Chapter 215: Four Grand Masters

Wang Ping asked cooperatively: "I can't guess; it'd be better if you, Transcendent Superior, just tell me directly. After all, that realm is too far beyond me—how could I guess?"

Silver Stone Gate: "Hehe! You might not believe it if I said it, but I recall your realm has a legend of the Four Grand Masters, right?"

Wang Ping nodded and said: "Not bad. In the Spiritual Realm, there are the Four Grand Masters of formations, weapons, pills, and talismans. They all entered the Dao through their arts, so they're called Grand Masters. How so—could the incident be related to the Four Grand Masters?"

Silver Stone Gate: "Not bad. Before this happened, I didn't believe the lower realm could have such an astonishing person! Just four Void Refining cultivators actually seized partial control of a complete Immortal Treasure!"

Wang Ping felt a jolt in his heart and hurriedly asked: "What's going on? How could the Four Grand Masters be involved with an Immortal Treasure?"

Silver Stone Gate: "Don't rush, let me tell you slowly. That day, after I went out, the human race had already driven a damaged Immortal Treasure over here. At the same time, the hidden mastermind's cultivators rushed reinforcements. Enemies meeting, eyes blazing with hatred, they clashed directly, shaking hundreds of thousands of miles of void, and the fierce immortal light shattered everything."

However, the hidden mastermind possessed a complete Immortal Treasure, while the human race's Immortal Treasure was damaged, so they soon lost the battle. Fortunately, with the help of the Unicorn Thunder Beast, they managed to stabilize the situation.

Wang Ping asked in surprise: "Does the human race not have a complete Immortal Treasure?"

Silver Stone Gate said impatiently: "How would I know? Don't interrupt, let me finish. The hidden mastermind clearly wanted to escape, but with the Unicorn Thunder Beast and the human race restraining them, even if they had a complete Immortal Treasure, they couldn't get away for the time being."

Just then, the Ancient God Clan, Demon Alliance, Sea God Clan, Wing Alliance, Netherworld God Clan, and the other eleven major races all had strong individuals bringing damaged Immortal Treasures here. No one knew how they learned of this place, but their purpose in coming was to contend for this sole complete Immortal Treasure openly known in the Spiritual Realm!

Seeing this, the hidden mastermind directly sacrificed a Nascent Soul cultivator, gaining a brief moment to unleash half the Immortal Treasure's power, tearing the encirclement! Originally they were about to flee, but just then the Unicorn Thunder Beast's overwhelming Taiyi Heaven-shaking Thunder blasted them out! Hehe, you can imagine their furious, disheveled state!

Wang Ping smiled faintly; anyone encountering this would probably be so angry as to curse their mother.

At this moment, the Twelve Major Peak Clans again surrounded them, using the power of the twelve damaged Immortal Treasures to seal the surrounding hundred thousand miles of void to prevent a recurrence; while one or two treasures might not withstand it, the twelve treasures combined suppressed the complete Immortal Treasure that could not display its peak state!

After suppressing the complete Immortal Treasure, the twelve major forces began arguing over who would claim it! Everyone thought the hidden mastermind was as good as dead, but they underestimated his ruthlessness. Besides the one Nascent Soul with Emperor-level combat power, the other two ordinary Nascent Souls, twelve Unity cultivators, and dozens of Void Refining experts all burned themselves, restoring the Immortal Treasure's power to seventy percent!

Tsk tsk! You didn't see it—the hexagonal Immortal Treasure's crimson immortal light illuminated a million miles of void, its terrifying aura like a true celestial descending. The twelve major clans' seals shattered instantly; the twelve damaged treasures were blown to pieces, turning to powder that scattered in the void. If I hadn't sensed something wrong and dodged early, I might have been blown apart again!

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the twelve major clans, shielded by the Immortal Treasure from a calamity, only suffered impact but also heavy wounds. However, the Immortal Treasure wielded by the hidden mastermind, bolstered by many cultivators' sacrifices, had longer-lasting power. Before anyone could react, a scarlet immortal light swept over, and the cultivators of the Demon Alliance, Wing Alliance, and seven major clans instantly vanished into the void—without even a chance to scream!

Wang Ping asked: "What about that True Spirit?"

Silver Stone Gate: "Hehe, it ran away long ago! After slaying a few Nascent Souls, the hidden mastermind wanted to flee. At that point, the remaining Nascent Souls had no damaged Immortal Treasures left, and reinforcements hadn't arrived yet, so they could only watch helplessly as the opponent escaped. Who would have thought a dramatic scene would unfold at that moment!"

Above that Immortal Treasure appeared four human figures, calling themselves the Formation Sect, Weapon Sect, Pill Sect, and Talisman Sect. Their breaths merged as one, and they actually seized partial control of the complete Immortal Treasure. The hidden mastermind's Celestial Emperor, unaware, was outright stripped of authority and kicked out of the Immortal Treasure by the Four Grand Masters!

Wang Ping exclaimed in surprise: "How is that possible? Why are the Four Grand Masters inside the Immortal Treasure?"

Saying this, he paused, recalling his earlier speculation with that old man from the Undying Realm: the ascended cultivators of the Spiritual Realm likely ascended to the hidden mastermind's world, and now it seems they probably entered the world inside the Immortal Treasure.

"But that still doesn't make sense! Even if they entered the world within the Immortal Treasure, how could they seize its authority, all under the hidden mastermind's watch? This is simply too unbelievable!" Wang Ping still said in disbelief.

Silver Stone Gate: "Hehe, who knows! Anyway, the hidden mastermind was expelled from the Immortal Treasure, and now it's your human race that controls it!"

Wang Ping asked again: "What happened afterward? Do you know the hidden mastermind's identity?"

Silver Stone Gate: "For now we don't know; the whole process feels half-hearted. That Nascent Soul cultivator directly self-destructed in the void, leaving not a trace. Of course, the most astonishing thing is that the Four Grand Masters seized control of the Immortal Treasure. Although we don't know how they did it, the fact proves they succeeded—perhaps your human race's higher-ups know some reasons."

Wang Ping sat cross-legged on the stone couch, pondering Silver Stone Gate's account. Everything seemed normal, except that the Four Grand Masters' seizure of an Immortal Treasure's authority was hard to believe, and another puzzling point was that Nascent Soul cultivator's direct self-destruction, which left Wang Ping baffled.

If it were a low-level cultivator self-destructing for belief, I could somewhat believe it, but at the Nascent Soul level—the pinnacle of cultivation—would such a being not resist at all and just self-destruct?

Could it be a conspiracy?

Wang Ping was startled by the thought that jumped into his mind, then shook his head and tossed that unrealistic notion aside.

He didn't believe there was a conspiracy that would cost the loss of an Immortal Treasure.

After thinking it through, Wang Ping set the matter aside; such affairs are beyond what a Golden Core cultivator like him can participate in. Rather than idle speculation here, diligent cultivation is the best course.

At this moment, Silver Stone Gate spoke again: "Kid, from now on this place will be taken over by the Spiritual Realm's humans. You apprenticing under Iron War is excellent—after all, it's this realm's official authority. Having lost a realm for so long, plus the Four Grand Masters' involvement, the Spiritual Realm's humans might compensate your realm. As a disciple of Nascent Soul Great Perfection, you may gain some opportunities—make the most of them."

The fragments I obtained this time are rather large; I need to enter seclusion to digest them for a while—you be careful yourself!

Having said that, Silver Stone Gate turned into a silver streak of light and vanished at the center of Wang Ping's brow.