A slight chill entered Mo Wuji's skin from the pond water. Even though Mo Wuji hadn't started cultivating, he felt a sense of ease wash over his body. He tried circulating his body tempering technique, and the cool pond water began to scour the impurities within him.

Mo Wuji was ecstatic. He hadn't expected this pond to be such a treasure. From the outside, it looked no different from any ordinary pond, and even his spiritual will detected nothing unusual. But now that he was inside, Mo Wuji knew clearly that this pond was the best place to temper one's physical body. It was definitely no ordinary pond.

If he could scour himself in this pond for a few years and then temper his body, the effects would definitely rise to another level. Or, tempering his body and then coming to this pond to scour himself would be just as effective.

He was currently at the seventh level of God Physique, and even at this level, he could still scour out impurities from his body in this place. This showed just how extraordinary the water in this pond was.

That water badger really knew how to enjoy life, finding such a great place. Mo Wuji suspected that many demon beasts were unaware of the pond's heaven-defying effects; otherwise, there would be constant strife.

No, at least that black ape should know. Otherwise, why would the black ape come here?

Just as Mo Wuji was wondering whether he should move the entire pond into his Immortal World, a touch of cyan appeared before his eyes.

In the very center of the pond's bottom, there was actually a fruit tree. Around the fruit tree was a natural water-repelling array, separating the tree and the surrounding pond water.

The fruit tree bore seven snow-white immortal fruits. As Mo Wuji landed around the tree, a faint fragrance wafted over, instantly invigorating his spirit.

Mo Wuji stepped into the water-repelling array. When he saw clearly what kind of tree it was, he was deeply shocked. He understood why the black ape wanted to rush in, and why the water badger had been trying to stop it.

The black ape wasn't trying to seize the pond, but the immortal fruits at the bottom of the pond. Mo Wuji was a Grade 9 Pill Emperor, and he knew exactly what these immortal fruits were. This was a type of immortal fruit whose grade couldn't be determined, called the Shape Dao Fruit.

For demon beasts, this was a top-grade immortal spiritual fruit, because the Shape Dao Fruit could allow a tenth level Immortal Demon Beast to transform into a human-shaped Dao body.

It wasn't actually difficult for demon beasts to transform. Many demon beasts didn't even need to reach the Immortal Demon Realm. They could transform at the ordinary ninth level, but this kind of transformation didn't help much with the demon beast's cultivation.

The Shape Dao Fruit was different. If a demon beast used the Shape Dao Fruit, not only would its transformation be complete, but it would also have the perfect form for comprehending the Great Dao, just like human cultivators.

A demon beast that transformed using the Shape Dao Fruit wouldn't be any worse than a human cultivator in terms of comprehension and integration with the laws of heaven and earth. Its physical strength would even far surpass that of human cultivators.

Because of this, every Shape Dao Fruit was an unparalleled treasure for demon beasts. Shape Dao Fruits were extremely rare and hard to come by.

Here, there was a Shape Dao Fruit tree about to mature, with seven Shape Dao Fruits on it. Mo Wuji could imagine with his eyes closed how many powerful demon beasts would covet these fruits once they matured. After the Shape Dao Fruits matured, their fragrance would fill the air and their Dao rhythm would be rampant.

If Mo Wuji didn't have the Immortal World, he might continuously set up various concealment arrays around the Shape Dao Fruits to hide them.

But now that he had the Immortal World, he didn't hesitate to move the Shape Dao Fruit tree into his Immortal World. He didn't want to court trouble before reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm.

At the edge of the Shape Dao Fruit's natural protective array, there was also a blue stone passage. Both sides of the blue stone passage were separated by water-repelling arrays. Mo Wuji's spiritual will could sense that the blue stone passage led to a not-so-spacious cave.

Outside the cave were some simple spirit gathering arrays, which Mo Wuji despised. Clearly, that water badger wasn't very proficient in arrays.

Mo Wuji entered the cave, immediately replaced the spirit gathering arrays outside, and then set up several protection and killing arrays before taking out five rings.

One ring belonged to the water badger, and the other four belonged to the God Race experts, including the three God Race Immortal Emperors he had killed.

The water badger's ring was filled with all sorts of top-grade ore and immortal spiritual herbs, but there wasn't much azure crystal. However, the grade and quality of those immortal spiritual herbs were far better than what Mo Wuji had obtained in the Extraterritorial Heaven Market. He even found an Emperor Dao Fruit in the water badger's ring, which was a top-grade immortal Dao fruit.

As for the materials, besides a pile of Grade 9 immortal materials, Mo Wuji also found several materials that he didn't recognize at all. Judging from the Dao rhythm on the materials, Mo Wuji knew that they were definitely not ordinary.

In the rings of the three God Race Immortal Emperors, Mo Wuji found a total of about one million azure crystals. As for the materials and immortal spiritual herbs, Mo Wuji organized them and put them together.

What made Mo Wuji most happy was the ring of the God Race Dao Emperor he had killed with his spiritual will arrow intent. There were three million azure crystals, plus various materials, pills, and cultivation techniques. This ring was practically a warehouse. But that wasn't what excited Mo Wuji the most. What excited Mo Wuji the most was that he found a piece of Five Elements Soil in this ring.

Five Elements Soil was definitely priceless. This kind of soil could not only cultivate various top-grade immortal spiritual herbs, but the most valuable aspect was that it could be used to refine space medicine fields or small worlds.

As for the other magic treasures, Mo Wuji didn't want to spend time refining them yet. Even that pair of wings didn't interest Mo Wuji. He had the Wind Escape Technique and wasn't very interested in the wings.

With so many gains, plus the azure crystals and cultivation resources he already had, Mo Wuji knew that he didn't need to continue searching for cultivation resources for the time being. These things should be enough for him to reach the mid-stage of the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Pile after pile of azure crystals were taken out by Mo Wuji and arranged into spirit gathering arrays. To him, the strength of an Immortal Reverent Peak was only barely enough to protect himself. He had offended the God Race and the River West Merchant Union, so he had to raise his strength again. For him, cultivation was the most important thing right now.

As for Yan YueRong, Mo Wuji wasn't worried. He had left many things in Yan YueRong's ring, even the Lixian King Pill. Yan YueRong would definitely not come to the depths of this Rift Wasteland. She just needed to find a secluded place to cultivate in seclusion.

…

Cosmic Edge had recently become increasingly oppressive, or rather, oppressive to human cultivators.

A year ago, Mo Wuji had killed Wu Li on the Dao Discussion Stage of Cosmic Edge, destroying the Dao Discussion Stage. And that wasn't all. Mo Wuji had also killed three God Race Immortal Emperors, made the Mi Fei Merchant Union compensate millions of azure crystals, and arrogantly crippled Li Sha Nv of the River West Merchant Union.

Because the experts of the Mi Fei Merchant Union, the River West Merchant Union, and the God Race were not present a year ago, and Feng Huang of Cosmic Edge was unwilling to interfere in these matters, Mo Wuji was able to calmly leave Cosmic Edge after doing these things.

The God Race later went to hunt down Mo Wuji, but whether they caught up or not, the God Race didn't say, and no news came out.

A year after Mo Wuji made a scene at Cosmic Edge, the God Race, under their leadership, began to slaughter human cultivators at Cosmic Edge. Not only that, but the God Race also began to mobilize a large army to occupy the only place where humans could survive in the Extraterritorial Heaven Cosmos, the Supreme Heaven Universe Immortal City.

Everyone understood that the God Race's young master, Wu Li, had been killed by Mo Wuji, and the God Race was now going crazy. As for Cosmic Edge's silence regarding the God Race's actions, it was because Qian Yi Sa, the president of the Mi Fei Merchant Union, and An XueSheng, an expert from the River West Merchant Union, supported the God Race in exterminating the humans.

All the human cultivators at Cosmic Edge retreated one after another. Those who were a little slow were all killed.

…

The Supreme Heaven Universe Immortal City was the only place where humans could survive in the Extraterritorial Heaven Cosmos. At this moment, there was silence in the city lord's mansion of the Supreme Heaven Universe Immortal City.

Almost all the human experts in the Extraterritorial Heaven Cosmos had gathered in the main hall of the city lord's mansion. Unlike before, this time the conference was not hosted by Ping LiShang, but by a young man with phoenix-like eyebrows. The aura of this young man was almost completely hidden, making it impossible to tell how strong he was.

However, just by looking at Ping LiShang sitting below him, one could tell that this person was Zi ChangLuo, the Dao Emperor of the Supreme Heaven.

The atmosphere in the hall was very oppressive, and there was no sound. The people sitting in the hall were all waiting.

About half an incense stick later, a middle-aged Immortal Reverent with sparse hair walked in quickly, bowed to Zi ChangLuo, who was sitting at the head, and said, "Dao Emperor, the origin of that Mo Wuji has been investigated. This person is from the Yong Ying Immortal Domain and created a Mortal Sect in the Yong Ying Immortal Domain. That Mo Wuji has feuds with the Great Sword Dao, the Thunder Sect, and the Great Vast Immortal Gate. The Mortal Sect previously destroyed the Great Sword Dao, and the location of the Mortal Sect seems to be a place with immortal spiritual veins, where the immortal spiritual energy is very dense."

"Mortal Sect?" Zi ChangLuo repeated. He had heard of this immortal sect. He had heard that the sect master, Mo Wuji, had risen quickly and was also a Grade 8 Pill Emperor. At the time, he didn't care. A Grade 8 Pill Emperor was nothing in his eyes.

Jin Yu knew that he had to speak. He was secretly shocked that Mo Wuji had grown to such an extent. Three Immortal Emperors had surrounded and attacked him on the Dao Discussion Stage but failed to kill him. He had also heard that Wu Wang had personally gone to hunt down Mo Wuji, but there was no result. It seemed that his trip to the Extraterritorial Heaven Corridor to find Mo Wuji had been a bit of a risk.

Clearly, Mo Wuji had a lot of good things on him, but unfortunately, the matter had grown too big, and it was no longer up to his Jin family to eat alone.

"Dao Emperor, I have also heard of this Mo Wuji. The Mortal Sect has a Great Immortal Emperor, and there are also a few ordinary Immortal Emperors. In the Immortal World, the strength of the Mortal Sect is indeed top-notch. But I didn't expect this person to be so bold and bring such disaster to the human race. I am willing to volunteer to lead people to destroy the Mortal Sect first," Jin Yu said, cupping his fists.

Mo Wuji had so many good things on him and had also snatched Jin YiRen's Chaos Fire Mother Crystal. His Jin family had to get some interest, no matter what.

Zi ChangLuo waved his hand, "The Mortal Sect must be destroyed, but the God Race army is about to attack my Supreme Heaven Universe Immortal City, so this matter will be put on hold for now."

(Because I have something to do soon, today's second update will be late.)