26: The last time, the very last time, the very, very last time

That drop of intensely scorching golden crow essence blood instantly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it completely vanished.

Xu Jinhuan's hundred-thousand-li Purple Mansion had become scorching hot at this moment, with a golden crow phantom circling in mid-air, ancient, mysterious, and powerful.

Even more astonishingly, Chaos Power surged and rose within the golden crow's eyes, its gaze extremely similar to Xu Jinhuan's.

The two were as one!

Meanwhile, Xu Jinhuan's body turned bright red, like molten iron, with the risk of melting at any moment.

The golden crow essence blood was extremely yang and hot; if anyone else were to attempt Fusion, they would likely have already been burned to ash by now.

It was only because Xu Jinhuan possessed the Eternal Chaos Body, containing a trace of eternal essence, that he could barely endure it. Even so, it was still extremely painful, and he was suffering the agony of being burned by hellfire every single moment.

"As expected, my strength is currently too weak, and my physique cannot withstand the terrifying temperature of the golden crow essence blood. Fortunately, I was prepared."

Xu Jinhuan murmured and waved his hand gently, bringing a drop of extremely icy blood, resembling black ice crystals, before him.

In the center of the blood, there was a projection of an ancient creature, sometimes a divine roc that blotted out the sky, and sometimes a great fish spanning the vast ocean.

It was none other than the Kunpeng essence blood!

If the golden crow represented the scorching sun, then the Kunpeng represented the abyss.

Icy, profound, and endless.

Sensing the Kunpeng essence blood, the hovering Purple Mansion could not wait and directly devoured this essence blood that looked like ice crystals.

Hiss—

It sounded like scorching red molten iron sinking into water, emitting a sharp noise.

Steam rose from Xu Jinhuan's body, and at the same time, the red color on his body faded rapidly, returning to its original state.

Behind the Divine Palace, two heaven-shaking projections soared into the sky, like mountains.

One gold and one blue, shocking the world.

Accompanied by the appearance of the golden crow and Kunpeng projections, Xu Jinhuan's Purple Mansion expanded rapidly: one hundred thousand li, two hundred thousand li, three hundred thousand li!

In the end, that terrifying Divine Palace, which blotted out the sky, expanded to a size of three hundred thousand li, larger than a star!

It was simply a vast and boundless world!

"Whew—"

Xu Jinhuan let out a long breath, the airflow like a sword, directly piercing the floor in front of him.

These were the Impurities from the two essence bloods, now digested and decomposed by his Eternal Chaos Body, transformed into pure power and expelled from his body.

Checking the situation inside his body, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Hmm, Divine Palace Realm third layer, just as I imagined."

The owners of these two drops of essence blood had shocking strength, likely surpassing the Great Saint Realm.

Their essence blood naturally contained a massive amount of energy.

If it were any other Cultivator in the Divine Palace Realm, half a drop of blood would likely be enough for them to build a Divine Palace, open up a Sendai, and even have some left over.

However, when refined by Xu Jinhuan, one drop of essence blood could only increase his Realm by one small level.

The gap between them was like clouds and mud.

Of course, this was also a good thing, indicating that Xu Jinhuan's Foundation was solid, his future was vast, and he possessed infinite possibilities.

"It's just a bit too resource-intensive."

"If I weren't a Holy Land sequence, I'm afraid whether I could Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm would be a question."

Xu Jinhuan sighed softly.

"Fortunately, I was born in Rome."

After finishing the refining of the essence blood, he had no intention of continuing to absorb the Qilin divine soul.

Because he still needed to refine more immortal beast essence blood.

According to Li Qingyue, the perfect Foundation for the Divine Palace Realm required absorbing the essence blood of eight Vicious Beasts to construct the eight heavenly pillars of the Divine Palace, and then refining the divine souls of four Vicious Beasts to become the four guardians.

"Since I have already absorbed two types of immortal beast essence blood, the grade of the other six types of essence blood cannot be too inferior. Even if I can't get legendary Immortal Beasts like the True Dragon or Phoenix, at the very least, they must be Divine Beasts like the White Tiger or Vermilion Bird!"

"However, these things are not easy to find, and the stock in the Holy Land treasury is not much left."

Thinking of this, Xu Jinhuan had a headache.

Divine Beasts and Immortal Beasts were rare in the world, with no trace to be found, and there was simply no way to search for them.

"I wonder if the System Sign-in has this kind of reward."

Suddenly, he remembered the maid-like follower by his side.

"Come to think of it, could Revered Master have had this consideration when she asked me to take in Senior Sister Qingyao?"

Fang Qingyao possessed the Eye of Destiny, which allowed her to see an Opportunity every once in a while.

Isn't this the best tool for finding immortal beast essence blood?

"It must be so. As expected of you, my invincible Addictive Master!"

Regardless of the truth, Xu Jinhuan settled on this answer.

"After exiting seclusion, I will go ask Senior Sister Qingyao..."

Having found a solution and reining in his wandering thoughts, Xu Jinhuan continued to sit cross-legged and Cultivate the Great Celestial Immortal Technique.

...

On Eastern Emperor Mountain, in another palace.

Li Qingyue was lying on the table, the two mounds of soft flesh on her chest, which hid her toes from view, were currently pressed against the table, occupying an astonishing area.

Her cold and stunningly beautiful face was being propped up by the two mounds of soft flesh, completely unable to touch the tabletop.

"Sigh, I really don't know what Huaner likes about these two large mounds of flesh. They are clearly so troublesome and inconvenient."

Suddenly, Li Qingyue sneezed.

Achoo—

"Hmm, is Huaner missing me?"

The first thing she thought of was her good Disciple.

"This heartless one, he is finally thinking of his Revered Master; how rare."

"How about I give him some special reward this time?"

On her cold and stunningly beautiful face, a completely different, charming smile appeared.

...

"Huaner, I still have things to do, can we not…"

"Revered Master, do not be anxious. Disciple understands, this is the last time."

Just when Li Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she could finally rest for a moment.

The person beside her on the pillow cunningly rolled his eyes.

"Hua, Huaner, what, what are you doing?"

Li Qingyue's terrified voice rang out again.

"Didn't we agree that was the last time?"

"This is the one more last time."

"Then is there going to be a very last time?"

"Congratulations, Revered Master, your answer is correct. There is a reward for answering correctly: I reward Revered Master with one more time!"

"No!!!"

That night, Li Qingyue deeply understood one truth.

A man's mouth is a deceitful ghost.

Not a single word from this bastard can be trusted.