Chapter 1221: Life Replenishment

However, in retrospect, the fool was not Li Qiye, but them. The most foolish were the Teeming Fish. Their arrogance and aggressiveness only helped Li Qiye in the end.

"If I could have a share of this vitality, I would be able to live for another generation." An ancestor murmured while feeling the abundant life force permeating through the world.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Thunder sounded in the sky with frantic lightning sparks. In the blink of an eye, a terrifying tribulation formed.

This tribulation coalesced and the entire world turned dark as if the end of days was approaching. Each lightning bolt could tear apart this world or blow up an ocean.

It formed incredibly quickly. Not to mention ordinary experts, even a Godking would be absolutely horrified. They would have to calculate how long they could survive this tribulation.

A junior saw this tribulation and felt his legs going soft before murmuring in a daze: "What is that?"

"The heavens' punishment…" An ancestor slowly explained: "This type of life liquid made from a billion existences is a heaven-defying item. It goes against the harmonious order of this world, so the high heavens will definitely not allow for such an item to be created. The liquid itself might be innocent, but the drinkers will be committing a heinous sin!"

A different disciple asked: "Will the Peacock Tree be able to withstand this tribulation?"

"I don't know." This ancestor gently shook his head: "The stronger the person is, the stronger the heavens' punishment will be. The tree's original form is a treefather, thus it will have an invincible foundation. If it drinks this liquid of life, it will bring about a real heavenly annihilation! If it was someone weaker like a junior, then their seniors or experts could help them surpass this tribulation, but no one can help a treefather's punishment unless it is an Immortal Emperor!"

Everyone watched their mirrors with bated breaths. They wanted to see whether the tree would drink this pond of valuable liquid or not.

Li Qiye rushed to the sky after seeing the tribulation. He took out a jade bowl filled with the tears of mortals. At this time, he splashed it on the peacock itself while the peacock absorbed it all.

After doing so, the bird emitted a faint brilliance of a crystal clear shade. Each wisp of light seemed to be tear-stained, as if countless commoners had cried and prayed for its existence.

Li Qiye shouted while looking at the heavens' punishment: "Let's get started!"

"Roar!" The peacock swallowed all of the treasure water in the pond and disappeared from sight. Next, the Peacock Tree emerged before everyone again. It was still rooted in the earth.

At this time, a green light gushed out from its body. Each strand of green light was full of life. A mighty vitality surged like a storm as these bright strands wove together. The endless life force began to be digested and integrated itself into the tree.

"Rumble!" The punishment from the heavens finally descended. A gigantic lightning bolt came crashing down, capable of splitting the Jade Sea into two or even pierce through it completely.

Countless existences in this region faltered to the ground due to fear of this tribulation.

However, an incredible matter happened. Both the lightning bolts and thunder waves only managed to strike a few feet away from the tree before being stopped. It seemed that the bolts were only this long and this was the extent of the thunder.

"What's going on?" Many people were startled: "The Peacock Treefather is too powerful, even the heavens' punishment can't get close to him!"

The spectators didn't understand what was going on.

Eventually, a very ancient forefather noticed a clue and murmured: "It is not that the punishment can't reach it! There is something that is untouchable, even by the Heaven's Will! An impregnable law!"

"What kind of law or item can't be shaken even by the will of the high heavens?" A junior was very curious.

Li Qiye sneered and coldly uttered towards the heavens' punishment: "Will of the high heavens! Damned old heavens, don't forget, there are a few things that even the Heaven's Will can't violate. Many things can be destroyed or concealed, but not the truth observed by the world itself!"

"These are the tears of countless mortals, the love and sympathy for all lives! The Heaven's Will cannot change this! Damned old man, come down yourself if you dare, your will alone cannot change this order!" Li Qiye mockingly laughed at the incapable heavens' punishment.

However, the constant barrage of the punishment failed to make contact.

"Even the will of the high heavens cannot touch this law, just what the hell is it?" A very ancient ancestor was astounded after seeing this.

Li Qiye smiled and declared: "Very well, my turn!" With that, he opened his fate palace and the pillar of life emerged.

At this time, a branch from the Peacock Tree stretched out and propped behind Li Qiye's back. Its five-colored light illuminated his body. A tree appeared behind him like a peacock spreading its beautiful tail.

"Boom!" This pillar of life fiercely penetrated the heavens' punishment.

The tribulation responded by sending more lightning bolts straight at Li Qiye to tear him apart.

However, the five-colored barrier behind him stopped all of the bolts from coming close to him. Even though this barrier was cracked, the Peacock Tree exuded its light again to make the barrier whole.

This tribulation was aimed at Li Qiye, so it was much weaker compared to the previous one. The Peacock Tree was powerful enough to shield Li Qiye.

Inside the sea of lightning was the pillar of life. Runes emerged from it to form a symbol as it spread its dao. This was the Ancient Void Rune. Li Qiye then relied on it to crazily absorb the lightning and thunder of the tribulation until it ran dry.

"This is crazy!" People watching from their mirrors couldn't believe their eyes.

"This brat is insane, he is using the Peacock Tree to help him squeeze out the punishment's power. Since the start of time, how many people actually dared to seize this power for their own?" An ancestor applauded this bold action.

Everyone was speechless after seeing this. Even though the tree was protecting him from the tribulation, he dared to send his own pillar of life into the punishment itself. Not too many people would dare to take such a risk.

Eventually, the lightning slowly disappeared. The thunder died down since the field up in the sky had been sucked dry by Li Qiye. Thus, the tribulation vanished.

His pillar of life had turned purple. Even though others couldn't see it, they could still feel its power after absorbing enough from the tribulation. A mighty power was now contained within.

Once the pillar returned, the spring, tree, and cauldron of life all resonated with each other. The new power of the pillar allowed them to benefit as well.

The Life Origination was melting faster inside his spring of life. The augmentation thanks to the tribulation allowed the spring to become strong enough to dissolve this drop.

He recalled his fate palace and sat down at the base of the Peacock Tree. He closed his eyes and began to rest by channeling his energy.

"A great risk bears a great harvest." An ancestor muttered: "It doesn't matter whether this human boy is strong or not, he utilized this rare timing to steal the heavens' punishment, so he'll enjoy this great benefit for the rest of his life."

"He is quite lucky to have been protected by the Peacock Tree and allowed to obtain the power of the tribulation." A descendant of a great power became quite jealous.

"Look, a new branch is forming on the Peacock Tree." Someone noticed a new development through their heavenly mirror.

Many turned to look as well. Sure enough, on top of the old roots of the Peacock Tree, a new green branch that carried unlimited vitality appeared.

"A successful life replenishment, this is way too heaven-defying." Even ancestors gasped before this scene: "He has actually revived a nearly withered ancestral tree, this is incredible."

A dying ancestor enviously spoke: "The Peacock Tree really obtained a rebirth from this. After this, even if it can't live for another lifetime, it can definitely survive another eight or ten generations, maybe even longer."

Chapter 1222: The Frightened World

As it was shrouded in a green light, the Peacock Tree quickly emitted a mist that covered all of Peacock Land. At this time, even heavenly mirrors couldn't see through it, so no one knew what was going on inside.

The Jade Sea became silent again, and the same went for the ancestors watching from the distance.

What happened today was too shocking. It could even be said that many didn't know how to initiate a discussion.

A blood ceremony of one billion Teeming Fish had incited a heavens' punishment. Ultimately, the Peacock Tree's life replenishment was successful. It became one of the most incredible miracles of all the eons.

Even those who witnessed this miracle with their own eyes couldn't comment on it. Some were very curious about the current state of Peacock Land, but no one dared to step inside, not even the nearby sea regions.

At least this was the case for now because they didn't know the Peacock Tree's attitude towards outsiders. If it was angry, then regardless of how strong one might be, they would only be seeking death. Thus, the only thing to do was to wait until everything returned to normal before going there.

"This was an amazing strategy." After a while, an ancestor commented: "Who knows how strong Li Qiye's cultivation is? But this was quite a frightening plan. One would be hard-pressed to top it."

"But was it really Li Qiye's strategy?" A big shot was skeptical about this. Many great powers were debating this matter privately.

A sea demon ancestor contemplated before speaking: "Everything was too perfect, there were zero issues. Could a nameless junior actually do something like this? Only an experienced strategist with great vision could pull off something of this caliber."

Antagonizing the Teeming Fish, the Extreme Yang School, and the Immaculate Expanse before sacrificing all of them… Perhaps his choice of picking these three factions went through careful deliberation.

The Teeming Fish was a ferocious tribe and would definitely seek revenge with their full force. What was more important was their sheer numbers. No other race in the Heaven Spirit World was more suitable.

The Extreme Yang School was a hard yang lineage and also had a great formation, the Extreme Yang Cauldron. It was the best type of cauldron for blood refinement. Meanwhile, the Immaculate Expanse was a soft and mild lineage. Their Law Evading Sword Formation was great for tempering the treasure blood.

These three together were mutually beneficial. There couldn't be such a coincidence, especially when the cauldron and sword formations were taken into account.

Such means didn't only involve strategy, but also great knowledge as well as the ability to have absolute control of the situation.

Strategy, knowledge, and absolute power were indispensable in this plan. Without any of them, it was impossible to achieve this miracle. Because of this, an ancestor from a treefather's lineage had to ask: "Can this young junior, who was completely unknown, come up with this type of scheme or have so much insight?"

The other big shots here were quiet while the other ancestors mused the question.

"This great scheme must have been concocted by the Peacock Tree. Only a character like a treefather would be able to come up with this great plan to complete the blood refinement. A mere human junior can't possibly do such a thing." After thinking about it, many felt that this great plan wasn't something a junior could fabricate.

In the entire Heaven Spirit World, no young genius could do so. This was heavily debated by these senior characters. For example, the Profound God-Monarch, the Seashield Prince, and the Swiftdao God most likely didn't have the ability to carry this out.

Thus, they concluded that Li Qiye was only carrying out the strategy for the Peacock Tree. He was a blade used in this situation to carry out the terrifying blood refinement.

However, there was a problem with this train of thought. Many people knew that once a treefather returned to the earth, it was the same as returning to the origin. They would no longer have their own intelligence, no longer be able to communicate with others.

So even if the tree was the one that planned all of this, how did it communicate with Li Qiye?

"There is only one possibility." A great character from another treefather's lineage answered: "He must be a controller. Li Qiye is the Peacock Tree's controller; only controllers are able to communicate with ancestral trees."

"A tree controller, hmm." An ancestor murmured: "It is very difficult for a treefather's lineage to produce a controller. In the legends, even the Golden Isle only had one controller."

"No matter what, the Peacock Tree has carried out the life replenishment successfully." The sect master enviously spoke: "Peacock Land has finally been saved."

Since this land wasn't destroyed, it remains to be a treefather's continent. Anyone or any lineage would covete it. Unfortunately, the land has only accepted humans even till this point. It didn't grant entrance to the three great races for millions of years, so only humans settled down at Peacock Land.

While others were discussing the great blood refinement, the Void Imperfection Three Schools who had more information was quiet. Compared to the speculating ancestors, they knew who actually did it. However, they didn't wish to discuss certain matters with others. Or rather, they weren't willing to share this crucial information with outsiders.

As for someone who was privy to everything, Kong Qinru chose to stay quiet as well by burying this matter deep in her heart. She wouldn't even disclose it to those closest to her.

She didn't know how to feel about the whole endeavor. Should she be afraid of Li Qiye's awe-inspiring means or sympathize with the death of a billion Teeming Fish? Perhaps she should be excited about the successful life replenishment…

Prior to this, she understood what Li Qiye wanted to do from his implicative words, but she still made a choice to help carry out the terrible blood refinement.

Like he said, there was no free lunch in this world. There would always be a great price to pay, and it wasn't something that she or the Exquisite Valley could afford.

Some might say that the Peacock Tree and Li Qiye were too cruel by carrying out the blood ceremony. It was a vicious plundering of life.

Alas, even more were happy. For many cultivators and sects, the disappearance of a billion Teeming Fish carried great significance. It meant that the territories of the seas were freed up. This would be a great and long feast for many marine kingdoms and tribes in the upcoming days!

An expert stated: "Since the start of time, supreme experts have always marched through countless bones, so it is no big deal that the Peacock Tree sacrificed a billion fish for its own life. This is a world of the strong, and the Peacock Tree stands at the top. Even if it devours all of the Teeming Fish, it is completely understandable."

At this time, the majority believed that this blood ceremony came from the Peacock Tree.

"Well yes, the Jade Sea will be much more peaceful without these Teeming Fish, more resources have been freed up for the other tribes and lineages. They would have been purged already if it wasn't for their swift reproduction capabilities. Maybe there will be more room for growth out of this." Many sects were applauding this development, no one even thought that it was too drastic.

In their opinion, these fish were the locusts of the sea. They crazily multiplied and took up too much room. Many sects had been dissatisfied with them, but they couldn't do anything out of fear of the fish's great numbers.

Now, they have been refined by the Peacock Tree and lost around seventy to eighty percent of their forces. Perhaps in all the corners of the oceans, one would find it difficult to find a lineage unhappy about this development outside of the Teeming Fish themselves.

The truth was that many marine sects and kingdoms had taken swift action to occupy the territories of the Teeming Fish. In just one night, war raged across the oceans as people vied for resources.

Until now, the Teeming Fish had taken too many territories in the marine regions so today, outside of capturing resources, various tribes and lineages also wanted revenge since the Teeming Fish robbed them of it in the past!

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