Xu Mo's spiritual power probed for a moment before he located the items left behind by the Blood Demon.
A mature Destiny Medicine, and a tattered blood-colored tome.
Upon seeing the Destiny Medicine, Xu Mo's eyes brightened slightly. He moved his feet, stepping directly to the side and taking it into his hand.
It was a golden lotus, a Golden Lotus of Destiny!
"Not bad. I didn't expect to get Destiny Medicine just by killing a Blood Demon," Xu Mo smiled, feeling quite lucky about this trip.
He unceremoniously pocketed the Golden Lotus of Destiny, then turned his gaze to the tattered blood-colored tome.
As Xu Mo held the blood-colored tome, he felt a chilling aura emanating from it, along with a strong smell of blood that made one want to vomit!
"What kind of evil thing is this?"
Xu Mo frowned and opened it. To his surprise, the blood-colored tome was filled with characters he didn't recognize, scrawled crookedly and very strangely.
The drifting bottle was drawn out, curiously observing the blood-colored tome.
"How is it? Can you make anything out of it?" Xu Mo asked.
The fact that this blood-colored tome could survive the burning of the Chaos Fire proved it was no ordinary item.
The drifting bottle shook its body and said, "It looks like an ancient, very niche dialect. This bottle cannot decipher it."
"So it's useless then?"
Xu Mo frowned. If he couldn't decipher the characters, then this blood-colored tome was indeed useless in his hands.
"You can keep it. I don't think this thing is simple. The Blood Demon's various divine abilities were likely learned from this blood-colored tome. However, I suspect the Blood Demon might have misinterpreted the direction."
The drifting bottle said this, even it felt that the blood-colored tome was extraordinary.
Hearing this, Xu Mo put the blood-colored tome away for now, intending to study it later when he had the chance.
These were the only two items left by the Blood Demon; everything else had been incinerated by the Chaos Fire.
However, anything that could be burned by the Chaos Fire was likely ordinary, and Xu Mo disdained such items.
The drifting bottle had been watching the entire battle and couldn't help but marvel at how monstrous Xu Mo's strength truly was!
Relying solely on his own power, he could fight the peak Great Sage Blood Demon to a standstill, even gaining an advantage.
It couldn't even imagine how much Xu Mo's strength would skyrocket once his Dao foundation was fully solidified.
He might even be able to contend with an Extreme Dao Saint at the Great Sage realm.
With the furnace, it wasn't impossible for him to kill an Extreme Dao Saint single-handedly.
"You've gained another Destiny Medicine, your luck is truly unparalleled. The 'Contention for Ascension' hasn't even begun, and by the time others are just entering Earth, you'll have already acquired several Destiny Medicines, putting you leagues ahead!" the drifting bottle exclaimed.
"This proves I am the Son of Destiny!" Xu Mo said indifferently.
The drifting bottle was speechless, thinking, *You have the nerve to call yourself the Son of Destiny?*
During your tribulation, the Heavenly Dao itself wished to unleash world-ending divine punishment to smite you to death.
Furthermore, you repeatedly provoked the heavenly tribulation and reaped its benefits. What kind of Son of Destiny would do such a thing?
Xu Mo took out the Golden Lotus of Destiny he had just acquired, feeling the rich destiny within, and asked, "Destiny Medicines are taken directly, and the destiny is stored within the body, right?"
He currently had a ball of golden destiny within him, acquired from killing the Mountain Ancestor and eating destiny fruits previously.
He hadn't received any destiny after killing the Blood Demon, and Xu Mo guessed it was because the Blood Demon had used all its destiny to heal itself after being injured by the nuclear bomb.
That was why Xu Mo received no destiny feedback after killing the Blood Demon.
"Destiny is the key to the Contention for Ascension, essentially building the Immortal Ladder!" the drifting bottle replied.
"Oh, building the Immortal Ladder?" Xu Mo became interested. He understood the concept of an Immortal Ladder; it was built upon the Dao foundation, and it was said that once it was complete, one's primordial spirit could ascend the ladder and become an immortal!
The drifting bottle said, "The Immortal Ladder has eighty-one steps, and it can only be built on the Dao foundation using destiny. One mature Destiny Medicine can build one step of the Immortal Ladder. Eighty-one steps require a total of eighty-one mature Destiny Medicines!"
This was the first time Xu Mo had heard such a statement, and he felt a sense of revelation.
Previously, the drifting bottle had mentioned that at the end of the Contention for Ascension, the nine people with the most destiny would gain the Immortal Fate and ascend to become immortals.
Now it seemed that having more destiny corresponded to the extent to which one could build the Immortal Ladder.
Xu Mo continued to question the drifting bottle, gradually understanding the details.
The Contention for Ascension was essentially a competition to see who could build their Immortal Ladder to eighty-one steps. The destiny generated during the Contention for Ascension was only enough for nine people to build a complete Immortal Ladder. Therefore, only nine people could obtain the Immortal Fate in each Contention for Ascension.
"Is that so? But my Dao foundation hasn't even finished solidifying yet. How can I build the Immortal Ladder?" Xu Mo suddenly realized a rather awkward predicament: his Dao foundation was currently in a state of condensing and then dissipating, and he had no idea when it would be fully rebuilt.
The Immortal Ladder was built upon the Dao foundation; how would he build it then?
The drifting bottle also considered this. It had never encountered such a situation before. Those participating in the Contention for Ascension were all Saints, and all Saints possessed a Dao foundation, so there was no issue of lacking one.
But Xu Mo was clearly an anomaly, an abnormal case.
"Uh... I'm not sure. Your Dao foundation should be close to being rebuilt. If it truly never finishes solidifying, then you can just lay low on Earth and wait for the next Contention for Ascension," the drifting bottle replied.
Xu Mo's eyelids twitched. He had no desire to be an ancient zombie.
However, his boundless Dao foundation remained a mystery, and he had no idea when it would reveal its true form.
"Whatever, the cart will find its way when it reaches the mountain."
Xu Mo shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it for the moment.
After confirming that the Blood Demon was thoroughly dead, he turned around, intending to leave.
But just then, a thin layer of blue mist suddenly covered the sky, extending for dozens of miles.
Xu Mo immediately sensed that something was amiss and became vigilant.
The drifting bottle was surprised. It sensed several very familiar auras, as if it had encountered them during the previous Contention for Ascension?
"Who's there?" Xu Mo looked around and said coldly.
The space rippled as if a stone had been thrown into water. The ripples grew more intense, and finally, with a crisp 'crack,' the spatial barrier shattered, and a group of Old Saints emerged, instantly surrounding Xu Mo tightly!
"Heh heh, this is the person you just said you wouldn't let any of them go, isn't it?"
Mu Luo stood before Xu Mo, holding a compass, his gaze chilling.
The other Old Saints also drew their weapons, locking onto the Emperor of Da Gan, preventing him from escaping.
"Everyone be careful! The furnace in the hands of this Emperor of Da Gan is likely an Extreme Dao Sacred Artifact, with extraordinary power!" Gu Lei shouted, warning his teammates to remain vigilant.
He wasn't worried about being unable to defeat the Emperor of Da Gan; his main concern was that the Emperor of Da Gan might escape.
If he escaped into the Great Wilderness, where they couldn't follow, their efforts would be in vain.