After the words fell, Zhang Jian raised his hand, his eyes coldly scanning a certain spot in the void.
With a wave of his hand, countless interwoven Yin Yang Divine Lights in the depths of the void seemed to turn into blades, like enormous arc blades, slicing through the distance in the void.
Only to see a large area of void wreckage islands collapse, with a formless Anomalous Power fiercely slashing towards a streak of Demonic Qi within.
Bang!!
A violent collision sound ensued, revealing a dark demonic light, inside which a phantom figure was almost effortlessly torn apart by the blades.
This unidentified Demonic Primordial Spirit powerhouse was instantly scattered, his soul destroyed.
Zhang Jian's gaze then turned to another spot in the void, where a powerful demon god shrouded in majestic Demon Qi transformed into a blazing electric light, frantically fleeing into the void.
A thread of intense coldness emanated from his eyes.
These demon fiends didn't retreat when they had the chance, and now escaping was already impossible.
Where his gaze landed, he saw countless pitch-black stars twisting in the depths of the void, suddenly tinged with specks of white light. In an instant, a gigantic Reincarnation White Hole suddenly expanded.
It was the Little Heavenly Reincarnation Technique.
The escaping electric light was just about to meet the Reincarnation White Hole, but with just a single encounter, this Thunder Leopard Demon God, comparable to the Creation Level, was instantly swallowed by the white hole, meeting the same soul-destroying end.
After exterminating these two demon powerhouses, Zhang Jian sensed no other gazes in the void. The terrifying shimmering around him gradually dissipated, and he casually put away the Taiyin Star Soul in his hand, his gaze falling to his feet.
He always held some doubts about the appearance of this Taiyin Star Soul.
A stream of light leapt from above his head, and the East Emperor's Treasure Mirror shone brightly, enveloping the wormhole below. He maneuvered the Golden Crow Escape Light, quickly chasing in the direction of the retreating Taiyin Golden Centipedes.
Zhang Jian noticed that the nest of these Taiyin Golden Centipedes seemed to be at the center of the wormhole.
Since the Taiyin Golden Centipedes could freely enter and exit, it was evident that there was no danger in this wormhole.
The golden escape light shot out through the wormhole.
Upon entering the wormhole, Zhang Jian felt a sudden brightness before his eyes. Looking around, he saw that beyond the "wormhole" contrasted sharply with the darkness on the other side, a vast expanse of snow-white light appeared before him.
Before him seemed a beautiful, blazing world of frost and snow.
The Taiyin Starlight was exceptionally intense here.
Beneath his feet lay a grand and colossal star, though equally dead silent, it was suffused with mercury-like Taiyin Cold Qi, as if the Taiyin Star lay deep above.
Apart from this star, in the distance, one could see vast, beautiful, and blazing nebulae, no longer dull and dim.
However, the celestial void was filled with countless densely packed void islands.
"Is this the middle layer?"
Zhang Jian's gaze swept past, his heart suddenly filled with a myriad of emotions.
This Xiyue Grotto Heaven was truly mysterious, with a grotto heaven divided into multiple spatial layers.
This was a grand undertaking.
Though powerhouses of the Primordial Spirit Realm claimed to be able to split the void and possess the ability to manipulate space, they could never reach this level.
In an instant, Zhang Jian's vast Primordial Spirit Divine Sense swept through the void, instantly locking onto the aura of several Taiyin Golden Centipedes deep beneath his feet, manipulating the Authority of the Earth to break apart the ground beneath him, instantly delving into it.
Deeper into the star beneath his feet, the hardness increased as he descended.
Inside, the power of Taiyin Profound Ice was ubiquitous, freezing the earth.
If not for holding the Sheji Emperor's Authority, Zhang Jian might not have been able to keep up with the Taiyin Golden Centipede.
After escaping for about half an hour or so.
Zhang Jian wasn't sure how deep he had descended, but he estimated he was near the planet's core.
"These insects are quite formidable, using the core of this planet as their lair..."
Zhang Jian's gaze swept over the tunnels dug by the Taiyin Golden Centipedes, his mind secretly astonished.
The Taiyin Golden Centipede's burrowing ability was impressive. Zhang Jian's form, enveloped in the earth, advanced swiftly.
And he preceded them after trailing.
Relying on the Divine Power from the Authority of the Earth, he was a step ahead in controlling the earth origin of this vast star. In his Primordial Spirit Divine Sense, countless Taiyin aurae were reflected.
Ahead, he discovered the scent of hundreds and thousands of terrifying Taiyin Golden Centipedes.
In the core depths, these centipedes roamed vast underground spaces.
The shortest among them was no less than three or four zhang long, most were around ten zhang, with about a dozen exceeding several tens of zhang, which were the Insect Kings.
But in the deepest parts of the nest, the most terrifying was an intense Taiyin aura.
That intense Taiyin aura surpassed the Harmonization Level.
A powerful Taiyin Law circulated, wielding the might to freeze heavens and earth.
Through the power of the earth, Zhang Jian could already see, from the nest in the star's core, a terrifying gigantic creature near a hundred zhang long, which even Bai Nu's True Dragon Body seemed overshadowed by.
It was a menacing golden centipede, its entire body a dark golden hue, with eighteen pairs of wings as thin as cicada's wings enveloping it, lazily coiled in its nest, sprawled atop a pile of crystalline, transparent Taiyin Spiritual Ore.
"The scent of Innate Spiritual Mechanism!"
Zhang Jian selectively ignored the Golden Centipede Empress, while the East Emperor's Treasure Mirror before him revealed the scene at the nest's bottom. With just a glance, his eyes couldn't help but twitch violently.
In the East Emperor's Treasure Mirror, traces of many Taiyin Star Souls appeared.
One after another, Taiyin Star Souls filled with Taiyin Spiritual Mechanism were pressed beneath the hundred-zhang Insect Empress's bottom.
Each one was round and plump.
The largest ones were the size of lotus pods.
Zhang Jian had never seen such a number of Taiyin Star Souls gathered in one place.
At a glance, there were at least several hundred pieces.
The next-grade Taiyin Divine Marrow grew abundantly all over the ground.
"No wonder these giant bugs grow so long and fat!"
Zhang Jian's heart was pounding uncontrollably at the moment, but in an instant, his attention was drawn to a peculiar Treasure Tree.
It was a Treasure Tree emitting a clear, silvery-white radiance.
It stood about ten feet tall, growing on a peculiar tree stump in the center of the cave.
The entire tree shimmered silver, with leaves resembling tiny silver moons, exuding an immaculate, sacred glow throughout.
"What kind of treasure is this?"
At this moment, Zhang Jian's heart was violently shaken.
He had no recollection of such a Treasure Tree's existence in his mind and didn't know what level of treasure it was.
But he could see that the dense Taiyin Spiritual Mechanism within the insect nest, along with those Taiyin Star Souls, Taiyin Divine Marrows, and countless Taiyin Spirit Stones, likely originated from this Treasure Tree, or perhaps, the special tree stump beneath this Treasure Tree.
"I mustn't let this Treasure Tree be damaged!"
This thought flashed through Zhang Jian's mind as his gaze, through the East Emperor's Treasure Mirror, fell upon the enormous Insect Empress.
If he were to preserve that Treasure Tree, it would be best to subdue the Insect Empress as quickly as possible, ensuring it wouldn't destroy the Treasure Tree in its resistance.
Among the Primordial Spirit Immortal Techniques at his disposal, only the Map of Mountains and Rivers could achieve this effect!
With that thought, Zhang Jian made up his mind.
He immediately sat in the void, and from the depths of his brow, a Nine-Colored Divine Light suddenly swept out.
Amidst the nine-colored luminescence, there seemed to appear a Dao Map, covering the vast Heaven and Earth, slowly merging with the star origin beneath.
The power of the Map of Mountains and Rivers was silent and seamless, as if integrated with the myriad phenomena of the void, without any trace of Spiritual Mechanism fluctuation.
This was the most mystical aspect of the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
This Lifebound Immortal Technique could not only transform into Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon, All Heavens and Earth but also had a special ability.
It could change at will; thinking of a mountain conjures a mountain, thinking of water conjures water, moving forward leads forward, moving backward leads backward.
Where the Map of Mountains and Rivers traversed, many nearby Taiyin Golden Centipedes surrounding the hundred-zhang Insect Empress became confused, involuntarily following the myriad Taiyin Radiance generated in the void, entering into the map.
However, the massive Insect Empress vaguely sensed something was wrong, and its thousands of eyes suddenly opened, radiating golden halos that illuminated the mountain walls, instantly dissolving large sections and penetrating deep into the void.
There was nothing unusual around.
But the Insect Empress's keen intuition made it feel an unsettling agitation, and it immediately let out a low hum, its eighteen pairs of cicada wings slightly vibrating, and a strange sound echoed through the void, like countless blades slicing through it.
The void was indeed completely torn asunder.
Also, in the mountain walls, many Taiyin Golden Centipedes seemed to receive some summons, swiftly flying towards the Insect Empress.
However, the Insect Empress was becoming increasingly distressed. It was no longer lazy and instead raised its head, looking around, while all kinds of Magic achieved their desired probing effects.
But it always felt that everything before its eyes seemed somewhat incongruous.
Fake!
The offspring were fake, the attacks were fake, the void was fake, and even the place itself seemed to have changed, yet the thousand eyes saw no difference, and its sense of smell detected countless familiar odors around.
This contradictory feeling greatly angered the Insect Empress.
And it threw a massive tantrum because of it!
In the void, Zhang Jian watched this scene, speechless, and thought to himself.
"It's still just a Harmonization Level Primordial Spirit Immortal Technique. Although it simulates the transformation of Heaven and Earth almost perfectly, it ultimately lacks insight into the Great Dao Law and temporarily cannot conceal a True Immortal's Spiritual Sense... However, trapping it won't be difficult!"
Once inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers, it naturally becomes as fish on his chopping block.
He remained expressionless, only allowing a vast and majestic Emperor Dao aura to circulate around him, merging into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
The Emperor's Qi of the Sheji Emperor filled the air, and in an instant, the raging demonic energy surrounding the Taiyin Immortal Centipede came to a halt.
In that moment, its body froze, and it felt immense shock in its heart.
At that moment, it felt an intense premonition, seeing countless Divine Gold Lights interweaving in the void as a hazy figure appeared out of nowhere, raising a palm to strike fiercely, radiating with immeasurable Divine Light from its palm, as if the entire firmament and earth were condensed within that hand.
Beneath the palm, the Taiyin Immortal Centipede had nowhere to escape, only able to let out a fierce roar, unleashing thousands of golden lights from its body surface to try and break the massive palm above the firmament.
Boom!!
Amidst the earth-shaking roar, Heaven and Earth converged, Sun and Moon joined forces, and countless Immortal Dao Laws were obliterated by the ocean-like Divine Gold Light. Zhang Jian's expression remained placid as he slowly opened his palm, revealing a dark-gold centipede firmly suppressed in a ball of blazing sun, suffering the scorching burn of the Golden Crow True Flame.
Not only the Insect Empress, but hundreds of centipedes in the nest were also collected, with most instantly incinerated by the Golden Crow True Flame, leaving only a dozen Insect Kings.
Primordial Spirit Level Taiyin Golden Centipedes are of extremely high value, truly treasures, and Zhang Jian certainly wouldn't let them go to waste.
After settling these Taiyin Golden Centipedes, Zhang Jian finally manifested his True Body, focusing his gaze on the treasure in the center of the cave.