Chapter 323: Four Treasures, the Pressure Facing the Great Zhou

"When we founded the Yu Dynasty, it was the five-hundredth year since we entered this world."

"At that time, my two close friends, 'Puta' and 'Fairy Su', and I believed we had fully grasped the rules of ascension for this world."

"Although we had all fallen to the Ascension Realm, we considered ourselves invincible within this world."

Hearing this, Zhao Xing could not help but reveal a trace of sympathy.

Miserable, it was just too damn miserable!

Invincible? How could they be invincible? Were the guardians of the Southern Barbarian Sacred Mountain and the Land of Returning Ruins a joke to you? In the Profound Yellow World, even a dragon has to coil up!

What's more, Qing Yuzi even went on to found a dynasty; that was even more fatal!

"It didn't matter that there was no spiritual energy. I cultivated the Dao of Shennong. It was still possible to bring about a rain of spiritual energy in this world and create a brief window for ascension."

Zhao Xing listened quietly; he had long since seen that Qing Yuzi was a Farmer-class cultivator.

Because he possessed extraordinary vision, Qing Yuzi had made the same choice as him: manual spiritual energy recovery. He had forcibly made the origin rules of this world suitable for ascension.

Zhao Xing was very interested in this point because what Qing Yuzi had once done was exactly what he intended to do. He very much wanted to hear how Qing Yuzi had failed so he could learn from the experience.

Of course, the situation he and Qing Yuzi were in was not the same.

The difficulty for Qing Yuzi to complete this feat was at a hellish level!

At that time, the Xia Dynasty had just ascended, taking away the vast majority of spiritual energy and matter. The Profound Yellow World had irreversibly entered a cycle of decline, and even vital energy would become scarce, let alone spiritual energy.

"We quickly ended the chaotic situation in the Central Plains and created a dynasty of destiny."

"It was only then that I discovered this damn world had three unbreakable rules."

"The first is the Land of Returning Ruins; this place is constantly absorbing spiritual energy, inexplicably swallowing the remaining spiritual energy left after the Xia Dynasty ascended."

"The second is the great divine ability of the Southern Barbarian lands. Heavens, I never expected that in such a place, there would actually be a divine ability like 'Absolute Heaven and Earth Connection.' After my army crossed a place called Yinyou Mountain, almost all of them turned into mortals!"

"I am not skilled at commanding armies in battle, so I handed the command over to Puta."

"However, we lost."

Qing Yuzi smiled bitterly: "I don't fear being laughed at by a fellow Daoist. I, Qing Yuzi, am the dignified master of a World Star and hold a certain status in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai, yet I stumbled in a tiny Profound Yellow World."

"My friend 'Puta' is also an elite disciple of a major power in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai, walking the Dao of the Divine Craftsman."

"Fairy Su walks the Dao of the Soul. The three of us actually couldn't handle the natives of the Southern Barbarians."

Zhao Xing listened and was filled with emotion. Qing Yuzi, Fairy Su, and Pu Ta were all Origin Realm experts capable of adventuring in the universe, yet in the Profound Yellow World, they were miserably swindled.

"Although ninety-nine percent of the people in the Southern Barbarian lands also turned into mortals, they still had dozens of people who could use spiritual energy!"

"Spiritual energy!" Qing Yuzi seemed very agitated when mentioning this. "We had all turned into mortals, yet they still had people who could use spiritual energy? This was a completely unbridgeable gap!"

"Our mechanical beasts turned into piles of junk once they entered, and our martial arts experts started getting sick as soon as they stepped in..."

"We fought for a full five hundred years and discovered that the Southern Barbarian lands simply could not be broken under those circumstances!"

"And at this time, the second unbreakable rule appeared," Qing Yuzi sighed.

Zhao Xing also sighed.

He had guessed it; Qing Yuzi had encountered the second unbreakable rule of the Profound Yellow World: the emperor of a dynasty of destiny cannot live past a thousand years.

"The emperor of a dynasty of destiny in this world cannot live past a thousand years."

"Although I founded the Yu Dynasty, it was my good friend 'Puta' who became the emperor."

"Although Puta was seriously injured, before he became emperor, he could still hold on for ten thousand years. Yet after becoming emperor, Puta actually only lasted five hundred years before his time was up."

"Fellow Daoist! If you also came to the Profound Yellow World for some reason and are facing the dilemma of ascension, you must never become the emperor of this world!"

"You must never!"

Looking at Qing Yuzi's solemn warning, Zhao Xing was caught between laughter and tears. Old brother, you really stepped into every single pit in the Profound Yellow World. But that is what adventuring in the universe is like.

A seemingly ordinary place might just become the burial ground for some powerful adventurer.

"The third unbreakable rule is 'Information Shielding'; no message can be transmitted out."

Qing Yuzi sighed with emotion: "After Puta died, Fairy Su and I realized this method wouldn't work, so we sent messages out to the heavens."

"The power I belong to in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai is called the Purple God Mansion, which has a deep foundation in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai."

"If they knew I was trapped, my master and friends would definitely come to save me."

"As long as they are above the Origin Realm, coming to the Profound Yellow World to save me would be an easy task."

"This world is too dangerous. We even vaguely sensed certain dangers, so we found the Western Extreme Continent to avoid the world and erased the traces of the three of us."

"On the Western Extreme Continent, we built a small world to maintain our lifespans while constantly sending messages to the heavens."

"However..."

"None of the messages we sent out received any response."

"Twenty thousand years passed, Fairy Su also died, and I basically gave up hope."

"Because I could live at most another fifty thousand years, and that was only because I cultivated the Dao of Shennong, had vigorous vitality, and consumed many life-extending treasures."

"Until fifty thousand years passed, and I was also about to die..."

"That was when I confirmed that information cannot be transmitted out, making it the third unbreakable origin rule of the Profound Yellow World."

Listening to Qing Yuzi's account, Zhao Xing didn't know what to say.

One could only say that the three of them were destined to suffer this tribulation!

If they had come a few hundred years earlier, they would have encountered the ascending 'Xia Dynasty'!

At that time, not only could they have quickly healed their injuries, but they could have also ascended along with the Xia Dynasty. They might even have been treated as leaders of the Xia Dynasty and worshipped.

Unfortunately, they happened to encounter the Profound Yellow World after the Xia Dynasty had ascended.

Spiritual energy was exhausted, and even vital energy was relatively thin; there was simply no way to play at ascension.

Because the Profound Yellow World had entered a period of self-recovery and accumulation, the operation of the heavenly rules preventing ascension became even stronger at this time.

At this moment, the only choice was to obey the rules of this world and find a way to enter 【Hibernation】, waiting for the ascension window—the arrival of spiritual energy recovery once again.

"Unfortunately, the three of them did not do so; instead, they wanted to go against the heavens."

"But this is also normal. They must have mastered hibernation technology, but hibernation is not without the consumption of lifespan. Who knew they would have to wait so long? They were carrying a mission and were ambushed by enemies, so how could they just sleep here?"

"It is truly a matter of time and fate. As strong as the Origin Realm is, one wrong step still leaves a chance for survival, but step-by-step mistakes led them to be trapped to death here," Zhao Xing sighed with emotion.

Qing Yuzi and the others even founded a dynasty here, acting as kings and hegemons.

In their eyes, the Profound Yellow World was truly an ordinary place. Yet, such a place had trapped three elites from the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai step by step.

"Having absorbed the origins of three Origin Realm experts, the Profound Yellow World will probably recover faster, right?"

"Wait, Qing Yuzi also sensed other threats? Could it be that people like them are not isolated cases?" Many thoughts flashed through Zhao Xing's mind.

"It seems this 'newbie village' still has many areas undeveloped. Also, players leave once they ascend; who would come back here to dig for secrets? At most, they would use fate-type spells to look at existing faction experiences to solve mysteries."

Qing Yuzi told this 'fellow countryman' Zhao Xing a lot. After explaining the ins and outs, he stated his purpose.

"Since this fellow Daoist belongs to the Grain God Star faction, if you are in the same situation as me, we can be considered fellow sufferers."

"These words just now are some advice from a down-and-out person of an allied faction to you," Qing Yuzi said self-deprecatingly. "I hope it can be of help to you."

Zhao Xing blinked. Help? He had known these things long ago; did he need you to tell him? Were there any other benefits?

Qing Yuzi cupped his hands and said: "If your strength exceeds mine, please, senior, for the sake of our allied factions, take my remains back to the Purple God Mansion of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai. You surely won't look down on the little things I left behind."

"But my teacher, the 'Purple Moon Mansion Master,' will definitely give you a reward."

"My remains are placed on the scepter next to my corpse."

Zhao Xing took a look and found that after Qing Yuzi finished speaking, a bag was hanging on the scepter leaning in front of the desk. "A Universe Storage Bag."

However, he did not rush to take action.

Because he hadn't seen it when he first came in.

Clearly, Qing Yuzi had set rules here; one had to listen to his words before one could see these things.

After waiting for a moment, Qing Yuzi added: "If your strength hasn't even reached the Ascension Realm, it proves that your injuries are even more serious than mine."

"I have also left a gift for you, fellow Daoist, to help you recover from your injuries."

"The things I left behind can help you re-cultivate to the perfection of the Ascension Realm and give you enough time to wait for the next spiritual energy recovery."

"At that time, please take my remains back. As I said before, as long as you go to the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai and find the 'Purple Moon Mansion Master' of the Purple God Mansion, you will receive a generous reward."

Zhao Xing looked and found that another Universe Storage Bag had appeared on Qing Yuzi's desk. "This one is of a much lower grade."

Master Zhao judged it at a glance.

He still didn't move, waiting to see if Qing Yuzi had any other last words.

"Puta, Fairy Su, and I all left inheritances in this ruin."

"If you, fellow Daoist, discover someone who has inherited the legacy of the three of us when you arrive, please take them away as well."

"Qing Yuzi, on behalf of my other two friends, thanks you."

After speaking, Qing Yuzi's Dao-establishing incarnation bowed deeply and then dissipated.

"What a tragedy, sigh."

Zhao Xing sighed and then walked forward.

He easily obtained the Universe Storage Bag on the desk.

He then approached Qing Yuzi's remains to grab the higher-grade storage bag, only to find he grabbed nothing.

"Rule protection," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

That is to say, Qing Yuzi assumed that if a 'senior' entered whose realm exceeded his, they would naturally be able to take away the 'remains.' If they didn't have that strength, then it wasn't left for them.

"This bag, it seems I'll have to wait until I reach the Dao-establishing Realm to take it," Zhao Xing thought. Qing Yuzi clearly calculated for various situations before he died.

But the ultimate goal was one: take his remains back and go to the Purple God Mansion of the 'Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai' in the Ancient Kingdom Alliance of the Desolate Domain and hand them to the Purple Moon Mansion Master.

"Mansion Master, it doesn't sound like a low status. It seems Qing Yuzi was indeed an elite. But I have never heard of this place."

"I don't know where it is in the Ancient Kingdom Alliance of the Desolate Domain either," Zhao Xing thought. The Ancient Kingdom Alliance of the Desolate Domain was too large; it was normal for him not to know a certain country. "Let's see what's in the storage bag first."

Since he couldn't get the big one, he would take out the small one to look at first.

According to Qing Yuzi, these were treasures that could help him 're-cultivate' to the perfection of the Ascension Realm and increase his chances of surviving until the next spiritual energy recovery.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing injected his soul power into it. Since it was an ownerless Universe Storage Bag, he refined it easily.

"As expected of an elite disciple, this small storage bag has quite a large space."

The mouth of the bag opened rapidly, and the pocket directly transformed into a large gate five meters high and three meters wide. The opening could still expand; how large it could get depended on how large the storage space inside was.

In short, it had to be able to fit things in and take them out.

If the space inside was as wide as a prefecture and ten thousand meters high, then the opening could become that large.

"Divide!"

Zhao Xing's soul power transformed into a phantom and drilled into the bag. The Universe Storage Bag and the Pure Origin Space were opposites.

The Universe Storage Bag could not store living things, while the Pure Origin Space could only store living organisms and pure energy bodies.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of an elite, the spare storage bag is also so large; there is actually a palace inside."

At first, Zhao Xing thought this was to help the user categorize and organize items.

Of course, if one didn't like the fancy design, one could also dismantle the palace to free up more space. However, there was no need for that.

Because the space inside was already quite large.

"The space is five kilometers long, one hundred meters wide and high. The palace is at the very back, facing the direction of the pocket."

"Flashy but impractical, making it in this format." Zhao Xing was a staunch pragmatist. If it were made into a spherical space, it could hold more things. Now, with this narrow, long cubic space and a palace occupying it, he could store fewer items.

"Hmm? It's not just for decoration."

"The Sun-Moon Palace is itself a palace-type treasure. It can be taken out to smash people or trap enemies. Is its most outstanding feature defense?"

"According to the terminology of the Profound Yellow World, it is at the level of a peerless rarity."

"According to the classification of the universe version, it belongs to a Star-level Dao Weapon." After Zhao Xing refined it, the first thing he sensed was the treasure, the Sun-Moon Palace.

Star-level Dao Weapons also had different ranks; a World Star is a star, and the Taiyin Star and Sun Star are also stars.

"This Sun-Moon Palace is just an ordinary Star-level Dao Weapon. If it were a Taiyin Dao Weapon or a Sun Dao Weapon, it would be valuable." This classification was mainly defined by the power and range of the Dao Weapon.

If it could affect an ordinary star and its range could cover the entire star, it was a Star-level Dao Weapon. In the Profound Yellow World, it was a rarity-level item.

If it were a World Star Dao Weapon, it could break the rules of the world. If Qing Yuzi had this, he would have slipped away long ago.

Taiyin Dao Weapons and Sun Dao Weapons were present in every star domain. Generally speaking, World Star Dao Weapons were weaker than Taiyin and Sun Dao Weapons, but this also depended on the situation. Some World Star Dao Weapons were formed by refining incredibly powerful World Stars, and their power was unimaginable.

"This Star-level Dao Weapon might have been refined using some materials from the Taiyin Star and the Sun Star; it can be considered top-grade," Zhao Xing thought.

If he landed on a desolate planet and took out the Sun-Moon Palace, he wouldn't have to withstand the planet's ley line power himself, nor would he have to sleep in the open. "Compared to the Juzi Palace, the Juzi Palace has the effect of Great Teleportation and strong attack power, while the Sun-Moon Palace is mainly for defense and trapping enemies."

"I don't know which is stronger, this spear or this shield." Zhao Xing was not a mechanical engineer; these big guys had many functions, and it would take research to figure out all their effects. His soul incarnation entered the Sun-Moon Palace for a look.

Soon, he discovered three more treasures.

"A complete Tianqi Soul Tool! This is a treasure to assist cultivation. Was it used by Qing Yuzi, Puta, or Fairy Su?" Walking into the hall, Zhao Xing saw a seven-colored light sphere on a display stand.

"Tianqi should be a famous forging master on Qing Yuzi's side."

"From the appearance, it also matches the look of a complete soul tool. The Wuyuan Life Soul back then only had a diamond-shaped fragment the size of a thumb, but this small sphere is perfect."

"In my sensing, its rule power is also more complete, gathering Yin-Yang and the Five Elements; it's even higher-grade than the one in the hands of Dieus." Zhao Xing thought.

After Dieus and his servants died, only Dieus dropped a Tianqi Soul Tool, and the rest disappeared into the heavens and earth. Enlightenment-type soul tools were all deliberately made fragile, and some had usage limits.

"This one is called the 【Ascension Soul Tool】 and was once used by Qing Yuzi." As Zhao Xing approached, its function was displayed. In other words, it was a cultivation accelerator that could help people achieve enlightenment up to the perfection of the Ascension Realm.

"Unlimited uses, easy to unbind and refine; this can be passed down as a family heirloom," Zhao Xing thought. Those with usage limits and that couldn't be unbound weren't that expensive.

Because they could only be used by one person.

The 【Ascension Soul Tool】 could also only allow one person to cultivate to the Ascension Realm.

Those with limits were basically prepared by experts for descendants born in World Stars and small worlds, allowing them to quickly break free from existing rule shackles. Those without limits could be used as family heirlooms; with this 【Ascension Soul Tool】, a family could flourish!

"With countless Ascension Realm experts, one can always give birth to an Origin Realm expert."

"This might not be able to fully exert its effect in the Profound Yellow World, but in the universe version, it is a great treasure," Zhao Xing rejoiced.

In the future, when entering the universe version, there wouldn't be many ways to make money and develop. Cruelty and chaos would be the main themes; how could it be like the Great Zhou, which had safe and stable order? With the 【Ascension Soul Tool】, if he needed money, he could sell it for a huge sum, which could completely serve as start-up capital for farming and development!

"The second treasure."

Zhao Xing looked at another display stand.

Floating on it was a hemisphere containing flowers, trees, mountains, rivers, and even the sun, moon, and stars engraved on its surface. The energy of the Five Elements flowed within the hemisphere, looking like a microscopic world.

"The Great View World of Solar Terms?" Zhao Xing immediately became spirited.

Inside, it was cycling through the demonstration of seasonal solar terms.

Farmers in the universe version were also divided into three factions, and this was a treasure of heavenly timing!

"Let's see how many solar terms it has. The more solar terms, the more valuable it is," Zhao Xing thought. As a Farmer, it was normal for Qing Yuzi to carry such a treasure with him.

Due to the special nature of the Heavenly Timing faction, even other professions would have good effects if they obtained such a treasure.

"Beginning of Spring, Spring Equinox, Beginning of Summer, Summer Solstice, Beginning of Autumn, Autumn Equinox, Beginning of Winter, Winter Solstice. This is the Great View World of the Four Seasons and Eight Terms!"

"Open door, too open door!"

Zhao Xing danced with joy.

If it were any other type, it wouldn't be so valuable, but it possessed the evolution of eight important solar terms of the four seasons, so it was very valuable. Of course, the most valuable was the full set of solar terms, but Qing Yuzi didn't have such a thing.

Perhaps he did, but he wouldn't put it here.

"The Great View World of the Four Seasons and Eight Terms has three effects."

"First, healing oneself, recovering from injuries from the deep level of the internal Five Elements world, especially poison. Most injuries caused by poison would die out by the winter season. Whatever insect witchcraft, it has to kneel down and sing 'Conquer' in front of this treasure."

"Second, restoring heavenly timing. Create a temporary ecosystem on a desolate planet for people to live in."

"The Heavenly Timing faction in the universe version has a great effect, and this treasure is a classic representative."

"Third, enlightenment, because the treasures of the Heavenly Timing faction evolve origin rules, even other professions can comprehend the mysteries of the four seasons and create moves."

"The Ascension Soul Tool is for enlightenment of the Dao."

"The Great View World of the Four Seasons and Eight Terms is for enlightenment of the Law."

The third thing was an ice coffin.

"Coffin of Great Cold Sealing."

"Hmm? This also combines the techniques of the Profound Heaven Sect?" Zhao Xing looked carefully at the third item. It was a transparent crystal coffin ten meters wide, twenty meters long, and five meters thick.

Many patterns and secret runes on it gave Zhao Xing a sense of familiarity.

"It seems Qing Yuzi was also learning local characteristics when he came to the Profound Yellow World. Oh no, he is a Farmer; this thing should have been built by his good friend Puta," Zhao Xing could imagine.

After Qing Yuzi and the others suffered consecutive setbacks in the Profound Yellow World, they finally let go of their posture and began to humbly learn the local culture and cultivation methods of the Profound Yellow World. With their strength, it was not difficult to find a few strongholds of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Then they built this 【Coffin of Great Cold Sealing】. "Its function is hibernation."

"The ice coffins of the Profound Heaven Sect still have many drawbacks, but this ice coffin has already reached the level of a Star-level Dao Weapon."

"According to the introduction left on it, there won't be any problems sleeping in this coffin for ten thousand years, and the consumption of lifespan will be extremely slow."

"Beyond ten thousand years, within one hundred thousand years, the ratio increases, and sequelae will appear, but if I am an outsider, cooperating with this ice coffin, I can live longer," Zhao Xing sighed. If he had this thing, even if he hadn't succeeded in ascending during the Wu Di period, he could have waited for that spiritual energy recovery.

He looked around again and found that some bottles and jars were also displayed, but most were already empty. "Only about three hundred bottles are not empty, including spiritual liquid and various elixirs; they are all rarity-level consumables."

"Qing Yuzi really didn't lie; he can indeed help people quickly recover to the Ascension Realm," this start-up capital was very generous!

Zhao Xing took inventory, then his soul incarnation left the storage bag space. Putting away the storage bag, Zhao Xing bowed to Qing Yuzi's corpse.

"Fellow Daoist, since I, Zhao Xing, have taken your things, I will definitely do things for you."

"If I succeed in this ascension, I will go to the Purple God Mansion of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai and report to your master."

There were four white skeletons in front of Qing Yuzi's desk, but these were clearly disciples Qing Yuzi had once taken in, who chose to sit and die with their master here. Seeing that there was no movement in the water mansion, Zhao Xing retreated from the light gate.

"Hum~"

The walls closed, becoming seamless again, as if nothing had ever happened. At the same time, the sound echoing in the corridor also disappeared.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xing continued to walk forward.

"The means Qing Yuzi left for 'fellow countrymen' are one aspect, but he didn't pin all his hopes on unknown 'fellow countrymen'."

He definitely still wanted to cultivate natives as disciples to reach the Ascension Realm.

"This method is more reliable."

"However, he once erased traces; what was he guarding against? Does Qing Yuzi still have disciples outside who founded factions that have continued to this day?"

"Are there others in the Profound Yellow World with experiences like Qing Yuzi?"

"If the Southern Barbarian faction once obtained a similar inheritance, will the difficulty of me attacking the Southern Barbarians be increased because of this? Does that person in the Land of Returning Ruins really still exist..."

For a time, Zhao Xing thought a lot. Unknowingly, he had reached the end. At the end were three incomparably huge stone tablets.

One of the stone tablets made Zhao Xing freeze. "Derivation God Tablet?"

That's right, the stone tablet Zhao Xing saw in the middle was the Derivation God Tablet!

"The Derivation God Tablet is originally a thing from the universe version; it's normal for Qing Yuzi to have it."

"In comparison, the Derivation God Tablet obtained by the Great Zhou is much smaller and incomplete."

Zhao Xing had seen the Great Zhou's Derivation God Tablet; the accompanying great power was very blurry, but the one here was relatively clear.

"So the source is incomplete, which naturally leads to obstacles in cultivation," Zhao Xing understood. "Using the Derivation God Tablet as a test is indeed a customary screening." As for the murals carved on the other two stone tablets, he didn't know what they were.

They should be inheritances from the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai.

After waiting for a while, a Dao-establishing incarnation also condensed next to the three stone tablets; it was Qing Yuzi.

It was just that this Qing Yuzi had a different temperament; his expression was cold, and his power was monstrous, completely different from the version in the last words.

Also, being a teacher requires being a bit more serious.

Zhao Xing waited for Qing Yuzi to speak.

"Please comprehend the three murals in front of you and create your own secret technique."

"If the secret technique created can pierce through the mural, you can enter the next level of the test."

"The murals on the three stone tablets are 'Derivation God Technique', 'Purple Moon Origin', and 'Void Wind' respectively."

"There is a time limit for a single comprehension; the specific requirements vary from person to person. You can obtain five years of comprehension time."

"If you fail to pass the first level in five years, you will forget about this ruin, but your self-created secret technique will be retained."

The rules were simple: create a secret technique, break the mural, and you can enter the next level.

"Back then, Li Boqian created the Ultimate Law. He had just comprehended it, and the power of the Yuan Seal was the Ultimate First Turn. Even so, he didn't pass the test."

"Qing Yuzi's requirements are really high. But then again, who among those who can reach the Ascension Realm is not a brilliant talent?"

"But here at Qing Yuzi's, he still wants geniuses among the Ascension Realm; otherwise, it is difficult to achieve his wishes."

"It seems he still has quite a few treasures."

Zhao Xing thought.

The things he casually gave to 'fellow countrymen' to report back were Star-level Dao Weapons; how could he be stingy with his own successors?

"Five years, I don't know if I can pass."

"I cannot comprehend it now. The situation outside is unknown, and my clones outside have also lost their effect. Five years is too long; I have to go out and say something."

"It just so happens I can also go out and use the Tianqi Soul Tool."

Zhao Xing pondered, then returned the way he came, walking out of the temple.

"Hmm? How did he come out from here?" Chen Ju and the God Luo King looked up, both surprised.

When the experts sent by the Great Zhou explored this ruin, as long as they didn't hold the Purple Light Divine Order, they would appear outside immediately after entering the temple and then reappearing, and they wouldn't remember anything.

Nine people had tried so far, without exception.

But Zhao Xing went in and appeared here. He didn't have the Purple Light Divine Order; how did he do it?

"Lord Zhao?"

"Zhao Xing."

Chen Ju and the God Luo King immediately greeted him.

"How are you all? Any gains?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Progress is not great. Currently, there is no hope of surrounding or moving the entire ruin."

"Does Lord Zhao have any gains?"

Chen Ju's eyes were bright.

"Some gains," Zhao Xing smiled.

The things Qing Yuzi left behind were indeed treasures: a complete Tianqi Soul Tool, a miniature Great View World, a Coffin of Great Cold Sealing, the Sun-Moon Palace, and more than three hundred bottles of spiritual elixirs and spiritual liquid; they were all rarity-level consumables.

From Zhao Xing's perspective, the treasures left by Qing Yuzi as a Farmer were better than those in the Dragon Court Ancient Land. Of course, there was no need to tell Chen Ju this; if he were to say anything, it would be to discuss it with the Wu Di later.

"Can Lord Zhao get rid of the influence of the rules?" Chen Ju was concerned about this.

"Not exactly rid of them," Zhao Xing shook his head.

As a member of Qing Yuzi's cosmic alliance faction, he was a fellow countryman. Naturally, he wouldn't be affected by the rules and forget these things.

Accepting the inheritance test was another matter.

Regarding the inheritance part, if Zhao Xing didn't pass the test, he would forget it just the same.

One thing at a time; giving some things to help with recovery was Qing Yuzi's way of sending information back. To learn the inheritance, one had to follow the rules of the Purple God Mansion.

"There is indeed a screening mechanism inside, and the comprehension time limit varies from person to person."

"The stronger the talent and aptitude, the more generous the time given."

"Conversely, if there is no hope of passing, a casual test will reveal it, so there is no need to waste time, and one is quickly teleported out," Zhao Xing explained.

"Talent, aptitude?" Chen Ju was a bit stunned. "Could it be that the nine people who entered the temple before weren't strong enough?"

Zhao Xing nodded.

Although it was a blow to people, the truth was just that cruel!

"I'm going out first."

"You all continue to explore slowly."

Zhao Xing had no intention of talking more with them.

Now that he could be sure the Purple Light Divine Ruin was not dangerous, it was time to go up and adjust the Great Zhou's strategy.

At the same time, from Qing Yuzi's last words, he had also obtained a lot of information, and his own plans for the future had to be adjusted.

Swish~

Zhao Xing used 'Inch by Inch' to fly toward the entrance.

"The Ascension Realm, reached after all kinds of hardships, counts for nothing in the vast universe."

"In my previous life, the batch of players I was with mixed in the universe; many did jobs like mining, serving dishes, and doing odd jobs. The better ones became small soldiers."

"Most Farmer players were miserable farmers, and unpaid ones at that."

"And this was still a good situation—still alive, still with hope. Isn't that good?"

"In the universe version, coldness, chaos, and cruelty are the main themes!"

"I must accumulate more wealth and foundation in the Profound Yellow World and bring more money when I ascend. Only with start-up capital can I succeed," Zhao Xing thought.

"Judging from Qing Yuzi's experience, there are probably other 'outsiders' like him. I just don't know how long they stayed, or if some ascended with the divine dynasties?" "Many legendary artifacts from my previous life can't be found; this possibility is very high."

"There are also the Land of Returning Ruins and the Southern Barbarian Sacred Mountain. Whether these places have been strengthened—these also need to be figured out." Although Zhao Xing was now carrying the gifts left by Qing Yuzi, he still had no bottom line for his ascension plan. "The more you know, the more you think. Sometimes ignorance is a kind of happiness."

"However, the things left by Qing Yuzi, Puta, and Fairy Su must be held in my hands."

"Otherwise, it would just be adding difficulty for no reason."

Zhao Xing knew very well that after Dieus revealed the ruin, many factions would come to compete for it.

Just the Tianqi Soul Tool revealed by Dieus was enough to cause a sensation.

Out of the barrier.

Zhao Xing immediately activated rule jumping and appeared on Liu Tianning's ship.

"Why did you come out so soon?"

Liu Tianning sensed Zhao Xing's aura and immediately came out to check.

"There is some intelligence that I have to come out and inform you of first," Zhao Xing said. "Please, teacher, take me to the Juzi Palace immediately to report to His Majesty and convene a meeting of the Six Ministries."

"Good." Liu Tianning didn't hesitate and immediately took Zhao Xing to dive.

"Splash~"

The deep-sea ship surfaced. Zhao Xing looked up and saw that a walled city had appeared on the thick glacier above.

The city wall stretched for more than three hundred miles, the aura of magic arrays flowed on the walls, and thunder clouds shrouded the sky. Zhao Xing even saw soil here. Compared to a few days ago, this place had been transformed and was completely different.

"Even the Kunyuan Divine Hoe was used."

Zhao Xing looked at the thick soil and the several mountain ranges in the distance. "The imperial court's reaction is fast enough."

"The mountains were all dug from the Seven Grotto-Heavens and Two Blessed Lands of the Western Extreme Prefecture, and most of the military supplies were also transferred from there," Liu Tianning explained while heading to the Juzi Palace. "Now the news has completely spread, and there will be a battle here sooner or later."

"Teacher must be under a lot of pressure," Zhao Xing said. Fighting the Xis Kingdom and fighting the Southern Barbarian forces, sect forces, and Eastern Island forces were completely different concepts. The Great Zhou could destroy the Xis Kingdom in the blink of an eye, but fighting these forces was not a trivial matter.

"The pressure is great, not just for me. The Luo Hou King, Wei Hong, Lu Ying... even His Majesty is under a lot of pressure after receiving the news," Liu Tianning said. "The four great royal courts of the Southern Barbarians have all come out, and the ten great divine sects and thirty-six top sects have all participated."

"The Eastern Islands, the Northern Sea, the natives of the Western Extreme Continent... none of them are restless."

It was an exaggerated mobilization, giving Zhao Xing the feeling that a world war involving the entire Profound Yellow World was about to happen.

And the Great Zhou's allies were only some weak vassal states and water tribe chieftains.

When Zhao Xing arrived at the Juzi Palace and saw the complete intelligence, he realized how severe the situation was this time.

"We don't have the advantage fighting here. The imperial court's management of the Western Extreme Prefecture is far less than that of the Pinghai Prefecture," the Luo Hou King said.

Zhao Xing nodded. When Emperor Jing fought the Southern Barbarians during the Jingxin period, he had also managed the Pinghai Prefecture for two hundred and seventy-eight years in advance.

Military preparation, mobilization of various supplies, including the reasonable placement of experts, the deduction of the Creation Plate... none of these could be compared to the Western Extreme Prefecture.

Who would have thought of playing so big on the Western Extreme Continent?

"Of course, the hostile forces are not prepared either. Everyone is back at the same starting point; it just depends on how determined they are," the Luo Hou King said.

"What does His Majesty think?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Fight while talking, delay time," the Luo Hou King said. "We will dig up the treasure quickly. Even if only some scraps are left, it doesn't matter if others occupy it."

Zhao Xing nodded slightly. With a new emperor ascending the throne, it was not easy to make such a decision.

Fighting a national war on the glacier of the Western Extreme Continent, far away from the Western Extreme Prefecture, was hard for people to understand. The supplies consumed and the experts who died would definitely exceed those of the Emperor Jing period. How long had it been since Emperor Jing conquered the barbarians? If another war even larger than that came, the Great Zhou would also be under great pressure.

"Zhao Xing, did you find anything down there? Tell us quickly." The Luo Hou King looked at Zhao Xing expectantly. It was true that he was a hawk, but he also had to see if it was worth fighting and if there were great benefits. He couldn't explain just by relying on the things in Dieus's hands.

If there were enough gains, even if it was just expected gains, it would be much easier for him to mobilize troops and coordinate all parties.

"There is a big discovery," Zhao Xing nodded. "The Purple Light Divine Ruin below was left by an outsider, and I have already obtained some treasures."

Zhao Xing took out the Universe Storage Bag and patted it, and then the three hundred or so bottles and jars flew out.

Then he also showed the Sun-Moon Palace, the Tianqi Soul Tool, and the Great View World to the Luo Hou King, Liu Tianning, Lu Ying, and Wei Hong.

"Excluding these rarity-level materials, the Sun-Moon Palace, the Tianqi Soul Tool, the Great View World, and even this storage bag are all treasures."

"Let me introduce them to you..."

When Zhao Xing took these things out, the Juzi Palace fell into silence, and only a few heavy gasps could be heard.

Rarities! The Sun-Moon Palace, the Tianqi Soul Tool, the Great View World, and the Universe Storage Bag were all peerless rarity-level items in the Profound Yellow World!

Chen Ju, who followed him up, was a dove, but even he had red eyes and rapid breathing.

Chen Ju now had only one thought in his mind: What dove faction? That was yesterday's business! Whoever comes to snatch it, I'll be anxious with them!

"Grand Marshal, Grand Farmer, Grand Engineer, Grand Priest, all you Junior Ministers... do you say these things are enough for the Great Zhou to make up its mind to guard this place?" Zhao Xing finished speaking and looked at everyone.

"Enough! Absolutely enough!" Chen Ju couldn't hold back anymore and roared out loud.

His voice was so loud that it startled Lu Ying next to him.

What's going on, brother? Didn't you keep talking about universal love?

His Majesty let you be the Junior Minister of Works so you could pull me back; you can't let the entire Ministry of Works become war fanatics!

Chen Ju completely ignored Lu Ying's gaze and stared tightly at the miniature palace and the Great View World sphere floating in mid-air, as well as the Tianqi Soul Tool. Zhao Xing said this was just the tip of the iceberg of the ruin's treasure; who could stand this!

"I think it's enough," Wei Hong immediately stated his position. "Me too," Liu Tianning smiled.

The Luo Hou King listened quietly to Zhao Xing's introduction and couldn't help but take a deep breath. "Report to His Majesty immediately. This is a treasure bestowed by heaven; it must be taken!"

"I intend to order the troops of the nineteen prefectures, three hundred and sixty-seven grotto-heavens, and eighty-two blessed lands to use the power of the whole country to guard the treasure of the Western Extreme glacier!"

"It is my intent to issue an order to the nineteen provinces, three hundred and sixty-seven grotto-heavens, and eighty-two blessed lands to mobilize the strength of the entire nation to protect the treasure of the Western Extreme Glacier!"