Although the God-Infant Fruit can be stored, anything that increases one's origin power is enough to tempt even a God-King. If news leaks, both of them could be hunted by God-Kings, so eating the God-Infant Fruit right away is the best choice—this way, they won't be coveted by God-Kings.
After absorbing the God-Infant Fruit, both Galen Silverwing and Rhea Redmoon’s aura changed noticeably—they even looked a bit younger.
"Let's go, little brother! Onward to the fourth ancient land!"
Rhea Redmoon grabbed Ian Song’s hand affectionately and said this. After gaining such huge benefits from the first three ancient lands, they were confident the fourth wouldn’t disappoint.
Seeing Rhea Redmoon’s intimacy with Ian Song, Galen Silverwing’s eyes narrowed, a flash of anger passing through them. But he quickly calmed down and thought to himself, “I’ve known her for years, shared life and death, but she’s never been moved by me. Yet she clearly favors Ian. I guess we’re just comrades, not lovers. If that’s the case, why cling to it?”
Figuring this out, Galen Silverwing suddenly felt a weight lift off his shoulders, and even sensed his cultivation and soul improve a little.
He was pleasantly surprised, realizing he had successfully overcome his love tribulation.
For a moment, his gaze toward Ian Song grew much gentler.
In the fourth segment of the Life Ancient Land, there was no giant tree—instead, there was an enormous World-Piercing Vine.
This ancient vine was massive, climbing straight up into the sky, its end nowhere in sight.
Ian smiled, "Big brother Galen, big sister Rhea, why not take another one each?"
He tossed another World-Piercing Vine fruit to each of them.
They didn’t stand on ceremony and swallowed them right away.
Ian ate a second fruit, and immediately sensed two World-Piercing Vine saplings taking root in his sea of consciousness. Activating his cultivation art, he found his absorption speed for divine power had increased more than tenfold compared to before.
After that, the three of them entered the fifth ancient land.
This fifth ancient land had neither a giant tree nor a World-Piercing Vine. Instead, hundreds of faceless, genderless, naked 'light people' floated in the air.
"What are those?"
Ian asked.
Galen Silverwing said excitedly, "If I’m not mistaken, these are legendary Innate Divine Spirits. What’s truly precious is that none of them have developed self-awareness yet, so they can be refined directly into avatars. Once refined, each Innate Divine Spirit avatar will have the same power as the main body!"
"That strong?"
Ian was shocked.
Rhea Redmoon added, "Of course, Innate Divine Spirits do have their limits. They can reach peak God-King at most. Even if the main body breaks through to God Emperor, the avatar can’t follow."
"What are we waiting for, then!"
This time, Ian was the first to fly up and drag down a light person.
"How do you refine it?"
Ian asked, as Galen Silverwing and Rhea Redmoon each pulled down a light person as well.
Rhea Redmoon explained, "Drip a drop of essence blood onto its brow, then split off a portion of your soul and inject it into the spirit’s crystal core."
"Got it!"
Ian dripped a drop of essence blood onto the light person’s brow. Once it was absorbed, he sensed a blood-linked connection form between them. Then, he split off a portion of his soul and injected it into the spirit’s crystal core, immediately gaining full control over it.
At the same time, the previously featureless face shifted into Ian’s own appearance.
Ian tossed a set of clothes to the avatar to put on.
The avatar bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, main body!"
Ian laughed, "Nice to meet you, avatar!"
Ian chuckled.
Meanwhile, Rhea Redmoon and Galen Silverwing also finished refining their avatars, which now looked just like them. However, both appeared slightly weak and pale—Ian immediately realized it was because splitting off a portion of their souls had taken a toll.
Unlike him, their souls weren’t nearly as strong—splitting off a piece had real consequences. Ian’s soul was so powerful that it barely affected him, and he also had gray origin liquid that could quickly restore and even strengthen the soul with just a few drops.
Thinking for a moment, Ian tossed each of them a bottle of gray origin liquid, five hundred drops per bottle.
"What’s this?"
Rhea Redmoon asked.
Ian grinned, "Big sister, why not try a few drops?"
Trusting Ian wouldn’t harm her, Rhea drank a few drops of gray origin liquid and was surprised to find her damaged soul mostly healed. She drank a few more, and not only did her soul fully recover, it even grew stronger.
Seeing this, Galen Silverwing quickly drank his own share. He was instantly stunned and stared at Ian. "This gray origin liquid is incredible! Where did you get it?"
"Remember that special gray-mist space inside the Primordial Forbidden Zone?"
Ian smiled.
"Of course I remember!"
Galen Silverwing replied.
Ian said, "I have a special method that lets me refine the gray mist inside. These bottles of gray origin liquid are made from that mist!"
"So that's how it is!"
Galen Silverwing nodded, while Rhea Redmoon stared at Ian suspiciously. She suddenly realized that Ian hadn’t truly been under her charm before—otherwise, why would he have hidden something this important?
Next, Ian dragged down four more light people and tossed one each to Rhea and Galen.
He kept the remaining two for himself, storing them in his Divine Ring instead of refining them right away.
Without the gray origin liquid, the two wouldn’t have dared refine more avatars so soon, fearing severe soul damage. But with such a potent soul-restoring resource on hand, they proceeded boldly.
Soon, they finished refining the two extra Innate Divine Spirits, which transformed to match their appearance.
After refining the two new avatars and restoring their souls with gray origin liquid, the three set off for the sixth Life Ancient Land.
Ian quickly broke the formation on the Heaven-Piercing Bridge.
The three of them flew in, and when they saw what was inside this ancient land, Galen Silverwing and Rhea Redmoon’s faces showed utter shock.
Ian, on the other hand, didn’t recognize what it was and remained relatively calm.