Chapter 55: Leaving the Mysterious Treasure

Boom!

As a massive spatial rift appeared in the sky, the Wujian City opposite Ba Long Yun City rose into the air, was swallowed by it, and disappeared from the Great Summer World and even the Red Bright Realm.

"Ha ha, we won!"

"We won!"

At this moment, within Ba Long Yun City, countless immortals and demons cheered.

If they had lost, the grim fate of the Wujian Men would have been their future, and most would have died.

Fortunately, they won, which was certainly worth cheering for.

"Now that this battle is over, Master, what are your plans?" Zhou Yu and Ji Ning stood atop Ba Long Yun City, and Ji Ning asked at that moment.

"I'm going back to take a look; I'm about to leave the Great Summer World," Zhou Yu said. "Although the war in the Red Bright Realm has ended, the Great Tribulation of the Three Realms has just begun, and I will go wherever I am needed."

Ji Ning heard this and felt heaviness in his heart.

Although his master was invincible in this war, the Red Bright Realm is merely an inconspicuous part of the Three Realms, and continuing to join other wars would mean danger.

"Master, you must be careful." Ji Ning finally said nothing more; he knew he could not help much now.

Zhou Yu laughed at the words and said, "You needn't overthink; I'm confident you can stay alive. Your immediate priority now is to get through the Heavenly God Tribulation!"

Ji Ning nodded.

After they talked for a while, a temporal vortex suddenly appeared near them, and a thin, white‑haired elder stepped out of it.

It was Patriarch Bodhi.

After bowing, Ji Ning, and Zhou Yu also clasped his hands and said, "I have the honor of meeting you, Senior Patriarch Bodhi."

"No need for formalities," Patriarch Bodhi smiled. "I have come this time to escort Ji Ning back to Fangcun Mountain. Qian Yu, would you be willing to go with your disciple?"

"I appreciate your kindness, Senior, and will certainly visit when I have time," Zhou Yu politely declined, guessing that Patriarch Bodhi also intended to take a disciple.

After all, it is common in the Three Realms for one person to apprentice under different masters; for example, Lü Dongbin had both Sanqing Daoist and Xiaoyao Heavenly Venerable as teachers.

But Zhou Yu's True God Avatar was still discussing Dao with Patriarch Bodhi's incarnation, so why would his original self go to take a master again?

Moreover, there's Ji Ning. The relationship is too complicated.

"Fine then," Patriarch Bodhi said without pressing, though he felt a slight regret.

Zhou Yu's performance on the battlefield indeed made him very eye‑catching, but unfortunately he was already a disciple of the Azure True God, and no one knows where the Azure True God recruited such a disciple.

Moreover, even if he truly took a disciple, Patriarch Bodhi would not easily pass on his teachings, since his method is the Nüwa faction's final trump card, and Zhou Yu's identity remains a mystery.

Soon, Patriarch Bodhi left with Ji Ning, and of course Yu Wei, Ji Mingyue and others also went together to Fangcun Mountain.

Soon after, the Red Bright Daozu also found Zhou Yu.

"Qian Yu, in this war you contributed the most. In your cultivation, do you need anything? As long as I can do it, just tell me," the Red Bright Daozu said to Zhou Yu, asking.

"I have no urgent personal needs," Zhou Yu replied.

"However, my origin, the Zhou Clan, hopes the Dao Ancestor will look after it in the future."

"Simply caring for a single clan is nothing. I command dozens of great worlds; I can carve out a domain within them for the Zhou Clan to flourish, and I will continue to look after you," the Red Bright Daozu promised.

"I trouble the Red Bright Daozu," Zhou Yu said, feeling relieved.

"Ha ha, compared to what you did, this is nothing," the Red Bright Daozu laughed.

"Dao Ancestor, the Daozu Puppet I previously captured alive was being wielded by the Evergreen Sword Immortal; I have already found a way to eradicate it," Zhou Yu added.

Although the Daozu Puppet is indestructible, once captured alive, with his Second Grade True Immortal power, he can completely force its refinement.

Afterwards, eradicating the Evergreen Sword Immortal was merely a snap of the fingers.

Hearing this, the Red Bright Daozu nodded and sighed, "Traitor, everyone should be executed; you did well!"

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At the same time, within a mysterious space in the Three Realms.

At that moment, the Black Robe God King stood there respectfully, communicating with an invisible wave; after a long while, the wave finally receded.

The Black Robe God King pondered for a long time before sitting back in his seat.

"So the origins of Qian Yu Tian Shen are unknown even to the Master?" the Black Robe God King exclaimed, surprised.

The defeat of the Red Bright Realm this time was chiefly due to Zhou Yu; the Black Robe God King was naturally unwilling to let it pass, so he proactively consulted his master, the Lord of Heart Demons.

The Lord of Heart Demons, formerly the leader of the Wujian Men, was forced to merge into the Celestial Dao during the war between the Wujian Chaos World and the Pangu Chaos World.

Logically, under the Celestial Dao, he knows everything.

But this time, the Lord of Heart Demons told him that he could not find Zhou Yu's identity.

"Master says that this Qian Yu Tian Shen may be connected to Nüwa; that is troublesome," the Black Robe God King shook his head.

Indeed, only Nüwa could make his Master willingly concede.

Only Nüwa's methods could leave his Master unable to trace any trace.

Just like the countless small paradises hidden by Nüwa, and the whereabouts of Lord Cui and the Book of Life and Death after the Six Paths reincarnation was destroyed—these are all unknown to the Wujian Men.

"If this Qian Yu Tian Shen appears on the battlefield again in the future, we will have to rely on stronger formations or puppets to counter him, which will involve many forces," the Black Robe God King sighed.

Had we known it would be such a calamity, we should have eliminated him from the start.

After lingering in the Great Summer World for a few days, Zhou Yu left and returned to the cave residence of his True God Avatar.

"This war, merely by slaying countless immortals, deities and demons, yielded treasures that constitute a considerable fortune," Zhou Yu at that moment split a strand of divine power, manifesting within the cave treasure to sort these items.

Various treasures, pills, scriptures, and miscellaneous items were all being categorized.

"Hmm?"

Zhou Yu suddenly gestured, and from a pile of unremarkable junk, a bronze pillar covered in rust shot out.

The bronze pillar was about nine zhang tall, its surface riddled with rust; at first glance, it seemed an unremarkable item.

But just now, while sorting the junk, Zhou Yu realized part of his divine power had been siphoned; he instantly locked onto the target, the "culprit" being this bronze pillar.

"My mind power and awareness sweep over it, yet I still can't see through this bronze pillar?" Zhou Yu felt surprised; with his mind power, even a primordial spirit treasure shouldn't be completely opaque to him.

"Since you're swallowing magical power, then I'll let you absorb!"

Zhou Yu thought, his true self suddenly arrived inside this Cave Heaven Treasure; he placed his hand on the bronze pillar, and vast magical power began to surge.

As Zhou Yu's magical power kept erupting, the bronze pillar took everything, swallowing the massive magical power.

It should be noted that Zhou Yu is a Second Grade True Immortal; in terms of magical power's vastness, he already reaches the Dao Ancestor threshold.

Even a casual burst of his magical power matches a celestial immortal's entire power.

As time passed, Zhou Yu's complexion changed; nearly half of his internal magical power was spent, yet the bronze pillar kept absorbing.

"I won't believe it." Zhou Yu waved his hand, produced a golden gourd; the gourd opened, and a pill radiating vast power flew out.

The Great Luo Immortal Pill is extremely valuable.

But at this moment, to quickly replenish magical power, Zhou Yu couldn't care less.

Swallowing a pill instantly generated surging magical power; Zhou Yu transformed the power while continuously outputting, yet the bronze pillar, like a bottomless pit, kept swallowing.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu had swallowed seven or eight Great Luo Immortal Pills; the total magical power he output now exceeds a Dao Ancestor's entire power.

Finally, the bronze pillar stopped swallowing magical power.

Almost simultaneously, another terrifying suction suddenly emanated from within.

Swoosh!

In an instant, Zhou Yu's true self was sucked in.

(End of chapter)