Chapter 1301: Chen Erniu's Great Treasure

Chen Erniu licked his lips, his eyes filled with wild, jumping ghostly flames.

At this moment, his body presented a shocking sight.

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

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

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

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

Xu Qing hadn't seen this on his senior brother in a long time; seeing it again now, old memories surfaced.

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

"However, 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 whole, waves of cold spread from within him, spreading in all directions, while blue light flickered across his body.

Even through the flesh, Xu Qing could see, within his senior brother's body, what seemed to be another body!

That body was entirely blue, like 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 guesses about his senior brother's origin resurfaced in his heart.

"However, senior brother differs from the primordial mother star's source evil—he has existed across multiple lifetimes, and each death leads to rebirth in a new form in the next life."

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

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

Yet even so, Chen Erniu's secrets in his eyes were merely less obscured by mist.

"Everything will be revealed upon our return to Eastern Wanggu."

Xu Qing was thinking when, beside him, Chen Erniu—whose aura and cultivation had risen—had eyes burning with even greater madness.

"I tell you, little Ah Qing, I feel it—that direction holds a supreme treasure!!"

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

"At the same time, this is also a chance for me to break several more seals!"

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

"If you like god sons too, I'll go catch those as well!"

Chen Erniu stood tall and proud.

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

This dignity manifested in two ways: one, being surpassed by junior brothers; two,... someone daring to compare themselves to him in goodness toward little Ah Qing right before his eyes!

He could not tolerate this!

"Let's go!"

As he spoke, 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 Heavenly Sovereigns were now supreme, and all Heavenly Lords had descended, so aside from the place where the God Sovereign initially departed, no other area held overly mysterious hidden places.

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

And the term "forbidden zone," as Xu Qing's cultivation differed and his experience grew, he had formed 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—so 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 location."

"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 wants to go, let's go take a look."

Xu Qing walked forward, his gaze falling ahead.

Thus, time passed.

Several months flashed by.

Though the destination was not far, the star ring was vast, so traveling to the place Chen Erniu sensed remained a long 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 target.

Looking far into deep space, a void rift, immensely vast.

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

Within the rift, thick mist swirled.

Outside the rift, red dust encircled it.

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

Throughout history, intruders were extremely rare to survive.

And no god who died here had ever returned.

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

During these months of travel, he had repeatedly seen Xu Qing's status among cultivators here, witnessed countless powerful beings, and seen cultivator after cultivator battling gods.

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

These all became stimulations, like whips constantly lashing his body, making his madness fiercer.

The urge to accomplish something great also grew 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 feel it—there's treasure there, a great treasure!!"

Xu Qing said nothing, his gaze threading through the starry sky, falling upon the immense void rift, piercing the red dust outside, looking into the rift's depths.

Vaguely, he seemed to see an altar.

This scene caused Xu Qing's heart to rise with contemplation, 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 here."

"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, not including causality.

And such a place sealing a god venerable, according to Xu Qing's character, 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 Pain God."

"Although in the illusion of the Pain God, there was no experience of entering this place, but…… everything is possible."

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

With this wave, a shocking heavenly 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 red mist shrouding 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 red mists were forcibly separated and torn apart, and finally appeared before Xu Qing and Chen Erniu as hollow passages extending in all directions.

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

"……" Chen Erniu stared at the passages within the mist, his mind flashing back to the scene of Xu Qing shattering and reassembling the starry sky, only feeling somewhat weary.

At the same time, his obsession with becoming stronger grew greater.

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, any danger he mentions would certainly be fatal for himself.

Even if he is not afraid of death, death must be a full belly before it comes, not dying on the way to get food.

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

Chen Erniu thought this, and suddenly felt his heart less weary.

Xu Qing heard this, his expression solemn, 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 encountered some setbacks along the way, under Xu Qing's cultivation, they were still relatively smoothly resolved.

Until several days later, they finally traversed all the red mist and appeared before that great rift!

Standing there, Xu Qing's pupils contracted.

His gaze pierced through 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 was clearly piled up from countless divine bones!

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

And on that altar piled up, there 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 dignity emanated from the coffin and chains, surging in all directions, as if telling all living beings that this place……is forbidden!

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

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

Precisely speaking, it is a corpse.

A divine corpse.

And only the upper body!

The moment he saw it clearly, Xu Qing's eyes suddenly contracted, his heart and spirit surging.

He had seen the other party!

"Li Zhuzhu Lord!"

Xu Qing's heart 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 heart and spirit surged 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; help me look, 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.

"That is a divine 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 venerable……" Xu Qing said softly.

The moment these two words left his mouth, Chen Erniu's figure had already turned into a fleeting shadow, rushing toward the mist.

He had gone completely mad.