Chapter 1016 - 739: Gaining the Treasure

That day.

A scarlet blood light fell upon the Eastern King’s palace.

Green ghost fires flickered within the blood light, countless pale skeletal shadows roared, ultimately forming a yellow-robed figure in the void above the great hall.

"My disciple, come see me quickly."

Below the steps, the Eastern King suppressed his aura, bowed his head respectfully, his back straight, displaying utmost humility:

"Disciple greets Master."

The Yellow Robe Daoist nodded, raising his sleeve, demonic light swirling around his fingers:

"Detail everything about Peach Blossom Mountain, do not miss a single aspect."

"Yes."

The Eastern King replied, his voice steady and orderly, slowly recounting the supposed investigation details.

The Yellow Robe Daoist listened attentively, gradually relaxing his tense aura.

Boom——!!

A blazing great sun suddenly rose from the depths of the hall’s void, golden rays shining, layers of radiant clouds, utterly Yang and strong, sweeping in all directions.

"Damn it!!"

The Yellow Robe Daoist’s hairs stood on end, his divine soul warned frantically, his face instantly turned livid and drastically changed!

Without hesitation, he raised his hand and summoned his lifebound treasure.

A black demonic map unfolded in the air, ten-thousand-fold Yin Qi burst forth, countless skeletal wraiths escaped from the map, howling and snarling viciously, layers upon layers of demonic miasma rose, forming an obscuring, dark domain.

This was his lifelong forged lifebound magical treasure, the Ten Thousand Skull Map, his greatest reliance in the sect.

Yet at this moment, the difference in strength was like heaven and earth!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle——!!

Where the Pure Sun Great Day light fell, all evils retreated, demons vanished!

The Ten Thousand Skull Map, not yet fully unfolded, its surface demon patterns instantly burned, countless wraith skulls turned to ash in the great day’s Dao fire, utterly annihilated.

The entire treasure map cracked from the edges to the core, fractures spread, his lifebound spiritual treasure instantly gravely damaged.

"Ugh—!"

With the treasure damaged, his divine soul was affected.

The Yellow Robe Daoist’s body shook violently, a spray of pure Dao Foundation blood mist spewed forth, his aura plummeted sharply, evidently severely wounded!

His pupils contracted fiercely, face full of extreme disbelief, his voice trembled:

"Since when did such a dominating, unparalleled great day inheritance appear in the world?"

In a flash, he comprehended the entire situation.

It wasn’t the disciple sending a message to bring him here, but someone had long set a trap, posing as a named disciple to ambush him!

Knowing he was caught in a dead end, this Demon Sect elite revealed his decisiveness to kill, with no trace of panic or hesitation.

His body surged with demonic light, raising his hand to tear the void before him, attempting to escape through the Great Void, temporarily avoiding the sharp edge.

But in the next instant, his expression grew even more grim.

Crash——!!

The heavens and earth, up and down, golden-red great day Dao patterns layered and solidified, transforming into an endless Pure Sun Light Wall, completely sealing the void.

The Yellow Robe Daoist was both shocked and angry:

"Who exactly are you?!"

"I am the True Inheritor of Green Sun Mountain, my master is Bloodthirsty True Master! If you dare harm me or kill me today, you’ll invite unimaginable calamity, and never find peace!"

In the center of the void great day.

Chen Hua stood in his light green robes:

"Merely a Purple Mansion, what’s there to fear."

Before taking action, he had already used the "Black Tortoise Nine Proliferation Golden Chapter" to deduce and unravel all causal connections.

This demon for personal gain never revealed Peach Blossom Mountain’s secrets, his deeds were all personal actions, with weak ties to Green Sun Mountain.

Plus his own gray mist secret realm perfectly conceals celestial secrets, hiding causality.

After killing this person, as long as he doesn’t directly face Bloodthirsty True Master or let them deduce the cause of killing a disciple, he need not worry!

The Yellow Robe Daoist saw his unchanged expression and firm confidence, and the last shred of hope in his heart completely shattered.

The dire situation sparked his ferocious madness.

"Since that’s the case, then let’s die together!!"

Blood-colored demonic light erupted around him, boundless evil Qi manifesting thousands of blood-colored skulls, densely filling the void, opening to devour the great day light.

"You dare?"

Chen Hua flipped his palm pressing down in mid-air.

Buzz——!!

The entire palace void instantly changed colors, a radius of a thousand miles engulfed by golden-red flames, forming an immense great day furnace.

Within the furnace, pure Yang flames surged and roared, the Dao fire pure and vast.

At the very center of the sea of fire, the true form of a Red Gold Great Sun Divine Jiao slowly appeared, its scales shining like the essence of the sun, dragon whiskers falling as its majestic eyes exuded authority, the dragon’s might reverberating throughout heaven and earth, its body coiling in the furnace sky, devouring sun and moon, gathering light and hiding in the firmament, carrying an overwhelming suppressive force.

"No—!!"

The Yellow Robe Daoist let out a final scream of despair, exhausting his life’s foundation in a futile attempt to resist the suppression of the Divine Jiao.

Yet, before absolute power, all struggles are in vain.

The Great Sun Divine Jiao fell with a thunderous crash, extinguishing thousands of blood-colored skeletons in an instant, with layers of protective barriers crumbling like paper.

Within mere breaths, this Dao Foundation True Inheritor from Biyang Mountain was completely melted away, flesh, bones, Divine Soul, Demon Technique, all turned to flying ashes, disappearing into the void, leaving no trace behind.

The vast sea of fire gradually converged, and the void returned to clarity.

Only a purely white, translucent, and luminous incomplete Dao Foundation quietly hovered in mid-air, its Dao Rhyme perpetual, essence pure, and remnants of a hundred years of arduous cultivation lingering.

Chen Hua casually reached out, capturing the incomplete Dao Foundation with a steady motion, swiftly sending it to the depths of the gray fog palace.

Buzz—!!

The long dormant gray fog palace trembled intensely, the boundless sea of fog furiously surged and roared, mist rapidly regenerating.

The next moment.

From the deep reaches of the mysterious sky, an exceedingly subtle, ethereal Celestial Secret Divine Thought quietly swept by.

Chen Hua’s Heart Spirit was instantly alert, his gaze slightly fierce:

"It’s Bloodthirsty True Master! A Purple Mansion cultivator predicting from afar!"

He decisively immersed his Heart Spirit entirely into the core of the gray fog palace, using its concealing power to obliterate traces of cause and effect from himself, thus completely hiding from the Celestial Secrets.

Time slowly passed.

The Divine Thought from the Purple Mansion, attempting to spy on celestial secrets, quietly dispersed.

Only now did Chen Hua slightly relax, deep insights emerging in his eyes:

"In this cultivation world, cause and effect are densely intertwined!"

"Without the technique of prediction, a single careless step could lead to drowning in the mire of cause and effect, perishing without knowing the reason."

"The art of divination, to probe celestial secrets, avoid cause and effect, and conceal oneself, is indeed the most supreme life-preserving essence on the cultivation path."

...

In the heartland of the Divine Land, deep within the magical mansion of Biyang Mountain.

Bloodthirsty True Master sat on a mat, demonic qi swirling around him, Purple Mansion Dao Rhymes deep as the sea, his aura distant and unfathomable.

His heart had inexplicably felt anxious just now, casually calculating the life trajectory of his disciple, but only captured a thread of broken, dissipating cause and effect.

"Life plate shattered, Divine Soul scattered, already fallen."

"Uncertain of which hidden peer collided, but regrettable, losing a piece of still usable material."

Bloodthirsty True Master raised his hand lightly and then closed his eyes to meditate again:

"Forget it."

"Let’s elevate another Dao Foundation disciple."

...

Several months later.

Peach Blossom Mountain.

Chen Hua and his disciple soared side by side through the air, traversing thousands of verdant peaks.

"Found it!"

"Open!"

Rumble——!!

The massive mountain belly rocks shook violently and slowly moved aside, the earth and stones parted, the earth veins loosened, and a Water Curtain Cave slowly emerged.

At the moment the cave was opened.

A surging, extremely pure spiritual fragrance greeted them.

At the center of the cave, a quaint Jade Platform stood quietly, with eight glowing spirit mantou neatly arranged on its surface.

The spirit mantou exuded shimmering spirit light, precisely the remaining eight Dragon-Elephant Ritual Mantou from years ago.

Yuan Hong gazed at these familiar items of opportunity, his Adam’s apple subconsciously gulped slightly, a trace of instinctive longing imprinted deep in his blood arose.

But in an instant, he steadied his spirit, using the Great Sun Technique taught by his master to forcibly suppress all greed and agitation.

Having experienced the revelation of truth, the teachings and guidance of his master, he had long since fully awakened.

Back then, consuming two spirit mantou seemed like a meteoric rise, gaining the supreme strength of a dragon and an elephant from nowhere, but in reality, it was forced growth, nearly ending his lifelong Dao journey.

Chen Hua saw his disciple’s reaction and nodded slightly, a hint of approval in his eyes.

He raised his hand to reach out, the eight Dragon-Elephant Ritual Mantou on the Jade Platform suspended steadily in mid-air, swiftly sent into the gray fog palace in an instant.

Buzz—!!

The gray fog Secret Realm trembled once again, the source of the fog sea wildly proliferating and surging, expanding layer upon layer, vast and grand.

Chen Hua felt satisfied within:

"With this opportunity, prior to reaching the Purple Mansion, the path is unobstructed!!"