136: Chapter 136 I Picked Up an Empress

Northern Region, the outskirts of the Sea of Annihilation.

On an island.

The Jiang Clan had set up a temporary camp here and built a teleportation array.

Jiang Mo was waiting here.

At this moment, ripples appeared on the teleportation altar, and Xie Wushang walked out of the teleportation vortex bringing Jiang Nianyang and Jiang Ruoxi with him.

"Lord Divine Son!" Jiang Mo immediately stepped forward and bowed to Xie Wushang, Jiang Nianyang, and the other.

Xie Wushang waved his hand to signal Jiang Mo to rise, "Commander Jiang, where is the entrance to that Secret Realm?"

"It is right ahead… eight thousand miles away!" said Jiang Mo.

Xie Wushang looked ahead.

"This place is the 'Sea of Annihilation'… Ahead in the sea and sky, Void Realm cracks frequently appear, along with the mist of death… and powerful beasts dormant in the sea… Quite a few Saints of the imperial clans have already fallen into the sea," Jiang Mo said with a look of dread.

"Void Realm cracks… mist of death… and powerful beasts!" Xie Wushang's gaze sharpened.

"The more dangerous and sparsely populated a place is, the more likely treasures are left behind…"

If it were not dangerous, the treasures within would likely have been looted long ago.

He did not show a shred of fear, "Please lead the way, Commander Jiang."

"Yes!" Jiang Mo nodded, and he conjured a flying ship, suspending it before him.

This was a Saint King-grade treasure ship, refined from special ironwood and inscribed with Saint King-grade Law Dao patterns.

"Please…" Jiang Mo extended his hand.

"A Saint King-grade ship? Commander Jiang, you might as well ride my flying ship!" Jiang Ruoxi moved her delicate hand, and a flying ship flew out from her palm.

The flying ship entered the air and continuously expanded, transforming into a large vessel twenty-one zhang long and six zhang wide suspended in mid-air.

The flying ship was refined from cold jade, with colorful radiances blooming inside and auspicious rays hanging down, making it look breathtakingly gorgeous.

"This… This is a Great Saint-Grade treasure ship!" Upon seeing this, Jiang Mo was inwardly startled, then his face turned awkward as he chuckled honestly.

"In that case, this subordinate will not stand on ceremony." He took large strides toward the treasure ship.

Jiang Ruoxi glanced at Jiang Nianyang and gestured, "Please!"

Jiang Nianyang nodded and also stepped forward.

The few landed on the deck of the treasure ship, and Jiang Mo chose a direction, swiftly flying forward.

There was fog in the sea, and Void Realm cracks would appear from time to time.

Lightning flashed within those cracks; if one were slightly careless and accidentally wandered into them, even a Saint would be struck into ashes.

Xie Wushang released his Divine Sense to sense all directions.

"It can only extend a hundred miles… It seems this place is truly not simple."

After his Primordial Spirit extended out for a hundred miles, it became difficult to advance further.

Within the fog, there seemed to be a bizarre energy that could erode a person's Divine Sense power.

Faintly, one could see flying ships streaking across all directions, also heading toward the ancient ruins ahead.

After flying for twelve hundred miles, Xie Wushang's gaze shifted as he sensed a special fluctuation ahead.

On an island, thick mists shrouded the area.

At this moment, however, auspicious rays bloomed, scattering some of the mist.

"Auspicious rays are blooming, suspected to be accompanied by the cries of a phoenix… Could there be an extraordinary treasure?" Xie Wushang was inwardly surprised.

He continuously extended his Divine Sense outward.

The heavy mist made it impossible for people to see clearly.

"Natal Divine Soul…" His gaze flashed, and he directly stimulated the power of his Natal Divine Soul.

"Open my Dharma Eye…" At the same time, Dao patterns intertwined between his brows, evolving into a Dharma Eye.

The Dharma Eye opened, looking forward.

With this single look, he pierced through the mist on the island a hundred miles away and saw the source of the auspicious rays below.

That was a valley.

There was a cold pool in the valley.

A small stream extended down from the cold pool, flowing from inside the island into the sea.

At this moment, by the edge of the cold pool, there was a fledgeling bird the size of a sea bowl.

This bird was chubby, its feathers had not yet grown, and its entire body was covered in fluffy white down.

In front of the little fellow, there was shockingly a Red-Crowned Python two chi and six thick, and three zhang and nine long.

This giant python flicked its forked tongue, slowly crawling toward the bird. The breath expelled from its mouth was like a torrent, carrying a foul stench.

That was undoubtedly poisonous gas.

A patch of Dao patterns manifested between the brows of the fledgling bird ahead, evolving into a light barrier that protected it.

That foul-smelling airflow was completely blocked outside.

At the same time, multicolored light bloomed on the bird's body, and Dao patterns bloomed one after another, manifesting externally as if automatically protecting its master.

Seeing the malicious-eyed, tongue-flicking giant python slowly crawling over, the little bird shrank its body backward.

In the end, it shrank against a boulder about a zhang high, having nowhere left to retreat.

"A fledgling bird, yet it inherently contains Law Dao patterns… Interesting!" Xie Wushang took this scene in from a hundred miles away, a smile curving the corners of his lips as he grew full of interest in the fledgling bird, which showed timidity in its eyes yet contained Saint Laws within itself.

He immediately urged the treasure ship, flying at high speed toward the front.

"Daddy, what did you discover ahead?" Jiang Ruoxi looked forward with a face full of curiosity.

"Not bad!" Xie Wushang smiled slightly.

"Oh?" Jiang Nianyang's gaze shifted. He sensed toward the front, but was completely unable to pierce through the mist.

"Primordial Heavenly Demonic Eye…" Jiang Nianyang's heart stirred, and his latent Primordial Heavenly Demonic Eye was urged by his Primordial Spirit.

Instantly, ripples arose between his brows, and mist pervaded.

A demonic eye was hidden within, secretly opening to look forward.

With this look, he pierced through the mist and saw multicolored light blooming in the valley ahead.

Yet he was still unable to see that fledgling bird.

"Great Dao multicolored light is blooming… yet I cannot clearly see whether an extraordinary treasure is born or if a precious herb is releasing multicolored light…"

Jiang Nianyang whispered.

"Even if I activate the 'Primordial Heavenly Demonic Eye'… I am still slightly inferior to Uncle Wushang."

Unconsciously, the little fellow still wanted to compare himself with Uncle Wushang, seemingly unwilling to admit defeat.

"This time, I must obtain a great Opportunity…"

The little fellow secretly clenched his fists, his gaze firm and filled with fighting spirit.

The flying ship streaked across the Void Realm, its speed extremely fast.

It grew even closer to the island ahead.

After closing in by sixty miles, Jiang Nianyang's eyes lit up, and he was able to see the things inside the island clearly.

"That is… a young bird!" Jiang Nianyang looked over.

At this moment, inside the island ahead, within that deep pool valley.

The Red-Crowned Python looked at the little bird with a ferocious gaze.

"Hehe, not bad, not bad, it really is just a bird born with Great Dao Laws… and it doesn't even know how to urge the power of Laws… If this seat eats you, I suppose I can forge an Innate Dao foundation as well… Ascending the Dao and proclaiming oneself emperor in the future will be a piece of cake."

The Red-Crowned Python laughed ferociously.

Then, Dao patterns suddenly bloomed between its brows, evolving into a red Dao pattern that transformed into a streak of multicolored light slashing toward the bird's protective light barrier.

Bang!

The multicolored light was like a blade, slashing onto the bird's protective light barrier. Unexpectedly, cracks appeared on the barrier and continuously spread downwards.

"Hehe, this wisp of red radiance of mine was condensed over six hundred years, and the blade it transforms into can compare to a Saint's weapon."

"I didn't expect that such a strike would only crack your protective light barrier…"

"Little fellow, could you be an Innate Dao Body?"

The Red-Crowned Python laughed ferociously. Dao patterns bloomed above the center of its brows, and it once again evolved a multicolored light blade, slashing toward the fledgling bird.

"Chirp chirp…" Seeing this, the little bird shrank under the boulder and shivered, its small eyes filled with tearful, pitiful expressions.

Bang!

However, as the multicolored light blade slashed down, the bird's protective light barrier directly shattered.

The next moment, that multicolored light blade flashed in the air, transforming into a large net that fell toward the little bird.

Right at this moment, high above the island, the mist was scattered by a gust of fierce wind.

A bizarre Great Dao Law fluctuation swept over, seeping into the Void Realm.

Ripples arose in this valley, and immediately afterward, time and space seemed to freeze, causing that large net's brilliance to dim as it halted in mid-air.

In the end, the large net directly shattered apart.

The Red-Crowned Python felt as though its magic power was about to freeze.

"This is…" Panic filled the Red-Crowned Python's heart, and it immediately looked up.

At this moment, a cold voice leisurely resounded from the air.

"As a dignified ninth-realm powerful beast, yet you bully a fledgling bird that has just hatched from its shell… You… have already courted your own death!"