The King of Black Fog

The human-shaped black mist exhaled a puff of black smoke, enveloping the Flat Peach and the sapling. When the black smoke dissipated, 2000 points of mana vanished, and a year passed.

The Flat Peach lost some moisture, and the sapling was as tall as a person.

The person-tall sapling had all its roots embedded within a fist-sized Flat Peach.

"Indeed, it's a nine-thousand-year-old Flat Peach." Li Changzhou's voice, in the state of black mist, was deeper and more authoritative, with a slight laugh, displaying another kind of charm.

While speaking, he exhaled another puff of black smoke.

The Flat Peach could no longer remain intact. With a gentle pinch, the skin dented, and the flesh beneath lost its moisture.

The sapling grew to the height of two people, and all its roots were still embedded within a half-wilted Flat Peach.

Li Changzhou glanced up; it was just sunset, dusk had passed, and the "Dawn Mirror" was no longer useful.

Black mist surged like water towards the Flat Peach Tree, and midway, a black hand formed, picking a Flat Peach.

'Great Power - Dark' under the support of Earth Immortal strength had no fifteen-meter limitation and was even more powerful.

The upper body of Li Changzhou became visible from the black mist. He bit into a Flat Peach, the fragrance was refreshing, and sweet juice filled his mouth. Pure vital energy surged into his body.

The body slightly expanded, and mana fully recovered.

"Whew!"

Two puffs of black smoke.

A crunch of a Flat Peach, then another two puffs of black smoke.

The second Flat Peach was finished, and the first Flat Peach was utterly dead, rotting in a shocking manner, with a bizarre rust-like color on it, but the skin remained intact.

In eight full years, consuming sixteen thousand points of Black Fog Magical Power was required to let the sapling completely absorb one nine-thousand-year-old Flat Peach.

"Compared to the advancement speed of players, it's actually very fast," Yang Qinglan said.

"Rooted" had already grown six meters high, large enough to provide shade for two people. Stars twinkled between the leaves, like blinking eyes.

Li Changzhou still held the six-meter-high tree with one hand, preventing it from touching the ground, fearing it would absorb the vital energy of the giant tree in the "Honey Pot World".

A vortex unfolded behind him, and Li Changzhou disappeared from the spot.

He arrived at Jupiter, attempting to place "Rooted" into the hydrogen sea.

Once out of his protective magical power, with a hiss, "Rooted" instantly ignited. By the time Li Changzhou reacted, the six-meter-high tree was reduced to the size of a palm.

Li Changzhou's heart raced wildly, and even with his constitution, he broke out in a cold sweat.

This was an item he'd spent all he had, scraping together a thousand silver coins to buy!

If it burned to nothing, he'd be tempted to jump into the hydrogen sea and self-immolate!

The lower half of Li Changzhou was shrouded in black mist, while the upper half remained human-like. He took another Flat Peach from the "Honey Pot World".

Whew!

A puff of black smoke spray appeared, as if the movie sped up, and a second sapling sprouted instantly from the roots of "Rooted".

This segment of root rapidly spread in the hydrogen sea, like a dense spider web, impervious.

Once the second puff of black smoke was applied, a gigantic vortex appeared on the hydrogen sea, and rolling hydrogen was absorbed by the second root.

On the roots, clumps of hydrogen nutrients burrowed into the tree like mice.

"Rooted" had grown one meter high again. Opposite the First Leaf, the Second Leaf was sprouting tender buds, and among the branches where the First Leaf was, rice-grain-sized Flat Peaches were forming.

"Anything can root; is it possible to root in the inner world of an Earth Immortal?"

[I thought you were being fanciful; considering the price and the world's attitude toward it, it doesn't seem impossible.] Guanyin sighed.

"Next time Chang'e dares act arrogant in front of me, I'll use her for experiments and root inside her."

[..... I understand your era a little better now—you're making a crude joke?]

"Bodhisattva, have you thought through the reincarnation thing?"

[...]

"I wasn't making a crude joke, just felt not using this pun would be a pity, that's all."

Guanyin sighed softly: [I'm not talking about the joke; regarding reincarnation, I've already thought it through.]

"Oh?" Li Changzhou became interested.

Guanyin's reincarnation was to sit on the Heavenly Position. The race she'd chosen naturally had extraordinary potential, worthy of attention.

[I have an unspeakable concern.]

"We are already one with Bodhisattva; what can't be shared?"

[Then I'll speak frankly, I wish to reincarnate as your child.]

Before Li Changzhou could react, Guanyin added quickly and emphatically: [I know it's difficult for you, which is why I've never said it, but eventually, we must face it. I wanted to be honest about my true intentions.]

During this sentence, Li Changzhou recovered from his shock.

Guanyin reincarnating as his child made sense—innately possessing a Divine Body, with access to all the resources of the Six Great Stars afterward.

But no matter how sound the reason, it's not a reason to accept.

"This isn't something I can decide alone, and Bodhisattva, your matter can't be known to a third person..." Li Changzhou's tone revealed rejection.

[I understand.] Guanyin's laugh was bitter but carried a hint of relief.

Though Guanyin gave up this idea, Li Changzhou felt guilty.

He's not like Yang Qinglan, who separates karma, insisting on clear distinctions between grace and enmity, but he demands himself to repay kindness a hundredfold.

If it weren't for Guanyin, his Visualization would still be "Yin Yang Double Snakes" and "Giant Kun," and [Divine Body] would be far from its fourth enhancement.

In the Huan Clan instance, if "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" were available, combined with the peak Second Rank [Divine Body], it wouldn't be possible to defeat the three-ranked experts of the Divine Will Star, but survival would be likely.

But such a thing cannot be kept from Yang Qinglan no matter what.

A dilemma.

He can only strive to find a stellar origins for Guanyin.