As the elder spoke at length, Chen Nianzhi gradually came to understand the identities of the two men.
The middle-aged man before him bore the title Heavenly Halberd Demon-Slaying Divine Lord and was a mighty Divine Lord from the Primordial Immortal Domain.
The elder, meanwhile, was known as Elder Canglan. He was a mighty Heavenly Immortal from the Central Immortal Domain and the former Palace Lord of the Western Abyss Celestial Palace.
Elder Canglan had governed the Western Abyss Celestial Palace for over ten million years. Now, he was being transferred back to serve in the Immortal Court of the Primordial Immortal Domain, and Heavenly Halberd Demon-Slaying Divine Lord was the one coming to take his place.
Once he understood their identities, Heavenly Halberd Demon-Slaying Divine Lord spoke. "I came aboard the World-Crossing Ancient Ship, but in the chaos, I unexpectedly encountered an attack from a Chaos Ancient Beast."
"Although I drove it back, the World-Crossing Ancient Ship was severely damaged as well."
At this point, Elder Canglan smiled and said, "Now that the World-Crossing Ancient Ship has suffered such severe damage, it must be repaired before it can cross the chaos and return."
"That is why we invited artifact refiners like yourselves to assist this old man in repairing that ninth-tier World-Crossing Ancient Ship."
"A ninth-tier World-Crossing Ancient Ship."
Chen Nianzhi's heart jolted violently at those words.
A ninth-tier immortal treasure was a supreme treasure of the Heavenly Immortal level. Even mighty Heavenly Immortals usually possessed only one or two of them.
Yet the value of a ninth-tier World-Crossing Ancient Ship was likely greater than that of dozens of ninth-tier immortal treasures combined.
To forge such a precious World-Crossing Ancient Ship would consume at least millions of immortal treasures. Even emptying out an immortal sect's entire blessed cave might