Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 472 Amazing Celestial Phenomenon
It took a full incense stick's time for the moth's aura to stop changing and return to calm.

"So that's why Nie Zhaonan came to the Tomb of Sunset. He's actually making a deal with the Heavenly Fox Clan. Even that little girl Yan Qing has come. It seems the item in this transaction is definitely something extraordinary. I just wonder what it is that made the legendary, all-powerful Fellow Daoist Nie so eager to leave that he immediately went into seclusion in the Azure Spirit Shuttle." The young man muttered to himself, a strange expression on his face.

"I've heard that Nie Zhaonan accumulated his magical power to the peak of the early stage of the Void Refinement realm decades ago. Why would he travel from Tianyuan City across three realms to come here at such a cost? Could it be to break through his bottleneck?" The young woman in the black dress seemed to be deep in thought.

"That's probably the case. The Heavenly Fox Clan is quite generous. I wonder what kind of treasure Nie Zhaonan used as an exchange to get the Heavenly Fox Clan to bring out the spiritual pills that can help us break through the bottleneck at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm. Back then, in order to break through this bottleneck, I barely managed to obtain a rare and precious material in the wilderness after risking my life nine times over." The young man's voice suddenly turned cold, and a hint of jealousy was revealed.

Upon hearing this, the young woman in the black dress changed her expression slightly and naturally dared not reply.

After a long silence, the boy regained his composure and spoke softly:

"That's good. Without Nie Zhaonan, it's even more advantageous for us to compete for the Divine Blood. Let's go and follow them. Fellow Daoist Huang Liang and the others have already fled far away. We can't let them get the Divine Blood first."

"Yes!" The young woman in the black dress breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and immediately agreed.

The next moment, a sudden yellow light emanated from the boy, and he and the moth sank into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

Upon seeing this, the young woman in the black dress made a gesture with one hand in front of her, and a hazy white arc of light appeared.

The woman's figure flickered and disappeared into it, vanishing without a trace.

After a full day and night, Nie Zhaonan's loud laughter echoed from the secret chamber.

He stood in the center of the secret room, holding a crystal-clear bead in his hand, his face beaming with joy.

This round bead was only the size of a baby's fist, with a hazy red light, but it was as transparent as crystal. In Nie Zhaonan's hand, it flickered and appeared intermittently, as if it might disappear at any moment.

The bead was enveloped in a crimson glow, and its wondrous nature far exceeded his expectations.

After nodding slightly in satisfaction, Nie Zhaonan carried the corona bead and soon arrived on the deck.

Yan Qing curiously examined the crimson bead in his hand for a few moments, secretly marveling at it:
"This is a treasure refined from the core of the sun. The spiritual pressure it emits is indeed extraordinary, and there is even a faint trace of extremely pure spiritual energy emanating from it. It is actually no worse than a top-grade spirit stone!"

"It really is a Corona Bead! It seems to be of even higher quality than described in the refining method, and its effects should be even better." As if thinking of something, Song Yu's voice gradually lowered, but his heart was pounding.

“When your husband makes a move, it will naturally be excellent.” Looking at Song Yu, whose cheeks were flushed and increasingly alluring before quickly returning to normal, Nie Zhaonan smiled faintly.

The charm that is revealed unintentionally is undoubtedly even more captivating!

"This is a one-time use treasure, my husband, you should cast the spell as soon as possible, lest the strange power contained within it dissipate." Noticing his fixed gaze, Song Yu was delighted but also whispered a reminder.

“That’s exactly what I was thinking too,” Nie Zhaonan said with a smile, then looked away and tossed the round bead in his hand.

Suddenly, the orb streaked across the sky with a red light and shot into the sky. When it reached a certain height, it suddenly stopped, and then the crimson light burst forth, dazzling and bright, transforming into a large halo several meters in size.

Yan Qing was already incredibly curious about the treasure that Nie Zhaonan had crafted using the sun's core. Now that he was so openly displaying the treasure, he naturally looked up and stared intently at it.

Suddenly, a golden light seemed to shoot down from the sky, disappearing into the halo formed by the round bead in a flash.

The previously motionless halo suddenly roared like a dragon, and with its red and golden light intertwining, it began to spin rapidly, making a whooshing sound and creating an extremely astonishing spectacle.

The next moment, a tidal wave of brilliant light suddenly appeared in the entire void, rolling in from all directions and descending above the light wheel, converging into a five-colored sea of ​​light that was impossible to look at directly, completely engulfing the rotating light wheel.

"What an amazing celestial phenomenon!" Upon seeing this, Yan Qing's face immediately showed a look of disbelief. This celestial phenomenon was several times larger than a cultivator breaking through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage.

The three bodyguards behind her gasped in shock, exchanging glances and seeing the horror in each other's eyes.

Nie Zhaonan and Song Yu only had faint smiles on their faces, their eyes always fixed on the sky.

As a result, the sky within a radius of a thousand miles suddenly darkened, and all the sunlight visibly converged towards the central sea of ​​light. During the convergence, it condensed into strands of light, like streams flowing into the sea, and quickly poured into the sea of ​​light before disappearing into the light wheel.

In an instant, golden light shone brightly!

Tens of thousands of miles away, at the entrance of Chaos Valley, the high-level demon cultivators and spirit race members who were engaged in a fierce battle stopped fighting at the same time, retreated a great distance, and then raised their heads in unison.

A churning aura erupted from the demonic energy behind them, and a male and a female demon cultivator slowly flew out.

One of the women was naturally the young woman in the black dress with a menacing expression.

The other person was thin, with a shimmering moth perched on his shoulder; he was the handsome young man surnamed Huan.

“Huan Cangqi, you were indeed hiding here.” From the Spirit Clan’s ranks, a ball of green light emerged, revealing a woman in a green dress, about a foot tall, but her voice was filled with surprise.

Suddenly, two hands stretched out from an inconspicuous stone on the ground, and an old man of similar size appeared, leaning on a cane, coldly scrutinizing the demon cultivator opposite him.

"It's not just me here. Fellow Daoist Huang Liang, City Lord Lan, it's time for you to show yourselves too. I know very well that you arrived here before me. Do you really intend to reap the benefits without lifting a finger?" The young man surnamed Huan sneered, then suddenly turned his head and shouted eerily at a distant point in the void. This remark naturally startled the two spirit race members present, as well as the human race members who had been hiding nearby.

A flash of pale white light appeared, as if an invisible veil had suddenly fallen. In the void, a giant jade boat, thirty feet long and five or six feet wide, floated silently, its entire body shimmering with white light.

On the jade boat stood Huang Lianglingjun and a group of human cultivators.

The Blue City Lord and his entourage looked surprised, clearly taken aback by the fact that their whereabouts had been revealed.

“Phantom Flame Moth, no wonder you knew our whereabouts.” Huang Lianglingjun’s gaze swept over the boy’s shoulder, and his face turned ashen.

"Brother Huang Liang, you're only realizing this now?" The young man smirked slightly.

"You rat, unless you have no choice but to undergo a great tribulation, you've always hidden in your rat's nest and never come out. What, now you have time to run here? Aren't you afraid that you're not well prepared and won't be able to successfully overcome the tribulation?" Huang Lianglingjun seemed to be very familiar with the young man surnamed Huan, and said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Alas! If I were truly confident in surviving the Great Heavenly Tribulation that occurs once every three thousand years, why would I have the leisure to appear here? I lingered at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm for over ten thousand years. Staying there for too long, even if I were fortunate enough to break through to the middle stage of the Void Refinement realm, I still struggled greatly to cope with the last Heavenly Tribulation, and I have no confidence whatsoever in surviving the next one. Naturally, it's better to come out and seek some other opportunities. Fellow Daoist Huang Liang, you have only recently advanced to the Void Refinement stage and have only survived one Heavenly Tribulation, so you don't have such concerns." The young man surnamed Huan sighed deeply, his tone sounding quite old-fashioned.

Upon hearing the other party mention the Great Heavenly Tribulation, Huang Lianglingjun's expression changed drastically, turning extremely ugly.

He still vividly remembers the terrifying scene of his first tribulation, the horror of which still sends chills down his spine when he thinks about it.

"Hmph, if you want to find a breakthrough opportunity, wouldn't it be better to go to the desolate lands?" Huang Lianglingjun sneered.

"My original intention was to invite you to the Wilderness again, but I happened to encounter a Spirit Clan cultivator in this Sunset Tomb. Since I had nothing else to do, I decided to lend a hand. Although we are different beings, human and demon, our supernatural abilities complement each other perfectly. Working together is much safer than venturing into the Wilderness alone. Didn't we join forces once thousands of years ago and return with great success? I have complete confidence in you, Fellow Daoist Huang Liang. As for others, even elders of my own clan, I dare not accompany you," the young man replied with unusual calm.

Given that the two spirit generals of the Spirit Clan were far less powerful than the two, they naturally tactfully refrained from interrupting, nor did they take the initiative to retreat, since Xu Tian Xuan Ling of the Qi Ling Clan, one of the branches of the Spirit Clan, had also arrived.

The eight great spirits of the Artifact Spirit Clan are quite famous among cultivators of the Void Refinement stage, including humans, demons, and even those of nearby races.

A reputation, of course, needs to be backed by real strength.

"Fellow Daoist, your second great tribulation is approaching, isn't it? The power of the tribulation is much stronger each time. If you don't take this opportunity to find some treasures to overcome the tribulation, you will inevitably suffer serious injuries if your cultivation doesn't improve." Seeing that Huang Liang Lingjun looked thoughtful and didn't respond immediately, the young man said solemnly with a serious expression.

“Since Brother Huan has put it that way, I, Huang, will not be afraid to speak frankly. Given my current condition, I only have a 50% chance of safely surviving the second Great Heavenly Tribulation. During the last tribulation, I destroyed quite a few treasures under its influence.” Hearing the young man’s words again, Huang Lianglingjun finally made a decision.

"This is it. After resolving the matter of the Spirit Race here, we will immediately head to the Wildlands." The young man surnamed Huan said with a slight smile, then paused and turned to look at the strange phenomenon in the sky tens of thousands of miles away.

There was a pitch-black area, as if all light had been swallowed up, except for the center, where a dazzling golden light shone brightly, which was extremely eerie.

"Fellow Daoist Huang Liang, do you know what that is over there? It doesn't seem like some extraordinary treasure has appeared, nor does it seem like someone is using great supernatural powers. It's really quite strange. I've lived for tens of thousands of years and survived many heavenly tribulations, but this is truly the first time I've ever seen such a celestial phenomenon." The young man's voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear.

"Why ask such a clever question, Fellow Daoist Huan? Who else could be in that direction but Fellow Daoist Nie? Only he could have caused such a commotion. No wonder he shows no interest in the divine blood. This celestial phenomenon is truly extraordinary, and the object that caused it must be no ordinary treasure. However, it has nothing to do with us." Huang Lianglingjun also looked in that direction, his expression unchanged, but his heart was already churning with intense excitement.

But in reality, he didn't make any move; he just stood there without moving.

"Indeed, it would be a waste of our time if we went, and it might even cause some unnecessary misunderstandings. As fellow Void Refinement cultivators, we are just ordinary. The difference between us and Fellow Daoist Nie is probably enough to easily annihilate us." Reluctantly withdrawing his gaze, the young man shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"Fellow Daoists of the Human and Demon races, aren't you being far too demeaning to yourselves and boost the morale of others? Even though we are your opponents, as fellow cultivators of the Void Refinement stage, I still find these words somewhat distasteful." A voice as loud as a gong suddenly rang out from all directions.

"It's Lord Xutian!" the Spirit Clan member exclaimed, his face immediately lighting up with joy.

As the words fell, a strange, blood-red light appeared above the Spirit Race.

Then, with a thunderous roar, it coalesced into a blood lotus several tens of feet long.

"Xu Tian Xuan Ling!" Upon seeing the Blood Lotus, the young man surnamed Huan had no more doubts.

Although Huang Lianglingjun had never seen the Blood Lotus, he had naturally heard of the eight great spirits of the Artifact Spirit Clan, and was equally astonished.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a figure flashed, and a Spirit Clan man dressed in a dark blue robe stood on it, his eyes exceptionally sharp.

At the same time, a flash of spiritual light appeared behind him, and other small figures appeared one after another. These were three more spirit generals, as well as some Nascent Soul spirits.

"Huan Cangqi and Huang Lianglingjun are nothing but empty names of Void Refinement cultivators. I don't know this Fellow Daoist Nie you speak of, but I imagine he's not someone of high cultivation. It's astonishing that you two are so wary of him. I really don't know how you two advanced to the Void Refinement stage." Xu Tian's eyes swept over the two of them, and he mocked them without any politeness.

Huan Cangqi was not angry; instead, he smiled faintly.
"Does Fellow Daoist Xu Tian mean he doesn't take Fellow Daoist Nie of the human race seriously?"

"Fellow Daoist Nie is truly the most talented and outstanding person among our human race. Fellow Daoists of both the human and demon races would probably not be able to take him lightly. I did not expect Fellow Daoist Xu Tian to be so arrogant. In this respect, I, Huang, admit that I am not as good as him." Huang Lianglingjun was also completely unconcerned about Xu Tian's sarcasm.

Huan Cangqi interjected, his eyes darting around, and an idea immediately came to him. Without a second thought, he casually suggested:
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