Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 353 Devouring Divine Power

Tianzhu Mountain.

It is the first mountain range in Zhongzhou, and since ancient times, except for a few special periods, Tianzhu Mountain has been the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm.

After the establishment of the Immortal Kingdom, it gathered almost all the fragments of the ancient Immortal Realm and transformed Tianzhu Mountain into a sacred place for cultivation.

Spiritual veins vary in size; a typical seventh-order spiritual vein can only supply cultivation for three Dao Integration True Immortals or three Great Dao Nascent Soul cultivators.

The seventh-order spiritual vein within Tianzhu Mountain consists of a main vein and hundreds of branch veins.

Not only is the main branch at the seventh level, but almost all the other branches are also at the seventh level.

Although Tianzhu Mountain also has a formation to restrict the outflow of spiritual energy, the spiritual energy is so dense that it is like clouds and mist, that even the formation cannot completely contain it.

At this moment, in the center of the Tianzhu Mountain range, there stands a towering structure with an ancient appearance, covering thousands of miles, shrouded in spiritual energy and mist, resembling a giant mountain peak.

This is the Tower of Omniscience.

Inside the Tower of Omniscience are countless spaces, each containing different kinds of knowledge.

The Tower of Omniscience is like a growing tree, its internal space constantly increasing and changing.

In a space, a young man is sitting cross-legged under a tree.

After an unknown amount of time, the young man opened his eyes.

"As expected, there is no way to contact the World Tree in this surface secret realm."

This young man was none other than Yi Feng.

Yi Feng turned to look at the big tree behind him. This tree was not an illusion, but a real spirit tree.

This spiritual tree is called the Stone Pine Spirit Tree. It possesses both earth and wood attributes and is a rare material for refining magical artifacts.

However, this stone pine growing inside the Tower of Omniscience is different from those in the outside world.

As Yi Feng raised his hand, a pine cone fell from the tree.

As Yi Feng's eyes gleamed, he saw the dense Daoist runes on the surface and inside of the pine cone.

This pine nut is inscribed with a complex spiritual plant technique, which can accelerate the growth of spiritual plants below the fifth rank.

This secret technique not only details the changes in the spiritual energy circuits and the materials required for subsequent advancements, but also records many cases of its use.

The Daoist inscriptions on the surface of these pine nuts are invisible to ordinary spiritual eye techniques. Most cultivators can only obtain the information within them after eating them.

However, Yi Feng cultivated in seclusion at the Dao Academy, mastering countless wood-attribute secret techniques. His spiritual eyes, imbued with the power of his spiritual body's supernatural abilities, were able to see through most treasures related to the wood attribute.

Yi Feng put the pine nuts away.

In this space, the fruits of most trees are fruits of knowledge, containing all sorts of knowledge related to current cultivation.

However, among all the trees in the space, this Stone Pine Spirit Tree is of the highest grade, and the fruits of knowledge it produces are naturally the most valuable.

However, Yi Feng didn't think much of this level of knowledge.

"This is the deepest space I can reach."

It seems I've been targeted because of Yi Ze's situation. Otherwise, Yi Ling's battle merits wouldn't have earned her such limited access, preventing her from even accessing the basics of Nascent Soul inheritance.

Yi Ze was able to stay in Qingzhou not only because of Yi Jun's efforts, but also because Yi Feng used all his connections.

Yi Jun needs someone to guard the Tomb of the Heavenly Swords, and Yi Feng also needs someone to guard the Primordial Jianmu Tree in the Divine Wood Forest.

Previously, with Yi Dong staying behind, Yi Jun and Yi Feng had no worries.

However, after Yi Dong left, the Yi family alone, with its cultivators who didn't even have a single Nascent Soul cultivator, couldn't protect the two major spiritual lands in Pingyuan County.

Although Yi Ze has not advanced to the Great Dao Golden Core stage, he possesses True Spirit Summoning Beasts and powerful active Summoning Beasts, giving him the ability to fight even against True Immortals.

Only with Yi Ze guarding Pingyuan County can Yi Jun and Yi Feng feel at ease.

Unfortunately, having helped Yi Ze, he is now being affected.

"It seems that my supernatural powers have been roughly analyzed by people from the Immortal Kingdom or the Dao Academy."

Knowing my supernatural powers, those people would never allow me to access the World Tree, the core of the Tower of Omniscience.

Yi Feng frowned; he really didn't know what to do in this situation.

There is a saying in modern times: omniscience is omnipotence.

The Tower of Omniscience is not omniscient, nor is it omnipotent.

However, because of the knowledge contained within it, even if ten Immortal Emperors attacked together, they could not shake the Tower of Omniscience in the slightest. Under normal circumstances, Yi Feng would naturally be helpless.

Yi Feng even had a feeling that when he entered the Tower of Omniscience, the Tower of Omniscience was constantly analyzing everything about him, including his supernatural powers, body, and soul.

The longer he stayed, the less power he had to resist.

"It seems that ordinary methods are not enough to break through the Tower of Omniscience's access permissions."

Now, let's see if the World Tree also incorporates the abilities of the Primordial Tree.

Yi Feng's gaze settled.

Countless dark blue-green energy-shaped tree roots sprouted from his entire body.

"Devouring everything."

The space around Yi Feng's body began to distort, and the stone pine beside him was drained of all its energy by the energy tree roots, quickly drying up and then weathering away.

A short while later, Yi Feng disappeared from the secret realm and reappeared in another space. However, Yi Feng understood that the secret realm he was currently in was still the surface level, and his supernatural powers had not ceased operating at all.

Soon, he broke through space again.

The spatial barrier in the deep space grew stronger and stronger, but Yi Feng's Devouring Divine Power became even more terrifying over time.

As Yi Feng forcibly opened layer after layer of secret realms, he soon landed in a small world with sun, moon, and stars.

In that instant, Yi Feng knew that he had broken through the surface and entered the inner space of the Tower of Omniscience.

At the same time, a huge repulsive force was generated out of nowhere, as if it wanted to throw him out of the secret realm.

And those energy tree roots can no longer interfere with space.

At this moment, the energy tree roots outside Yi Feng's body merged into one, breaking through infinite resistance and shooting to the ground like a laser.

The moment he touched the ground, Yi Feng quickly sensed endless fragments of time.

Those fragments of time are colorful, each exuding a unique aura.

Without time to think, Yi Feng activated his spiritual body's supernatural powers to the limit, instantly collecting dozens of time fragments in cyan, gold, and red colors.

Before he could collect any more fragments of time, he was expelled from the small world.

In an instant, Yi Feng appeared in front of the main gate of the Tower of Omniscience.

At this moment, Yi Feng's vast magical power was almost completely exhausted, and his body was riddled with holes. He had even lost one of his eyeballs, making his damaged face appear unusually pale.

Without a moment to think, he immediately began to mobilize his limited spiritual power to cast a healing spell to restore his body.

Just as Yi Feng was quietly recovering his health.

Two elderly men in blue robes suddenly appeared beside him.

The two elderly men in blue robes looked at Yi Feng with some surprise in their eyes.

"This little guy actually managed to shake the World Tree's control over access."

"The main reason is that his authority is not high. At the beginning, he did not attract the attention of those intelligent administrators. If he had higher authority, there would be a separate intelligent administrator watching him at all times. Even if he has the strength of an Immortal Emperor, he would not be able to break through the authority control in front of the intelligent administrators."

"It's a pity that when the Immortal Kingdom was destroyed, the Omniscient Scepter, the treasure that the Tower of Omniscience could grant the highest authority, was permanently lost to the void. We can no longer freely access the knowledge of the Tower of Omniscience, and even viewing the recorded images within it requires a large number of knowledge points."

Otherwise, we could see how this little guy manages to bypass the access restrictions.

"Breaking through lower-level permissions, most immortal families have their own methods, so there's nothing unusual about it."

"If he were a Celestial Emperor, I would give everything to see how he broke through the limits. However, he is merely at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Great Dao. His method of breaking through the limits is of no help to us in obtaining the highest authority, so it's not worth sacrificing knowledge points for it."

Just as the two Nascent Soul cultivators were exchanging words, Yi Feng's injuries were slowly healing.

"The divine power of this Primordial Jianmu is indeed domineering. I'm afraid it can't be used casually before one advances to the Great Dao Nascent Soul stage."

That was too dangerous. I almost lost control of my supernatural power and let it devour my body and soul.

Fortunately, the Tower of Omniscience shattered the supernatural powers, giving me a chance to catch my breath.

However, I feel that what was devoured by that supernatural power just now was not only my physical body and soul, but also some intangible things, such as fortune, destiny, and lifespan.

It seems best to avoid using this supernatural power originating from the ancient Jianmu tree in the future.

This supernatural power is precisely the power of Yi Feng's natal artifact, the Primordial Jianmu.

The Primordial Jianmu tree possesses the ability to devour all things and grow infinitely. After being refined into its natal object by Yi Feng, the tree trunk developed a spiritual energy circuit, which then condensed into a divine power.

However, because this supernatural power devours energy to nourish its growth, the ancient Jianmu tree has no spiritual power at all. Even within its spiritual power circuit, there is no energy circulation under normal circumstances.

This is why the Primordial Jianmu never became a first-tier spirit tree.

However, even if the Primordial Jianmu is not a first-order spirit tree, its bark is so hard that even spirit treasures would have difficulty damaging it.

After receiving repeated nourishment from his natal object, Yi Feng returned to the Daoist academy and gradually deduced its supernatural powers.

This supernatural power is not only superior in terms of attack, but also significantly stronger than his spiritual supernatural power in all other aspects.

Even though Yi Feng had long ago nurtured the Spirit Body Divine Power as his innate divine power, the moment this divine power took shape, it took root in his body, occupying half of his cultivation circuits and running parallel to the Spirit Body Divine Power.

Because this supernatural power is too domineering, maintaining it usually consumes a lot of magical power, so under normal circumstances, Yi Feng would never dare to use it at full strength.

It was precisely because this Devouring Divine Power constantly absorbed his magical power that Yi Feng dared not leave the Dao Academy at all.

Because as soon as he leaves the environment rich in spiritual energy, this supernatural power will drain his mana even faster. In the long run, not only will his mana space become empty, but it is also likely that his mana space will be devoured by the supernatural power.

In other words, if Yi Feng doesn't cultivate diligently, his magical power will not only fail to advance but will actually regress, and he might even fall from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Qi Refining stage.

Of course, if this Devouring Divine Power had no positive effect whatsoever, Yi Feng would have found a way to abandon it long ago.

While this supernatural power has powerful side effects, it can also absorb energy to nourish his physical body.

Now, Yi Feng's physical body is incredibly powerful. Perhaps in a few thousand years, it will be no less powerful than that of an ordinary true spirit.

This time, I had no choice but to use the Devouring Divine Power.

Yi Ling gave him this opportunity, but it didn't come without a price.

Fortunately, he basically fulfilled his promise to Yi Ling.

With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, Yi Feng's body and soul had basically recovered. He opened his eyes and instantly discovered two elderly men in blue robes in front of him that he could not detect with his divine sense.

(End of this chapter)