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Chapter 90, Earthly Fate Fruit, Enhancement of the Innate Dao Embryo's Origin! [Please Subscribe]

The sky in the northern region was a grayish-yellow color.

The wind was blowing in from the northwest, carrying fine sand and gravel that stung my face like needles.

Su Ye rode on a purple divine rainbow, flying north from the Cloud Broken Mountains, and had been flying over the wasteland for half a day.

Beneath my feet lies endless Gobi Desert and weathered rock pillars, occasionally passing by the ruins of abandoned ancient cities, their broken walls covered with cracks of time.

The desolation of the Northern Region is completely different from the lushness of the Eastern and Southern Regions. Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thinner here than elsewhere.

As the purple divine rainbow swept across a dried-up ancient riverbed, a very faint tremor suddenly came from the depths of the Bitter Sea.

Su Ye stopped abruptly.

Suspended in mid-air, my mind sank into a sea of ​​bitterness.

The two golden leaves of the World Tree sapling were trembling slightly, and the golden threads of fortune coiled on the leaves lit up one by one, like golden wicks being lit, all pointing towards the northwest.

In the void, a clear, cold female voice entered Su Ye's sea of ​​consciousness.

"The northern region is rich in ancient mineral resources."

"No one knows how many things are buried beneath this Gobi Desert. There are often strange occurrences, so we must proceed with caution."

Su Ye nodded, a golden glint flashing deep within his deep purple pupils.

"This direction—"

He changed direction and flew towards the northwest.

The further they flew, the clearer the World Tree's trembling became.

The golden threads of energy on the leaf had fully lit up, and the light pierced through the sea of ​​bitterness, casting a faint golden halo over his dantian.

The terrain beneath our feet gradually changed.

The flat Gobi Desert was replaced by a series of crimson rift valleys, like wounds torn open by a tremendous force, some thousands of feet deep and others hundreds of feet deep.

The rocks on the valley walls are dark red, as if they were soaked in blood and then dried by the wind over countless ages.

The crisscrossing rift valleys, when viewed from above, resemble a reddish net of cracks spread across the earth.

Su Ye's figure stopped above the widest rift.

The valley entrance is about 100 feet wide, and deep in the valley floor, a half-collapsed cave entrance can be vaguely seen.

There is a half-section of a stone beam above the cave entrance.

Several blurry lines were carved on the stone beam, but they have been eroded by wind and sand to the point that they are almost unrecognizable.

Su Ye's gaze fell on those patterns.

"Marks from before the dawn of time."

The patterns were broken and dilapidated, yet a faint trace of Daoist charm remained.

"It turns out to be an ancient Taoist temple from before the dawn of time."

The voice of the Jade Balance Sage rang in Su Ye's ears.

"Judging from the style of this inscription, it should be from the early to middle period of the ancient era, and the person in question must have been at least a sage."

With a gentle wave of his hand, Su Ye unleashed a surge of purple divine power, revealing the complete entrance to the cave.

He reached out and gently touched the stone wall, and a faint ripple came from deep within it.

The fluctuation was extremely weak, yet it carried an aura from the ancient past.

There's something there.

Without further hesitation, Su Ye stepped into the cave and walked about a hundred steps in before the space gradually opened up.

A Buddhist temple.

The dome hangs high, more than thirty feet above the ground, and is inlaid with dozens of long-dimmed moonstones arranged in the pattern of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

The four stone walls are covered with densely packed texts and patterns, most of which are now blurred and illegible, with only a few places still retaining a faint golden luster.

A broken stele stands in the very center of the temple.

The monument is stuck diagonally into the ground, the upper half of which has crumbled, leaving only one half standing there alone.

Su Ye walked to the monument.

The stele is inscribed with three lines of ancient characters, written in the ancient seal script of the ancient human race from the prehistoric era.

"I was trapped in the shackles of the Great Sage, and spent three hundred years here seeking enlightenment, but alas, all my efforts were in vain—"

"Leave some meager possessions for future generations, hoping they will cherish them."

The signature consisted of only two characters.

"Yuan Chen."

Su Ye slowly uttered the name.

Yuan Chen Saint King.

A sage of the human race in the mid-ancient period, judging from the inscription, had reached the peak of the Saint King. He attempted to enter seclusion here to break through to the Great Saint Realm, but ultimately fell short by a hair's breadth and failed to comprehend the Great Saint Heavenly Gate.

Finally, after leaving behind a cenotaph here, he went alone to the outer reaches of space.

Knowing full well that he was doomed to die, he still resolutely triggered the Great Sage Tribulation that he was destined to never overcome.

In the end, he perished beneath a sea of ​​thunder, his body and soul vanishing, turning into a handful of ashes on his long journey to becoming an emperor.

The characters on the stone tablet are vigorous and powerful, each stroke containing an indomitable will.

Even across countless ages, the oppressive aura of the sacred path still lingers between the strokes of the brush.

Su Ye bowed slightly to the broken stele.

"Junior Su Ye, I disturb the resting place of the senior."

He walked around the broken stele and headed deeper into the temple grounds.

At the end of the temple grounds stood a half-open stone door, through which a faint light shone.

Pushing open the stone door, a rich, almost tangible, essence of heaven and earth rushed towards us.

Su Ye's pupils contracted.

Behind the door was a small stone chamber. In the center of the chamber, a three-foot-wide crack appeared in the floor, and milky white light surged from the depths of the crack.

The light was as soft as water, rippling outwards in concentric circles from the crack in the ground, turning the walls of the entire stone chamber milky white.

Within the fissure in the earth, a vein as thin as a hair was slowly flowing.

Although the source vein is thin, it is astonishingly pure.

At the source of the Origin Vein, a fist-sized divine source was suspended in a milky white light.

The divine source was crystal clear, and inside it was sealed the phantom of a fruit.

The fruit is about the size of a baby's fist, and is amber in color with vein-like patterns flowing across its skin.

Su Ye took a deep breath.

With his innate Dao embryo's keen perception of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, as well as his own knowledge, he instantly recognized the object.

Earthly Fate Fruit.

The second stage of the Stone-Nurturing Divine Fruit is formed when the Human Origin Fruit is nurtured within the divine source for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years in special terrain.

The total number of BeiDou satellites in existence can probably be counted on one hand.

Just now.

The space three feet behind him distorted slightly, and a figure in pure white stepped out from it.

The Sage of Jade Balance.

Her pure white palace dress was spotless, and the cinnabar mole between her brows was as bright as blood.

Her gaze passed over Su Ye and landed on the divine source, a rare hint of emotion flashing in her eyes that had witnessed thousands of years of vicissitudes.

"Earthly Fate Fruit".

Her voice carried a hint of disbelief.

"Since the ancient times, the Big Dipper has not appeared in the world for tens of thousands of years."

Su Ye raised his hand and pulled the divine source out from the crack in the ground.

The divine source was warm to the touch, and the Earth Destiny Fruit sealed inside trembled slightly. The earth patterns on the fruit peel flowed through the source stone, creating faint golden halos.

Su Ye turned around and handed the divine source to the Jade Balance Saint.

"Please, Master, consume this fruit."

The Sage Yuheng was stunned.

She looked at the divine source Su Ye handed her, then at Su Ye's calm face, and shook her head.

"This is your destiny, how could I—"

Before he could finish speaking, Su Ye interrupted him.

"This disciple is still young, only in his early twenties this year, and will live a long life."

"This Earth Destiny Fruit is merely icing on the cake for a junior like me, but it is a lifesaver for our ancestor."

Su Ye spoke in a flat tone, as if he were talking about something trivial.

"The patriarch only has three hundred years of lifespan left, but the Earth Life Fruit can extend his life by at least several thousand years, ignoring the drug resistance accumulated from taking any other life-extending substances in the past."

The greatest value of the Earth Life Fruit lies in its ability to prolong life.

A mature and complete Earth Life Fruit can extend one's lifespan by at least three thousand years.

A demigod medicine that is said to be comparable to half an immortal elixir!

Common longevity drugs develop resistance after one use, and the effectiveness of similar drugs is greatly reduced when taken again.

But the fate of the earth is different.

No matter how many longevity-promoting substances one has taken before, it can still function fully.

Ignore all drug resistance.

Although the Earth Life Fruit can extend one's lifespan by thousands of years, a cultivator can only consume one in their lifetime.

The prospect of extending one's lifespan by thousands of years is an irresistible temptation for any cultivator.

The cultivation of monks, in the final analysis, is a race against time.

Many brilliant talents ultimately lost not to powerful enemies, but to the exhaustion of their lifespan.

The Jade Balance Sage happened to have never consumed the Earth Fate Fruit, because the Earth Fate Fruit was as rare as the elixir of immortality, and one might not encounter even one every tens of thousands of years.

"not to mention."

"The patriarch is not only the foundation of Yaochi, but also the protector of the younger generation."

"If the patriarch lives for another year, it means he will be able to support his descendants for another year."

"The essence of the Great Dao contained in this Earthly Fate Fruit can not only prolong life."

"The patriarch has reached the pinnacle of sainthood; all he lacks is that one crucial opportunity to break through the barrier of sainthood."

"The medicinal power of the Earth Life Fruit may be the key to breaking through that barrier."

"The sage's advancement to the Sage King realm is a tremendous blessing for Yaochi and for the younger generation."

The Sage Yuheng fell silent.

She looked at the calm-looking young man before her, a complex expression flashing across his usually dignified and aloof face.

a long time.

She reached out and took the divine source.

"You child—"

Her voice trembled slightly.

"I, Yuheng, have cultivated for five thousand years, and I never imagined that one day I would receive such a great favor from a junior disciple."

The Sage Yuheng put the divine source into his sleeve.

Her eyes had regained their usual coldness, and she said softly, "I'll take this Earth Fate Fruit."

"But I won't take it now. After you finish this and return to Yaochi, I will go into seclusion to refine it."

Su Ye nodded and didn't say anything more.

The Jade Balance Sage's gaze swept around the stone chamber, then suddenly stopped on a recessed area in the corner of the chamber.

Su Ye followed her gaze.

The floor in the corner of the stone chamber was deeply recessed, forming an irregular circular pool, about three feet square at the opening, and half of the pool was filled with milky white liquid.

The surface of the liquid was as calm as a mirror, yet wisps of dragon-shaped mist rose gently from it.

Those dragon-shaped mists hovered in mid-air for a moment before dissipating on their own, and then new dragon-shaped mists rose from the surface of the liquid, in an endless cycle.

Su Ye approached the edge of the pool.

The liquid in the pool was viscous like paste, milky white with a hint of gold, and the faint sound of a dragon's roar could be heard coming from the bottom of the pool.

Earth Vein Elixir.

It requires the convergence of the dragon's energy from the source vein and the dragon vein under special conditions. This half-pool in front of us probably has accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

In some respects, this thing is far more precious than the Earth Life Fruit.

Su Ye was startled.

He certainly knew what the Earth Vein Elixir meant.

If a third-generation holy body were to refine this item, its bloodline concentration could be raised to the level of a second-generation holy body.

If enough earth vein spiritual liquid can be refined, it can even be made extremely close to the first generation of holy body!

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Jade Balance Sage.

"Tempering the body with the earth vein's spiritual liquid can greatly enhance the origin of the innate Dao embryo."

"Your Dao Embryo already far surpasses those of other Dao Embryos of the same era throughout history. If you were to further refine it with this pool of spiritual liquid—"

She paused.

"On the road to the throne in the future, in terms of physical constitution alone, I'm afraid no one can compare with you."

Without hesitation, Su Ye stepped into the pool.

The pool water reached waist-deep, and the moment the earth vein elixir touched the skin, a surge of scorching and pure earth essence rushed wildly into the skin from the pores.

Sit cross-legged.

The liquid reached above his chest.

The body-tempering method of circulating the "Taoist Scripture".

boom!

The spiritual liquid in the pool seemed to be ignited, suddenly boiling.

Countless dragon-shaped wisps of mist shot into the sky from the liquid surface, intertwining in mid-air to form a milky-white cocoon that enveloped Su Ye entirely.

In the center of the fog cocoon.

Su Ye's pores opened wide, frantically absorbing the earth essence and dragon vein energy contained in the earth vein spiritual liquid.

These essences flowed through the meridians into the entire body, into the five internal organs, and into the nine vertebrae of the spine that were slowly transforming.

The Daoist essence of the innate Dao embryo spread out autonomously.

A deep purple Daoist aura surged forth from Su Ye's body like a tide, intertwining with the dragon-shaped mist within the cocoon.

Guided by the Daoist rhythm, the dragon-shaped mist transformed into tiny dragon patterns that slowly traveled along Su Ye's skin, eventually imprinting themselves on his bones and meridians.

With each dragon mark imprinted, Su Ye's blood and energy increased one degree.

In the sea of ​​suffering.

Purple divine power surged and roared, and the original imprint of the innate Dao embryo within the physical body was expanding at a visible speed.

The Dao Embryo, which was already far superior to the likes of Zixia, seemed to be infused with some of the purest energy in the world, and was undergoing a qualitative transformation.

The Jade Balance Sage stood guard by the pool, his deep eyes reflecting the scene within the misty cocoon.

Her expression grew increasingly serious.

Later, the solemnity turned into shock.

"The innate Dao embryo is undergoing some kind of transformation—"

She murmured to herself.

"The origin of the innate Dao embryo lies in its fusion with the Qi of the dragon vein—this is not a simple tempering or refining of the body, but the Dao embryo evolving itself within the misty cocoon."

Su Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

The deep purple pupils had now turned completely purple-gold, and deep within them, a dragon-shaped phantom was swirling.

The entire pool of earth vein essence surged wildly into his body at this moment.

The liquid level in the pool dropped at a rate visible to the naked eye.

When Su Ye swallowed the last drop of earth vein essence, a series of crisp bone ringing came from his body.

Above the spine, the third dragon-shaped pattern is gradually lighting up.

Peak of the second level of Dragon Transformation!

Moreover, this level is still rising.

Su Ye forcibly suppressed the urge to continue breaking through.

It’s too late.

He channeled all the remaining essence into the Dao Embryo Origin.

The purple Daoist aura flowing across the surface of the Dao Embryo gradually turned into a purple-gold color with gold undertones.

A faint dragon's roar echoed within the Daoist aura, a mark of the complete fusion of the earth's dragon energy and the Daoist embryo's origin.

Su Ye opened her eyes.

A purple-gold Dao pattern flashed briefly in the depths of each of his pupils.

The purple Daoist aura flowing around him was several times more intense than before, and each strand of Daoist aura contained dense layers of Daoist fragments.

The origin of the innate Dao embryo has been greatly enhanced!

Su Ye looked down at his clenched fist, feeling the surging divine power within his body and the unprecedented clarity of the Dao.

His innate Dao embryo was originally far superior to that of ordinary people like Zixia.

Now, after being tempered by the earth's spiritual liquid, the Dao embryo has advanced further and has gradually deviated from the normal scope of a congenital Dao embryo.

His perception of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was nearly twice as clear as before.

"How does it feel?"

The voice of the Sage Yuheng came from the edge of the pool.

Su Ye stood up from the pool.

"very good."

He looked up at the Jade Balance Sage, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Better than very good."

The Sage Yuheng shook his head and chuckled.

The innate Dao embryo within Su Ye's body has improved by at least one level compared to before refining the Earth Vein Spirit Liquid.

This is a qualitative transformation. The original innate Dao embryo was born from the interaction of heaven and earth and belongs to the category of "gift from heaven".

At this moment, the origin of the Dao embryo has been integrated with the "earth essence" of the earth vein dragon energy. The combination of the heavenly bestowal earth essence and the earth essence has already subtly deviated from the scope of the normal innate Dao embryo.

Even Su Ye couldn't quite pinpoint the exact upper limit of this change.

The Sage Yuheng looked at him for a long time before speaking.

"Your current Dao embryo—"

She carefully considered her words, her tone revealing a hint of undisguised surprise: "It has probably completely transcended the established scope of the innate Dao embryo recorded throughout history."

Just then.

A muffled rumble suddenly came from outside the dojo.

It looked like something had smashed through the remaining restrictions at the entrance of the cave.

Sage Yuheng frowned and was about to raise his hand when Su Ye stepped forward first.

He turned and walked out of the dojo.

At the entrance to the dojo, the half-closed stone door had been smashed to pieces from the outside.

The shattered bluestone was scattered all over the ground, and the fragments of the ancient restrictions remaining on the stone gate turned into specks of light and slowly dissipated.

Five figures stood at the entrance of the cave.

The leader was a gaunt old man wearing a dark red robe with a pattern of a crimson desert embroidered on the hem.

The old man had a withered face, high cheekbones, and deep-set eyes.

The first small step of Sendai First Heaven!

Moreover, his aura was calm and composed, indicating that he had been cultivating at this level for at least three hundred years.

Four people were standing behind the old man.

A middle-aged man at the seventh level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, a burly man at the third level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, and two young cultivators at the fourth level of the Perfected Realm.

The old man's dark red eyes swept around the dojo before finally landing on Su Ye.

"I thought it was something else—"

The old man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"So he's just a junior at the Dragon Transformation Realm."

The middle-aged man behind him also laughed.

"Master, the divine power fluctuations on this kid are only at the second level of the Dragon Transformation Realm. We've wasted our time here. This wretched place probably doesn't have much to offer."

The old man shook his head.

His dark red eyes were fixed on the stone chamber deep inside the dojo.

"wrong."

He stretched out his withered hand and pointed towards the stone chamber.

"The lingering essence of heaven and earth has not yet dissipated; a great treasure is sure to be born in this place."

The old man's gaze returned to Su Ye, and his smile turned sinister.

"Little brat, hand over the things, and I might spare your life."

Su Ye did not answer.

He didn't even lift his eyelids.

He felt no need to say anything to a dying man.

Seeing Su Ye's attitude, the old man's smile gradually faded.

"act recklessly."

The middle-aged man behind him, who was at the seventh level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, stepped forward first.

"My lord, he's just a brat at the second level of the Dragon Transformation Realm. It's not worth you taking action yourself."

The middle-aged man raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

Crimson divine power condensed in his palm, transforming into a sand serpent phantom over ten feet long.

The sand snake opened its mouth wide, letting out a silent hiss, and bit down at Su Ye's head.

This is a unique divine technique of the Crimson Wind City lineage in the Northern Region: Crimson Sand Soul Devouring.

The sand serpent is formed from the red sand of the Northern Region accumulated over thousands of years, and it specializes in devouring the souls of cultivators.

Su Ye raised his right hand.

It was just lifted up gently.

Then, with a single palm strike, countless energy emanated from his every move.

The surrounding laws of heaven and earth responded simultaneously.

Countless Daoist principles suddenly resounded in the air, and dense Daoist patterns appeared around Su Ye's palm print.

Each Dao pattern is a manifestation of the laws of heaven and earth. The purple-gold light flows and intertwines between the Dao patterns, transforming into a palm print that blots out the sky.

Where the palm print passed, the space was compressed and distorted inch by inch.

The sand serpent, formed from millennia-old red sand, was instantly shattered into pieces before the palm print, like sand encountering a storm.

The middle-aged man's pupils suddenly contracted.

Before he could retreat, the palm print was already pressing down in front of him.

The power of myriad paths contained within the palm print pressed down like hundreds of mountains simultaneously.

The middle-aged man was forced to kneel in mid-air by the weight of the stone, which shattered and blood seeped out.

"This—this is impossible!"

The middle-aged man screamed in agony.

"How could you, a mere second-stage Dragon Transformation cultivator, possibly—"

He hadn't finished speaking.

The palm print pressed down completely.

The middle-aged man's protective divine light shattered into countless points of light with a snap, and his entire body was crushed into a cloud of blood mist, not even having time to let out a second scream.

The palm print disappeared.

Only a five-finger print, several feet deep, remained on the dojo.

Within the five-finger imprint, not even a trace of the middle-aged man remained.

The temple was deathly silent.

The faces of the people behind the red-robed old man all changed.

The burly man, who had reached the third level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, trembled, and his voice shook.

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Another young cultivator took three steps back, and the magic weapon in his hand clattered to the ground.

"What kind of monster is he?!"

The old man in the red robe also darkened his expression.

A hint of seriousness flashed in his dark red eyes.

"A multitude of paths resounding together—"

He stared intently at Su Ye.

"The extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth that can only be activated by a Primordial Dao Embryo, how can a junior like you, in the Dragon Transformation Realm, possibly perform such a feat?"

"You are the Holy Son of Yaochi?!"

Su Ye still did not answer.

The old man in the red robe took a deep breath, and his withered hands emerged from his sleeves.

All ten fingers are spread out.

"It seems I misjudged him."

His voice turned chilling and piercing.

"However—the more monstrous the prodigy, the more satisfying it is to kill them."

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