Xiang Shaoyun did not give in as he said, "She's only a child. I hope you can respect her choice."
"Like I said, I won't harm her. She will become my master's disciple. In the future, she will gain the ability to do all she wants in all existence!" declared the black tortoise proudly.
An enchanting figure appeared in Xiang Shaoyun's mind as he asked, "Is it her?"
"Good that you know. This will only benefit her," said the black tortoise.
"Sure. I'll let you have her. However, I need some of the seven-colored fantastical spring water here," said Xiang Shaoyun.
Only very few existences would be qualified to be the black tortoise's master. It was quite easy for Xiang Shaoyun to guess who that person was. This might be the sole opportunity for Weili Yana to get such a powerful master. Thus, he relented.
"Take it yourself, but do not disturb her," the black tortoise agreed easily.
Xiang Shaoyun stepped forth and gathered some spring water without stepping into the spring. The seven-colored spring was incredibly beautiful. It contained incredible power, and it would be anyone's good luck to obtain even a tiny bit of water from it.
After gathering the spring water, Xiang Shaoyun handed it to the divine discerning tree. The tree's roots reached out and hurriedly absorbed the spring water. Instantly, colorful clouds surged out of the tree, filling the astral cosmos sea with even more life force. The countless plants in the astral cosmos sea started growing and advancing rapidly.
Xiang Shaoyun was overjoyed as he gathered some more of the spring water. Even the black tortoise couldn't watch on anymore. "Don't go too far!"
"I'll be done soon!" said Xiang Shaoyun as he hurriedly gathered some more before he left reluctantly.
The seven-colored fantastical spring was extremely rare. Even after countless years, very few people had obtained its spring water. He was very pleased to be able to gather even a tiny bit of its spring water.
The divine discerning tree was also pleased with what it received. It transmitted some astonishing news to Xiang Shaoyun, claiming that it would be able to produce its own seven-colored fantastical spring in the future. Xiang Shaoyun stumbled and nearly fell from the shock. That was too shocking. The seven-colored fantastical spring was incredibly rare. If the divine discerning tree could create it, did it not mean that he would have an entire spring for himself?
"Damn. I feel like my heart can't take any more of such a shock," muttered Xiang Shaoyun as he patted his chest.
"Kid, stop staying here. Piss off already," shouted the black tortoise.
"Yeah, yeah," Xiang Shaoyun replied before returning to the dragonfish and Little White.
There, he found that both the dragonfish and Little White were still in the midst of merging with their chosen skeleton. The process would probably be long and last until they entered the God Realm. He started considering whether he really needed to wait there until both of them were done.
"Since I've reached peak ninth-stage pseudo-God, I might as well cultivate here and try to enter the Rebirth Realm," said Xiang Shaoyun after giving it some thought.
The black tortoise's shell was big enough and had become an island. It should be safe enough for him to attempt his breakthrough here. Thus, after leaving some words to Money, he selected his own spot and started cultivating.
The Rebirth Realm was a realm where one surpassed the limits of one's saint body, transforming from a Saint to a God. That was a process of transformation, one where a cultivator's body and soul would be shattered to form the true god body and god soul. Only then would one be able to enter the Rebirth Realm.
That was a realm where one could very possibly die during the breakthrough. Any failure to break through would only result in death. Of course, a successful breakthrough would grant one immortality and strength.
Even with memories of two past lives and his previous experience of entering the Rebirth Realm, Xiang Shaoyun still needed to be extremely careful. This life was not the same as his past lives because he now had the strongest physique. He had to undergo a flawless transformation to create the strongest god body.
With his current constitution, his body was already as strong as the more regular god bodies. After all, he cultivated both astral energy and devilish energy. Nobody else could compare with him. Thus, he planned to break through both his cultivations at the same time, which would push him to extreme levels of strength.
He immediately started his plan and absorbed two Devil God cores to bring his devil cultivation level up. At the same time, he also absorbed the milky water spring water and the seven-colored fantastical spring water. The devil cores and the two springs contained boundless energy.
Like rivers, they surged through Xiang Shaoyun's meridians. A large amount of devilish energy gathered in his devil pearl, greatly enhancing the pearl, allowing him to push toward the Devil God Realm.
At the same time, the two springs radiated countless divine laws that echoed repeatedly in his meridians. After a full circulation, the spring water returned to the astral cosmos sea and combined with the nine strands of God Realm energy. The nine strands split. From nine, they became eighteen, then thirty-six, and so on as the God Realm energy slowly became an ocean.
His god soul was also being nourished by two different powers. His soul surged in strength, and before long, it reached second-stage God Realm. It continued growing while the nine-colored lotus soul foundation fused with strand after strand of God Realm energy, becoming sparkling and translucent.
Xiang Shaoyun's body began its transformation. Piece after piece of his flesh disintegrated. Even his internal organs ruptured. Eventually, all that remained of him when his body underwent a complete transformation were clumps of God Realm energy around his blood.
He had once experienced a blood transfusion thanks to the Imperial Nether Clan. However, he had the body of a human. Thus, during his past advancements, his newly created bloodline power would be the bloodline of a human, not a devil. The two bloodlines had blended together, yet they had not been able to achieve a perfect fusion.
That would change now. The two bloodlines fused completely, and with the God Realm primal inception energy's nourishment, a brand new divine bloodline was created. The moment the bloodline's formation was completed, an unrivaled bloodline would descend upon the world. All of Xiang Shaoyun's descendants would enjoy the benefits of the bloodline, and his line of family would grow into the strongest family, as his descendants would be innately stronger than their peers.
The process of transformation was a process of growth and was also painful. Even the brands of his three lives broke apart as his memories of three lives fused into one. In the future, there would be no distinction, as all three versions of him would become a brand new God.
As his incomplete god body broke apart, leaving only his blood wrapped in primal inception god energy behind, the wriggling clumps of blood and energy slowly took a human form. They rapidly assumed Xiang Shaoyun's appearance, and when Xiang Shaoyun reappeared, boundless radiance shone from his body.
Ancient stars flickered in the sky as endless starlight descended upon him. Phantoms of ancient devils and gods appeared in the sky, and projections of countless demonic beasts appeared. Then, finally, a nine-colored radiance painted the sky and erased everything, bringing the world to peace and prosperity.