"They left so quickly."
Qin Nan shook his head in regret as he saw the cultivators retreating.
The battle had just stirred up his lust for battle inside his body. He was just preparing to enjoy himself a great fight.
The Blood-Eye Earth God's lips twisted when he heard Qin Nan's words.
He strongly believed that Qin Nan was a battle addict who longed for the excitement he felt from fighting people.
"We've secured the place. Let's head inside and take control of it."
The Blood-Eye Earth God said.
"Sure."
Qin Nan nodded and entered the island.
The whole island, including the plants, the ground, the rivers, etc. were all natural resources.
The large pond at the center of the island, in particular, contained pure, formidable god force.
There were hints of immortal force deep inside it too.
Qin Nan unleashed his presence and soon convinced the island to thoroughly submit to him.
In the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, every Blessed Place had its own intelligence, some could even nurture their own consciousness.
Some of the strongest consciousness of the Blessed Immortal Lands possessed cultivation comparable to the Peerless Rulers.
"Accumulate!"
Qin Nan groaned.
A strong wind started blowing on the island.
The plants swayed in the wind as a strong god force formed several forbidding auras across the place.
Once a Blessed Place was occupied, the owner could order the spirit to fortify the place.
As long as the energy on the island was not depleted, it could even stop a Heaven God Realm expert from invading.
"Let's cultivate in seclusion for now."
Qin Nan nodded at the Blood-Eye Earth God and sat inside the pond with his legs crossed.
Even though there were still lots of Blessed Places on the surface of the sea, and even stronger Blessed Places in the water, they were not strong enough to compete with the others.
Trying to secure the places was no different than getting themselves killed.
"Divine Battle Spirit!"
Following Qin Nan's groan, an ancient, blue ray appeared from Qin Nan's back. The Blood-Eye Earth God subconsciously shuddered and felt intimidated out of nowhere.
The force of the Divine God of Battle was only attainable through the Divine Battle Spirit after Qin Nan arrived in the Nine Heavens. However, he could only gather six streams of the force every day.
When he was achieving the God Realm back in the Canglan Continent, he did not have enough Divine Battle Force to merge with the god force in his body for it to evolve.
However, he finally had enough here with the help of the Blessed Place.
"Huh?"
Qin Nan's eyes flickered with astonishment all of a sudden.
He realized the white-blue flower inside the crystal was trembling slightly while emitting golden rays, as if it was trying to tell Qin Nan something.
"Is it asking me to insert my god force into it?"
A thought crossed Qin Nan's mind. He immediately directed streams of god force into it.
The white-blue flower unleashed a strong absorbing force across the Thousand Imperial Ancient Sea.
The force was like giant hands reaching out above the sea, grabbing the pure energy of the Blessed Places above the surface and under the water.
"The flower has such extraordinary capabilities after it evolved?"
Qin Nan's eyes flickered with astonishment.
The white-blue flower's capabilities had totally surpassed his imagination.
"I should go easy on it. Otherwise, the others might notice."
Qin Nan quickly collected his thoughts and transmitted his thought.
If he continued to absorb at his current pace, the Heaven God Realm experts would soon realize that something was not right. They would surely investigate it.
Buzz!
The white-blue flower shook vigorously, as if it was telling Qin Nan that it was already trying its best to control it.
However, the force did weaken significantly.
Qin Nan was relieved. Even if the Heaven Gods noticed that something did not feel right, they would only be intrigued at most.
"Not sure what this white-blue flower will turn into in the end."
Qin Nan shook his head and cleared his thoughts.
Time passed quickly. Ten days were gone in the blink of an eye.
During this period, the competition on the Thousand Imperial Ancient Sea finally came to an end, as every Blessed Place was occupied by the cultivators.
Meanwhile, the news about the rare changes to the Liuhuang Ancient Sea was spread quickly, attracting many rogue cultivators to come and try their luck.
As for Qin Nan, he had fully accumulated the god force inside his body after cultivating for ten days. He also stored sixty streams of the Divine Battle Force.
"It's time to improve!"
Qin Nan directed the Divine Battle Force to merge with the god force in his body.
BANG!
The god force immediately began to evolve.
His body also unleashed a shocking force that continued to absorb the god force in the pond into his body.
The whole island started trembling slightly.
BANG BANG BANG!
The rare phenomenon continued for a thousand breaths, before a series of explosions took place inside Qin Nan's body.
His flesh escalated to the next level as if some hidden potential had been awakened. Its strength was now equivalent to the third-layer Earth God Realm.
On top of that, the god force in his body immediately reached the fifth-layer Earth God Realm, with wisps of blue force flickering inside it that totally surpassed the strength of ordinary god force.
"There isn't much energy left in this island. I should stabilize my cultivation first."
Qin Nan's eyes sprang open. He saw the Blood-Eye Earth God attempting to break through to the Heaven God Realm. He proceeded to calm his thoughts again.
He had devoured quite some natural resources before, thus his god force was slightly unstable.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the Liuhuang Battleground...
The number of cultivators that managed to come so far was significantly fewer than the number of cultivators outside. Most people were peak Heaven Gods, or the inner disciples of Supreme Daoism factions.
They might also be Peerless Geniuses.
"What aura was that, to awaken me from my deep sleep!"
"Forget it, it's been many years, the world has already changed. It's no longer the same as it was back in that era..."
"It is also time for the Forbidden Taboo Sect's return..."
An ancient voice murmured among countless corpses.
A few hundred breaths later, the cultivators in the area immediately felt the ground below them shaking vigorously.
"What just happened?"
The cultivators raised their heads in a frown.
BANG!
Following it, everyone immediately saw a brilliant immortal glow soaring into the clouds. An overwhelming immortal intent surged in all directions like an incredible tide.
Lightning of Heavens, fire of the ground, worship of the ten thousand sacred beings, roars of immortal beasts, and many other rare phenomena were taking place high up in the sky simultaneously.
"Could...could it be that a fortunate encounter related to ascending as an immortal has appeared?"
The same shocking thought crossed the minds of the cultivators.