210: Chapter 210 Forbidden Zone, Burial Ruins

Chapter 210: Forbidden Zone, Zangtian Ruins. Venerable Chiling looked thoughtful as he stared at Shen Qingyuan and said, "In that case, these Yao Beast corpses will be left for the Great Emperor to handle."

He waved his hand.

Deep in the starry sky, the deathly silent darkness suddenly surged.

Two massive corpses slowly emerged from the darkness.

One was a pitch-black giant python, its body spanning a thousand zhang. Its scales shimmered with a faint blue luster under the starlight, and even though it had been dead for ten thousand years, it still exuded a heart-palpitating pressure.

A Quasi-Emperor Realm Yao Beast—the Nether Mystic Snake!

The other was a crimson-gold giant eagle with a wingspan of several thousand zhang. Its feathers looked as if they were cast from gold and iron, shining brilliantly in the starry sky.

A Quasi-Emperor Realm Yao Beast—the Golden-Winged Peng!

Even though they had been dead for ten thousand years, the two Quasi-Emperor corpses remained perfectly preserved. Their flesh had not decayed, their bones had not withered, and there was even a faint trace of life force still circulating within them.

"Good." Shen Qingyuan nodded slightly, raising his right hand as his slender fingers made a gentle gripping motion in the Void Realm.

In his palm, the warm, jade-like secret realm core emerged, emitting a faint glow.

"The secret realm core of Great Emperor Xuantian?!" Venerable Chiling's pupils contracted sharply, his voice trembling.

He belonged to the lineage of Great Emperor Xuantian, so he was naturally no stranger to this Xuantian Secret Realm core.

But ever since Great Emperor Xuantian disappeared, the Xuantian Secret Realm had gone missing. Even he had only read brief mentions of it in ancient records.

"The Great Emperor actually refined the core of the Xuantian Secret Realm?!"

Shen Qingyuan nodded slightly. "Some time ago, when the Xuantian Secret Realm appeared, it involved the Tiansha Abyss. Later, after some unexpected events, this Secret Realm fell into my hands."

Venerable Chiling fell silent. Reasonably speaking, the Xuantian Secret Realm was a supreme treasure of his Xuantian lineage and should not have fallen into the hands of an outsider.

But the person before him was a Great Emperor. What could he possibly say?

Shen Qingyuan waved his hand.

The secret realm core flew up from his palm, hovering in midair, and suddenly burst with a blinding golden light!

The golden light was as blazing as the sun, illuminating the entire starry sky!

Enveloped by the golden light, the two Quasi-Emperor corpses were pulled into the Secret Realm in the blink of an eye.

Watching this, a complex look flashed through Venerable Chiling's cloudy, old eyes.

He took a deep breath and slowly spoke, "Does the Great Emperor know that there was another secret behind the war between humans and yao ten thousand years ago?"

Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow.

Venerable Chiling continued, "Back then, the Yao Race's sudden massive invasion of the Southern Territory with such ferocious momentum was no accident. After I charged into Tiannan, I once captured a Yao Race Saint King and searched its Divine Soul, uncovering some secrets."

He paused, a look of deep dread flashing in his cloudy, old eyes.

"Someone instigated it. Someone was pulling the strings behind this great war. Someone wanted the Human Race and the Yao Race to slaughter each other so they could reap the benefits."

A sharp gleam flashed in Shen Qingyuan's eyes. "The Heavenly Domain?"

Venerable Chiling shuddered, his eyes widening as he stared at Shen Qingyuan. "The Great Emperor also knows of the Heavenly Domain?"

"I know a thing or two," Shen Qingyuan said nonchalantly. "Some time ago, a Heavenly Domain Cultivator calling himself Sovereign hid in a ruined Small World outside the Cangxuan Great World, secretly devouring the Cangxuan Origin. I killed him."

Venerable Chiling gasped, completely dumbfounded.

"A Heavenly Domain Cultivator? A Sovereign? Devouring the Cangxuan Origin? And he was killed?"

This Great Emperor spoke of it so casually, but how could he not know the immense danger involved?

"The Great Emperor is indeed possessor of vast Divine Ability," Venerable Chiling took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and continued, "Back then, I learned from that Yao Race Saint King's Divine Soul that the ones who instigated the war between humans and yao were indeed a group of mysterious people calling themselves 'Apostles of the Heavenly Realm'. Their strength was terrifying; every single one of them was above the Saint King Realm, and their leader was even a Quasi-Emperor level existence!"

Shen Qingyuan frowned slightly.

As expected, many Cultivators had defected to the Heavenly Domain!

"Do you know their identities?" Shen Qingyuan asked in a deep voice.

Venerable Chiling shook his head. "I do not know. After I slew that Yao Race Saint King, I tried to track the whereabouts of those Apostles of the Heavenly Realm, but they seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace."

He paused, a solemn look flashing in his cloudy, old eyes. "However, I once sensed an extremely faint aura coming from the depths of the Central Plains. That aura shared the exact same source as those Apostles of the Heavenly Realm."

"The Central Plains?" Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow.

Venerable Chiling nodded. "The Central Plains, Zangtian Ruins."

The Zangtian Ruins.

One of the most terrifying forbidden zones in the Cangxuan Great World.

Legend has it that several ancient Great Emperors are buried there, and countless powerhouses have fallen within, such that even Saints dare not tread lightly.

"Interesting." The corner of Shen Qingyuan's mouth curled slightly. "It seems a trip to the Zangtian Ruins is in order."

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In the crimson-gold Blood Pool, bubbles surged and Spiritual Qi was dense.

Shen Quan was the first to crawl out.

He stood up from the Blood Pool, the crimson-gold liquid sliding off his body to reveal the bronze skin beneath.

His previously somewhat thin frame had now become well-proportioned and robust. Every muscle looked as if it were cast from refined iron, with distinct lines containing explosive power.

"Exhilarating!"

Shen Quan took a deep breath and clenched his fists, feeling the surging power inside him that was almost overflowing.

He could clearly feel that his Acquired Treasure Body, after being tempered by the vitality and blood of a Saint Realm Great Yao, had undergone a complete transformation.

A faint crimson-gold light flowed across the surface of his skin, a characteristic that only manifested when the Physical Body reached a certain level of strength.

Seventh stage of the Huahong Realm.

In the short span of a single stick of incense, he broke through from the fifth stage of the Huahong Realm to the seventh stage. Moreover, his Foundation was solid and his aura was dense, with absolutely no feeling of instability in his Realm.

"Ninth Uncle's Blood Pool is simply too Heaven-Defying!"

Shen Quan grinned and jumped out of the Blood Pool, stretching his muscles and bones as a series of crackling sounds echoed from all over his body.

Immediately after, Shen Chong also stood up from the Blood Pool.

He did not have the exaggerated muscle lines of Shen Quan and remained lean, but the aura radiating from his entire being was more than twice as strong as before.

The spiritual power of the Azure Wood Precious Body circulated around him, forming a layer of green halo. The halo was so dense it almost solidified, faintly coalescing into the phantom of a towering tree behind him.

Ninth stage of the Huahong Realm!

Only one step away from the Dharma Image Realm!

"Young Master, your harvest this time is immense!" Liu Xuzi's voice exploded in Shen Chong's mind, filled with excitement. "Nourished by the Saint Realm vitality and blood, your Azure Wood Precious Body has advanced once again! It is only one step away from Major Achievement! Once you break through to the Dharma Image Realm, your Azure Wood Precious Body can achieve complete Major Achievement. At that time, absolutely no Cultivator of the same level will be your match!"

Shen Chong nodded slightly, his expression calm, but a hint of joy also flashed in his eyes.

He raised his hand, and a green lotus quietly blossomed in his palm. It was more solid than before, the patterns on its petals clearer, and the life force it exuded was even richer.

Sun Buer, Zhou Yuan, and Qin Mo also crawled out of the Blood Pool one after another.

Sun Buer broke through from the second stage of the Dharma Image Realm to the fourth stage. The spiritual power in his body was several times denser than before, and a faint golden luster shimmered on the surface of his skin, a sign of his Physical Body being strengthened by the power of vitality and blood.

Zhou Yuan broke through from the second stage of the Dharma Image Realm to the Peak of the third stage. His round face was filled with excitement, and he danced with joy.

Qin Mo showed the greatest change.

He was originally at the third stage of the Dharma Image Realm, but now he had broken through to the fifth stage in one fell swoop. Furthermore, his build as a Sword Cultivator was no longer thin; standing there, he resembled an unsheathed sharp sword, fully revealing his edge.

"This Blood Pool is too Heaven-Defying!" Zhou Yuan's voice trembled with excitement. "Just this single stick of incense is more effective than three years of bitter cultivation in Yinxian Village!"

Although Qin Mo did not speak, a rare look of excitement also appeared on his cold face.

The five of them stood by the edge of the Blood Pool, looking at the surging crimson-gold liquid inside, their eyes filled with shock.

A single stick of incense.

Just a single stick of incense.

Their cultivation bases had made a qualitative leap, and their Physical Bodies had undergone a complete transformation.

"Where is Ninth Uncle?" Shen Quan snapped out of it and looked around, but he did not see Shen Qingyuan.

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