34: Chapter 34 Eight Forbidden Zones Offer Treasures

The battle spear, refined from immortal gold and indestructible, instantly had its tip shattered.

The finger Qi continued without pause, spreading up the spear shaft, and wherever it passed, the battle spear exploded in sections.

Supreme Being Ximing turned pale with fright, wanting to discard the battle spear and retreat, but he felt that the surrounding space and time were locked, leaving him nowhere to hide!

The finger Qi was too fast. Under his terrified gaze, it pierced through his protective divine light and landed on his glabella.

Poof! A soft sound.

Supreme Being Ximing's body stiffened in mid-air.

The light in his eyes rapidly dispersed, a red dot on his glabella quickly expanded, and then his entire head, along with the Primordial Spirit within his Immortal Platform, silently annihilated into dust.

The headless corpse swayed and fell downwards, completely dissolving into the Dao in mid-air, scattering into a rain of light, leaving only a few broken bone fragments to fall into the lake.

The Supreme Being of Reincarnation Lake—Ancient Emperor Ximing, has fallen!

He didn't even have time to undergo an Ultimate Sublimation.

Above the lake, the other few manifested Supreme Divine Thought projections were as if choked, utterly silent.

Fear and bewilderment, boundless fear and bewilderment, replaced the previous anger and stubbornness.

He hadn't even reacted, and a Fellow Daoist had already died!

After a long while, that effeminate Supreme Being's voice finally sounded again, extremely dry:

“Human Race Emperor... Ximing is dead by your hand. He indeed harbored killing intent towards you that day... Now, are you satisfied?”

Jiang Hao slowly retracted his finger, his gaze sweeping over the remaining few Divine Thought projections, whose confidence was clearly lacking, and a cold arc formed at the corner of his mouth.

“The past is the past, and now is now.”

“Ximing ambushed this Emperor; this is a new grievance. Now, we should discuss how your Reincarnation Lake will compensate this Emperor for half a month's mental distress, as well as... the labor fee for my intervention.”

Jiang Hao's words almost made the remaining Supreme Beings of Reincarnation Lake spit blood in anger.

They killed their person, and now they still have to compensate for mental distress and labor fees?

This was simply riding on their necks and defecating, then asking to borrow toilet paper.

But looking at the light rain of Dao principles remaining after Supreme Being Ximing's demise, and feeling Jiang Hao's Aura, which had not diminished at all, but instead became even sharper and more majestic due to slaying a Supreme Being.

All their anger could only be forcibly suppressed deep within their hearts.

“What... do you want?” The effeminate Supreme Being suppressed his anger.

Jiang Hao's gaze swept over the nine-colored lake, and then seemed to penetrate the Void Realm, looking towards the other Forbidden Zones in the Big Dipper Star Field.

He raised his voice, not just to Reincarnation Lake, but to all the dormant Supreme Beings in the Big Dipper Star Field:

“This Emperor states his words here today.”

“The old grudge of obstructing my Dao and the new hatred of today's ambush must be settled. This Emperor does not wish to ignite a full-scale divine war, devastating lives, but you all must pay the price today for the causes of the past.”

“Burial God Abyss has already made compensation, and Reincarnation Lake must also show its sincerity. Furthermore, the other Forbidden Zones, more or less, all harbored covetous intentions back then. This Emperor will not visit each of you individually; you should weigh your options yourselves.”

His voice, like a Heavenly Dao edict, spread throughout the Big Dipper Star Field and into the deep reaches of the Universe.

“Within three days, this Emperor wants to see your sincerity.”

“immortal gold, divine materials, undying medicine, or items of equivalent value, ancient scriptures, secret techniques... all are acceptable.”

“If after three days, any party fails to show sincerity, or their sincerity does not satisfy this Emperor... then it will be considered an act of hostility towards this Emperor. This Emperor does not mind visiting a few more places.”

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to the Reincarnation Lake Supreme Beings, whose expressions were extremely grim, nor did he look at the violently fluctuating Auras of the other Forbidden Zones in other directions.

He directly sat cross-legged in the Void Realm outside Reincarnation Lake, closing his eyes to meditate, with the Chaos Heavenly Blade resting on his lap, like a deity suppressing all ages, awaiting the arrival of tribute.

Pressure, unparalleled pressure, instantly shifted onto all the Forbidden Zones in the Big Dipper Star Field.

Resist? Individually confront the surging Chaos Great Emperor? Look at the fate of Burial God Abyss and Reincarnation Lake.

Unite all Forbidden Zones to emerge and besiege him? Not to mention whether they could truly unite, even if they could, who would lead the charge? Who would bear the Chaos Great Emperor's desperate counterattack?

The precedent of Reincarnation Heavenly Venerable being swiftly slain even after undergoing Ultimate Sublimation was right before their eyes.

With the Chaos Great Emperor's strength, he could definitely kill a few in a desperate counterattack.

No one wanted to be that unlucky one.

As for ignoring him?

Jiang Hao's words about not minding visiting a few more places were not a joke.

Judging by his style, he would actually do it!

In the following three days, the Big Dipper Star Field was rife with hidden currents.

Deep within the various Forbidden Zones, the clashes of Divine Thoughts were more frequent and intense than in any previous era.

Arguments, deliberations, calculations, evasions, resentment... all sorts of emotions surged within those ancient existences.

Ultimately, before the sun set on the third day, compromise became the only option.

Streaks of divine rainbows flew out from various Forbidden Grounds across the Big Dipper Star Field, heading directly towards Jiang Hao.

Each divine rainbow enveloped one or two shimmering treasures with astonishing Auras.

There was immortal gold from Chaos Ancient Cave and Guixu Ancestral Court, Dragon-Patterned Black Gold and Immortal Tear Green Gold, which, though not as massive as the piece from Burial God Abyss, were still rare and exquisite items.

There was Reincarnation Immortal Liquid offered by Reincarnation Lake. This miraculous stone, containing the most primal life essence, had some effect on Supreme Beings in delaying aging and was incredibly precious.

There was a fruit from Yunmeng Marsh, suffused with radiant glow and shaped like a flat peach. Although not a complete undying medicine, this fruit also contained abundant life essence and Dao principles, making it astonishingly valuable.

And treasures from the Heavenly Sound Vast Sea.

Mostly ancient Heavenly Venerable and Ancient Emperor scriptures they had collected.

Though not originals, the insights into the Great Dao and secret techniques recorded within them were equally priceless.

In total, there were dozens of items, each of which could cause a bloodbath in the outside world.

When all the treasures were suspended before Jiang Hao, the effeminate voice of the Reincarnation Lake Supreme Being, representing all the Forbidden Zones that offered their sincerity, spoke again.

“Fellow Daoist Chaos, these are the intentions of our eight great Life Forbidden Zone. We hope they can make up for a fraction of our past transgressions.”

“To show our sincerity and witness this reconciliation, our eight great Life Forbidden Zone can jointly swear to the High Heavens today.

As long as Fellow Daoist is alive, not one of our eight Forbidden Zones will emerge to cause Chaos and harm the common people!”

“At the same time, we also swear that we will never actively harm Fellow Daoist's direct Bloodline descendants, nor Fellow Daoist's Legacy!”

This oath carried immense weight.

It was equivalent to the eight great Forbidden Zones self-sealing for the duration of Jiang Hao's life, and promising not to engage in malicious retaliation.

For the beings of the Big Dipper Star Field and even the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, this was undoubtedly a huge piece of good news, meaning that for at least twenty thousand years, no Dark Turmoil might occur.

Jiang Hao slowly opened his eyes, looking at the dozens of treasures suspended before him. With a sweep of his Divine Thought, he knew their authenticity.

He nodded in satisfaction; these Forbidden Zones were indeed wealthy. It seemed he should visit more often in the future.

As for these oaths, he didn't care.

Who would believe such nonsense? Oaths were completely unreliable; one's own strength was the fundamental.

“Good.”

He swept his sleeve, collecting all the treasures.

Then he rose, stepping onto the Golden Light Avenue that extended from beneath him, and walked away, no longer sparing a glance for the Big Dipper Star Field.