I picked up the scattered attributes

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Chapter 0290

"Do not--"

Gazing at the palace engulfed in flames, the sixteenth prince's eyes widened in fury.

Explosions and screams erupted one after another from every corner of the palace.

He rushed out almost instinctively. In the eyes of the world, he was a complete good-for-nothing. The sixteenth prince, who had not yet opened a divine wheel, actually flew into the air and soared into the heavens like a sword light!

His physical body remained weak, devoid of any magical power.

However, another force is surging, distorting reality, changing the world, and turning into a tidal wave of astonishing impact, trying to extinguish those terrible flames, turn the tide, and resolve this sudden crisis!

However, not long after, the sixteenth prince's expression changed.

The power of that sea of ​​fire was a thousand times more terrifying than he had imagined. It was not an ordinary flame, nor was it formed by any ordinary supernatural power. Instead, it surged with an extremely powerful and yang force!

"It's the fire of the sun god—"

With a series of crackling explosions, a blazing sun descended from the heavens, so intense and fiery that it illuminated the entire capital in an instant, while also revealing the endless gloom in people's hearts.

The power displayed by the sixteenth prince was truly remarkable. If an outsider had witnessed this scene, they would surely have been able to remove the label of him as a useless prince!

However, the attackers were simply too powerful.

The Sun God's Fire, which could burn anything, was extremely powerful and yang. Even a tiny spark could easily burn through the robes of a supernatural being. A fist-sized flame fell and directly pierced through the palace's defenses, triggering one massive explosion after another.

thump—

In the blink of an eye, the sixteenth prince was already being pushed back by the impact, like a meteorite falling from the sky and crashing heavily to the ground!

"Do not--"

He wanted to soar into the sky once again, but at that moment, he suddenly saw a scene of despair.

A gigantic hand descended from the heavens, unleashing endless divine light wherever it passed. Chains of divine order burned, shaking the very fabric of time and space. Enveloped in boundless flames, it fiercely attacked the capital of Lingyun Kingdom!

"With me here, you shall not be so arrogant—"

Emperor Lingyun charged out, majestic and imposing, exuding an aura of domineering imperial might. He stormed beyond the nine heavens, clashing with the owner of that giant hand. However, at that moment, several more terrifying auras swept across the sky, sealing off every inch of heaven and earth, and simultaneously attacking Emperor Lingyun!

Emperor Lingyun was indeed powerful, but every attacker was no less powerful than him.

Caught between four formidable enemies, he suffered an irreversible and devastating blow almost instantly, his blood staining the sky as he plummeted into the depths of the capital like a shooting star.

"His Majesty--"

In the capital, countless creatures cried out in horror.

Their invincible emperor was defeated just like that?

Reality left them no time to think further. Four terrifying auras descended, and the four figures were all shrouded in divine light, making it impossible to see their true faces.

Their aura was divine and demonic, as vast as the heavens and as deep as the abyss, suppressing all resistance on the earth.

"Lu Tiancheng, you've got a very good plan. If you can drag it out a little longer, you might actually succeed."

One of the deities sneered, "Unfortunately, you have no idea what kind of opponent you are facing. From beginning to end, all your plans and struggles have been nothing but a laughable play. Now that the play is over, you and your Lingyun Kingdom... have no reason to continue existing."

Boom——

"Father——"

Amidst the raging blood and fire, Feng Xia suddenly awoke.

Finally, what came into his view was a lotus pond dried up by the flames, his own belly turning white, and his tail throbbing weakly.

"Damn it, I'm actually that idiot green carp..."

Feng Xia turned her head and glanced around, her gaze landing on Zhu Youniang and the others. She nodded slightly and let out a long breath.

Memories from the dream surfaced one by one in my mind.

This time, he had a better understanding: "So, although the divine light of the Heavenly Ladder is quite miraculous, it is not without limitations. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone be invincible after just one trip up the Heavenly Ladder?"

Feng Xia quickly summarized some experience.

While it does have the effect of a ten-year dream, it seems that the content of the dream is not entirely controllable, but rather follows a predetermined "script." Whether one can escape the script is still uncertain, but the difficulty will certainly not be low.

Besides, even if someone is human in their own race, they may not be human in their dream; they could be of another race.

It could even be a carp whose memory only lasts for seven breaths!

“Let me see, let me see… Although I can recall ‘Fengxia’s’ memories each time, I quickly forget them again. So, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I took advantage of a brief opportunity to selectively implant a small portion of those memories into the Sixteenth Prince…”

However, the results do not seem to be ideal.

Although the sixteenth prince secretly became stronger, the powerful enemies that attacked later were too terrifying. Even the emperor of Lingyun Kingdom could not stop them, and everything was destroyed in an instant, let alone turning the tide and reversing everything.

"Fortunately, I have enough time to keep trying."

A smile appeared on Feng Xia's face.

Other trial participants have a limited number of jade tokens. Once they run out of jade tokens, they either have to rely on their own strength to withstand the attack or they will be repelled by the divine light.

However, he possessed a strange Chaos Jade Talisman, which allowed him to stay on the Heavenly Ladder for as long as he wished.

"Let's try again. Hopefully, it won't be a carp this time."

With this thought in mind, Feng Xia relaxed his mind again and merged into the divine light of the Heavenly Ladder once more.

Time passed slowly, and finally Feng Xia confirmed one thing with great difficulty: this time, at least he did not become a carp with only seven breaths of memory.

but……

He seemed to have transformed into a willow tree in the palace.

Although he no longer only had seven breaths of memories, as a tree spirit that had just gained sentience, Feng Xia "quickly" discovered that... his thinking speed was really too slow!

A normal life consists of a single thought, which is just a fleeting moment.

To complete a single thought, he needs at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn; a slightly more complex thought might take up most of a day.

For example, when he first regained consciousness, from the moment the sun rose in the east, he only had two thoughts.

Ah, the moon is so white.

Ah, the sun is so bright.

By the time he was about to have a third thought, the sun had already risen again the next day.

So for the first month, Feng Xia basically experienced nothing but a bright moon and a blazing sun, trapped in this vicious cycle from which she couldn't break free...

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Chapter 0291

It wasn't until the second month that Feng Xia suddenly woke up.

I'm here to cultivate myself!

I want to use the power of a ten-year dream to make up for the short time I have spent cultivating, not to sigh here about how white the moon is and how big the sun is!

But soon, Feng Xia discovered a new problem...

How should a tree cultivate itself?

It took him three whole days to finally bring this thought-provoking question to his mind—if he had a heart now.

How should a tree cultivate itself?

There is no dantian, no meridians, no purple palace between the eyebrows, and no divine wheel secret realm.

After all, even if a tree develops sentience, it is still just a tree. Even with all the cultivation techniques Feng Xia possesses, it seems that none of them are suitable for a tree to practice.

It took another whole month for Feng Xia to finally figure out a problem.

Why is it that in the novels and biographies he used to read, strange creatures like tree spirits and flower spirits would always absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and finally attain immortality after hundreds or thousands of years?

Because all it can do is stand there passively absorbing nutrients; it can't do anything else at all!

"no……"

"We have to...think of a...way..."

In this situation, only the "Floating Dream Three Lives Technique" obtained from Ancestor Chenhai could be barely activated. However, due to the vastly different physiological structures of humans and tree demons, even this soul-path technique was quite difficult for Feng Xia to activate.

To put it simply...

Where is my brain?

Where did my brain go?

Has anyone seen my head?

"Phew...it wasn't easy..."

Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It wasn't until the eighth year that Feng Xia barely managed to bring his thinking speed up to the level of an ordinary person who had never practiced cultivation.

"Let me see how the plot unfolds this time?"

Feng Xia quietly released his senses, sensing the changes around the Lingyun Kingdom's imperial palace.