Chapter 1397: The Eighth-Tier Inheritance Treasure of Void Spirit Abyss

Void Spirit Abyss.

This place was a notoriously dangerous region within the Ancient God Domain — spiritual energy was utterly forbidden here, and a soul-permeating force of spiritual absorption existed. Any living being that set foot within would unknowingly have their magic power and divine sense drained away, until at last their soul and vital essence weakened to the point of death. Even high-ranked cultivators were no exception.

Even existences like the various sects' Ancestors, according to legend, could not escape it.

Therefore, this place was a forbidden zone spoken of with dread in the hearts of the many cultivators of the Ancient God Domain, and often tens of thousands of years would pass without a single living being appearing.

But today, one after another, Dao Merging Divine Lords whose terrifying pressure bore down on all arrived here.

There were no words between them; they let their own magic power and divine sense spill out in all directions, silently deducing the supreme treasure that had existed within Void Spirit Abyss for several hundred thousand years.

Among these Dao Merging Divine Lords were members of the human race, cultivators of the myriad races, and Divine Lords of the Yao Shen Sect.

In the past they had been mortal enemies who would fight to the death, but now the surroundings were very calm, not a trace of killing intent to be seen. There were even two Dao Merging Divine Lords, each holding blood feuds with the other in their own hands, joining forces to deduce something.

One of these two Dao Merging Divine Lords was named Tianyun Divine Lord, Ancestor of the Tianyun Immortal Sect — a hunched, withered elder, his body bent, holding a long black divination banner in his hand.

The other was named Weaving-Heaven Spider Divine Lord — a pitch-black demonic spider, as large as a mountain peak, with eight legs and dozens of pairs of compound eyes.

This was one of the supreme experts within the Myriad Races Alliance of the Ancient God Domain, the Ancestor of the Weaving-Heaven Spider race.

In the distant past, the Weaving-Heaven Spider race was one of the seven great war-beast soldier races under the command of the Ancient God Dao, skilled at weaving nets for joint combat, and even more skilled at deducing the workings of heaven.

During the heyday of the Ancient God Dao, at the side of every generation's Dao Child of the Ancient God Dao, there inevitably stood a Weaving-Heaven Spider expert in attendance, assisting the Dao Child of the Ancient God Dao in ruling over the vast star domains.

After the Dao Child of the Ancient God Dao became the Dao Lord, this expert of the Weaving-Heaven Spider race would also become the strongest of that race.

The existence of the Weaving-Heaven Spider race was one of the foundations of the Ancient God Dao.

However, in the great upheaval of several hundred thousand years ago, these foundations of the Ancient God Dao broke free of control, turned the tables, slaughtered all the direct disciples of the Ancient God Dao, and became the ruling power of the Ancient God Domain — the Myriad Races Alliance came into being because of this.

The Horned Demon Imperial Race — no, the Black Horned Ant race was a member of the Myriad Races Alliance, but it was too far away and had always carried the meaning of obeying orders but not summons.

In the later stages of the war in the Horned Jiao Jiao Mingyu, the Horned Jiao Jiao Mingyu Emperor attempted to draw in the forces of the Myriad Races Alliance.

Unfortunately, the Jiudaxian Sect of the Nine Spirit Domain possessed immortal-path communication techniques far surpassing his, and they severed every channel of messaging, turning the Horned Jiao Jiao Mingyu of that time into an information black hole. The Myriad Races Alliance had not received any information at all before the Horned Jiao Jiao Mingyu had already changed hands.

After Tianyun Divine Lord and Weaving-Heaven Spider Divine Lord joined forces in their deduction for several years, they opened their eyes together.

"How goes it?"

"Fellow Daoists, have you gained anything?"

Tian Shen

Palace Tian Shen Divine Lord wore a chainmail coat of golden armor, a phoenix-wing purple-gold crown upon his head, and at all times held a Fangtian painted halberd in his hand. Around him, illusory figures of incense-fire divine spirits circled one after another, like an unrivaled war general of the Xian Dao Shi Gao Jie, his pressure awe-inspiring.

"The arts of heavenly mechanism of the Tianyun Immortal Sect truly are extraordinary."

"We already have a lead."

From within the pitch-black spider body of Weaving-Heaven Spider Divine Lord, vast as a mountain range, a pair of sharp mouthparts opened and closed, emitting a hoarse, cold voice: "The foundation of the Cang Tian Pavilion of the Ancient God Dao is the King of Equality of Yama Hell Yin-Yang Inversion Grand Array. This formation truly lives up to being an inheritance above Dao Merging — it has blocked us for several hundred thousand years."

"And now, Fellow Daoist Tianyun has only to make a move, and the effect is immediate — the flaw has been found."

"This truly is… worthy of boundless admiration…"

The hoarse, cold voice spread outward in all directions like ripples of pitch-black water, bringing with it a cold, crawling sensation, like insects rustling.

These words made the surrounding Dao Merging Divine Lords of the Myriad Races Alliance and the Dao Merging Divine Lords of the Yao Shen Sect greatly pleased, yet also filled with dread.

In the hearts of many Dao Merging Divine Lords, a sliver of hesitation appeared.

The Jiudaxian Sect was already extremely powerful; they relied entirely upon the foundations of the Ancient God Dao they had seized in the past to contend against it. If they devoured a sect of the same origin and grew stronger still, it might bring about some unknowable great calamity.

"All of this is the ability of Fellow Daoist Weaving-Heaven Spider. Fellow Daoist had already barely managed it, only lacking a sliver. I merely happened upon it at the right time — in truth, I am not actually a match for Fellow Daoist Weaving-Heaven Spider."

Tianyun Divine Lord said modestly.

"Ha ha!"

"Fellow Daoist Weaving-Heaven Spider,"

Tian Shen Divine Lord laughed heartily: "This old man has heard that the Ancient God Dao had seven great beast war-soldiers, all of them cultivated by its countless generations of Ancestors over the years, serving as the sect's foundation. Within the souls and Gong Fa of the war-beast soldiers exist strict prohibitions — once a true direct disciple of the Ancient God Dao appears, all the beast Dao-soldiers will acknowledge them as master."

"I wonder if this is so or not?"

"A direct disciple of the Ancient God Dao…"

The pitch-black demonic spider, vast as a mountain range, said nothing.

"This old man has also heard,"

Tian Shen Divine Lord continued: "that within the Cang Tian Pavilion there are many inheritances passed down directly by the Ancient God Dao, and even an inheritance that allows war-beast soldiers to advance above Dao Merging."

"This Cang Tian Pavilion has not been refined by anyone for several hundred thousand years. Even a treasure above Dao Merging would by now have grown much weaker. I wonder if it might be possible to bypass the pavilion spirit and obtain the Heavenly Beast inheritance?"

"All these matters — Fellow Daoist and the others have explored them for several hundred thousand years, so I imagine you must already have your answers."

"And Fellow Daoist Sanmian of the Yao Shen Sect, and the others."

Tian Shen Divine Lord looked toward a dark-skinned burly man with three heads and six arms: "You too are disciples of the Ancient God Dao, merely trapped outside the walls of the direct lineage. When it comes to possibility, you should be far stronger than Fellow Daoist Weaving-Heaven Spider. I do not know whether, over these several hundred thousand years, the successive Ancestors of your sect

have squandered their time, and how the preparations on all sides have fared."

For several hundred thousand years, the Yao Shen Sect and the Myriad Races Alliance had never given up on the Cang Tian Pavilion. They had failed countless times, countless powerful experts had died, but they had never once given up.

For a moment, the surroundings fell into silence.

No human or demon answered Tian Shen Divine Lord's words.

"Fellow Daoist Weaving-Heaven Spider, Fellow Daoist Sanmian."

Tian Shen Divine Lord did not mind their attitude, and said calmly: "Our nine sects will help you open a sliver of a gap in the Cang Tian Pavilion, and then we will depart. Whatever choice you make, it will be nothing to do with us."

"It would be best if some Fellow Daoists sought to seize the inheritance, and some Fellow Daoists came to block us — nothing could be better…"

His tone was chillingly cold, killing intent blossoming forth.

The Yao Shen Sect and the Myriad Races Alliance could contend against the Jiudaxian Sect, but the premise was that they remained a single whole. Moreover, within the Jiudaxian Sect itself, they were not exactly united in sincere harmony either, and the mutual vigilance between them was very severe.

But once a split occurred within the Myriad Races Alliance and the Yao Shen Sect, and some Dao Merging Divine Lords foolishly attempted to throw out a mantis arm to block a chariot, the only fate awaiting these Dao Merging Divine Lords would be death!

The hearts of Weaving-Heaven Spider Divine Lord, Sanmian Divine Lord, and the other Dao Merging cultivators chilled.

This was an open and aboveboard scheme!

The inheritance and opportunity above Dao Merging was placed right before their eyes — would they take it, or not?

If you don't take it, will others take it?

With the Ten Thousand Races Alliance and the Demon God Sect being a loose coalition, can they still maintain a unified pace in the face of such an opportunity above Harmonization, with every Harmonization cultivator keeping the bigger picture in mind?

All the Harmonization Divine Monarchs already had the answer to this in their hearts.