Outside the Chaos Gas Wall, Turtle Egg was filled with despair. Inside the wall, however, Lin Hao, bathed in blood, looked up at the giant black hand reaching for him with a smile on his face.

The bright red fruit of the Saint Medicine lay open in Lin Hao’s palm, a mysterious Dao Rhyme flowing around it.

Lin Hao seemed to have no strength left, unable to even hold the Saint Medicine fruit steady.

The giant black hand descended from the sky at incredible speed, reaching Lin Hao in the blink of an eye.

The hand closed in, intending to snatch both Lin Hao and the Saint Medicine fruit.

Just then, Lin Hao’s eyes flashed. A palace materialized beneath the massive black hand, and above the palace, the sun and moon appeared together.

The next moment, the sun and moon transformed, evolving into two Yin-Yang Fish.

After a momentary pause, the black hand lunged for the two Yin-Yang Fish.

The Yin-Yang Fish fell, plunging into the palace.

Then, the palace erupted with a dazzling radiance, and the world was consumed by a white light.

When the white light faded, a Tai Chi Array Map materialized in mid-air, and the giant black hand had vanished without a trace.

In the sky above, the dark clouds roiled and let out a low rumble before dissipating.

Outside the Chaos Gas Wall, Turtle Egg was utterly dumbfounded.

"Yin and Yang unite to birth Chaos! When Chaos emerges, the Evil Demons retreat! This kid is simply defying the heavens!" Turtle Egg muttered to itself, shocked beyond belief.

It had an extraordinary background, on par with a Great Emperor. It had been suppressed beneath Forbidden God Mountain for ten thousand years and had not only witnessed countless prodigies and geniuses but also possessed an innate inheritance that gave it knowledge of many ancient, mighty figures.

But it had never heard of anyone at Lin Hao’s age and cultivation level who could manifest Chaos.

"The Saint Medicine! He got the Saint Medicine!" A few seconds later, Turtle Egg grew excited again, pacing back and forth as it spoke.

This was a Saint Medicine that even the will of the Celestial Dao coveted; one could only imagine its value.

At this moment, Turtle Egg wished it could rush inside, but alas, it could not.

Now, Turtle Egg was truly as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof.

Inside the Chaos Gas Wall, Lin Hao very carefully placed the red Saint Medicine fruit into a special jade box and put it in his storage ring.

Afterward, Lin Hao took out the bottle Turtle Egg had given him and began to collect the Divine Spring.

To confirm its effects, Lin Hao first took a sip.

The moment the clear spring water entered his body, Lin Hao felt its powerful effects.

Wherever the spring water passed, his wounds instantly healed completely!

Lin Hao took three large gulps in a row. His body made a series of CRACKLING and POPPING sounds, and his physical injuries were mostly healed.

Lin Hao was overjoyed. ’This truly is a Divine Spring!’

He quickly put the bottle in and began to fill it with abandon.

The bottle was tiny, only three inches long, yet it was like a bottomless pit; the entire large pool of the Divine Spring flowed into it.

With the Divine Spring secured, Lin Hao’s gaze fell upon the Saint Medicine plant.

After much hesitation, Lin Hao ultimately abandoned the idea of transplanting it, merely plucking its nine leaves.

Having done all this, Lin Hao did not choose to heal there, but left instead.

Outside the Chaos Gas Wall, Turtle Egg was overjoyed to see Lin Hao appear and immediately rushed in front of him. "The Saint Medicine?"

"We need to leave, now!" Lin Hao said, his tone urgent.

Although Turtle Egg didn’t understand, it still carried Lin Hao on its back and left Forbidden God Mountain at top speed.

On Heaven-Stepping Peak, the main peak of the Heaven-Stepping Sect, Turtle Egg finally spoke after setting Lin Hao down. "Why did you run? Forbidden God Mountain would have been a better place to heal."

"It wasn’t just coveting the Saint Medicine; it was after my Cultivation Technique, too. My body is mostly healed, but that last battle drained my cultivation completely." Lin Hao collapsed limply onto the ground, gasping for breath without a care for his image.

Turtle Egg’s eyes flickered. "It’s far too greedy."

The words had barely left its mouth when Lin Hao’s expression changed drastically, and the patterns on Turtle Egg’s shell flared with light.

At that moment, dark clouds descended upon the Heaven-Stepping Sect, pressing down from above!

All the Martial Artists of the Heaven-Stepping Sect felt an utterly terrifying pressure.

Somewhere in the Heaven-Stepping Sect, the cross-legged body of Sect Leader Wu Taichu hunched over, his teeth chattering, unable to breathe under the immense pressure.

Elsewhere in the Heaven-Stepping Sect, a Demon Ape was pinned firmly to the ground, its eyes seemingly ready to burst, but it was unable to move an inch...

Everyone trembled with fear, for they were experiencing a pressure unlike any they had ever felt before.

BOOM!

The room where Lin Hao and Turtle Egg were staying shook once before disintegrating into dust, exposing the man and the turtle to the open air.

Turtle Egg took a step forward, shielding Lin Hao behind it as runes shot out from its body.

This time, the runes did not shoot toward the sky, but instead rushed out in all directions toward the boundaries of the Heaven-Stepping Sect.

The next moment, a ripple spread out from the Heaven-Stepping Sect and surged toward the sky.

The dark clouds instantly receded.

And the terrifying pressure vanished without a trace.

Phew...

Everyone in the Heaven-Stepping Sect breathed a sigh of relief, all feeling as though they had just survived a catastrophe.

Meanwhile, Wu Taichu straightened up and shot off in a certain direction.

A short while later, Wu Taichu appeared before Lin Hao.

"Grandmaster, are you all right?" Seeing that it was indeed Lin Hao who had attracted the strange phenomenon, just as he had expected, Wu Taichu asked with concern.

Lin Hao shook his head, then fixed his gaze on Turtle Egg.

Lin Hao had seen the runes that burst from Turtle Egg’s body very clearly. They were exceptionally profound, capable of activating the measures left behind in the Heaven-Stepping Sect by Emperor Hongtian.

Needless to say, it was a glimpse of the Array Pattern Skill.

’First, there was the unfathomably mysterious bottle that could hold a whole pool of Divine Spring, and now this profound Array Pattern Skill. This Turtle Egg has quite a few treasures on it.’

"Oh, right! I just remembered, I should go check if Little Mengmeng is hurt." Seeing that the situation was turning against it, Turtle Egg vanished before its voice had even faded.

Standing to the side, Wu Taichu’s eyes flickered.

’This turtle is deeply mysterious, its origins clearly astonishing, yet it’s so obedient to Grandmaster.’ Wu Taichu found it incredible every time he thought about it.

"Grandmaster, you’re injured? Is it serious?" At this point, having drunk the divine brew, Wu Taichu’s cultivation had already reached the Sixth Layer of Soul Gathering Realm, and he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Lin Hao’s body.

"It’s nothing. I’ll be fine after I heal my injuries," Lin Hao said, shaking his head dismissively.

Wu Taichu quickly replied, "Grandmaster, I will stand guard for you."

Lin Hao didn’t refuse, nodding. "I’ll be troubling you, then."

Wu Taichu quickly said it was no trouble.

Lin Hao closed his eyes and immediately began to heal.

His physical injuries were already mostly healed thanks to the Divine Spring, so Lin Hao immediately began to circulate the Divine Illumination Scripture.

Those three mouthfuls of the Divine Spring contained a divine power that did more than simply heal physical wounds. It was because of that Divine Spring that Lin Hao, despite having lost nearly all his cultivation, was able to successfully bluff that evil entity on the summit of Forbidden God Mountain.

This was the perfect time for both cultivation and Refining the divine power within the Divine Spring.

The Divine Spring was tinged with the essence blood of Emperor Hongtian, and the Divine Illumination Scripture was Emperor Hongtian’s own Cultivation Technique. There might be some unexpected benefits.

As the Emperor’s technique circulated, Lin Hao’s entire being became mysterious, forming an indescribable aura.

Wu Taichu’s expression was one of profound shock, for at this moment, Lin Hao gave him the feeling that a Divine King was reawakening.