The medicinal pool on Qingyun Peak, where Lu Qinglian’s Martial King Divine Physique rapidly absorbed the medicinal strength of various fire attribute heavenly materials and earthly treasures, her skin was impeccably white, her three thousand strands of hair overflowed with the light of flames.
Taking advantage of the enormous and pure medicinal strength of the medicinal pool, Lu Qinglian made a breakthrough to the realm of half-step Daluo Golden Immortal in one fell swoop.
The medicinal pool churned, and all of Qingyun Peak shook with it.
“Finally, half-step to Golden Immortal,” Lu Changsheng murmured as he opened his palm to reveal an eighteen-leaf golden lotus with golden petals that revolved slowly in the center of his hand.
The eighteen-leaf Merit Golden Lotus, a Merit Treasure, could be used for defense as well as for suppressing Qi Destiny.
This treasure was not corresponding to an eighteen-rank heavenly material and earthly treasure; it simply had eighteen golden leaves, hence it was called the eighteen-leaf Merit Golden Lotus.
Lu Changsheng estimated that this treasure, like the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, could grow more golden leaves as it accumulated merit.
Lu Changsheng had long wished to pass this Merit Treasure on to Lu Qinglian, but only those above half-step Golden Immortal could receive ultimate treasures and thus qualify for the disciple reward return of the system.
Since the Merit Golden Lotus was a treasure of merit, the return would certainly be extraordinary.
After Lu Qinglian absorbed all the medicinal strength, her aura underwent earth-shattering changes.
She rose from the medicinal pool, having finally become a half-step Daluo Golden Immortal.
“Lian, come to your master’s cave dwelling,” Lu Changsheng called.
“Yes,” she replied.
“This is a Merit Treasure, whose limit even your master does not know,” he said to her.
Lu Qinglian arrived at Lu Changsheng’s cave dwelling, where he handed her the Merit Golden Lotus, passing on the Merit Treasure to her.
Lu Qinglian took the Merit Golden Lotus, and she couldn’t let go of the treasure.
“Hmm?”
Lu Qinglian felt a warmth at her chest as the eighteen-leaf Nirvana Flames Red Lotus appeared on its own, complementing the Merit Golden Lotus.
“Could this be a set of treasures?” she wondered.
Seeing the similar aura between the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus and the Merit Golden Lotus, Lu Changsheng suspected they might be part of the same set of treasures.
[Ding, you rewarded your disciple Lu Qinglian with the ultimate treasure “eighteen-leaf Merit Golden Lotus” and received a million-fold return reward from the disciple apprenticeship: the ultimate Holy Artifact “twenty-four-leaf World-Ending Black Lotus.”]
Inside Lu Changsheng, a twenty-four-petaled black lotus emerged, radiating an overwhelming Demonic Qi, and the Inner World within him shook.
A treasure from the Demon Sects?
Lu Changsheng was surprised; he had given away a Buddhist Merit Treasure, the Merit Golden Lotus, and in return, he received a treasure from the Demon Sects.
However, it might not be strange, considering that World-Ending Black Lotus could be part of the same set as Nirvana Flames Red Lotus and Merit Golden Lotus.
Demon Sect treasures could be used by Lu Changsheng as well.
Lu Changsheng infused True Qi into the World-Ending Black Lotus, inscribed his mark, and refined it as his own treasure.
“Use one opportunity for combat simulation,” he said.
Lu Changsheng employed the battle simulation function of the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator.
The simulated scene was set in Accumulated Thunder Mountain, against the King of Chaos, whom he had already defeated.
Lu Changsheng activated the World-Ending Black Lotus with all his might.
The sky was shrouded in Demonic Qi as the World-Ending Black Lotus shone with a black light, a pillar reaching to the heavens.
The black light from the World-Ending Black Lotus absorbed the True Qi and Qi Destiny of the King of Chaos.
“What a strange treasure,” Lu Changsheng remarked, encountering such a Demon Sect treasure for the first time.
The World-Ending Black Lotus could even plunder the Qi Destiny of the opponent.
The King of Chaos was still a formidable foe; even using the World-Ending Black Lotus along with the seventh level sword intent of the Sword Scripture of the Divine King and the Divine Skills of Law of Heaven and Earth, it took a great deal of time for Lu Changsheng to kill the King of Chaos.
It was much quicker than last time, which took an entire day and night to kill him.
Lu Qinglian had also refined the Merit Golden Lotus.
As usual, Lu Changsheng initiated the Power-infusing Initiation for his disciple.
[Ding, you transmitted 500,000 heavenly cultivation to your disciple Lu Qinglian, who actually received 80,000 heavenly cultivation. You received a hundredfold return reward from the discipleship: 8 million heavenly cultivation.]
The system returned a massive amount of nature’s spiritual energy, which was voraciously devoured by the Earth Scripture and the Nameless Ancient Cauldron within him, leaving only 4 million heavenly cultivation worth of spiritual energy for Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng had grown accustomed to the thieving ways of the two mysterious treasures.
Fortunately, there was plenty of returned cultivation.
It’s a pity that he could not transfer Hongmeng Purple Qi to a Half-Step Great Luo.
Suddenly, Qingyun Peak shook again.
However, this tremor did not stem from a breakthrough, but from the outside.
“An enemy is attacking,” Lu Changsheng realized, detecting several extremely powerful auras approaching Mount Shu.
Among them, Lu Changsheng was very familiar with three auras — those of the Blood Demon Ancestor, the white-haired man from the Candle Dragon Clan, and the Sect Master of Divine Lightning Sect!
“Why have these three come?” he wondered.
Lu Changsheng recognized the newcomers even before stepping outside.
The cultivation of these three was no less than that of the King of Chaos.
One opponent was manageable, but three at once meant Lu Changsheng was uncertain if he could face them all alone.
Moreover, it was not just the three familiar faces; other elders from the Blood Sea Palace and Divine Lightning Sect also came.
“Master?” Lu Qinglian looked at Lu Changsheng, her face clouded with worry.
She was aware that this invading enemy was extraordinary.
Yet Lu Changsheng was neither rushed nor flustered; he had just set up the Eight Desolation Dragon Fire Divine Formation not long ago, and it was an excellent opportunity to test the power of the formation.
Lu Changsheng, accompanied by Lu Qinglian, left the cave dwelling. The elders and disciples of Mount Shu were already facing off against the incoming powerhouses from Divine Lightning Sect and the Blood Demon Ancestor in the sky above the main peak.
The elders of Mount Shu were like soldiers at battle stations, sweat drenching their brows.
With an onslaught of numerous powerhouses from Divine Lightning Sect and Blood Sea Palace attacking Mount Shu, their cultivation was at least at the starting level of Earth Immortals.
Just as Mount Shu was beginning to prosper, it faced the brink of annihilation.
“Grandmaster Tailin, last time you managed to escape by luck, and now you have hidden in this place. And it’s called Mount Shu too? Quite a nostalgic name; it shall be a fitting site for your grave,” declared the Blood Demon Ancestor, his eyes aglow with blood as he surveyed Grandmaster Tailin.