Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

And in the next moment,

The silhouette suddenly disappeared from sight, reappearing above his head, a foot stepping down from midair, tyrannically unstoppable!

"Crack."

No matter how Weber resisted, he was ultimately stepped on the chest by that foot, breaking over a dozen ribs, coughing up a large mouthful of blood.

"You..." Weber looked horrified, never expecting the newcomer's strength to be so terrifying, that even Kun Qianzhou wouldn't be able to do such a thing— to trample him underfoot, humiliating him at whim!

And this precisely proved that their strengths were on completely different levels.

With a ruthless stomp, Weber was reduced to a mere gasping state, as Ji Jingqiu moved towards the masked man like lightning, Crassus's referred Mr. Mu.

"I underestimated you..." Mr. Mu said gravely, using Spirit Communication for a brief instant, "Why must you oppose us as such a strong being? We can form an alliance, sharing the treasures from the depths of the Ancient Road together."

Ji Jingqiu remained silent, drawing his sword from its sheath, the air around him pausing for a moment, as if the entire space had solidified instantly.

Mr. Mu roared low, unleashing his full strength, erecting a domain of earthy yellow, connecting with the Earth Power beneath him, within which vague mountainous landscapes emerged.

Ji Jingqiu didn't hold back against this man, feeling an uncanny vibe about him, his Qi Force raging like torrential tides; with one slash, the mountains collapsed, and the domain shattered scatteringly.

Mr. Mu appeared profoundly shocked, initially planning to counter-capture the opponent, but unexpected was the terrifying strength of his opponent.

His eyes burned with desire, such a fine and exquisite body...

With a loud bang, the domain shattered, Green Master made a falling slash, encountering no resistance whatsoever, but Ji Jingqiu was the first to sense something odd—that slash was too smooth, cutting like through tofu, showing no resistance usually present in a strong being's body, instead it felt like...

A piece of rotten wood?

A black shadow, like an ink stroke, burst forth from Mr. Mu's body, entering Ji Jingqiu's body in just an instant.

Even Ji Jingqiu did not react in time.

But no reaction was needed.

Ji Jingqiu stood in place, somewhat stunned.

He had previously sensed something unusual about this man, harboring some sort of nefarious aspect, but he didn't associate it with evil spirits because the feeling differed from the two evil spirits he encountered before.

Seeing the opponent delivering himself into the trap, he began to reflect whether he had been overly cautious.

Just then, laughter accompanied by coughing blood sounded from behind.

Weber laughed heartily, unable to stop despite all his ribs being broken, his internal condition a complete mess, each laugh pulling at his wounds, causing immense pain, yet he couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Unlike Crassus, he knew more of Mr. Mu's identity.

Such a demonic creature, only those like him, blessed by divine favor, had the qualifications for an equal dialogue.

Even though Ji Jingqiu stood out among his peers, he had still been duped!

"Laughing like this, doesn't it hurt?"

The sudden voice made Weber's laughter come to an abrupt halt.

Ji Jingqiu walked over to him, watching him perplexedly: "Did you think of something happy, or is this a dying flash of revival?"

Weber, with a dazed expression, couldn't comprehend why Ji Jingqiu was entirely unharmed, he suddenly screamed:

"Mr. Mu? Mr. Mu!"

"Stop calling, he's gone to meet your former Divine Lord."

Facing the dying man, Ji Jingqiu kindly explained, without any deception.

Having said that, he faced Weber's spiteful gaze, pressing a finger to his forehead, using the Power of the Spirit to break his defenses, revisiting the earlier question for another round of interrogation.

After obtaining the answer he wanted, Ji Jingqiu sent Weber to meet his Divine Lord.

The Four Gods Church declares that every devout believer of the God can return to the Divine Country after death, where they will be reborn under God's radiance; hence, death is not to be feared, it signifies both an ending and a rebirth.

It now depends on how devout Weber really is.

"Actually, he successfully performed a ritual..."

Ji Jingqiu whispered. This was something even Crassus was unaware of, but since Weber was a close friend of Kun Qianzhou, he had personally witnessed the success of the first secret ritual.

The first ritual was experimental, sending only one person, a tremendously powerful young man, according to Weber's own feeling.

The individual was a martial artist in the Divine Travel Realm, who had progressed far in this realm, presumably reaching the late stages of Divine Travel, transforming to the extreme.

"A taboo, a late-stage Divine Traveler... I'm a bit eager to see Kun Qianzhou's palm technique, wondering if I can secretly learn it if it's as I suspect."

Ji Jingqiu simply handled the bodies of the three, then headed towards the place he came from, his mind teeming with thoughts.

Both Crassus and Weber felt that the palm technique bestowed by the Divine Lord to Kun Qianzhou was unimaginably powerful, definitely a top-tier Great Divine Power.

And to try to stealthily learn a top-tier Great Divine Power during a battle... Ji Jingqiu himself wasn't very confident.

It's just a pity that his Formless Dao Body was still too immature, otherwise if he had already entered the Heavenly Human Realm, like the former Wan Chengcang, he would be able to stably imprint the form of the Divine Power.

As long as he could imprint the form, with his astonishing wisdom, he would eventually be able to deduce it reversely.

Ji Jingqiu arrived at the mountain peak where the three had been earlier, overlooking the ruins below, which were spectacular.

Previously, he had seen hundreds of meters of snow-white bone spurs at the location of the Ancient Royal City, but the remains here were much larger than those.

Just then,

The ancient snake mark on the back of his hand suddenly became slightly warm.

The Swallowing Realm Snake he had been feeding for several months conveyed excited spiritual fluctuations.

Ji Jingqiu could feel that this little fellow, which daily did nothing but "eat and sleep" and was unwilling to break out of its shell, wriggled a few times at this moment as if it really wanted to emerge, but hesitated, stopped moving, and instead urged him to quickly go somewhere.

While Hel was still conducting a righteous trial on the demonic spirit that voluntarily cast a net, Ji Jingqiu silently, without alarming anyone below, entered the depths of the skeleton.

Guided by the Swallowing Realm Snake, he went deeper and eventually directly entered into a mysterious space.

This was the broken Inner Heaven and Earth of the Void Giant Beast!

Surprisingly, Ji Jingqiu was not the first person to find this place.

Another creature, odd-looking, had already arrived.

At this moment, this little fellow was staring with big eyes, astonishingly looking at Ji Jingqiu who had intruded here, seemingly unsure how it was possible for another person to enter this place.

"This thing... why does it look a bit weird?"

Ji Jingqiu exclaimed in surprise, observing the little fellow in front of him, whose inner Qi fluctuations were not strong, instead rather weak, and it was unclear if it even had a True Seed.

But its appearance was very peculiar, with a phoenix head, lion's body, butterfly wings, its body covered with phoenix feathers, however bizarre you could imagine, seemingly a hybrid mix of three creatures.

"Is it a Mythical Creature?"

Ji Jingqiu guessed, grabbing it, only feeling that this little one was quite special—visibly weak, but full of spiritual nature, with very expressive expressions, perfectly embodying being dumbfounded at the moment.

The little fellow, not knowing what creature it was, initially wanted to struggle desperately, but when it glanced at the mark on the back of Ji Jingqiu's hand, all the phoenix feathers stood up, then quickly settled down, calm and well-behaved.

Until Ji Jingqiu, out of curiosity, turned it over to inspect, muttering,

"Damn..."

It had fluffed up.