The original academy.

"Li Ming, you're finally planning to break through?"

A man who looked even younger than Li Ming asked the question.

He was Qi Xiu, another unparalleled powerhouse of the Primordial Divine Dynasty, unknown to many.

Despite his handsome appearance, he is actually an old monster who has cultivated for nearly ten thousand years.

However, for a powerful figure like him, living for another 20,000 years under normal circumstances would not be difficult, and maintaining his appearance would be even easier. Often, the reason why some powerful figures show the appearance of middle-aged or elderly people is simply to appear dignified.

After all, such powerful individuals usually hold high positions and need to manage younger generations; it would be too inappropriate for them to appear young and incompetent.

The original academy's dean, however, did not have this idea. In his words, it was just right for young people to manage young people!

"What, isn't a breakthrough a good thing?"

"Okay, of course it's great!"

Qi Xiu didn't put on any airs of a dean and said with a smile.

The fact that a prodigy like Li Ming breaks through is not just empty talk, but a real benefit.

"Then, Dean, do you think I should break through?"

Li Ming said calmly.

Others found it strange that he hadn't broken through yet, rather than that he was too slow.

Because his strength has far surpassed the surface level.

Therefore, Li Ming wondered if he had broken through too quickly.

The dean looked at Li Ming and spoke in a deep voice:

"Don't blindly break through because of external pressure. The Martial God level is not something to be taken lightly for a prodigy like you."

Since Li Ming reversed the situation and killed three of the most outstanding talents of Ziwei Academy, and seized the Ziwei Origin.

Many prodigies eager to make a name for themselves couldn't sit still any longer.

Among the prodigies of the Eastern Region, the unparalleled genius of the Sword Dao Holy Land, the Suspended Sword Sect, battled the divine son of the immortal Xia family of the Central Region, shaking both the Central and Eastern Regions. This was a clash between the peerless prodigies of the two great realms.

Many powerful figures from major sects in the Central Region personally inquired about the battle between the two, hoping to analyze the strength of the Eastern Region's prodigies.

Both of them were peerless geniuses at the level of martial gods, and they fought in a powerful secret realm.

Unfortunately, the two cleared the area in the secret realm, and no one knows who won or lost.

It wasn't until the next day, when news came that both men had made gains, that everyone concluded it was a draw.

Furthermore, people heard that the reclusive holy son of the Four Symbols Holy Land had finally appeared, because a descendant of an ancient family had come knocking on their door.

The descendant of that ancient family possessed an astonishing fighting spirit and a terrifying bloodlust. He challenged geniuses from all sides and fought his way to the Four Symbols Holy Land, causing a great uproar.

He even attracted the attention of some powerful figures in the demonic path, who wanted to kill him in secret. However, although he appeared wild and reckless, his whereabouts were unpredictable. He carried a secret treasure to conceal his aura and could tear through space, disappearing in an instant.

He takes the initiative to attack; he won't wait around waiting to be attacked.

Finally, it was revealed that he came from the War Clan, one of the Ten Ancient Clans.

He cultivated his Heavenly Battle Divine Art to an unprecedented level, causing a major upheaval in the Eastern Region, which even the Immortal Holy Land had to pay attention to!

The Four Symbols Saint Son was also extremely powerful; he drove away the successor of the War Clan in just one hour.

However, the Four Symbols Holy Land did not seem to mention this matter much, and no one knows the specifics.

...

Such things happen all over the world.

These days, the outside world is in turmoil. Li Ming has opened the curtain on the golden age, staging the first act, while other geniuses are following closely behind, not to be outdone.

With the Primal Conference about to convene, these prodigies might very well return and cause trouble.

Therefore, Qi Xiu feared that Li Ming had heard rumors from the outside world and was therefore preparing to force a breakthrough.

Although he wanted Li Ming to break through and become stronger, he did not want this peerless figure to die because of this matter.

"Then of course we're ready."

Li Ming replied, and he had already planned to take a path to godhood that no one had ever taken before.

Most people who break through to become Martial God do so by asking the Heavenly Dao and conquering the Dao to become gods.

For example, Li Ming could easily become a martial god through swordsmanship, saber techniques, the Five Elements theory, and so on...

This is considered a superior method of attaining enlightenment. The inferior method is to borrow the Dao of others to become a god. Many techniques of the demonic path are like this, seizing the Dao fruits of others' grotto heavens to achieve one's own.

Li Ming, of course, would not follow those paths, but rather the more perfect and dangerous path to godhood.

In fact, many inheritors of ancient traditions take an unusual path to godhood, so they stay in the Celestial Realm for a long time, and their cultivation speed after breaking through is also very fast, allowing them to keep up with those who broke through earlier.

This is the foundation of the great holy land. In the original divine dynasty, those who took the alternative path were only the Dean and the Heavenly King.

"Heaven and earth are the furnace, and the three thousand laws are the fire. Only by tempering oneself in this way can one eventually suppress the heavenly law with one's own and become a martial god. This is the path to invincibility."

Li Ming carefully recalled the contents of the "Chaos Heavenly Scripture" and murmured to himself.

"In the beginning of time, there was chaos, which was called Wuji (the limitless). Yin and Yang combined, and all things were born, which was called the Great Dao!"

These days he has mastered all five elements of the Great Dao, a level that many martial gods in the Heaven and Earth Realm cannot reach.

At the same time, the five elements of the inner world are complete and constantly rotating, which brings him a great improvement.

With the medicinal resources already taken from the Qingtian Ruins, preparations are quite thorough.

The most crucial element is the Ziwei Origin, because the Ziwei Origin actually represents Yin and Yang.

Upon hearing Li Ming's words, Qi Xiu closed his eyes and pondered them carefully.

After a long silence, he nodded slightly and said frankly, "This is an invincible path, but it is also a path of no return."

To be honest, if he hadn't known about Li Ming's physique, he would have thought this method of breakthrough was somewhat naive.

"I still want to leave."

Li Ming whispered.

He had a premonition that if he wanted to go further and experience the scenery of another world, he had to do his best and never back down!

Qi Xiu remained silent, looking at Li Ming. Seeing his utter composure, serene expression, and confident eyes, he realized it wasn't a momentary impulse. Finally, he nodded and said, "It seems I need to prepare to find another prodigy to fight for the Primordial Divine Dynasty."

Li Ming said irritably:

"Dean, it's not that bad. You've taught me so much these past few days, I can't let all that effort go to waste."

"I suggest you offer some divine resources or something, just as a token, to increase my breakthrough rate."

He was able to comprehend the Five Elements Dao so quickly thanks to the dean in front of him.

Because this dean was not a human, but a peacock.

Moreover, he is a pure-blooded member of the Five Elements Peacock Clan, whose Five Elements Dao has already been perfected. If this person were to unleash his Five Elements Divine Light, everything except imperial weapons would truly be destroyed by him.

The reason the other party was able to come to the Xuanhuang Realm was because of the Primordial Heavenly King, but that's another story.

Qi Xiu frowned and said:

"Divine resources are precious, but will they be useful for your breakthrough?"

Li Ming said earnestly:

"With more divine energy, I'm in a better mood, which naturally increases my success rate in breaking through."

Divine Source is a cultivation resource that is countless times more precious than Yuan Crystal. It is an essential resource for the cultivation of Martial Gods. The reason why his inner world can grow so quickly is because he has refined Divine Source.

"?"

I resisted the urge to beat this pushover to a pulp.

Qi Xiu thought for a moment, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"I think you must be rich, you should pay me some tuition fees."

One should have the demeanor of a dean.

"I have no money, but you can take my life."

Li Ming rolled his eyes. These resources were obtained through countless hardships and risks.

"Forget it, I'm not going to talk about this with you, you brat. Just tell me if you need my help."

Qi Xiu stopped joking and said seriously.

"I can do it. Anything that the Primal Academy and the Primal Divine Dynasty have, I will give you."

"We old guys really don't know how far we can go in this world-changing landscape."

These are his true feelings.

A major change in the world is not necessarily a good thing.

The will of Heaven is unpredictable, and the way of Heaven is ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs.

Ten thousand years ago, some people foresaw the great changes in the world. Many people held the view that... this was an unprecedented opportunity, and also an unprecedented disaster.

Li Ming thought for a moment, then took out the Ziwei Origin that he had suppressed and asked:

"I feel like there's something fishy about this thing."

Although he had carefully examined the place inside and out with his Chaos Heavenly Eye, he still couldn't figure it out.

However, what alarmed him was that the Ziwei Academy didn't seem to react much to him seizing the Ziwei Origin.

It's like having this mentality: If you can take it, can you even use it?

It's not that Li Ming is suspicious; there are just too many special methods in this world. If an ordinary person takes something left behind by a great emperor, it's like possessing a treasure and committing a crime. Even he has to completely eliminate the hidden danger.

Unlike the Azure Emperor, he harbored great fear of the Purple Star Emperor.

Because such powerful beings have already comprehended the Great Dao of Time and Space, it is not surprising that they can plan for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years.

Could it really be that easy for him to take away his most precious treasure?

Qi Xiu listened to Li Ming's analysis and strongly agreed with it:

"I was originally planning to take a look at you, but I was afraid you'd overthink it, so I didn't ask you to take a look..."

He took the Purple Star Origin from Li Ming's palm. This thing was like a miniature star, filled with supreme and noble purple energy.

"Um?"

Under Qi Xiu's command.

The essence of the Purple Star suddenly surged, becoming incredibly heavy, capable of easily crushing mountains.

"There was definitely a problem."

Fortunately, Qi Xiu is indeed very strong. In terms of combat power, he could kill the White Bone Dao Master in one move.

The Purple Star Origin spun in his palm, and five-colored divine light enveloped the object, calming it and completely isolating it from the outside world.

"The Five-Colored Divine Light is a method mainly for sealing and suppressing, but its ability to kill enemies is not outstanding. It is not as good as Wang Yuanshi's Primal True Skill, which can destroy everything."

Qi Xiu demonstrated the fully mastered Five Elements Divine Light to Li Ming.

Although it is not exactly the same as Li Ming's Chaotic Five Elements Divine Light, the differences are not many. The Chaotic Five Elements Divine Light is just more domineering and has a stronger destructive power.

Li Ming was able to initially grasp and unleash this supreme divine power only because of his extraordinary comprehension and ridiculously strong physical body.

In fact, if Li Ming hadn't cultivated the "Undying Golden Body of Chaos," even if an ordinary martial god at the Heaven and Earth Realm had mastered it, their body would have collapsed if they forcibly used this technique. This is a divine power that requires a strong physical body as a foundation to be able to perform.

The Peacock Clan can only perform this technique using the five divine feathers at the end of their tails.

Looking at the gradually calming Ziwei Origin, Li Ming asked:

"Is that not allowed?"

Qi Xiu sighed and shook his head.

"The methods left behind by the Great Emperor are still unbreakable by mortals even after tens of millions of years."

He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He thought he could solve the problem, but he was still a step behind. Or rather, he didn't know how much he was missing. He just felt that he was still a little short, but no one knew exactly how much that little short was.

Qi Xiu stopped what he was doing, the Five Elements Divine Light disappeared, and he said:

"If you forcibly refine it, you will inevitably suffer a backlash, and it may even deliver a fatal blow in the final step, unless you just want to observe it and comprehend the Great Dao of Stars, then there will be no problem."

"Is that so? I can't just observe; the power contained within the Ziwei Origin is very important to me."

Li Ming frowned, pondering a solution.

This was not unexpected for him.

Ziwei Academy is probably just waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

No matter how powerful you are, what good is it if you take away the essence of Ziwei?

It's just a useless thing!

They'll just have to hand it over obediently in exchange for benefits.

This is an open strategy, but also a poor one for Ziwei Academy.

Even if this thing is useless, it's still a treasure.

It will definitely come at a huge cost.

"Is giving up the only option?"

Li Ming's expression was complicated as he silently recited something to himself.

"Master, do you have a solution?"

His system is usually completely silent; sometimes he even forgets about it!

[480 million life energy needs to be deducted. Continue?]

Four hundred and eighty million?

Isn't this his current destiny...?

Success guaranteed, with absolutely no hidden risks.

The system's words reassured Li Ming.

"OK!"

Li Ming gritted his teeth; what else could he do but accept it?

As his life energy was depleted, the Ziwei Origin in his hand stirred slightly before settling completely.

This scene caught Qi Xiu's attention. He narrowed his eyes and said in disbelief:

"The Emperor's backup plan is gone?"

How is that possible?

He had been watching the Ziwei Origin the whole time, but Li Ming didn't make any move.

It was over in the blink of an eye?

It was precisely because he was a top expert in the Unity Realm that he couldn't understand who had done this.

Even if an ancient emperor were to be resurrected, he couldn't possibly do these things in front of him, and he wouldn't even notice.

"Incredible, incredible."

Qi Xiu carefully examined the Ziwei Origin and found that there were indeed no problems. He exclaimed in amazement:

"You rascal, you're truly blessed with destiny. You seem to encounter all sorts of things. It's a real shame you're not the ruler of the Xuanhuang Realm."

In the end, he could only attribute it all to the will of the Xuanhuang Realm and Li Ming's good luck.

What else?

Surely it couldn't be that the Ziwei Emperor had a change of heart and realized he shouldn't have set up this restriction, could it?

"I need to find a place where I can break through my limitations."

Li Ming said in a deep voice:

"The commotion will be quite significant, so I'll trouble you, Dean, to protect me."

Qi Xiu nodded, and soon led Li Ming into an extremely primitive mountain range. This place was deserted and a good place for breakthrough.

Li Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of pressure; this breakthrough would be anything but easy.

But he really should break through. In this great era, many powerful figures have emerged, and even the prodigies of the past will return to fight. He may also fight against the chosen ones from other realms. He also has to be wary of some shameless old monsters making moves. His combat power has almost reached the limit he can reach!