Within Zixiao Palace, an enormous jet-black staff hovered in midair, radiating oppressively heavy might.
Across its surface, densely packed, profound runes flowed slowly like living creatures. Every flicker made the void tremble and the Heavenly Dao Laws wail.
A chaos spirit treasure.
Those words exploded like thunder from the nine heavens in the depths of Zhunti's Primordial Spirit, shaking his Dao Heart until he could barely contain himself.
He had cultivated for countless epochs. As a Sage, he believed he had weathered every storm and heard of every rare and wondrous treasure.
But what was a chaos spirit treasure?
It was an existence surpassing even a supreme innate spiritual treasure, an unparalleled treasure nurtured before heaven and earth had opened, before Chaos had divided.
Moreover, this enormous black staff had been the Chaos Ape's companion treasure.
The Chaos Ape was the War Demon God, ranked among the foremost of the Three Thousand Great Dao Demon Gods, renowned for ruthless decisiveness and battle prowess that towered to the heavens.
How could such a being's companion treasure be ordinary?
Zhunti's breathing quickened. His solemn, dignified face now brimmed with irrepressible ecstasy.
Only moments ago, he had been seething with frustration over the theft of the Sea-Calming Divine Iron and fretting over the gap in Sun Wukong's destined opportunities.
Yet in the blink of an eye, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had bestowed this chaos spirit treasure.
What did the Sea-Calming Divine Iron amount to? A Houtian Merit Spiritual Treasure, nothing more. Giving it to Sun Wukong as a weapon was merely picking a general from a crowd of dwarfs.
But the enormous black staff before him was different.
This was a chaos spirit treasure, the companion treasure of a Great Dao Demon God, an unparalleled treasure that could make Sages green with envy and