Chapter 1052: Stirring Up Trouble? Stirring Up Trouble

"Huh?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned in mid-air. What in the world was going on? He was just trying out a new move; how did it involve Tei Xier? But Tei Xier rarely made a promise. Wasn't that a good thing? Seizing the opportunity, Xu Xiaoshou quickly tried to retract the five nascent energy seeds in his hand, nodding and saying, "You said it…" Before he could finish, Xu Xiaoshou was startled to realize he couldn't retract the five concentrated nascent energy seeds!

Surging power erupted in mid-air, with flashes of electricity and sparks flickering within the destructive aura, as if about to explode at any moment. Tei Xier's expression was grim. Ignoring everything else, she quickly said, "Retract your power."

Xu Xiaoshou even used his breathing technique, but for the first time, his Sovereign-level breathing technique encountered a bottleneck. He could slowly absorb the power of the Sword Will and the Peaceful Lake Azure Flower. But he couldn't absorb even a fraction of the other three truly Saint-level powers!

"I… I can't retract them…" Sweat beaded on Xu Xiaoshou's forehead. He almost instinctively reached with his Sleeveless Red Ember hand to wipe it away, but fortunately, he caught himself in time and suppressed the urge.

"You can't retract them?" Tei Xier's beautiful eyes widened. "Your own powers, and you can't retract them?"

"It's compressed to the extreme; it's beyond my control now!" Xu Xiaoshou panicked. "Isn't it the same principle with alchemy? If I could perfectly control elixirs, why would I have exploding cauldrons?"

Tei Xier felt her vision darken. "If you can't control them, why did you create them?"

"Since this move was created, I never intended to retract it…" Xu Xiaoshou said, as if stating the obvious. "For an explosive force, the more unstable, the better, of course. Why should it need to be controllable to be created?"

"I…" Tei Xier was speechless. He made a lot of sense!

"Cursed, Passive Points, 1, 1, 1, 1…"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The range of shattering void grew larger, and more sweat beaded on Xu Xiaoshou's forehead. He was truly on the verge of losing his grip on the power in his right hand.

"Don't throw them!" Tei Xier saw Xu Xiaoshou's intention and quickly stopped him. This move was too terrifying. The Yuanfu World hadn't fully formed yet; it truly couldn't withstand it.

"If I can't throw them, what should I do?" Xu Xiaoshou was stumped. He thought he could throw them. The Yuanfu World had already evolved; it shouldn't be unable to handle a mere three Saint-level powers plus two pseudo-Saint-level powers.

"Perhaps it could withstand it, but the Divine Farmer's Medicinal Garden would definitely be affected." Tei Xier, however, looked downwards. These were all Sacred Medicines. Under the impact of the explosion's aftermath, the entire garden would likely be obliterated. As for throwing them farther… Once Saint-level powers combined and exploded, how far was "far enough"? Neither Tei Xier nor Xu Xiaoshou had any idea.

Was the Yuanfu World big? For Saint-level powers, it wasn't big enough to contain the explosion!

"Throw… throw them outside?" Tei Xier said after a moment of hesitation. She suddenly felt she was becoming corrupted, getting used to the "sacrifice others to save oneself" mentality. If the Yuanfu World couldn't withstand the move Xu Xiaoshou held, the Void Island surely could. Or failing that, he could go out, find the Void Attendant, and without a word, throw it at him and make him "eat" it. That should work, right?

"I can't leave the Yuanfu World," Xu Xiaoshou said, shaking his head. Leaving the Yuanfu World required a spatial channel. If he went through a spatial channel with a "nuclear bomb" in his hand, wouldn't the channel instantly collapse, leaving him lost in spatial turbulence?

"Then what do we do?!" Tei Xier looked around, furious that Xu Xiaoshou was always creating such reckless things in the Yuanfu World.

"I…" Xu Xiaoshou wiped sweat with his other hand, his mind racing. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he excitedly said, "Greed God! Greed God has a devour affinity…"

"Shut up!" Tei Xier snapped angrily. Could the Greed God withstand such a terrifying move? Wouldn't it be utterly blown to smithereens from the inside out?

"Cursed, Passive Points, 1, 1, 1, 1…"

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Xu Xiaoshou was at a loss. He felt Tei Xier was overthinking it. He was just a mere Grandmaster; even if he had broken through to the Star Worship Realm, he surely couldn't shatter the entire Yuanfu World with one move. But since she wouldn't allow it, Xu Xiaoshou was helpless.

"I can barely hold them back…"

"Look at me," Tei Xier suddenly said. White holy power shimmered around her, and her God-Devil Pupils spun rapidly. White mist emanated from her left eye, and her entire being radiated divine brilliance, like a celestial fairy.

"What are you doing? Don't agitate my little seed babies…" Xu Xiaoshou watched, panicking. He was already struggling to control the five powers. If Tei Xier added another layer of interference, his "Saintly Five-Finger Seal Seed Technique" might not even be throwable, and there would be two more corpses right there.

"I'll use my divine power to help you control the force. Throw them one by one, try to suppress the explosion to the smallest possible range, and then… throw them far away!" Tei Xier gritted her teeth, and white "Other Shore Flowers" bloomed beneath her. With just a glance, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly felt his soul cleansed, his mind clear, and his control over the power in his hand significantly improved.

At that moment, he actually felt the five "seed babies" in his hand quiet down. If he wished, he could instantly fuse all five into one, fulfilling his dream.

"Your God-Devil Pupils have this kind of ability?" Xu Xiaoshou exclaimed in surprise, his voice noticeably more excited. "I feel like I can even do the final step now; I can fuse them!"

"Fuse what…" Tei Xier barely managed to suppress the urge to curse. "You can fuse them, but what then? I told you to throw them one by one, not to continue your research!"

As she got angry, the holy power around her began to fluctuate. Her God-Devil Pupils became unstable, and her divine power wavered. Xu Xiaoshou then felt the soul-cleansing sensation fading, and the power in his hand was about to go out of control…

"Calm down, calm down!" Xu Xiaoshou was startled. He dared not mess around anymore and quickly took advantage of Tei Xier's assistance to control the power, instantly teleporting to the edge of the Yuanfu World. Then, he carefully peeled off the five nascent energy seeds and threw them one by one into the chaotic mist.

"Boom!"

The first explosion came from the nascent energy seed of the Peaceful Lake Azure Flower. A black shattered space, spanning a thousand *li*, emerged, swallowing a significant portion of the chaotic mist. Xu Xiaoshou's eyelids twitched, and Tei Xier was terrified.

"This is clearly more than just the power of the Peaceful Lake Azure Flower; it has already been affected by the other four Saint-level powers…"

"Stop talking and continue," Tei Xier interrupted, her voice already showing weakness.

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at her, said no more, and continued to throw the nascent Sword Will seed.

"Boom!"

Another nascent energy seed shattered a thousand *li* of space. Endless black dyed half the sky of the Yuanfu World. Ah Bing and Ah Huo, submerged in their ice mountain and volcano respectively, gazed in confusion and bewilderment at the distant duo causing explosions in the Yuanfu World, falling into endless contemplation.

"Hoo hoo hoo…"

So strong! If that attack had hit me, it probably would have blown me to pieces. Truly worthy of the master.

"Roar…" Ah Bing was also awestruck. Master, when did he become so powerful? Even it couldn't withstand this move.

"Three more to go…" Before the chaotic mist, Xu Xiaoshou gazed at the three remaining true Saint-level powers in his hand, silent for a long time. The explosions had exceeded his imagination…

Previously, regarding the rules set by the Sacred God Continent—why battles above the Sovereign level required opening a domain, and why they had to be fought in the sky—he wasn't entirely clear. Now he understood. If Sovereigns were already like this, Saint-level powers were even more so. Just two small pseudo-Saint-level powers could shatter a thousand *li* of land. If all five were thrown simultaneously, perhaps a good portion of the Yunlun Mountain Range would be annihilated?

Was this why all the half-Saints on the continent resided in secluded corners and could not appear in the world? At one moment, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly felt that perhaps the Sacred God Temple's approach wasn't entirely wrong. If so many half-Saints weren't restrained and confined to the inner island of Void Island, allowing them to act freely, this world would probably have long fallen into utter chaos!

Tei Xier looked at the boundless black void and couldn't help but grimace. "Find another spot, keep throwing." She didn't dare let Xu Xiaoshou throw the seeds into the black hole anymore, fearing a chain reaction that could collapse the Yuanfu World. So, they could only find another place to continue the destruction.

On this day, the Yuanfu World once again fell under the reign of "terror."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

When the remaining three true Saint-level seeds were unleashed, in the surrounding space, apart from the ground, there was not a single area that wasn't black. Even the sky darkened! The entire Yuanfu World, originally vibrant with life, now subtly showed signs of decay.

It was as if the World Spirit itself had been stunned by the explosions. "I haven't even begun to fully awaken yet?" "Which imbecile started planting bombs inside my body?" "Where's the World Master?" "Is he not going to do anything about this?!"

"Look what you've done!" With the explosions finally over, Tei Xier was seething with anger. Sometimes she genuinely feared waking up one day, her great vengeance still unfulfilled, only to find herself dragged along by Xu Xiaoshou into a reckless, doomed partnership. The critical point was, this wasn't even due to an enemy invading the Yuanfu World. It was solely Xu Xiaoshou's "death-seeking antics"!

"I was wrong…" Xu Xiaoshou admitted with utmost sincerity and a genuine expression. "I never imagined I'd be this powerful…"

"Cursed, Passive Points, 1, 1, 1, 1…"

Tei Xier took a deep breath, feeling utterly exhausted in body and spirit. She really wanted to give him a good lecture, something like, "You've grown up now; you're not a child anymore. The moves you used to test aren't suitable for trying in the Yuanfu World anymore." But after thinking it over, she ultimately didn't voice her lecture. After all, Xu Xiaoshou was still, in essence, her senior brother. What if he lost face mid-lecture and unleashed another explosion?

"Just reflect on what you've done!" She was tired. Tei Xier, propping up her tired body, walked step by step back into the broken tower. She had just eaten a Sacred Miracle Fruit; why did she still feel so drained? Xu Xiaoshou, that madman… He was utterly incorrigible!

Watching Tei Xier leave, Xu Xiaoshou dropped his sincere expression of apology, a look of wild joy flashing across his face.

"Too strong!" "The divine power of the God-Devil Pupils has such powerful auxiliary effects that it can even help me control Saint-level powers." "If I had Tei Xier manifest her demonic power to assist me when I use the 'Saintly Five-Finger Seal Seed Technique' with my 'Sleeveless Red Ember' hand, and she could amplify the power of my 'Complete Form: Raging Giant,' allowing all the energy to go completely out of control…" "And then a little more divinity, a little more demonicity, then more divinity, more demonicity… cycling endlessly, if that energy doesn't go absolutely chaotic, then my name isn't Xu!"

Xu Xiaoshou clenched his hand, feeling his depleted Qi Sea, and saw a broad, smooth path unfolding before him…

"Would an explosion like that kill a half-Saint?"

Achoo! Back in the broken tower, Tei Xier suddenly sneezed softly. She rubbed her slightly red nose, feeling the surroundings grow much colder. Was it because the light of the Yuanfu World had been obliterated by Xu Xiaoshou's explosions, leaving only darkness? A chilling sensation… "Xu Xiaoshou, you're definitely plotting something sinister again!" Tei Xier instantly thought of a more realistic conjecture.

"So boring." His explosion research had been forcibly halted, and the sensitive feeling on his body hadn't faded yet. Xu Xiaoshou looked around, with nothing to do, and suddenly felt incredibly bored.

Judging by the after-effects of consuming the sacred medicines, it would probably take more than a day to consume a single sacred medicine from the vast Divine Farmer's Medicinal Garden. Perhaps once he developed resistance and wasn't so sensitive, he could shorten the time needed for consumption. But for now, he definitely couldn't eat the Dragon Apricot… Xu Xiaoshou gazed at the ancestral Dragon Apricot tree, drooling but helpless. He valued his life and dared not eat the Dragon Apricot right now.

"By the way, the plan is proceeding surprisingly smoothly. I got the resources just like that; it's a bit unexpected," Xu Xiaoshou thought, sighing with emotion.

He had originally thought that entering Void Island and finding the legendary "Saint Sealing Dao Foundation" would require a significant amount of time and effort. He never expected that in this first step, he would empty the entire Divine Farmer's Medicinal Garden. Now, breaking through to the Sovereign Dao Realm, cutting off the Dao, reaching the Void Grandmaster stage… or even sealing Saint, he probably wouldn't lack resources. This left Xu Xiaoshou at a loss. In his entire life… well, in the past few months, things had never been this smooth!

Originally, his plan was to temporarily slow down the collection of passive points at this stage, spend more time finding resources, and break through to the Sovereign Dao Realm first. Because only then would the passive system upgrade again, allowing him to allocate levels to his "hungry" passive skills. And according to the plan, the time spent gathering resources would be long, and casually accumulating passive points during that time would likely be enough.

Now it seemed, plans really couldn't keep up with changes! See? The resources were collected all at once. Now, after quickly breaking through to the Sovereign Dao Realm, his passive points might not be enough, and he might not even know how many levels he could allocate.

He glanced at the bottom of his information panel.

"Passive Points: 2,462,232."

Xu Xiaoshou hadn't paid attention to this number in a long time. He felt as if the passive system was almost forgotten by him. But that wasn't true. The greatest advantage of passive abilities was that sometimes you might forget about them, but they were always at work.

Over two million passive points, which he had deliberately been saving earlier. After all, leading a team of hundreds of thousands of people in the Yunlun Mountain Range was largely for the purpose of harvesting their passive points. How to harvest? Just by taking a little time each day to hold a general meeting, passive points would pour in. Even if Xu Xiaoshou spent most of his time causing trouble and not traveling with the team, he would gather over two million passive points by giving lectures whenever he had free time.

"Enough for how many levels?" Xu Xiaoshou didn't know. After all, he hadn't broken through to the Sovereign Dao Realm yet, and the passive system hadn't awakened. But since a major resource like the Divine Farmer's Medicinal Garden was now in his hands, his goal would have to change. His goal now was to accumulate more passive points, preparing to instantly max out high-level passive skills after breaking through to the Sovereign Dao Realm!

"Will I get stuck at the Void Grandmaster stage, or will I directly break into half-Saint Lv.1?" Xu Xiaoshou, as a Grandmaster Heavenly Manifestation, dared not think too much. But Xu Xiaoshou, as a Grandmaster Star Worship, thinking about his Sovereign body possibly evolving directly into a half-Saint body, capable of knocking out opponents with a single punch, was already grinning with delight.

Charging up Saint Mountain was just around the corner!

"Hmm, I wonder what kind of commotion the Void Attendant is causing outside?" Staying idle was truly boring. Even knowing the current situation was precarious and he needed to lie low, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't help but want to go out and stir up trouble. It had been almost a full day! Maybe the Void Attendant had already finished its rampage outside? Perhaps, it was already time to go out and "underestimate" the situation on Void Island a bit?