Palace-type Treasure

After studying himself, Gulanxiu began examining the Green Lotus.

At that moment, the Green Lotus felt like part of Gulanxiu's own body. With just a thought, he could understand all of its abilities.

Once it bloomed, the Green Lotus was equivalent to a palace-type treasure. It could fly and suppress its targets, and the Lotus Platform inside it contained an enormous space. Gulanxiu sensed that it was roughly a billion li in diameter.

The Green Lotus also had the ability to protect his soul, greatly weakening his opponents' Soul Attacks.

And Gulanxiu had a vague feeling that even if he died, he could be resurrected from within the Green Lotus.

By rights, the Green Lotus should now be at least a Heavy Treasure, and Gulanxiu's current cultivation should make it difficult for him to activate. Yet in fact, he could already control it and unleash its full power, without consuming any of his own Original Force. It only required energy such as World Crystals or Immortal Crystals.

What was more, Gulanxiu could now control the Green Lotus and have it absorb energy directly. Before, whether it was absorbing Bloodfall Crystals or Chaos True Spirits, they first had to merge with Gulanxiu's body, only to be snatched away by the Green Lotus afterward!

Now things were different. Gulanxiu could directly control the Green Lotus and have it absorb Bloodfall Crystals or other materials.

The Immortal Corpse Gulanxiu had picked up earlier became his test subject. With a thought, he watched as a green light enveloped the corpse, quickly digesting and absorbing it.

To Gulanxiu's surprise, the Green Lotus could even absorb Bloodfall Crystals. But upgrading it again would probably require an astronomical number. By his rough calculation, it might take ten billion Bloodfall Crystals. No matter what, Gulanxiu could never gather that many!

Gulanxiu took out some World Crystals and Divine Crystals and fed them to the Green Lotus. He found that it no longer absorbed World Crystals, but still accepted Divine Crystals without discrimination.

After examining the Green Lotus for a while, Gulanxiu turned his attention to the outside world. Although he had been asleep earlier, he had retained a sliver of awareness of his surroundings, so he knew he was currently inside an Immortal's Divine Kingdom.

Only now did he have time to look around the Treasure Vault where the Green Lotus had been placed.

Since he was inside an Immortal's Divine Kingdom, Gulanxiu didn't dare leave the Green Lotus. He could only use the Heavenly Eye that came with it to observe the outside world.

He saw a spacious hall, roughly three hundred meters high and about a thousand meters long and wide.

The Green Lotus sat right in the center of the palace, showing how much the Immortal valued it. Behind it stood a small mountain made of Bloodfall Crystals.

Outside, a single Bloodfall Crystal could make Domain Lords fight over it, yet here in the Divine Kingdom, they were piled into a small mountain. Gulanxiu gave them a quick count and estimated there were over a hundred million.

To the Green Lotus's left was a mountain of various crafting materials. The worst of them were suitable for forging weapons for Realm Lords, and quite a few were materials used by Immortals to forge weapons.

To the Green Lotus's right stood just one statue, a few dozen meters tall and shaped like a giant Lizard. Gulanxiu guessed it was a Golden Void Beast God Statue. He didn't know whether it was better than the small statue Luo Feng had obtained, but judging by where it had been placed, it was clearly a rare treasure.

Unfortunately, Gulanxiu's origin attribute was earth, and he had no beast-form clone, so it would be difficult for him to follow the Gold-Void Beast God Path.

"Hahaha! I've struck it rich! That Immortal thought he was being clever by putting me in his Treasure Vault. Now it's all mine!" Gulanxiu laughed as he controlled the Green Lotus to slowly rise into the air.

At the same time, an opening appeared at the bottom of the Green Lotus, forming a passage into the space inside the Lotus Platform. A suction force issued from the Green Lotus's base. The Beast God Statue, the mountain of Bloodfall Crystals, and all the materials spun as they were pulled into the space beneath the lotus.

Meanwhile, inside the Immortal Temple, the old man in the blood-red robe seemed to sense something. Two beams of light flashed from his eyes.

He immediately opened a Space Passage and entered his Divine Kingdom.

Seeing that the Green Lotus was about to sweep away the wealth he had accumulated over countless years, the old man shouted furiously, "You thief, how dare you!"

As he spoke, he darted inside through the opening at the Green Lotus's base before it had closed.

Gulanxiu was stunned by this move. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and shut the passage at once, trapping the old man in the center of the Lotus Platform.

The old man sensed that something was wrong. He was in a vast, empty space ten billion li across, with only himself and his treasures inside.

When the passage below closed, the old man couldn't sense the slightest spatial fluctuation. He tried briefly and discovered that he couldn't use Teleportation. Panic seized him.

"Wicked thief! Stop playing tricks and come out! Do you dare face me in a fight?"

Gulanxiu said nothing. He couldn't believe his luck! The old man had walked right into the suppressive palace himself, so naturally Gulanxiu wouldn't go easy on him. He would simply shut the door and beat the dog!

When the old man received no answer, he instantly reached the edge of the space. His divine power surged, and his aura grew a thousand times stronger.

At the same time, the old man drew a long saber. A crimson saber aura shot into the sky, lighting up the entire space.

The old man roared, "Blood River Slash!" The saber aura filling the space instantly gathered together, forming a blood-red river that slashed fiercely at the boundary.

BOOM! The explosion rang throughout the space. The blood-red river shattered like an egg smashing against a rock. The old man was a little disappointed. Even his strongest strike hadn't broken through the space's defenses. It seemed he wouldn't be getting out anytime soon!

But he wasn't too worried yet. In his view, the owner of the Green Lotus had every advantage and still didn't dare show himself. That meant his strength was surely inferior. So he wouldn't be in any danger for the time being. He might as well cultivate here. Immortals could cultivate anywhere, and perhaps if he broke through, he would be able to break the space's defenses.

Gulanxiu sat cross-legged on the Lotus Platform and watched the old man inside, nodding to himself. As expected, those who managed to become Immortals in a harsh place like the Bloodfall Continent were no ordinary people!

Perhaps they had less potential because they had been born in a Secret Realm, and without powerful inheritances, they were weaker than Immortals of the same level from the outside world.

But those who had grown up in such a harsh environment truly had remarkable resolve. When they realized there was nothing they could do, they gave up decisively. And to be able to settle down and cultivate in these circumstances was truly impressive.

That strike just now had been powerful, too. Gulanxiu could feel the Lotus Platform tremble slightly beneath him. It was still nowhere near enough to break it, but being able to shake a palace-type Heavy Treasure was already an extraordinary feat.

This also convinced Gulanxiu that the Lotus Platform was most likely still just a palace-type Heavy Treasure. In his view, a Supreme Treasure simply couldn't be shaken by an Immortal.