Chapter 814

Zhang Jian waved his hand, and the Earth Emperor Sword turned into a stream of light that vanished into his body.

Immediately, Zhang Jian rose from his spot and prepared to go meet the Broad Saint Emperor.

Over these years, he had not merely upgraded the Earth Emperor Sword to a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

He had also deliberately refined several special one-time-use spiritual treasures.

The materials used to refine these spiritual treasures were of considerable value, and many were no inferior to the sold 【Immortal Tai Sui】 and 【Golden Cicada Divine Wings】.

He also strengthened the several acquired spiritual treasures he held in hand.

After refining these backups, Zhang Jian felt a greater anticipation for this journey.

Because, according to the Broad Saint Emperor, what they had discovered was a Chaos Origin Secret Realm.

What is a Chaos Origin Secret Realm?

It can be called a super-large sluggish-flow region.

Ordinary sluggish-flow regions may nurture and give birth to many Chaos Odd Treasures, let alone this extraordinarily mysterious Chaos Origin Secret Realm.

Inside, there must exist even more precious treasures.

The only problem is that around this Chaos Origin Secret Realm, a group of Chaos beings contaminated by the Spirit Void Mother God guards it.

There may also exist immensely powerful Chaos Demons.

But isn't this exactly the main reason Zhang Jian has developed interest?

Now, what could be more attractive to him than a powerful Chaos Demon?

His figure instantly vanished from the spot.

……

Gengchen District, No. 11 Chaos Market.

Zhang Jian strode into it.

The Broad Saint Emperor had received the news and had already prepared a banquet, waiting.

He immediately welcomed Zhang Jian in, his face at this moment bearing a rich smile.

"It seems the Earth Emperor Daoist has already made up his mind; with the Earth Emperor Daoist joining our exploration team, this journey will surely become much easier!"

Zhang Jian glanced at him and said.

"Broad Saint Daoist, the matter of joining need not be rushed; I at least need to know the personnel configuration of this exploration team first, then the danger level of this Chaos Origin Secret Realm, and the specific risks that may exist?"

Upon hearing this, the Broad Saint Emperor was not surprised, merely smiling.

"This is only proper!"

Immediately, he took out a specially crafted jade slip from his bosom, and at this moment he looked toward Zhang Jian and said.

"The personnel configuration is all within; next is the partial Chaos Origin Secret Realm map we have explored, but please first swear the Chaos Origin Oath, not to disclose any information related to this journey within ten thousand years!"

Zhang Jian nodded; this request was not excessive.

He immediately directly used divine power to invoke the Chaos Origin Great Dao rules, descending to form a temporary origin oath constraint.

This origin oath, when not violated, does not trigger, and it has a time limit.

The time limit is ten thousand years.

After the time passes, it naturally becomes invalid.

Seeing this, the Broad Saint Emperor handed the jade slip in his hand to Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian casually took the jade slip and instantly used a secret method to extract the information within.

In the Broad Saint Emperor's unsurprising gaze, the jade slip in his hand shattered, turning into flying ash.

At the same time, a message was received by Zhang Jian.

"Luofu Heavenly Venerate, True Warrior Subduing Demons Heavenly Venerate, Shaohua Heavenly Venerate, Broad Saint Emperor, Chijun Daoist!"

"Plus me, making a total of six people?"

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered slightly with thought.

What surprised him somewhat was that this group also included the True Warrior Subduing Demons Heavenly Venerate, a renowned emperor of the Heavenly Court.

Among the remaining five, the Broad Saint Emperor and Chijun Daoist he had already met.

That Chijun Daoist is also one of the foundations guarding the Chaos Market.

It is said his cultivation is not low.

As for Luofu Heavenly Venerate and Shaohua Heavenly Venerate, the jade slip also contains some simple records; these two ancient gods of the Heavenly Court also represent the Heavenly Court, each governing a mighty heavenly realm.

Luofu Heavenly Venerate is the realm lord of the Luofu Realm and also the progenitor of the divine path of one realm.

Shaohua Heavenly Venerate is the realm lord of the Nine Hua Heavenly Realm and was once one of the protectors of the Great Jade Heavenly Venerate.

Zhang Jian's pupils showed some change.

He could imagine that as the lord of a heavenly realm, their cultivation must be at least at the third transformation of Dao Venerable, possibly having already stepped into the Dao.

The latter part of the jade slip is then a secret map.

This secret map is vivid and lifelike, like a three-dimensional立体道图, depicting the scene deep within a vast chaos long river.

It is a great chaos spirit sea lake, appearing as if formed by the confluence of several chaos long rivers into a triangular region.

However, in the secret map, only a portion of the area is clearly revealed, while another portion remains unknown.

Moreover, around this triangular chaos giant lake, within the chaos long rivers, terrifying auras are marked, indicating that chaos beings reside within, or perhaps chaos demons are stationed.

These chaos beings gather in groups, orderly and neat.

This is a rather abnormal change.

Zhang Jian easily deduced that there might also be information about even more powerful chaos demons guarding within.

If not so, these chaos beings and chaos demons would not be so obedient.

Zhang Jian glanced at the Broad Saint Emperor and did not continue asking about coordinates, because at this moment the other party could not possibly hand over the coordinates directly.

But through studying this Chaos Origin Secret Realm, Zhang Jian could also confirm that this place must be nurturing some kind of extraordinary treasure.

It is possible that this treasure has not yet been born.

Of course, there is also a small probability that this Chaos Strange Treasure has already been taken by other Chaos Demon Gods.

But with the forces dispatched by the Heavenly Court this time, and the preparations made, it is worth a try.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Jian directly agreed to this invitation.

Upon hearing this, the Guang Sheng Emperor could not help but reveal a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Although the original five-person team had become six.

Adding a member midway is unpleasant.

After all, there is one more person to share the treasure.

But there is no helping it—this newly joined teammate possesses overwhelming Dao cultivation, especially his methods of contaminating the Lingkong Mother God are extremely effective against it. Having this powerful expert along might save them a lot of trouble.

The Guang Sheng Emperor immediately invited Zhang Jian to temporarily reside at the Eleventh Chaos Market, while waiting for other Heavenly Court powerhouses to arrive.

And he informed Zhang Jian that the agreed-upon time of departure for everyone is three thousand years from now.

……

Three thousand years later

Outside the Eleventh Chaos Market, several strands of immortal light descended from the void, faintly accompanied by surging chaotic mist transformations, and faintly, threads of tremendous fluctuations emerged in the depths of the Chaos Long River, but this movement was suppressed by a mighty power.

At the gate of the Chaos Market, the Guang Sheng Emperor, Zhang Jian, and another figure wearing a crimson Daoist robe, with layers of fiery divine light flowing behind his head, stood before the Chaos Obelisk.

In Zhang Jian's sight, he saw three immortals and gods with magnificent aura and unique temperament emerging from the Chaos.

The leader was a Daoist holding a Dragon-Tiger Jade Ruyi, with black hair flowing over his shoulders, wearing a robe of Sun, Moon, Qian, and Kun, his body surrounded by mysterious immortal light, the immortal light behind his head like a pure bright moon, with a hint of a smile hidden deep in his eyes, possessing the bearing of an immortal and the bones of a Daoist.

The second had a mysterious aura surrounding him, with faint traces of turtle and snake forming a black-and-white yin-yang Taiji diagram behind him, he wore a black-and-white patterned Daoist robe, head crowned with a lotus flower, his middle-aged face unusually stern.

This person Zhang Jian had seen before—several times at distant Heavenly Court grand assemblies.

However, he had never had the chance to formally pay a visit.

True Warrior Subduing Demons Emperor.

The last one had vast divine light radiating from his body, as if boundless light burst forth from the treasure wheel behind him, illuminating every strand of his hair radiating brilliant divine light, his face similarly middle-aged, his body emanating a vast divine energy, holding a horsetail whisk in his hand, appearing to be of orthodox Daoist sect lineage.

Zhang Jian's gaze ultimately fell upon the leading immortal holding the Dragon-Tiger Jade Ruyi.

"Luofu Heavenly Lord!"

Zhang Jian's expression fluctuated slightly.

On that jade slip, the name and taboo of Luofu Heavenly Lord even appeared before that of True Warrior Subduing Demons Emperor.

Such a ranking should also be recognized by the gods, thus it can be seen that this Heavenly Lord's Dao cultivation is likely even above that of True Warrior Subduing Demons Heavenly Lord.

And the last one, whose body radiated boundless holy light, should be the Shaohua Heavenly Lord.

The leading Luofu Heavenly Lord swept his gaze over Guang Sheng Emperor, Zhang Jian, and the Red Lord Daoist, finally resting it on Zhang Jian, and smiled faintly.

"This should be the Earth Emperor Daoist friend, Earth Emperor Daoist friend, who severed the Star Pole Demon God with force—truly extraordinary in bearing!"

"Luofu Senior, you flatter me!"

Zhang Jian's face merely showed a faint hint of a smile.

Besides, True Warrior Subduing Demons Emperor and Shaohua Heavenly Lord also turned their gazes toward Zhang Jian, with some curiosity in their eyes.

Especially Shaohua Heavenly Lord.

Upon learning that the five-person team had suddenly increased by one, he was extremely displeased.

However, after truly receiving the message transmitted by True Warrior Subduing Demons Emperor, his attitude gradually changed.

Especially on this side of the Chaos Market, new messages kept arriving.

Whether it was slaying the Chaos Magic Wolf, the Golden Cicada Magic God, or forcefully severing the Star Pole Magic God, such battle achievements were already astonishingly impressive.

Especially the Star Pole Magic God.

This terrifying Chaos Evil God is not comparable to the Chaos Magic Wolf or Golden Cicada Magic God, which are ordinary to the utmost Dao.

The span of time he has roamed Chaos spacetime is very long.

Since records began, he has been rampaging across the Chaos Long River in the form of one who has attained the Ultimate Dao.

And it is possible he was born as one who attained the Ultimate Dao on the path of supreme strength.

Zhang Jian actually managed to defeat him head-on—such combat power, even for ancient immortals and gods of their level, is astonishing.

Luofu Heavenly Lord then greeted Guang Sheng Emperor and Red Lord Daoist, and then said.

"Since everyone has now gathered, there is no delay—let us set out immediately!"

He immediately took the lead, flying toward one of the Chaos Long Rivers.

Everyone immediately followed.

Guang Sheng Emperor stayed beside Zhang Jian, at this moment his voice floated into Zhang Jian's ears.

"Earth Emperor Daoist friend, the one who actually first discovered the traces of this Chaos Origin Secret Realm was none other than Luofu Senior—Luofu Heavenly Lord once personally entered the core depths of this Chaos Origin Secret Realm, but only felt danger, so he decided to return, joining us of the Chaos Market to explore together!"

"Afterward, we only need to follow Luofu Senior!"

Zhang Jian's gaze fluctuated, and he asked.

"Guang Sheng Daoist friend, I observe that Luofu Senior's entire body is filled with extraordinarily pure Great Dao immortal light, seemingly from the most ancient lineage of Qi cultivators—could he be from the Xuanmen lineage?"

Guang Sheng Emperor glanced at Zhang Jian, and smiled faintly.

"It seems Earth Emperor Daoist friend is not very familiar with Luofu Senior?"

He glanced at the swiftly flying Luofu Heavenly Lord ahead, and then said.

"Luofu Senior is a Qi cultivator from the Middle Ancient era; after the Middle Ancient Great Calamity, he obtained part of the Dao lineage left by the Shangqing Dao lineage on Luofu Mountain, ultimately achieving the Dao of Immortals, but Luofu Senior's actual connection with the Shangqing Dao lineage is not deep. After his ascension into the Heavenly Court, however, he was successfully selected into the Heavenly Court's 'Star Net Project,' becoming one of the key deities cultivated by the Heavenly Court, and thus rose all the way..."

A hint of a smile appeared on Guang Sheng Emperor's face, faintly mixed with a touch of pride.

Zhang Jian glanced at this Emperor.

Part of the "Star Net Project" records surfaced in his mind.

This was a plan secretly launched after the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable ascended to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor in the Lingxiao Hall, feeling that capable talents were scarce among his subordinates.

At that time, the situation was that the Three Teachings had just finished a great war, leaving everything in ruins awaiting revival; some immortals and deities who had just stepped onto the List of Gods, relying on their sects, were unwilling to obey heavenly commands, thus giving rise to this grand plan.

It was that the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable personally selected some scattered immortals with fortune, foundation, and wisdom from the Earth Immortal Realm, or even deities of pure lineage, to cultivate them individually.

He personally descended to the mortal realm to teach them.

This is a long-term plan.

But time has proven that the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable indeed possesses far-sighted vision.

The immortals and deities he selected from the dust, in the ancient era after the myriad realms were born, many of them rose during the heavenly court's decline and grew to full strength.

Among them, some achieved accomplishments so remarkable that even immortals and deities of the myriad realms would look askance.

The Luo Fu Heavenly Venerable is a very representative figure among them.

However, the Star Net Project did not end with the growth of the first batch of immortals and deities.

During his cultivation through billions of tribulations, the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable cultivated batch after batch of powerful beings, many of whom have now become the pillars of the heavenly court.

With their support, the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable also firmly secured his position as Heavenly Emperor.

"It seems this Luo Fu Heavenly Venerable can be 'trusted'!"

Zhang Jian thought to himself.

He and the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable are now mutually beneficial and win-win; this model should continue for a while.

At least until he has not completely 'fed' that Great Celestial Venerable, their relationship will not change.

Since this Luo Fu Heavenly Venerable is a confidant of the Jade Emperor Supreme Celestial Venerable, he surely will not 'dig a pit' for them!

Although he had formed an idea in his mind, Zhang Jian did not relax his vigilance.

The six of them moved at extreme speed.

Soon after, they entered the outer region of that Chaos Origin Secret Realm.

In the extreme-speed Chaos River, each of the six shone with intense immortal light, like reefs standing firm in the turbid chaotic qi of the Chaos River; at this moment, everyone's gaze looked forward.

Ahead, the torrent surged violently, faintly as if one could see endless chaos spiritual mechanisms mixed in the Chaos River pouring downward, extraordinarily turbulent and vast.

Within it were also layered chaotic heavenly disaster energies.

Extremely perilous.

This is the downstream of that giant Chaos Origin Spirit Lake.

On the secret realm's map, further ahead lies the estuary where the Chaos Origin Spirit Lake extends outward.

The Chaos River beneath their feet flows out from this estuary.

But ahead, the estuary is occupied by chaotic beings, making passage difficult.

Moreover, the gods cannot simply detour around this special estuary.

Because other Chaos Rivers flowing into the Chaos Origin Spirit Lake, and their intersection zones with the spirit lake, all harbor even more ferocious chaotic beings, or even chaotic demon gods lying in wait.

The gods obviously cannot directly slay these chaotic beings, for doing so would alarm other chaotic beings under the control of the region's spirit-space mother god, and even the chaotic demon gods.

Seeing the Luo Fu Heavenly Venerable ahead about to speak, Zhang Jian thought for a moment, then spoke directly.

"Leave this matter to me! I happen to have a method that can lead the gods through this place!"

He opened his palm, and a thread of immortal light condensed and manifested into an innate Dao diagram.

It was not his natal Dao art, the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, but a newly cultivated God-Concealing Dao Diagram.

It originated from the innate spiritual treasure, the God-Concealing Dao Diagram.

The God-Concealing Dao tradition is renowned in the Heavenly Talisman Realm for assassination techniques.

That Dao diagram inherently carries the concepts of 【Invisible】 and 【Ignored】.

This treasure has been comprehended by him, and thus he condensed an innate Dao diagram secret method.

Using it to lead the gods past is not difficult.

As for the innate spiritual treasure itself at this moment in the Chaos, it cannot actually be used!