Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

In the Cosmic Light Fragments.

Outside the battlefield, Han Qingxun looked stunned.

He watched as Tian Qiu Junior Brother dominated the battlefield, sweeping all before him, with no one able to withstand a single move.

This compelled him to ponder—

What exactly did he fish up from the Nether Sea?

Is this considered good fortune?

"Senior Brother Han, should we go up and help?" an excited voice came from beside him.

Han Qingxun gazed at the battlefield, feeling emotional.

These Heavenly Prides from various sects and dojos never expected that one day they would join forces against a common enemy, did they?

This Cosmic Light Fragment should have been their stage for fame. But with Tian Qiu Junior Brother's entrance, everything changed, and the originally blooming flowers now became mere adornment.

"Help? Going up to help?" Han Qingxun smiled bitterly, "If you go up, you'll be severely injured or even dead in no time, so don't burden Tian Qiu Junior Brother."

He looked towards the battlefield. Despite the Martial Artists each having their pride and restraint, avoiding a scenario where thousands encircle one person, Tian Qiu Junior Brother was still facing an onslaught from dozens of people simultaneously.

But why... does he fight with increasing ferocity?

...

The Four-Colored Divine Light circulated and burst forth, akin to a four-colored Great Sun, giving a sense of heaviness as if even Heaven and Earth could not bear it, revealing hints of Chaos.

The dominating red, blue, yellow, and white swept down, overpowering everything, even sweeping away the Divine Skills of other Martial Artists, trapping Ji Jingqiu within.

"Five-Colored Divine Light?"

Ji Jingqiu chuckled, renowned!

As the white light transformed from the Four-Colored Divine Light returned to the Martial Artists' side, everyone around held their breath, intensely fixating on the white light.

Is it over?

Even though this battle was brief, they still felt it was surreal.

This battle shattered their previous pride, making them realize the elders' saying, "There is always a heaven beyond, and people beyond people."

At that moment, the white light from the Four-Colored Divine Light wavered. Despite the Martial Artist's best efforts to suppress, a fragment of Mixed Cave appeared.

The Beginning of One Element.

In the next moment, Ji Jingqiu used the weight of One Element to break the fragmented Five Elements and Five Virtues, pierce through the Divine Skills, and emerge, standing again at the center of the battlefield.

Behind him, Sword Light poured down like mercury, penetrating everywhere, covering the sky, directly aiming at the figure in the battlefield's center.

Swords return to their origin!

Feeling inspired, Ji Jingqiu turned and slashed, extinguishing all the derivative Sword Light, grasping the trajectory of this sword at a critical moment.

At the instant of the blade and sword meeting, the originally orderly Sword Light suddenly collapsed, yet the Blade Light remained as condensed as ever!

Under this Blade Light, Jian Shiqi flew backward, a blood mark extending downward from his brow.

He had no time to care about the injury, only feeling incredibly absurd!

If he were vanquished solely by even higher Daoist achievements or greater force, it would be excusable, but he had found an opportunity and consecutively delivered three sword strikes, only to have Tian Qiu slice at the weakest point of his Sword Momentum each time!

Once is an accident, twice or thrice is inevitability.

But what a joke!

Since childhood, he was hailed as a swordsmanship prodigy, studying the essence of Sword Dao for forty-three years, challenging all Heart Image Warriors within his small realm post-breakthrough without a single defeat in 274 battles, earning entry into [Qingtian Hall], regarded as a Heavenly Person's seedling, prematurely joining the core disciple sequence.

Even within Qingtian Hall, he boasted that his swordsmanship would easily rank in the top three among peers in the same realm, boasting battle experience not inferior to anyone.

Yet now, his prideful swordsmanship seemed full of flaws before this person, easily crushed with a single blade!

As the blood mark at his brow slowly extended, the protective amulet on Jian Shiqi's body self-initiated, transporting him from within this Void.

One last glance.

Jian Shiqi saw the figure surrounded by red, yellow, black, and white, just missing one color for the full Five Virtues, performing the wonders of Five Element transformations, targeted by Tian Qiu...

Space transformed.

Upon reopening his eyes.

Jian Shiqi stood in the Void, the blood-red vertical mark on his brow halted its spread.

He had achieved Heart and Body Unity, stopping the blood with a mere thought.

Yet the vertical mark remained, unhealed, due to the lingering Sword Intent.

"Shiqi, you lost to Tian Qiu as well?"

In the next instant, someone suddenly pulled him closer.

Jian Shiqi scanned the surroundings, knowing that this Earth's Void had been locked by the powers, so no matter how someone exited the Cosmic Light Fragments, they would appear at the "door."

Facing the person before him, he respectfully said, "Ancestor Qingyang, this disciple indeed lost to Tian Qiu of Heavenly Saint Lake, bringing shame to the sect."

Upon hearing this, Qingyang from Qingtian Hall gazed with complexity at the surrounding Void, shameful?

At this moment, those seemingly stone-like old figures have hearts stirred, leading to a subtle atmosphere.

Qingyang raised his hand, lightly touching the brow of Jian Shiqi, extracting the residual Sword Intent, carefully experiencing it, and couldn't help but lift his brows, saying:

"Such domineering Sword Intent!"

From this single Sword Intent, one can perceive the Martial Artist's demeanor.

"Shiqi, do you think if Miao Di, ranked first on the sect's Heavenly List, were here, there'd be a chance for battle today?"

Jian Shiqi fell silent for a moment before saying, "Even if Senior Sister Miao Di were here, I would not be utterly defenseless, without seeing a single opportunity for victory."

Qingyang remained silent, finding it unimaginable.

Jian Shiqi is among the finest disciples they've acquired in recent years. Breaking through as a Heavenly Person is nearly certain, not losing to the would-be core disciples of other sects.