The King of Black Fog

The day after the wedding, Li Changzhou set out with the Divine Tree.

To avoid affecting the Solar System or even the Milky Way, he took some time to teleport to the Triangulum Galaxy, 3 million light-years away.

He found a double star system where one of the stars had reached the end of its life and began to expand.

Due to its proximity to another star, under strong gravity, the massive star was being pulled into a teardrop shape, its tip pointing towards the other star.

The dreamlike colors and the majestic shapes, akin to weapons forged by a Heavenly God, left Li Changzhou deeply awestruck from the bottom of his heart.

He could now destroy planets the size of the Moon, yet here was a star nearing its end, being stretched into a spindle shape by another star.

Material was heated to extremely high temperatures, releasing X-rays.

The plasma or ionized gas that composed the star began to escape.

This material or gas formed dreamlike nebulae in the cosmos.

With Li Changzhou's Divine Body and the realm of an Earth Immortal, he could hear sounds several thousand times lower than the range of normal human hearing—

He heard the dull humming from the two stars.

This sound changed with the turbulence on the stars' surfaces, like the whispers of a colossal monster.

He took out "Rooted," exhaled a breath of mana, and the Divine Tree instantly expanded, having grown to over ten thousand meters tall due to all the Player activities.

Placed on Earth, it would absolutely cover the sky, and its roots were exaggerated enough to spread across the entire Xia Country.

However, before the double star system in front of him, it wasn't even a speck of dust.

The Divine Tree bathed in the light, each leaf turning orange-gold. From the front, it looked like a golden tree, with a planet-sized shadow stretching long behind it.

Li Changzhou, wearing the 'Prophet Wind Bell' at his waist, sat at the very top of the Divine Tree, as if on an endless golden prairie.

A black hand retrieved a Flat Peach from the Honey-Pot World, slowly closing around it, squeezing out vast amounts of mana.

A layer of Black Light outlined the golden body of the Divine Tree.

"Black Fog·Time Stop"

Time began to accelerate.

Besides the 'Eternal Sand World Fruit,' Li Changzhou also made the Divine Tree produce 'Qi Fruit.'

The black hand "ate" the Flat Peach, as time accelerated for the Divine Tree, he ate 'Qi Fruit,' cultivating "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" Bone Forging Chapter.

When his heart power was exhausted due to the excruciating pain of bone forging, he paused his cultivation to either comprehend time, resonate with the divine skills of "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique," or peruse the upper volume of "Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang" gifted by the Queen Mother of the West.

In his spare time, he even watched the animation of 'Thousand Beams.'

He lamented not having this useless guy perform a handstand in a skirt in front of the enemy back then!

The immortal turtle would definitely be knocked out instantly.

Three months later, on the lush branches of the Divine Tree in the 'Eternal Sand World,' four small golden fruits appeared. In addition, there were some Flat Peach Fruits, Qi Fruits, and Sickness Fruits.

He withdrew "Rooted" into his palm, where it became a thriving bonsai scenery tree.

Li Changzhou teleported back to the Heavenly Court and then from there returned to the "Honey-Pot World"—the trouble was worth it so that he could directly appear inside the Heavenly Court after leaving the Honey-Pot World next time.

"Wasn't three enough? A fourth one wastes a lot of time." Li Qianxia questioned, reaching out to pick one.

Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool also looked at Li Changzhou with curiosity.

"The fourth one I plan to give to the Queen Mother of the West," Li Changzhou explained, "She's given us so many gifts, and while the Eternal Sand World Fruit might not be of any use to her, its rarity makes it a token of our sincerity, and by the way—"

He paused, "I want to ask if she needs any help from us."

"That makes sense," Turquoise Pool nodded thoughtfully, "If she doesn't need our help, I'd suspect she also has feelings for you."

"Don't be indebted to others," Yang Qinglan agreed with Li Changzhou's approach.

Even without the 'Eternal Sand World Fruit,' thanks to the Flat Peaches, Jadescent Nectar, and the Scripture Roll gifted by the Queen Mother, their power had advanced by leaps and bounds in the last three months.

"Qing Lan, you're still the same, stop being called Gu She Divine Woman, and be called the Heartless Fairy," Li Qianxia teased.

Yang Qinglan was indifferent, saying softly:

"When I was studying anthropology, a female teacher repeatedly said: many human sufferings stem from placing too much hope in a relationship, wishing all students present to focus on their careers and not depend on anyone—a lesson in anthropology I forgot, but I always remembered this sentence."

"Our marital law teacher said the same thing," Li Changzhou recalled.

"Did they?" Li Qianxia was puzzled.

Li Changzhou gazed at her for a long time, making Li Qianxia shyly close one eye and wink at him, then said, "I'm going into seclusion, and no one is to disturb me before I emerge!"

She took her 'Eternal Sand World Fruit' and retreated into her Eternal Sand World.

After Turquoise Pool also left, Li Changzhou pulled the half-resistant Yang Qinglan, shared some intimacy in her Eternal Sand World, and then headed towards the Turquoise Pool paradise.

The scene at Turquoise Pool remained as breathtakingly beautiful as a celestial paradise.

"Your Majesty."

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty is immeasurable, with longevity equal to the heavens!"

Unlike his previous unrecognized visit, this time, upon seeing Li Changzhou, the fairies and goddesses rose to offer their respects.

This reminded Li Changzhou that he was still some kind of Heavenly Emperor.

As the saying goes, the environment nurtures the spirit, and nurturing changes the body, but when he wasn't being forced to dance in the "Honey-Pot World," he was being a cosmic farmer, how could he have any consciousness or demeanor of a Heavenly Emperor?

The Queen Mother of the West received him on a suspended mountain this time.

The two sat on a protruding platform halfway up the mountain, wisps of white clouds drifting by their feet.