Chapter 580: Ji Shen (4K)

Zhang Jian looked at the Xuanming Divine Banner in his hand, covered with terrifying coldness.

Inside it contained a vast and terrifying power.

It seemed to be the source of the ice and snow attribute between heaven and earth, possessing eternal and enduring power, enough to freeze the heavens.

Any immortal or god who completely masters it can obtain the name 'Xuanming' and thus leap to become an existence of great importance in the void of the heavens.

Born from the primordial qi, seizing divine authority, naturally one can gradually transform oneself into an innate deity, even to the extent of divine foundation.

Undying and indestructible.

Zhang Jian slightly comprehended the vast Dati Xuanming primordial qi within it; this power was extraordinarily formidable.

Besides the Xuanming primordial qi, inside there were also several powerful divine offices, such as the Winter God office, the Eternal God office, and the Rain and Snow God office, etc.

Rank and divine offices were all within this Xuanming Divine Banner.

However, Zhang Jian also felt that the Dati Xuanming primordial qi seemed to have already merged into one with the entire Eternal Ice Prison.

As he had anticipated.

The Xuanming Divine Position is the core of the Eternal Ice Prison; even if one obtains such a divine position, in the future one can only become a guard of the Eternal Ice Prison, unable to leave it too far.

If the Eternal Divine Position is drawn out, the Eternal Immortal Prison will inevitably collapse because of it.

That is a great calamity.

Unless one day, one's cultivation reaches the level where one can reshape the Eternal Immortal Prison.

Zhang Jian put it away; although he had not thought of directly refining the Xuanming Divine Banner, this was prepared for Bai Li Ying.

With Bai Li Ying's background, refining the Xuanming Divine Banner would be just right.

Later, when he steps into the Dao Jun realm afterward, he will naturally be able to reshape the Eternal Immortal Prison and help Bai Li Ying escape.

Zhang Jian had long had his own arrangements regarding the Xuanming Divine Position.

However, he could also comprehend a bit and integrate it into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

When he initially established the Yin Refining Shape Great Law, it already included authorities such as ice and snow; if one could transform within it to produce Yin primordial qi and Xuanming primordial qi, one could naturally form an eternal Dao law.

It could also greatly enhance the power of the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

Zhang Jian's eyes immediately fell again into the depths of the ice and snow abyss; he had not forgotten his destination.

His purpose was not only to obtain the Dati Xuanming primordial qi, but also to obtain that Xuanming relic mentioned by the Nine Phoenixes.

Having obtained the Xuanming Divine Banner, he could now pass unimpeded through the depths of the ice and snow abyss.

A divine light broke through the layers of circulating eternal ice and snow, and he slowly descended into the deepest part of the ice and snow abyss.

A huge ice and snow nest appeared before his eyes.

From the depths of the ice and snow nest, Zhang Jian sensed a vast primordial spacetime power.

Inside, a huge cave heaven had already been nurtured, a natural cave heaven with the Dati Xuanming primordial qi as its core.

It is very likely that after the fall of the Xuanming God, a part of his essence, energy, and spirit evolved and transformed into this.

One whale falls, all things thrive!

Zhang Jian looked at this scene, and could not help but feel a ripple in his heart.

Even as mighty as the Xuanming God, in the end he could not escape such a fate; he did not know whether he himself would ultimately meet the same end.

Or perhaps even not as fortunate as this ancient deity.

This thought arose, and Zhang Jian immediately cut it off.

To him, everything before him was merely scenery on the path of seeking the Dao; it would absolutely not affect his state of mind; one day he would surely ascend to the peak and behold the view from its summit.

Transcending all, indestructible through myriad calamities.

At this moment, in the depths of the ice and snow nest, beams of ice and snow divine light shot out from within; with Zhang Jian's arrival, the many deities and monsters nurtured within the ice and snow all manifested from within.

As Zhang Jian focused his mind, a vast and magnificent divine aura emanated from his entire body.

The power of the Dati Xuanming primordial qi spread forth; the expressions of many deities and monsters changed, but after a moment they still knelt down in worship, hailing the arrival of the Holy One on the path of rain and snow.

They all possessed complete wisdom and clearly understood what this scene meant.

Zhang Jian stepped forward into it; he did not pay any heed to these deities and monsters born from the Xuanming power.

Although each of them possessed extraordinary talent, and their cultivation placed among mortals could stir up turmoil in countless mortal worlds, yet beneath his feet, they could easily be stripped of everything.

Zhang Jian stepped into the ice and snow nest; the previous Ice Emperor undoubtedly loved cleanliness immensely.

The interior of the ice and snow nest was constructed like a palace, filled with an elegant and beautiful style.

Zhang Jian's vast divine sense swept over the entire ice and snow nest; moments later, his figure appeared in a sleeping palace.

The sleeping palace was bright; besides a seat of ice-white jade as pure as ivory, it was also furnished with classical screens and a dressing table.

At this moment, Zhang Jian directed his gaze toward an ice mirror on the dressing table; as he focused his mind, a purple-yellow immortal light enveloped this ice mirror, fixing a vanishing space within it.

With a wave of his hand, many items were seized from that vanishing space.

A great clatter.

Zhang Jian looked over, and instantly felt his vision brighten in an instant.

It was the golden light of wealth.

Before him lay a great heap of ice and snow attribute heavenly and earthly spiritual materials: ice and snow divine stones, ice and snow divine marrow, innate ice crystal treasure lotus, nine-leaf ice crystal divine medicine, innate ice soul divine pearls; as for treasures like the ten-thousand-year Xuanming pearl, famous in the heavenly realms, among this heap of ice and snow attribute divine objects, they were merely ordinary goods.

A glance showed them piled up like mountains.

It was likely that after the fall of the Xuanming God, most of the many heavenly and earthly divine objects nurtured had fallen into the hands of this young Ice Emperor.

Now they all came cheap to him.

Zhang Jian saw many innate attribute ice and snow divine objects among them.

There were also ice and snow divine objects of the level of heavenly and earthly marvelous treasures.

Among them were the Eternal Soul, innate Xuanming divine stone, Xuanming divine iron, and an ice spirit fruit tree, which was a heavenly and earthly spiritual root innate from birth.

These were all good things.

With these things, the scale of the Zhang clan of the Heavenly Realm can be further expanded.

Besides these, Zhang Jian also saw many personal belongings belonging to the Ice Emperor.

Zhang Jian directly set them on fire.

Finally, Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon several items.

He raised his hand and seized them before him; these items might be relics of the Xuanming God.

One of them is a dark grey comb, a stone comb made merely from ordinary chaotic primordial stone, not a magical artifact, yet it possesses an ancient qi, and was also preserved by the Ice Emperor in a jade box.

Zhang Jian sensed a strong trace of time upon it.

It has endured a long span of time, very likely the relic mentioned by Jiu Feng.

Next is a stone key.

It is refined from several special divine stones, also possessing a primordial, vast qi.

Zhang Jian has seen such items in ancient texts.

In ancient times, when many immortals and gods refined their immortal abodes, they usually refined such stone keys, but as early as antiquity, they had already been eliminated.

Yet being preserved until now, it must surely have its use.

Zhang Jian played with them briefly, then stored these two items as key treasures.

Lastly, his gaze fell upon a massive white bone.

It is a leg bone.

In its complete state, it should have been a divine staff.

It is a fragment of a white bone divine staff, containing within it a surge of vast and wondrous power.

I do not know whose divine or demonic corpse this white bone was refined from; it is extraordinarily terrifying.

Zhang Jian guessed this might be the divine artifact of the Xuanming God in former times.

He immediately stored it away; in the future, it can help Bai Li Ying refine a Xuanming-attributed divine artifact for bodily protection.

After the sorting was complete, Zhang Jian dumped all the treasures into the Mountains and Rivers State Map.

This can truly be called a great windfall.

Everything has been obtained in hand; all of this looks extraordinarily perfect.

Zhang Jian faintly pondered.

Actually, this smoothness also made him feel a sense of wonder—has his period of great fortune arrived?

Or perhaps the great fortune accumulated by the Donghua Heavenly Realm's ascension has begun to take effect.

As recorded in ancient texts, when the sacred great fortune has not yet reached its limit, it will keep growing like a snowball.

Fortune flows like a rainbow.

Zhang Jian hopes this rumor is true.

Feeling moved, Zhang Jian instantly thought of Jiu Feng.

I do not know what the Great God Jiu Feng is scheming.

Now that he has successfully obtained the Doutian Xuanming Ancestral Qi, the Great God Jiu Feng should have no more bargaining chips.

"Or perhaps he wants to use me to go to the Netherworld's Yellow Springs to meet the Goddess Hou Tu, creating an opportunity for her to act and rescue?"

Zhang Jian furrowed his brow.

Instantly, Zhang Jian gathered his scattered thoughts.

He stepped forward and left the ice and snow nest.

At this moment, within the ice and snow nest, hundreds of gods and monsters stood tremblingly in the snow, each with anxious expressions.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, his expression calm.

"You all cultivate well here; after a thousand years, your divine lord will naturally descend; then, may you well guard her surroundings, and at that time there will be fortune; if you harbor foolish thoughts, cruel and unrepentant, then you shall be reduced to ashes!"

The words fell, and Zhang Jian's form transformed into a stream of light, flying out of the ice and snow abyss.

He did not directly destroy this place.

Such a cave heaven, among the many heavenly realms, is also rare.

Destroying it would be a waste of heavenly treasures.

With such a Daoist field, it is sufficient to suppress the great fortune of a mighty divine ability wielder.

These gods and monsters can also serve as the core cadre for Bai Li Ying's rise.

Properly nurtured, they will surely produce many capable assistants.

After obtaining the treasures, Zhang Jian did not choose to leave the Ninth Layer of the Eternal Ice Prison directly, but instead went straight to meet Jiu Feng.

Beneath the Xuanming Divine Tree, Jiu Feng gazed upon Zhang Jian walking out of the chaotic currents, a faint smile appearing on his face as he spoke.

"Young one, the power of the Xuanming Ancestral God surely has not disappointed you!"

Zhang Jian gazed upon this great god and spoke calmly.

"To take first, one must first give; the Great God's schemes are excellent, but I do not know if they can also be fulfilled as wished?"

Beneath the Xuanming Divine Tree, Jiu Feng's ink-black eyes gazed upon Zhang Jian, smiling very faintly.

"Young one, you have not already obtained the benefits you deserve? Why bother with other matters? At least up to now, you have paid no price!"

"People always want to possess everything, greedily desiring; young one, from now on, I dislike you—you had better leave this place early!"

Zhang Jian was stunned, immediately glanced at Jiu Feng, turned around, entered the chaotic currents, and then left the Ninth Layer of the Eternal Ice Prison.

Jiu Feng watched Zhang Jian's departing figure, his eyes from beginning to end carrying a strange calm.

In the depths of his pupils lay eternal darkness, with no emotion at all.

Only occasionally would a trace of sorrow, desolation, and ever-present killing intent appear in the depths of his eyes.

……

At this time, Zhang Jian returned to the Eternal Ice Fortress, but he quickly received a message from Yu Wang.

"Ayu, let me tell you two pieces of news, one bad, one good— which would you like to hear first?!"

At this moment, on the altar, the ancestral master's figure appeared within the incense smoke, his face bearing a smile.

At this time, Zhang Jian had some good news he wanted to tell the other party; upon hearing this, he spoke.

"Ancestral Master, I would still prefer to hear the bad news first!"

On the altar, Yu Wang spoke with a solemn expression.

"Ayu, the bad news is that the Heavenly Court is preparing to dispatch an Immortal Envoy of Inspection to your Eternal Ice Fortress to thoroughly investigate the collusion of Immortal Lord Wu Chun with external demonic entities, who are preparing to seize an opportunity to destroy the Eternal Immortal Prison!"

Zhang Jian's eyes narrowed.

For him, this was indeed bad news.

That newly arrived Heavenly Court envoy is likely more interested in the position of the Xuanming Deity.

However, this bad news only pertains to the situation from several days ago.

Now, the Xuanming Divine Banner has already fallen into his hands, and with him possessing three pieces of the Xuanming Divine Artifacts, even if others were to turn the Eternal Ice Prison upside down, they could no longer find the Xuanming Divine Position.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Jian's mouth as he asked.

"Ancestral Master, what is the good news?"

On the altar, Yu Wang's face bore a smile as he spoke with a laugh.

"The good news is that I have decided to personally visit the Eternal Immortal Prison to meet with the Nine Phoenix Daoist and resolve this hidden danger for you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian's eyes brightened.

That truly is a piece of good news.

At the same time, Zhang Jian felt a warm hue in his heart.

He knew that Yu Wang's journey might be entirely to support him, while also serving to intimidate the impending Heavenly Court Inspector Envoy.

After thinking it over, Zhang Jian spoke.

"Ancestral Master, I also happen to have a piece of good news to tell you!"

"Oh?"

Yu Wang's eyes turned toward him, and he immediately formed a guess.

Meeting his slightly astonished gaze, Zhang Jian smiled and said.

"Ancestral Master, I have already found the whereabouts of the Xuanming Divine Position, though the matter is still somewhat complicated..."

He then proceeded to recount in detail the various changes that had occurred on the ninth level of the Eternal Ice Prison.

In the incense-fire divine technique, Yu Wang's eyes flickered slightly brighter, and his expression also carried some joy.

The Xuanming Divine Position falling into Zhang Jian's hands will inevitably bring a great enhancement to his strength.

Xuanming is one of the most ancient Four Seasonal Deities.

To be precise, it is one of the Five Seasonal Deities.

In ancient times, besides spring, summer, autumn, and winter, the heavenly realm also had the season of Long Summer.

The deity of Long Summer is none other than the current Chengtian Xiaofa Hou Tu Huangdi.

This is not only a tremendous power, but also a great fortune.

Zhang Jian obtaining this great fortune will also bring some benefit to the Tongshan Dao lineage.

However, although Zhang Jian has obtained the Xuanming Divine Position, Yu Wang still decided to personally visit the Eternal Ice Fortress.

First, to support him; second, to study how to re-separate the Xuanming Divine Position from the Eternal Immortal Prison, isolating it alone.

The Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm, the land of Qiuqiu.

At this moment, upon ending the communication, Yu Wang's hearty laughter could not be concealed.

The Lady of Qiuqiu, upon hearing the commotion, immediately entered from the side hall.

"Your Majesty, what matter has made you so joyful?"

At this time, Yu Wang smiled and spoke to the Lady of Qiuqiu.

"Tushan, today I am indeed joyful—I never expected that the Xuanming Divine Position would actually fall into the hands of my Tongshan Dao lineage. Back then, the might of the Four Seasonal Deities caused the ancient human emperors to look up in awe; their every word and deed required long contemplation from the human race. Now, however, the tides have turned, and our human race is about to give birth to a Lord of Xuanming..."