Wield Heaven-and-Earth Power, Slay Demons and Monsters!

Chen Qiu glanced around in confusion before finally fixing his gaze on the scarlet stone pillar. It felt absurd. Before transmigrating, he had read cultivation novels too, and he knew that one of their central themes was opportunity.

That was perfectly normal.

But at the very least, the opportunities in those cultivation novels followed some basic logic, didn't they?

For instance, finding a dust-covered ancient divine artifact at a roadside stall, or falling off a cliff and discovering the secret realm and wealth left behind by a deceased expert at the bottom. At the very least, one should have to go through some twists, setbacks, and hardships before encountering an opportunity, right?

Yet in this world he had transmigrated into, so-called opportunities simply burst out of the ground?

Whoever happened to be nearby was the fated one?

That was a little too childish.

He tossed those messy thoughts out of his mind. Perhaps true fortuitous opportunities were supposed to be like this—suddenly emerging from underground, with whoever got there first claiming them.

Everything on this scarlet stone pillar was good stuff at a discount. Buy whatever he wanted; he definitely would not lose out.

After placing the corresponding Spirit Stones atop the translucent membranes covering the "Spirit Beast Ring" and the "Mid-Grade Foundation Establishment Spirit-Absorbing Talisman," the Spirit Stones quickly melted into the membranes and vanished. The membranes above those two items disappeared as well, allowing them to be freely removed.

"Young Master Chen, the first two slots contain things that talisman masters and artifact refiners can make. But the Heavenly Treasure Vault contains many treasures that can only be produced in Heavenly Dao Secret Realms."

"And the item in the third slot is precisely—"

Before Scholar could finish speaking, a voice drifted eerily into everyone's ears. "The item in the third slot is the 'Enlightenment Stone.' With this treasure, any spell below Foundation Establishment Realm supreme grade can be comprehended to the Great Perfection realm in an instant."

"It would not be an exaggeration to call it the strongest treasure of the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"For an ordinary person to cultivate a Foundation Establishment Realm spell to the Great Perfection realm, even with daily bitter cultivation, would take at least a year. Yet with an Enlightenment Stone, it only takes an instant to reach perfection."

"It is extraordinarily valuable."

Fat Dragon and the others' expressions immediately changed. Following the direction of the voice, they saw a middle-aged man in a red robe, long hair flowing behind him, one hand clasped behind his back. Standing atop a scarlet longsword, he shot toward them.

The man had not arrived, but his voice had.

By the time his words ended, the middle-aged man was already only several zhang away, hovering diagonally above them.

"Heavenly Treasure Vault—those with fate shall come."

Greed and excitement flickered in the man's eyes as he looked down at Chen Qiu and the others. The corners of his mouth curled upward. "Looks like I have more fate with it than you do. Since you are all Foundation Establishment cultivators, why not come be banner souls in my Myriad Souls Banner?"

"That would make it a double celebration!"

"Today truly is a fine day. That old fortune-teller at Heaven-Question Market was frighteningly accurate!"

"This man is a demonic cultivator. His cultivation is at least at the Seventh Level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and one look tells you he is vicious and ruthless."

Scholar lowered his voice, his expression somewhat grim. His right hand slipped behind his back as though casually, preparing to find an opportunity to control his flying sword and flee with Chen Qiu and the others. They definitely could not defeat someone of this cultivation.

He had the highest cultivation among them, but the poison of palpitations still plagued him, leaving him without any combat power. Their strongest fighter was Young Master Chen, whose cultivation was merely at the First Level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. He definitely could not win.

There was only one path: flee.

Fortunately, if he wanted to run, a Seventh Level Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator could not keep him.

"Hehehe, you really do have a sharp eye for people~"

"A demonic cultivator?"

Chen Qiu glanced at the still-sealed treasures on the scarlet stone pillar, then reached out and pressed down Scholar's right hand as he prepared to draw his sword and flee. "Are demonic cultivators very strong?"

"Very strong. Peerless Among Equals!"

"Can they fight above their realm?"

"Basically every demonic cultivator can. Demonic cultivators do not seek immortality. They only seek to hack to death all those cultivators seeking immortality before they themselves die!"

"Can someone at Foundation Establishment Peak fight above their realm against a Golden Core Realm cultivator?"

".That is definitely impossible."

"Mm."

Chen Qiu gave a slight nod. He had no intention of fleeing. He rather liked the treasures here. Compared to leaving, detonating a trait was more cost-effective. He did not hesitate any longer and immediately struck first.

White Trait "Flawless Body," self-destruct!

The next instant—

Chen Qiu suddenly felt the Dao Foundation above his dantian begin spinning at high speed. Then the sky over the entire wilderness abruptly darkened, and the spiritual energy in the surrounding air began to surge wildly. When he sensed it with his divine consciousness, he could even see a colossal tornado formed from boundless spiritual energy gathering above his head!

Immediately after, he sensed the white lettering of the trait "Flawless Body" engraved upon his Dao Foundation gradually peeling away. It traveled along his meridians into his hands, and he felt an incomparably violent aura of power within them.

He merely pushed both hands forward instinctively.

Then—

Boom!

A bolt of lightning as thick as a zhang, like a soaring dragon, suddenly surged out from the dark clouds overhead. Carrying the might of the heavens, it crashed straight down from the clouds toward the ground, arriving above the head of that Foundation Establishment Peak demonic cultivator flying through the air on his sword in the blink of an eye!

There was not even time for a scream.

After the lightning passed, the dark clouds vanished in an instant.

The demonic cultivator who had been shouting moments ago could no longer be seen. On the ground, there was only a magic treasure, charred black all over and completely stripped of its spirituality, along with two shattered storage rings. Since the storage rings had broken, the items inside had naturally scattered into another dimension.

Chen Qiu thoughtfully lowered his gaze to his right hand. He had originally been curious about what kind of full-power strike it meant when self-destructing a trait unleashed an attack that crossed a major realm.

Now he understood.

"Traits" were more like the laws of this world given tangible form. Even a White Trait contained formidable law power, and the energy unleashed in an instant when that law power self-destructed was enough to briefly elevate him into the next major realm. Then, one of the spells he had cultivated would be randomly selected from his Dao Foundation and temporarily raised to the Great Perfection realm.

That was a full-power strike of the Golden Core Realm.

That lightning bolt just now, which could be clearly seen from dozens of li away as it stretched across heaven and earth, was the power unleashed when a First Level Golden Core Realm cultivator used the Great Perfection realm Lightning-Channeling Art at full strength.

This... was a Dharma cultivator!

Wield Heaven-and-Earth Power, slay demons and monsters!

After this test, he became even more certain of the path he would walk in the future.

"Brother Qiu... th-this..."

Fat Dragon pointed blankly at the black flying sword that had fallen to the ground nearby, stammering at a loss. Just moments ago, he had been clutching Scholar's sleeve tightly, ready to flee at any time so he would not be left behind. How had Brother Qiu suddenly killed him in an instant?

Wasn't that a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator? Brother Qiu had still been a mortal a few days ago, yet after only a few days, he could instantly kill a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator?

They were both transmigrators. Honestly, Brother Qiu, didn't you get an extra cheat?

"..."

Even Scholar's mouth twitched slightly. He now believed even more firmly that Young Master Chen was the young master of some Hidden Family beyond the Great Xia Kingdom. Fat Dragon might not have been able to sense the might of that attack just now, but he could perceive it clearly.

That was genuine Golden Core might!