Xuan Cheng's voice was level, yet it stirred waves in Chu Mo's heart.
"Since you have received a Heavenly Register and built a Dao Mansion, you should know that the trial of 'treasure assimilation' concerns the very foundation of your Dao Path. It is the key to turning the incorporeal into the tangible."
Xuan Cheng's gaze settled on Chu Mo. "Ordinary treasures are beneath the notice of those pursuing a superior path. Those that accord with one's own Dao Path are rarer still—encountered by fortune, not found by seeking."
"According to the society's investigations, deep within the Demon Grotto in the Profound Sun Realm, there is an object called the [Baleful Yin Treasure Jade].
"This treasure was born from the convergence of ten thousand years of yin baleful energy from the earth veins and Netherworld Energy. Rather than being destroyed by successive calamities, it gathered their essence. Its nature is supremely yin and supremely pure."
Having seen Chu Mo's performance in the Illusory Void Grotto-Heaven, he had guessed the young man's Dao Path. Certain that this object was an excellent match for it, he knew Chu Mo would be tempted.
Sure enough, Chu Mo's eyes immediately lit up at those words. The Netherworld-Passing Register followed the path of commanding the netherworld and ruling over myriad souls.
"However," Xuan Cheng said, changing tack, "this treasure already has an owner. Countless demons inhabit the Demon Grotto, and the one in possession of this Precious Jade is an Upper Baleful Tier demon king who calls himself the [Golden-Eyed Mountain Lord]."
Foundation establishment late stage! Chu Mo's gaze flickered.
The demons of the Profound Sun Realm were extraordinarily difficult to kill. On top of that, this so-called Golden-Eyed Mountain Lord not only had a higher cultivation level but also held the advantage of terrain.