Chapter 538

With a thought, this newly born Martial Dao Divine Crystal manifested from the sea of consciousness space and perfectly fused with Chen Mu’s physical body and soul.

Hum—

With Chen Mu’s body as the center, a strange domain, visible to the naked eye, translucent, and with the scene of the four seasons faintly flowing inside, was generated out of thin air.

This domain was initially only ten meters in radius, but then began to expand rapidly outward.

Twenty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters, three hundred meters, five hundred meters...

Finally, it stopped when it expanded to a range of about seven hundred meters.

Within the domain, the power of the Four Seasons rules was clearly perceptible.

Chen Mu could control the seasonal changes, temperature fluctuations, and vitality flow within this area to a certain extent.

Although it was far from the true Myriad Phenomena Realm Martial Venerable’s ability to change the world with a single thought and manipulate rules like an arm, this was indeed his own Four Seasons Martial Domain!

Although it was only a prototype, with limited range and power far from its peak, this step was of extraordinary significance.

This meant that Chen Mu had already touched the threshold of the Myriad Phenomena Realm’s "Martial Dao Domain" in advance while in the Heavenly Palace Realm, laying an incomparably solid foundation, and the shackles of breaking through to the Myriad Phenomena Realm in the future would be greatly reduced.

With the Four Seasons Martial Domain opened, a Heavenly Palace Realm martial artist no longer feared anyone!

Even against a Myriad Phenomena Realm expert, Chen Mu now had the power to fight.

Martial Domain against Martial Domain!

As for the consumed lifespan...

Chen Mu sensed carefully and estimated that he had lost about 1,100 years.

Within the bearable range!

It was only because it was him, possessing a lifespan card.

If it were someone else, even a Myriad Phenomena Realm expert, they wouldn't dare to devour it.

Because before they finished devouring and fusing, they would have already died of old age!

Stopping the further familiarization and comprehension of the Four Seasons Martial Domain, Chen Mu stood up, the mysterious Four Seasons aura around his body converged, and the 700-meter Martial Domain also quietly dissipated, hidden into invisibility.

"Young Master Chen is awake!"

"Senior Brother Chen!"

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing and Ning Ning Zhixi, who had been waiting in the palace below and paying attention to the movement above, hurriedly flew to the top of the hall and came to Chen Mu’s side.

"Young Master Chen, have you noticed anything?"

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing’s face was filled with a trace of confusion and solemnity, "This space seems to have changed. Although the energy between heaven and earth is still dense, I always feel that the flow has stagnated? The Dao rhyme that was constantly rotating and deriving seems to have become much thinner. I can't say exactly what is wrong, poor Daoist can't tell."

Ning Ning Zhixi also nodded in agreement: "I have a similar feeling, the resonance of the four tokens also seems to be a trace weaker than before. Could it be a sign that the secret treasury is about to close?"

Chen Mu naturally knew the reason.

This was because he had devoured and fused with the source of the "Four Seasons Martial Crystal" core, causing the source of the Four Seasons rule power that supported the operation of this secret treasury space to be significantly weakened, or even "plundered."

This space had lost its core support, and even if it wouldn't collapse immediately, it would gradually head toward decay, with energy dissipating and Dao rhyme ceasing to exist.

However, he would naturally not say this explicitly.

"Perhaps it was the energy consumed by the opening of the secret treasury, or perhaps it was because we took too many spiritual items, affecting the balance here."

Chen Mu casually found a reason and turned to ask, "Did you pick smoothly? Are you satisfied with what you obtained? If so, let's leave."

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing and Ning Ning Zhixi were indeed distracted upon hearing this.

Both of them showed joy on their faces, especially Daoist Daoist Zhuqing, whose main purpose for this trip was to collect some rare spiritual herbs for the Tianxin Temple, and this harvest far exceeded expectations.

"Thanks to Young Master Chen’s blessing, the harvest is bountiful!"

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing laughed, "Most of what I needed has been found. Miss Ning also obtained many spiritual items that can enhance cultivation and temper the foundation. Although this place is good, it is a secret realm after all, and it is not suitable to stay for long. We can leave at any time."

Ning Ning Zhixi also nodded: "I am ready here too. Senior Brother Chen, did you have any comprehension just now?"

She still couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

The Four Seasons Dao rhyme that flowed on Chen Mu just now, and the invisible pressure that made her feel palpitations, were definitely not ordinary.

"Just a little gain."

Chen Mu didn't want to talk much and brushed it off lightly, "Since everything is ready, let's go."

Immediately, the three of them did not delay and followed the path they came from, arriving near the spatial node they had entered before.

Perhaps because the Four Seasons Martial Crystal had been fused, the exit passage did not require a specific timing like when entering. Chen Mu sensed slightly and found the place where the space was relatively weak, broke a gap with true Li Yuan, and took the two of them out.

Light and shadow changed, and the three of them returned to the hidden valley surrounded by circular cliffs.

The scene in the valley remained the same, the altar was quiet, and the four tokens were still embedded in the grooves, but their luster was dim, as if they had exhausted their power.

Chen Mu stepped forward, took down the Keys of the Four Seasons, and returned them to Ning Ning Zhixi.

Ning Ning Zhixi carefully put them away; she knew that these four keys might have lost the function of opening this place, but as a souvenir and token, they were still of extraordinary significance.

The three of them left the valley, passed through the living gate of the natural secret array, and returned to the deep, humid, and dimly lit primeval forest of the Changlong Mountains.

Not until they walked out of the outskirts of the mountains and felt the sunlight of the outside world did they have a sense of reality of returning to the human world.

At a mountain pass, the three of them stopped.

"Young Master Chen, Miss Ning, for this trip to the Secret Treasury of the Four Seasons, I am extremely grateful for the help of the two of you."

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing bowed solemnly, "There are still important matters in the temple, and poor Daoist needs to return to Tianxin Temple immediately to report. If you have free time in the future, please be sure to visit my Tianxin Temple, so that poor Daoist can fulfill the duties of a host."

Ning Ning Zhixi also bowed: "Daoist, your help along the way, Ning Zhixi will keep it in mind. I will definitely visit in the future."

Chen Mu nodded slightly: "Daoist, take care."

The three of them said goodbye and parted ways.

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing turned into a cyan stream of light and flew toward the Tianxin Temple in the southwest.

Ning Ning Zhixi also said goodbye to Chen Mu; she planned to find a safe place to digest her gains from this trip before making further plans.

Watching the two women’s figures disappear into the sky, Chen Mu finally withdrew his gaze.

In this trip to the secret treasury, he had the greatest harvest, successfully condensing the Four Seasons Martial Domain and taking the crucial step toward the Myriad Phenomena Realm.

But this matter was of great importance and was one of his greatest trump cards, so he would naturally not tell outsiders.

Identifying the direction, his figure soared into the sky, turning into a faint cyan rainbow, and galloped toward Hannan Dao in the northwest.

During the flight, Chen Mu’s thoughts flowed.

Reminded by the old scholar he met by chance before, Chen Mu had a guess about the phrase "Where the heart thinks, the soul resides."

Nanyun Prefecture!

The place where the Tianhe Sword Venerable passed away was the hiding place of the "Sword Soul."

Chen Mu walked out of Nanyun, and this return to Nanyun could be considered revisiting an old place.

Just after leaving the scope of the Changlong Mountains and entering the hilly area on the border of Hannan Dao, Chen Mu, while high in the sky, keenly captured the clanging sound of weapons clashing and the fluctuations of energy collisions coming from below.

One of the slightly wild shouts, carrying the sound of a sword, sounded somewhat familiar to his ears.