285: Obtaining the essence of all things, Chu Yao calls friends, Xia Ruanruan refines the Holy Spirit

Gu Qing transformed into a streak of light, traversing through space and time, and soon arrived at an underground palace.

Inside, there were actually members of the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

Moreover, their numbers were incredibly vast, at least several hundred thousand, mostly in the Divine Fire Realm.

It was extremely difficult for the Heavenly Ghost Clan to procreate. These hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Ghost Clan members must have taken countless eons to develop to such a scale.

"Heavenly Ghost Clan." Chu Yao's face changed drastically.

Although she had only recently ascended to the Immortal Realm, she had heard rumors about the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

These were the Heavenly Ghosts who had hunted the Myriad Races of the Immortal Realm, causing them to live in fear.

They possessed the talent of immortality and an unfathomable ability to possess, capable of shifting between solid and ethereal forms, making ordinary divine abilities utterly incapable of destroying them.

If not for a supreme being who emerged and altered the laws of heaven and earth, the Immortal Realm would have likely become a hunting ground for the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

After all, they could even possess a Profound God, and Heavenly Ghost Clan members at the Immortal King level were indestructible even by Immortal Kings.

Such a great calamity meant that any cultivator with the ability to leave the Immortal Realm would surely do so.

And indeed, that was the case.

When the Heavenly Ghost Clan first appeared, many immortal orthodoxies fled the Immortal Realm with their disciples.

Even a portion of the Star Dao Sect escaped.

"Don't worry, the Heavenly Ghost Clan is merely a feast for me."

Gu Qing's face lit up with joy, and he sent the Calamity Black Dragon to devour them.

"You're right." Seeing the Calamity Black Dragon, Chu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

These hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Ghost Clan members would be a disaster for any other cultivator.

But for the Calamity Black Dragon, they were just a meal.

Witnessing the Calamity Black Dragon open its massive maw, its aura enveloped the Heavenly Ghost Clan, who were as tiny as shrimp, unable to even flee. Like moths to a flame, they willingly flew into the Calamity Black Dragon's mouth.

Even with prior mental preparation, Chu Yao was still startled, a hint of fear appearing in her foxy eyes.

If the Heavenly Ghost Clan was a great calamity, then the Calamity Black Dragon was the greatest of calamities, the source of all misfortune.

Shaking her head, Chu Yao stopped thinking about it and changed the subject, saying, "How can there be a Heavenly Ghost Clan in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm?"

This was too strange.

The heaven's chosen from the Star Dao Sect and numerous other orthodoxies had entered the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm countless times and had never discovered the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

"I don't know." Gu Qing shook his head.

It was normal for terrifying races to appear wherever the protagonist did.

In short, the protagonist's path was always arduous and full of dangers, though in the end, it would always turn out fine, with blessings in disguise.

"Perhaps the Heavenly Ghost Clan didn't dare to let the top orthodoxies of the Immortal Realm discover them, so they hid every time the Secret Realm opened."

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said.

His divine sense swept through the maze, and he quickly led Chu Yao through it, arriving at a magnificent hall deep underground.

The entire palace was enveloped by a formation that devoured the Immortal Origin Qi from all directions.

This was a spirit-gathering defensive array, and it was a mid-tier formation, very difficult for a Heavenly God Realm cultivator to break.

Chu Yao immediately used the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror to burn down the formation.

Upon entering, they saw a formation light screen in the center of the hall, containing a misty gas that was absorbing a massive amount of Immortal Origin Qi.

Next to it, a coffin was placed, its surface adorned with flickering array patterns, absorbing the Immortal Origin Qi exhaled by the misty gas.

"Myriad Essence."

Chu Yao recognized it at a glance; the gas was the Myriad Essence.

Such a supreme treasure, yet a coffin was placed next to it. The being lying inside was definitely not simple.

"Inside is an ancient Profound God Realm Heavenly Ghost."

Gu Qing's eyes glowed with divine light, and he saw the Heavenly Ghost inside, his expression turning solemn.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yao's small face instantly turned pale.

A Heavenly Ghost Clan member who had lived from ancient times until now, and in the Profound God Realm, meant that this Heavenly Ghost's talent had not been crippled.

Once it awakened, a single thought would probably be enough to obliterate them.

"Don't worry, he is in a deep slumber, with his five senses sealed. Without a secret method to summon him, he cannot awaken."

Gu Qing said in a deep voice.

Jun Lintian was able to safely take the Myriad Essence, so there was no reason why Gu Qing couldn't.

However, to be safe, Gu Qing used an array artifact to break the formation this time.

He successfully collected the Myriad Essence and sealed it in a jade box.

Looking at the coffin, Gu Qing's expression was hesitant.

He was considering whether to take it away.

The Calamity Black Dragon had devoured the heaven's chosen of the Star Dao Sect and hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Ghost Clan members, and had already advanced to the peak of the Heavenly God Realm.

But breaking through to the Profound God Realm was still a long way off.

If it devoured this Heavenly Ghost, the Calamity Black Dragon could immediately advance to the Profound God Realm.

Moreover, with the Calamity Black Dragon's strangeness, it might be able to corrupt the Heavenly Ghost into a dark origin before it awakened, devouring and refining it without anyone knowing.

"What are you doing? Let's go."

Chu Yao saw Gu Qing looking at the coffin, realized his intention, and was instantly terrified.

"Don't worry."

Gu Qing's eyes flickered, and after some thought, he decided to separate from Chu Yao.

But before that, he would first extract the memories of the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

The Heavenly Ghost Clan had lived on the Immortal Ancient Continent for countless ages, so they must know where treasures were located.

Gu Qing's divine sense swept through the vast memories of the Heavenly Ghost Clan, and the more he saw, the more delighted he became.

The Heavenly Ghost Clan truly lived up to its reputation as professional possessors.

They had almost possessed all the myriad spirit races on the Immortal Ancient Continent, knowing what was in their tribal lands.

They had a complete map of the Immortal Ancient Continent, knowing where treasures were located.

Fortunately, divine artifacts were not very useful to the Heavenly Ghost Clan; what they needed was the essence of living flesh and blood and divine souls.

Otherwise, the treasures in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm would probably have been plundered by the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

Gu Qing took out a jade slip, inscribed dozens of locations with divine artifacts into it, and handed it to Chu Yao.

"This records divine artifacts. Go and collect them. I need to go into seclusion for a while."

Although these places were dangerous, with Chu Yao's abilities, self-preservation would certainly not be a problem.

It would be a good experience for Chu Yao.

Strong cultivators were all tempered through battles.

Chu Yao didn't want to be a vase, and Gu Qing naturally didn't want to treat her as one.

Once he refined the Myriad Essence, these divine artifacts would be of little use to him.

So Gu Qing didn't want to bother searching for them, and Chu Yao certainly wouldn't use them all. By then, she could give them to Qingyue and the others who had just ascended.

"Are you really sure?" Chu Yao didn't take it, her captivating foxy eyes filled with worry.

"Don't worry, I have a world treasure. I'll enter cultivation in a moment. Whether the Calamity Black Dragon succeeds or not, I'll be fine."

Gu Qing explained, and he truly intended to do so.

The Myriad Essence contained the original laws of all things, as well as the Great Dao of vitality and creation.

This would be of immense help to him in comprehending the Chaotic Great Dao.

It could help him analyze the essence of all things, thereby deducing the Chaos Unextinguished Great Dao in reverse.

The Myriad Essence would definitely be more beneficial to him than a Dao fruit.

Gu Qing could even imagine that after refining this Myriad Essence, his Chaos Unextinguished Great Dao could advance further, possibly even breaking directly through to the peak of the Heavenly God Realm.

The more he thought about it, the more his heart burned. Gu Qing impatiently urged the person away.

Only then did he enter the Ruyi Space to refine the Myriad Essence.

The Calamity Black Dragon, on the other hand, transformed into a black mist and entered the coffin.

It is worth mentioning that the Calamity Black Dragon also possessed the ability to shift between solid and ethereal forms, and was even more powerful than the Heavenly Ghost Clan.

Chu Yao pursed her lips. Although Gu Qing spoke with great confidence, she couldn't stop worrying in her heart, after all, that was a Heavenly Ghost that had lived from ancient times until now.

However, she also knew that Gu Qing never did anything without certainty, nor would he risk his life.

"I hope everything goes smoothly." Chu Yao murmured, then left on her sword.

She took out a communication jade slip: "Senior Sister, I found Jun Lintian in this Secret Realm, and there are divine artifacts inside. Do you want to come over?"

That's right, there were three divine artifacts in this Secret Realm, and she planned to share them with Xi Ling.

After all, when asking someone for help, you had to give them some benefits, right?

Moreover, they might need their help again in the future.

Aside from everything else, Xi Ling's time marrow made her incredibly envious.

Thinking this, Chu Yao caressed the map jade slip, her heart pounding.

Ordinary cultivators, even the heaven's chosen who frequently entered Secret Realms with great opportunities, would be lucky to obtain even one divine artifact in their lifetime.

However, this jade slip recorded sixty-eight map coordinates, which meant sixty-eight divine artifacts.

This was simply an astonishing fortune.

Xingyue: "Let's not talk about the divine artifacts for now. First, tell me where that scoundrel Jun Lintian is. How dare he offend Senior Brother Gu? I will definitely grind him to dust and make him regret coming into this world."

Xi Ling: "Very good, finally there's news of that scoundrel. How dare he take pride in abducting female cultivators as his maids? I will not only extract his soul and refine his spirit, but I will also exterminate his family. Such an arrogant family has no need to exist."

Seeing these two messages, Chu Yao was overjoyed, not expecting things to go so smoothly.

She hadn't even done anything, and the two of them were already eager to come and kill Jun Lintian, even threatening to exterminate the Jun Family.

It seemed Jun Lintian was doomed this time.

Thinking this, Chu Yao replied: "Really? That's an Immortal King family, Senior Sister Xi Ling, can you make that decision?"

Xi Ling: "If it were anyone else, it would naturally be impossible, but the Jun Family, absolutely no problem. I can persuade my father, and at the same time, invite a few other female Immortal Kings. With a little exaggeration, they definitely won't be able to tolerate this humiliation."

It's settled.

The matter is settled.

Chu Yao: "Okay, I'll wait for your arrival."

Xingyue: "Wait, Junior Sister, is Senior Brother Gu with you?"

Chu Yao's red lips curled slightly as she replied, "He obtained an opportunity and went into seclusion."

Xingyue: "Junior Sister, how could you do this?"

She had been waiting and hoping, only to receive news of Gu Qing entering seclusion.

Missing out on opportunities to be with him repeatedly, when would she ever get to win the handsome man's heart?

Chu Yao: "There's nothing I can do. Senior Brother's talent is unrivaled, and his luck defies the heavens. By the way, Senior Sister, don't rush. There will definitely be opportunities. Once he comes out of seclusion this time, I'll contact you immediately."

Xingyue: "Then it's a deal."

Chu Yao then sent a message to Xia Ruanruan: "Little Sister, what are you doing?"

Xia Ruanruan: "Mining, what's wrong?"

Chu Yao: "Stop mining. Jun Lintian has already been beaten to a pulp by my Senior Brother. His talent has been crippled, his cultivation has fallen, and now he's only half-dead. He's no longer a threat. Hurry up and come out to seek opportunities."

Xia Ruanruan: "Huh?"

Xia Ruanruan: "Is Senior Brother Gu that incredibly brave and invincible?"

Chu Yao: "Of course, my Senior Brother is invincible. You don't know, Jun Lintian was as weak as an ant in my Senior Brother's hands..."

Without needing to exaggerate, Chu Yao's truthful account already shocked Xia Ruanruan so much that her pupils dilated, and the pickaxe in her hand dropped.

After a long while, she replied: "The Starry Sacred Mother truly lives up to her name as a primordial deity, capable of assessing the potential of an Immortal Emperor. Jun Lintian's so-called Immortal Emperor potential was merely self-aggrandizing, a clown entertaining himself."

Chu Yao: "Isn't that right? Hmph, my Senior Brother is unparalleled in the world, unique through the ages, with no one before him and no one after him."

Xia Ruanruan: "Sister is right. I envy Sister for having such a Senior Brother. I'm so envious."

Chu Yao: "By the way, do you want to come out and search for treasures? Do you want to come with me? I can give you a divine artifact."

She really liked Xia Ruanruan, this soft and sweet girl.

Her mouth was sweet, and she spoke softly and gently.

Her big eyes were bright and full of charm.

Her skin was like snow, and her hair was dark and lustrous.

And she had a Heavenly Fragrance Physique.

She looked so soft and fragrant, and holding her would be even more amazing; her touch should be better than her little sister Ling'er's.

Moreover, her strength was quite formidable, and with her help, collecting divine artifacts would be much smoother.

Xia Ruanruan: "This... Thank you for your kindness, Sister, but I still prefer mining. It's safe and worry-free, and the income is steady."

Her heart was moved.

Extremely moved.

But although divine artifacts were very tempting, they were also certainly very dangerous. How could they be as stable as her mining?

Chu Yao: "Alright, I wish you good luck. May you dig up a Saint Spirit and unearth an astonishing divine artifact."

Xia Ruanruan's refusal was unexpected but also understandable.

Xia Ruanruan had a shy personality and looked timid, so it was normal for her not to dare to go on an adventure with her.

Furthermore, mining Immortal Origin ore could indeed yield divine artifacts.

If one dug up a Saint Spirit, they would strike it rich.

Because Saint Spirits were born of heaven and earth, naturally possessing Dao patterns of laws.

If it was a Divine Fire Realm Saint Spirit, refining it would have an even better effect than refining a divine artifact.

However, Saint Spirits were born with great luck and protected by fate, so it was unlikely they would be dug up.

As for divine artifacts, that was also very slim, the probability being akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

Chu Yao put away her communication jade slip and began calling out to friends, inviting them to the Secret Realm to search for treasures and incidentally look for traces of Jun Lintian.

As for herself, she flew in a certain direction.

The world was vast; rather than aimlessly searching everywhere, it was better to collect the divine artifacts first and let others help her find Jun Lintian.

On the other side, in a continuous range of majestic divine mountains.

Deep underground, Xia Ruanruan threw down her tools. No more mining; improving her strength was the priority.

Her fair, tender hands continuously threw out array artifacts, setting up a large formation.

Then she took out a giant stone three zhang tall, and her dagger flashed, quickly cutting it.

Divine light flowed in her eyes, and she quickly carved the giant stone into a lifelike human figure.

Xia Ruanruan quickly applied restraining enchantments. With a pat of her small hand, the stone skin peeled off, erupting with dazzling divine light.

The aura of a primordial divine being instantly filled the entire array cave.

Xia Ruanruan circulated her cultivation technique, refining the Saint Spirit.

Saint Spirit: "..."

It slowly awakened, its eyes darting around. It saw the human in front of it refining it, and its divine power was rapidly draining.

Its mind roared, and it began to struggle violently.

However, although it was at the Heavenly God Realm Triple Layer, it had been subjected to restraining enchantments by Xia Ruanruan, which separately confined its physical body, divine soul, and divine power. For a while, it couldn't break free at all.

"I am protected by the Mandate of Heaven, how could you possibly discover me?"

The Saint Spirit roared. It was a Saint Spirit born of heaven and earth, and it naturally controlled the Great Dao of space.

One should know that ordinary Saint Spirits generally emerged in the King Realm or Venerable Realm.

Saint Spirits who controlled powerful laws and Great Daos could gestate until the Saint Realm or Divine Fire Realm.

And it had already gestated to the Heavenly God Realm. As long as it wasn't discovered, it could gestate to the Profound God Realm.

Becoming an Immortal King was almost a certainty.

It even had hopes of becoming an Immortal Emperor.

It was born with great luck, accompanied by the Mandate of Heaven. How could it be refined by someone before it even emerged?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"This must be a dream. Yes, it's a dream. It's a heart demon. I cannot be refined..."

"Even if heaven and earth are annihilated, and the epoch ends, my true name shall remain in this world. I am..." It roared.

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