Chapter 553: The Divine Garden Closes!

The black-clad youth's robes rustled like metal; he stood unmoving as a mountain, his entire body radiating golden light. His flesh seemed forged from divine metal, impossible to shake.

The world was in utter turmoil—sand and stones flew, monstrous waves split the sky, and towering breakers collapsed the clouds. A terrifying scene, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

Their battle had lasted half an hour, a continuous clash like two great mountains grinding together. The force of their wills formed an incredibly fearsome domain, a scene beyond imagination.

"This youth is a king among men, too terrifying," people marveled. His will was unshakable, able to rival Yang Tian's invincible will.

Though Yang Tian had been at a disadvantage throughout his fight with the black-clad youth, his invincible will, pressed by the youth's, grew ever more terrifying, chilling the hearts of onlookers.

"This guy must have some divine liquid to heal his wounds, otherwise he wouldn't recover so fast," some observing creatures, noticing a clue, couldn't help but say.

But Yang Tian was silently lamenting. He had bled many times and already swallowed three drops of divine liquid; the remaining liquid was nearly exhausted. This was simply a waste of precious treasures.

With a rumble, the space began to seethe. A golden palm appeared in the void, rapidly enlarging as it struck downward, covering the sky like a mountain, its might overwhelming.

Seeing this, a three-legged Golden Crow emerged from Yang Tian's head, dozens of feet tall, resplendent gold, its flames soaring to the sky. It met the palm head-on, causing the mountains to tremble.

The black-clad youth strode through the void; every move he made bore the divine might to shatter the heavens. His eyes fixed on Yang Tian, he let out a deep breath.

"You cannot keep the divine object!" His body descended like a minor deity, his aura even stronger. With a stomp of his feet, he split the sky, ferociously shooting downward.

"Kill!" Yang Tian roared. The Star Array Diagram manifested, spewing terrifying sword qi, carrying stellar beams like a Milky Way falling.

A cataclysmic clash—the void exploded repeatedly, like great stars bursting, a scene that shook the soul.

"I told you, you can't protect it!" the black-clad youth bellowed. His palms and fingers trembled like a peerless ferocious beast. A dazzling golden light appeared in the sky, tearing through the galaxy, stepping out of the battlefield.

"Then try to take it!" Yang Tian replied with a faint smile, but a hint of madness was hidden within. With his current Dao body's energy fluctuations, he could probably even blast a peak Great Power to death.

"Then don't blame me!" The black-clad youth shouted. He was determined to obtain the divine object. Though the fight with Yang Tian had been exhilarating, the divine object was too important, far beyond ordinary artifacts.

"Boom!" The black-clad youth's foot suddenly stomped forward. A giant foot appeared in the void, like a mountain range, shifting downward.

The immense force struck Yang Tian, stiffening his body. Blood was jolted from the corner of his mouth. Just as he looked up, the entire Divine Garden suddenly changed—everywhere turned pitch black.

"Damn, it's about to close!" The crowd watching around exclaimed, regret in their eyes. They had been so absorbed in the battle that they had forgotten about the treasures inside.

"Bastard!" A group of creatures who had wanted to kill Yang Tian glared with fury, but they separated from their opponents.

These individuals all had backing from major powers and dared not act as recklessly as Yang Tian in killing. The forces behind each of them were not to be trifled with.

"You're lucky. I didn't intend to kill you anyway. It's already remarkable that someone like you has emerged from this broken life star." The black-clad youth shook his head slightly and sighed softly.

"Broken life star?!" Yang Tian's eyes showed shock, and he exclaimed inwardly.

What did he mean? This person might come from another life star!

"Broken life star, what does that mean!" Yang Tian was dumbfounded, his mouth wide open in disbelief.

Yang Tian's heart trembled. Could one really traverse life stars? Soar through the inner and outer domains to reach other continents? This seemed like a dream, a fantasy, utterly inconceivable to him.

His heart churned with violent waves; Yang Xiao had once hinted obscurely that the vast cultivation world was not limited to the Tianyang Continent, and there were other ancient life stars!

Just as Yang Tian was stunned, a terrible pulling force surged, and Yang Tian instantly snapped back to attention. His hand shook abruptly, and he immediately stowed Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing into the Ancestral Dragon Ring.

"Fatty, meet up after we get out!" Yang Tian transmitted a message, then his vision went dark, and he was instantly sucked away.

Yang Tian had slain three alien beings; if he got outside, he might face endless attacks. And Fatty had snatched the Yin-Yang Divine Talisman from the Heavenly Mechanism Sect; they likely wouldn't let it go.

"Once you're out, it's your death day!" Staring at Yang Tian's fading figure, Kui Long roared, and his body also dissipated.

As if time and space were annihilated, Yang Tian's vision flickered between light and dark. Just as his mind turned, his body appeared in the Divine Garden outside.

"Out..." As soon as he emerged, Yang Tian's eyes darted around, looking somewhat bewildered at the broken formations around him. There was nothing left inside, not even a single hair.

"Hmm, too brutal..." Pouting, Yang Tian had obtained the Enlightenment Divine Flower on this trip, but gained nothing substantial.

"Luckily, there are two alien corpses in the Ancestral Dragon Ring." Thinking of this, Yang Tian smiled, and his body vanished from the spot.

Having broken through to the War Emperor stage, Yang Tian's control over the void became increasingly perfect. He could travel through the void, and he arrived at a rather hidden place, hiding inside a cave.

"Where did Yun'er go?" At this moment, Yang Tian was very worried about Yun'er's safety. Given her strength, entering the Divine Garden should not have been difficult, but Yun'er had never come in.

"Hope nothing happens." Suppressing his inner worry, Yang Tian fell silent for a while. When he sensed a strange fluctuation around him, he smiled slightly—this should be Fatty's deduction technique.

Inside the Ancestral Dragon Ring, Xiao Bai was very excited, rubbing his small white hands, squinting his big eyes, grinning, and staring at the Life Divine Tree, with a bit of drool at the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, Yang Tian's body appeared. He came before the Life Divine Tree, his eyes falling on the divine wood that had sprouted a tiny shoot, and nodded slightly.

Then, Yang Tian scratched his head. A seed floated in his hand, radiating a shocking Dao rhythm, making his whole body glow, and his mind was constantly cleansed, feeling very comfortable.

As soon as the seed of the Enlightenment Divine Flower appeared, the Life Divine Tree instantly boiled over, sending out waves of joy, demanding to be planted in front of it.

Not only it, but even the Soul-Nourishing Divine Wood, which had always harbored resentment toward Yang Tian, also sent out fawning divine thoughts. If planted before them, they would constantly enter a wondrous state, greatly benefiting cultivation.

Yang Tian chuckled inwardly. What he had feared most was that planting the divine seed would sweep away all the precious herbs in his Ancestral Dragon Ring.

This time, he was extremely cautious. He put away the remaining nine ten-thousand-year precious herbs in the Ancestral Dragon Ring before daring to plant the seed of the Enlightenment Divine Flower.

As soon as the seed touched the ground, all the life force flowing in the Ancestral Dragon Ring was drawn over, irrigating the seed to nourish its germination.

The Life Divine Tree glowed, its tender shoots swaying, shedding pure life essence to irrigate the seed, helping it sprout a little.

All the energy in the Ancestral Dragon Ring was stirred, pouring into the seed, while the fluctuations emitted by the Enlightenment Divine Flower gradually strengthened, and the Dao rhythm spread along with it.

"Forget it, let's help it sprout a bit first. No need for precious herbs now..." Yang Tian scratched his head and tossed the precious herbs from the medicine garden in one by one, letting the seed absorb them on its own.

"It ate them all..." Xiao Bai's big black eyes widened, indignant. The seed had eaten so many precious herbs—what a tremendous waste.

"Not just it; there were so many precious herbs in here before." Xiao Qing gestured with his two small hands, indicating the thousand-zhang medicine field that had turned to nothing in an instant, fuming with resentment.

"That little tree secretly ate them all—it ate too much..." Xiao Qing waved his small fist, pointing at the Life Divine Tree, indignant.

The Life Divine Tree sent out aggrieved divine thoughts: the divine seed required too much essence upon landing, far beyond what they could imagine.

Although it had absorbed so many precious herbs, the life aura it emitted was incomparable to that of the herbs. Thus, it felt very wronged—this guy cared about quantity, not quality...