78: Using phoenix blood as a guide, the divine tree descends.

Chu He’s voice was like a pebble tossed into a calm lake, sending ripples through the boundless sea of fire.

In the depths of the sea of fire, on a white bone island piled high with countless skeletons.

Several figures suddenly snapped their eyes open.

At their head was a youth wearing blood-red robes with an eerily handsome face. He looked to be in his early twenties, but his eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of time and an endless, sinister aura.

His cultivation was actually at the Late Nascent Soul stage, Great Perfection! He was only a single step away from Soul Transformation!

He was the peerless Prodigy of the Western Desert Demonic Domain who appeared only once in ten thousand years, the Saint of the Blood God Sect, Xue Wuya.

Beside him sat three Demonic Path giants of the Late Nascent Soul Stage, each possessing a fierce aura and soaring Evil Qi.

“He’s discovered us,” one armless old man said in a raspy voice.

“Hmph, so what if he has?” another burly man with a face full of tattoos snorted disdainfully. “A mere Middle Stage Nascent Soul, even if he has some tricks, could he possibly turn the world upside down?”

“Blood Son, should your subordinates go now to capture him and present him to you as blood food?”

Xue Wuya did not speak.

His sinister eyes pierced through the layers of the sea of fire, gazing at Chu He’s direction from afar, his lips curling into a playful arc.

“No rush.”

He licked his lips, his eyes filled with greed and excitement.

“This man’s Physical Body is very strong, and his blood vitality is the most vigorous I’ve seen in my life! He is simply a Peerless Grade medicine custom-made for me!”

“And that woman beside him... Tsk tsk, the Archaic Phoenix Bloodline. Although it is mixed and impure, if I can drain her blood and refine it into a ‘Phoenix True Blood Pill,’ it would be enough to take my Blood God Scripture to the next level!”

“Both of these people are mine!”

Xue Wuya stood up and stretched, his bones letting out a series of crackling pops.

“We will act when that woman uses the Earth Core Fire Vein to stimulate her Bloodline Power to the limit.”

“At that time, we’ll get two things at once. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

“Jie jie jie... The Blood Son is wise!”

The three Late Stage demonic culprits let out ear-piercing, strange laughs... At the peak of the volcano in the center of the sea of fire.

Feng Ziyan sat cross-legged, having already entered a state of deep Cultivation.

She operated her clan’s secret technique, and her entire body seemed to turn into a bottomless black hole, frantically devouring the incomparably pure Earth-core fire essence around her.

As time passed, the aura on her body began to climb steadily.

A noble, holy, and ancient Phoenix pressure emanated from her body, causing the entire sea of fire to boil!

Behind her, a massive Phoenix phantom condensed from golden-red flames flickered in and out of existence, letting out clear chirps!

“The time has come.”

In the distance, Chu He’s eyes brightened slightly upon seeing this.

He didn’t care about those rats hiding in the shadows who thought they were hunters.

With a thought, he took out the blueprint for the phoenix tree divine tree from his System bag, along with that emerald-green enlightenment willow.

“System, use this enlightenment willow as the Foundation, this Earth Core Fire Vein as the energy, and the Phoenix Bloodline Power triggered by Feng Ziyan as the catalyst to plant the phoenix tree divine tree!”

Chu He issued the command in his heart.

【Ding! Command confirmed!】

【Analyzing planting conditions...】

【Condition One: Divine Wood Foundation. Detected that the Host provided the “enlightenment willow.” Grade meets requirements, judgment successful!】

【Condition Two: Massive Energy. Detected that this location is the source of an “Earth Core Fire Vein.” Energy is sufficient, judgment successful!】

【Condition Three: Phoenix True Blood. Detected that the target “Feng Ziyan” is stimulating her Bloodline Power. A wisp of Origin True Blood can be forcibly extracted as a catalyst, but it will cause certain damage to the target. Extract?】

“Damage?” Chu He frowned. “How much damage?”

【Answering Host: Given the target’s current state, extracting a wisp of Origin True Blood will cause her cultivation to drop by one minor Realm and damage her Foundation, requiring a long time to recover.】

“That serious?” Chu He pondered for a moment.

Feng Ziyan was his woman now, and a high-potential one at that. It wasn’t worth letting her Foundation be damaged like this.

“System, is there a way to have the best of both worlds?”

【Ding! Detected that the Host possesses the Heaven Rank Peerless Grade Divine Ability “Phoenix Seeks His Mate.” This Divine Ability can resonate with Phoenix clan Bloodline possessors and stimulate their Bloodline Origin.】

【Plan generated: The Host can cast “Phoenix Seeks His Mate” on the target, using his own Primordial Dragon God Bloodline to guide and nourish her Phoenix Bloodline. This can significantly reduce the damage caused by extracting the Origin True Blood and carries a certain chance of helping her Bloodline transform prematurely.】

“Oh? There’s such a good thing?”

Chu He’s eyes lit up immediately.

This “Phoenix Seeks His Mate” was truly a god-tier skill for both picking up girls and Cultivation!

“Let’s do it!”

Chu He no longer hesitated. With a thought, his figure instantly disappeared from his spot.

In the next moment, he appeared behind the cultivating Feng Ziyan.

He reached out both hands and gently pressed them against Feng Ziyan’s smooth, jade-like back.

Feng Ziyan’s body jolted as she was startled out of her Cultivation state. Just as she was about to resist, she heard Chu He’s familiar and overbearing voice ring in her ear.

“Don’t move. Relax your mind; I’m going to give you a hand.”

Hearing it was Chu He’s voice, the vigilance in Feng Ziyan’s heart instantly vanished.

Although she didn’t know what Chu He wanted to do, she believed this man would not harm her.

She obediently closed her eyes and relinquished control over her body.

Chu He took a deep breath and began to circulate the “Phoenix Seeks His Mate” Divine Ability within his body.

“Roar—”

A high-pitched Dragon roar sounded from within Chu He.

His Primordial Dragon God Bloodline was pushed to the limit at this moment!

Streams of incomparably pure Dragon God power surged continuously into Feng Ziyan’s body through his palms.

“Chirp—”

The Phoenix Bloodline inside Feng Ziyan seemed to receive a massive stimulus and provocation the moment it felt this Dragon God power, and it also began to boil frantically!

The massive Phoenix phantom behind her instantly became several times more solid, letting out a world-shaking Phoenix cry that echoed the Dragon roar within Chu He’s body!

Dragon and Phoenix Harmony!

For a time, the entire world of the sea of fire was enveloped by this vast Dragon and Phoenix pressure!

The flame creatures roaring in the sea of fire all fell prostrate on the ground, trembling in fear under this pressure.

On the white bone island in the distance.

Xue Wuya and the three Demonic Path giants also had their expressions change drastically at the same time!

“This... what kind of pressure is this?!”

“Dragon Might! And Phoenix Might! How can they appear at the same time?!”

“That woman, her Bloodline... is transforming!”

For the first time, a solemn expression appeared on Xue Wuya’s face.

He could feel that Phoenix pressure becoming stronger and purer at a terrifying speed!

“No! We can’t wait any longer!”

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Xue Wuya’s eyes.

“If we wait any longer, that woman will exceed our control!”

“Act! Kill the man and capture the woman alive!”

“Yes! Blood Son!”

The three Late Nascent Soul Stage Devil Heads took their orders and departed.

Xue Wuya himself also turned into a streak of blood-light, following closely behind.

They wanted to take them down in one fell swoop during the critical moment of the two’s “Dual Cultivation”!

However, what they didn’t know was...

All of their actions had long been within Chu He’s expectations.

At the peak of the volcano.

While Chu He used the Dragon God power to nourish Feng Ziyan’s Bloodline, he also diverted a wisp of his mind to watch the four rapidly approaching Devil Heads, his lips curling into a cold arc.

“Finally willing to come out, are you?”

“Perfect timing. I just happened to be short a few sacrifices.”

He moved his mind.

The enlightenment willow he had placed to the side suddenly moved without wind, flying directly above the volcano.

Immediately after, the blueprint for the phoenix tree divine tree also turned into a golden light and merged into the enlightenment willow.

“System, begin!”

【Ding! Planting procedure initiated!】

【Step One: Extract Phoenix True Blood!】

Under Chu He’s guidance, Feng Ziyan’s Phoenix Bloodline had reached an unprecedented level of activity.

Chu He seized the opportunity and moved his mind.

A drop of golden-red blood that seemed to be burning with flames slowly seeped out from the center of Feng Ziyan’s brow.

This was her most primal Phoenix True Blood!

The moment she lost this drop of True Blood, Feng Ziyan’s face turned pale, and her aura withered for an instant.

But immediately following that, the even more majestic Dragon God power in Chu He’s body surged in, instantly making up for her loss and even making her Bloodline more condensed and pure.

Not only was her Foundation not damaged, but she had gained a blessing in disguise, feeling she was another large step closer to a Bloodline transformation!

After leaving her body, that drop of Phoenix True Blood turned into a stream of light and instantly shot into the enlightenment willow above.

“Buzz—”

The enlightenment willow vibrated violently, emitting ten thousand rays of radiant light!

【Step Two: Channel the Earth Core Fire Vein!】

Chu He snorted coldly and stomped his foot down hard.

“Boom!”

The entire massive volcano exploded!

Endless, viscous lava-like Earth-core fire, like a flood breaking a dam, soared into the sky, forming a flame pillar a hundred feet thick that poured entirely into the enlightenment willow!

【Step Three: Sacrifice the souls of living beings!】

Right then, Xue Wuya and the three Demonic Path giants finally arrived!

“Hahaha! Kid, death is at your doorstep, yet you’re still playing tricks!”

“Die for me!”

The four of them acted simultaneously, four world-destroying Demonic Techniques blasting toward Chu He and Feng Ziyan from four directions!

However, a strange smile appeared on Chu He’s face.

“Thank you four for the nourishment you’ve delivered.”

He didn’t even look at those four attacks, merely pointing toward the enlightenment willow in the sky from afar.

“Collect!”

In the next moment, an incredible scene occurred.

The enlightenment willow that was frantically devouring the Earth Core Fire Vein, like an awakening Vicious Beast, suddenly extended four emerald-green branches condensed from light and energy.

Those four branches ignored space and distance, wrapping around the bodies of Xue Wuya and the other three with a speed exceeding lightning!

“What is this?!”

Xue Wuya and the others were shocked out of their wits, frantically pushing their magic power to try and break free.

However, those seemingly slender branches were incredibly tough; no matter how they struggled, the branches remained motionless!

What made them even more terrified was an irresistible, horrifying suction coming from the branches, which was frantically devouring their essence blood, magic power, and even their Divine Soul!

“No! What kind of sorcery is this?!”

“My magic power! My Divine Soul!”

The four of them let out screams of extreme terror.

They could clearly feel their life force draining away at a staggering speed!

In just a few breaths, their powerful Nascent Soul physical bodies began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Finally, in endless fear and despair...

The peerless Prodigy of the Western Desert Demonic Domain, Xue Wuya, along with his three Late Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Path giants, were sucked into four dried corpses just like that!

All of their life essence turned into the purest nourishment and was absorbed completely by the enlightenment willow!

Having done all this, the light on the enlightenment willow became even more brilliant!

It began to take root, sprout, branch out, and grow leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye... Finally, amidst the soaring firelight and radiance, a phoenix tree divine tree a thousand feet tall, its entire body burning with golden flames and emitting endless Divine Might, descended upon the world!