Chapter 494: *Taiping Essential Arts* enters the Treasure Ranking!

[The Nine Provinces are vast, with many treasures!]

[Today, the Heavenly Dao ranks the many treasures; all treasures and treasure holders on the list can receive Heavenly Dao rewards!]

[The list only has ten spots!]

[If a treasure changes hands, the Heavenly Dao reward will be re-injected into the new owner!]

[The Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking appears!]

A voice, as if it were the sound of the Great Dao, entered the hearts of everyone in the Nine Provinces in a mere instant!

"This time, with the appearance of the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking, my ancestral jade pendant will definitely be able to make it onto the Heavenly List! When I receive the Heavenly Dao reward, I will definitely be able to soar to the sky!"

"Don't you dare fantasize! If that jade pendant of yours could make the list, I could pick up a rock on the road and it would make the list too!"

"Hahaha, the appearance of this '940' Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking is definitely an opportunity given to me by Heaven! Allowing me to also have the chance to establish merit and build a career!"

The moment the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking appeared, the originally calm Nine Provinces boiled over again. Countless people put down their work at this moment and cast their gazes toward the Heavenly List that was slowly unfolding in the sky.

Everyone fantasized that they could also have the qualification to receive Heavenly Dao rewards, thereby escaping their current peaceful lives and having the power to seize a territory during these chaotic times. ===== CHAPTER 852 =====

Great Han, Jiaying Prefecture.

At the very moment Zhang Jiao and Tong Master Yuan were about to strike, the appearance of the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking in the sky made them both stop their respective movements. Instead, they both raised their heads to look at the newly appeared list, filled with Heavenly Dao power, which was close at hand yet unreachable!

Amidst the expectant gazes of everyone, the Heavenly Dao list—the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking—finally began to announce the first treasure of the Nine Provinces to make the Heavenly List!

[Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking, Tenth Place!]

[*Taiping Essential Arts*!]

[Holder: Taiping Dao’s Zhang Jiao!]

[Reward: Heavenly Dao Qi-Observing Technique! Reward: Control of the Eye of Insight!]

The *Taiping Essential Arts* originally recorded thousands of Daoist techniques; turning stones into gold, summoning wind and rain, scattering beans to create soldiers—mythical techniques were all contained within the *Taiping Essential Arts*, which led to it being augmented by various powerful techniques, transforming it into a divine object!

The *Taiping Essential Arts* not only had the ability to augment the controller’s brain and thinking in daily life, allowing the controller to keep their mind clear at all times, but it could also augment the controller’s combat power, enabling the controller to gain even more powerful strength under its augmentation.

After using the *Taiping Essential Arts* to its limit, one could use the domain power of the *Taiping Essential Arts*. Once the domain power was deployed, any long-range attack would lose all threat to the controller of the *Taiping Essential Arts*!

By injecting the Heavenly Dao Qi-Observing Technique into the *Taiping Essential Arts*, the controller could use the Eye of Insight to activate the Heavenly Dao Qi-Observing Technique of the *Taiping Essential Arts*. Even in situations where the Heavenly Dao was chaotic, the Heavenly Dao Qi-Observing Technique could still see through the void and investigate the future! And it would not suffer backlash from the Heavenly Dao!

The Eye of Insight could be activated in daily life when the controller was fighting. As long as the opponent was not more than one major realm above the controller, one could use the Eye of Insight to see through the opponent’s movements, techniques, and weaknesses!

After the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking finished introducing the subtleties of the *Taiping Essential Arts* to everyone’s sight, a phantom image resembling a Heavenly Book appeared on the Treasure Ranking, suspended in the sky.

Subsequently, this phantom image of the Heavenly Book transformed directly into two balls of light. One possessed endless Heavenly Dao power, as if all the mysteries of the world were contained within it, while the other contained a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything.

In just the blink of an eye, these two balls of light flew toward the direction of Jiaying Prefecture in the Great Han.

Originally, Zhang Jiao had only paid slight attention when he saw the Treasure Ranking, after all, no matter what, the appearance of every treasure that could make the Heavenly List would affect a faction.

And Zhang Jiao had absolute confidence in his *Taiping Essential Arts*, feeling that it would absolutely not be weaker than any divine weapon that made the Heavenly List.

But when he saw the Heavenly List in the sky actually say that his *Taiping Essential Arts* had made the Treasure Ranking, Zhang Jiao’s expression became somewhat spectacular.

"I knew it!!! I knew it!!!"

"The *Taiping Essential Arts* will definitely not be weaker than anything that makes the Heavenly List!!!"

"This time, the Heavenly Dao is indeed favoring me, Zhang Jiao!"

Zhang Jiao shouted loudly toward the Treasure Ranking that had just appeared in the sky, feeling extremely excited... 0

Before he could continue speaking, the two Heavenly Dao rewards that emerged from the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking suddenly dove into Zhang Jiao’s eyes and the *Taiping Essential Arts* above his head.

In an instant, rich Heavenly Dao power completely enveloped Zhang Jiao.

And a large "Dao" character appeared directly on his periphery, guarding Zhang Jiao.

Contrary to Zhang Jiao’s excited mood, after seeing Zhang Jiao’s *Taiping Essential Arts* make the list, Tong Master Yuan’s mood became extremely terrible, and a trace of despair was revealed in his eyes.

"Could it be... that Heaven wants to destroy my Great Han???"

"What exactly did my Great Han do wrong???"

Looking at Zhang Jiao, who was slowly absorbing the Heavenly Dao power before him, his aura constantly strengthening, Tong Master Yuan’s heart became increasingly heavy.

Originally, when Zhang Jiao was in that state of augmented combat power, it was already very strenuous for Tong Master Yuan to try to stop him.

Now that Zhang Jiao had received the Heavenly Dao reward, it would be even more difficult for Tong Master Yuan to stop him.

Subsequently, after deep thought for a moment, Tong Master Yuan gently bit his index finger and began to write some special characters in a winding manner on his long spear.

This was a forbidden technique of Tong Master Yuan’s own. Regardless of whether Tong Master Yuan could defeat Zhang Jiao after this battle, Tong Master Yuan would suffer internal power backlash, and his cultivation would be greatly reduced!

Tong Master Yuan now intended to fight Zhang Jiao to the death.

And Zhao Yun, on the city wall, saw this scene, and the worry in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"Master."

Zhao Yun murmured softly.

He saw Zhang Jiao receive the Heavenly Dao reward, the *Taiping Essential Arts* make the list, and saw Tong Master Yuan performing a forbidden technique, and linked it to the ominous feeling Tong Master Yuan had mentioned earlier.

Zhao Yun felt that this time, perhaps something would really happen to Tong Master Yuan!