Above the clouds, life was not absent. Here, a peculiar giant tree thrived, its trunk resembling a cylinder, with several large, dark green leaves at the top, each measuring dozens of meters long. The leaves were immensely broad and thick, with innumerable tendrils extending from their tips, gently drifting in the air.
These giant trees were sparsely scattered, each separated by thousands of meters, as if demarcating their own territories.
When Qian Ye appeared, the nearby giant trees suddenly reacted. Their leaves folded slightly, like they were preparing to strike and capture something.
Instinctively, Qian Ye activated his bloodline’s stealth, and the leaves gradually relaxed, returning to their original state.
Could it be that they were sensitive to the fluctuations of origin power? Qian Ye speculated. He then opened his origin power vision to observe carefully.
Above the clouds, there was almost no origin power, making this area a vacuum of origin power. Logically, such an environment should not support any life forms, and any being with origin power would dissipate it under the pressure here.
However, life often brings about miracles, and these giant trees thriving here was nothing short of a miracle.
As for Qian Ye, his body was already extremely robust, and the slight pressure from the origin power vacuum was insignificant compared to his chaotic origin power.
After a while, a faint trace of origin power appeared in Qian Ye’s vision. This strand of origin power seemed to materialize out of thin air, naturally floating in the air. As it approached one of the giant trees, a few tendrils at the end of the leaves curled up, capturing and absorbing the origin power before everything returned to normal.
Qian Ye realized that these giant trees could capture origin power in the air, using it as sustenance.
If they could capture origin power, they could also prey on beings carrying it. These giant trees were actually carnivorous, far more dangerous than they appeared.
Qian Ye approached one of the giant trees and extended his hand, releasing a small amount of origin power from his fingertips. The tree instantly responded, and the leaves swooped down, wrapping their tendrils around Qian Ye’s upper body.
Qian Ye remained still, experiencing the pull and suction of the tendrils. Moments later, the crimson dawn light flames erupted from his body, instantly reducing all the tendrils to ashes.
Though the giant trees fed on origin power, the Dawn Light was no ordinary sustenance. Absorbing such intense dawn origin power was akin to swallowing fire.
The moment the Dawn Light appeared, the nearby giant trees reacted again. This time, instead of greed, they displayed fear, retracting their leaves and coiling their tendrils within, transforming the leaves into sharp spines.
Qian Ye reached out to touch the tree’s trunk, sending his senses into it, and was instantly shocked.
The tree’s trunk was dense and hard, with a small hollow cavity filled with highly concentrated, liquid-like origin power!
The nature of the origin power within the tree was at the midpoint between Evernight and Daybreak, slightly leaning towards Daybreak. Most importantly, this origin power was extremely pure, devoid of vitality, and could be directly absorbed.
Qian Ye drew his Azure Blood Sword and pierced the tree’s trunk, creating a deep hole. The sword’s energy penetrated further, carving a channel straight to the tree’s core.
After removing the Azure Blood Sword, a pale green sap oozed from the hole. This sap was viscous, shimmering with silver threads, indicating its extraordinary nature. Qian Ye scooped a handful and, after a moment’s thought, drank it.
Instantly, he felt a blazing fire in his chest and abdomen, and origin power surged like an explosion. The Profound Chapter and Radiant Chapter, both eager, seemed ready to feast.
Since Qian Ye had transcended the Marquis of Glory and achieved God General status in the Daybreak, the Profound and Radiant Chapters had shown some signs of sentience, reacting to suitable origin power. However, both chapters simultaneously reacting to the same origin power, as was happening now, had never occurred before.
Inspired, Qian Ye sat down under the tree and, for the first time, simultaneously activated both the Profound and Radiant Chapters to refine the peculiar origin power from the sap.
The simultaneous activation of both chapters was surprisingly smooth and natural, operating at a speed several times faster than when used individually. Qian Ye realized this was the true form of the Profound and Radiant Chapters as recorded in the Song Clan’s ancient scroll. Both chapters were meant to be practiced together, balancing each other, to follow the right path.
However, in a world divided between Evernight and Daybreak, there was no origin power that could activate both chapters simultaneously. Over the centuries, the Song Clan’s ancient scroll, and its predecessor, the Chaos Ancient Scroll, had been gradually forgotten in their true practice methods. Focusing on only one chapter ultimately led to self-destruction, rendering it unattainable.
Only the wealthy Song Clan, with its extensive collections, acquired the ancient scroll, likely paying a hefty price through a misguided steward who might have taken a significant cut.
Now, in the Inner World, above the cloud layer of the Sacred Mountain, the strange sap from the giant trees provided the opportunity to activate both chapters simultaneously.
The Profound and Radiant Chapters operated at an increasing speed, maintaining a delicate balance, continuously generating Dawn Light and Dark Gold Blood Qi, seemingly endless.
These two top-tier origin powers flowed into the covers of the Black Book, nourishing the blood nucleus and heart, causing them to grow and evolve at a visible rate. At any moment, Qian Ye could direct the Dawn Light and Dark Gold Blood Qi into the Black Book, transforming them into chaotic origin power. However, he felt it was more important to enhance the blood nucleus and heart themselves, laying a solid foundation to hold more chaotic origin power.
Chaotic origin power was immensely powerful, heavy, and resilient. Qian Ye’s physical body needed further transformation to wield it effortlessly. Otherwise, even with the constitution of an ancient bloodline, using chaotic origin power would be exhausting.
The days passed in cultivation, and two nights and two days quickly went by. Only after completely digesting the sap did the Profound and Radiant Chapters stop.
Qian Ye slowly opened his eyes, feeling the changes within his body. In just two days, his gains equaled those of several months, an astonishing rate.
Placing his hand on the giant tree, he sensed that the sap inside had decreased by about a third. The small hole he had made had healed, leaving no trace. Thus, one giant tree was enough to elevate his origin power by a year.
Yet, this speed was not without limits, and the limit was the tree sap.
After two days of cultivation, Qian Ye gained a deep understanding of the sap’s nature. This origin power was at the exact midpoint between Evernight and Daybreak, highly unstable, and could easily shift to either side.
In terms of nature, this strange origin power and chaotic origin power were both at the midpoint between Evernight and Daybreak. However, in their midpoint, they seemed to be at opposite extremes.
Chaotic origin power was dense and solid, unshakable once formed. The Chaotic Domain Qian Ye created could be as light as a feather or as heavy as a mountain, exerting dominance over other domains.
This strange origin power, however, maximized transformation, constantly changing into either darkness or light depending on the environment.
Both were at the pinnacle of their respective attributes, with no hierarchy.
With the aid of the Black Book, Qian Ye had condensed chaotic origin power. This strange origin power seemed to exist within the giant trees, stabilizing in a sap form.
Thus, the giant trees became priceless treasures in Qian Ye’s eyes. Continuously absorbing the tree sap, he could cultivate for a month here, equivalent to decades in the outside world. With the Profound and Radiant Chapters, Qian Ye was least concerned about bottlenecks but most in need of accumulation.
This precious land above the clouds perfectly addressed Qian Ye’s final weakness. Unfortunately, though the Sacred Mountain was vast, the giant trees were too sparse, with only a dozen or so. This was enough for Qian Ye’s final accumulation before becoming a Grand Duke and Heavenly King.
However, Qian Ye still needed to deal with Metatron. But seeing the secret realm on the Sacred Mountain, he was less urgent to kill Metatron. Once he completed his accumulation and achieved Grand Duke and Heavenly King, he could fully suppress Metatron. With his usual covert killing methods, he would eventually slay the Prince of No Light.
This training session inadvertently took two days, leaving him only one day. He could not complete three origin power bullets, perhaps just one. Without sufficient ammunition, the possibility of forcefully killing the Prince of No Light was slim.
As Qian Ye pondered, a familiar voice sounded behind him: “To discover the use of the Illusory Origin Power so quickly, impressive! Although your method of absorption is somewhat wasteful, you have chaotic origin power, which is no less.”
The voice came suddenly, catching Qian Ye off guard. More shocking was that the person appeared behind him without him noticing. Even if Qian Ye’s perception was not the best in Evernight, it was on par with Grand Dukes and Heavenly Kings. This person could appear at close range, ready to strike at any moment.
In the world, few could render Qian Ye helpless.
Qian Ye turned around, his heart heavy, and saw a tall, graceful man. Seeing him, Qian Ye’s heart raced, and he exclaimed, “Why are you here?”
The man stood with his hands behind his back, smiling, “Why can’t it be me?”
“You, you’re not…” Qian Ye stumbled, unsure what to say. There were countless legends about him, but most pointed to two fates: exploring the void or having perished long ago.
The man asked, “What do the legends say about me?”
Qian Ye felt his mind in chaos, “Wait, I’m a bit confused. Are you really…?”
The man laughed, “Others may not recognize me, but how could you not? Didn’t the consciousness I left in the hidden treasure meet you already? But seeing how well you’ve nurtured the Wings of the Primordial, nearly to perfection, it shows I didn’t choose the wrong person.”
“An-duo-ya!” Qian Ye finally called out the name.
“I have had many names, but the one that has always been with me is An-duo-ya. As for the title of the Blackwing Monarch, it’s no longer necessary. According to the rules of the River of Blood, you should now address me as: the Lord of Evernight.”
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