Chapter 63: Treasure Herbs Everywhere? Aren

Just as that sect leader was about to rush into the human‑shaped cavity, the previously erased forbidden zone suddenly burst with golden light!

Countless lingering celestial Dao runes, as if stimulated, suddenly lit up and instantly interwove into a destructive thunder net.

Enveloping that sect leader and the several leaders trailing behind him completely!

"Ah—!"

"No! It's a trap!"

"Save me!"

The mournful scream abruptly ceased.

Under the thunder net formed by the celestial Dao runes, those leaders who had rushed to the front could not muster any resistance and, in full view of everyone, were punished by terrifying celestial thunder, instantly blown to ash!

Not even their souls could escape!

Hiss—!

The sect leaders behind, who were about to follow in the rush.

Seeing this scene, they were terrified to the point of soul‑shattering, each one abruptly halted, their faces drained of color!

They watched helplessly as those comrades turned to ash in the celestial thunder, the destructive aura tingling from their scalp down to their heels.

Dead?

Just like that, dead?

The group had just entered unharmed a moment ago—why did they trigger the forbidden seal's backlash the instant they surged forward?

"W‑Why did this happen?"

"That person… that faction… absolutely cannot be possessed by our Sanqian Zhou! Where did they… come from?"

A sect leader's voice trembled, eyes full of lingering fear and confusion.

"I… I understand…"

The well‑versed old sect leader stared intently at the area that had regained calm.

Yet the forbidden zone still exuded a terrifying aura; a look of sudden enlightenment mixed with deeper terror appeared on his face.

"Are they… the people from that legendary, long‑isolated celestial realm?" someone ventured a bold guess.

Celestial realm!

Those two words sent a shiver through the sect leaders present.

Regarding the celestial realm, they had only seen scattered mentions in the oldest scriptures.

It is said to be a world far broader and stronger than their Sanqian Zhou!

There, true immortals exist!

There are undying inheritances!

Could the legend… be true?

"Regardless of who they are, this matter is beyond the handling capacity of our Crime State!"

"We must immediately report this to all Immortal Daoist Lineages and the Supreme Great Sect of Sanqian Zhou!"

"Exactly! With the Fire Temple Master fallen, several sect leaders perished, such a major incident must be known throughout Sanqian Zhou! That Cross‑River Dragon is too overbearing; he is essentially making an enemy of the entire Sanqian Zhou!"

"Let's go! We'll split up and contact the big figures of other states at once! I won't believe that even the combined force of Sanqian Zhou cannot punish a mysterious newcomer!"

After a brief discussion, the terrified sect leaders immediately went their separate ways.

They used the secret teleportation arrays of their respective lineages.

At top speed, they transmitted everything that had happened in Crime State outward.

……

……

On the other side, passing through that spatial rift, the Nine‑Dragon Incense Carriage arrived in an entirely new world.

Unlike the desolate ruin of Crime State outside.

Here, the air is filled with ancient, vast, primal breath.

The sky is a dull gray, lacking sun, moon, or stars,

only fragmented law chains flow across the Heavenly Dome like aurorae.

On the ground, ancient towering trees each rise ten thousand zhang, their foliage blocking the sky and sun.

Various exotic flowers and herbs long extinct outside can be seen everywhere here, exuding a refreshing medicinal fragrance.

The air is saturated with an energy so dense it cannot be broken apart.

"Young Master, although the laws here are fragmented, the incorporeal substance in the air is over a hundred times richer than outside!"

Grand Elder Gu Linjiang's voice, tinged with barely restrained excitement, came from outside the carriage.

As a supreme practitioner of the Eighteenth Realm whose lifespan is nearing its limit,

he is especially sensitive to substances that extend longevity and boost cultivation.

He hadn't sensed anything upon first entering Crime State, never expecting such a small place to hold such a heavy treasure.

"Hmm, I feel it."

Inside the carriage, Gu Yuan lazily replied.

He doesn't even need to deliberately absorb; his immortal body automatically and greedily devours the surrounding incorporeal substance.

Every pore expands, cheering.

"So refreshing…"

Gu Yuan stretched comfortably, feeling as if he were soaking in a hot spring, his whole body warm.

"This place, we've come to the right spot!"

Gu Yuan felt delighted inside.

However, I heard that the opening of the Ancient Immortal Relic Land has a time limit; still, after finding the World Tree, we should have Xuan Ce Bo Bo and the others quickly finish the State-Moving Great Array, move the entire Sanqian Zhou back, and slowly absorb it.

Just then.

Boom!

Not far away, a violent energy fluctuation came, along with the booming sound of weapons colliding.

Huh?

Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked out through the carriage window.

He saw that in the open valley ahead, two groups of people were fiercely fighting.

One side was a woman dressed in blue palace attire, with exquisite looks and a cold, aloof demeanor.

She wielded an ice-blue long sword; sword qi crisscrossed, and each swing brought forth a sky-full of frost.

The other side was a burly youth whose whole body was wrapped in purple lightning; his fighting style was wide-open and overbearing to the extreme.

Around them, each side was followed by a dozen or so young men and women with equally extraordinary auras.

They were also engaged in pairwise combat, fighting so intensely that the heavens shook and the earth split, rocks shattering.

Yo, pretty lively.

Gu Yuan became interested.

These must be the heavenly pride of other states, right?

Looks like they're fighting over something; let's go check it out.

He was quite curious how formidable the heavenly pride of this lower realm could be.

Soon, Gu Yuan knew what these people were fighting over.

He saw that at the very center of the valley grew a plant that was entirely blood-red, coral-shaped, and emitted a faint red glow.

Around the plant, auspicious qi streamed in thousands of threads and rosy light in myriad rays; at a glance it was clearly not ordinary.

"Moon Immortal Maiden! We've fought three hundred rounds, and we're both seriously injured; just hand over this Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine willingly! Otherwise, don't blame me, Lei someone, for being ruthless to flowers!"

That lightning youth forced back the blue-clad woman with a single thrust of his spear, laughing wildly as he spoke.

He was called Lei Zi, the current heir of Purple Firmament Divine Mountain, versed in thunder techniques, his overbearing nature unmatched.

"Lei Zi! Don't even think about it!"

The blue-clad woman known as Moon Immortal Maiden had a trickle of blood at the corner of her mouth, but her eyes remained icy and resolute.

"This Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine was discovered by me first; what right do you have to seize it!"

"Hahaha! Heavenly materials and earthly treasures belong to the virtuous! In this Ancient Immortal Relic Land, whoever has the bigger fist is virtuous! Moon Immortal Maiden, I advise you to be sensible!" Lei Zi laughed arrogantly.

The two of them were the top-notch first-generation heavenly pride of Sanqian Zhou's younger generation, their cultivation at the peak of the sixth realm, their strength evenly matched.

However, Lei Zi's technique was even more overbearing; in a prolonged battle, Moon Immortal Maiden gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Cut the nonsense! If you want the treasure medicine, step over my corpse!"

Moon Immortal Maiden gritted her silver teeth, ignoring her internal injuries, once again mobilizing her power, uniting person and sword into a shocking heavenly rainbow that thrust toward Lei Zi.

"Overestimating oneself!"

Lei Zi gave a cold snort, likewise raised his spear, and went forward to meet her.

"Boom—!"

It was another earth-shaking collision.

Moon Immortal Maiden let out a muffled groan, flew backward from the air, and her face grew even paler.

Lei Zi, however, seized the opportunity; with a flick of his form he appeared before that Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine, a flick of wild joy in his eyes, and reached out to pluck it.

But just as his hand was about to touch the medicine,

an irresistible gentle force appeared out of nowhere.

That Dragon Blood Treasure Medicine, as if lifted by an invisible big hand, wobbled out of the soil.

Then, tracing a beautiful arc, it flew toward the Nine Dragon Carriage that had appeared at some point outside the valley.

Immediately after, a somewhat disdainful voice was heard.

"Such weeds, also counted as treasure medicine?"