Breaking New Ground

Qingyun Sect, Back Mountain

"Xiao Han, this is one volume of the Book of Heaven held by my Ghost King Sect."

A woman clad in aqua-green robes, possessing an ethereal freshness and soul-stirring beauty, graceful and radiant with spiritual energy, walked up to Xiao Han and handed him a glowing golden scroll.

"Mm."

Xiao Han nodded. With a flick of his hand, he drew the scroll from her grasp to his side. Then he clenched it in his hand, and the scroll immediately shattered. Countless golden characters flew out from within it.

At last, all those golden characters seeped into Xiao Han's sea of consciousness.

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, you have obtained the Ghost King Sect's second volume of the Book of Heaven. Please keep up the good work. If you gather all five volumes of the Book of Heaven, you will receive a generous reward."

Xiao Han felt a slight surge of delight. He had now collected four volumes of the Book of Heaven.

That was right—four volumes.

After Xiao Han disbanded Incense Burning Valley, Tianyin Temple, terrified by his tyrannical might, immediately sent a carrier pigeon with a message stating that they were willing to hand over the fourth volume of the Book of Heaven, the one from the Wordless Jade Wall.

Now, apart from the volume within the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, Xiao Han had already obtained four volumes of the Book of Heaven.

The woman remained neither servile nor overbearing as she solemnly said, "Then according to our agreement, should you not give my Ghost King Sect the other volume of the Book of Heaven?"

"Of course."

Xiao Han nodded, rose to his feet, and walked over to her. He tapped her brow with a finger, and a strand of Soul Power seeped through his fingertip into the center