Chapter 1240: Erniu's Great Treasure

Chen Erniu licked his lips, his eyes flickering with a mad, ghostly fire.

At this moment, his body presented a shocking sight.

The torso beneath his head, which had already partially recovered, now, as flesh and blood writhed, was rapidly growing at a visible speed.

The entire process took only a dozen breaths, and Chen Erniu's body fully manifested.

Moreover, an aura surpassing his former self erupted upon this new body.

He was no longer at the early stage of Sovereign, but had reached the mid-stage.

Xu Qing had not seen this on his senior brother for a long time; seeing it again now, old memories surfaced in his mind.

"Senior brother's cultivation has never relied on training, but on breaking one seal after another!"

"But breaking seals requires a price, and the further one goes, the greater the price becomes..."

As Xu Qing pondered, with Chen Erniu's body now complete, waves of icy cold emanated from within him, spreading in all directions, while blue light also flickered across his body.

Even through the flesh, Xu Qing could see, as if within Senior Brother's body, another body!

That body was entirely blue, resembling blue ice, filled with ferocity and antiquity, extremely similar to the source evil Xu Qing encountered on the primordial mother star.

Gazing at this body, Xu Qing's speculation about his senior brother's origin resurfaced in his heart.

"However, Senior Brother differs from the source evil of the primordial mother star; he has existed across multiple lifetimes, and each time he dies, he is reborn in the next life in a different form."

"This trait is also similar to that of a deity."

The difference in cultivation allowed Xu Qing to perceive more clues.

Yet even so, in Chen Erniu's eyes, his secret was merely a little less obscured by mist.

"Everything, upon returning to Eastern Wanggu, will ultimately be revealed."

Xu Qing was thinking, while beside him, Chen Erniu, whose aura and cultivation were rising, had eyes growing even more frenzied.

"I tell you, little Ah Qing, I can feel it—there is a supreme treasure in that direction!!"

"This is fate's invitation, this is destiny's opportunity; I have a premonition that the treasure is waiting for me."

"At the same time, this is also an opportunity for me to break a few more seals!"

"After I finish this great deed, little Ah Qing, you don't need outsiders to catch goddesses for you if you like sucking them—I, your senior brother, will personally go catch a few for you."

"Not to mention goddesses—if you like godsons, I'll go catch those too!"

Chen Erniu stood arrogantly.

What he cared most about was the dignity of being senior brother.

This dignity manifested in two aspects: one was being surpassed by junior disciples, the other was……someone daring to compare themselves to him in front of his face over who treats little Ah Qing better!

He could not tolerate this!

"Let's go!"

Saying this, Chen Erniu's body trembled, transforming into a long rainbow that shot straight into the distance.

Xu Qing smiled slightly and stepped forward to follow.

Though he clearly knew that within this fourth star ring, the Immortal Sovereigns now reigned supreme, and all Immortal Lords had descended, so aside from the place where the God Sovereign initially departed, no other area held anything overly mysterious or hidden.

At most, it was merely those so-called forbidden zones.

And the term "forbidden zone," as Xu Qing's cultivation differed and his experience grew, he had developed his own understanding and judgment.

"Generally speaking, forbidden zones are shrouded in mystery, their origins ancient, yet they can coexist with the outside world for many years, clearly distinct, and thus defined as forbidden zones—then their danger level is likely mutual."

"For the present world, forbidden zones are dangerous; likewise, for forbidden zones, the outside world is equally dangerous."

"Otherwise, their range would not be confined to their respective regions."

"Of course, there are exceptions… like the Eastern Wanggu continent. However, in this fourth star ring, such places should not exist."

"But since senior brother wishes to go, then let us go and see."

Xu Qing walked forward, his gaze falling ahead.

Thus, time passed.

Several months flashed by.

Although the destination was not far, the star ring was vast, so traveling to the place Chen Erniu sensed remained a lengthy journey.

Even with the aid of multiple supply stars' long-range teleportation, it still took nearly four months for the two of them to sight their destination.

Looking far into the void, a spatial rift, immensely vast, appeared.

Like a scar in the starry sky, it spread endlessly, its length spanning multiple universes.

Within the rift, thick mist lingered.

Outside the rift, red dust swirled around.

This was precisely one of the four great forbidden lands of the fourth star ring.

Throughout history, intruders have rarely survived.

And the deities who died here have never returned.

Gazing at the rift, the frenzy in Chen Erniu's expression grew ever stronger.

During these months of travel, he had repeatedly seen Xu Qing's status among cultivators in this place, witnessed countless powerful beings, and seen cultivators battling deities time and again.

At the same time, goddesses……had actually been delivered to him twice more on the road.

These all became stimuli, like a whip constantly lashing his body, making his frenzy even stronger.

The urge to accomplish something great was also growing ever stronger.

Now staring at the distant void rift, Chen Erniu licked his lips and let out a low roar.

"It's there!"

"Little Ah Qing, I can feel it—there is treasure there, a great treasure!!"

Xu Qing said nothing, his gaze traversing the starry sky, falling upon the immense void rift, piercing through the external red dust, and looking into the depths of the rift.

In a vague way, he seemed to see an altar.

This scene caused Xu Qing to feel a sinking thought in his heart, and in his mind appeared the information he had inquired about from the outside world during his journey regarding the four forbidden zones of the fourth star ring.

"The place where the previous generation's god venerable was sealed!"

"He was sealed here by hand by the god venerable of this generation's fourth star ring, eternally imprisoned."

"At the same time, he was rejected by the new rules of the fourth star ring woven from divine authority of fate, thus cutting off the possibility of going out."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes; the information he obtained was only this, without including causality.

And such a place sealing a god venerable, according to Xu Qing's nature, he would not go there, but now……

Xu Qing glanced at Chen Erniu.

"Besides, I came to this fourth star ring to seek opportunity, to retrace the illusion of the God of Suffering."

"Although within the illusion of the God of Suffering, I had no experience entering this place, but……everything is possible."

Thinking of this, Xu Qing suddenly raised his hand and swung forward.

With this swing, a shocking power instantly emanated from his body, pressing downward.

Instantly, the starry sky outside the void rift seemed to turn into a mirror, collapsing in an instant.

Turning into countless fragments.

Also affected was the crimson mist haze enveloping the starry sky outside the rift.

They all appeared to be forcibly stripped away.

Afterwards, Xu Qing raised his right hand upward, and instantly the collapsing starry sky fragments rearranged themselves.

During this process, those crimson mists were forcibly separated and torn apart, finally appearing before Xu Qing and Chen Erniu as crisscrossing hollow passages in all directions.

"Senior brother, let's go in, though there are some dangers inside." Xu Qing stared at that rift and spoke in a low voice.

"……" Chen Erniu stared at the passages within the mist, the scene of Xu Qing's shattered starry sky reassembling flashing in his mind, only feeling somewhat weary.

At the same time, for becoming stronger, he had developed a greater obsession.

Thus his body trembled……not charging forward himself, but swiftly approaching Xu Qing's side and nodding.

"You go first."

Chen Erniu is not stupid; he knows that with Xu Qing's current cultivation, the danger he can speak of must be fatal for himself.

Even if he is not afraid of death, but death must be endured to the fullest, not dying on the way to get a meal.

So although dignity is important, his junior disciple is not an outsider.

Chen Erniu thought this, and suddenly felt less weary.

Xu Qing heard the words, his expression solemn, he took a step forward, chose a passage, and rushed straight toward the rift.

Chen Erniu immediately followed.

Thus, they two continuously shuttled through this passage; although they also encountered some setbacks along the way, under Xu Qing's cultivation, they were still resolved relatively smoothly.

Until several days later, they finally traversed all the crimson mist haze and appeared before that enormous rift!

Standing there, Xu Qing's pupils contracted.

His gaze penetrated the mist inside the rift, and in the hazy obscurity, he saw a world existing within.

In that world, stood an altar of incomparable grandeur.

That altar, astonishingly, was piled up from countless divine spirits' bones!

Faintly, it seemed there were also many ferocious insects crawling on those divine bones.

And on that piled-up altar, lay a huge bronze coffin!

Innumerable divine chains, stretching from the void inside the rift, firmly locked the coffin!

Ancient intent, primordial feeling, and endless mystery and majesty emanated from the coffin and chains, surging in all directions, as if telling all living beings, this place……is forbidden!

And this forbidden place is not only the altar, coffin, and chains; in another direction, there actually is also a figure.

That figure is not a cultivator, but belongs to the divine spirits.

Precisely speaking, it is a corpse.

A corpse of a divine spirit.

And only the upper half!

The moment he saw it clearly, Xu Qing's eyes suddenly shrank, his mind and spirit churning.

He had seen the other party!

"Li Zhuzhu Lord!"

Xu Qing's mind and spirit trembled; he learned from the battle report that Li Zhuzhu Lord was severely wounded and fled, but he never imagined the other party was actually here, and……already dead!

And just as Xu Qing's mind and spirit were surging here, beside him Chen Erniu raised his hand and pointed toward a direction inside the mist within the rift, his expression frenzied with greed, speaking urgently.

"Little Aqing, I can't see clearly inside, but I can feel that direction has what I need, a great treasure; you help me check, what good things are in that direction!"

Xu Qing wanted to speak but hesitated; the direction Chen Erniu pointed was exactly that corpse……

"What." Chen Erniu urged.

"It is a divine spirit's corpse." Xu Qing looked at Chen Erniu.

"Divine corpse? Isn't that a great treasure? What realm is that divine corpse?" Chen Erniu was somewhat disappointed, but still asked.

"God Lord……" Xu Qing whispered.

The moment these two words came from his mouth, Chen Erniu's figure had already turned into a blur, rushing toward the mist.

He had gone completely mad.