"Divine Wood…"
With the countless plants across the mountains serving as his eyes, Liu Bai rapidly searched every corner.
At the same time, he continuously used his ability to communicate with the True Spirits of plants, asking where the Divine Wood was most likely to grow.
Very soon, Liu Bai heard about a place called the Divine Phoenix Hall, said to have once grown an ancient Divine Wood known as the Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree.
According to legend, this Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree was birthed from the blood of the Phoenix bird. It possessed the same rebirth ability as a phoenix and emitted a mysterious "Purple Flame." Even if a person died, as long as their body was placed beneath the Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree and enveloped by the "Purple Flame," they could be revived within three days!
Of course, this was only legend. Liu Bai had certainly never seen the true Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree. In fact, not even the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy had seen it—they only knew the name.
Because the Phoenix Clan supposedly collected all Purple Phoenix Wutong Trees during ancient times, there were virtually none left in the outside world.
If he truly could find such a divine object, it would be a massive gain for Liu Bai.
The Divine Phoenix Hall sounded imposing, but its appearance was surprisingly ordinary. However, the ancient trees growing inside were extraordinary—maybe insignificant in the ancient era, but in the present day they were extremely rare spirit woods.
"This place is perfect for crafting Divine Wood Warriors…"
Liu Bai's eyes brightened.
The trees here were different from the Divine Spiritual Tree he had seen earlier. Once dug out of the ground, the Divine Spiritual Tree required an enormous amount of spiritual energy just to prevent it from withering.
The Divine Spiritual Tree that Mu Chen encountered in the original story was merely a few meters tall, its fruit count pitiful, clearly still in its infancy. Before the destruction of that era, its age was at most a hundred years—nothing compared to the one Liu Bai had seen.
After the destruction, the Divine Wood Palace's spiritual energy had greatly diminished. For a spirit species as demanding as the Divine Spiritual Tree, surviving tens of thousands of years was already miraculous, let alone continuing to grow.
Those few fruits must have been formed from tens of thousands of years' worth of accumulated spiritual energy!
Fortunately, Liu Bai's Space Ring had a large enough inner space, and the ancient trees he selected were all under a hundred meters tall. He barely managed to transplant four or five of them. Once he returned home, he would plant them in the Liu Family Manor—an added layer of protection for his clan.
As Liu Bai ventured deeper, he finally saw the true appearance of the Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree.
It was only about ten meters tall, its large heart-shaped leaves completely purple, and its surroundings covered in what looked like purple flames.
"So the so-called 'Purple Flame' is merely a flame-shaped emission of purple spiritual energy, not actual fire. I thought this Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree really possessed Phoenix Flames."
Although it wasn't as spectacular as he had imagined, Liu Bai could clearly sense the terrifying vitality contained within the Wutong Tree.
No wonder there were revival legends. If all of this tree's life force were channeled into someone's body, reviving flesh and bones would be nothing but a trivial matter.
"If I use this Divine Wood to condense the Wood Emperor Aspect of the Five Emperor Celestial Body, won't I basically become immortal?"
At that moment, Liu Bai suddenly realized something—though he currently lacked an invincible physical body, he possessed unmatched regenerative ability. And in the future, not just regeneration—he might even gain resurrection.
Wouldn't that make him practically unkillable?
"Heh, who would've thought—I unknowingly cultivated an 'Undying Body' already."
Mocking himself lightly, Liu Bai stepped directly toward the Purple Phoenix Wutong Tree…
This thing wasn't easy to transplant, but since what he needed was the tree trunk itself, he simply cut it down.
Branches, leaves, and roots were all collected—excellent forging materials, and possibly useful for the Five Element Set he had been planning.
After finishing everything, Liu Bai realized he had already gathered four of the Five Element Divine Objects:
Taiyi True Water
Haotian True Fire
Taiyi Spirit Gold
Purple Phoenix Wutong Wood
The only missing one was an earth-attribute divine object.
If necessary, he could travel to the Merchant Continent, which housed many treasures from across the Great Thousand World. Finding a suitable earth-type divine object there should not be difficult.
And the timing was perfect—he was about to meet with Jiu You, and on the way to the Skylaw Continent, he would naturally pass by the Merchant Continent.
Liu Bai actually felt that following Jiu You to the Skylaw Continent was a good idea. At the very least, he could once again kill enemies freely and earn experience points.
This expedition's harvest had already exceeded all expectations. Thus, when the one-month period ended, Liu Bai left the Ruined Continent without the slightest hesitation.
According to the rules, after exiting, he did not return directly to the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy but instead arrived at the Battle Realm.
This was the venue for the quarterfinal battles of the Spiritual Academy Tournament, connected to the Ruined Continent and the Five Great Academies.
Here, the five Academy Deans would inspect all the gains of the five students to prevent cheating.
Of course, though not useless, this procedure wasn't entirely effective. If someone wanted to hide something, there were always ways to escape such simple inspections.
Take Liu Bai for example—anything recorded by his Golden Finger, such as the Spiritual Condensing Bowl, was suppressed inside his Five-Spirit Disk within his dantian. Taiyi True Water and the Purple Phoenix Wutong Wood were stored the same way.
As for the ordinary items, none of them would catch the attention of Academy Dean–level experts.
However, the five Academy Dean's all showed odd expressions when they saw Liu Bai's Space Ring filled with towering ancient trees.
Liu Bai couldn't be bothered to explain and simply waited calmly.
"Seems like your harvest wasn't great this time, Liu Bai. Did you not dare explore the dangerous areas?"
From the Saint Spiritual Academy, the same black-robed elder as before spoke with mocking intent.
"Yeah, I just walked around a bit, admired the scenery, and came back…" Liu Bai said lazily, not even glancing at him.
The black-robed elder's face instantly darkened. This brat didn't bother hiding his disdain! He couldn't even pretend to be polite!
The other three Academy Dean's watched with their usual amusement. Out of consideration for the Saint Spiritual Academy's reputation, they restrained themselves from laughing out loud.
Liu Bai's performance here was indeed lacking, but he was still young—unable to hide his emotions was normal.
Dean Tai Cang used this same perfunctory excuse to give the Saint Spiritual Academy a way out, and then the five deans simply turned their backs and went home.
"You brat… you really don't hide anything. At least take out a few valuable items to placate them. Instead, you filled your ring with trees—aren't you telling them outright that you hid all your good stuff?"
Dean Tai Cang shook his head helplessly. But when he recalled Tian Sheng's expression upon seeing Liu Bai's Space Ring full of trees, he immediately felt refreshed.
"Well… Dean, if I said those trees weren't for show, but because I truly need them… would you believe me?"
Dean Tai Cang rolled his eyes.
"What do you think?"
Those ancient trees were indeed rare species, but aside from having lived for a long time, there was nothing particularly special about them. Such things existed even in the Northern Heaven Continent—why would he need to go all the way into the Ruins Continent to bring them out? Was he bored out of his mind?
Seeing this, Liu Bai could only shake his head helplessly. He never expected that even when he told the truth, no one would believe him…
"There's nothing else for now. You can rest for a while. In a few days, the new students of our Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy will be entering," the Dean said with a smile in front of the Academy's main hall.
"Let's see whether this year has someone like you—someone who arrives and instantly turns the entire Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy upside down."
Liu Bai smiled and replied casually, "There just might be. Dean, don't forget—this time our Academy has gathered quite a few terrifying new students…"
As the biggest winner of this Spiritual Road, the North Heaven Academy had recruited Luo Li, Yang Hong, and Qiu Beihai—three of the most monstrous geniuses. Besides them, Saint Spiritual Academy had Ji Xuan, Myriad Phoenix Academy had Wen Qingxuan, and Martial Spiritual Academy had the siblings Wu Ling and Wu Yingying…
Although the latter two were also monstrous, they were still inferior to the first group. Even so, being the direct descendants of the Martial Heaven King, their talent and strength were unquestionable.
The most unfortunate was naturally the Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy…
Their top genius Qiu Beihai had chosen the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, a devastating loss. Although several other Spiritual Road Kings entered the Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy this year, they still couldn't ease Dean Tian Song's resentment.
And this only strengthened his resolve to seek aid from the Wind Spirit Clan…
After returning to the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, Liu Bai didn't pay attention to the new students. He was more concerned about his own Sovereign Sea…
Although the Spiritual Condensing Bowl was a Divine Artifact, under the suppression of the Innate Five Spirit Disc, refining it was not difficult.
After all, it was a masterless artifact. Even a Divine Artifact could not resist a sovereign's refinement.
And once he refined the Spiritual Condensing Bowl, it meant that he would obtain all the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid inside it—judging by his estimation, there was easily more than one hundred thousand portions!
Such an amount… even the Nine Nether Palace of Jiu You probably didn't possess that much.
And these were all high-quality Sovereign Spirit Liquid. Using them for cultivation would yield even greater results.
It was time to open the Sovereign Sea.
Having decided, Liu Bai headed toward the only Eight-rank Spirit Gathering Array in the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy to cultivate. But the moment he checked his Spiritual Value token… all his Spiritual Values had already been drained clean by that woman Jiu You!
"I must say, the cultivation effect here is truly powerful. I've already reached the mid-stage of Fourth Grade Sovereign. With the Divine Beast Celestial Body, I can even fight a Fifth Grade Sovereign!"
Jiu You was clearly delighted. She never expected to enjoy such luxurious cultivation conditions here.
But Liu Bai's expression was pitch black. If possible, he wanted to drag the woman over and give her a solid beating… preferably on the fleshiest parts.
"Don't be mad. My becoming stronger is good for you too. Only with greater strength can I protect you when we leave."
"And it's just some Spiritual Value. When we return to the Nine Nether Palace, I'll use Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to support your cultivation. No matter how you calculate it, you're not losing anything."
At first, Jiu You's tone was a bit guilty, but halfway through she suddenly remembered that she was the one who would be feeding this freeloader in the future. Her chest instantly puffed out with self-confidence.
"We'll see…" Liu Bai curled his lips, clearly not believing her.
After all, having read the original story, he knew very well Jiu You's situation in the Great Heavenlaw Domain. By the time she returned, her Nine Nether Palace had nearly been devoured by others.
Who knew—maybe he would have to use his Sovereign Spirit Liquid to save her Palace too…
"You don't believe me? Fine! Just wait. When we get to the Nine Nether Palace, I'll show you the power of the Nine Nether King!" Jiu You was infuriated, grinding her teeth as she swore she would make this jerk look at her differently.
"Whatever. I'm going to ask the Dean whether he can make an exception and let me use the Spirit Gathering Array for free…"
Sure, he could earn spirit value, but if he could get it for free, why would he spend his own?
Dean Tai Cang did not refuse his request. After all, the "spirit value" system existed only to prevent students from developing lazy habits.
Maintaining a Eight-rank Spirit Gathering Array consumed a lot, but with the Academy's current foundation, it was more than manageable.
Besides, such array mainly drew upon Heaven and Earth energy on their own. If they relied solely on spiritual treasure consumption, the cost per second would reach astronomical levels—no Academy could sustain it.
However, since there was only one cultivation platform inside the Eight-rank array, once Liu Bai entered, Jiu You could not cultivate there. So she stayed beside him as protection, afraid that his lack of experience would cause him to make a mistake and cripple himself…
When Liu Bai sat down cross-legged, the dense spiritual mist in the surroundings immediately surged toward him, rushing in at an astonishing speed and pouring continuously into his body.
His mind sank inward. Torrential spiritual power roared into him, far faster than ever before. In just half an hour, his Qi Sea was completely filled to the brim with majestic spiritual power.
A stinging pain spread—that was his Qi Sea being pushed to its limit. But Liu Bai didn't stop. Instead, his spiritual absorption grew even more violent.
Spiritual energy flooded in madly, and the Qi Sea soon reached absolute saturation.
Next… he would shatter the Qi Sea and replace it with the Sovereign Sea!
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