Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 287 The Holy Temple-level Skill of the [Pillar of Creation]!
This is the third time Shi Ming has glimpsed a complete Sanctuary-level creature!

The "giant tree" in Ah Jian's memory is the "Pillar of Creation"!
It is unknown in the ranking of the Holy Temple-level sea beasts, but its ranking is definitely higher than that of the Abyss Lord. Shi Ming saw the seed that fell from its body clearly and found that it had a similarity of more than 80% to the Seed of Life in the Great Yu Treasure Vault.

However, the seed in my memory was extremely full, while the seed in the Great Yu's Treasure Trove, although still full of life energy, was relatively less robust.

They should be from the same root.

Even though what he saw was just a memory image, Shi Ming could still sense the extraordinary energy of that seed from the side. Just by consuming it, a huge ferocious beast could be blown apart. The beast that devoured its corpse could actually leap directly to A-level!
This is just one seed that fell from the Pillar of Creation.

If one could absorb all the energy of the Creation Pillar, the requirements would probably be no less than those of the Great Black Dragon. Even an S-class Awakened or a creature would be unable to withstand its energy and would explode directly.

"Um……"

Shi Ming was struck by inspiration!

Suddenly, a bold idea popped into my head.

The anomaly of Mount Everest has blocked the Eye of the Mortal Realm from prying into our view, but if we direct the Eye of the Mortal Realm's gaze toward the Creation Pillar in our memory images, could we bypass the anomaly of Mount Everest and obtain information about this Saint-level sea monster?

Just do it!

He picked up a pen and sketched the “Pillar of Creation” he had seen on a piece of paper.

"Eyes of the Mortal World, gather intelligence!"

[Beep~ Beep~]

[Intelligence being compiled...]

[Searching. Confirming detailed coordinates... Search successful, intelligence summary in progress... Intelligence generated.]

To Shi Ming's surprise, the Eye of the Mortal World actually gave a hint!

This further confirmed Shi Ming's belief that when he explored Mount Everest, the information that the Eye of the Mortal World could not glean and turned into a pile of black cubes was not the Creation Pillar itself, but rather Mount Everest itself or something else on Mount Everest!
Is its suppressive power even greater than that of a Sanctuary-level sea beast?

None of this can be verified.

Shi Ming looked at the information from the Eye of the Mortal World.

【Jianmu】

The two characters "Jianmu" slowly disappeared again, becoming—

【Creation Pillar】

The towering Jianmu tree, reaching to the heavens and piercing through the dome, merged with the essence of the Temple of Life. From an ancient and wondrous tree, it evolved consciousness and became a Temple-level ferocious beast symbolizing life. Its entire body, from roots to branches, is rich in life force; even a single withered leaf can heal severe external injuries.

[The Creation Pillar, which evolved into the Sanctuary, also retained the "travel" ability of the Jianmu tree itself. This may be a good thing, or it may be a bad thing.]

[Most active period: 4000 years ago]

[Sanctuary Skill: Supreme Sanctuary]

[Normal Skills: Taking Root, Traversing the Sky, Overhead Pressure, Creating Branches and Leaves]

[Method of elimination: Corrosion. The Pillar of Creation represents the concept of life and cannot be killed at its root. However, it can be destroyed through internal corrosion, causing its roots and stems to sever and wither, leading to its collapse and severing its regeneration.]

The amount of information is enormous.

The intelligence gathering wasn't over yet; he continued reading.

Next, we will discuss the conditions for obtaining the Sanctuary-level skill "Supreme Sanctuary" after defeating the Creation Pillar.

[Acquisition Requirements: Nine-Turn Rebirth.]

The concept of nine cycles of rebirth is also explained in detail by the Eye of the Mortal World.
It's not the "Nine Revolutions to Sainthood" from the fantasy novel "Don't Bully the Young and Poor" that Shi Ming read in his previous life; it's more like the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill" from a martial arts novel:
Bathing in its blood or rather its sap allows the essence of the Sanctuary's skills to directly enter the body, but it does not awaken them immediately. Instead, one is impacted by the surging life force, instantly exploding and dying completely, just like the fate of the "lucky" creature in the video that swallowed the seed.

This process of death is called the first cycle.
The remains produced after the explosion are still symbols of the origin of life, and can be devoured by a second creature; this is the second transformation.

The second creature will also explode after it is swallowed.

The third creature devours it; this is the third cycle.

This cycle of rebirth and death continues... like a game of musical chairs. Only when the ninth rebirth is reached will the skill essence of the Temple of Life be refined and become absorbable. The ninth awakened being or sea beast must kill the eighth sea beast through conventional means and seize its skill essence to truly obtain the [Supreme Temple]!
The first eight were all just wasted effort.
Only the ninth person can truly master its power!
The most demanding aspect is that not all creatures are qualified to become the bride; only the devouring and demise of S-class creatures can be considered a transformation. After witnessing the entire process, Shi Ming sighed.

He originally thought that the conditions for accepting the "Origin of Destruction" of the Great Black Dragon and obtaining the "Nine-Headed Sanctuary" were already harsh enough. Not only did he need to establish a connection in advance, but he also needed to have a total of 500 points of physical strength and endurance, which few creatures could actually achieve.

But unexpectedly, acquiring the skills of the Creation Pillar is much more demanding than acquiring those of the Great Black Dragon!

difficult!
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Three days of preparation passed in the blink of an eye.

The agreed departure time has arrived.

Shi Ming and his two companions gathered on the general-class drifting ship Kunwu. This mission was also quite secretive. The other crew members of Kunwu were all on leave, but the captain Rong Bing remained hardworking and conscientious. In addition to Kunwu Kaitian, Rong Bing also borrowed the treasure "Azure Sea and Azure Wu" from the adventure ship [Nine Cauldrons], as promised.

Azure sea and verdant mountains, a section of paulownia wood displays iridescent patterns under the sunlight.

It is only the length of an arm.

By this point, the stone inscriptions had all come into view of the treasures guarding the three general-class drifting ships of Yu the Great.

Kunwu Kaitian: Originally named "Kaitian Giant Axe", it refers to an axe.

Bihai Cangwu: Originally named "Phoenix Perching on the Wutong Tree", it refers to a piece of wood.

The Big Dipper: originally named "Kuishao Stone", a stone.

As expected, a good name instantly elevates a person's image.

With everything in place, the Kunwu sailed southwest like a sharp arrow on the sea, needing no navigation instruments; the mountains standing at sea were the absolute weather vanes!
Kunwu was very fast.

As the distance closes, the details of Mount Everest become clearer. On the side facing the sun, the rugged outline has a layer of shimmering gold. There is no vegetation on the mountain, only bare rocks and snow that never melts above the snow line, standing proudly on the endless sea of ​​snow.

The mountain, which neither collapses nor collapses, is getting bigger and bigger.

The Kunwu, which is tens of meters long, is as small as a drifting leaf.

……

"This is Mount Everest."

"It is said that in the land era, it was nearly 9000 meters tall..."

"A 9000-meter peak—it's truly unimaginable. This scene has sparked my imagination."

When the era of wandering arrived, Rong Bing was only two or three years old, and Li Jiuyuan hadn't even been born yet. None of them had ever seen Mount Everest at its peak. Only Shi Ming was the most familiar with this highest peak among the three.

He gazed at the towering Mount Everest before him, which seemed to blot out the sky.

Eyes blinked.

[The crumbling... decay... corruption...]

【■■■■】

【…】

It's nothing, let's continue.

Of the 72-character hint, only five were displayed. The last sentence was a comment from the Eye of the Mortal World, not actual intelligence.

Decay, decay.

Has the Pillar of Creation decayed from within and begun to crumble?

This matches the information about Yu the Great.

(End of this chapter)