204: Chapter 204 Looting the Treasure Vault, A Twist on the Way Home

With a single finger, a Golden Immortal was extinguished.

Lin Wan stood before the Blood Demon Palace with his hands behind his back, his gaze indifferent as he swept his eyes over the Blood Fiend Sect Cultivators kneeling on the ground, trembling in fear.

In the air, the thick stench of blood had not yet completely dissipated, mixed with an aura of fear and despair that permeated the entire Blood Fiend Sect.

"Hand over all resources. Those who resist, die."

Lin Wan's calm voice, like the verdict of the Grim Reaper, struck the hearts of every Blood Fiend Sect Cultivator.

No one dared to doubt the truth of this statement, because just a moment ago, their high and mighty Sect Master, the Golden Immortal powerhouse Old Ancestor Blood Demon, had been reduced to ashes by a single finger right before their eyes.

"Yes! Yes! Senior, spare our lives! We will hand over all resources immediately!"

The Heavenly Immortal Peak Elder who had previously been begging for mercy on his knees now, as if clutching at a straw, scrambled to his feet and roared at the Disciples behind him: "What are you still stunned for! Go! Hurry! Open the treasury! Bring out all the Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, Materials, and Magic Treasures! Hurry up!"

"Yes! Yes! Elder!" The crowd of Blood Fiend Sect Disciples, like startled birds, scrambled and rushed toward the various treasuries, pill rooms, and artifact pavilions of the Blood Fiend Sect.

For a time, the Blood Fiend Sect was in chaos, with everyone running around like headless chickens.

The once high and mighty Demonic Path Cultivators were now like coolies transporting goods, frantically moving various Cultivation resources out of the warehouses and piling them up on the square in front of the Blood Demon Palace.

Spirit Stones piled up like mountains, shimmering with various colors. The lowest grade was Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, High-Grade Spirit Stones were everywhere, and there were even dozens of Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitting astonishing Spiritual Qi.

The Medicinal Pill bottles and jars were dazzling, from the blood-reeking Blood Fiend Pills, the holy healing medicine Bone-Knitting Flesh-Regenerating Pills, to the Blood Origin Pills that boosted cultivation... There was a wide variety, with the lowest grade being Spirit Pills, quite a few Treasure Pills, and even several bottles of Immortal Pills emitting misty light!

The Materials were also piled high like a mountain: Blood Jade, Yin Soul Wood, Nether Iron, and the bones, fur, and inner cores of various Yao Beasts... Everything needed by Demonic Path Cultivators for Cultivation, Artifact Refining, and setting up Formations was there.

Among them, Lin Wan even saw a few pieces of Blood Fiend Refined Gold emitting rich Evil Qi, as well as a section of pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost-Wailing Wood, constantly entwined with phantom images of grievances, both of which were top-tier Materials for refining Demonic Path Magic Treasures.

Magic Treasures and Magical Artifacts were piled up in a large area: blades, spears, swords, halberds, banners, flags, seals, and pagodas. There was a wide variety of varying quality, but those that could enter the Blood Fiend Sect treasury were at least at the Spiritual Artifact level.

Among them, several blood-colored long banners and bone-white Flying Swords emitting powerful fluctuations were clearly Treasure Artifact level!

"Senior, this... this is my Blood Fiend Sect's accumulation of tens of thousands of years. All the resources are here."

The Heavenly Immortal Peak Elder, trembling with fear, held up a blood-colored Storage Ring and knelt before Lin Wan, offering it with both hands.

"This Blood Fiend Ring is the Sect Master's... it is Old Ancestor Blood Demon's Storage Ring. Inside are the Sect's most precious treasures and Legacy, all of which I present to Senior!"

Lin Wan beckoned casually, and the blood-colored Storage Ring flew into his hand.

His Divine Sense probed inside; the internal space of the ring was immense, piled with massive amounts of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, heaps of Immortal Pills and Treasure Pills, dozens of glowing Treasure Artifacts, as well as a large number of rare Artifact Refining Materials and Spirit Medicines.

Besides this, there were several Jade Slips emitting rich Evil Qi, which were presumably the core Cultivation Technique Legacies of the Blood Fiend Sect.

"Just this?" Lin Wan frowned slightly, his gaze like lightning as he looked at the Heavenly Immortal Peak Elder.

The Elder shuddered, cold sweat instantly soaking his back, and he hurriedly said: "Senior, please discern! All the resources are indeed here! This Junior swears upon my Dao Heart that I dare not hide anything! If I have concealed anything, may I be destroyed by heaven and earth, and never be reincarnated for eternity!"

Lin Wan stared at him for a moment, and upon confirming he was not lying, he nodded.

The Blood Fiend Sect was, after all, just a Demonic Path Sect in the southwest of the Beichen Immortal Domain. Although it had been passed down for tens of thousands of years, its foundation was ultimately limited.

Being able to have these gains already exceeded his expectations.

Especially those Jade Slips; although useless to him, the Blood Dao and Soul Dao secret techniques recorded within might have some reference value.

"Scram."

Lin Wan put away the Blood Fiend Ring and waved his sleeve. An invisible force swept up all the mountain-like resources on the square, along with the Blood Fiend Ring, and gathered them into his own storage space.

"Yes! Yes! Thank you, Senior, for your mercy!"

The Heavenly Immortal Peak Elder, feeling as if he had been granted amnesty, kowtowed like he was pounding garlic.

The other Blood Fiend Sect Cultivators also kowtowed one after another, then scrambled to flee the Blood Demon Palace square, fearing that Lin Wan would change his mind.

A moment later, in front of the huge Blood Demon Palace, only Lin Wan remained, along with the empty square and the lingering scent of blood and fear in the air.

Lin Wan turned and looked at the towering Blood Demon Palace.

Deep within the main hall, a faint, obscure spatial fluctuation was transmitted.

"Is this Old Ancestor Blood Demon's place of secluded cultivation?"

Lin Wan took a step, and his figure had already entered the Blood Demon Palace.

The interior of the main hall was vast and gloomy. The surrounding walls were carved with various hideous demon god patterns, emitting a cold and evil aura.

In the center of the hall was a huge blood pool, where blood churned, emitting a pungent, bloody stench.

Above the blood pool floated a blood-colored lotus platform. On the platform remained the aura of Old Ancestor Blood Demon, presumably where he usually Cultivated and practiced secluded cultivation.

Lin Wan's gaze swept over the blood pool, and his Divine Sense probed into it.

At the bottom of the blood pool, there was indeed something else.

He reached out and grabbed; the blood in the pool automatically parted to the sides, revealing a hidden compartment at the bottom of the pool.

Inside the hidden compartment, three items were placed quietly.

The first was a palm-sized stone, pitch-black all over, with natural cloud patterns on the surface, emitting a faint spatial fluctuation.

"Void Gazer Stone?" Lin Wan's eyes lit up.

The Void Gazer Stone is a core material for refining storage Magic Treasures and constructing spatial Formations and Teleportation Formations; it is extremely rare.

Such a large piece of Void Gazer Stone is worth a fortune.

The second item was a jade box. After opening it, inside lay a Spirit Medicine that was bright red all over, shaped like a Lingzhi mushroom, but emitting rich fire-attribute Spiritual Qi.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Mushroom?" Lin Wan nodded slightly.

This is one of the main ingredients for refining fire-attribute Immortal Pills and will be of no small help to the gestation of the Fire Spirit Clone.

The third item was an ancient black token.

The token was neither gold nor wood and felt cold to the touch. On the front was engraved an ancient character " evil spirits" (Fiend), and on the back was a blurry starry sky pattern.

The token itself had no Spiritual Qi fluctuations, but it gave Lin Wan an extremely ancient feeling.

"What is this...?" Lin Wan picked up the token and sensed it carefully.

The token felt heavy in his hand, and the material was special; with his Divine Sense, he was actually unable to probe into it.

He tried to input a trace of Chaos Qi.

"Hum—!"

The black token suddenly trembled slightly, and a layer of faint black light appeared on its surface.

The " evil spirits" character seemed to come alive, with blood light faintly flowing.

The starry sky pattern on the back also seemed to become a bit clearer, with a few stars slightly lighting up.

"It seems to be some kind of token, or... a key?" Lin Wan thought thoughtfully.

Old Ancestor Blood Demon placed this item together with the Void Gazer Stone and the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Mushroom, hiding it in the hidden compartment at the bottom of the blood pool, which shows how much he valued it.

This token is probably not simple.

He put away the three items and once again used his Divine Sense to carefully scan the entire Blood Demon Palace, and even the entire Blood Fiend Sect mountain gate, one more time.

After confirming there was nothing of value left behind, he turned around, took a step, and disappeared from the Blood Demon Palace.

The Blood Fiend Sect, this major Demonic Path Sect that had dominated the southwest of the Beichen Immortal Domain for tens of thousands of years, thus vanished into smoke.

Sect Master Old Ancestor Blood Demon had fallen, the treasury had been looted clean, and the Disciples were either dead or had fled; when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

It would not take long before this Blood Fiend mountain range would be completely carved up by other forces.

Lin Wan paid no attention to this; his figure flickered as he flew toward the direction of the Ice and Snow Divine Palace.

Having eliminated Old Ancestor Blood Demon and looted the Blood Fiend Sect's treasury, his purpose for this trip had already been achieved.

Next, he would return to the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, give some instructions, and then leave the Beichen Immortal Domain to head to a broader world to search for the resources needed to condense his other Clones.

However, just as Lin Wan had flown less than ten thousand miles out of the Blood Fiend mountain range and was about to enter a desolate Gobi desert, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

"Boom—!"

The Void Realm ahead suddenly vibrated violently, as if a huge stone had been thrown into a calm lake.

Space rippled like water waves, and a huge spatial rift appeared out of thin air!

Inside the rift, it was pitch black, emitting the aura of heart-palpitating spatial turbulence.

Immediately afterward, a vast, ancient, and majestic aura permeated from the rift.

This aura was more than a hundred, a thousand times stronger than Old Ancestor Blood Demon!

It was even more terrifying than the aura of the Golden Immortal vengeful spirit that Lin Wan had once felt in the Chaos Ruins!

"This is..." Lin Wan's pupils suddenly contracted, his figure stopped abruptly, and his expression became incomparably grave.

He felt an extremely dangerous aura from this spatial rift!

The owner of this aura had strength far exceeding a Golden Immortal!

"Crack—!"

The spatial rift continued to expand, finally stabilizing at a size of one hundred zhang.

Behind the rift was not spatial turbulence, but a Void Realm filled with sparkling starlight!

In the Void Realm, one could vaguely see stars moving and galaxies flowing, vast and boundless.

Then, in Lin Wan's grave gaze, a warship that was pitch-black all over, with a hideous appearance like a prehistoric giant beast, slowly sailed out from the spatial rift!

This warship was unimaginably huge, over a thousand zhang long. On the hull were inscribed complex and profound runes, shimmering with a dark light.

The front of the warship was a hideous Dragon head, with its mouth wide open, as if it could swallow stars.

On both sides of the warship extended dozens of thick cannon barrels, their muzzles pitch black, emitting an aura of destruction.

What made Lin Wan even more alarmed was that on this warship, a flag was fluttering, and on the flag was embroidered a grand, ancient seal character in a vigorous, dragon-like style— "Qin!"

"Qin?" Lin Wan's heart sank suddenly.

In the Beichen Immortal Domain, he had never heard of any force with the name "Qin" that could possess such a terrifying warship, could tear through space, and traverse the Void Realm to arrive here.

This warship, and the aura emitted from it, definitely did not belong to the Beichen Immortal Domain!

"Ant of the Lower Realm, upon seeing my Great Qin Celestial Soldiers, why do you not kneel and submit to capture?!"

A cold, arrogant voice, like the decree of heaven, came from the warship.

Within the voice was contained a terrifying pressure, pressing toward Lin Wan like a tangible substance.

As the pressure descended, Lin Wan felt the surrounding space instantly become like a quagmire, incomparably heavy, making it difficult for him to even move.

This pressure had clearly reached the Golden Immortal Peak, and was even approaching the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal!

"Great Qin? Celestial Soldiers?" Lin Wan's eyes were cold, and the Chaos Dao Seed within his body operated rapidly to resist that terrifying pressure.

He knew that trouble had arrived.

And it was huge trouble!