"Stop babbling, just tell me the solution!" Zhang Chen said irritably, "If you don’t, I fear I’ll be devoured by this bug."
Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon also realized the urgency of the situation and quickly explained to Zhang Chen, "This creature is called a Water Bear. Born from the corpse of an Ancient God, it is the Three Corpses Insect of an Ancient God. It is immortal, indestructible, and lives by devouring all things with spirituality, rapidly splitting itself. To subdue it, there are only two methods. The first is to master the Law of Space, using it to trap the creature. The second is to suppress it with Innate Jade. Beyond that, there is no other way!"
"Does this creature really have no weaknesses? Can’t it be destroyed?" Zhang Chen asked in discontent.
He couldn’t believe there was something in the world that was immortal and indestructible, beyond any measure.
Hearing Zhang Chen’s words, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said, "Of course there is! Once one surpasses the realm of ’Fruit’, they can naturally extinguish this Water Bear. Alternatively, a peak-period Innate Spiritual Treasure, when fully activated, can also destroy it. But it seems you don’t meet either of these conditions."
Zhang Chen indeed did not possess the power beyond ’Fruit’, nor did he have a peak-period Innate Spiritual Treasure. Fortunately, he had the Celestial Measuring Ruler, which happened to manipulate the Power of Space.
Seeing the Water Bear surging overwhelmingly, rolling over like an unstoppable flood towards Zhang Chen and his companions, Zhang Chen reached out his hand, whereupon the Celestial Measuring Ruler appeared. He then wielded it toward the Water Bear, causing a distortion in space, and all the green fog was trapped by an invisible barrier.
"What a Celestial Measuring Ruler!" Zhang Chen murmured to himself.
"What a method!" Hu Li the Immortal stopped in his tracks, looking at the Water Bear trapped in the void, his eyes revealing a look of astonishment, marveling at Zhang Chen’s endless means.
Upon hearing Hu Li the Immortal’s words, Zhang Chen raised the corner of his mouth, "Just a mere trick, not worth mentioning."
After speaking, Zhang Chen pondered how to deal with the Water Bear before him. He now had two choices. The first was to seal the Water Bear with the Innate Jade Coffin, and the second was to test if the Ice Hell could ice seal the Water Bear.
As for the Nine Bends Yellow River Array?
The Nine Bends Yellow River Array primarily aims to eradicate the Three Flowers and Five Qi and erode one’s cultivation. The Water Bear has no cultivation, so naturally, it is not restrained by this.
"What is the origin of this creature that makes it so ferocious?" Hu Li the Immortal asked.
Hearing Hu Li the Immortal’s question, Zhang Chen replied with a smile, "This creature is called a Water Bear, a fearsome entity from ancient times that feeds on the Spiritual Mechanism between Heaven and Earth."
While speaking, Zhang Chen opened his Ice Domain surrounding him. The Ice Hell from deep within his Ice Domain slowly opened, whereupon Zhang Chen mobilized the Celestial Measuring Ruler to send the Water Bear inside, and witnessing the Water Bear enter the Ice Hell, it was frozen and fell into hibernation under the Power of Extreme Cold.
"My Ice Hell can imprison the Water Bear." At this moment, Zhang Chen was overjoyed, a look of delight in his eyes.
"Where did you put the bug? This creature is a great danger; you must be cautious. If it escapes, you’ll be devoured without a trace." Hu Li the Immortal looked at Zhang Chen with full concern.
"I have a use for it later. I have imprisoned it in a safe place, and it will not escape," Zhang Chen assured Hu Li the Immortal.
Hu Li the Immortal was slightly relieved upon hearing this, then looked intently at the coffin: "This coffin is made of Innate Jade as a whole. How shall we divide it?"
"How to divide it?" Zhang Chen looked the Innate Jade Coffin up and down, showing a thoughtful expression: "This item is very rare. Whether for refining a Magical Treasure or for bloodline ascension, it is a supreme treasure. How about we split it?"
Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, Hu Li the Immortal nodded: "I want the coffin lid, is that alright?"
Zhang Chen scanned the coffin and nodded in agreement with Hu Li the Immortal’s request.
Hu Li the Immortal extended his hand, whereupon the coffin lid shrank, and after grabbing it, he casually placed it in his mouth, the size of a peanut.
"Zhang, don’t leave me out of the benefits!" At this moment, Tushan Qing woke up, got up from the ground, and shouted at Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen glanced at Tushan Qing: "You get one-tenth of the remaining Jade Coffin."
"Only one-tenth..." Tushan Qing was a bit dissatisfied: "Dear brother, give me a little more!"
"Take it or leave it!" Zhang Chen said irritably to Tushan Qing, then came to the front of the Innate Jade Coffin, looking it up and down. This item was extremely hard; cutting it was not easy.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen had the Immortal Slaying Sword. He took out the ’Immortal Slaying Sword’, slashing it at the Jade Coffin, and the sword cut the Innate Jade Coffin into two sections, one of which was only one-tenth the size.
The inner coffin was about palm-sized, lying in the remaining nine-tenths of the coffin.
"This piece of the Jade Coffin is yours." Zhang Chen pointed to the separated Jade Coffin.
Tushan Qing saw this and sighed helplessly: "Alright! I’m a little aggrieved now, taking a little less. Once the Jade Coffin is opened later, make sure to compensate me a bit more."
Zhang Chen put away the Immortal Slaying Sword. He possessed the Innate Five Elements and Innate Yin Yang Power, along with various Innate Treasures, and naturally wasn’t afraid of the invasion of this Sword Qi.
Zhang Chen directly opened the Ice Hell and placed the jade coffin inside. The jade coffin was made of Innate Jade material, containing innate spiritual mechanisms, making it perfect to place in the Ice Hell.
As the inner coffin fell to the ground, all three of them looked at the palm-sized inner coffin.
"How does such a small coffin hold a body? Even if there’s a Heaven and Earth within it, isn’t it too small?" Tushan Qing crouched down to examine it.
Zhang Chen looked the jade coffin up and down, unable to discern its workings. Hu Li the Immortal spoke: "I can see some of its workings. This item seems similar to the means of Yellow Heaven Dao; it seems to open up a Divine Country world inside. The body of the Innate Water God must be within that divine country."
"Divine Country?" Zhang Chen heard a new term.
Tushan Qing raised his head in surprise, "Should we go in? Inside is the Divine Country of the Innate Water God; it’s the territory of the Innate Water God, governed by its rules. If we recklessly sneak in, we might suffer greatly."
"We must go in! Even if there are barriers, I will find a way to sneak in. Worst case, we’ll leave. How can we stop at the door and not enter?" Hu Li the Immortal said.
"But how do we open the inner coffin?" Zhang Chen asked.
He had various means, yet no way to open the jade coffin.
"Watch my methods! You can’t open the jade coffin, but I can! You can’t do all the work on this journey!" With a penetrating gaze, Hu Li the Immortal stepped forward, looked at the jade coffin, and in the next moment, operated the divine power and injected it directly into the inner coffin.
With a shout from Hu Li the Immortal, a beam of light shot out from the inner coffin, forming a portal. The space within twisted and the portal gradually enlarged to a size of three meters.
"Such wondrous means." Zhang Chen, seeing a spatial portal appear before him, showed curiosity in his gaze. He could feel through the portal a surging power of Divine Water on the other side.
"Let’s go!" Hu Li the Immortal spoke to Zhang Chen, then rushed into the portal first.
Zhang Chen followed closely behind and rushed in.
After feeling a swirl before his eyes, Zhang Chen saw the void slightly twist and shake, and found himself inside a Crystal Palace.
It was a palace entirely made of crystal, with rows of shelves on both sides. On the shelves were various jars and some innate items.
In the center stood a stone platform, and on it lay a five-meter-long figure with a snake’s head and human body. Terrifying divine power circulated around it, enveloped by a greenish shield.
"Be cautious, and don’t wake the slumbering Innate Divine within!" Hu Li the Immortal lowered his tone, filled with seriousness.
Hearing Hu Li the Immortal’s words, Tushan Qing immediately stopped where he was and even began to hold his breath, not daring to make any movement.
Zhang Chen gazed at the body of the Innate Water God on the high platform, pondering: "I wonder if the time limit of the Innate Water God has arrived. If it has, perhaps I could hook its soul."
Looking at the Innate Water God enveloped by the shield, Zhang Chen activated the Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill, but in the next instant, he was stunned:
[Skill Activation Failed, Target Has No Soul Origin]
Seeing the message from Golden Finger, Zhang Chen was stunned, showing a look of disbelief: "What? No soul origin? No soul?"
Zhang Chen’s eyes showed disbelief: "Does this mean the Innate Water God is already dead?"
Only a dead being, and one whose soul is scattered, would lack a soul.
Seeing Hu Li the Immortal so cautiously watching the high platform and the Innate Water God, Zhang Chen said, "No need to worry, the Innate Water God is already dead!"
"Dead? The Innate Water God is dead? How do you know?" Hu Li the Immortal couldn’t believe it.
Upon hearing Hu Li the Immortal’s words, Zhang Chen impatiently replied: "How I know isn’t your concern, just know that the Innate Water God before us is dead."
Hearing Zhang Chen’s words, Hu Li the Immortal breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, it’s dead! Who would have thought that the once-mighty Ancient Innate Divine couldn’t withstand the ravages of time."
Meanwhile, upon hearing of the Innate Water God’s death, Tushan Qing began to have lively thoughts; he turned to survey the entire Crystal Palace, his eyes lighting up.
"Such fortune! That’s an Innate Item! That’s Innate Ore, and even Innate Spiritual Medicine!" Tushan Qing stared at the items on the shelves with wide eyes and hurried over to have a closer look.