The Gains

After the azure-gold sword light dissipated, the wasteland returned to silence.

Chen Lingxi stood in the Void, his robes fluttering in the wind.

He gazed at the spot where Lord Xiuyun had just stood, where only a few wisps of sword energy remained, slowly dissipating in the wind.

"No wonder the Heavenly-Law Edict is so difficult to cultivate; its power is indeed extraordinary."

Chen Lingxi coughed a few times, feeling a dull ache in many parts of his body, and his Dao Origin in his Dao Platform was almost exhausted.

Undoubtedly, Chen Lingxi was bursting with a sense of accomplishment at this moment.

"I, at the Dao Foundation Early Stage, have surpassed those at the Dao Foundation Middle Stage; I have every reason to be proud."

Although Chen Lingxi cultivated two Divine Ability, his second Profound Root had not taken root in the Dao Platform. Compared with a true Dao Foundation Middle Stage cultivator, the difference in Dao Origin was enormous and almost impossible to overcome.

Yet he still killed Lord Xiuyun.

"In that battle just now, Non-Self hadn't mastered the Heavenly-Law Edict, I would have had no chance of defeating Lord Xiuyun."

Lord Xiuyun's two great Divine Ability, one Sea Within Qi and the other Heaven-Illuminating, complement each other, and with the support of three fourth-grade Spirit Artifact, he is well-rounded in both offense and defense, and can advance and retreat with a clear strategy.

If he hadn't used the Heavenly-Law Edict to completely block out the light of heaven, rendering her Heaven-Illuminating Divine Ability useless, he would never have been able to break through the blockade of the Great Divine Ability of the Sea Within Qi.

Thinking of this, Chen Lingxi slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Clouds rose beneath his feet, carrying him slowly down to the desolate plain.

Lord Xiuyun's body had already vanished into nothingness under that sword strike.

However, her Spirit Artifact and the Hongdong Bag did not disappear with her demise.

Chen Lingxi used the Qi Observation Technique to scan the desolate area and soon found a grayish-blue Hongdong Bag behind a rock, along with several lost Spirit Artifact.

Lord Xiuyun a Dao Foundation Middle Stage cultivator from the Sandalwood-Cloud Peak lineage, so the items he possessed were naturally extraordinary.

First, there are three fourth-grade Spirit Artifact.

Firstly, there is the Void-Stirring Sash.

This silk ribbon is gray in color and only about ten feet long. When unfolded, it is as soft as smoke and can stir up the Void within a radius of several tens of feet.

Any spells, Divine Ability, or sword light that enters this brocade will deviate from their original trajectory and lose some of their Killing Power.

Secondly, there was the Essence-Repelling Great Banner.

The plain white Great Banner was engraved with intricate patterns in silver thread. Once unfurled, an overwhelming repulsive force spread outwards from the banner in all directions, repelling all of an opponent's spells, Law Treasure, and even their physical form.

And then there's that Flowing-Light Shuttle.

That azure shuttle was only about three inches long, yet its speed in a single strike was unbelievably fast. Once activated with Dao Origin, it moved like a fleeting moment, so fast that no one could dodge it.

"If these three Spirit Artifact can be used in conjunction with the Heavenly-Law Edict and Thunder-Prison Heaven, my combat power will surely reach a new level."

Chen Lingxi took out the three Spirit Artifact one by one, carefully examined them with her Divine Sense, and confirmed that there was no Dao Origin imprint left by Lord Xiuyun on them before putting them into her Chaos Bag.

Besides these three fourth-grade Spirit Artifact, Chen Lingxi also found an extremely special item in the Hongdong Bag.

"Is this a Cauldron Artifact Fragment?"

Chen Lingxi an eyebrow, staring at the object in her hand.

A familiar, ancient aura slowly emanated from the fragment.

He slowly poured Dao Origin into it, and in an instant, a very faint phantom image rose above it.

The phantom was like a bull and a tiger, with a bull's body, a tiger's head, and a single hook-like horn that protruded high from the center of its forehead and landed precisely on its back.

And in the center of the bull's forehead grew a third eye.

The third eye was tightly closed, its eyelids as deep as a pool, covered with extremely intricate patterns that intertwined and connected with each other, like an ancient talisman branded on the forehead of some High Antiquity powerful being.

Chen Lingxi focused intently on the examination.

At that moment, he felt that on the Cauldron Artifact Fragment, there was an extremely subtle yet clear gaze slowly descending upon him from the third eye on the center of his forehead.

The gaze fell upon him, taking in everything about his actions, his aura, and his every trace.

With a thought, Chen Lingxi another wisp of Dao Origin flowing from the Dao Platform and slowly pouring into the fragment.

The instant Dao Origin entered the fragment, the third eye on the Cauldron Artifact Fragment suddenly opened a crack.

A series of profound and mysterious messages entered his mind.

Chen Lingxi slowly narrowed her eyes.

"I see."

He had already understood the ingenious use of this fragment of the Cauldron Artifact Fragment.

"[Eye-Origin Beast Pupil]... It was this Cauldron Artifact Fragment that Lord Xiuyun used to track my movements and learn that I had come here."

Chen Lingxi lowered her eyes, using that Dao Origin to carefully sense the ancient aura of the fragment.

Although the aura had not completely dissipated, it was already extremely faint.

He roughly estimated that this fragment of the Eye-Origin Beast Pupil Cauldron Artifact Fragment could be used at most once more.

"Once is enough."

He silently recited it in his heart.

Although it can only be used a limited number of times, its advantage lies in its precision.

Thinking of this, Chen Lingxi put the fragment of the Eye-Origin Beast Pupil Cauldron Artifact Fragment into his pocket, and then continued to examine the remaining items in the Hongdong Bag.

The bag also contained several bottles of elixirs, several scrolls of spiritual materials, and several talismans, all of which were not ordinary items.

Chen Lingxi carefully collected all of these items and put them into the Hongdong Bag.

But when he scanned the deepest part of the bag with his Divine Sense, he was suddenly slightly taken aback.

There was a piece of animal bone deep inside the bag.

The animal bone was about half a foot long, pale white in color, and covered with inexplicable patterns.

The patterns were irregular, as if they had been naturally formed on that piece of animal bone, not carved by human hands.

Chen Lingxi took out the piece of animal bone and examined it carefully.

There was not a trace of spiritual light or any vital energy on that bone.

It doesn't seem to have any special features.

But when Chen Lingxi slowly poured a wisp of his Dao Origin into that piece of beast bone...

Right now!

Inside Chen Lingxi's Hongdong Bag, a mysterious magical Spirit Artifact, the [Tide-Calling Horn], suddenly trembled slightly!

The Tide-Calling Horn was a spiritual artifact he found years ago in the Immortal Pivot of the Unfinished Cave, after he had thoroughly explored the Unfinished Cave.

The Abyssal Heaven Spirit Sword, the Void-Return Sword Tower, the Spirit-Calming Shuttle, and the Profound-Binding Edict were all obtained from that event.

Besides these, there are also the [Plain-Moon Treasure Pearl], the [Cold Jade Jue], the [Returning-Light Shield], the [Profound-Wind Tortoise Spirit Pendant], the [Separation-Flame Furnace], the extremely damaged ancient sword [Frost Remnant], and an [Ancient Pill] sealed within a crystal.

Chen Lingxi still doesn't know the grade or function of these Spirit Artifact and treasures.

One of them is the Tide-Calling Horn.

It is only about a foot long, and its whole body is pale white with flowing patterns on it.

Since he stepped into the Great Xuanzhuo Realm, the Tide-Calling Horn, along with other treasures, had always lay quietly deep within his Chaos Bag, without any unusual activity.

At that moment, the Tide-Calling Horn rang out from the Hongdong Bag, as if responding to the call of the beast bone before them.

Chen Lingxi took the Tide-Calling Horn out of the bag and placed it in his palm along with the beast bone.

As soon as the two spiritual objects approached each other, the natural patterns on their surfaces began to subtly resonate with each other.

"That's interesting; these two things seem to be echoing each other."

Chen Lingxi carefully examined the area using the method of Qi Observation, and found that between the two pale white lines, a faint connecting line was being drawn from the Void.

Above that line, a stream of energy was slowly flowing, as if two spirit beasts that had once shared the same origin in ancient times were now meeting again and whispering to each other in the Void.

Chen Lingxi raised an eyebrow slightly.

He tried to use Dao Origin as a guide to slowly bring the beast bone closer to the Tide-Calling Horn.

But just as the two magical objects were about to merge...

The line that had been drawn from the Void suddenly trembled slightly, transformed into countless points of light, and then dissipated.

The beast bones and the Tide-Calling Horn remained quietly suspended in his palm, but he could no longer get any closer.

Chen Lingxi tried to activate it several times with Dao Origin, but the result was always the same.

"It seems like something is still missing?"

He silently contemplated, guessing that the beast bones and the Tide-Calling Horn must have originated from the same source.

However, unifying them is probably not that simple.

"Keep it for now."

He carefully put the animal bone into his bag, and also put away the Tide-Calling Horn.

The spoils have been inventoried.

Chen Lingxi put away the Hongdong Bag and slowly stood up.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave; instead, he looked towards the solitary mountain where Mars hung high in the sky!

During his fight with Lord Xiuyun, he used the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform and the Dragon-Stripping Transformation True Qi True Technique with all his might from beginning to end.

That's why, during the battle, Chen Lingxi suddenly sensed something...

Within the Yinghuo Lone Mountain, a deeply hidden and extremely mysterious energy was slowly flowing.

Chen Lingxi was surprised and looked at the lonely mountain.

Lonely Mountain resembles a dark red iron pillar, piercing straight into the sky.

Above the mountain peak, the waning stars of Mars still hung high, casting an aura of malevolence!

Chen Lingxi thought for a moment, then once again activated the Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula.

"The true technique I cultivate is the technique of stripping away the essence of heaven and earth, and seizing the opportunity of creation."

But for so long, I have never encountered a treasure that can nurture my true essence, except today, which seems different.

As Chen Lingxi pondered this, he used the True Technique as a guide, circulating his Dao Origin throughout his body to perceive all the wandering spiritual energy in the world, and then capturing the location of that wisp of mysterious energy.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths!

Chen Lingxi suddenly opened his eyes, and clouds rose beneath his feet, carrying him slowly towards that place.

Midway up Gushan Mountain!

A very narrow crevice is hidden among the rugged, dark red rock walls.

Beyond the crack in the rock, there was still a layer of ferocious aura. If an ordinary person were to walk to this place, they would only regard it as an ordinary crevice in the mountain and would not have any doubts.

Chen Lingxi carefully sensed the source of the energy using the Dragon-Stripping True Technique, and clearly perceived a mysterious energy from the crevice in the rock!

"Right here."

Chen Lingxi, and she stepped into the crevice in the rock.

Within the cracks of the rocks lies a world unto itself.

It was a small cave, only about ten feet in diameter, with dark red rocks on all four sides.

Deep within the cave, silvery light flowed from the rock's hollows, like miniature moonlight quietly breathing from those hollows.

Chen Lingxi slowly approached and looked down.

Only then did he realize where the silvery-white light came from.

It was a silver thread! About three inches long, entirely silver-white, with a shimmering glow on it, just like an ordinary silkworm thread, yet it exuded an ancient and pure aura.

"This is the aura that the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform sensed."

Chen Lingxi was pleasantly surprised. He used strands of Dao Origin to grasp the silver threads and Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula!

As the true technique was activated, the Thunder-Prison Profound Root and Heavenly Law Profound Root on the Dao Platform trembled, drawing the silver thread into the Dao Platform!

Privacy is being violated by his Dao Platform!

Like a grain of fine sand, it hangs silently in the Void of the Dao Platform, neither dissipating nor moving, nor being refined in the slightest.

Chen Lingxi activated the Dragon-Stripping True Technique several times, but all to no avail.

That's strange.

Chen Lingxi to himself, and then tried to refine it directly with Dao Origin.

But the silver thread remained motionless.

It neither rejects nor accepts his Dao Origin Dao Origin.

Like a star suspended in the Void, it guards its own ancient and pure energy, refusing to associate with others.

Chen Lingxi several times, but shook her head helplessly.

"Cannot be refined."

"Perhaps my mastery of the Dragon Transformation True Qi Technique is still insufficient."

"Very well, now that this silver thread treasure is in my Dao Platform, I'll study it slowly."

Chen Lingxi stopped hesitating and rose into the air.

"The journey home."

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Inside a secluded cave abode halfway up a mountain in Sword-Illuminating Mystic Peak, Qi Chuan sat cross-legged.

A bamboo Cauldron Vessel, the "Anger-Devouring Bamboo Molt," hung in front of him.

The bamboo stalks were as dark as water, and an ancient aura emanated from them.

At that moment, the three golden names [Primordial Spirit Bearer] on that bamboo slip suddenly shone brightly.

Golden light suddenly surged from the depths of the bamboo, then spread out from both sides of the bamboo like a tide, illuminating the entire cave abode with golden light.

Within that golden light, countless intricate Mystery Mechanism flowed and intertwined, like an invisible river sealed deep within a bamboo strip, now surging forth.

Qi Chuan opened his eyes and gazed at the golden light.

"Finally!"

He muttered to himself, a hint of a long-suppressed, almost satisfied smile creeping into his voice.

"This junior uncle finally lost his temper."

That piece of bamboo contained a wisp of anger.

"It seems that Lord Xiuyun has already made his move. Soon, Junior Uncle will die in shock and anger at Lord Xiuyun's hands."

Qi Chuan flicked his sleeve and raised his hand, gathering the golden light into his palm.

Golden light enters the palm!

There's something mysterious about it!

The smile on Qi Chuan's face became even clearer.

"This Mystery Mechanism is even more extraordinary than I imagined."

"This junior uncle, Primordial Spirit Bearer, truly possesses an incredibly mysterious background, capable of bringing me such fortuitous opportunity."

Qi Chuan was truly marveling at the other subsequent Cauldron Artifact Fortune.

But at that very moment...

Within that golden light, Primordial Spirit Bearer's name faded into darkness.

The golden light faded, and the bamboo strips returned to silence.

The cave abode once again fell into darkness.

Qi Chuan's expression froze.

He slowly lowered his head, gazing at the bamboo slip containing the ancient Cauldron Vessel in his palm.

That's it?

Qi Chuan muttered to himself, his tone still carrying a hint of disbelief.

That wisp of anger abruptly subsided, so thin and so fleeting.

Although the anger he gained from the bamboo strips was profound, it was far from enough to help him break through the bottleneck.

"Let's wait a little longer."

Qi Chuan sat in place, waiting for a long time.

But the Cauldron Vessel remained completely still!

"Could it be that Lord Xiuyun made a mistake? How could that be?"

Qi Chuan frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly felt somewhat agitated and snapped his fingers!

The churning sea of clouds outside the cave was shattered into pieces by Qi Chuan's chilling sword intent...