Inside the Demon Iron City, within the cave dwelling and underground palace, layers of arrays are densely packed. In the Qingjing Jade Gold Pagoda Hall, the Calamity Beast Diagram and the Void Diagram float above the hall, with the Void Diagram perfectly covering the Calamity Beast Diagram.
Among the many treasures used by the Chaos Overlord to cultivate their will, this one ranks among the top three in terms of cost-effectiveness. He had already obtained the method to view it from Duan Donghe in the Jin Kingdom and even from the Great Sage Xihe. Now, in conjunction with the Void Diagram and the Secret Technique of comprehension, he naturally proceeded step by step, starting by viewing a tiny corner of the Calamity Beast Diagram until he covered the entire map.
After the Void Diagram perfectly covers the Calamity Beast Diagram, the entire Calamity Beast Diagram reflects the three thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagram. View them layer by layer until you have seen all three thousand scattered layers, and then view the entire diagram.
At this moment, Ye Muxuan was observing the outermost first layer.
A ferocious and terrifying beast is undergoing countless tribulations. Each tribulation requires further transformation in order to overcome it. Change leads to success, and success leads to survival. If it cannot transform itself in the face of tribulations, then it will only perish.
After enduring countless tribulations, the strange beast began to shine brightly, its radiance emanating from within. This radiance was described by an ancient being from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom as the Light of the Soul.
This spiritual light is what one needs to cultivate one's will by observing the Calamity Beast Diagram.
Even the first level of the Calamity Beast Diagram requires a true Chaos Realm will to view; otherwise, one's will will be corrupted by the myriad tribulations of the beasts, unable to withstand the spiritual light emanating from the scroll, and will collapse directly.
When Ye Muxuan was observing the first level, enveloped by the light of his mind, he felt as if he had become that strange beast, experiencing one tribulation after another.
However, this was, after all, something described by that ancient being from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, and compared to the countless tribulations that the beast had truly experienced, it was already countless times weaker. And now, divided into three thousand layers by the Void Diagram, the first layer, reflected in Ye Muxuan's will, was less than one ten-millionth of the tribulations that the real beast had experienced.
Even so, for Ye Muxuan, it was an immersive experience of one tribulation after another.
After he withdrew his will from the first layer of the Void Calamity Beast Diagram and finished experiencing its charm, a whole night had passed, and it was already dawn outside.
Ye Muxuan opened his eyes, and his eyes, now his true form instead of Huangque Clone, revealed a transformation after countless tribulations, reflecting the light of his soul.
Mind, will
Above the main hall, endless chaotic energy coalesced into a gigantic human face, looking down at Ye Muxuan in the hall, and said, "Mental will is extremely important in cultivation. Most of the Emperor Lord of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom value bloodline more, and that Thunder Ancestor is the one with the strongest bloodline and divine body in the entire Origin Continent. If one's mental will is not strong enough to suppress bloodline pollution and backlash, then even Emperor Lord is just a Madman."
"Your divine body is very large, which means you need an even stronger mental will to control it and fully unleash your power."
"Yes, I know." Ye Muxuan looked up at the Pagoda Spirit, whose chaotic energy had coalesced, and suddenly asked, "Pagoda Spirit, I've always wanted to know, what is our Sect called?"
On the Pagoda Spirit's enormous face, a look of reminiscence was visibly present. After a long while, Ye Muxuan even thought he had fallen asleep. The chaotic face dissipated, and before the wisps of chaotic energy vanished, a voice remained, echoing softly in the hall, "When you reach the God King level, you will know."
God King ----
A powerful, yet distant title.
Ye Muxuan's eyes flickered as they fell into the depths of the main hall. After a long while, he shook his head and continued to examine the second level of the Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagram.
His gaze fell upon the second layer of the Calamity Beast Diagram, and the light of his mind projected upon it an endless aura of death.
The first layer of the Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagram is the fundamental layer, like the general outline of the entire Calamity Beast Diagram, while the second layer is the despair layer shrouded in endless death intent.
The light of the mind aided Ye Muxuan's cultivation will, gradually enhancing it. This kind of cultivation improvement, which was almost like having a visible "progress bar," was captivating.
Ye Muxuan's advantage has never been in terms of willpower. Although he killed numerous Void True God Eternal True God during the thirteenth era, and even killed a Chaos Overlord the Shi Kingdom, he relied on the Will Execution of Flat Cylindrical Object to kill. Will Execution has almost become the hallmark of the Nightfall Divine Lord - rather than Ye Muxuan's own strength.
Now that he has the <Calamity Beast Diagram>, Ye Muxuan's will has not only been enhanced during his cultivation, but more importantly, the enhancement of his will has deepened his connection with that Flat Cylindrical Object.
Second floor, third floor, fourth floor----
Immersed in it, enveloped by the light of his soul, Ye Muxuan seemed to transform into that strange beast, undergoing countless tribulations and trials, and finally undergoing a painful metamorphosis.
Faced with those calamities, those who transform live, those who do not die. As for the process of transformation, each one is a struggle between life and death.
At the summit of a dark mountain, Ye Muxuan sat with a wine glass in front of him.
Having experienced such a calamity, the desolation and deathly silence before us are nothing to worry about. Drinking fine wine, we even feel a sense of satisfaction.
Suddenly, Ye Muxuan flipped his wrist, and a blood-red token appeared before him, displaying a message: the auction will begin in ten days.
This was a one-time bidding token given to him by the vice master of the Yanfeng Hall. Of course, he could choose not to participate. As long as he didn't participate, the token wouldn't disappear.
What baffled Ye Muxuan was that he had no way of knowing what rare items would be available at the auction, so he was unsure whether to participate. What if there was nothing he needed to buy, or something too precious for him to afford, leaving him empty-handed and wasting a token?
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However, we still have ten days, so we can explore the city first.
The Formless and Faceless ability transformed his True God into Hengque, and then condensed into a six-armed Single Eye in the form of Hengque Clone. Ye Muxuan, dressed in gray-brown rock armor, left the cave.
Ye Muxuan visited both the Yanfeng Hall and the Thunder Hall, and even purchased some basic information about the Demon Iron City. He also checked the bounties for the city on the Dark Hall.
As expected of someone who relies on the guild halls of Two Great Ancient Kingdoms, they act without restraint. The bounties on this Dark Hall even include disciples of the Demon Iron Sect. Although the two God Kings are not on it, more than half of the dozen or so Chaos Realm elders of the Demon Iron Sect are actually on the list.
After obtaining some basic information, Ye Muxuan did not intend to get involved. The Demon Iron Sect was a more powerful force than Jin Kingdom's Duan Donghe and others, and had survived for countless years. It was not something that a mere Eternal True God like him could shake.
After spending a few days exploring, Ye Muxuan entered the trading area of Demon Iron City.
Here, various shops lined the streets, and some of the sellers were not even human. Ye Muxuan saw a completely black mist swirling inside one of the shops. When Ye Muxuan's gaze fell on the items in the shop, the black mist stared intently at Ye Muxuan, not at a potential customer, but at a delicious meal.
Ye Muxuan couldn't sense how strong this surging, pitch-black mist was, but he could sense that it contained two Chaos Treasures—or rather, more likely, Chaos Level raw materials.
It could be a piece of ore, a piece of grass, or even a stream of water or a wisp of strange air.
Because the many items sold in the shop are these, which are specialties from the Eastern Extreme Region.
His gaze swept over the items, finally settling on a piece of wood that shimmered with tiny silver specks. Ye Muxuan asked, "How much for this piece of Illusory Void Wood?"
Illusory Void Wood can be found anywhere on the Origin Continent and is not considered rare, but it is difficult to grow. Once mature, Illusory Void Wood can be used as one of the body-refining materials needed by the Chaos Overlord of the Origin of Cultivation Space, or as an auxiliary cultivation material for those who follow the Soul Cultivation path.
The current section of the Illusory Void Wood is only 700,000 kilometers long. Although it is not very long and is not fully mature, this semi-mature form is sufficient for him.
"Three million Cosmic Sand." Two eyes condensed from the pitch-black mist, staring intently at Ye Muxuan. As the mist churned, it gave off a feeling of "If you don't buy it, I'll eat you."
"Three million is too expensive." Ye Muxuan shook his head. If it were a mature Illusory Void Wood, adding another zero wouldn't be much, but this was a semi-mature one, its value plummeted to less than a tenth. Whether used as a body-refining material or as an auxiliary material for cultivation, its preciousness went directly from a primary material to an auxiliary material. "Two million at most."
The dark mist stared intently at Ye Muxuan, giving him the feeling that it would pounce on him at any moment.
"Deal." A hissing sound came from within the churning black mist.
The asking price is too high.
Some thoughts flashed through my mind; after all, I hadn't bought anything for countless eons.
With a wave of his hand, two million grains of Cosmic Sand appeared around him, each grain resembling a nascent universe.
A dark mist swept past, engulfing two million Cosmic Sand, and then the piece of Illusory Void Wood appeared before Ye Muxuan.
Ye Muxuan extended a rocky arm, took the Illusory Void Wood, examined it carefully, confirmed it was correct, and then put it away.
Then, in the spot where the Illusory Void Wood had originally been placed in the shop, another section of Illusory Void Wood appeared, still a semi-mature specimen 700,000 kilometers long.
Ye Muxuan scrutinized the dark mist for a moment before finally asking, "Do you have any mature Illusory Void Wood?"
The shop owner has so many semi-mature Illusory Void Wood; logically, he should also have mature ones.
"No." Dark mist billowed and filled the entire shop.
Ye Muxuan turned and left the shop.
In the shops of the trading area, besides the specialties sold by the natives of the Eastern Extreme Region, Ye Muxuan also bought some materials from other shops. Some of them were Formation Base for inscribing array patterns, and some were materials for his own cultivation of the <Void Array Body> in the Chaos Realm. Since he had come across them, he decided to prepare them first.
Ten days passed quickly. Inside the cave, on the mountaintop, Ye Muxuan activated the blood-red token, and a wisp of his consciousness was drawn into the auction space.
Having already been here once, Ye Muxuan examined the screen in front of him, which continuously scrolled through various precious items, numbering in the tens of thousands in an instant, finally settling on a number: 1,1739,7349.
This auction also featured over 100 million yuan worth of valuable items.
Having already acquired the "legacy" of hundreds of Eternal True God and even a Chaos Overlord, Ye Muxuan didn't dwell on how he obtained the legacy. He looked down on the ordinary items and sat quietly in his seat, looking at the information about these items while waiting for something suitable for him.
Rare items are useless; each item up for auction now is worth millions of Cosmic Sand, or even tens of millions per piece. Only items that can assist one's cultivation and enhance one's strength are truly useful.
A day has passed----
Two days have passed----
Every day, tens of millions of precious items are auctioned off, and soon, the last day arrived.
In the last auction, he couldn't afford any of the items by the last day, but now, with his substantial inheritance, he has the means to do so.
A new item appeared on the screen in front of him, instantly energizing Ye Muxuan.
Five leaves of the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree, with a starting price of 50 million Cosmic Sand, were acquired through the five highest bids.
Ten breaths later, the auction began, and the numbers on the screen jumped instantly from fifty million to sixty million, then to seventy million, and then to eighty million.
The growth rate slowed down when it reached 83 million, but each jump in the number still involved increases of hundreds of thousands.
Ye Muxuan entered 85 million, which is currently the second highest bid. The highest bid, from some unknown big shot, is 90 million.
The Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree are most suitable for Chaos Overlord. Most Eternal True God are not qualified to enter the Chaos Layer, nor do they have the capital to purchase them. God King generally allocate them, and they will reward their Chaos Overlord. Therefore, most of those who bid are independent Chaos Overlord.
Ten breaths later, Ye Muxuan's bid dropped to fourth.
After twenty interest rates, the price dropped to fifth.
Ye Muxuan added one million directly, moving up to third place.
Thirty breaths later, the fluctuating price stopped, and Ye Muxuan's bid of 86 million Cosmic Sand ranked fourth, resulting in a successful auction.
The successful auction of the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree was a huge win for Ye Muxuan. While the other items were valuable, some were unaffordable and others were unnecessary.
At the summit of the dark mountain, the blood-red talisman in front of Ye Muxuan shattered, forming a blood-red vortex. A cyan jade bottle appeared in his hand, containing more than 80 million Cosmic Sand, which he then threw into the vortex.
A flash of light appeared, and a purple wooden box appeared at the summit. The crimson vortex dissipated, and the item transfer was complete.
Ye Muxuan reached out and picked up the purple wooden box, examining it closely. The box was tightly closed, and there was nothing unusual about it.
He reached out and opened a crack, and a strange aura emerged from it, causing the surrounding void to distort and ripple.
With the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree in hand, the next step is to enter the Chaos Ruins, resist the erosion and repulsion of the chaotic power, and confront the Chaos Law directly.
The Chaos Ruins are the foundation of a city, so this matter will likely be difficult and will probably fall to the Demon Iron Sect.
Ye Muxuan closed the purple wooden box, his gaze falling on the Chaos Ruins next door. After a long while, he shifted his gaze to the headquarters of the Demon Iron Sect.
That was the center of the entire Demon Iron City, and also the place closest to the Chaos Ruins. Although this was the first level, it was one of the outermost cave dwellings on the first level.