The Return Journey

—The vast, empty palace of the Pishuan Demon Emperor, towering over a hundred meters high, exudes an aura of emptiness! Of course, what truly sends shivers down one's spine is its sheer height! This palace is incredibly tall, and most importantly, it has only one level, each level exceeding a hundred meters... And within this palace, only Zhang Xingfeng exists, staring incredulously at the two ordinary, dark stone pillars!

Could two seemingly different stone blocks be magical artifacts?

—Zhang Xingfeng reached out and summoned two stone blocks, which flew into Zhang Xingfeng hands. Naturally, Zhang Xingfeng began to examine them, but... "Bang!"

—The sound faded, and Zhang Xingfeng was already ten meters away!

"Good heavens, this stone block... it's really heavy!" Zhang Xingfeng's eyes widened in shock. He had almost lost his hand just now! It's no wonder Zhang Xingfeng went crazy! When Zhang Xingfeng first used the Chaos Power, he didn't feel the weight of the stone block.

Zhang Xingfeng was already used to using his own strength to lift divine and immortal artifacts. How heavy could ordinary divine and immortal artifacts be? With Zhang Xingfeng's strength, it was naturally effortless. But just now, when he released the Chaos Power and relied solely on brute force, he felt an enormous weight pressing down on him—a weight definitely exceeding 100,000 jin! Keep in mind, even Zhang Xingfeng couldn't withstand the weight of those two stone pillars just a moment ago!

Puzzled, Zhang Xingfeng tried a few more times and was surprised to find that when he used the Chaos Power, the stone block became almost weightless, but when he did not use the Chaos Power, the stone block became extremely heavy.

—What kind of divine artifact is this? Zhang Xingfeng didn't know, but what was worse was that Zhang Xingfeng didn't even know how to control it.

"What is that?" Zhang Xingfeng suddenly noticed a black line on the edge of the two stone blocks. It was the same line, but on the dark stone blocks. Even with Zhang Xingfeng's terrifying eyesight, he almost missed it.

—Zhang Xingfeng immediately infused his Spiritual Sense into it: it turned out that there was actually a method for controlling Yin Yang Mountain here.

—Soon, Zhang Xingfeng understood how to control this divine artifact, but after learning it, Zhang Xingfeng couldn't help but be shocked, or rather, somewhat incredulous. "Heavens, does such a divine artifact actually exist in the world? Such a... tyrannical divine artifact!"

--- Yin Yang Mountain, a lower-level divine artifact. Attacking it requires only one level of energy: Demonic Yuan Power. First, Blood-Drip Recognition, then the weight of the Yin Yang Mountain is adjusted using energy. The weight that can be adjusted increases with the user's power. The attack method is simply to bombard the opponent with the Yin Yang Mountain!

— Simply relying on weight to overwhelm the opponent!

—The Yin Yang Mountain, even with the power of an immortal, cannot reach its maximum weight. The Pishuan Demon Emperor, who possesses this Yin Yang Mountain, is himself a master of Body Refinement, and his main divine weapon— the Splitting Hail Axe —is also based on the principle of force leading to weight. Pangu, who has cultivated the Six Revolutions Profound Body Pangu Body, is the nemesis of this Yin Yang Mountain, preventing the Pishuan Demon Emperor from using his other ultimate technique.

At this moment, Yin Yang Mountain was ownerless, and Zhang Xingfeng Yin Yang Mountain his hand, bringing it into the heavens.

—Zhang Xingfeng turned and left the palace of the Pishuan Demon Emperor. Once outside, although Zhang Xingfeng had no use for the divine artifact, Zhang Xingfeng could tell that while it was extraordinary, its most important feature was that it didn't require him to expend energy to attack! It only needed to rely on its weight to smash!

"Dragon Spirit, is that the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth?" Zhang Xingfeng looked at the boundless yellow world before him, a world that resembled a desert. It stretched as far as the eye could see, shrouded in yellow mist, like sand and dust, the world a murky mess.

—Long Ling's voice immediately rang in Zhang Xingfeng's mind. "Yes, that is the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth. It is absolutely difficult to break through in terms of defense. What is most frustrating about the Yellow Heaven Yellow Heaven Thick Earth is that it will block you, constantly blocking you."

Zhang Xingfeng didn't understand what Long Ling was talking about.

"Zhang kid, give it a try. I've got you covered. Don't worry about anything unexpected happening! Haha..." Who else but Tianyu could be so arrogant?

— Zhang Xingfeng immediately flew over and saw the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth in front of him. Zhang Xingfeng wanted to force his way through, but the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth was too solid and Zhang Xingfeng could not break through at all.

"Can't I fly from above?" Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and immediately tried to fly above the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth, heading upwards. However, this was just wishful thinking on Zhang Xingfeng's part. Could the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth be so easy to break through?

"It can grow too?" Zhang Xingfeng watched as the boundless Yellow Heaven Thick Earth before him rose higher and higher as he flew.

"—Little vampire devil, hehe, you should turn back. This Yellow Heaven Thick Earth is not a place you can cross in your current state!" Long Ling's voice sounded somewhat gloating.

—A smile appeared in Zhang Xingfeng's eyes as he said, "I want to see if his speed can keep up with my Teleportation!" At this point, Zhang Xingfeng's skill level had reached the point where he could use Teleportation within a small area under such circumstances. Although his five elements were out of balance, as long as the distance was not far, there was still no danger.

—Zhang Xingfeng flashed and appeared above the Yellow Heaven Thick Earth: "Huh?" Zhang Xingfeng stunned because he could suddenly see the location of the palace. What was going on?

—Zhang Xingfeng didn't know what to do. Obviously, the mystery of Yellow Heaven Thick Earth was beyond Zhang Xingfeng's ability to solve at this moment. In fact, Yellow Heaven Thick Earth used its powerful earth attribute power to modify the five elements and form a natural array. Unlike other arrays, this array was formed by the natural gathering of huge earth attribute Spiritual Qi. To break this array, one would need the strength of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

"Let's go, we've already taken quite a few treasures this time, that's enough!" Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled. This Yellow Heaven Thick Earth was beyond his reach; perhaps this was destiny. Zhang Xingfeng knew a little about it, and that one should be content.

This surprised Long Ling, who was eager to see him make a fool of himself, but Zhang Xingfeng had already crossed the Wood Spirit Forest and arrived at the edge of the Golden Spirit Sea!

—Does the Sea of Gold contain crystals of gold? Zhang Xingfeng didn't know, but he decided to investigate.

—Zhang Xingfeng's Spiritual Sense was practically useless amidst such abundant metal-elemental Spiritual Qi. "Sigh, if I were to break through to the Great Accomplishment stage now, and evolve my Spiritual Sense into Divine Sense, searching for crystals would be a piece of cake," Zhang Xingfeng said with a hint of helplessness.

Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng remembered that Tianyu and Longling both possessed Divine Sense, and a thought struck him. He immediately said in his mind, "Tianyu, can you help me see if there are any treasures inside?"

—Tianyu's cheerful voice. "Alright!" Tianyu immediately began searching with his Divine Sense. Back when he was underground in the Tianya Mountain Range, Tianyu often used his Divine Sense to observe the entire Ming Dynasty and surrounding countries! The current area of the Golden Spirit Sea was nothing to him.

"No!" Tianyu's voice sounded very dejected.

—Zhang Xingfeng was taken aback. Nothing? "Oh, well, never mind then. I've been away from home for a long time; I should go back and visit!" Zhang Xingfeng suddenly said. With a swift movement, he began to traverse the Golden Spirit Sea. Zhang Xingfeng was ready to use the "Zero Point Split Strike," but...

—When crossing the Golden Spirit Sea, the sea didn't offer any resistance and even proactively created a passage down. This left Zhang Xingfeng speechless. How could this be? Aren't golden spirits devoid of thought? How could it automatically create a passage, as if it had recognized him and understood his power?

"Be careful, this passage that the golden spirits have cracked doesn't seem to lead to the sea of fire of the Six-Flavor True Fire!" Tianyu warned. Zhang Xingfeng was taken aback. His Spiritual Sense was greatly affected in such a place with such strong instability of the five elements. Only Divine Sense could ignore these things.

"Tianyu, thank you, but now I want to see what exactly is controlling these golden spirits?" Zhang Xingfeng smiled, and suddenly his heart trembled a little. An unprecedented excitement surged in his chest, surging with passion!

—Zhang Xingfeng suddenly felt a call, a heartfelt call.

—Zhang Xingfeng's figure flashed repeatedly. Sensing the call, relying on his senses, Zhang Xingfeng moved forward rapidly. Finally, Zhang Xingfeng felt the call ahead growing stronger and stronger.

---stop!

— Zhang Xingfeng stopped and looked at the little thing in front of him: a golden sphere shaped like a golden pill. This golden pill seemed to be cast in gold and looked very hard. Most importantly, there were patterns on this golden pill that looked like a star map.

— Zhang Xingfeng slowly reached out his hand. The golden elixir did not move, and just like that, the golden elixir was in Zhang Xingfeng's hand.

"My name is Rou Jin. I sensed the power of heavenly fire and earth within you, so I summoned you here." A voice suddenly sounded in Zhang Xingfeng's mind.

"A divine artifact!" Zhang Xingfeng cried out. He finally understood that this was yet another divine artifact. This time, Zhang Xingfeng had already obtained the Dragon Spirit Blood Pool, which was practically useless, but the Life Origin Extreme that could save his loved ones' lives, the absolutely tyrannical Yin Yang Mountain, and now the Rou Jin before him. Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng thought of his brothers, "Perhaps it's time to think about my brothers. Brother Lang Feng cultivates both life and death, so we must ensure his safety. I'll entrust the two divine artifacts of the Heavy Profound Demon Emperor to Brother Lang Feng! As for the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, we'll keep it for now. The Life Origin Extreme must be given to Yu Yan!" Zhang Xingfeng believed that with both parts of the Heavy Profound Demon Emperor's Heavy Profound Chisel Lang Feng, few could harm Langfeng, and Yu Yan's life, possessing the Life Origin Extreme, would also be guaranteed.

—Zhang Xingfeng had lived in the Cultivation World and knew that Cultivation World chaos was countless times greater than that of the Azure Dragon Continent. Most importantly, it was filled with countless experts and factions constantly clashing and fighting each other. There was also the insurmountable barrier between the Immortal and Demonic Realms, and a place where the two realms coexisted—Tianqian Star! It was incredibly chaotic! In such a place, Zhang Xingfeng's first priority was to prepare life-saving supplies for his brothers and family.

—Zhang Xingfeng only wanted to acquire these divine artifacts for his brothers and family, not for himself. Zhang Xingfeng believed that to reach the highest level of physical refinement, one couldn't use armor; for example, Pangu never used any armor in his life. As for offensive weapons, one was enough. Zhang Xingfeng possessed the extremely powerful Zero Point Split Strike and Heavenly Fire, making him formidable even without weapons.

"—Why did you summon me?" Zhang Xingfeng asked.

"I, Rou Jin, am an anomaly within the Gold Spirit. I can be both soft and hard. Most importantly, I can transform into any weapon or armor at your will! I want to tell you: I want to acknowledge you as my master and go out with you!" Rou Jin's tone was firm.

— When Zhang Xingfeng heard Rou Jin say that she could change at will, he was overjoyed. However, Zhang Xingfeng was not confident that he could convince Rou Jin to acknowledge him as her master. Now that he heard Rou Jin make such a request herself, he was overjoyed.

"Why?" Zhang Xingfeng couldn't believe such a good thing could happen.

—"Because I crave battle, I crave exciting days, and I don't want to stay here, stuck in the same old routine!" As a manifestation of the Gold Spirit, Rou Jin possesses the characteristics of metal: a love of battle!

"Good!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled, a drop of blood flying from his chest and landing on the larger, golden core-shaped Rou Jin. The blood churned on the Rou Jin, and the star-patterned stripes gradually absorbed it, instantly turning red.

—With a thought, Zhang Xingfeng had already obtained the Rou Jin.

—In an instant, a simple golden sword appeared in Zhang Xingfeng's hand; a moment later, a giant axe appeared before Zhang Xingfeng, then suddenly transformed into golden gloves Zhang Xingfeng. With a flash of golden light, golden robes appeared on his body.

"Hahaha... Rou Jin, you really can change at will according to my wishes! Hahaha... Hahahaha..." Such a divine weapon is what everyone desires! In an instant, Zhang Xingfeng decided that Rou Jin would become his personal weapon from now on. The others would be left to his family and brothers.

"Of course, I've come this far through billions of years of evolution. Otherwise, how could the extremely hard metal element become so soft and yielding?" Rou Jin seemed quite proud.

—Zhang Xingfeng laughed loudly, "Alright... Let's go outside and test your power!" Zhang Xingfeng had never liked a weapon so much before, and now he couldn't wait to know the power of the Rou Jin.

—Simply put, Zhang Xingfeng arrived outside the Demon Emperor's Secret Realm. Looking at the vast, empty Primordial Era, Zhang Xingfeng erupted in excitement. "Ahhhhh... Ahhhhhhh..." Zhang Xingfeng shouted wildly.

"Zero Point Split Strike — Empty Hundred Split!" A golden glove suddenly appeared in Zhang Xingfeng 'Zhang Xingfeng hand, and his hands danced like a phantom.

— "Zero Point Split Strike" is divided into the defensive-oriented Microwave Vibration attack, the Inch Force Thousand Strikes, the evolved version of Inch Force Thousand Strikes - Dimensional Slash, and of course, the evolved version of Dimensional Slash, Void Empty Hundred Split. If Dimensional Slash is to cut a crack in space, then Empty Hundred Split is to cut countless cracks in space, shattering space and causing the opponent to be crushed by the broken space.

---However, the more powerful the hand required to execute the move "Empty Hundred Split," the more difficult it is for Zhang Xingfeng, at his current level, to withstand cutting through more than a hundred spatial rifts in an instant. But with Rou Jin, everything becomes very simple!

—Without a sound, Zhang Xingfeng stared at the space before him, which resembled a shattered mirror. In that instant, Zhang Xingfeng witnessed some incomprehensible scenes, but the spatial rifts instantly returned to their original state.

---"boom!"

—Zhang Xingfeng suddenly felt dizzy and then knew nothing more.