Chapter 409: Celestial Fox

"These dozen or so swords still retain some spiritual essence, not fully dissipated. Two martial uncles, we each take three swords, bring them back to bestow upon our disciples—this is excellent!"

Upon hearing this, the two True Monarchs glanced at each other, both revealing a faint smile.

They are all connoisseurs; though these swords bear rust, their inner light is restrained, making them the finest swords remaining in this Sword Repository.

Especially these three spirit swords, their power is not inferior to that of spirit treasures.

Each then took their spirit swords.

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden also took three of them.

However, these three spirit swords clearly cannot compare to the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel.

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden felt a tinge of regret in her heart.

Yet, aided by the power of the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel, she broke through the Creation Realm and condensed her Creation Primordial Spirit—this is also cause for celebration.

"What other secret places do you have in your mind? Don't hide them—speak up and tell us everything!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian turned his gaze toward the Taiyin Immortal Maiden.

Seeing this, the Taiyin Immortal Maiden pursed her lips, her expression solemn as she said: "Your Majesty, the greatest value of the Sunset Moon Sword Sect lies in six treasures: two third-grade immortal treasures, two second-grade immortal treasures, followed by the Taiyin Treasure Tree, and the Taiyin Treasure Tome held by the Sect Master."

"The Taiyin Treasure Tree cannot be moved; it is likely already damaged. The second-grade immortal treasure, the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel, is nurtured in the Taiyin Divine Fire Spring, nourishing myriad swords and cannot be taken away. Other immortal treasures, if not damaged, are probably sealed by the Sect Master in the core secret realm!"

Zhang Jian nodded slightly, though his eyes held something unusual.

When he was in the outer layer, he obtained a treasure tree from the old nest of the Taiyin Golden Centipede—he does not know if this is the Taiyin Treasure Tree.

That Taiyin Treasure Tree possesses strong spiritual essence; he had previously considered it, thinking that upon returning, he could find the Tongshan Dao Lineage's artifact refining master to forge it into a high-grade immortal treasure.

"Then let us directly enter the depths of Moon Pillar Mountain!"

Zhang Jian made up his mind and immediately summoned the other three to re-enter the ground.

Shortly after the group departed, however, demonic energy began to stir in the depths of the void; moments later, several demonic winds descended from the void, and three beautiful women with graceful figures and charming faces appeared among the mountain peaks.

But after searching around, the three women found nothing.

"Elder Sister, this place is barren—it's been searched countless times already; there's likely nothing left!"

At this moment, one of the girls wearing purple robes had a slight hint of annoyance on her face.

"Searching like this is the stupidest approach; instead, we should think of a way to rob those cultivators—our gains would surely be greater!"

Upon hearing this, the red-robed, charming-faced mature woman turned her gaze toward the leading yellow-robed female cultivator.

"Elder Sister, what the Fifth Sister says is not without reason! Those cultivators hold maps—some are secret realm maps explored by sect elders. Unlike us, who are bare-handed and rely solely on our own efforts, wasting energy, finding few treasures, and even facing extortion!"

She referred to what had happened not long before.

Not long ago, the three women encountered a great demon; the few treasures they had painstakingly found were all extorted away.

Fortunately, the demon spared them due to their origin from the Tianhu Palace, not holding it against them.

The leading yellow-robed female cultivator is tall and graceful, her beauty unparalleled; her aura is exceptionally gentle, her skin like a heavenly pearl, yet her demonic energy is vast, and beneath her gentle demeanor, her eyes are entirely soft.

"Relying solely on robbery carries great risk, and our fox clan is not known for martial prowess!"

After a brief pause, this gentle fox maiden suddenly smiled.

"Perhaps we could ally with other allies—this time the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven has opened, drawing not a few major demonic powers. If we unite, we could jointly raid those human sects, and our gains would naturally be vastly different!"

Upon hearing this, the other two female demons' eyes brightened.

The red-robed fox maiden spoke with alluring eyes.

"Elder Sister's idea is best—if we demonkind unite, those human cultivators cannot escape our grasp!"

The purple-robed fox maiden rejoiced: "What are we waiting for? Let us immediately contact other demon clans and demon gods, and join forces for a great heist!"

The three demonic winds vanished instantly from their original spot.

……

At this moment, Zhang Jian and his four companions moved swiftly, already reaching the edge of Moon Pillar Mountain—everything proceeded smoothly despite minor dangers.

"The wood-attribute spiritual energy around here has become somewhat active!"

At this moment, at the mountain's base, the four each revealed their true forms; the Zijing True Monarch gazed around, his eyes showing a hint of brightness.

Along the way, the surrounding areas were uniformly lifeless in color—only gray, brown, black, and red, with no other hues bearing vitality.

Now, before them, the majestic Moon Pillar Mountain bore some rare greenery across its form.

Within the faint spiritual energy, an intangible life force permeated.

At this moment, under the gaze of the crowd, the terrifying divine mountain connecting heaven and earth appeared to have been artificially chopped off by one-third.

Even so, after losing one-third, it still soared into the clouds, majestic and grand.

Like the mythical mountain that holds up the heavens and seas.

In terms of majestic momentum, this mountain surpasses even Tongshan.

Zhang Jian stood upon the mountain rock, his vast primordial spirit and divine sense sweeping over the surroundings; his sensitive primordial spirit and divine sense could always detect a faint, elusive dangerous aura lurking in the void around him—he knew that the demon clan's celestial immortal was surely not far away.

The core secret realm pointed to by the Taiyin Immortal Maiden lies deep within Moon Pillar Mountain.

Inside an immortal abode.

To seek the immortal abode, one must find a way to search!

This greatly increases the chance of encountering that demon clan celestial immortal.

Zhang Jian noticed that the number of wandering outer demons in this core region of Moon Pillar Mountain had clearly increased significantly.

Within the majestic divine mountain, hidden yet vast demonic energy spread everywhere.

These outer demons take this place as their nest, each possessing its own territory; clearly, they too have realized this place holds treasures, and day and night they devise ways to use demonic magic to erode the restrictive spiritual light in these secret realms, thus monopolizing the treasures.

"Let us quietly detour around them, trying not to disturb these outer demons, as well as the star beasts!"

Zhang Jian sent a mental message to the others, signaling them to avoid using spiritual power as much as possible, and instead proceed by stealth of the flesh.

Once a fight breaks out, it will easily attract the powerful demons within Moon Pillar Mountain.

The others understood; at once, they followed Zhang Jian in silence.

The group's goal was halfway up the mountain, where a narrow forbidden passage lay; passing through it allowed direct entry into the core inheritance grounds of the Evening Moon Sword Sect, where the Evening Moon Immortal Mansion was located.

The party suppressed their escape lights and spent about a day traveling, repeatedly avoiding traps secretly laid by mountain-dwelling outer-realm demon gods.

They gradually spotted their destination.

It was an iron-chain bridge spanning the mountain valley.

Below, the torrent that once raged had now completely dried up.

Yet at the opposite cave entrance, a 'Path-Blocking Tiger' had appeared!

"Oh no, this cave entrance is blocked by the Gluttony Demon God!"

At this moment, the four halted and gazed into the distance, only to see a massive black flesh-ball added to the cave mouth.

The flesh-ball stood a full hundred zhang tall, pressed tightly against the entrance, sucking in the spiritual light of the cave's forbidden seal, with piles of white bones scattered around.

Zhang Jian glanced at it, his expression growing solemn as well.

This Gluttony Demon God was clearly larger than the previous one, and also more 'vigorous'; the demonic aura it emitted was vast and magnificent, already surpassing the True Immortal level.

With a thought, Zhang Jian condensed a Nine-Color Dao Diagram in his palm!