At last, Lu Chen entered the Ninth-Layer Immortal Lake. The moment he arrived, he sensed the boundless life divine essence contained in its spring water.
"A match for the Divine Spring in the Desolate Forbidden Zone!"
This was the goal of his journey: true divine spring water, found nowhere else outside the Eastern Wasteland's Seven Great Life Forbidden Zones.
The "Immortal Pool," tens of thousands of years old, was renowned throughout the Five Regions. Many Holy Land-level powers came here to seek its water, for it was the only divine spring accessible outside the Life Forbidden Zones.
Whether used to refine pills, drunk directly, or used to nurture spiritual plants and immortal roots, this spring water had extraordinary effects. It could even prolong life and heal injuries-a truly priceless treasure.
Hum!
Suddenly, after Lu Chen had taken only a few steps into the Ninth-Layer Immortal Lake, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd suspended above his head seemed to react to some stimulus. Rays of light streamed from it, and immortal might spread outward, as though it were about to awaken fully.
He too sensed a supreme aura. Even under the Immortal-Slaying Gourd's protection, his body felt as though it might burst apart, and every step became agonizingly difficult.
"The great emperor aura emanating from the Queen Mother of the West's corpse!"
Lu Chen naturally understood whose might had forced the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to resist so fiercely.
The ninth-layer immortal pool was vast, spanning dozens of li, and all the water flowing within it was divine spring water.
Whoosh!
Lu Chen circulated the Solar True Scripture, golden divine flames blazing all over his body. With the Immortal-Slaying Gourd overhead, he retreated swiftly. Only when he had nearly reached the other end of the Immortal Pool did that supreme great emperor aura weaken enough to