"My heavens, so many ferocious beasts!"
As Shi Xiu and Shi Hao made their way along the little path,
a chaotic battle had already erupted over there.
On the ground, the ferocious beasts led by Zhu Yan were locked in an endless struggle.
Apart from a Qiongqi, almost none could match him.
The sky, meanwhile, was the battlefield of the Vermilion Bird and the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow.
Those two hurled insults as they fought.
"Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, you traitor to your master and ancestors! You didn't even spare your own master!"
The speaker was the Vermilion Bird.
This divine beast seemed to know many secrets hidden from the world.
The most outrageous among them was the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's betrayal of his own master.
Yet the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow made no attempt to hide it.
"Heh, I've swallowed countless creatures in this Great Wilderness, but I've never tasted a Vermilion Bird!"
What an arrogant savage bird!
But that little brat Shi Hao, who knew neither the height of heaven nor the depth of the earth, began spinning a wishful scheme.
"Fight harder! Nicely done! Better yet, all of you beat each other half to death so we brothers can roast you!"
This little brat certainly dared to dream.
Still, after eating these ferocious beasts, the two brothers might well be able to open three grotto-heavens outright.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully participating in the struggle for the Mountain Treasure. The system has unlocked your third check-in.]
What was going on?
Shi Xiu had only come to watch the excitement.
At most, he wanted to see the very pinnacle of combat power in the Great Wilderness.
Yet he had triggered another check-in.
Could this system only activate when he faced momentous events in this world?
Since he had only just started using it,
he and the system had yet to settle into a rhythm.
Shi Xiu still had not figured out the conditions for checking in.
But judging by the previous two check-ins,
the reward from this third one certainly would not be bad!
"Check in. What do I get this time?"
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability. This is also the second treasure within the Mountain Treasure.]
What was going on?
According to this system's rules,
the previous check-in had already given Shi Xiu the Grass Character Sword Art.
The copy originally contained within the Mountain Treasure had automatically vanished.
And now, he had obtained the second treasure within the Mountain Treasure through another check-in.
Did that mean all those ferocious beasts and great cultivation clans in this chaotic battle were fighting over an empty shell?
The Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability, as its name suggested,
allowed him to unleash six precious techniques simultaneously.
Their effects could also stack.
It was somewhat like the Buddha's Fury Lotus in Battle Through the Heavens.
He simply had not expected that the things these ferocious beasts and experts were fighting tooth and nail over
would all end up in Shi Xiu's hands.
This seemed a little too...
Perhaps because all its treasures were gone,
the Mountain Treasure, now an empty shell, suddenly shed every restraint.
A golden light flashed.
A strange ball of energy floated out of a cave.
And at the sight of this,
the ferocious beasts, savage birds, and experts from the great clans before them
all went red-eyed!
They shouted all sorts of battle cries.
Dazzling magical treasures and magnificent ultimate attacks appeared one after another.
It felt like a grand nighttime fireworks show at Disney.
The display left their eyes swimming!
"Roar!"
As the battle ahead grew increasingly fierce,
many beast kings rarely seen in ordinary times appeared as well.
Among them was an enormous Suanni who could actually fight the Qiongqi to a standstill.
Stone Village's hunting captain had once mentioned this beast.
He was said to be an overlord of his own territory.
Now, he was in his prime.
The bloodline of an ancient divine beast flowed within him.
If someone could obtain his precious bone, they could learn the Suanni Precious Technique.
That was unquestionably a first-rate cultivation art.
It was a technique fit only for a supreme being.
Originally, this beast should not have appeared here.
But precisely because the Mountain Treasure had emerged ahead of time, so many unexpected changes had occurred!
Yet amid this chaos,
Shi Xiu noticed something different.
Several powerful female cultivators did not seem to have come to seize the treasure.
Instead, they appeared to be searching for something.
One example was a woman riding a gigantic purple mystic bird.
She was the War Goddess from the Deer-Chasing Academy.
Even the Vermilion Bird and the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow temporarily stopped fighting when they saw that mystic bird.
Once she had gone farther away, those two started fighting again.
There was also Fairy Yuechan from the Upper Realm's Heaven Mending Sect.
She was a holy maiden whom everyone adored like stars surrounding the moon.
Why had she come to this remote backwater?
She, too, seemed to be searching for something.
Yet this holy maiden did not spare the Mountain Treasure a glance.
Instead, the sight of the War Goddess ahead
made her brow furrow slightly.
"Why is she here too?"
She directed the question at an old woman behind her.
Fairy Yuechan's face was cold as ice.
The War Goddess, however, turned back with an easy smile.
"Why, isn't this little sister Yue Chan from the Heaven Mending Sect?"
"Greetings, War Goddess!"
"Heh, what War Goddess? I've come to this Great Wilderness to find my Dao companion!"
Unlike the Heaven Mending Sect's coy evasiveness,
the War Goddess openly admitted
why she had come to this wild land.
Sure enough, just as expected,
this woman had also come looking for the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body!
The news really had leaked!
And while these two fairies faced off,
elsewhere, a blazing carriage seemed to appear in the sky.
It bore the emblem of the Fire Kingdom.
That was the carriage of Huo Ling'er, the Fire Kingdom Princess.
Clearly, this princess had not come to seize the treasure either!
She probably shared the two fairies' objective!
Yet as for this newly arrived rival,
neither fairy so much as glanced at her.
In their eyes, the Fire Kingdom belonged to nothing more than the Lower Realm.
Whether it could survive the Desolate Region's great calamity remained unknown.
What qualified her to compete with them?
Of course, the Fire Kingdom Princess was not the only beautiful young woman in the Lower Realm.
After receiving news that the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body had appeared in the world,
almost every great clan had sprung into action.
There were even rumors that the Immortal Mountain had made a move.
"The Rain Clan!"
Just as Shi Xiu was considering whether to step out and greet them,
Shi Hao beside him suddenly changed completely.
The boy's drooling expression transformed in an instant.
His teeth ground audibly, and his fists clenched tight.
He looked as though he could not wait to charge out and fight one of the forces across from them to the death.
Those were members of the Rain Clan.
They were also the culprits who had stolen Shi Hao's Supreme Bone and caused him to lose contact with his parents.
Young as this boy was,
he had an excellent memory-and he held grudges!
Before Shi Xiu could react,
Shi Hao shot out like a little lion gone mad!
He seemed to be charging straight at that group from the Rain Clan.
And they seemed to spot Shi Hao immediately as well.
They moved in and surrounded him at once!
"So it's you, brat. We thought you were already dead!"
The speaker was a woman who looked poised and gracious.
Her words, however, were utterly overbearing.
Ah, this troublemaking brat!
Shi Xiu shook his head and could only charge out after him.
He could hardly stand by and watch this little brat get beaten to death!
Although the boy was already approaching the great perfection of the blood moving realm,
those members of the Rain Clan were clearly stronger!
Though he did not particularly want to show his face,
Shi Xiu was still quite confident in his current strength.
Since they were Shi Hao's enemies, he naturally could not hang back as his older brother!
But when Shi Xiu leaped out,
Fairy Yuechan in midair turned a thoughtful gaze in his direction.
The eyes of the War Goddess beside her lit up as well.
She quickly took out a jade pendant and held it toward Shi Xiu.
As though she wanted to confirm something...
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