Chapter 1052: Causing Trouble? Causing Trouble

"Huh?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned in mid-air.

What on earth is going on? I was just testing a new move—how did it get tied to you?

Still, it was rare for Lei Xier to speak up and make a promise, so that had to be a good thing, right?

Xu Xiaoshou seized the opportunity, quickly trying to retract the five great energy origin seeds in his hand, and nodded. "You said it..."

Before he could finish, Xu Xiaoshou was shocked to discover that he couldn't pull back these five condensed energy origin seeds!

The surging power erupted in the air, with electric lights and sparks flickering amid the aura of destruction, as if they were about to explode any second.

Lei Xier's face turned serious. Without hesitation, she said first,

"Retract your divine ability."

Xu Xiaoshou even tried using the breathing method, but for the first time, he hit a bottleneck with this Wang Zuo-level technique.

He could slowly absorb the Jian Nian and Ping Hu Xiao Qing Hua forces.

But he couldn't absorb even a bit of the other three true Sheng Ji-level forces!

"I... I can't retract them..."

Sweat beads formed on Xu Xiaoshou's forehead. On impulse, he almost used his Wu Xiu · Chi Jiao Shou to wipe it away, but thankfully, he stopped himself in time.

"You can't retract them?" Lei Xier widened her beautiful eyes. "Your own power, and you can't retract it?"

"It's been compressed to the extreme, beyond what I can control!" Xu Xiaoshou panicked. "Isn't that like refining pills? If I could perfectly master the pills, why would they explode in the furnace?"

Lei Xier felt her vision darken. "If you can't control it, why are you messing with this stuff?"

"This move was meant to be released, not taken back anyway..." Xu Xiaoshou said matter-of-factly. "For an explosive force, the more unstable, the better. Why would I need to control it perfectly to create it?"

"I..."

Lei Xier was at a loss for words.

You make a convincing point!

"Afflicted by curse, passive points, 1, 1, 1, 1..."

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The range of the void shattering grew larger, and sweat poured more profusely from Xu Xiaoshou's forehead.

He was about to lose his grip on the power in his right hand.

"Don't throw it!"

Lei Xier saw what Xu Xiaoshou intended and hurriedly stopped him.

This move was too terrifying—the Yuan Fu Shi Jie hadn't fully formed yet and couldn't withstand it.

"If I can't throw it, what do I do?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stumped. He thought it could be thrown.

The Yuan Fu Shi Jie had already evolved and should handle three Sheng Ji-level forces plus two pseudo-Sheng Ji-level ones.

"Maybe it could handle it, but the Shen Nong Yao Yuan would definitely be affected."

Lei Xier looked downward.

All these were Sheng Yao; under the explosion's aftermath, the entire medicine garden would likely be reduced to nothing.

As for throwing it farther away...

Once Sheng Ji-level forces merged and exploded, how far would be far enough?

Neither Lei Xier nor Xu Xiaoshou knew.

Was the Yuan Fu Shi Jie big?

For Sheng Ji-level forces, it wasn't even enough to contain the blast!

"Throw... throw it outside?" Lei Xier hesitated before saying.

She suddenly felt like she was becoming corrupted, casually thinking thoughts like "better a fellow daoist than a poor daoist."

If Xu Xiaoshou's move couldn't be contained in the Yuan Fu Shi Jie, the Xu Kong Dao could handle it, and if not, they could go out and dump it on a Xu Kong Shi's head to let it deal with it.

"I can't leave the Yuan Fu Shi Jie." Xu Xiaoshou shook his head.

Leaving required a space passage, and carrying a "nuclear bomb" through it would likely collapse the passage instantly, stranding them in the spatial fragments.

"Then what do we do!" Lei Xier looked around frantically, furious at how Xu Xiaoshou always pulled these reckless stunts in the Yuan Fu Shi Jie.

"I..." Xu Xiaoshou wiped sweat with his other hand, his mind racing. Suddenly, his eyes lit up with excitement. "Tan Shen! Tan Shen is a devouring type..."

"Shut up!" Lei Xier snapped irritably.

Could Tan Shen handle something this terrifying?

It would probably be blown to pieces from inside out!

"Afflicted by curse, passive points, 1, 1, 1, 1..."

Neither option worked, and Xu Xiaoshou felt trapped no matter what.

He thought Lei Xier was overthinking it. As a minor Zong Shi, even after breaking through to Xing Si realm, he couldn't possibly destroy the entire Yuan Fu Shi Jie with one move.

But since she wouldn't allow it, he had no choice.

"I'm about to lose control..."

"Look at me." Lei Xier suddenly spoke, her body emanating white Sheng Li, with Shen Mo Tong spinning rapidly. Her left eye filled with white mist, radiating a divine glow like a celestial fairy.

"What are you doing? Don't stir up my seed babies..." Xu Xiaoshou panicked at the sight.

He was already struggling to control the five forces; if Lei Xier added to the mix, this "Sheng · Wu Zhi Wen Zhong Zhi Shu" might not even get thrown and would just leave two corpses here.

"I'll use my divine power to help you control the forces. Throw them one by one, minimize the blast range as much as possible, then... throw them far away!" Lei Xier gritted her teeth, with white Bi An Hua blooming beneath her.

Just one glance washed over Xu Xiaoshou's soul, clearing his mind and improving his control over the forces in his hand.

In that moment, he felt the five seed babies quiet down.

If he wanted, he could fuse them into one right away, fulfilling his dream.

"Your Shen Mo Tong has this ability?" Xu Xiaoshou was surprised, his voice noticeably more excited. "I feel like I can even complete the final step—I can fuse them!"

"Fuse them..." Lei Xier barely held back from cursing. "You can fuse them, but what then? I told you to throw them one by one, not keep experimenting!"

As she got angry, her Sheng Li aura became unstable.

Shen Mo Tong followed suit, and the divine power wavered. Xu Xiaoshou sensed the soul-cleansing feeling fading, and the forces in his hand started to slip...

"Calm down, calm down!"

Xu Xiaoshou was startled and didn't dare mess around anymore. He quickly took advantage of Lei Xier's help to reach the edge of the Yuan Fu Shi Jie.

Then, he carefully separated the five energy origin seeds and threw them one by one into the Hun Dun fog.

"Boom!"

The first explosion came from the Ping Hu Xiao Qing Hua energy origin seed.

It engulfed a thousand li of black shattered space, even devouring a good portion of the Hun Dun fog, making Xu Xiaoshou's eyelids twitch and Lei Xier's heart race.

"This is clearly more than just Ping Hu Xiao Qing Hua force—it's been influenced by the other four Sheng Ji-level forces..."

"Don't chatter, keep going." Lei Xier interrupted, her tone already weak.

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at her, said no more, and threw out the Jian Nian origin seed.

"Boom!"

Another energy origin seed shattered a thousand li of space.

Endless black dyed half the sky of the Yuan Fu Shi Jie.

A Bing and A Huo, immersed in their ice and fire mountains, gazed in confusion at the distant duo conducting their blasting project, lost in endless thought.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

So powerful!

If that hit me, it'd probably blast me to pieces. As expected of the master.

"Roar..."

A Bing was in awe too.

When did the master get this strong?

Even it couldn't withstand that move.

"Three left..."

At the edge of the Hun Dun fog, Xu Xiaoshou stared at the three remaining true Sheng Ji-level forces in his hand, silent for a long time.

The explosions exceeded his expectations...

He hadn't fully understood before why battles above Wang Zuo level required opening a realm or fighting in the sky.

Now he knew.

If Wang Zuo was like this, Sheng Ji forces were even more so.

Just two pseudo-Sheng Ji forces could shatter a thousand li— if all five exploded together, half of Yun Lun mountain range would likely be obliterated.

Was that why all the mainland Ban Sheng stayed in their corners and didn't show themselves?

In that moment, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly thought that maybe the Sheng Shen Dian's path wasn't entirely wrong.

If all those Ban Sheng weren't controlled and locked in the inner Xu Kong Dao, the world would probably be in chaos!

Lei Xier looked at the vast black void and couldn't help but pale.

"Change locations and keep throwing."

She didn't dare let Xu Xiaoshou throw the seeds into the black hole anymore, fearing a chain reaction that would collapse the Yuan Fu Shi Jie, so they had to switch spots and continue.

That day, the Yuan Fu Shi Jie was once again dominated by "terror."

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

When the remaining three true Sheng Ji seeds were thrown, the surrounding space turned entirely black except for the ground.

Even the sky darkened!

The once vibrant Yuan Fu Shi Jie now faintly showed signs of decay.

It was as if the world spirit had been stunned.

I haven't even started awakening yet?

Which idiot started planting bombs in my body?

Where's the world lord?

Aren't you going to stop this!

"You've done a fine job!"

After the explosions ended, Lei Xier was furious.

She sometimes feared that one day she'd wake up, her great vengeance unavenged, and already be dragged into some doomed romance with Xu Xiaoshou.

The key was, it wasn't even from enemy invasions—just Xu Xiaoshou's sheer recklessness!

"I was wrong..." Xu Xiaoshou admitted his mistake sincerely, his face full of remorse. "I didn't realize I'd be this strong..."

"Afflicted by curse, passive points, 1, 1, 1, 1..."

Lei Xier took a deep breath, feeling mentally and physically exhausted.

She wanted to lecture him properly, something like, "You've grown up now, you're not a child anymore—moves you could test before aren't suitable in the Yuan Fu Shi Jie anymore."

But after thinking about it, she held back.

After all, Xu Xiaoshou was technically her senior brother. What if, in the middle of the lecture, he lost face and pulled another stunt?

"Just reflect on this properly!"

She was tired.

Lei Xier forced her weary body up and slowly returned to the Duan Ta.

She'd just eaten the Sheng Ji Guo—why did she feel so drained?

Xu Xiaoshou, that madman...

Utterly incomprehensible!

Watching Lei Xier leave, Xu Xiaoshou dropped his remorseful expression, a flash of wild joy crossing his face.

"So strong!"

"The divine power of Shen Mo Tong has such an incredible boosting effect—it even helped me control Sheng Ji forces."

"If Lei Xier manifests the demonic power to enhance my 'Wu Xiu · Chi Jiao Shou' when I use 'Sheng · Wu Zhi Wen Zhong Zhi Shu,' boosting my 'Complete Body · Kuang Bao Ju Ren' forces and letting all the energy go completely out of control..."

"Then divine it again, demonic it again, divine and demonic in cycles... If that energy doesn't go haywire, I'm not Xu!"

Xu Xiaoshou clenched his fist, feeling the depleted Qi Hai, as if a broad path had opened before him...

"Would that kind of explosion kill a Ban Sheng?"

A sneeze!

Back in the Duan Ta, Lei Xier suddenly sneezed lightly.

She rubbed her slightly red nose tip and felt the surroundings grow cooler.

Was it because Xu Xiaoshou had blasted away all the light in the Yuan Fu Shi Jie, leaving only darkness?

A chilling sensation...

"Xu Xiaoshou, you must be plotting something shady again!" Lei Xier quickly thought of a more realistic guess.

"So boring."

With the blasting research halted and the sensitivity from before not yet faded, Xu Xiaoshou looked around, finding nothing to do, and felt utterly bored.

Based on the aftereffects of consuming Sheng Yao, that vast Shen Nong Yao Yuan would probably take over a day to finish just one plant.

Maybe later, once resistance built up and he wasn't as sensitive, he could shorten the medicine intake time.

But he definitely couldn't eat the Long Xing Zi now...

Xu Xiaoshou gazed longingly at the ancestor tree Long Xing, drooling but helpless.

He valued his life and didn't dare eat it yet.

"Man, the plan went smoother than expected—grabbing these resources was a breeze. It's almost surprising."

Xu Xiaoshou reflected, sighing with emotion.

He'd thought entering the Xu Kong Dao and finding the legendary "Feng Sheng Dao Ji" would take a ton of time and effort.

Who knew the first step would net him the entire Shen Nong Yao Yuan? Now, breaking through to Wang Zuo Dao realm, Zhan Dao, Tai Xu... maybe even Feng Sheng, he wouldn't lack resources.

This left him at a loss.

In his life—so far, just a few months—he'd never had things go this smoothly!

Originally, he'd planned to slow down collecting passive points for now, focus on gathering resources, and break through to Wang Zuo Dao realm first.

That way, the passive system would upgrade again, and he could level up his hungry passive skill babies.

According to the plan, gathering resources would take a long time, and in that process, he could casually rack up enough passive points.

But now, plans couldn't keep up with changes!

Resources were in hand, so after quickly breaking through to Wang Zuo Dao realm, passive points might not be enough—who knows how many levels he could even upgrade.

He glanced at the info bar below.

"Passive points: 2,462,232."

Xu Xiaoshou hadn't checked this number in a while.

He felt like he'd almost forgotten about the passive system.

But actually, passives were great because even if you forgot them, they were always working.

These over two million passive points were what he'd intentionally saved up.

After all, leading hundreds in the Yun Lun mountain range team was largely for farming their passive points.

How? Just spend a little time each day holding a full meeting, and passive points would pour in.

Even if he was busy with other things and not always with the team, whenever he had a moment, he'd give a pep talk, and the points would accumulate to over two million.

"Enough for how many levels?"

Xu Xiaoshou didn't know.

He hadn't broken through to Wang Zuo Dao realm yet, so the passive system hadn't awakened.

But with the Shen Nong Yao Yuan secured, his next goal was clear.

—Keep farming more passive points to prepare for instantly maxing out high-level passive skills after breaking through to Wang Zuo Dao realm!

"Will it stop at Tai Xu realm, or directly hit Ban Sheng lv.1?"

As a Zong Shi Tian Xiang, Xu Xiaoshou hadn't dared think that far, but as Zong Shi Xing Si, imagining his Wang Zuo body evolving straight to Ban Sheng body—one punch, one enemy—he was already thrilled.

Storming Sheng Shan was just around the corner!

"Hmm, I wonder how much chaos the Xu Kong Shi has stirred up outside?"

Bored out of his mind, even knowing now wasn't the time and he needed to lay low, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't help but want to go out and cause trouble.

It'd been almost a day!

Maybe the Xu Kong Shi had already run wild outside?

Perhaps it was time to slip out and check the Xu Kong Dao scene?