Palace-Type Supreme Treasures

After finishing his own examination, Gulanxiu began studying the green lotus.

At this moment, the green lotus was like Gulanxiu's own body; with just a thought, he could understand all of its abilities.

After blooming, the green lotus was equivalent to a palace-type treasure, possessing both flight and suppression functions. Inside the lotus platform was a vast space—Gulanxiu sensed it briefly and estimated its diameter to be around a billion li.

Additionally, the green lotus had the function of protecting the soul, greatly weakening an opponent's soul attacks.

And Gulanxiu had a faint feeling that even if he died, he could be reborn from within the green lotus.

Logically, the green lotus's current grade should be at least a Heavy Treasure, and with Gulanxiu's current cultivation, it should be very difficult to activate. Yet in reality, Gulanxiu could now control the green lotus to unleash its strongest abilities without consuming his own Origin Power—only needing to expend energy like Universe Crystals or Immortal Crystals.

Moreover, Gulanxiu could now actively control the green lotus to absorb energy. Before, whether it was absorbing Bloodfall Crystals or the Chaos True Spirit, they first had to merge into Gulanxiu's body before being snatched away by the green lotus.

Now it was different. Gulanxiu could directly command the green lotus to absorb Bloodfall Crystals or other materials.

The Immortal Corpse Gulanxiu had picked up earlier became his test subject. With a thought, the Immortal Corpse was enveloped in green light and rapidly digested and absorbed.

And Gulanxiu was surprised to discover that Bloodfall Crystals could still be absorbed by the green lotus. However, upgrading it further would likely require an astronomical number—Gulanxiu roughly calculated it might take ten billion Bloodfall Crystals. With so many needed, there was no way he could ever gather that many!

Gulanxiu took out some World Crystals and Divine Crystals and fed them to the green lotus separately, finding that the lotus no longer absorbed World Crystals but still accepted Divine Crystals without refusal.

After roughly studying the green lotus, Gulanxiu turned his attention outward. Although he had been in a slumber before, he still had a trace of awareness observing the outside world, so he knew he was currently inside an Immortal's Divine Kingdom.

Only now did he have time to examine the treasure vault housing the green lotus.

Since he was inside an Immortal's Divine Kingdom, Gulanxiu dared not step out of the green lotus and could only use the Heavenly Eye perspective attached to the lotus to view the outside.

He saw a spacious hall, about three hundred meters high and roughly a kilometer in both length and width.

His green lotus was placed at the very center of the hall, showing how much the Immortal valued it. Behind the green lotus was a small mountain made of Bloodfall Crystals.

Bloodfall Crystals—each one enough to make Domain Lords fight over them in the outside world—were piled into a mountain here in this Divine Kingdom. Gulanxiu swept his gaze over them and estimated there were about a hundred million.

To the left of the green lotus were heaps of various refining materials. The worst of these were materials used by Realm Lords to forge weapons, and there were also many materials used by Immortals for their equipment.

To Gulanxiu's right was placed only a giant beast statue dozens of meters tall, resembling a lizard. Gulanxiu guessed this was the Golden Void Beast God Statue. Though he didn't know how it compared to the smaller statue Luo Feng had obtained, its placement suggested it was a rare treasure.

Unfortunately, Gulanxiu's original attribute was Earth, and he had no beast-form avatar, so it would be very difficult for him to walk the path of the Golden Void Beast God.

"Haha! Jackpot! That Immortal thought he was clever putting me in his treasure vault—now it all becomes mine!" Gulanxiu laughed loudly as he controlled the green lotus to slowly rise.

At the same time, a passage opened at the bottom of the green lotus, leading to the inner space of the lotus platform. A suction force emanated from the lotus's base. The Beast God Statue, the mountain of Bloodfall Crystals, and all kinds of materials spun and were drawn into the space beneath the lotus.

At that moment, inside the Immortal Temple, the old man in blood robes seemed to sense something. Two sharp beams of light flashed from his eyes.

He immediately opened a spatial passage and arrived within his Divine Kingdom.

Watching his countless years of accumulated wealth about to be swept clean by the green lotus, the old man couldn't help but roar, "Thief! How dare you!"

As he spoke, he took advantage of the passage at the bottom of the green lotus not yet being closed and quickly slipped inside.

This move stunned Gulanxiu for a moment, but fortunately, he reacted swiftly and immediately closed the passage, trapping the old man inside the lotus platform.

At this point, the old man also sensed something was wrong. This was a void space a billion li in radius, containing only himself and his treasures.

When the passage below closed, the old man could no longer detect even a trace of spatial fluctuation. He tried briefly and found that Teleportation was indeed unusable—this made him panic.

The old man spoke, "Villain! Don't play tricks here! Dare to come out and face me in a duel?"

Gulanxiu remained silent. He hadn't expected such good luck! This old man had actually barged into a suppression-type palace on his own. Naturally, Gulanxiu wouldn't be polite—he'd just shut the door and beat the dog!

Receiving no reply, the old man instantly moved to the edge of this space. Divine power surged from his body, and his aura immediately intensified a thousandfold.

At the same time, the old man produced a long blade in his hand. A blood-red blade aura shot into the sky, illuminating the entire space.

The old man roared, "Blood River Slash!" The blade aura that filled the entire space instantly condensed, like a bloody river, and struck fiercely at the edge of the space.

"Boom!" An explosion resounded throughout the space. The bloody river shattered like an egg striking a rock, scattering into pieces. The old man felt a slight disappointment—his strongest slash couldn't even break the defense of this space. It seemed he wouldn't be getting out anytime soon!

But he wasn't too worried yet. In his view, since the owner of the green lotus had every advantage and still didn't dare come out to face him, his strength must be inferior. That meant he wouldn't be in any danger for a while. He might as well cultivate here. For an Immortal, cultivation was the same anywhere. If he happened to break through, he might even be able to shatter the space's defenses.

Gulanxiu sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, watching the old man inside and nodding to himself. Indeed, anyone who could become an Immortal in the harsh environment of Bloodfall Continent was no ordinary person!

They might have less potential due to being born in a secret realm, and without powerful inheritances, they might be weaker than outside Immortals at the same level.

But growing up in such a harsh environment had forged an excellent mindset. When he realized the situation was hopeless, he decisively gave up, and even in these circumstances, he could still settle down to cultivate—truly impressive.

And that slash just now was indeed powerful. Gulanxiu, sitting on the lotus platform, could feel a slight tremor. Though it was far from breaking the lotus platform, being able to shake a palace-type Heavy Treasure was already remarkable attack power.

From this, Gulanxiu confirmed that the lotus platform was most likely still just a palace-type Heavy Treasure. In his view, if it were a Supreme Treasure, it would be impossible for an Immortal to shake it at all.