual Plant he had cultivated himself, these high-grade Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant couldn't provide Spiritual Plant light clusters.
Li Mu gave up his focus on the Spirit Medicine garden, controlling the spider Puppet group to continue exploring this spiritual land, moving towards the central palace Immortal Cave.
Soon, the spider Puppet made an unexpected discovery.
Li Mu's expression sank, staring ahead, feeling a sense of hostility locking onto him.
Li Mu took a deep breath, completely unafraid. Once he entered a treasure mountain, there was no way he would return empty-handed.
Li Mu stretched out his hand, summoning five fifth-tier Five Elements Spirit Sword from his nine storage spiritual pearl, standing in mid-air.
Suddenly, the ground in front surged, and in an instant, sand and stones flew.
A colossal creature abruptly rose from the ground.
Dozens of zhang tall, completely black, with bright black and gold fur, a giant Ape rapidly grew, revealing its figure.
It pounded its chest with both fists, making loud thumping sounds, and let out a heaven-shaking roar, shaking the heavens and earth.
A visible shockwave charged towards him.
Li Mu frowned slightly, and with a flick of his sword finger, the approaching shockwave dispersed instantly.
Nascent Soul Peak?
This Spirit Beast's strength had already reached the fifth-tier Peak, which was equivalent to a human Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage Peak.
"How dare you trespass into the Divine Lord's Immortal Cave! I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise, I will show no mercy."
Li Mu recognized the origin of this giant Ape.
It was a Green-Eyed Gibbon, which belonged to a highly talented and intelligent type among Spirit Beast, but was extremely difficult to capture.
To be able to grow to the fifth-level Peak was truly rare and valuable.
"I wish to meet Celestial Evolution Divine Lord."
Li Mu did not want to be an enemy of this mountain-guarding giant Ape.
"Hmph, a mere Nascent Soul True Lord, you don't have the qualifications! Take this punch!"
As soon as the Green-Eyed Gibbon finished speaking, it threw a heavy punch directly at Li Mu.
The punch wind was like a Dragon, stirring the airflow within several kilometers, forming a visible vortex.
Li Mu conjured the Five Elements Spirit Sword, which instantly merged into one, transforming into a several-zhang-long Five Elements Giant Sword, meeting the punch with a strike.
Using force to break force.
With a loud "boom," the giant fist and the giant sword collided fiercely in the air, instantly creating a heaven-shaking explosion.
A sharp shockwave swept through, and wherever it passed, the ground cracked inch by inch, ancient trees collapsed, and the world changed.
The surging Spiritual Qi, like actual blades, cut through the thousand-year-old, ten-thousand-year-old ancient trees, and the entire spiritual land suffered in an instant.
Li Mu stood in mid-air, unmoving, gazing in the direction of the palace Immortal Cave with a strange expression.
Just now, he faintly sensed a powerful fluctuation, similar yet not quite. However, Li Mu was sure that it was not the Transformation God cultivator - Celestial Evolution Divine Lord.
The Green-Eyed Gibbon, however, was shaken back seven or eight steps consecutively. With each step it took, the ground trembled non-stop.
It finally stopped retreating when it crashed into a small mountain not far away.
It looked up, filled with shock.
Looking at its own fist, it was already cut to the bone by the sword, with the white bone clearly visible.
So strong!
This human Cultivator was not old, and his cultivation had barely just entered the Early Stage of Nascent Soul True Lord. How could he be so strong?
Li Mu remained, standing against the wind, gazing at the Green-Eyed Gibbon, and warned, "Ape, do not be rude! Is your master here? Let him meet me. If you continue to be rude, don't blame me for being impolite!"
This Green-Eyed Gibbon was truly annoying. If they continued fighting, this spiritual land Immortal Cave would be destroyed. Li Mu wasn't sure if Celestial Evolution Divine Lord was still in the Immortal Cave, and rashly breaking into his Immortal Cave and injuring his mountain-guarding Spirit Beast was truly too impolite.
"If you want to see my master, defeat me first! Take another punch!"
The Green-Eyed Gibbon truly didn't believe in this evil. The strength and Physique of Yao Beast were inherently many times stronger than humans. At the same cultivation level, it didn't believe it couldn't defeat a human Cultivator of the same level.
Although it was injured now, its powerful Physical Body quickly healed the wound.
But having never suffered such humiliation for many years, the Green-Eyed Gibbon roared and charged forward.
Li Mu saw that the other party was still stubbornly unrepentant.
He no longer held back, forming the Five Elements Sword Formation, which was endless, and transformed into an even more powerful Five Elements Giant Sword with intensified Sword Qi.
Li Mu controlled his strength and swung the heavy sword out.
The Green-Eyed Gibbon charged with its fist, but felt its hair stand on end, and a terrifying and heart-palpitating sense of impending death appeared in its mind.
It wanted to dodge but it was already too late.
Just as the Five Elements Heavy Sword was about to strike down.
At this moment, the surrounding space went wild, and the next second, a giant muddy hand emerged from the ground, grabbing the Green-Eyed Gibbon and pulling it underground.
Behind, rocks surged, and a piece of ancient-looking metal about two zhang in size flew out, easily blocking the Five Elements Giant Sword.
Hmm?!
Seeing this, Li Mu quickly stopped and withdrew his sword move.
Li Mu looked at the cyan metal fragment in surprise, which contained a terrifying aura that oppressed the heart.
This is a seventh-tier Spirit Treasure?
"Fellow Daoist, please do not blame me. My mountain-guarding Spirit Ape has a perverse nature and is difficult to persuade. I hope you can be understanding."
A voice echoed through heaven and earth.
In the distant palace, golden light bloomed.
Immediately, a figure stood still in the air, stepping through the void.
He was dressed in simple white clothes, with silver hair, a benevolent face, and his hands clasped behind his back, with a faint white light emerging from his body.
"Your Excellency must be Celestial Evolution Divine Lord? Junior greets Divine Lord! I apologize for disturbing Senior's cultivation. I was too presumptuous."
Li Mu cupped his hands, looking at the other party with his Yin and Yang Twin Pupils, and immediately understood in his heart that this person in front of him was Celestial Evolution Divine Lord, yet not Celestial Evolution Divine Lord himself, but his external treasure body, possessing the might of a Divine Lord but none of the substance of a Divine Lord.
Perhaps, the true Celestial Evolution Divine Lord had already died many years ago.
Seeing Celestial Evolution Divine Lord in this state, Li Mu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was somewhat afraid of Celestial Evolution Divine Lord himself, after all, he had rashly sought out his Immortal Cave and injured his mountain-guarding Spirit Beast, which was truly extremely rude.
However, Li Mu had found the Formation plate of Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Immortal Cave, and seeing the 'Celestial Evolution Divine Lord' in this state now, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The Green-Eyed Gibbon's body, however, quickly shrank, instantly becoming ten zhang in size and hiding behind Celestial Evolution Divine Lord, looking at Li Mu with eyes full of fear.
Just now, it clearly felt the aura of death.
This person in front of him was not to be resisted.
"Indeed, it is I. Fellow Daoist, at such a young age, to possess such strength is truly rare. If you don't mind, please come to my Immortal Cave for a chat." Celestial Evolution Divine Lord stroked his beard and smiled, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes as he looked at Li Mu and cordially invited him.
"Then I shall trouble you!" Li Mu lightly nodded, following closely behind Celestial Evolution Divine Lord.
Immediately, the two flew through the air, heading towards the magnificent golden palace on the mountaintop.
The Green-Eyed Gibbon remained in place.
The next second, the ground that had been destroyed in the previous battle instantly returned to its original state, as if the battle had never happened.