The white essence permeated the valley, flowing with spirit medicine, divine grass, immortal flowers, demon fruits, and demon woods scattered everywhere.

Thousands upon thousands of Spirit Stones at Dragon Peak gathered the essence here, and the streams flowing through the valley were all supreme Divine Springs.

Even a nine-thousand-year-old Flat Peach Tree was nothing special here.

In this paradise-like valley, the most miraculous was naturally the million-year-old Enlightenment Ancient Tree, whose leaves each carried a type of Dao.

More importantly, this Enlightenment Ancient Tree had absorbed so much of the great Dao that it seemed to steal the creation of Heaven and Earth, possessing a slight aura of the Primordial Divine Tree.

Someday in the future, if it could surpass the Three Tribulations, it might truly become the Primordial Divine Body.

Li Changzhou thought of the [Saint·Human] and the failed Tribulation of the Star-devouring Sea, perhaps their process of becoming a Primordial Divine Body was like this Enlightenment Ancient Tree.

"This valley... is simply a miracle!" The combatants discovered this place.

Before even entering the valley, a great battle broke out in the air, and many combatants exploded and died in this heavenly Third Holy City.

A golden crocodile was the first to charge into the valley.

Any living creature entering the valley would have their eyes drawn to the Enlightenment Ancient Tree, and it was no exception.

"Good! With this one tree, who cares about anything else!"

The million-year-old Enlightenment Ancient Tree was so precious that people would leave the Third Holy City early just to keep it.

The golden crocodile glided through the air, turning into a stream of light approaching.

To avoid too many attacks during battle, it shrunk its form to only three zhang, yet its aura could crush a slice of the starry sky.

When it got close, it immediately sensed a presence beneath the tree, assuming it was a combatant in ambush, and attacked without a second thought.

Its entire body ignited with golden flames, which detached and transformed into a purely energetic golden crocodile, attacking Li Changzhou at light speed.

The stream of light flickered through the valley.

Rolling black mist spread from beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tree, swallowing the stream of light, which vanished instantly.

The golden crocodile trembled all over, and that black mist exuded a great terror, as if it were the dark origin of the universe, devouring the universe and burying everything in darkness.

Overcome with fear, it let out a bizarre cry and turned to flee.

The black mist did not pursue but spread steadily, gradually enveloping the entire valley. Those wishing to enter the valley promptly avoided it.

Even the weakest of them were spirit seeds, with an acute sense of crisis far beyond ordinary people. Just by feel, they knew whoever touched the black mist would die.

Li Changzhou did not devour a single grass or tree in the valley, nor did he think of taking it back for Earth Immortals.

All he wanted was for this place to temporarily belong to him before he left the Third Holy City.

Others who wanted everything in the valley could fight for it once he'd gone.

Under the black mist's cover, some unrelenting forces captured combatants with weaker cultivation and forced them to collect medicinal herbs inside.

Without exception, anyone who entered the range of the black mist was devoured.

This was even more unsolvable than a formation. A formation was like a mathematics problem; no matter how hard, it was still just a problem and would not deter people. It even stirred their competitive spirit, especially Array Masters.

The black mist was not like that. It was bizarre and unknown; touching it meant death, utterly beyond the realm of understanding.

If one searched carefully, treasures like the Enlightenment Ancient Tree could still be found within the Third Holy City, so people would not waste time entangling themselves here.

The most precious aspect of the Enlightenment Ancient Tree was that it could help people reach enlightenment, a divine object whose effect never diminished, capable of perpetuating a lineage of Dao. This was also why Li Changzhou chose it.

Three days later, Yang Qinglan, Turquoise Pool, and Li Qianxia entered the Third Holy City.

Though the Third Holy City was vast beyond measure, it wasn't boundless for those of the Heavenly Position. In a city established by players, they heard about the black mist and promptly rushed over.

"A city?" Li Changzhou was puzzled.

Before him were "Wisdom Pearls," in combat was the insight of battle, and beyond was the Enlightenment Ancient Tree; in three days, he'd felt not a thing.

Time passed quicker than a water spider skimming across the water surface.

"For transactions." Yang Qinglan adjusted her skirt and sat down beside him.

Inside, there was no black mist, and the exterior did not swallow sunlight or wind; it was always sunny and the grass shone vibrantly.

She was stunning to the extreme.

Li Qianxia, instantly changing into a crop top and hot pants, added, "I heard some people plan to stay and settle here forever."

Turquoise Pool removed her armor, revealing elegant yet magnificent red attire underneath.

She laughed, "Generations of people climbing the Holy Road, finally halting where they stood, becoming residents of the city—perhaps that's how the First and Second Holy Cities came to be."

She just said it casually.

No one knew the truth, after all, without value games before, there were no combatants.

After a few casual words, Li Qianxia grabbed Li Changzhou's arm, "Elder brother, quickly, teach me that super invincible move 'He who defies me shall perish!'

"What 'He who defies me shall perish?'" Li Changzhou laughed, "The name is just to break people's confidence so they stop getting themselves killed."

He elaborated on 'He who defies me shall perish' for the three of them.

The three listened carefully.

"He who defies me shall perish," was the most basic application of destiny. In some sense, Li Changzhou even felt it was not fit for higher purposes.

To put it simply, it was a technique combining [Black Fog·Death Line] and [Destiny·Life Line].

The "Death Line": All things have a death line. The black mist solidifies into a black line, and when it hits a target, it immediately kills the target.

As for the "Life Line," it was his application of [Heavenly Will·Destiny]. One might even say it was a destiny woven by the God of Destiny himself.