“You know it?” Mo Hua asked the great deity, Wu Jiu.

“It is…” Wu Jiu’s expression was one of indescribable astonishment and complexity, “…the sacred beast of the Great Wilderness.”

Mo Hua frowned slightly.

Why did this great deity, Wu Jiu, love to talk nonsense? Who didn’t know that this Pixiu was the sacred beast of the Great Wilderness?
He was being evasive; he definitely had something to hide.

Mo Hua then turned his head, pointed at Wu Jiu, and asked Pixiu, “Do you know this bird-feather?”

Bird-feather…
Wu Jiu was angry but dared not speak.

Pixiu’s big head shook, clearly unaware of the origin of this “bird-man” before him, but its eyes were full of excitement and joy.

Pixiu was stingy and hoarded wealth.
These existences of divine consciousness, whether they were Sky Demons or Evil Gods, once they entered its domain, they became its “treasures.”
Now, in a short time, it had gained another treasure, so how could it not be happy?

Divine beasts, like deities, had long lifespans, so their sense of time was very “dull.” Even though several years had passed outside, this big-headed Pixiu didn’t feel much time had elapsed.
In fact, it had only taken a few naps.
And after a few naps, its “good friend” had come to see it again and brought good things.
Although Pixiu was stingy and hoarded wealth, it was generous and not so vengeful.
It had long forgotten Mo Hua punching its big head.
It had also forgotten the small “spat” between them.

Pixiu rubbed its big head against Mo Hua again, then drooled as it looked at Wu Jiu’s body.
Wu Jiu, who had been in a state of shock, finally reacted, his heart skipped a beat, and he turned to run.
But before he could run far, Mo Hua grabbed him, twisted off his wings, and threw him in front of Pixiu.
Mo Hua generously said:
“It’s a gift for you.”

Pixiu’s big, bell-like eyes gleamed with joy.
It happily accepted the gift.
The only problem was that it had received too many gifts from Mo Hua and was temporarily unable to “suppress” them all.
Pixiu raised its left paw, revealing the little Faceless Sky Demon underneath.
Wu Jiu, whose wings had been twisted off, saw this faceless and formless demon, like an extraterrestrial visitor, and his pupils immediately constricted.
The little Faceless Sky Demon, seeing the light of day, began to roar and struggle.
The foolish Pixiu then realized that its left paw was already occupied.
It slapped the Sky Demon down again. Then it raised its right paw, only to reveal another embryo of a true god, full of evil energy, underneath.
As soon as this embryo of a true god appeared, an ancient evil energy that made all living beings tremble filled the hall.
Wu Jiu, still shocked by the existence of the Sky Demon and feeling uneasy, now saw this other divine embryo and his face changed drastically.
He pointed his trembling finger at the embryo of the Evil God, incredulously saying, “This… this is…”
Mo Hua said, “It should be a divine embryo hatched by your Divine Lord.”

Wu Jiu stared blankly at Mo Hua, his face full of terror.
What was the origin of this young Divine Monarch?!
What kind of monsters were imprisoned in this place?!
Mo Hua said, “You will also be imprisoned here from now on.”

Wu Jiu, who had been feeling indignant and humiliated, suddenly fell silent.
After a moment, he looked at Mo Hua and asked a question, somewhat uncertainly:
“Am I truly… worthy?”
Am I truly worthy of being imprisoned with a Sky Demon and the embryo of an ancient god like the Divine Lord?
Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then nodded:
“By strength, you are not worthy. But you came early and can occupy a spot first. In the future, you will also be an ‘elder,’ and from this perspective, you are still worthy.”

Wu Jiu was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded, actually finding it reasonable.
He was clearly “sealed” and suppressed, but for some reason, an inexplicable feeling of “shared honor” arose in his heart.
It was as if being sealed by Mo Hua was a form of recognition, a kind of “honor” for a deity.
Meanwhile, the Evil God’s embryo, sensing Mo Hua’s aura, suddenly had dark eyes filled with fierce hatred, staring intently at Mo Hua, wishing it could devour Mo Hua’s flesh and bones.
Mo Hua, however, looked indifferent.
The big-headed Pixiu, though, was a little angry. How dared its “pet” get mad at its “good friend”?
It slapped its big paw down, pinning the Evil God’s embryo to the ground again.
The Evil God’s embryo could not struggle.
Pixiu then raised its left hind paw, and seeing that the space under it was empty, it let out a cry toward Mo Hua.
Mo Hua understood its meaning and threw Wu Jiu under Pixiu’s left hind paw.
Pixiu pressed its hind paw down, pinning Wu Jiu as well.
This way, three of its four paws were “suppressing” something.
The big-headed Pixiu felt incredibly “fulfilled” and satisfied, as if it had completed the important mission endowed by its nature.
Mo Hua, however, was still contemplating the appearance of the Evil God’s embryo he had just seen, deep in thought.
He had not visited this Evil God’s embryo since it entered the Great Wilderness.
Firstly, he had been too busy with other matters.
Secondly, the Great Wilderness was the territory of the Great Wilderness Lord, and Mo Hua feared stirring up any karma.
But now, it seemed that this Evil God’s embryo was surprisingly “peaceful,” showing no unusual signs even after reaching the Great Wilderness.
This point was rather suspicious.
Mo Hua thought for a moment, then asked Pixiu:
“Big head, can I cut off a piece of flesh?”

Unexpectedly, the originally friendly Pixiu suddenly became angry, its face changing faster than flipping a book, baring its teeth and growling at Mo Hua.
But halfway through its outburst, the anger on Pixiu’s face receded, and a hint of guilt appeared in its big eyes.
It seemed to realize that Mo Hua had been so good to it, giving it many grand gifts, and now it was only asking for a small piece of “flesh,” yet it had gotten so angry, which was truly excessive.
In front of Mo Hua, Pixiu clearly restrained its emotions.
It also overcame a tiny bit of its “nature.”
Pixiu struggled with its “unhappiness.” Although unwilling, it slowly raised its right paw, revealing an arm of the tightly covered Evil God’s embryo, allowing Mo Hua to “cut the flesh.”
This was already an extremely rare occurrence.

Mo Hua stepped forward, his right hand forming a fist, condensing a golden sword of divine consciousness, intending to cut a piece of “flesh” from the Evil God’s embryo for later use.
As the sword’s edge touched the Evil God embryo’s arm, Pixiu couldn’t help but let out a cry, seemingly very distressed, as if what Mo Hua was about to cut was not the divine embryo’s flesh, but its own.
Pixiu was extremely heartbroken, but it didn’t want Mo Hua to think it was stingy, so it resolutely hardened its heart, closed its eyes, and turned its big head to the other side, not daring to look anymore.

Seeing its pitiful appearance, Mo Hua felt a bit amused and exasperated. After some thought, he sighed, thinking, “Forget it.”
Pixiu’s “food guarding” was its nature; it wasn’t that it didn’t want to, but rather an uncontrollable instinct.
Mo Hua also felt a little sorry for this big, clumsy Pixiu and didn’t want to make it too uncomfortable, so he dispelled the sword in his hand and said:
“Never mind, cutting it now won’t be used anyway. Let’s talk about it later when I have time.”

Pixiu was stunned, opened its big eyes, looked at Mo Hua, and realizing that Mo Hua was telling the truth, it became overjoyed, sticking out its big tongue and continuously licking Mo Hua.
Mo Hua felt helpless.
He instructed Pixiu, “Remember to watch over these three things. I’ll go back first and come see you when I have time…”
“Ooh, ooh, ooh…” Pixiu shook its big head, nodding vigorously.
Mo Hua touched Pixiu’s big head again, couldn’t help but smile, then turned and left.

After Mo Hua left, a hint of loss flickered in Pixiu’s eyes. However, thinking that Mo Hua said he would come to see it again, it felt a little better.
Anyway, it was just a matter of a few naps.
Pixiu slowly lowered its head to the ground, lowered its eyelids, and continued to doze off.

While Pixiu was napping, the Sky Demon under its left paw continuously roared, but with no face, its expression couldn’t be seen.
The Evil God under its right paw had fierce eyes, but seemed to be wary of something, suppressing its anger and daring not to move.
Wu Jiu, who was being stepped on by its hind paw, made no sound.
Not only did he make no sound, but he also showed no intention of “resisting” whatsoever.
He even exuded a strange sense of tranquility.
After a long time, the surroundings were utterly silent. Wu Jiu, pinned beneath Pixiu, finally opened his eyes, his gaze obscure.
“So that’s how it is…”
He murmured in his heart, “Is this… the only option for this deity to survive the upcoming Heavenly Calamity…?”
“A strangely powerful Divine Monarch, Pixiu, Sky Demon, Divine Embryo…”
“No wonder…”
Wu Jiu let out a deep sigh of relief, as if a person on the verge of drowning had finally grasped a straw.

Mo Hua left the divine hall where Pixiu was sealed, and his divine consciousness returned to his sea of consciousness.
With Wu Jiu’s hidden danger temporarily resolved, he could now “consume” thought power with peace of mind and strengthen his divine consciousness.
At this moment, his sea of consciousness was filled with the extremely rich and pure divine thoughts that Wu Jiu had painstakingly accumulated over countless years, “sacrificing a limb to save his life” and personally shedding.
Despite experiencing so many divine matters and consuming so much thought power, Mo Hua’s heart still began to pound uncontrollably.
Because this divine thought was so vast, it could even allow him to “consume” enough at once…
“If I consume it all, will I be able to…”
Mo Hua’s heart beat even faster.
He immediately took a deep breath, exercised self-control, steadied his mind, and kept his consciousness clear, not letting the “food” before him blind him.
The greater the benefit, the more tempting it was, and the more one had to avoid losing one’s wits.
He still needed to be cautious…
Mo Hua began to release his divine consciousness, meticulously inspecting the enormous pile of thought power before him, to see if Wu Jiu had left any tricks to harm him.
Fortunately, although Wu Jiu was a bit weak, he still had some sense.
Mo Hua checked several times and found no impurities in his thought power.
Moreover, there were no other unclean karmic entanglements mixed within.
Only then did Mo Hua feel completely at ease.
His eyes then brightened, and with a sudden gasp, he eagerly began the true “ingestion.”
Now, with no worries, no other karmic interference, and no one else daring to disturb him, Mo Hua could finally “eat wantonly.”
No one could stop him from feasting.
Mo Hua also concentrated his mind, dedicating all his attention to devouring and refining the thought power.
He devoured more and more fiercely, faster and faster.
Deep and pure thought power filled his sea of consciousness, surging like a mighty river.
Mo Hua’s mouth, though not appearing large, was like a “Taotie’s maw,” exuding an aura of devouring heaven and earth.
The surging thought power, like a river flowing backward, all poured into Mo Hua’s mouth.
Mo Hua’s divine consciousness also accumulated rapidly at a visible speed, becoming stronger and stronger.
His realm of divine consciousness also climbed higher and higher, little by little.
From the mid-to-late stage of twenty-three纹 (wén), it continuously strengthened to the late stage of twenty-three纹.
After reaching the late stage, Mo Hua continued to eat, and his divine consciousness continued to climb upward, finally reaching the peak of twenty-three纹.

At the peak of twenty-three *wen*, he suddenly encountered a major hurdle.
It was as if a “chasm” had appeared between the realms, and all the thought power he consumed filled this “chasm.”
This was the bottleneck of divine consciousness.
Moreover, this was the biggest divine consciousness bottleneck Mo Hua had encountered since his divine consciousness entered the Golden Core stage.
Twenty-three *wen* was the early Golden Core stage.
And the twenty-four *wen* he was about to cross was the middle Golden Core stage.
This was a bottleneck between major realms. To break through this bottleneck and fill this “chasm” in his sea of consciousness, it would undoubtedly take a lot of effort and consume an extremely large amount of thought power.
But Mo Hua was not flustered.
Because there was still a lot of thought power left from Wu Jiu.
Although this Wu Jiu’s combat power was not very strong, he was still one of the “ancient” deities of the Great Wilderness, having “cultivated” deeply in the Great Wilderness for many years, with a very profound foundation of thought power.
Now, all of his divine path’s foundation had fallen into Mo Hua’s hands.
Mo Hua didn’t believe that even after consuming such a great deity, he still couldn’t fill the gap in his divine consciousness between twenty-three *wen* and twenty-four *wen*…

Mo Hua continued to concentrate and devour fiercely.
One after another, thought powers were refined by him, swallowed into his belly, gradually refined and assimilated into his divine consciousness body, becoming his own divine path foundation, step by step raising his divine consciousness realm.
Every bit of Wu Jiu’s thought power that diminished.
Mo Hua’s divine consciousness would strengthen by a bit.
Mo Hua kept eating and eating like this.
He didn’t know how long he had eaten, or how much.
Eventually, he even became a little numb from eating, feeling a bit like he wanted to “vomit,” but Mo Hua still didn’t give up, continuously eating mechanically and force-feeding himself…
He cultivated the Tian Yan Jue and followed the path of divine consciousness enlightenment. His very existence was close to that of a deity, so the “gap” between divine consciousness realms was terrifyingly large.
This was simply not the volume of divine consciousness that ordinary people could comprehend.
Therefore, Mo Hua’s cultivation was indeed too arduous, too long, and too agonizing.
But even so, Mo Hua still didn’t give up.
As long as there was a slight chance, he would seize it.
He never let go of even the slightest opportunity to enhance his divine consciousness.
And fortunately, this Wu Jiu seemed to be his “gift” for his diligent efforts.

Finally, after an unknown period of eating and refining, Mo Hua, who had fallen into a “gourmand” state, only devouring and completely oblivious to himself, suddenly felt a jolt.
He could feel that a certain “bottleneck” seemed to have crumbled.
Under his relentless devouring and refining, the “chasm” had been filled.
At the same time, an extremely strong sense of power instantly surged through his entire body.
He faintly felt that his divine consciousness seemed to have crossed a certain threshold, becoming stronger than before.
Moreover, it wasn’t just on the “quantitative” level.
Because this was a breakthrough in a major realm, Mo Hua felt that his divine consciousness had undergone a deeper “qualitative change.”
The muscles and bones of his thought power body were strengthened again, becoming more condensed and solid. The power of each punch and kick was also stronger than before.
The foundation of his entire divine path realm became more stable than before.
Now, if he were to fight Wu Jiu again, it would be even easier.
Even because his divine consciousness was stronger, the heavy sense of oppression from the dangerous “fatal calamity” in his destiny also weakened by a few points…
“Twenty-four *wen*!”
“My divine consciousness has finally reached… twenty-four *wen*…”
Mo Hua was stunned for a long time, and then an unspeakable excitement surged from the bottom of his heart, filling his chest and spreading throughout his body.
Twenty-four *wen* was the most important node in his cultivation so far.
Upon reaching twenty-four *wen*, he could truly learn the second-grade natal ultimate array, the Twelve Meridians Taotie Spirit Skeleton Array.
And once the natal ultimate array was refined, it would lay the foundation for the next stage.
“I can finally…”
Mo Hua took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement, “step into the Golden Core stage…”