Chapter 434: Furious Holy Master of the Jade Pool

Gu Yuan tasted the sweetness, and fine light burst forth in his eyes.

He manipulated the World Tree's roots, accelerating his stealing speed.

One thread, two threads, ten threads, a hundred threads…

Those giant origins that should have dissipated between heaven and earth, as if they had found an outlet, continuously flowed along the World Tree's roots into Gu Yuan's inner world.

In the inner world, the "Earth Realm" was the embryonic form of the Yellow Springs and the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while the "Human Realm" was the East Profound Prefecture of the Primordial Profound Heaven Continent and the West Twilight Prefecture of the Twilight Divine Realm; since they were absent, they could only be temporarily suppressed, awaiting merger.

It also received great nourishment. The Yellow Springs' water became deeper and more obscure, the disk of the Six Paths of Reincarnation turned more smoothly, and faintly, it seemed to have gained a trace of the supreme majesty truly governing the cycle of life and death.

Nevertheless, this still greatly benefited Gu Yuan.

To the outside world, the stealing seemed lengthy, but in fact it was only a few breaths.

When the wills of the Supreme Immortal King, the Thunder Emperor Ancestor, and other giants confirmed that the Holy Master of the Jade Pool's divine edict had been completely destroyed, they prepared to withdraw their power.

Amid the falling golden light rain across the sky, the largest, most core clump of origin suddenly twisted strangely.

Within that clump of origin, it seemed a last trace of the Holy Master of the Jade Pool's extremely weak will still lingered.

It seemed to sense something amiss, and in the dark it felt an invisible bloody maw secretly devouring its power!

"Who?! Who is stealing this venerable one's origin?!"

That trace of will sent out a terrified fluctuation, trying to forcibly condense and lock onto the thief hidden in the dark.

"Been discovered?"

Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows, but his eyes showed no panic at all; instead, a hint of ruthlessness flashed through.

"Since it's been discovered… then… swallow it all!"

He no longer concealed it; the threefold power of his inner world—the Heavenly Dao World Tree, the Earthly Dao Yellow Springs Reincarnation, and the Human Dao Primordial Human Emperor Seal—perfectly merged at this moment, transforming into a terrifying devouring black hole that transcended the limits of cultivation realms!

Whoosh—!

It gave that trace of will no chance to react or transmit; the devouring black hole directly spanned the distance, gulping down that core clump of giant origin along with that trace of will whole, dragging it into the inner world!

Crack!

Accompanied by an extremely faint cracking sound, the last trace left by the Holy Master of the Jade Pool in the True Immortal Battlefield was eaten clean by Gu Yuan, leaving not a scrap.

"Burp……"

Gu Yuan let out a satisfied burp in his heart. He quickly retracted the World Tree's roots, tightened the Heaven-Deceiving Cloak a bit more, and silently lurked in the chaotic flow, as if nothing had happened.

At that moment, the wills of the Supreme Immortal King and other giants barely swept over that area, but saw only empty void, detecting no abnormality, and then each withdrew.

Such a heaven-shaking, earth-shaking giant upheaval quietly subsided in Gu Yuan's zero-cost purchase.

……

The Primordial Immortal Realm, above the nine heavens.

The Supreme Immortal Palace, the Hall of Eternal Light.

"Pfft——!!!"

A blood-curdling scream echoed in the dreamlike chaos where the Holy Master of the Jade Pool resided.

Immediately after, that chaos violently trembled, and the light and shadow of countless worlds arose and collapsed within it.

A mouthful of golden fresh blood containing endless Dao laws spurted from the chaos, corroding a vast expanse of void before it into nothingness.

The Holy Master of the Jade Pool, this giant Immortal King who had lived through countless eons and stood lofty above all, actually… vomited blood!

This was not the backlash from his divine edict being destroyed; with his cultivation, such a backlash would at most make his qi and blood surge.

What truly made him vomit blood was the sensation transmitted back by that trace of will at the very moment his divine eye collapsed!

His origin, the origin of this lofty giant Immortal King, was actually… swallowed like candy beans in the True Immortal Battlefield?!

What made him feel even more fearful and frustrated was that he didn't know who the opponent was, what they looked like, or what method they used!

In that instant, the devouring power carried an aura of world origin that made even his heart palpitate, as if he faced not a cultivator but a complete, growing universe!

"Who… who on earth is it!!!"

The Holy Master of the Jade Pool roared madly in the chaos, his voice filled with endless humiliation, anger, and a trace of panic he himself refused to admit.

The Primordial Source Dao Disk was stolen, Yao Wushuang was killed, and now even the divine-eye origin he had bestowed was being eaten right in front of the other giants!

Although it did him little harm, the insult was extremely strong!

"Jade Pool, what madness are you up to again?"

The cold, merciless voice of the Supreme Immortal King came from the golden flames,

"The backlash of the True Immortal Battlefield's laws is your own doing. If you dare again to disturb the palace's tranquility, don't blame me for forgetting old ties."

"Old Ghost of the Jade Pool, you tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice, huh?"

The Thunder Emperor Ancestor's voice was full of schadenfreude,

"For the death of a junior, you actually disregarded the rules and forcibly descended; now you've suffered a loss, and it serves you right!"

Faced with the questioning and mockery of the other giants, the Holy Master of the Jade Pool clenched his teeth tightly.

Could he say it? Would he dare to say it?

He absolutely could not reveal the matter of the Primordial Source Dao Disk!

The value of that ultimate treasure was too great; once exposed, the Supreme Immortal King, the Thunder Emperor Ancestor, and those old foxes would surely swarm like sharks smelling blood, and even the Ultimate Immortal King might get involved.

By then, even if he found the true culprit, that treasure would not fall to him of the Jade Pool to monopolize.

"Good… very good!"

The Holy Master of the Jade Pool forcibly swallowed the blood in his mouth; the surrounding chaotic flow gradually calmed, but the killing intent suppressed to the extreme made the temperature of the entire palace drop to freezing point.

"Yao Wushuang is the outstanding holy son of my Jade Pool's generation, yet he fell to a secret plot in the battlefield! If this grudge is not avenged, what face does my Jade Pool have left?!"

He found a noble-sounding excuse, his voice ice-cold and piercing:

"Issue my command! Order all Jade Pool disciples entering the True Immortal Battlefield, at any cost, to investigate the killer of Yao Wushuang! Whoever brings the murderer's head to see me, I will personally accept them as an inner-door disciple and grant them one Immortal King Dao Fruit!"

Upon these words, the Supreme Immortal Palace fell into a brief silence.

The Supreme Immortal King, the Thunder Emperor Ancestor, and other bigwigs, although they said nothing more on the surface, secretly sneered incessantly.

"For a Holy Son, is it worth getting this angry? They even brought out the Immortal King Dao Fruit!"

The Thunder Emperor Ancestor secretly thought,

"This old fox is definitely hiding something. Yao Wushuang's death is just a smokescreen; he must have lost something extremely important in the Sending Heaven Hall!"

"Send word to Qian Jue, have him pay more attention to the movements of the Jade Pool disciples on the battlefield; if he discovers they have found something significant… seize it! Anyone who blocks the way, no matter who, kill." The Thunder Emperor Ancestor secretly issued the order.

In the Supreme Immortal King's eyes, which seemed able to see through eternity, a hint of profound light also flickered.

"What a tumultuous time… the Gu Family's affairs are not yet settled, and this True Immortal Battlefield has produced another variable."