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Refining continued without stopping.
Neither Wei Yang nor Xiao Yan showed any intention of taking a break. Instead, they kept working overtime with great enthusiasm. After all, the benefits were huge. Refining had become a kind of habit.
Take a Bodhisattva Seed, refine it, watch the wisp of clear qi dive into the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree, then reach out again, grab another seed, and continue refining. Over and over. Without pause. No one knew how long this cycle lasted.
When they once again finished refining a seed, Xiao Yan subconsciously reached out to grab another, but Wei Yang raised a hand to stop him.
"Brother Wei, what's wrong?" Xiao Yan blinked in surprise.
He lifted his gaze. In front of him floated the remaining Bodhisattva Seeds — four in total. He couldn't help but ask.
"Look ahead." Wei Yang lifted his chin slightly.
Xiao Yan shifted his gaze toward the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree not far away, and happened to see yet another thread of black qi slowly seep out from the trunk. It drifted, thinned, and finally dissolved into nothingness.
Buzz~ Buzz~
As that final wisp of black qi disappeared, the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree — its entire body like translucent jade — suddenly emitted a deep humming sound. Its massive trunk trembled faintly.
A surge of green radiance erupted.
Blinding emerald beams shot from within the tree, flooding the strange space with light. The already-vibrant vitality in the air surged even further.
"It's completely cleansed?" Xiao Yan murmured.
The two of them watched the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree. Compared to before, it was now even more lustrous, even more crystalline, glowing with divine clarity.
That faint sinister chill that used to linger around it had entirely vanished. Now the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree felt truly serene — sacred, wise, like a divine entity of pure enlightenment.
Rustle~
The ancient tree gently swayed. Two branches extended downward, brushing against the pair, instantly restoring all their depleted Dou Qi. Then the branches didn't retract. Instead, like gentle hands, they lightly patted the tops of their heads.
From the tree, they could feel an unmistakably joyful emotion — gratitude.
"So it's finally cleaned. Good."
"All that labor is finally over. Even a farm donkey wouldn't be worked this hard."
They chuckled, stretched lazily, and exchanged a relieved look.
But despite their joking words, their hearts were overflowing with joy. This hardship was absolutely worth it. Because at this moment, their foundations were already more than five times stronger than before.
Five times — what did that mean?
It meant that without any breakthrough in cultivation, their internal Dou Qi reserves had grown more than fivefold. That was insane. This kind of foundation… was terrifying, to the point it could scare people to death.
With such a monstrous base, bottlenecks and shackles didn't exist. They were illusions — paper tigers crushed by overwhelming strength. Truthfully, neither of them had any real bottlenecks to begin with.
Both possessed Divine-Grade bloodlines. But after this metamorphosis, their future path would be even broader, smoother, and filled with unimaginable potential. At this point, the invisible benefits they gained were already far more precious than the so-called Bodhisattva Heart.
After the excitement faded — maybe because they relaxed, or maybe because of the tranquil qi emanating from the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree — a deep soul-level exhaustion washed over them.
Their eyelids drooped, their heads slowly fell forward, and unconsciously, the two of them drifted into sleep. But just before completely falling unconscious, Wei Yang quickly waved his hand and stored the last four Bodhisattva Seeds into his ring.
Only then did he relax and let himself sink into slumber. This entire period of nonstop Bodhisattva Seed refinement had taken a heavy toll on them. Even though the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree replenished their Dou Qi, their mental and spiritual fatigue had been accumulating continuously.
Buzz~
When Wei Yang and Xiao Yan fell asleep, a strange humming resonated from within the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree.
A burst of emerald light surged outward. Like countless tendrils, it wrapped around the two resting on the green meditation mats and gently drew them toward the tree. The moment their bodies touched the trunk, faint ripples spread across its surface.
Then their bodies slowly sank inward, merging into the trunk. Eventually, the two appeared like statues seated cross-legged inside the tree's core, motionless, consciousness completely gone.
Not long after it pulled them inside, the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree shook its branches again. Waves of mysterious spatial power rippled outward…
The space around them suddenly tore open, one rift after another, and the light spheres that had trapped everyone in illusions around the tree began to shatter like fragile bubbles. One by one, disheveled figures were spat out and fell onto the ground.
These people were exactly the ones previously trapped in the illusions: Xian'er, Ah Da, Medusa, Gu Xun'er, Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the rest. Being kicked out of the illusions so abruptly and thrown into this strange space, everyone wore a look of confusion for a moment.
Some people even still had a trace of madness lingering on their faces, clearly because their minds had sunk too deep into the illusion and had not fully recovered yet.
But they were all strong cultivators, after all, so it did not take long before their minds cleared. They quickly understood what had happened and realized everything they had just experienced was nothing but illusion.
Immediately, shock surfaced in everyone's eyes.
"What a terrifying Bodhisattva Ancient Tree!"
None of them could maintain composure or calmness at this moment.
Thinking back to the overwhelmingly realistic illusions, everyone couldn't help feeling cold sweat creeping down their backs. If not for this unexpected event, if the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree had not forcefully kicked them out, they might never have awakened.
They would have been trapped in the illusion forever. After a while, everyone finally regained their composure. They slowly steadied their emotions and began scanning the strange, vibrant space around them.
In the air, there was still a faint trace of residual heat.
This was the aura of a Heavenly Flame!
Medusa and Xian'er exchanged a glance, clearly recognizing the Heavenly Flame aura lingering in the air. Wei Yang and Xiao Yan had been here before, and they had used a Heavenly Flame.
"Bodhisattva Ancient Tree!"
This mysterious space was not large, so all their gazes quickly gathered on the ancient tree standing at the center. Its entire body glowed with the texture of emerald jade.
In the next instant, gasps rang out from the crowd. After experiencing those terrifyingly realistic illusions, their fear of the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree had already reached the extreme.
There was nothing more miserable and horrifying than dying inside an illusion.
"Xiao Yan!"
"Brother Xiao Yan!"
"Wei Yang!"
"Brother Yang!"
"Master!"
Their gazes froze on the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree, and soon after, they noticed the two figures sitting cross-legged within the trunk, like still sculptures. Everyone's expression drastically changed.
The women couldn't help taking a few steps forward, their faces filled with worry.
"Don't act rashly. This might be their great opportunity!" Gu Qingyang quickly said, stopping them with a stern voice. Hearing him, the women forced themselves to calm down, halted their steps, and turned to look at Gu Qingyang.
He didn't speak immediately but instead looked at Gu Xun'er. "Xun'er, think carefully."
Her expression tightened. She forced herself to fully calm down and recalled all the records related to the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree. After a moment, she slowly nodded to the others. She softly murmured a few words.
"Bodhisattva Three Treasures."
"Bodhisattva Three Treasures?!"
Some people were confused, while others exclaimed in shock.
Hun Yu and Jiu Feng's expressions darkened immediately. Their eyes locked tightly on the two sculpture-like figures of Wei Yang and Xiao Yan seated inside the Bodhisattva Ancient Tree.
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