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Chapter 935: Chapter 935: The Gathering of the Twelve Time Divine Steles
A Divine Master Realm powerhouse was about to be drowned—an unbelievable notion—but if things continued like this, Yang Xiaotian really could have drowned in the Demon Transforming Pool.
Yang Xiaotian tried to activate the Netherworld Demon Technique and Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique, aiming to absorb the power of the Demonic Qi and Demon Water, but he found that he was utterly unable to use any power or operate any Cultivation Technique.
The Demon Water from the Demon Transforming Pool possessed some sort of Magic Power so terrifying that it could seal off all of a person’s power and prevent them from operating any Cultivation Technique.
Just as Master Ding was about to make a move to isolate all the Demonic Qi and Demon Water, suddenly, a violent tremor emanated from the light of the Death God Tree on Yang Xiaotian’s body.
One could see that the Death God Tree was emitting a strange light.
Attracted by this strange light, the Demonic Qi and Demon Water that entered Yang Xiaotian’s body instead surged towards the Death God Tree.
Gurgle!
As the Demonic Qi and Demon Water continued to surge into the trunk of the Death God Tree, the tree made a gurgling noise.
And it gurgled incessantly.
After each gurgle, the Aura of Death from the Death God Tree intensified and the tree visibly grew at an observable rate.
Yang Xiaotian was surprised.
Over the years, he had rarely used the Death God Tree for cultivation because he was practicing the Five Divine Bodies. He hadn’t expected the Death God Tree to have such a marvelous effect that it could devour the Demonic Qi and Demon Water of the Demon Transforming Pool.
Even Master Ding was surprised.
While the Death God Tree was marvelous, in theory, it shouldn’t have been possible for it to devour the Demonic Qi and Demon Water from the Demon Transforming Pool.
Moreover, Yang Xiaotian noticed that as the Death God Tree continued to devour the Demon Transforming Pool’s Demonic Qi and Demon Water, the strength throughout his body was restored.
At that moment, a familiar Power of Time emanated from the bottom of the Demon Transforming Pool.
Feeling elated, Yang Xiaotian had no doubt that this Power of Time was emanating from the last Time Divine Stele.
Immediately, he flew towards the location of the last Time Divine Stele.
However, the resistance in the Demon Transforming Pool was immense; Yang Xiaotian felt as if he were trapped in a super quagmire. No matter how much he tried to speed up, he could only move slightly faster than an ordinary person.
After Yang Xiaotian entered the Demon Transforming Pool, the Gaunt Hand and Nether Void Demon Venerable hovered over the pool for a long time, before ultimately resolving to fly away and return to the surrounding mountains.
Other Living Dead arrived and continued their slaughter of the fleeing powerhouses from all sides.
As more and more Living Dead swarmed in, the mountains around the Demon Transforming Pool were entirely besieged by the Living Dead, making escape impossible.
Below the Demon Transforming Pool, as Yang Xiaotian continued flying towards the Time Divine Stele, suddenly, strange colors flickered in front. Yang Xiaotian looked on to find, on the cliff beneath the Demon Transforming Pool, a bizarrely shaped lotus growing.
The lotus was completely black, and like the Demon Transforming Pool, it emitted Demonic Qi.
It was the Demon Transforming Lotus that Yang Xiaotian had undertaken a mission from the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion to find!
Unable to conceal his joy, Yang Xiaotian approached the Demon Transforming Lotus. Just as he was about to pluck the lotus, unexpectedly, a very tiny Black Snake flew out from the body of the lotus!
This Black Snake opened its enormous maw and lunged towards Yang Xiaotian.
A stench of blood rushed to his nostrils.
Yang Xiaotian was startled, not expecting a Black Snake to be attached to the Demon Transforming Lotus. When the opponent’s gaping mouth opened, its teeth were completely black, clearly indicating a highly poisonous creature.
However, just as the snake was about to bite Yang Xiaotian, Master Ding’s golden light directly repelled it, sending it flying away.
After being repelled, the snake seemed unharmed, transforming into a streak of black Demon Light, disappearing into the Demon Transforming Pool.
"What kind of snake is this?" Yang Xiaotian exclaimed, startled.
"Desolate Nether Snake," replied Master Ding. "This kind of snake is extremely rare, with formidable defense and incredibly potent venom. It is one of the most poisonous creatures between Heaven and Earth."
Yang Xiaotian nodded, recalling the perils he had just faced, feeling cold sweat break out on his back.
Now that he knew the Desolate Nether Snake was in the Demon Transforming Pool, he would have to be even more cautious.
Yang Xiaotian pulled out the Demon Transforming Lotus and, after securing it, continued flying toward the location of the Time Divine Stele.
After flying for a while, Yang Xiaotian noticed another Demon Transforming Lotus growing on the mountainside ahead.
Moreover, this Demon Transforming Lotus was even bigger than the previous one, already at the ten-million-year grade.
The Demon Transforming Lotus, not only a vital ingredient for refining Divine Elixirs, could also be directly consumed for cultivation.
Others might struggle to consume and refine them, but with his Chaos Darkness Godhood and Netherworld Divine Art, he could completely refine the Demon Transforming Lotus.
However, it was a pity that the ten-million-year grade Demon Transforming Lotus was almost negligible in its usefulness to the current Yang Xiaotian.
Yang Xiaotian checked carefully to ensure there was no Desolate Nether Snake lurking near this Demon Transforming Lotus before he uprooted and secured it.
"Don’t worry, the Desolate Nether Snake is extremely rare; there should only be that one in the Demon Transforming Pool," Master Ding said.
Yang Xiaotian continued to fly forward.
To his surprise, it wasn’t long before he spotted yet another Demon Transforming Lotus.
And this one was larger than the previous two.
The deeper he went, the larger the Demon Transforming Lotuses grew, and the older they became.
Yang Xiaotian couldn’t help but look deeper into the Demon Transforming Pool with hope, thinking there might indeed be a twenty-million-year, or even a thirty-million-year old Demon Transforming Lotus within.
Sure enough, before long, Yang Xiaotian discovered another Demon Transforming Lotus.
This Demon Transforming Pool seemed to be a paradise for the proliferation of Demon Transforming Lotuses, with this one reaching the twenty-million-year grade.
Finally, when Yang Xiaotian reached the Time Divine Stele, he had collected seven Demon Transforming Lotuses along the way, two of which were of the twenty-million-year grade and one of the thirty-million-year grade.
Yang Xiaotian activated his Eternal Divine Body and uprooted the Time Divine Stele.
The last piece of the Time Divine Stele was finally gathered.
Once he refined this last piece of the Time Divine Stele, he would be able to locate the Time Divine Tree.
However, Yang Xiaotian wasn’t in a hurry to refine the last piece of the Time Divine Stele; instead, after securing it, he continued searching the Demon Transforming Pool, hoping to find more Demon Transforming Lotuses.
Sure enough, after nearly half a month of scouring every corner of the Demon Transforming Pool, he found another thirty-million-year old Demon Transforming Lotus.
With these two thirty-million-year Demon Transforming Lotuses, Yang Xiaotian now had the prospect of breaking through to the Ten Layers of the Divine Master Realm!
However, what puzzled Yang Xiaotian was, after the Desolate Nether Snake had fled, where had it gone?
Furthermore, the Living Dead swarmed to the Demon Transforming Pool as if waiting for some treasure to emerge, yet he had not noticed anything unusual about the pool.
Yang Xiaotian didn’t leave the Demon Transforming Pool right away. Instead, he sat down and began to refine the last piece of the Time Divine Stele within the pool.
Soon, the last piece of the Time Divine Stele was refined.
The twelve pieces of the Time Divine Stele gathered around his body, spinning continuously, pulsating with layers of Power of Time. Yang Xiaotian’s consciousness immersed itself in the temporal space constructed by the power of the twelve Time Divine Steles.
A series of images flashed through his mind.
These images were of the past Master of Time searching for the Time Divine Tree.
Following these images, Yang Xiaotian finally saw the Time Divine Tree!
The Time Divine Tree stood tall amidst a sea of stars, erupting with endless Power of Time, speckled with golden light, making everything in its vicinity eternal.
