Chapter 1066: Dao Spirit Fruit!

Because those desolate beasts and medicine spirits were fleeing in all directions, the path was unobstructed all the way.

The martial artists encountered almost no obstacles and arrived deep within the Eternal Medicine Garden.

This area had already surpassed the million-year mark, belonging to the deepest part of the Eternal Medicine Garden. Without this disturbance, the martial artists could hardly have reached this place.

Ye Yuan and his group, having recovered their strength, followed the main force into a region they had never set foot in before.

"Look, that's a fifty-thousand-year Purple Vine String!"

"That's a thirty-thousand-year Golden Antelope Thread!"

The martial artists cried out in surprise one after another. In this vast area, spirit medicines of extremely high age were everywhere.

In the outer regions, one would have to expend great effort to encounter such medicines, even risking death. But here, they were visible everywhere.

At this moment, however, they had no time to pick these spirit medicines.

Everyone was rushing toward the place with the strongest Yuan Qi fluctuations, unwilling to fall behind others.

As they went deeper, the Yuan Qi fluctuations grew stronger. Some martial artists stuck at a bottleneck broke through their realm directly under the impact of this Yuan Qi!

Such dense Yuan Qi further strengthened everyone's conviction.

What had emerged this time must be a divine-grade spirit medicine!

As they walked, Ye Yuan suddenly frowned and stopped.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Wu Luo asked.

"Guard me. My realm, impacted by this Yuan Qi, can no longer be suppressed!" Ye Yuan said.

Ao Qian and the others were overjoyed to hear this.

They found a secluded spot, and Ye Yuan began to break through.

Ye Yuan had stayed at the first level of Dao Profound for quite some time. With his rapid progress in artistic conception, his Yuan Qi had long reached the peak of Dao Profound first level.

Struck by this violent Yuan Qi, his realm could no longer be controlled, and he was about to break through to Dao Profound second level.

An hour later, the Emperor Qi surged within Ye Yuan's Yuan Qi sea, ten times denser than before!

"Tsk tsk, Sir's Dao Profound second level, even without considering artistic conception, is not inferior to an ordinary martial artist's peak early Dao Profound!" Jiang Taicang exclaimed.

Ao Qian and the others nodded in agreement.

The Emperor Qi during Ye Yuan's breakthrough was extremely violent, and even a typical Dao Profound third level might not be as profound as Ye Yuan's.

In the Dao Profound realm, each level is a different world, and the gap between each minor realm is enormous.

Ordinary martial artists might not break through a minor realm even after centuries of cultivation.

Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "That fellow Ling Zhe's technique probably only has the first half. If I'm not mistaken, the second half might be written in divine inscriptions—that's where the essence lies!"

The more Ye Yuan cultivated the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art, the more profound and extensive he found it.

Now that he had reached the Dao Profound realm, Ye Yuan felt it was still incomplete.

Rumors said that Divine King Ling Zhe had only obtained the first half of the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art, but this rumor was likely false.

Since comprehending the Medicine Soul Divine Canon, he had gained a deeper understanding of the laws of the divine path.

He was certain that if Divine King Ling Zhe had only obtained the first half, he could never have achieved such terrifying accomplishments.

Ao Qian and the other two did not know what kind of existence Divine King Ling Zhe was, but Ruan Shuangzhou knew perfectly well.

Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Ruan Shuangzhou's eyes widened. "S-Sir, the technique you cultivate is... actually the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art?"

Ye Yuan smiled. "Back then, I helped that fellow refine a Xuan-grade pill, and he gave me this technique as payment."

Ruan Shuangzhou's eyes nearly popped out. Using the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art as payment—one could imagine how heaven-defying that pill must have been!

"Shuangzhou, is that Ling Zhe Divine King really that formidable?" Jiang Taicang asked, unconvinced.

When he had made his name, Divine King Ling Zhe was still obscure, so he had never heard of his great reputation.

"Formidable is an understatement! The technique Sir cultivates is known as the second-greatest technique in the Divine Realm! It is the main cultivation technique of Divine King Ling Zhe, ranked second among the Ten Great Divine Kings—tell me, is that formidable or not?" Ruan Shuangzhou exclaimed.

"Ten Great Divine Kings? Are they that powerful?" Ao Qian said disdainfully.

Ye Yuan nodded. "Someone like Sun Man is nothing before the Ten Great Divine Kings. If a comparison must be made, I think Senior Long Teng's strength should be on the same level as theirs."

"Th-That powerful?" This time, Ao Qian was convinced.

Ao Qian had never been convinced by anyone in his life except Long Teng.

He knew that even as the strongest of the Dragon Clan, he was far inferior to Long Teng in strength.

Ye Yuan nodded. "Not the strength Senior Long Teng had in the Dragon Clan, but his strength after meeting Senior Fang Tian! Hmm... It seems I need to find a way to obtain the second half of the technique."

In his previous life, Ye Yuan did not care much about techniques. Even if he had received the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art, he never thought of cultivating it.

But in this life, Ye Yuan was quite eager for techniques.

Especially after witnessing the power of the Medicine Soul Divine Canon, Ye Yuan's desire for the second half of the Ling Zhe Nine Yang Divine Art grew even stronger.

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"Look, th-that's a Dao Spirit Tree! It really is a Dao Spirit Tree!"

"I never thought the Eternal Medicine Garden would contain the legendary Dao Spirit Tree! The Dao Spirit Tree is a divine tree!"

"Legend says the Dao Spirit Tree blooms once every fifty thousand years, bears fruit once every fifty thousand years, and takes another fifty thousand years to ripen! A ripe Dao Spirit Fruit, it is said, can grant enlightenment and divinity upon consumption!"

"Th-there seems to be a fruit on the tree... Could it be... the legendary Dao Spirit Fruit?"

At these words, the atmosphere immediately turned tense.

The Dao Spirit Fruit, which could grant immediate enlightenment and divinity, held an irresistible allure in an age where becoming a god was impossible.

Everyone held their breath, staring unblinkingly at the Dao Spirit Fruit.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

Several figures could no longer restrain themselves and leaped into the air, charging toward the Dao Spirit Tree.

These individuals were extremely powerful, the weakest among them being Divine Kings.

How could the others lag behind? Seeing these few rush toward the Dao Spirit Fruit, they all dashed forward.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Several streaks of fierce fire flashed, and the Divine Kings who had first rushed toward the Dao Spirit Fruit were instantly burned to ashes!

"There's a protective formation! This Dao Spirit Tree has a protective formation! Don't go!" someone shouted.

But it was too late. A few who followed closely could not withdraw in time and were also burned to nothing by the formation.

This formation was terrifying. Even Divine Kings could not stir up a single ripple within it.

At this moment, an old man pushed through the crowd to the front and said, "This is the ancient divine-grade formation, the Annihilating Heaven Extinction Chaos Grand Formation. Do not act rashly. Even a divine path expert may not be able to break through it!"