Chapter 632: Mysterious Fire Mirror, Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault

"You and I both have grand ambitions to unify the Buddha, Demon, and Dao schools and integrate the cultivation world. Rather than killing each other and suffering mutual destruction, why don't we have a wager?" Yu Liancheng smiled with his hands behind his back. "If I lose, I will wholeheartedly pledge my loyalty to the Ghost King Sect and assist you in achieving your hegemony. Conversely, if you lose, you shall lead the Ghost King Sect to surrender to me. How about it?"

"So the Divine Monk has such grand ambitions!" The Ghost King chuckled. "But to wager my entire Ghost King Sect on the Divine Monk Puzhen alone is perhaps a bit unfair."

The White-Clad Wonderful Monk pondered for a moment and smiled slightly. "True, Divine Monk Puzhen is not worth the Ghost King Sect, so how about adding a Yu Liancheng to the mix?"

"Yu Liancheng?" The Ghost King frowned, feeling a slight sense of doubt.

Boom!

The next moment, the Ghost King felt that although the White-robed Divine Monk was standing right before his eyes, the Qi belonging to the Divine Monk had vanished, turning into emptiness, turning into nothingness.

No, it was not just the White-robed Divine Monk, but the heavens and the earth, all things, and the Qi of every living creature in the entire small town seemed to have disappeared. This was, of course, not because people had died and their Qi had dissipated, but because it was suppressed by a vast, majestic, and indescribable aura.

Whether it was peddlers and pawns, poultry and beasts, or practitioners, their own Qi was as insignificant as ants or dust before this aura, suppressed to the point where it could not rise, nearing nothingness. Replacing it was a vast, incredible aura that covered the entire town, like a God, like a Demon, like an abyss, like the sea.

It was enough to make anyone tremble.

Many years ago, the Ghost King had once felt this terrifying aura.

It had come from a man named Yu Liancheng.

Several years ago, Mr. Yu had saved Xiaochi and Bi Yao, and had passed on to Bi Yao a Strange and Treacherous Dao that even he found astonishing and admirable, before disappearing without a trace.

The Vermilion Bird Holy Envoy and Qinglong of the Ghost King Sect had once sighed with regret, thinking that if they could recruit this Mr. Yu, it would be a great help to the Ghost King Sect.

But only the Ghost King understood.

A peerless expert as mysterious and unfathomable as Mr. Yu could never submit to others. If he were truly brought into the Ghost King Sect, it would only prove that he had designs on the sect and wanted to take it for his own use.

Yet he had to admit that if he had the help of such a peerless figure as Mr. Yu, his chances of unifying the Holy Sect and trampling the righteous factions would increase significantly.

And now, he felt that high and unfathomable aura of Mr. Yu once again.

It was even stronger than it had been several years ago.

It was as if all things in heaven and earth should submit at his feet.

And this aura was emanating from the White-robed Divine Monk before him.

After the Vermilion Bird reported the news to him, she had mentioned that the White-robed Divine Monk had an inextricable connection with Mr. Yu, and had even once called himself "Yu Liancheng."

Now it seemed.

The White-robed Divine Monk was Yu Liancheng.

Yu Liancheng was the White-robed Divine Monk.

In that instant, the Ghost King's thoughts raced through a thousand possibilities, and he finally cupped his hands and said, "It has been several years, Mr. Yu, and your bearing remains the same."

Yu Liancheng smiled. "Can we continue to discuss the wager now?"

The Ghost King laughed. "Of course."

The Ghost King left.

However, Bi Yao did not leave with the Ghost King.

In her words, she wanted to investigate clues about Uncle Yu from the White-robed Divine Monk.

The Ghost King gave Yu Liancheng a strange look, pondered for a moment, and then simply told Yu Liancheng to take good care of Bi Yao before leaving.

Another day later, after bidding farewell to Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan, Yu Liancheng and Bi Yao set off again.

Three days later, Yu Liancheng used the Mysterious Mechanism Dao to find two fox demons, one large and one small.

The fox demon clan was a group of extremely intelligent and cunning creatures. Among the fox demon clan, there was a most intelligent and mysterious lineage; as their cultivation and Daoist practice increased, the tails behind them would grow continuously. Those with a hundred years of practice would have three tails and were called Demon Foxes. Those with a hundred years of practice would have six tails and were called Spirit Foxes.

The two foxes before them were a Three-Tailed Demon Fox and a Six-Tailed Spirit Fox, respectively.

Many years ago, the fox clan had given birth to a most terrifying Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, which was the supreme realm for monsters in the world, a peerless demon with divine powers. For some unknown reason, it led the fox clan to seize the Fenxiang Valley treasure, the Mysterious Fire Mirror.

Although they succeeded in seizing the Mysterious Fire Mirror in the end, the entire fox clan suffered heavy casualties. The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was imprisoned by the ancient "Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array," and only the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox escaped with the Mysterious Fire Mirror, though it was struck by the Fenxiang Valley Shangguan Ce's magic treasure, the "Nine Cold Freezing Ice Thorn," which ruined its foundation and cultivation.

The reason Yu Liancheng sought these two fox demons was naturally for the Mysterious Fire Mirror.

After a friendly consultation, Yu Liancheng obtained the "Mysterious Fire Mirror" on the condition that he would help the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox remove the Nine Cold Freezing Ice Thorn.

After obtaining it, Yu Liancheng casually examined the Mysterious Fire Mirror in his hand. It was an object about half the size of a palm, circular in shape, with an outer ring of emerald green jade that looked dripping with moisture; one could tell at a glance that it was no ordinary item.

In the center of the jade ring was embedded a small, mirror-like yet not-a-mirror, crimson-colored thin sheet, with a primitive flame totem carved in the middle.

The jade ring took up most of the object, and on both sides of the ring, there were red silk tassels tied to it.

He could feel a supreme, rigid, and Yang-aligned power from the Mysterious Fire Mirror; once triggered, this power might be second only to the Qingyun Sect's Zhu Xian Sword Array.

Perhaps he could transfer this power into the "Heavenly Dao Limitless," just as he had done with the Soul-Eater Stick in the past.

Several days later.

Western Great Swamp.

"Finally found it."

Yu Liancheng traveled through the air and let out a long breath.

Before him was a tree, a tree that completely defied imagination. It stood as towering as a massive hill, straight into the blue sky, disappearing into the clouds.

A single branch hanging down was like a wall of trees descending from the sky. The majestic momentum rushing toward him was like the legendary Pillar of Heaven, supporting a vast sky.

"This..." Bi Yao widened her eyes in disbelief. There was such a massive tree in the human world, and she wondered how long it had lived. If this tree were to become a spirit, it was feared that even if the righteous and evil paths combined, they would be no match for it.

"Let's go, we're going up."

The two flew upward, breaking through the air.

Their speed grew faster and faster, letting the wind cut their faces like knives.

They flew for a long time. There were countless huge branches and leaves on the giant tree, and while it was lush, they saw no fruits or flowers. However, the nameless vines that had been winding around the giant tree from the trunk below were in full bloom, with flowers swaying. The higher they flew, the smaller the branches became, while the vines grew thicker and the blooming flowers became more numerous.

After about another quarter of an hour, Yu Liancheng suddenly stopped.

The trunk before them was covered and submerged by countless vines, with flowers competing in beauty, like a sea of flowers from top to bottom. And in the middle of the sea of flowers, a stone gate stood prominently.

The stone gate was three zhang wide and five zhang high, embedded firmly into the trunk, surrounded by countless vines and flowers, leaving only the thick, massive stone in the middle, upon which four ancient seal-script characters were carved.

——Heavenly Emperor Treasury.