Chapter 2004: Fragment Traces, Treasure Light Soaring to the Heavens

Why?

He Pingsheng was somewhat confused.

Could it be that my map only shows ownerless items within the Collapsed Dao Fallen Yellow, and things that have been taken away by someone are no longer marked on the map?

That should be the case!

After He Pingsheng figured out the key point, he no longer dwelled on it; he took the fragment Bai Yi handed over and examined it in his hand.

Sure enough, it was precisely a fragment of the Hongmeng Supreme Dao Bell.

Moreover, this fragment still contained Hongmeng Purple Qi.

The key was that this fragment was exceptionally large, larger than the three fragments He Pingsheng had obtained.

Naturally, since the piece was larger, the Hongmeng Purple Qi contained within was also more abundant.

He Pingsheng did not stand on ceremony, directly claiming the fragment for himself, then had Zi Ling and Hong Ling come out to absorb the Hongmeng Purple Qi from the fragment together.

"Bai Yi... how long have you had this divine artifact fragment?"

He Pingsheng asked.

Bai Yi said: "Replying to the Young Master's question, I have had it for a very long time; I've forgotten the exact time, but it's definitely more than a thousand yuan!"

He Pingsheng asked: "Then where did you pick it up?"

Bai Yi said: "This old servant also can't recall clearly; I only remember this item was obtained within this forbidden zone. At the time I thought it was just an ordinary fragment and paid it no mind; later I discovered there was something extraordinary about the aura within the fragment, and only then did I know this item was no ordinary thing!"

"But by that time, I had already forgotten exactly where I picked this thing up!"

"But regardless, it was definitely in the forbidden zone of the Collapsed Dao Fallen Yellow!"

There was no fault in these words.

He Pingsheng did not dwell too much on this question either; after all, the distribution of fragments in the forbidden zone should have no pattern whatsoever.

Next, He Pingsheng continued piloting Bai Yi in flight.

What a pity, Wu Dabao ran away.

This fellow previously had the pill formula for the 【Hundred Taboos Pill】 on him; he might be an alchemist, or have an alchemy dao collection on him.

If he were here, he could also conveniently be asked whether this fellow knew the formula for the 【Hua Xing Dan】.

Never mind, fly first!

One person, one bird, continued flying.

The direction was naturally toward the Equality Zone.

Flying like this for nearly half a year, Zi Ling and Hong Ling also completely absorbed the Hongmeng Purple Qi from the fragment.

Four pieces!

He Pingsheng placed these four fragments together.

Continue flying!

After another several months, He Pingsheng finally saw an unusual marker on the map.

Only to see a new golden dot appear on the map.

A few words surrounded the dot: Divine Artifact Fragment.

Holy shit...

Seeing this, He Pingsheng instantly grew excited: A fragment!

It really is a fragment!

"Bai Yi, this direction... immediately fly in this direction!"

He Pingsheng pointed toward the direction where the fragment was located.

Flying at Bai Yi's current speed, it would take ten days at most to arrive.

No rush!

Anyway it's an ownerless item; ten days' time doesn't necessarily mean someone will take it away.

"Yes, Master!" Bai Yi slightly adjusted his direction and flew toward the place He Pingsheng indicated.

Flying like this for ten days, the distance to the fragment's indicated location grew closer and closer.

Right at this moment, He Pingsheng saw that at the fragment's bearing, a golden divine light shot up from the void, piercing the nine heavens.

Accompanying that eye-catching divine light was an invisible, vast, heart-palpitating aura, booming out in all directions.

"This is..." He Pingsheng raised his head in shock, looking at that extremely thin line of divine light ahead, and said: "Treasure light... this is treasure light..."

"Young Master, could it be that place you spoke of?" Bai Yi said with some worry: "With treasure light and aura like this, people in the surroundings will be attracted over immediately!"

He Pingsheng said: "I'm afraid it is precisely that place!"

"Bai Yi, when you picked up the fragment back then, was there treasure light too?"

Bai Yi said: "No... if there had been, this old servant wouldn't have treated it as an ordinary fragment!"

"Regardless, we still have to go over and take a look!"

Bai Yi continued flying, speed growing faster and faster.

The treasure light ahead also grew stronger and stronger.

From a mere sliver of sky-light at the start, it turned into a slender pillar of light, and finally became a thick, massive pillar of light.

Half a day later He Pingsheng arrived!

When he arrived at the light pillar, he discovered the area around the pillar was already a sea of people!

Packed tight, all people!

At a glance, no fewer than ten thousand!

"Heavens..." Bai Yi said: "How could there be this many people?"

He Pingsheng was momentarily speechless!

Although this place is vast and sparsely populated, and one can fly for a long time without seeing anyone, once treasure light appears it will attract all cultivators within hundreds of millions of li around, and then it is no longer vast and sparsely populated.

Countless people will definitely come.

He Pingsheng looked at the treasure light, then looked at the map.

That's right!

It's right here!

Not the slightest deviation!

At this moment, the light pillar He Pingsheng could see had already become incomparably massive; it was tens of thousands of zhang thick, spraying from the earth up into the void, continuous and unceasing.

Then, both far and near, countless cultivators still flew in from the distance.

"Whoosh—"

Someone wanted to rush into the treasure light to seek treasure, but the moment they touched that golden light, their body was directly blasted away.

Even so, people still kept trying incessantly.

Cultivators of the Divine Spirit Realm, Divine Lord Realm, and even the God Venerable Realm all went to try, but without exception, they were all blasted away by this massive light pillar.

He Pingsheng's Divine Sense swept over the area, and he did not see Wu Dabao.

Thinking about it, it made sense: Wu Dabao's speed could not possibly be this fast.

What surprised He Pingsheng was that there was actually a person here whose cultivation he could not detect with his Divine Sense.

Needless to say, eight out of ten it's a God King Realm expert!

"Young Master, do we want to go try?" Bai Yi pointed his wing toward that light pillar.

He Pingsheng shook his head and said: "No need……"

"Wait and see!"

After another half a day, the light atop that golden light pillar grew weaker and weaker.

But the people around kept increasing.

After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the light pillar completely disappeared.

At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, golden light projected up from below the horizon, shining beneath the low cloud layer, reflecting red and yellow light, dyeing half the sky a bloody red.

Someone looked at the western sky and said: "How beautiful!"

Someone else said: "The setting sun like blood — not a good omen!"

Quite a few people directly fled in flight!

But most still stayed.

"Young Master, look……" Bai Yi suddenly extended a wing pointing into the distance.

He Pingsheng looked over!

The place where the light pillar had just been was now completely empty, yet a low-hanging formation light membrane had emerged.

The light membrane, hundreds of thousands of zhang in size, was incomparably massive; its western side even reflected the red clouds of the western sky, appearing mottled and brilliant, indescribable.

A heart-palpitating aura emanated from within this light membrane.

Rumble—

Just at this time, in the distance, skimming along the red blood clouds, a massive purple divine ship swept over.

In a single breath it halted in the void, and then a man wearing a purple Daoist robe stepped out, looking at the crowd and saying: "Everyone…… this treasure belongs to me!"

"I am the son of the God Emperor of the Nine Directions Divine Kingdom; those who know what's good for them should leave, otherwise — kill without mercy!"