Chapter 402

"What kind of spiritual root is this, exactly?"

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the treasure tree emitting a strong Taiyin radiance.

Where his gaze reached, the veins appearing in the treasure tree's leaves did not resemble the laurel of rumor.

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian first collected the Taiyin star souls and Taiyin divine marrow below.

Without mentioning this treasure tree, these Taiyin spiritual objects alone constitute a great fortune.

Capable of strengthening the soul, they are the supreme treasures of the Yin Spirit, and such things are always better in greater quantity.

Zhang Jian's figure arrived before the tree stump, his gaze falling beneath the small tree's roots.

The roots of that treasure tree took root in the stump's broken surface.

The stump's break was clean, appearing as if severed by some terrifying blade; Zhang Jian's agile primordial spirit consciousness enveloped the surrounding void, his gaze instantly locking onto the treetop, where he noticed another gap above the insect nest.

However, after enduring a long passage of time, that enormous gap had been filled by dust from the stars.

Someone had struck here with a single sword, extinguishing the divine tree's vitality.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the stump; from within it, he could still sense a strong Taiyin Dao rhythm emanating.

Clearly, this stump is itself a precious treasure.

Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit consciousness enveloped this place; he sensed that this section of the stump's roots and stems were unusually developed, completely penetrating deep into the stars, like the tentacles of an octopus, extending in all directions.

"If one wishes to completely take it away..."

Zhang Jian's pupils flickered.

For him, taking it away would not be difficult.

After some thought, Zhang Jian again mobilized the power of the Earth's authority; strands of purple-yellow light appeared above his head, and in an instant, a yellow line plunged deep into the earth, directly carving out this insect nest region spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers, as the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram unfolded.

Countless strands of intense purple-yellow divine light permeated this area; in an instant, countless brilliant purple-yellow lights burst forth in the depths of the stars, suddenly devouring this hundreds-of-thousands-of-kilometers expanse of earth cleanly.

Having devoured this hundreds-of-thousands-of-kilometers expanse of earth, the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram seemed to have swallowed merely a grain of dust.

Possessing the authority of the State Emperor, Zhang Jian found this task effortless.

Zhang Jian was in extremely high spirits at this moment.

Merely obtaining this treasure tree made this journey worthwhile, not to mention the additional Taiyin star souls and this peculiar stump of unknown origin.

It appears his fortune is excellent.

More precisely, possessing the Earth's authority grants him a tremendous advantage in exploring relics.

The time for exploration is limited.

Zhang Jian's figure transformed into a flowing light, flying out from the 'Vast Void' stellar core; he continued circling around this stellar core, searching further, and found several mid-grade spiritual objects before abandoning the search.

His figure then became a flowing light, heading outward to explore the periphery of this star.

At this moment, the starry sky was tranquil, and the number of stellar beasts in the surrounding region had decreased somewhat.

Yet Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit consciousness could still sense many stellar beasts swimming about—great silver flood dragons, silver moon gluttonous wolves... the varieties of stellar exotic beasts were even more abundant.

Zhang Jian did not know whether this was a unique phenomenon of this cave heaven, or if the stellar beasts of the external realm's star rivers had flooded and become disastrous.

Zhang Jian leaned toward the former explanation.

The Taiyin starlight here is intense, close to that of the Taiyin star.

Moreover, the presence of many Taiyin spiritual veins is what attracted these stellar beasts' attention.

Most stellar beasts also roam in pursuit of spiritual opportunities.

Or they exist in pursuit of vitality.

"Huh?"

At this moment, Zhang Jian's expression shifted slightly; his agile primordial spirit consciousness once again sensed an invisible escaping light fluctuation. Where his gaze fell, toward the wormhole's direction, a moment later, a faint beam of spiritual light shot forth from within.

Following this milky-white escaping light, a tremendous roar came from behind.

The roar was like thunder; only to see countless divine-demonic phenomena surge forth like an ocean from within the wormhole, with black vapors arriving first and then following.

These black vapors resembled countless demonic snakes, wildly besieging that faint beam of spiritual light.

Deep within the spiritual light was a primordial spirit grand cultivator whose body was faintly shrouded in demonic aura.

Upon her body appeared an extremely towering and grand Taiyin Bright Moon Dharma Aspect, with beams of Taiyin divine light pouring down like waterfalls, attempting to freeze the myriad demonic snakes transformed from demonic aura.

Visible to the naked eye, one terrifying demonic snake after another was frozen solid by ice.

But in an instant, they broke free from the Taiyin divine light's freezing, howling as they transformed into swords and charged toward this figure; this scene caused the stunning beauty amidst the demonic aura to change color.

"Person of the Taiyin Demon Palace?"

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, his expression slightly surprised.

The various arts of the Taiyin Demon Path were not unfamiliar to him.

However, the demonic aura pursuing from behind was strange; even a Golden Body-level primordial spirit grand cultivator could not evade it, and in Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit consciousness, those demonic vapors gradually coalesced into form, instantly transforming into a humanoid figure with a serpent's tail and a head full of serpentine hair, a sinister shadow.

Amidst the demonic aura flowing through its body, there was also the power of divine authority.

"Extraterritorial Gods and Demons!"

This concept flashed through Zhang Jian's mind.

Extraterritorial Gods and Demons do not refer to powerful beings wandering in the external void, but rather denote a special category of existence.

Their foundations are formidable, yet they have stepped onto the path of the Evil God as external demonic chieftains.

Upon seeing this scene, the Lord of the Heart-Moon Palace changed expression, no longer bothering to conceal her trump card; a beam of intense demonic light appeared around her, her body and mind as if entering the bright silver moon, and she suddenly vanished from sight.

And after she disappeared through evasion, the serpent mother's face sank; she merely pondered for a moment or two but did not continue pursuit, instead employing a secret method to suddenly conceal herself deep within the void.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, his eyes slightly surprised, then turned his gaze toward the wormhole's direction.

Indeed, after a few breaths, another beam of intense blazing-white divine light shot forth from within.

Behind this blazing-white divine light, a heaven-shaking, earth-shaking demonic aura rapidly approached, accompanied by loud hissing sounds, like an ocean of black vapor surging forth from behind; a towering female serpent mother, tens of zhang in height, emerged from within, her speed extremely swift.

"Little insect, stay behind!"

The hissing sound accompanied by strange noises, the boundless black qi had already cut off the path of the white divine light ahead of time.

"Guanghan Dharma Aspect?"

In the depths of the void, Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the white divine light, yet his eyes showed some surprise.

The female cultivator within this white divine light was not unfamiliar to him.

Yet she was not a witch of the Taiyin Demon Palace.

But the Taiyin Immortal Maiden.

A guest elder hired by the Great Xia Dynasty.

Zhang Jian felt astonished in his heart, his eyes showing some surprise.

How the Taiyin Immortal Maiden had somehow also entered the Evening Moon Cave Heaven!

It seemed the Taiyin Immortal Maiden still harbored a great secret!!

At this moment, the Taiyin Immortal Maiden's face was deathly pale, black qi surfaced around her body, she had already been contaminated by the poison of the evil god, at this moment a dense Taiyin divine light flowed around her body, the ice wheel burst forth with intense cold light attempting to block the suppression from the celestial snake mother above her head!

Yet her heart already held some despair, this celestial snake mother's cultivation was extremely strong, already approaching the level of a true immortal.

This celestial snake mother should be a descendant of the extraterrestrial demon god 'Infinite Snake', possibly still not having unleashed her true bloodline divine power.

Even relying on the sect's secret treasure, she could only barely preserve herself, likely unable to escape.

Hiss hiss!!

Just then, however, a terrifying serpentine form silently appeared in the void behind her, fierce black light sweeping in, carrying the terrifying power to devour everything.

A violent surge of shock rose in her heart, she felt as if countless deaths silently shrouded her heart at this moment.

Cannot withstand it!!

But just then, her expression suddenly changed, and she saw in the depths of the void a dense golden light born.

In an instant, layers upon layers of black qi around her collapsed, and she clearly saw a flash of surprise and anger appear on the face of the celestial snake mother.

A peculiar three-legged golden crow transformed into a golden light wave flowing past, wherever it passed countless lights burst forth, a hand silently wrapped around her slender willow waist, bringing her away from the spot.