127: Chapter 127 Originally intending to carry a potion to warm the fetus, after half a sip of intoxication, he leaped onto the immortal steps.

The vast Kuji Ridge was now reduced to nothing but a massive scorched crater a hundred zhang in radius.

That Heavenly Human Realm great demon, which had plagued the ancient trade route for centuries, along with its mountain-like secret treasury of bones beneath the ground, had been thoroughly reduced to ashes under Ye Xiu's dimensionality-reduction strike.

Only the purple-red wine gourd in Ye Xiu's hand was still emitting an astonishing heat and a faint, lingering fragrance.

Ye Xiu hung the wine gourd back on his waist, brushed the specks of ash from his white robes, and prepared to sword-fly back to the solar divine ship.

However, before he had even taken two steps, an indescribably peerless fragrance of wine, as if it had grown tiny hands, began to drill incessantly into his nostrils through the gap in the gourd's stopper.

It was a marvelous scent that blended the spiciness of Western Region spirits, the tyranny of Pure Yang True Fire, and the pure, ultimate vitality of the thousand-year-old tree demon.

Just by smelling it, Ye Xiu felt the newly forged white jade Sendai Realm within his body tremble slightly. The dragon-transformed blood and Qi in his limbs and bones followed with a joyful dragon roar.

"This wine..." Ye Xiu stopped in his tracks, his Adam's apple bobbing uncontrollably.

As the world-renowned Wine Sword Immortal, he had tasted century-old vintage from the imperial palace and throat-burning spirits from the wild Western Regions in his life.

But a "vitality concentrate" brewed from the thousand-year Origin of an entire Heavenly Human Realm great demon was something he—like a maiden mounting a bridal sedan for the first time—had truly never smelled before.

"Although I used Pure Yang True Fire to purge all the resentment and toxins from this thousand-year root demon and refined it into a jade-green spiritual liquid, it is, after all, something brewed by a man-eating great demon." Ye Xiu rubbed his chin and muttered to himself with complete seriousness: "Youyou and Jingjing are both pregnant right now, and their bodies are very precious. If this wine is too strong, or if there is any remaining wood-attribute demonic power that harms my Ye Xiu's true dragon bloodline, it would be a loss that outweighs the gain."

At this point, a look of extremely natural "righteousness" flashed through Ye Xiu's gold and silver heterochromatic eyes.

"No, as the head of the household, Sect Leader must first test the poison for my two wives!"

After finding a flawless excuse for himself, Ye Xiu pulled the wine gourd from his waist without hesitation. With a "pop," he flicked open the gourd stopper with his thumb.

Immediately, a jade-green wine vapor, ten times more potent than before, shot into the sky, even condensing into a small auspicious cloud of Spiritual Qi in mid-air.

Ye Xiu did not hesitate, tilted his head back, and took a small gulp from the gourd. "Gulp."

The gold and jade intertwined wine flowed down his throat. At first, it was the spiciness of Western Region spirits, slicing through his esophagus like a knife. But immediately after, this spiciness exploded in his stomach, turning into a vast, boundless, and incredibly gentle ocean of green life!

"Boom!" The Origin essence of the thousand-year tree demon completely dissolved within Ye Xiu's body. An outrageously vast vitality of vegetation surged wildly along his Meridians, instantly traversing all three hundred and sixty-five major acupuncture points throughout his body.

His Physical Body, which was already at the Great Perfection of Dragon Transformation and flawless, was nourished by this supreme vitality and emitted bone-cracking sounds of metamorphosis once again. Comfortable! Unprecedentedly comfortable!

Ye Xiu squinted his eyes in comfort, all the pores on his body opening up, exhaling a faint green glow.

However, just as Ye Xiu was immersed in the aftertaste of this peerless wine, the cold and mechanical System prompt sounded in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness without warning.

[Ding!] [Special high-level map detected: The Great Ruins, Kuji Ridge, Heavenly Demon Sect Ancient Demon-Sealing Path.] [Host detected successfully refining and absorbing the great demon Origin of this map; hidden check-in condition met. Proceed with check-in?]

Ye Xiu opened his eyes abruptly, two terrifying rays of light shooting from his gold and silver heterochromatic eyes. "Check-in!"

[Check-in successful!] [Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Divine-Grade reward: Taiyi Jianmu Remnant Crystal (Wood-attribute Supreme Law crystal)!] [Host detected in a state of abundant Spiritual Qi. 'Taiyi Jianmu Remnant Crystal' automatically fuses with the 'thousand-year tree demon Origin' within the host. Realm Breakthrough initiated!]

Following the System prompt, a cyan crystal emitting an aura of ancient vastness suddenly appeared deep within Ye Xiu's Dantian.

As soon as this crystal appeared, it swallowed all the medicinal power of the thousand-year demon wine Ye Xiu had just consumed, like a whale inhaling water. Immediately after, a Taiyi wood-attribute Origin—ten thousand times more vast and pure than that of the previous tree demon—rushed into Ye Xiu's Sea of Consciousness like a reverse-flowing galaxy!

For a Cultivator, forging the Sendai Realm is a step toward the heavens. The Sendai Realm has nine levels, each level a heaven. Even for a Cultivator of supreme talent, crossing a level in the Sendai Realm requires a hundred or even hundreds of years of bitter cultivation and Opportunity.

Ye Xiu had previously forged the first layer of white jade Sendai Realm at the bottom of the Sun Well, relying on the ancient Golden Crow Origin, which could be said to be an extremely profound foundation.

And now, the perfect Fusion of the System-rewarded [Taiyi Jianmu Remnant Crystal] and that [demon wine] directly turned into excellent Materials for forging the second layer of Sendai Realm!

"Rumble!" A monstrous wave surged in Ye Xiu's Sea of Consciousness. On top of that white jade Sendai Realm, wreathed in gold and silver dragon flames, the vast Taiyi cyan wood vitality began to gather and condense crazily.

Pure Yang True Fire as the furnace, Jianmu Origin as the fuel. Ye Xiu did not even sit down to adjust his breathing; he simply stood on the edge of the devastated Kuji Ridge crater, holding the wine gourd in one hand, letting the terrifying, earth-shaking metamorphosis occur within his body.

The first layer of Sendai Realm shone brightly, firmly supporting the top like a cornerstone. Countless mysterious and obscure wood-attribute Dao Law inscriptions wove together in the Void Realm, and finally, with a "boom," they were heavily branded onto the first layer of Sendai Realm! The second layer of the divine platform, complete!

"Hum—!!!" An aura of the Sendai Realm, even more vast and profound than before, exuding a terrifying pressure akin to an endless cycle of life and the Dominion over all things, erupted from within Ye Xiu!

Kuji Ridge, within a radius of a hundred miles, trembled violently under the scouring of this aura. The ground, which had originally been scorched into barren earth by the Pure Yang True Fire, actually grew patches of tender green grass at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Dead wood meets spring, all things revive. Destruction and vitality reached a perfect unity in Ye Xiu. Sendai Second Heaven!

"Hoo—" Ye Xiu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. This breath of turbid air turned directly into a shower of spiritual rain in the air, drifting and falling onto the earth.

He felt the terrifying true essence within his body, which had surged several times more than before, and felt the more towering and stable two-layered divine platform, a wild and unrestrained smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"Originally, I just wanted to taste the poison for my wives and children, but who would have thought that this half-sip of wine would directly push Sect Leader to the Sendai Second Heaven."

Ye Xiu re-stoppered the purple-red wine gourd and tucked it into his storage ring, fearing that even a sliver of the medicinal properties of this peerless fetal medicine might escape.

"This System is quite sensible."

The absolute self-confidence brought about by his skyrocketing strength made the sharpness in Ye Xiu's gold and silver heterochromatic eyes even more intimidating.

"Calculating the time, that group of bald donkeys from the Great Leiyin Sect and Master Ma should be about done talking..."