A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 254

Chapter 254: Heavenly Dao Oath, Nangong Wan’s Shock

“So, Fellow Daoist Wu, do you plan to take this entire Golden Thunder Grove away with you?”

Looking at the still not fully matured Golden Thunder Grove before her, Nangong Wan curiously asked Wu Li.

Wu Li pondered for a moment, struggling internally before his expression finally solidified. He looked at Nangong Wan and said,

“Fellow Daoist Nangong, I need you to swear the Heavenly Dao Oath. Whatever happens from here on, you must not reveal this to anyone. Otherwise, today’s events can only be known by two people—or just one.”

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wan’s breath involuntarily quickened. She clearly understood that Wu Li was now treating her as one of his own; otherwise, he wouldn’t have said something like that.

As for the Heavenly Dao Oath? She hadn’t planned to tell anyone about this place anyway, so it wouldn’t make much difference.

With that thought, Nangong Wan didn’t hesitate to swear the Heavenly Dao Oath. At that moment, a faint rumbling sound echoed through the void, and Wu Li’s expression relaxed noticeably.

The Heavenly Dao Oath is a program set by the Heavenly Dao itself—once ratified by the Heavenly Dao, unless one possesses power rivaling the Heavenly Dao, breaking the oath means certain death.

After Nangong Wan swore the oath, Wu Li finally made his move and took out the Saint Master Bottle.

The moment Wu Li revealed the Saint Master Bottle, Nangong Wan’s breath quickened even more. This was the first time she had seen a Rainbow-colored item of this level. Granted, she had once been lucky enough to see an Immortal Emperor artifact, but that was only golden in fortune.

But now this was Rainbow-colored. Could it be that the Saint Master Bottle in Wu Li’s possession was an artifact beyond the Immortal Emperor level?

At this moment, Wu Li spoke again.

“This is the Saint Master Bottle. It can accelerate the growth of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and speed up cultivation. Combined with my own Spacetime Divine Body, I’ll be able to grow this Golden Thunder Tree to a million years of age within one year, at which point it will become a Seventh-Grade Golden Thunder Wood!”

With Wu Li’s words, Nangong Wan’s breath grew even more rapid. She hadn’t expected someone with Rainbow-colored fortune to be this formidable, possessing even a Spacetime Divine Body.

That was a divine body, after all. Even the Five Great Holy Lands would definitely fight fiercely for Wu Li, all to bring him under their influence.

Yet Nangong Wan had never heard of Wu Li in the Upper Realm. This showed that he was definitely the type of person who was extremely low-key; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so unknown.

“Fellow Daoist Nangong, please leave first and act as my protector.”

Hearing Wu Li’s request, Nangong Wan didn’t hesitate. She nodded in agreement and then left without a trace.

After Nangong Wan left, Wu Li took a deep breath, his expression turning resolute.

The next second, Wu Li stretched out his hand, and countless array stones flew out from his Storage Ring, heading toward the Golden Thunder Grove before him.

He needed to set up a Time Acceleration Grand Array, using his Spacetime Divine Body as the core of the array. After all, in the Upper Realm, nothing else could serve this function for arranging a Time Acceleration Grand Array.

Wu Li had also done some research—arrays related to time acceleration were exceptionally rare in the Upper Realm, and those that existed were mostly eighth or even ninth-grade immortal arrays, far beyond what Wu Li could deploy now.

So after simplifying the design, Wu Li had the version of the Time Acceleration Grand Array that he was capable of setting up at present. Even so, with the help of his Spacetime Divine Body and the Saint Master Bottle, the array still produced a terrifying time acceleration effect of a million times.

Soon, under the control of Wu Li’s divine sense, the area around the ten thousand Golden Thunder Trees was enveloped by the Time Acceleration Grand Array. Without hesitation, Wu Li flew to the center of the grove and took out the Saint Master Bottle.

As he opened the mouth of the bottle, droplets of Temporal Dew flew out from within. The Golden Thunder Trees below absorbed the dew and began growing visibly fast to the naked eye.

“Though fast, it’s still not enough!”

Wu Li’s face grew solemn as he watched the scene. The next instant, he used himself as the foundation of the array and began connecting the surrounding array stones. Countless azure lights streamed from the edges of the Golden Thunder Grove toward Wu Li, swiftly merging into his body.

As the azure light entered him, Wu Li closed his eyes.

Whoosh!

A voice emerged from within Wu Li’s body, and everything around him slowly began to accelerate. Soon, it reached a speed where only afterimages could be seen.

As for the Golden Thunder Wood below, it was growing several meters in height each day.

To put it in perspective, a Golden Thunder Tree half a meter tall ranks as fifth-grade; ten thousand meters is sixth-grade; one million meters, seventh-grade; one hundred million meters, eighth-grade; and one billion meters, ninth-grade.

However, due to the natural environment, in the Upper Realm the Golden Thunder Tree could only grow as far as seventh-grade—anything above that was completely impossible.

Outside the array, Nangong Wan, who was witnessing this scene, looked extremely surprised. Although she felt tempted by the wildly growing Golden Thunder Trees before her, she didn’t take any action.

Perhaps seventh-grade Golden Thunder Wood was precious, but someone even more valuable than the wood was Wu Li himself. If she could form a good relationship with him, a mere seventh-grade Golden Thunder Wood would be nothing.

As time passed by the seconds and minutes, the Golden Thunder Trees inside the array grew to sixth-grade in just one month and were well on their way toward seventh-grade.

Finally, in the last ten days before the Azure Thunder Secret Realm closed, rumbles of thunder echoed across the sky. Nangong Wan couldn’t help but look up. The space above the array was now shrouded in dark, ominous Thunder Tribulation clouds.

“Is this… the Thunder Tribulation signaling the Golden Thunder Tree’s promotion to seventh-grade?”

Nangong Wan felt an immense weight in her heart, but she couldn’t intervene. Everything depended on the Golden Thunder Tree successfully crossing the Tribulation on its own. Any reckless interference would only provoke the Thunder Tribulation into a frenzy, leading to her demise and the loss of her cultivation path.

Inside the array, Wu Li opened his eyes and looked up at the Thunder Tribulation in the sky. With a wave of his hand, he dispelled the Time Acceleration Grand Array, his face looking somewhat pale. After all, the grand array had absorbed a whole year’s worth of his energy—it would be strange if he weren’t weakened.

“Now, it’s up to whether the Golden Thunder Tree can work hard enough,” Wu Li thought to himself as he gazed at the tree before him.

He could sense that the Golden Thunder Trees in front of him were already a million years old. If they could all successfully ascend, he would gain tens of thousands of Golden Thunder Flying Swords. At that point, he could even assemble them into a massive Golden Thunder Flying Sword Grand Array, allowing him to stand toe-to-toe against an Immortal Venerable!