Over the past five hundred years, Shengxia had collected no fewer than a thousand kinds of spiritual plants and over a hundred spiritual treasures. If any of the other major figures in Honghuang were to see this, they would realize who the real pauper was! Hahaha, Shengxia was beyond thrilled.
Continuing further up Buzhou Mountain, the pressure reached the Quasi-Sage level. Shengxia had not neglected his cultivation over the years, and he was already at the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal.
His entire body was bleeding from the crushing pressure. Yet, right up here, every single piece of flora—even a random blade of grass—was a top-grade innate spiritual root. Still, it was almost more than a mortal could bear. Looking over to the side, holy crap—an innate Enlightenment Tea Tree! Without a second thought and throwing caution to the wind, Shengxia scrambled over like his life depended on it, uprooted the old tree, and transplanted it into his system space.
Shengxia had no choice but to head back down the mountain. Along the way, however, he spared not a single spiritual plant—not even the grass—sweeping them all clean. The Ancestor Witches watched in utter astonishment, several of the Great Witches staying on high alert, terrified that he might dash into Ancestor Witch territory.
*Ding!* The system prompt sounded: *Wuyishan checked in successfully! Reward: Time Demon God's physical body, one percent of the Law of Time (one of the Three Thousand Laws, i.e., the Three Thousand Great Dao).*
Shengxia was dumbfounded. He had struck absolute gold! *System, and this is just the beginning?*
He quickly needed to find a place to establish his own cave dwelling. Many novels depicted the cave dwelling of Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao sisters as being on Three Immortals Island, but he had also become the disciple of Sage Tongtian.
Shengxia had arrived, yet his cultivation realm surpassed even that of the Three Pure Ones. What was he supposed to do?
He had heard that there were still several islands in the East China Sea that had not yet manifested. Perhaps he should just wander around Honghuang for a bit longer!
Coming upon a nameless mountain, he carved out a cave dwelling in the mountainside. The spiritual Qi here was dense, making it an excellent spot for cultivation. Shengxia was already at the peak of the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal. To break it down, each realm was divided into early, mid, and peak stages, while magical treasures were classified as mortal artifacts, spiritual artifacts, merit spiritual artifacts, acquired spiritual artifacts, acquired merit spiritual artifacts, innate spiritual artifacts, innate merit spiritual artifacts, innate supreme treasures, innate merit supreme treasures, Chaos spiritual artifacts, Chaos supreme treasures, Hongmeng spiritual artifacts, Hongmeng supreme treasures, and Hongmeng Heavenly Lord treasures.
Using his Daluo magic, Shengxia hastily carved out his cave dwelling just to make do for the moment. *Ding!* Wuyishan checked in successfully! Reward: Innate Water Origin Grand Array, Early Quasi-Sage cultivation, ten percent of the Law of the Dao of Fire.
Right when he was lacking a grand array, someone had come along and handed him a pillow just as he wanted to sleep—the system had delivered a grand array!
Shengxia retrieved the grand array from the system space and set up its foundation. Instantly, he noticed that the spiritual Qi of water on the mountain grew many times denser.
Returning to his cave dwelling, Shengxia sat cross-legged to cultivate. An overwhelming aura erupted from his body, propelling him into the Quasi-Sage Realm—putting him firmly in the league of major heavyweights across Honghuang.
Over on Kunlun Mountain, inside his Yujing Mountain cave dwelling, Hongjun had recovered eighty percent of his injuries. Suddenly, a premonition struck him. He raised his hand to calculate, only to discover that Zhao Gongming, the senior external disciple of Sage Tongtian, had already reached the Quasi-Sage Realm, lagging behind him by only two major realms.
He was an absolute monster! How was Tongtian supposed to take on disciples now? He might as well take him on as a disciple himself! The thought filled him with immense excitement, and transforming into an old Daoist, he stepped out of his cave dwelling.
Meanwhile, having stabilized his Early Quasi-Sage Realm, Shengxia awoke from his meditation. *Ah, simply refreshing!* Then he recalled reading novels in later generations where Hongjun became a Sage, gave lectures, and monopolized the providence of Honghuang. That old codger was vicious! Instead of letting him do that, why not lecture the myriad spirits himself? That way, he could reap the providence of Honghuang and the merit of the Heavenly Dao.
*Ding!* The system issued a side quest: *Lecture to all living beings. Reward: 100,000 acres of merit, ten percent of the Law of the Dao of Space, and the Creation Cauldron.* This reward was a massive windfall!
Shengxia acted the moment the thought crossed his mind. Soaring into the skies above Honghuang, using his Quasi-Sage might and a voice that resonated everywhere, he decreed that in three days' time, he would lecture to all living beings at Wuyishan.
Since systematic cultivation methods did not yet exist in Honghuang, many cultivators hit a dead end once they reached the Golden Immortal Realm. For a cultivator to step forward and seek blessings for all living beings—this was truly an act of immense merit!
The myriad spirits of Honghuang were stirred by the news. All along the roads, figures and fierce beasts alike hurried toward Wuyishan.
The three days passed in a flash. On and around Wuyishan, Innate Dao bodies, various factions of the demon race, Ancestor Witches, and a bustling crowd of others had gathered with extraordinary liveliness. There were also innate beings of all races, alongside major Honghuang deities such as the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, Nuwa, the Twelve Ancestor Witches, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the Empress, and Queen Mother of the West.
Shengxia was now at the Early Quasi-Sage Realm, while heavyweights like the Three Pure Ones were only at the early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal. Shengxia certainly possessed the qualifications to lecture to them.
Shengxia invited senior divine beings such as Fuxi, Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and Queen Mother of the West to come forward and take the front rows to listen to the sermon.
Treading upon the Golden Lotus of Merit, Shengxia sat cross-legged atop it and began his lecture.
The Grand Dao was born from the void, and Pangu was born from the Grand Dao. Waves of Dao sounds reached the foot of the mountain and echoed across every corner of the Honghuang land. This was the first time living beings in Honghuang were being lectured to, and the Heavenly Dao transmitted Shengxia's Dao sounds directly into the ears of every single living creature across Honghuang.
The living beings present listened to the Dao sounds; some wept, some laughed, some shook their heads and wagged their tails, completely immersed in the profound resonance of the Grand Dao.
Among the arrived beings, two three-legged golden crows at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm listened to the Dao sounds, their auras growing increasingly intense. Many surrounding beings snapped out of their trance and hurriedly cleared a generous space for them.
They were about to undergo their transformation! Dark tribulation clouds grew thicker by the horizon, thunder rumbled louder and louder, and the tribulation clouds finally came to a halt right above the heads of the three-legged golden crows.