An expert of the Nascent Source stage would be a pillar even within a top sect like the Cangxuan Sect, and they would have the qualification to become the master of a peak. As for experts of the Law Domain stage, they could establish their own sect.
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The seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure here didn’t seem to be the limit.
Zhou Yuan lifted his head, looking ahead with blazing eyes. He waved his robe, and the light spheres blocking the path were pushed away as much as possible. The last scene came into Zhou Yuan’s eyes.
Three large light spheres around several meters were floating around, blooming with rays of light. The number of colors had reached eight different colors!
Zhou Yuan stared intently at the three tremendous light spheres. His breathing had become extremely rapid, and his heart pounded fast, like a low rumble of thunder.
Eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures!
Zhou Yuan felt his mouth and tongue go dry. Those were the mysterious treasures rumoured to exist here. He really did not expect to see them—and to find all three!
With these objects, he could easily establish eight heavens when he broke through into the Divine Dwelling stage. This advantage would allow him to leave behind other geniuses of his generation and even surpass them.
The establishment of eight heavens, even in the vast Cangxuan Heaven, was rarely seen in one hundred years.
And now there were three, which meant that among the younger generation of the Cangxuan Sect, there would be three geniuses who could open up eight heavens. This was a matter that would shake the entire Cangxuan Heaven.
Zhou Yuan stared at the three eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures. It was only after a good while that he gradually calmed his emotions.
He finally shifted his eyes off the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures and scanned the surroundings. He found that he had reached the end and that there were no other objects around. Zhou Yuan’s eyebrows gradually knitted into a frown.
Although the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure was a mysterious treasure for cultivation, it was not the most important thing for him at this moment.
His purpose was the third Saint Rune that had been stripped from the Cangxuan Saint Stamp!
“I detected the third Saint Rune before. It should be in this jade, but why aren’t there any traces of it now?” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.
It seemed that the third Saint Rune couldn’t easily be found by anybody who came here. But if even he couldn’t find it, then other people also wouldn’t be able to find it, unless it was the old ancestor of Cangxuan himself!
His eyes flickered, and he sat down cross-legged.
In the depths of Zhou Yuan’s eyes, there was a mysterious Saint Rune rippling. It emerged from his eyes and transformed into an ancient Saint Rune that hovered around his body.
And in the palm of his hand, the Earth Saint Rune also drilled out from within his flesh.
The two Saint Runes swirled around Zhou Yuan’s body, vibrating faintly, and vaguely there seemed to be mysterious ripples spreading out from the air.
Zhou Yuan stared at them intently. If even the two Saint Runes were unable to detect the third Saint Rune, then there really was nothing he could do!
Chapter 658 Heavenly Punishment
Zhou Yuan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed while the two ancient Saint Runes, exuding mysterious energy, spiraled around him. Ripples of energy grew and continued to spread out.
It was utterly silent all around.
The silence continued for a good while, and there were still no movements at all near him.
But Zhou Yuan still maintained a calm state of mind because he knew that since the old ancestor of Cangxuan had guided him here, he wouldn’t have hidden the third Saint Rune in a place where even Zhou Yuan couldn’t detect it.
Half an hour of time quietly passed by.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes suddenly snapped open. The two ancient Saint Runes that were circling around him seemed to be emitting an imperceptible low whistling noise.
And it was at this time that a whistling of the same frequency was being released from another place.
Zhou Yuan saw that the surrounding air began to tremble. In front of him, there were ripples blooming out from the space. An ancient stone platform slowly rose.
On the stone platform was a crystal-like ball of light standing quietly. The ball of light was constantly flashing, radiating a mysterious light.
The two ancient Saint Runes emitted a low hum at this moment.
Zhou Yuan’s heart pounded rapidly as he quickly stepped forward to take a closer look. He was overjoyed to see that inside the crystal ball, there was a slowly flowing stream of liquid.
The liquid seemed to contain life. It was occasionally bubbling and sometimes coagulating. It faintly transformed into a complicated light rune that emitted an ancient and desolate aura.
Zhou Yuan gazed at the mysterious light rune inside the crystal ball. His voice trembled as he murmured, “The third Saint Rune.”
From the movements of the two Saint Runes, he was certain that the light rune inside the crystal ball was the third Saint Rune from the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.
What he had dreamt of finding had finally appeared before him. Even with Zhou Yuan’s self-control, he was still unable to conceal his excitement.
Buzz!
During his excitement, countless rays of light suddenly surged from the stone platform. The rays of light rushed into the crystal ball like the tide, and then the crystal ball started vibrating.
Immediately after, a little light sphere slowly arose from it.
Zhou Yuan was taken aback when he saw the little light sphere because he found that inside was actually a four-color Divine Establishing Treasure!
His pupils shrank.
Were all the Divine Establishing Treasures in the jade disc produced by the Saint Rune?!
This Saint Rune could create Divine Establishing Treasures?!
Zhou Yuan’s heart was hammering like the stormy sea. Divine Establishing Treasures were specialties of the Mythic Utopia. Although he did not know whether other similar treasured caves would have similar mysterious objects, at the very least, it seemed to be unique in Cangxuan Heaven.
According to what people said, this was because the Mythic Utopia possessed a special regulatory force. It meant that the Genesis Qi here could accumulate over time and turn into mysterious objects, such as Divine Establishing Treasures.
But from what he could observe, the third Saint Rune seemed to be able to speed up the rate of birth of Divine Establishing Treasures.
Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but marvel at such an ability.
“It absorbs the Genesis Qi of the outside world through this stone platform, right?” Zhou Yuan studied the glittering stone platform.
He sighed and then, without the slightest hesitation, came closer and reached out his hand to carefully touch the crystal ball.
Just as his hand approached the stone platform, a faint light barrier rose and shrouded the crystal ball. The light barrier appeared weak and thin, but it exuded an extremely terrifying energy.
If that energy were to disperse even slightly, it could instantly turn Zhou Yuan into ashes.
Zhou Yuan stared cautiously at the light barrier. After studying it carefully, his eyes slightly narrowed. He could feel two familiar fluctuations of energy around the light barrier.
It was the Decoder Saint Rune and the Earth Saint Rune!
A faint smile curved up on his lips. This seemed to have been set up by Patriarch Cang Xuan in the past, by borrowing the powers of the two Saint Runes. This meant that anybody who came here wanting to obtain the third Saint Rune must possess the Decoder Saint Rune and the Earth Saint Rune.
Evidently, the old ancestor of Cangxuan was worried that a hole would appear in his formation as time passed and that people would inadvertently break in to obtain the Saint Rune.
“The Old Ancestor is really
cautious.”
Zhou Yuan whispered, but he also knew that the Saint Runes were extremely important. If they were to fall into the hands of the Sacred Palace, then the palace master of the Sacred Palace would be able to detect the location of the Cangxuan Saint Stamp and gain control of it.
Once the palace master of the Sacred Palace obtained the Cangxuan Saint Stamp, he would become the Heaven Master of Cangxuan Heaven. He would then control Cangxuan Heaven.
As a great enemy of the Sacred Palace, the Cangxuan Sect would be the first ones they would destroy.
“The palace master of the Sacred Palace covets the Cangxuan Saint Stamp. If he obtains the Saint Stamp, he will definitely sense the location of the Saint Runes.” Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan’s expression grew solemn.
Being watched by an existence of that level would make it hard for him to survive.
But fortunately, even the palace master of the Sacred Palace did not know that the ancestor of Cangxuan had already stripped off the four Saint Runes on the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.
Calming his emotions, Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand. The Decoder Saint Rune as well as the Earth Saint Rune was suddenly rotating beneath his palm, coming into contact with the light barrier.
Buzz!
As the two Saint Runes rotated, the light barrier rippled, and it was then easily torn away.
The two Saint Runes, like a key, effortlessly opened the light barrier containing extremely terrifying energy.
The light barrier cracked, and the crystal ball slowly began to suspend in the air. The crystal ball began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a few breaths, the mysterious liquid-like object contained within emerged in front of Zhou Yuan.
Mysterious, ancient and desolate.
The Decoder Saint Rune and the Earth Saint Rune fluttered out and hovered around the third Saint Rune, as if they were producing cheerful cries.
They were naturally one, and they were thus incomparably familiar with each other.
The three light runes twisted around each other, and then the Decoder Saint Rune and the Earth Saint Rune took the lead to rush back. One rushed into the space between Zhou Yuan’s eyebrows, and the other continued to rush into his palm.
The third Saint Rune hesitated a little, but then it finally slowly followed the two familiar waves of energy and penetrated Zhou Yuan’s body.
Buzz!
The moment the third Saint Rune drilled into Zhou Yuan’s body, muffled explosive noises suddenly sounded in his mind, and a massive amount of information gushed out.
And from such information, Zhou Yuan learnt the name of the third Saint Rune.
It’s name was Heavenly Punishment.
Chapter 659 Overbearing
“Heavenly Punishment...”
Zhou Yuan murmured the name of the third Saint Rune and smacked his lips. This name was really too overbearing.
He found that the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune, after entering his body, was flowing directly along his meridians. It finally arrived at his Qi Dwelling at a leisurely pace.
It was evident that the Saint Rune had a strong spiritual nature and would independently seek a place to live.
However, while Zhou Yuan didn’t pay too much attention to it, his countenance abruptly changed. As the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune entered his Qi Dwelling, the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure that occupied his Qi Dwelling erupted with waves of energy.
Shocked, Zhou Yuan hurriedly observed it more closely.
He found that the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure that originally occupied the center of the Qi Dwelling hurriedly moved aside for the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune.
The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune occupied the central position without any trace of politeness. He looked at the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure, but the next moment he saw a beam of light erupt out from the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune and rapidly twist around the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure. Lastly, as though opening a huge mouth, it swallowed the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure in one mouthful!
Zhou Yuan was struck dumb by this scene. The moment he recovered from the shock, he scolded out loud, “Don’t eat my things without my permission!”
He had put in a lot of effort to get his hands on the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure. Although he already held an eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure, how would he dislike having too many Divine Establishing Treasures!
“Spit it back out!”
Zhou Yuan sent out his thoughts. The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune possessed a spiritual nature, and so it must have understood his command.
However, the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune was just rippling like a liquid body. It showed no intention of spitting out the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure as Zhou Yuan had ordered it to.
Zhou Yuan did not know whether to laugh or cry.
It seemed that the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure was gone and would never come back.
Zhou Yuan wailed inwardly. He took a step back, and the surrounding environment began vibrating. He returned to the starry sky where there were many groups of light dancing, and then headed straight towards the three light spheres containing eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures.
Although the seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure was swallowed, there were fortunately three other eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures.
“Given my contribution, I should take an eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure, right?” Zhou Yuan stared intently at the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasures. Although numerous disciples of the Cangxuan Sect had contributed, Zhou Yuan wasn’t modest and thought his contribution was worth at least an eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure.
“Then, I’ll take my share first,” Zhou Yuan mumbled and then no longer hesitated. He stretched out his hand and tightly grasped an eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure. Feeling the pure and majestic Genesis Qi within, his eyes blazed brighter and brighter.
With one thought he shattered the light sphere and directly absorbed the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure into his body.
This time, Zhou Yuan fully wrapped the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure in Genesis Qi before he carefully sent it into the Qi Dwelling.
“Don’t you dare eat it again!” Zhou Yuan warned. To be safe, he even sent the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure to a place a little farther away from the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune.
However, just as he was about to set the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure down, he was shocked to see the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune flash over.
In panic, Zhou Yuan hurriedly tried to send the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure out of the Qi Dwelling.
But it was already too late. The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune seemed to have some kind of unimaginable oppressive force over Divine Establishing Treasures. With a thought, the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure actively flew out and was swallowed by the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune.
Zhou Yuan stared at the scene, dumbstruck.
Even the eight-color Divine Establishing Treasure was eaten? What was going on?
Zhou Yuan felt his head cracking from a headache. What was the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune doing? Without the Divine Establishing Treasures, it would be troublesome when he tried to make a breakthrough!
“Why did this happen?” Zhou Yuan muttered.
The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune seemed to dislike Divine Establishing Treasures appearing in his Qi Dwelling? Its behaviour was a bit similar to a beast king defending his territory—it would not let any other beast enter.
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment. He then took another six-color Divine Establishing Treasure and threw into his Qi Dwelling.
It was as expected. Just as the six-color Divine Establishing Treasure entered the Qi Dwelling, it flew over to the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune on its own initiative and was swallowed.
The corners of Zhou Yuan’s mouth twitc
hed repeatedly. This meant that he couldn’t possess any more Divine Establishing Treasures?
Then what did he risk his life for in the Mythic Utopia?
“You’re too overbearing!” Zhou Yuan felt his head hurting, exhausted.
Buzz!
It was then that the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune slightly vibrated, and it seemed to be sending out a fuzzy message.
“With you, I don’t need any Divine Establishing Treasures?” Zhou Yuan received that message. The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune was a mysterious treasure. Although it did not have a consciousness, it was full of spirituality and seemed to understand what Zhou Yuan, its master, was thinking.
Zhou Yuan’s heart fluttered. Could the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune replace the role of Divine Establishing Treasures?
If this was the case then what level of Divine Establishing Treasure was the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune?
But this time, the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune did not move and did not seem to want to respond.
Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but purse his lips when he saw this. The Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune appeared to be more prideful than both the Decoder Saint Rune and the Earth Saint Rune.
But after saying this, Zhou Yuan’s worry dissipated, and instead, it was replaced by curiosity and anticipation. He was anxious to know what sort of effect the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune would have when he made a breakthrough to the Divine Dwelling stage?
Although the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune did not reveal any special effects similar to Divine Establishing Treasures, everybody knew that it was extraordinary. With its help, what level of heavens would he be able to establish?
“Could it be the legendary nine heavens Divine Dwelling?” Zhou Yuan muttered. Just moments before, he wouldn’t have the courage to hope for a nine heavens Divine Dwelling. After all, he had never heard of a nine-color Divine Establishing Treasure before.
But the mysteriousness of the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune gave him a trace of hope.
Moreover, he vaguely could feel that the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune had absorbed the incredibly majestic and pure Genesis Qi of the heavens and the earth due to being stored in the Mythic Utopia for such a long period of time. He did not have time to absorb and refine the Genesis Qi now, but after this matter, if he could take it for his own use, his strength would undoubtedly grow.
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