Chapter 736

"This Supreme Secret Treasury is certainly not just a First-Rank Supreme Secret Treasury—the Supreme who fell here was likely a Third-Rank or even Fourth-Rank Supreme; otherwise, they could not have possessed such a powerful Spirit Puppet!"

"We Xin Region alone can never take this!"

Seeing Xing Tian's strength, Xin Zhangsheng had no more heart for seizing the Supreme Secret Treasury—now, escaping with his life was the most important thing.

Seeing Xin Zhangsheng and Lu Tian, the two strongest among them, flee in opposite eastern and western directions, Xing Tian extended both hands, grasped the air toward them, and attempted to imprison them with spatial power.

Then, Xing Tian clearly forgot—this was not the Dou Qi Continent but the Great Thousand World; with a single grasp, the space showed no disturbance, only faint ripples, and after waiting a long while, the spatial fluctuations expanded, forming a fragmented, ragged spatial prison.

But by then, they had already fled far away.

Xiao Yan, watching this from within the Heavenly Tomb, furrowed his brows—he knew that on the Dou Qi Continent, a Dou Zong could walk through Space, and a Dou Zun could manipulate space and create Space Channels.

Although Xing Tian was merely a puppet, lacking Dou Qi or any other power, and unable to use Dou Techniques, his terrifying physical strength should have been enough to warp space—yet here, it only caused faint ripples.

"Brother Xiao Yan, I think what we most need right now is intelligence." Xun Er spoke softly.

Xiao Yan nodded in agreement; the only good news was that they now had at least minimal self-defense capability—it was clear that Xing Tian's power was also formidable on this continent.

With a sharp hiss, Xing Tian stepped down, becoming a streak of light that shot to the edge of the meteor crater, where a young man trembled violently, his face deathly pale—it was the youth who had just recognized the Forge God Stone.

Seeing the murderous Spirit Puppet before him, the youth fainted outright.

"Bring him back."

Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, Xing Tian seized the youth by his clothes and hauled him back into the Heavenly Tomb, while Xing Tian remained outside, guarding it.

"Hey, wake up."

Hearing the call, the unconscious youth slowly came to.

"Where am I?" The youth opened his eyes and looked around, realizing he lay on a barren wasteland, empty of trees or plants, only towering objects like gravestones standing all around.

"Have I already died?!" The man saw the massive tombstone before him inscribed with "Xiao Xuan's Tomb," and nearly fainted again, thinking Xing Tian had killed him.

"If you faint again, I can't guarantee you'll wake up next time." A voice with amusement came from behind him.

Hearing another voice, the youth jolted upright, pressing his back against the tombstone, gripping it with both hands, trembling as he stared at seven strange figures in black robes behind him.

"Y-you—you—are you Soul Envoys?!" The youth stammered—though it was no surprise; who wouldn't be terrified waking up to seven figures in black robes with hoods obscuring their faces?

The leader of the black-robed figures shook his head. "You're not dead. We're not Soul Envoys—we merely noticed you recognized the Forge God Stone, so we have some questions for you."

"Of course, if I find out you're lying…" The black-robed figure snapped his fingers with a sharp crack—then, with a heavy thud, Xing Tian descended from the sky.

"Oh my god!!" Seeing the headless Xing Tian, the youth turned ashen, his teeth chattering.

"Wait—is this inside the Supreme Secret Treasury?" The youth suddenly realized, looking at the black-robed figures. "You're alive! This isn't the tomb ruins of a Supreme!"

The leader of the black-robed figures nodded. "We came from another continent to the Great Thousand World."

"Another continent?" The youth's eyes widened, then he exclaimed in sudden understanding: "Then you're a powerhouse from the Lower Plane!"

Hearing this youth clearly had some education, Xiao Yan dropped the pretense, removed his Hood, and revealed his face—the face of the Heavenly Venerable of Yan.

"What's your name?"

"Respectful Sir, this humble one is Qiao Shihong." The youth spoke with utmost reverence.

The one who could create such a powerful Puppet—and open a passage from the Lower Plane to the Great Thousand World—must be an immensely powerful being!

Xiao Yan nodded. "Qiao Shihong, where are we?"

"Respectful Sir, this is one continent of the Great Thousand World, named Ning Tian Continent. The location we stand in now is the border between Xin Region and Lu Region of Ning Tian Continent's Western Realm." Qiao Shihong replied seriously.

After all, the Heavenly Tomb was sizable, and the meteor crater was even larger, having crashed across the territories of two regions.

"Ning Tian Continent…" Xiao Yan asked: "When we arrived on Ning Tian Continent, we noticed our internal energy behaving strangely, invaded by these gases—do you know what they are?"

Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and a tiny ball of gas, no larger than a fingernail, floated before Qiao Shihong—it was the gas Gu Yuan had forced from his body.

Seeing the pure energy before him, Qiao Shihong's eyes widened in shock. "This is Spiritual Energy—and it's nearly condensed into Supreme Spirit Liquid!"

"Spiritual Energy?" Xiao Xuan and the others exchanged glances—they had never heard this term before; they had assumed it was Source Qi.

"Yes. Cultivators in the Great Thousand World cultivate Spiritual Energy." Qiao Shihong replied seriously.

"You cultivate Spiritual Energy? Then what about Source Qi?" Xiao Yan asked urgently.

Qiao Shihong tilted his head, puzzled. "Respectful Sir, all cultivators in the Great Thousand World cultivate Spiritual Energy—I've never heard of anything called Source Qi."

!!?

Instantly, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Xiao Xuan's Soul Body were all stunned—Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun had come to the Great Thousand World specifically to find Source Qi to break through to Dou Di. Now, was Source Qi gone from this world?! Then how could they break through to Dou Di?!

Gu Yuan spoke up: "When I arrived on Ning Tian Continent, I was afflicted by Spiritual Energy erosion—what is this?"

"Spiritual Energy erosion?" Qiao Shihong frowned, then recalled something. "Are you referring to Spiritual Force assimilation?"

"Spiritual Force assimilation?"

Qiao Shihong nodded. "Yes. Because Spiritual Force in the Great Thousand World is far more advanced and pure than energy from the Lower Plane, when Lower Plane powerhouses arrive, their internal energy is automatically assimilated into higher-grade Spiritual Force. The Source Qi cultivated in your world must be inferior to Spiritual Energy—that's why this happens."

So the "erosion" wasn't harming them—it was upgrading their Dou Qi into Spiritual Energy, transforming it into Spiritual Force!

"We didn't cultivate Source Qi… sigh, never mind." Gu Yuan sighed, shaking his head, helpless and bitter.

They had cultivated Dou Qi for so long—now they were told it was inferior—and how could they accept this?

Once proud Nine-Star Dou Sheng Peak cultivators, now dismissed as country bumpkins in the Great Thousand World.

Zhu Kun, however, took it more lightly—he was a beast, and even without Dou Qi, his physical strength remained immense; if he completed Spiritual Force assimilation, he might even advance further, reaching Dou Di without needing Source Qi.

After a moment of thought, Qiao Shihong shook his head. "Your Excellencies' cultivation realms are surely higher than this Puppet's."

Xiao Yan didn't hide it—he simply nodded.

"Then I believe the resources required for your Spiritual Force assimilation would be enormous—relying solely on ambient Spiritual Energy would take an extremely long time to fully transform."

Everyone present was no fool—they understood this world offered no free meals. Even if they didn't need to restart cultivation, Dou Qi was still inferior; upgrading it to higher-grade Spiritual Energy required making up the difference.

That difference must be compensated through cultivation—but ambient Spiritual Energy alone could never suffice. They had cultivated on the Dou Qi Continent; if they relied only on their Cultivation Methods to absorb Heavenly Energy to raise their Cultivation Realm, the time required would be far too long—they needed vast resources to accelerate the process.

And the biggest problem wasn't just lack of resources—it was that they had no Cultivation Methods at all!

Their Cultivation Methods were all designed for Dou Qi—none for Spiritual Energy. Even after assimilation, continuing cultivation would be impossible.

And they didn't even have money.

If Dou Qi cannot be used, then even Elixirs may be ineffective.

"Xing Tian, go outside and bring in everything left behind by the slain Cultivators—there should be Cultivation Methods, Dou Techniques, Spiritual Techniques, and other cultivation texts. Regardless, we must first assimilate the Dou Qi, or we won't be able to move an inch."

At this moment, Xiao Yan felt as if he had moved his entire family abroad to a strange land, only to discover not only that he couldn't speak the language, but that he had to scavenge for scraps to survive—and had no money!

"My Lord, this humble one has some Cultivation Methods and Spiritual Decrees."

Xiao Yan waved his hand and shook his head. "Forget it. I think your stuff is worse than what's outside."

Hearing this, Qiao Shihong felt ashamed—his collection wasn't even worth calling scraps.

"By the way, what Cultivation Realm do you think that golem reached?" Xiao Yan suddenly remembered and asked.

Know yourself and know your enemy—at the very least, you must know what strength you'll have after completing Spiritual Energy assimilation.

Spiritual Energy assimilation does not increase Cultivation Realm; it merely converts Dou Qi according to the ratio of Spiritual Energy—it does not grant power out of nowhere.

Qiao Shihong's face twisted in difficulty. "My Lord, this humble one's Cultivation Realm is only Spirit Wheel Realm. But that golem scared off Xin Zhangsheng, the Senior Elder of the Xin Region—so it must be above Supreme level. Exactly which Supreme grade it is, only a Domain Master of the same Supreme level would know."

Xiao Yan naturally didn't expect Qiao Shihong to know any more precise standards.

"Dou Qi is inferior to Spiritual Energy. A Dou Sage equals a Supreme—then what about a Dou Emperor?" Xiao Yan thought, then asked: "Is there anything above Supreme?"

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