Chapter 643

"Strange, why would Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation, place one of his Fortune Cultivation inheritances at the ruins of our Ye family's ancestral land?"

Suddenly, Ye Wenxuan froze, as if realizing something incredible.

"Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation? Surname Ye? Qingxuan? The Qing generation?"

After his expression froze for a moment, he seemed to guess a shocking secret and blurted out in shock: "Hiss, could it be that Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation, is an ancestor from our Ye family's lineage?"

"No way? Could it really be an ancestor from our Ye family's lineage?"

After the shock passed, Ye Wenxuan sighed again and said:

"Alas, even if Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation, really is an ancestor from our Ye family's lineage, I still don't know where to find him."

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing his inner excitement, Ye Wenxuan looked at the two floating source seeds and storage ring not far in front of him and said bitterly:

"Forget it. Obtaining one Fortune Cultivation inheritance is already a heavenly opportunity I've encountered."

"As for whether Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation, is truly my Ye family ancestor, I shouldn't be too delusional or greedy!"

Having finished speaking, Ye Wenxuan shook his head slightly, walked forward, and stored the two floating source seeds into his own storage ring.

Then he extended his spiritual sense into the floating storage ring in front of him to refine it.

After refining this storage ring, as he expected, it contained a heritage jade slip, along with a huge pile of basic resources and spirit stones.

Scanning the huge pile of basic resources and spirit stones inside the storage ring, Ye Wenxuan couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy and excitement in his eyes, saying softly: "Truly worthy of being Ye Qingxuan, the Ancestor of Fortune Cultivation, renowned throughout the realm. He provided so many basic resources just for the entry-level requirements of the Fortune Cultivation path."

Roughly estimating, the total value of this huge pile of basic resources and spirit stones inside the storage ring just barely exceeded one hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

It was far more than his entire net worth consumed previously.

After the joy passed, Ye Wenxuan turned his gaze to the heritage jade slip inside the storage ring, preparing to extend his spiritual sense into it to examine it.

However, unexpectedly, a beam of light enveloped him again at this moment.

Caught off guard, he was directly teleported out, returning to the ruins of the Ye family's ancestral land in the outside world.

Realizing he had returned to the ruins of the Ye family's ancestral land in the outside world, Ye Wenxuan had no time to examine the heritage jade slip inside the storage ring.

After securing the storage ring, he left the ruins of the Ye family's ancestral land hurriedly, his expression somewhat tense.

Meanwhile, the inheritance space beneath the ruins of the Ye family's ancestral land, as the strand of spiritual sense left by Ye Qingxuan dissipated, gradually collapsed and re-integrated into the spatial layer of the Earthly Profound Realm.

Time flows endlessly like a shuttle; time is like fine sand slipping through fingers, passing silently.

In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.

Inside a magnificent palace floating in the clouds of the Green Demon Realm.

Nearly a hundred Mahayana-level Green Demons gathered rarely, their eyes burning as they simultaneously gazed at the numerous three types of crystals floating in the center of the great hall.

Even the Xieyan Emperor, seated at the head, was no exception.

After a moment, staring unblinkingly at the three types of crystals floating not far in front of him, the Xieyan Emperor spoke in a cold voice with a hint of longing:

"Are these the Origin Crystals, Rule Crystals, and Law Crystals born when the lower realm's status fell?"

Hearing the Xieyan Emperor's inquiry, a Tribulation Crossing-level Green Demon standing at the great hall's entrance bowed slightly and replied:

"Replying to Your Majesty, indeed so!"

"These Origin Crystals, Rule Crystals, and Law Crystals suddenly condensed when the status of the first Demon Domain world in the lower realm fell."

"However, as the lower realm integrates into our Green Demon Realm, these Origin Crystals, Rule Crystals, and Law Crystals will re-manifest as World Origin, Profound Rules, and Great Dao Laws, integrating into the heavens and earth of our Green Demon Realm."

"Since the time left for us to react after the lower realm integrated into our Green Demon Realm was too short."

"Plus, this is the first time we have encountered such a situation, so the number of Origin Crystals, Rule Crystals, and Law Crystals sealed in advance this time is not large."

Hearing this, the Xieyan Emperor frowned and said:

"How many Law Crystals did we obtain in total this time?"

Compared to the Origin Crystals and Rule Crystals, the Xieyan Emperor cared more about the quantity of Law Crystals.

The other Mahayana-level Green Demons in the great hall also simultaneously focused their gaze on that Tribulation Crossing-level Green Demon.

Facing the Xieyan Emperor's repeated inquiry and sensing the gaze of so many Mahayana-level experts, that Tribulation Crossing-level Green Demon hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth, withstood the pressure, and replied:

"Replying to Your Majesty, the Law Crystals in this great hall are all the gains from this time; there are only three thousand one hundred and thirty-seven Law Crystals in total!"

Hearing this number immediately caused dissatisfaction among the many Mahayana-level Green Demons in the great hall.

"What? These few Law Crystals in the great hall are all the gains?"

"Only a little over three thousand Law Crystals?"

"A bunch of useless things; such a heavenly treasure, yet only three thousand were sealed?"

"Damn it, these three thousand-plus Law Crystals are not even of the same type; what can be done with such few Law Crystals?"

"I cultivate the Profound Rule of Ice, yet not a single one of these three thousand-plus Law Crystals comes from the Great Dao Law of Ice; a bunch of useless things!"

"I cultivate the Profound Rule of Fire; there are indeed some among these three thousand-plus Law Crystals that come from the Great Dao Law of Fire, but they are too profound; after re-manifesting as Great Dao Law fragments, the difficulty for me to comprehend them is too great."

Although Law Crystals are rare heavenly treasures.

They are ultimately just insignificant fragments split from the Great Dao Laws.

Moreover, the Law Crystals condensed from these fragments are not all suitable for Mahayana-level experts to comprehend.

Most Law Crystals condensed from Great Dao Law fragments that are extremely profound can indeed be comprehended by Mahayana-level experts.

However, the difficulty of gaining any realization rises sharply.

Only Great Dao Law fragments that are relatively shallow in profundity are suitable for Mahayana-level experts to comprehend, yet the difficulty remains considerable.

At the very least, it is not a few dozen or over a hundred Law Crystals of the same attribute that can help them take that crucial step.

Most critically, once these Law Crystals are unsealed and re-manifest as Great Dao Law fragments, they will integrate into the heavens and earth of the Green Demon Realm within an extremely short time.

Therefore, after unsealing these Law Crystals and letting them re-manifest as Great Dao Law fragments, the time each Law Crystal leaves them to comprehend is actually not much.

If they wish to use the Law Crystals to assist them in comprehending a faint outline of the corresponding Great Dao Law and make a crucial breakthrough.

Then they must obtain at least several thousand, or even tens of thousands, of Law Crystals corresponding to the rules they primarily cultivate.

Precisely because of this, upon hearing there were only three thousand-plus Law Crystals of mixed attributes, the many Mahayana-level Green Demons in the great hall were so dissatisfied. After all, the quantity of Law Crystals concerns their Dao path, and they cannot afford not to care.

Why did they go to such lengths to invade the Di Xuan Realm? Besides wanting to help the Qing Mo Realm devour the Di Xuan Realm and accelerate the Qing Mo Realm's advancement,

they all harbored, to varying degrees, the hope that when the Qing Mo Realm ascended to the Great Thousand Realm, it would grant them an opportunity to suddenly comprehend the Great Dao laws and take that crucial step forward.

Otherwise, how could they, who already held significant grudges against one another, unite their hearts and forces to invade the Di Xuan Realm?

Now, unexpectedly learning that there exists such a treasure as Law Crystals to assist them in comprehending the Great Dao laws,

how could they not pay attention or feel anxious? Seeing the many Mahayana realm experts who were dissatisfied, the Qing Mo clan member standing at the hall's entrance felt his heart pound with fear.

With his cultivation base, he was a regional overlord in the outside world.

Yet within this great hall, before nearly a hundred Mahayana realm experts, he was far too weak.

Once he provoked these Mahayana realm Qing Mo clan members, even if he were at the Tribulation Crossing realm, he would risk death and the annihilation of his Dao.

Facing such a likely calamity, how could he possibly feel at ease?

Just as he felt uneasy in his heart, the Xie Yuan Emperor, seated at the head and lost in thought, finally spoke:

"Enough. Stop complaining. This is merely the harvest from the first world."

"Since the collapse of the lower realm's status causes the world's origin, fragments of profound principles, and fragments of Great Dao laws to scatter and condense into crystals,

then the other lower realms affiliated with our Qing Mo Realm should be able to do the same."

"Once all the lower realms have collapsed in status and merged into our Qing Mo Realm, I believe the Law Crystals we harvest will be sufficient to satisfy everyone's needs."

Upon hearing this, the many Mahayana realm experts in the hall immediately fell silent.

They all understood this logic; otherwise, they would not have merely been complaining just now.

Seeing that all the Mahayana realm experts in the hall had quieted down and their anger subsided, the Tribulation Crossing realm Qing Mo clan member standing at the hall's entrance also breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the Xie Yuan Emperor, seated at the head, suddenly thought of something and spoke with a somewhat gloomy expression:

"The first lower realm to collapse in status was the Di Xuan Realm's affiliated world."

"I fear that hundreds of years ago, the human race of the Di Xuan Realm had already obtained quite a few Law Crystals."

Hearing this, a Mahayana realm Qing Mo clan member in the hall suddenly realized the truth and exclaimed:

"I see now why the human race suddenly implemented the Lower Realm Merger Plan back then; it was to seize the Law Crystals."

Thinking of this, several other Mahayana realm Qing Mo clan members in the hall spoke up to propose:

"It seems our previous methods were too gentle. We must accelerate the merger plan for the worlds below and obtain more Law Crystals as soon as possible."

"Exactly. We must secure sufficient Law Crystals before the human race does, to elevate everyone's cultivation base."

"Even if we do not immediately take that crucial step to ascend, we must at least comprehend a faint outline of the Great Dao laws, achieving a leap in combat power."

"Good. This Emperor approves of this plan. As long as we can obtain sufficient Law Crystals quickly, this Emperor supports any proposal!"

"Hehehe, it is a pity that our Qing Mo Realm is already entangled too deeply with the Di Xuan Realm to break free."

"Otherwise, if we directly shattered the status of the Qing Mo Realm itself, the Law Crystals obtained should be enough for us to make a crucial breakthrough and ascend, leaving this place."

Upon hearing this, the many Qing Mo clan members in the hall turned their gazes simultaneously toward a corner, where a Mahayana realm expert clad in a black robe, surrounded and interwoven with dense demonic energy and blood-killer qi, stood.

He was Xie Wudao, a Mahayana realm rogue cultivator of the Qing Mo Realm.

Before the Qing Mo Realm consolidated its forces to invade the Di Xuan Realm, Xie Wudao had been roaming all corners of the Qing Mo Realm.

In his desperate bid to break through to the Immortal Realm, Xie Wudao stopped at nothing, causing boundless slaughter across various regions of the Qing Mo Realm.

Because of this, he had fallen out with many of the Mahayana realm Qing Mo clan members present in the hall.

Back then, some of the Mahayana realm experts in the hall had already secretly coordinated, preparing to join forces to suppress and kill Xie Wudao.

Had it not been for the Qing Mo Realm's sudden discovery of the Di Xuan Realm and the subsequent plan to consolidate the Qing Mo Realm's strength for a joint invasion,

and given that Xie Wudao's power was indeed formidable and he possessed a strange treasure comparable to an Immortal Artifact for protection,

completely killing him would have required considerable time and the expenditure of significant trump cards and strength. Xie Wudao would likely have already perished and his Dao annihilated by now.

However, in his quest for breakthrough, Xie Wudao feared none of these things.

Hearing Xie Wudao's words at this moment, many Mahayana realm experts of the Qing Mo clan frowned, gazing at Xie Wudao with dissatisfaction.

But a small number of Mahayana realm Qing Mo clan members had flickering eyes, their thoughts unknown.

As a branch of the Demon Race, the Qing Mo clan was inherently brutal and bloodthirsty. Moreover, they could absorb various negative energies generated by the world to transform them for their own use and enhance their cultivation base.

For a world like the Qing Mo Realm, the various negative energies born within it would not become a burden; instead, they could aid its growth.

A world like the Qing Mo Realm is not like the Di Xuan Realm, a Spirit Realm filled with positive energy.

The negative energies generated by large-scale battles would not be absorbed and utilized by the Di Xuan Realm; instead, they would cause further damage and burden to the Di Xuan Realm.

Therefore, a world like the Qing Mo Realm, filled with various negative energies, does not need to maintain the environment within the world or avoid causing excessive trauma to the world, as the Di Xuan Realm must.

From birth, the Qing Mo clan, or the Demon Race as a whole, living in worlds where negative energy gathers,

did not need to worry that their battles would cause them to lose the world they inhabited while they were weak.

Once they grew strong enough to no longer rely on a single world for survival, they became even more unscrupulous.

The entire Qing Mo Realm was, before the invasion of the Di Xuan Realm, a giant ant-fighting arena.

When the Qing Mo clan fought within the Qing Mo Realm, they did not need to consider damaging the realm's environment at all.

Because the destruction caused by a single battle, along with the various negative energies born during the slaughter, was sufficient to compensate for the Qing Mo Realm's losses.

And as a branch of the Demon Race, before a common interest existed,

the Qing Mo clan was equally eager to hunt down their own kin to enhance their cultivation base, disregarding all external consequences in doing so.

This is how different living environments form different mainstream concepts within different races.

(End of Chapter)