Treasure Takes Human Form
Those Supernatural Practitioner did not leave felt empty inside, and some of them did regret it, feeling that they lacked the courage to take that step.
Others remained silent, filled with regret.
Were those who stayed cowardly? Not really, they just made different choices. They thought a lot and believed it was a dead end, that few who entered the Supernatural Central World would survive.
What is "ancient and modern"? The fourth-ranked prohibited item—can its opponent be simple? Absolutely the strongest!
"Let's go!" Some people came to their senses. People like them are rarely indecisive. Although they had regrets and slight remorse, they had made a decision after all. They had chosen their own path, and there was no need to look back.
Beyond the secret realm, countless spaceships stretched as far as the eye could see, setting sail one after another. Even those whose owners were no longer there had been arrangements made in advance for others to take them away.
The expedition of 100,000 immortals and demons ended in the fading of "prosperity," leaving only emptiness. This Great Universe has become an increasingly spiritual wasteland, with no hope of transcendence. Those who remain are heavy-hearted.
All those who come here are naturally former demons, Transcendent Immortals, and gods; almost all of them are beings Ascension to Immortality, and there are no weaklings among them.
As the music ended and the crowd dispersed, both those who went on expeditions and those who chose to stay felt a mix of emotions. Was this a sign that an era had come to a complete end?
"There is no hope left!" said an old celestial being who was over three thousand years old. Although he looked young, he knew very well that he could only live to be one hundred and eighty years old at most.
For ordinary people, this is naturally an astonishing longevity; what more could one ask for in life? But for a celestial being, having such a short life left is somewhat laughable.
Wang Xuan stood guard at the exit of the secret realm, looking at each one one by one. He was catching the ghost spirits, and he would kill them on sight without any mercy. His Spiritual Heavenly Eye was fully open, and the light of his primordial spirit was shining.
Unfortunately, he later found only a few kittens; Number 63 and Luo Meng were nowhere to be found, and the last two leaders of the experiencers had completely disappeared.
Moreover, he was certain that among the 100,000 immortals and demons who accompanied him on his expedition, there was no Great Demon Spirit. He had been keeping a close eye on them throughout the process, and if there was such a person, he would definitely keep him there.
Finally, Wang Xuan returned to the Plane Canyon to see the Dao Control Banner. It did not leave, but made up its mind to merge with the Killing Array Diagram and undergo an Essence of Life.
The Imperial Dao Spear and the flag were now combined into one, and from then on, there was only the complete Dao Control Banner, and the two treasures were no longer separated.
"Actually, it's not about accumulating as many treasures as possible. I try to absorb only the Supreme Texture of the First Killing Array for my own use, transforming at the level of the Great Dao, rather than continuing to melt and add external objects into myself," said Dao Control Banner.
This time, the Underground Palace was open, and the killing array sealed the door. Now they have all entered the Chaos Cave together.
That cave is quite significant. Wang Xuan had thought about it before because, according to records and the Imperial Dao Spear, after the flag was fully formed, that place might become a place for nurturing spirits.
"Forget about it. There are Supernatural Factor inside, but there's also a fiery energy rising from it, which I suspect is seeping in from the other universe. Located at the intersection of Great Universe, the Chaos Cave is indeed unique, but our flesh and blood bodies can't withstand it right now. Let's wait a few million, or even hundreds of millions of years, for the 'fiery energy' that nurtures the treasures inside to dissipate completely."
Of course, the Dao Control Banner added that if Wang Xuan insisted on going in, he could be wrapped in the banner and sleep with it until the next Mythological Era.
"At that time, you might become a flawless extraordinary person." It urged Wang Xuan to go in with it, because it was also unsure how long it would take to forge the killing array, and it would be good to have a passerby in its life accompany it.
Wang Xuan ignored it. If it really took that long, what would be the point of his life? He could just go and cultivate himself; he would have reached the pinnacle long ago!
"Who is that big hand?" he asked after a moment.
Dao Control Banner emitted a wave of consciousness and said, "He must be an extraordinary person. Don't ask me, I still don't know his identity. It wasn't a true manifestation; it was just a hand condensed from a breath of the Great Dao, which then disappeared into the darkness along with the Great Dao energy and went far away."
"You're not sure?" Wang Xuan stared suspiciously ahead, where a chaotic mist flowed and the ancient cave was deep.
"At the time, I was focused on the past and present, determined to fight it to the death, and I didn't get distracted. Besides, when the Great Dao Qi manifests, there are indeed no personal attributes to be explored," Dao Control Banner responded.
"Are you sure?" Wang Xuan asked again.
"It feels somewhat familiar. It seems to have just passed by in the last Mythological Era. I didn't pay attention to it. It was this kind of 'Dao Qi' that passed by. At that time, I was resting in the Space-time Vortex after fighting with a supreme treasure."
"Farewell!" Wang Xuan turned and left.
He carried the Life Pool and began a life without the Imperial Dao Spear by his side.
At this time, the pool had indeed accumulated a considerable amount of Supernatural Factor. Although he was too embarrassed to openly enter the dimensional canyon to collect them, after all, he had rejected the past and present, the Super Material in the pool was still quite substantial.
In Exhausted Era, even a small cup of Supernatural Factor is considered a panacea!
He was assessing whether these things in the pool could allow Zhao Qinghan, Chen Yongjie, and others to embark on the path to extraordinary achievements. He estimated it would last for about ten years.
But what about ten years later? When this substance is exhausted and the supply is cut off, their flesh and blood will find it difficult to retain the Mythological Factor they have absorbed for long, and they will eventually pass away.
Rather than that, he might as well keep it as a remedy, so that in critical moments, he could extend the lifespan of those around him.
This gave Wang Xuan a headache. What could be done to get them on their way and keep going?
Time flies like water, always passing by unnoticed. Two years have already passed since the fleeting prosperity created by the past and present.
Wang Ye and Wang Xin are already four years old. The two little siblings run around everywhere, being mischievous and naughty. Even the little girl Wang Xin can climb trees to steal bird nests.
The main reason is that they had experienced the baptism of the Super Material and practiced Old Arts from a young age. The two children, who should have been well-behaved, became wild. Of course, it was also related to Wang Xuan taking them for walks in the clouds and moon-gazing from time to time. Having experienced too much from a young age, the two siblings became incredibly active and energetic as soon as they were old enough to run around.
That year, Wang Xuan and Zhao Qinghan's third child was born.
The couple felt that three children were enough.
In that year, unbeknownst to anyone, deep in the universe, on an uninhabited planet, a burst of Dark Light erupted, like a torrential downpour, accompanied by the flow of Chaos Matter.
This is a contraband item. A fragment of it has been seen before, almost four years since it last appeared. It is the Darkness Heart.
Back then, when Wang Xuan destroyed the great demons Yan Mu Han, he obtained important information from them: the experiencer once wanted to offer a piece of black metal as a sacrifice to Gu Jin.
As a result, the participants suffered a terrible backlash; all of them died, and then the fragments disappeared.
Today, it reappears, summoning another piece underground.
Of course, this is a dead planet, devoid of vegetation and life; it is no longer the planet it once was.
On the uninhabited planet, the deathly silence was shattered with an enormous commotion. A fragment shot out from the ground and collided with the one in the sky, connecting with each other.
Amidst the rain of light and the terrifying black energy, the two fragments, each bearing a phantom image, were vaguely visible, resembling heads.
When the two merge and are pieced together, a phantom image of a complete head appears behind them.
If anyone saw this, they would be shocked—a contraband item with the shape of a human form?!
The planet was almost torn apart. After the two fragments reformed, they unleashed terrifying power, with Dark Light sweeping across the land and causing a cataclysmic upheaval.
Then, they flew away, disappeared into the depths of space, found a meteorite zone, and discovered the third fragment there.
With a bang, as the light rain erupted again and fully merged, the meteorite field was annihilated, leaving not even cosmic dust behind.
As you can see, behind Darkness Heart, in addition to the head, there is also a phantom image with a shoulder and arm.
Back then, in the Supernatural Central World, there were two theories about why the third-ranked Supreme Forbidden Item shattered.
One theory is that it was shattered and replaced by a mysterious sacred object. Another theory is that its great rebirth failed, and it disintegrated on its own.
If someone were to see its special state now, they would be incredibly shocked. The reconstituted contraband has actually taken on a human-like form, emerging from its back!
This time, it was even more powerful, tearing through the Cosmic Void and flying deeper into this star field along the senses in the life imprint.
"Boom!"
On that day, in the Zhuolan Starfield, Darkness Heart found the fourth fragment and brought it to a deserted place, a desolate area where no spaceships had ever passed. It reassembled itself, and as a result, it unleashed a terrifying beam of light, as if undergoing a tribulation, with lightning tearing through the void.
In this area, the Cosmic Void was pierced, Dark Light poured down, and a great explosion of light rain erupted.
The fourth fragment was quite large. After being reassembled, the upper body of a humanoid phantom appeared behind the Darkness Heart. The third-ranked contraband item had gathered most of its fragments!
"What a pity back then." But after the area fell silent, it emitted a wave of consciousness, as if regretting something.
This was terrifying, but no one knew it until it set off again to find the fifth fragment.
"Lying alone in this remote universe, licking its wounds and waiting to recover, it has been away from the Supernatural Center World for too long." It emitted a cold, indifferent Divine Sense Fluctuation.
Subsequently, it found the fifth fragment on a star, without causing any disturbance. It found a quiet area where no spaceships passed.
When lightning struck again, the commotion was much greater and far more terrifying than before. It was covered by strange thunder and disappeared from sight.
Those violent bolts of lightning, some blood-red, some Dark Light, and carrying dense Chaos Matter, intertwined and surged in this desolate starry sky, creating an extremely terrifying scene.
It lasted for a long time. The lightning and thunder disappeared, the Chaos Matter dissipated, and the Darkness Heart was almost complete. It was already possible to see what kind of object it was.
Behind the contraband, the humanoid shadow became more complete, with two legs appearing, only lacking the part below the knees.