Chapter 253 - 153: 40 Years in a Flash, the Birth of a Divine Weapon

With the precedent set by the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect, they could only bow their heads now.

Wang Xiao said calmly,

"If you have no Immortal Treasures, you must have Immortal Artifacts. Five Immortal Artifacts can stand in for one Immortal Treasure!"

He needed to gather materials to craft a Weapon.

Although Immortal Artifacts were a tier below Immortal Treasures, he would surely be able to use some of their materials.

And even if he couldn’t use them, they would still be excellent for protecting Shangguan Xiyue and the others.

"Fine." The few Earth Immortals could only grit their teeth and agree.

For them, giving up five Immortal Artifacts was akin to carving off their own flesh!

After all, an Immortal Sect possessed five or six Immortal Artifacts at most.

But now, they had no choice but to agree.

Without Immortal Treasures, they had no way of resisting an Immortal Emperor’s Law.

The moment a fight broke out, they would suffer the same fate as the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect.

Although Immortal Emperor and Earth Immortal were only separated by a single realm, that gap was as wide as a heavenly chasm!

Just as these Earth Immortals were about to obediently take out their Immortal Artifacts and hand them over to Wang Xiao,

the Earth Immortals who wielded Immortal Treasures suddenly roared in defiance.

"You want our Immortal Treasures? We’ll see if you live long enough to take them!"

"Celestial Destiny Emperor, even if you’ve become an Immortal Emperor, you’re still just one man! With Immortal Treasures in hand, we are not necessarily weaker!"

"Hmph. Arrogant whelp. We’ll see what you’re made of today."

The instant their voices faded,

one by one, the Earth Immortals brought out their Weapons—a drum, a spear, a bell.

These Weapons all radiated a blinding light, emitting ripples of an incomparably profound Law!

Rampant Spiritual Qi pulsed from the Weapons, coiling around the Earth Immortals!

’So these are Immortal Treasures. Not Curiosities. A pity.’

Wang Xiao gazed at the dazzling Weapons before him, a hint of disappointment in his heart.

The Immortal Treasures before him were still in the category of Supreme Treasures.

They were simply wreathed in an Immortal Emperor’s Law, which is to say, the Great Dao Rules of an Origin, making them stronger than ordinary Immortal Artifacts.

However, they still hadn’t broken past the level of a Supreme Treasure to reach the Miracle Level.

’What exactly defines a Curiosity? Besides the materials, there must be other factors involved!’

Wang Xiao’s brow furrowed.

The Curiosities he had seen before, like the Reincarnation Pool and the World in the Sand given to him by the Chaos Nether King, were indeed different from the Immortal Treasures before him now.

They pulsed with a completely different type of energy.

’It seems that Curiosities, compared to these Immortal Treasures, involve a higher level of energy.’

Wang Xiao mused.

He didn’t dwell on it, his brilliant gaze sweeping over the Earth Immortals who held their Immortal Treasures.

"Do you know why the Immortal Emperors from the Holy Lands don’t move against you? It’s not that they fear the Immortal Treasures in your hands. They simply don’t want to pay the price. I, however, have no such restrictions!"

The difference between channeling the Origin Great Dao personally and using an Immortal Treasure to display it was as vast as that between the clouds and the mud.

The Immortal Emperors of the Holy Lands most likely didn’t move against the Immortal Sects because they were unwilling to pay the price.

After all, using the Origin Great Dao inevitably came at a price.

This price varied in severity, but it mostly took a toll on one’s own lifespan.

To annihilate these Immortal Sects that possessed Immortal Treasures would cost at least tens of thousands of years of lifespan, or even more.

For the Immortal Emperors of the Holy Lands, the gains simply weren’t worth the cost.

If their lifespan was damaged and they couldn’t last until the Celestial Gate opened, it would be too late for regrets.

Thus, the Origin Great Dao was both a source of power and a shackle that bound its wielder.

However, Wang Xiao had no such restrictions!

This body of his would dissipate sooner or later, once his time here was up.

Besides, with his current lifespan, even losing fifty or sixty thousand years would leave him with enough time to wait for the Celestial Gate to open!

"Kill him!"

The group of Earth Immortals holding Immortal Treasures knew this battle would not end until one side was dead.

Handing over their Immortal Treasures was absolutely out of the question.

The only option was to fight to the death!

RUMBLE—

One of them struck a great drum, sending out layer upon layer of visible ripples through Space.

Instantly, Wang Xiao felt the Space in every direction solidify, rumbling as it crushed down upon him!

Heaven and Earth itself seemed to have become a prison cell, making his bones creak under the pressure.

It was as if he were being crushed by countless Divine Mountains!

"That’s the Vacuum Sect’s Heaven-Caging Drum! It contains an Immortal Emperor’s Law that allows direct control over Space to lock down and execute a Strangulation on its enemies! Not even an Earth Immortal can defend against it!"

The Earth Immortals who lacked the protection of an Immortal Treasure immediately retreated far into the distance.

They no longer had any right to participate in a battle that involved an Immortal Emperor’s Law.

’Space... it really is profound...’

A flicker of light passed through Wang Xiao’s eyes.

In that instant, he felt the surrounding Space turn tangible, becoming countless times more solid.

Even his void-shattering physique was useless now.

All of Heaven and Earth seemed to have become a giant prison, locking him inside.

Moreover, this prison was constantly shrinking, pressing in to crush him!

RUMBLE—

The surrounding void was visibly collapsing!

Just as Wang Xiao was about to be crushed by Space itself...

At that very moment, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Wang Xiao went from solid to nothingness, vanishing from sight just like that.

Not a single trace remained!

"What?!"

The pupils of Qin Wufeng, Sect Leader of the Vacuum Sect, contracted abruptly.

He had absolutely no idea what method Wang Xiao had used to escape his prison of Heaven and Earth!

VMM!

Just as he stood there in shock, a Tai Chi Diagram spanning ten thousand li suddenly materialized in the sky, enveloping everyone within its bounds.