Chapter 411

But in an instant, after that vast and surging will swept over everyone, countless mighty thunders gradually subsided, and then transformed into a auspicious cloud of purple aura that vanished in an instant.

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At this moment, everyone stared at each other.

The divine soul that had just flown out was clearly an incarnation of a certain elder of the Xiyue Sword Sect, but no one expected that upon uttering his true name, he would encounter misfortune.

It seems likely that the 'Qingxia Immortal Maiden' made a move.

It is feared that even the cultivators of the Xiyue Sword Sect did not anticipate that the opponent's cultivation had reached such a level that upon uttering the divine name, they were immediately perceived and sensed.

Fortunately, the opponent had no intention of making things difficult for everyone.

Even the Taiyin Immortal Maiden was not provoked.

"Good luck?"

Zhang Jian secretly mused, while Zhenjun Zhuxing and Zhenjun Zijin also wore solemn expressions.

"I never expected..."

At this moment, Zhenjun Zhuxing had a strange expression.

Zhenjun Zijin's eyes held a hint of luck: "Fortunately, this senior did not hold a grudge against us!"

Upon hearing this, all four nodded.

This time, we truly escaped death.

If we had been annihilated by the opponent just now, there would be nowhere to seek justice, and the ancestral master might not necessarily be able to look after us properly.

Everyone's hearts felt like they had been on a roller coaster, though more so, they felt relieved.

At this moment, Zhang Jian's gaze fell deep into the hall; the main gate of the hall had already opened, and he immediately stepped forward into the main hall.

His eyes swept across the hall, and at a glance he saw a jade tablet placed on the upper seat.

That jade tablet was crystal clear and translucent.

As Zhang Jian raised his hand, the jade tablet instantly flew up and landed in his palm.

This jade tablet was small and exquisite, its entire surface covered with countless intricate patterns, and the Taiyin laws and rhythms flowed within it.

This is the control jade tablet!

Just by glancing at it, Zhang Jian knew the answer.

This control jade tablet was refined using the Xiyue Sword Sect's forbidden method; given the Xiyue Sword Sect's petty and stingy nature, the best way to refine it naturally was to use the Xiyue Sword Sect's own method.

If refined with other methods, who knows whether it would trigger some trap.

"Leave it to you!"

Zhang Jian casually tossed it to the Taiyin Immortal Maiden.

At this moment, Zhang Jian was not worried that the Taiyin Immortal Maiden would play any tricks.

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden did not hesitate; she immediately activated her divine soul power to fully refine this control jade tablet.

Everyone stood guard nearby while waiting for the Taiyin Immortal Maiden to refine the control jade tablet.

But after just half an hour, Zhang Jian's expression suddenly stirred, his gaze turning toward the depths of the void.

At this moment, a layer of purple-yellow light flowed around his body, gradually resonating with Yue Zhu Mountain; his vast divine soul sensed that a dense demonic aura was approaching the location of this immortal abode in the void.

"Is that the demon clan celestial immortal?"

With just a slight sensation, Zhang Jian's expression changed slightly; as he focused his mind, nine-colored light flowed before him, and as he cast the spell, vast expanses of nine-colored light poured forth.

The light of the Mountains and Rivers Map enveloped the mountain's interior.

Shortly afterward, the mountain's interior returned to tranquility.

Yet in his gaze, he saw in another part of the void a nearly identical immortal abode materializing from within.

This is the most elusive aspect of the Mountains and Rivers Map.

To think of mountains is to have mountains; to think of water is to have water.

It is nearly identical, and moreover, it is a kind of 'concept'; unless one's cultivation surpasses several major realms, no problem can be discerned.

Only to see a violent demonic aura, like a flood, instantly sink into the Mountains and Rivers Map, and in an instant arrive before that peculiar immortal palace.

"Where is this?"

Within the demonic aura, a figure clad in gold robes, bearing a wealthy and noble demeanor appeared; his eyes glowed with intense golden light, and in an instant his gaze fell upon the gate of the immortal abode, where he likewise noticed the recess at the door.

But he merely glanced around, his form showing no restraint, and with a thought he transformed into countless golden copper coins that hurled toward the immortal palace.

These countless copper coins, each resembling the immense power of the heavens and earth, struck the ice palace, yet upon the ice palace, precious light flowed, and no matter how the coins bombarded it, it remained ineffective.

But Zhang Jian knew that this ice palace was his own illusion; although imbued with the concepts of 'immortality' and 'solidity', it consumed enormous amounts of his spiritual power.

Though relying on the earth, he does not have to worry about his spiritual power being completely drained.

But he cannot allow this demon clan celestial immortal to keep smashing it recklessly.

Zhang Jian glanced again at the Taiyin Immortal Maiden still refining the control jade tablet; with a thought, he simply stepped his form into the Mountains and Rivers Map, preparing to meet this demon clan celestial immortal.

After a series of maneuvers by the demon clan celestial immortal, he then noticed that intense immortal light flowed around the ice palace; moments later, a graceful, multifaceted 'figure' emerged from within, resembling a cold goddess dwelling in the ninth heaven.

"Bold demon, dare to intrude upon the sacred grounds of the ice palace!"

Amid the vast immortal light, the graceful figure's body was surrounded by countless immortal lights; in an instant, the figure raised its hand, and countless crystal-like streams of light surged forth like a flood.

This is the second-tier immortal law, Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light, contained within the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel.

The other two are second-tier immortal laws: Taiyin Radiant Light Grand Method and Moon Holy Lotus.

One is an escape method, the other is a defensive method.

Besides these, there are also several first-tier immortal laws.

When facing world-shocking demonic fiends of the celestial immortal realm, first-tier immortal laws have little effect.

Only to see countless hailstones carrying blazing icy blue strange flames pouring down from heaven to earth, covering this area before the ice palace.

Under the light, the demon clan celestial immortal also changed expression.

Money can reach the divine!

Layers of golden light emerged all over his body, as if countless golden copper coins condensed on his surface and floated out, blocking in front of him—only to see countless hailstones and cold winds falling, piercing through the holes of the copper coins, as if carried away by the golden light.

Yet even the outer copper coins were involuntarily covered with a thick layer of frost.

This layer of frost covered the face of this celestial demon, which rapidly turned pale, with frost coating his temples, and he felt a chill seeping deep into his primordial spirit.

In the depths of the void, Zhang Jian, at this moment aided by the wondrous power of the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, manifested the 'Goddess Illusion,' his eyes wide with astonishment as he stared at this great demon, clearly not expecting the opponent to swallow a second-rank immortal technique whole and still remain unharmed.

"Again!"

At this moment, vast magical power surged around him.

Executing a second-rank immortal technique, though it drained him greatly, he felt the problem was not serious.

Vast and immense magical power poured in, and a point of cold light in his Yin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel was reignited once more, causing countless illusions of flying snow to appear on his body, while the void manifested endless cold as icy mountains, snow-capped peaks, and terrifying omens.

His form resembled condensed lunar essence of Yin, with countless cold currents pouring down from heaven and earth toward this celestial demon.

The second-rank immortal technique, Ten Directions Yin Freezing Immortal Technique, reappeared once more.

Cold light enveloped the void, sweeping across heaven and earth.

The celestial demon raised his brow, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes—under such intensity of a second-rank immortal technique, he could not help but temporarily evade the sharp edge, his form transforming into a demonic aura that burst backward, retreating into the formless void to dodge the sweeping cold currents within.

Evading direct confrontation, the celestial demon's body flowed with golden light, as a vast golden light condensed into form.

"Now it's my turn!"

At this moment, the toad god's face in the void flared with anger; the golden light in his hand condensed into a colossal divine treasure mountain, which instantly locked onto Zhang Jian's direction and came crashing down.

Golden light covered everything, as if the immense power of heaven and earth struck.

"Yin Rainbow Radiance Great Law!"

Zhang Jian's agile primordial spirit and divine sense had already sensed the danger within that golden light; his form transformed into an invisible rainbow light and vanished from the spot.

Upon reappearing, his form was already a thousand zhang away from the toad god.

Seizing the gap in the toad god's spellcasting, Zhang Jian's body flowed with countless purple-yellow lights, and in an instant, the void seemed to be covered by a dense purple-yellow radiance.

The intense purple-yellow light enveloped the void of the entire Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

This was the imperial qi subspace of the State Emperor's authority—its very nature being a domineering domain capable of suppressing any immortal's magical power and primordial spirit.

At this moment, Zhang Jian no longer concealed his true methods.

The first wave of imperial qi struck head-on, instantly causing the toad god's expression to shift; he clearly felt his magical power, cultivation, primordial spirit, and even his five senses and spiritual perception severely affected, suppressed by twenty to thirty percent.

"Something's wrong!"

At this moment, the toad god also clearly sensed something amiss.

Yet now, before his eyes, the ethereal and beautiful female immortal's 'form' transformed, revealing from within a figure clad in imperial robes, surrounded by countless imperial dao lights flowing around him.

"An ambush?"

This thought arose in his mind at this moment.

The overflowing imperial aura clearly indicated the opponent was a divine state emperor!

And at this moment, Zhang Jian's second killing move had already arrived.

"Human Emperor Purple Qi!"

Zhang Jian mobilized a portion of the Human Emperor's mandate from his inner Human Emperor destiny, forming invisible purple light for a second strike, capable of further delaying the toad god's magical power, cultivation, and dao arts.

This wave alone could at least suppress the opponent's magical power and cultivation by fifty percent!

At the same time, Zhang Jian began to unleash his trump card—the vast authority of the State Emperor manifested behind him, instantly condensing into a substantial divine golden mountain that loomed over the toad god's head.

This is the most primitive and simplest application of divine authority.

Directly manifesting it as a divine artifact of law, he launched a direct bombardment.

Its power is absolutely not inferior to second-rank immortal techniques—indeed, it surpasses the vast majority of them.

The vast golden light, transformed into a divine mountain, descended from heaven; the toad god's expression changed, he exploded in fury, and a thunderous frog's croak echoed from within, as a vast strange species emerged from the demonic aura—yet it was seen to be a giant golden toad covered head to toe in countless copper spots!

It stood tens of zhang tall, its body layered with flowing golden light, countless golden copper coins condensed into form, attempting to bear the golden mountain atop its head!

Merely a slight contact, and the frog cries atop its head began to distort.

The loud frog croak turned into a wail.

"Despicable!"

At this moment, amidst the golden light, the toad god spat out curses.

In the golden light, he glared fiercely at Zhang Jian, his eyes filled with utter indignation.

Yet even as he spoke, he rapidly chanted the true words, countless golden lights flying from his body once more, instantly condensing into a colossal golden copper coin.

This was his innate divine ability.

Simultaneously, he spat out countless precious spiritual objects, which transformed into spiritual light and fell into it; moments later, the golden copper coin suddenly expanded, instantly enveloping his entire body, actually propping open the divine golden mountain above his head, his form transforming into a flowing light that tore through the void.

Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit and divine sense also sensed the spatial blockade formed by the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram—indeed, it was pierced by an invisible golden light, which traversed the void and vanished in an instant.

He had not expected this celestial demon to actually slip away.

"That should be the authority of the Wealth God—he relied on his divine position as Wealth God, using his innate divine ability through equivalent exchange to temporarily enhance a certain spatial divine ability, tearing my technique's space..."

Zhang Jian pondered and calculated in his heart, a hint of regret in his eyes.

This time, he had a chance to keep the opponent.

Though the opponent fled, Zhang Jian's heart still burned with fighting spirit.

This was his first direct confrontation with a celestial demon, and he emerged victorious.

This proves one thing: as the wielder of the State Emperor's authority, he truly fears no celestial demon—indeed, with proper calculation, he can defeat them in battle.

"However, the application of the State Emperor's authority is still somewhat simple; if I could find a few second-rank earth-attribute immortal techniques to combine with the emperor's authority, the resulting destructive power could be greatly enhanced!"

Zhang Jian secretly mused.

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian's form transformed into a flowing light and landed once more before the Moon Evening Divine Palace.

……

Meanwhile, outside Yue Zhu Mountain, a golden light appeared in the void, disheveled and wretched, filled with demonic aura.

Boom—

Thick demonic aura surged into the sky, and within the golden light, the Toad God reappeared in human form; his eyes were gloomy, and he still had some lingering fear, he glanced behind him.

The opponent was truly too cunning— a venerable God-Path Emperor actually transformed into a female immortal to deceive him; had he not possessed the authority of the Wealth God, he would have fallen today.

Golden radiance flickered in his eyes.

Yet he also found it strange— as a venerable God-Path Emperor, the way he cast spells seemed odd, not only cross-dressing but also setting up spatial techniques as traps; according to the dignity of a God-Path Emperor, he could have simply overwhelmed him openly.

Although he felt puzzled inwardly, the opponent was indeed a God-Path Emperor, and the Emperor's authority greatly suppressed his Wealth God authority.

Suspicious in his heart, Jin Huang merely thought the opponent wanted to toy with him; as it turned out, he likely underestimated his abilities, allowing him to escape unharmed.

Upon thinking that he had actually escaped from the grasp of a God-Path Emperor, Jin Huang felt greatly pleased.

"Forget it— since the treasures inside cannot be taken, I can only recover some losses from these demon tribes outside!"

As Jin Huang recalled the countless treasures lost just moments ago, he instantly felt his heart torn apart.

He had only just emerged from the seal not long ago, and had barely begun to accumulate any wealth, yet he had wasted it all like this.

"I must recover it from these fellows outside!"

A golden gleam flashed in the depths of his eyes, and his form instantly transformed into a streak of flowing light, flying toward the surroundings of Yue Zhu Mountain.

……

In the Xiyue Divine Palace, after three hours of refinement, Taiyin Xianzi's body was enveloped layer by layer with intangible, azure-blue divine light of extreme cold.

She opened her eyes, and within her gaze, faint ice-blue light flowed and swirled.

Witnessing this, Zhang Jian and the two others immediately knew that Taiyin Xianzi had finally mastered this immortal palace.

At this moment, Taiyin Xianzi gazed happily at Zhang Jian and spoke in a clear voice.

"Your Majesty, I have successfully mastered this immortal palace!"

Zhang Jian glanced briefly at Zhu Xing Zhenjun and Zi Jing Zhenjun, smiled faintly, and similarly transmitted his inquiry via divine sense.

"Is the inheritance of the Xiyue Sword Sect still intact?"

Taiyin Xianzi pondered slightly, as if probing, then after a moment said: "Most immortal pills and spiritual medicines have deteriorated due to time— basically, only one in ten remains; however, other treasures, spiritual treasures, and the Xiyue Treasure Canon are still preserved. Besides these, there is also a third-rank immortal treasure: the Taiyin Ice Soul Bow!"

"A third-rank immortal treasure?"

Zhang Jian's eyes brightened.

He had personally experienced the profound mystery of the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel— this immortal treasure.

This treasure could greatly enhance his combat power.

Not to mention a third-rank immortal treasure.

Moreover, it is a bow-shaped immortal treasure— most bow-shaped immortal treasures are long-range lethal treasures.

Yet Taiyin Xianzi added: "Your Majesty, in fact, there should still be another third-rank immortal treasure; the other third-rank immortal treasure may have been lost along with the disappearance of the last sect master!"

Zhang Jian also felt a slight regret in his heart, but being able to obtain most of the Xiyue Sword Sect's inheritance, this journey had already left him immensely satisfied.

With these treasures, the Great Xia Dynasty could also elevate its national fortune in a short time.

Zhang Jian glanced at Zhu Xing Zhenjun and Zi Jing Zhenjun.

As for the treasures within the Xiyue Immortal Palace's treasury, he had no intention of continuing to share profits with them; instead, he merely allowed the two Zhenjun to search independently within the palace—whether they could find any other treasures depended entirely on their own abilities.