Parting from the mortal world, return date unknown

Seeing that they had gathered four gourds, Chen Nianzhi said, "There are already four treasure gourds here: purple, green, blue, and yellow."

"If we include Fellow Daoist Lihuo's Li Fire Treasure Gourd, we already possess five of the Seven-Treasure Gourds."

Ji Daoyan nodded, stroking his long beard with a smile. "The Golden Gourd is at Western Extreme Silent Spirit Temple, where the Demon-Subduing Divine Monk refined it into a Pure Yang Buddhist treasure."

"By that count, only the Orange Gourd has yet to appear in the world."

"It seems that to break the Near-Immortal Grand Formation, we must find the final treasure gourd as soon as possible."

Chen Nianzhi nodded, then said, "Brother Daoist Lihuo's body was destroyed. He will need four hundred years to recover."

"During this time, I hope everyone will keep a close watch for traces of the Orange Gourd."

"We will naturally keep this matter in mind."

Everyone nodded. The Seven-Treasure Gourds were one of humanity's safeguards against the Outer Realm Demon Gods.

If they could truly gather all Seven-Treasure Gourds, only then might they have a chance to utterly defeat the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and completely thwart this full-scale invasion by the Outer Realm Demon Gods.

Thinking of this, Dao Lord Hao Yuan said, "These Seven-Treasure Gourds are treasures born in response to the tribulation. Those of us who have obtained them may also be people chosen to answer the tribulation."

"Rest assured, everyone. Now that the vast catastrophe is approaching, the seventh treasure is bound to emerge."

The crowd felt their hearts settle at his words. The Seven-Treasure Gourds were miraculous treasures of heaven and earth. Perhaps the Half-Immortal ancestors had refrained from fighting over them because they understood that these were objects meant to answer the tribulation.

Now that matters had reached