Upon hearing Bai Cang’s admonition, Zhang Chen felt a bit speechless in his heart. He naturally knew he had to develop stealthily, otherwise why would he, a dignified Eleventh Tier powerhouse, disguise himself as an ordinary person to hide among humans?
"This rune is filled with the power of suppression. It can suppress the Qi mechanism in your body, making the mysteries of the Great Zhou Dynasty unable to see through your True Body." Zhang Chen took out a Sealing Rune and handed it to Bai Cang.
Now Bai Cang is considered his ally, he certainly couldn’t sit by and watch the show, could he?
Bai Cang took the Sealing Rune upon hearing his words, examined it for a while before exclaiming: "What a exquisite object."
"If you’re free, then quickly leave, don’t disturb me here." After sending out the rune, Zhang Chen started ushering people away.
Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s urging, Bai Cang wasn’t annoyed but instead said with a smile: "Then let’s meet in Kyoto."
"By the way, how is the situation at Prince Pingbian’s Mansion?" Zhang Chen saw Bai Cang was about to leave and, seemingly recalling something, hurriedly asked, as he was still thinking about eliminating Prince Pingbian.
"Negotiation is underway!" Bai Cang replied.
Apparently seeing the concern in Zhang Chen’s eyes, Bai Cang said: "Don’t worry, once I reach Kyoto, I’ll do my best to mediate for you."
"Thank you." Zhang Chen said.
Bai Cang shook his head upon hearing: "No need!"
After saying this, Bai Cang departed, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the courtyard, silently watching Bai Cang’s departing figure.
Ever since Bai Cang left, time seemed to slow down. After seven to eight days passed, Zhang Chen finally reached the summit in the Fourth Heaven of his Spiritual World, where the entire Fourth Heaven was encompassed in his view.
"If I were to collect Divine Power, the Heaven-Supporting Pillar within the Fourth Heaven of the Spiritual World, without the protection of Divine Power, would certainly be invaded by the Qi of Geng Metal. It wouldn’t take long for it to collapse and disintegrate, reverting the entire Fourth Heaven back to a state of chaos, evolving into earth, water, wind, and fire returning to the Heaven and Earth." Standing in the Fourth Heaven, Zhang Chen pondered for a long time and decided to collect the Divine Power, as the Fourth Heaven had already transformed into dead silence, bereft of life, making continuation meaningless.
[Fourth portion of Divine Power discovered, would you like to pick it up?]
The Golden Finger Interface popped up with a message, and Zhang Chen mentally gave the command: "Pick up!"
The next moment, the Golden Finger Interface refreshed:
[Buzhou Seal (4/33)]
The introduction was simple and concise, with many aspects requiring Zhang Chen to explore himself.
As Zhang Chen extracted the Divine Power, a mysterious change seemed to occur throughout the Fourth Heaven of the Spiritual World, the towering Heaven-Supporting Pillar appeared to lose its divine charm, beginning to be eroded by the innate Qi of Geng Metal.
"The Divine Power has disappeared!" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon immediately sensed the anomaly, turning to look at Zhang Chen, his pupils showing a hint of doubt: "Did you take the Divine Power?"
He was slightly suspicious, after all, Zhang Chen had traversed the Fourth Heaven multiple times, and each time he passed through, the Divine Power would vanish. If the Great Freedom Celestial Demon didn’t suspect, it would indeed be strange.
Zhang Chen didn’t hide it, as it was impossible to cover up, given that the old fellow, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, was no fool. As soon as he ascended the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, the Divine Power would disappear, leaving no way to conceal it:
"It was me!"
"Hiss~" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon gasped sharply, his eyes displaying a hint of horror, his gaze filled with awe, and his voice was full of astonishment: "How did you do it?"
Zhang Chen smiled, his Primordial Spirit exited the Fourth Heaven of the Spiritual World, then Zhang Chen in the material realm’s secret room opened his eyes, extending his palm to see the Buzhou Seal appear in his hand.
The Buzhou Seal was like delicate mutton fat jade, engraved with mystical Innate Patterns, with divine light flowing within, yet Zhang Chen couldn’t discern the mystery within.
"The Buzhou Seal is becoming more marvelous, who knows what unbelievable power it will possess after collecting thirty-three portions of Divine Power." Zhang Chen played with the Buzhou Seal for a while before carefully storing it within his Primordial Spirit. The Buzhou Seal had the power to suppress Ten Thousand Techniques, serving as his trump card, not to be easily revealed.
"How did you do it?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon looked at Zhang Chen with a face full of curiosity.
"Did it because I wanted to do it. Stop snooping around in Grandpa’s affairs." Zhang Chen scolded the Great Freedom Celestial Demon impatiently.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon chuckled bitterly at his response, but now increasingly found Zhang Chen’s depth unfathomable, almost unbelievably extraordinary. That Divine Power itself suppressed Ten Thousand Techniques, no magical power could act upon it, how did this kid Zhang Chen subdue it?
"Next is to collect Golden Sand as much as possible within the Spiritual World, aiming to gather enough materials for forging several Innate Geng Metal Divine Swords, then even if the Spiritual World collapses, it wouldn’t mean much to me." Zhang Chen put away the Buzhou Seal and walked out of the courtyard, watching the eastern sky brighten, another day had dawned.
"Chen Sanliang recuperating offered an opportunity for Zhou Qiucheng to venture further in the Divine Dao Domain, with a chance to acquire more Power of Incense." Zhang Chen stood still, gently taking a deep breath.
"My Mental Realm should level up as well, advancing into the legendary Fifth Heaven of the Spiritual World, and then set up the Acquired Eight Trigrams Array to completely sacrificially refine the God-Beating Whip." As Zhang Chen thought of this, he opened the Golden Finger Interface:
[6 Skills (Extreme): Fourth Heaven (0/16000000)]
[Upgradeable]
Zhang Chen glanced at the points, finding them more than sufficient for the upgrade, he directly clicked on it. In the next moment, he saw the Golden Finger Interface in front of him twist:
[6 Skills (Extreme): Fourth Heaven (0/16000000)] —> [6 Skills (Extreme): Fifth Heaven (0/32000000)]
"I can enter the legendary Fifth Heaven of the Spiritual World now." A gleam appeared in Zhang Chen’s eyes, accompanied by the activation of his Mental Realm. In the next moment, his Primordial Spirit vanished from his body, reappearing in another world.
Black rain continued to fall from the sky, an ominous aura circulating within that rain. Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit had just appeared in the Fifth Heaven of the Spiritual World when the Light of the True God automatically activated, shielding him. All the black rain that fell within three feet of him was completely evaporated by the True God Golden Light.
The moment the True God Golden Light touched the rain, all the rain emitted spine-chilling screams and vanished between heaven and earth.
"What is this?" Zhang Chen watched the black rain pouring from the sky, attempting to use the Authority of Water Element for analysis and control, but the overwhelming black rain was completely unresponsive to his Authority of Water Element.
"How could my Authority of Water Element fail to command the rain?" Zhang Chen’s heart was filled with shock and disbelief.
Fortunately, at this moment, his Yama Authority sensed something, and naturally activated. A black light flashed in Zhang Chen’s eyes, and he saw the black rain before him continuously twisting, transforming into terrifying, grimacing souls that roared, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
Those raindrops were not rain at all; each drop was clearly countless vengeful spirits huddled together, transforming into a great terror in the world.
At this time, Zhang Chen’s True God Golden Light activated, enormously and minutely expanding. A colossal beam of golden light soared into the sky, enveloping the surrounding void for miles. As the golden light passed, countless vengeful spirits screamed miserably, transforming into experience points and dropping to the ground.
Zhang Chen’s gaze swept over the ground laden with countless experience points, and he saw black soil stretching endlessly. The ground was covered with countless bones, arranged densely across the entire surface.
"How many beings died here?" Zhang Chen looked at the countless white bones, observing heaps of bones as far as his eyes could see.
Most crucially, the bones on the ground weren’t ordinary bones; they gleamed with a jade-like shimmer, and Mysterious Power flowed across each bone.
"These are at least the bones of Tenth-Tier cultivators; only Tenth-Tier cultivators can form jade bones. But how many Tenth-Tier cultivators died here?" Zhang Chen gazed at the countless bones on the ground, feeling a chill down his spine.
In the outside world, Tenth-Tier masters are rare to see. Yet here, they are nothing but skeletons, amassed in countless numbers.
Millions?
Tens of millions?
Zhang Chen activated ultrasound, sensing the entire world, and after countless echoes flowed for a full three hours, Zhang Chen finally opened his eyes, his pupils rapidly contracting with a hint of shock: "At least ten million Tenth-Tier experts are buried here! How splendid was the Ancient Era, with so many Tenth-Tier experts?"
"The Ancient Era was extraordinarily brilliant, and Tenth-Tier experts were mere soldiers." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon seemed to recall something: "I seem to sense a familiar aura, an extremely unpleasant feeling within it. This Fifth Heaven of the Spiritual World is not simple. Quickly withdraw your Divine Techniques and avoid being too conspicuous. There are countless vengeful spirits gathered here, surely great terrors are lurking within. Perhaps there are beings of the Twelfth Tier or even beyond; you should hide yourself quickly."
Zhang Chen was someone who heeded advice. Hearing the words of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, he promptly withdrew the Light of the True God, then applied an Invisibility Rune to himself, collapsing his aura completely.
Looking at the experience points dropped on the ground, Zhang Chen walked over silently, gathering all the experience points.
[Experience Points +1000]
[Experience Points +10086]
...
And the rain falling from the sky, Zhang Chen preemptively twisted with Yama Authority, letting it bypass him.
"I seem to feel a familiar aura in the air, the aura of the Princess flowing within. She appears to have battled here, her aura imprinted within heaven and earth, lingering without dispersing." After walking around briefly, Zhang Chen’s footsteps suddenly halted, a trace of apprehension surfacing in his eyes.
He sensed the aura of the Princess!
The Princess mobilized the Power of Law, imprinting her Qi Mechanism within heaven and earth, lingering without dispersing for long.
Most crucially, Zhang Chen noticed a patch of bright green cloth on the ground.
Zhang Chen stepped forward and picked up the cloth strip, recognizing it as a piece from the sleeve of the Princess, and through Yama Authority, he sensed the aura of the Princess.