Chapter 53

Chapter 53: The Treasure, Taiyin Dragon Pearl, In Hand

Xiao Yang held the Star Pearl as he walked into the corridor ahead.

This corridor was long and dry.

The light emitted from the Star Pearl couldn’t reach the end of the corridor.

And it got colder the further he walked.

With each breath, Xiao Yang exhaled white mist.

He concentrated hard to resist the chill.

He walked for quite a while in the corridor, probably covering a distance of a thousand zhang, when suddenly a bright light appeared ahead.

Xiao Yang’s heart leapt with joy, and he immediately quickened his pace.

Soon, the light ahead grew brighter and brighter.

Xiao Yang stowed away the Star Pearl.

Before long, he stepped out from the corridor, and his vision suddenly widened.

“What…”

Xiao Yang looked up and saw a massive underground air conditioner, with a big dragon floating in mid-air staring at him.

He jumped back in surprise.

How could there be a dragon in this world?

In the Yuanwu Continent, dragons, like immortals, were invisible in the world and only existed in legends.

It was impossible for such a legendary creature to appear at the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Pond.

In his previous life, Xiao Yang dominated the Northern Territory for a thousand years, eventually ascending to the Sacred Realm and becoming a Sword Saint. He had seen all sorts of grand scenes.

He quickly calmed down and focused his gaze, only to discover that the dragon in front of him was just an illusion.

He had been startled by the sudden appearance of this dragon shadow.

He didn’t act recklessly but carefully observed his surroundings.

He noticed another entrance on the opposite wall.

On the ground and around the walls, various formations were engraved.

“Eight Directions Gathering Spirit Formation?”

Xiao Yang recognized this grand array.

He saw that the gathering spirit formation was embedded with spirit stones.

Using the spiritual energy contained within the spirit stones to drive the formation, it gathered the spiritual energy from the underground spiritual vein.

The array master who set this up wasn’t much of a skillful practitioner!

However, the concentration and purity of the spiritual energy here were countless times higher than the outside world.

The spiritual energy here was even denser than in his own Saint Son’s Residence.

Xiao Yang discovered that while the underground spiritual vein at this ancient relic site was defunct, it still retained some spiritual energy.

“Wait… it seems this formation was just set up not long ago…”

Xiao Yang suddenly became alert.

Although this was an ancient relic, it was clear that it had been completely abandoned.

Yet someone had used this completely wasted ancient ruin to set up a gathering spirit formation to gather the residual spiritual energy to nourish something in the formation.

This was a trap.

Thinking this, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

The treasure that countless strong practitioners fought over in his previous life was right within the array.

In his last life, the appearance of this treasure was not a coincidence; someone had orchestrated it on purpose.

The goal was to make countless powerhouses in the Northern Territory kill each other.

What a malicious intent.

Xiao Yang recalled how countless strong practitioners in the Northern Territory fought viciously over this treasure, resulting in a bloodbath.

Even the powerful beings of the Divine Martial Realm had intervened.

The various forces in the Northern Territory became bitter enemies because of it, with continuous retaliation and killings.

The entire Northern Territory was caught in chaos as a result.

The power of the major forces in the Northern Territory was continuously depleted and weakened.

Meanwhile, the Demon Sect rose to prominence.

What a calculation, what a scheme!

It looked like the Demon Sect had long begun their plotting.

Could it be that all of this was also orchestrated by Qin Fei, the young lord of the Demon Sect?

After all, this treasure eventually fell into Qin Fei’s hands.

Moreover, their esteemed mentor, Jiang Qitian, didn’t hesitate to offend the Guiyuan Martial Sect, seizing the treasure from a Divine Martial Realm elder of the Guiyuan Martial Sect and then handing it to Qin Fei.

With these memories flooding back, Xiao Yang finally understood the truth.

He couldn’t help but feel horrified; he had underestimated Qin Fei.

This guy was incredibly scheming, merciless in his tactics, and had a vengeful nature along with patience that far surpassed ordinary people, which gave Xiao Yang a shiver down his spine.

“Humph, I’ll take this thing now, and let’s see how you stir the Northern Territory’s storm, making the major forces kill each other.”

With this thought, Xiao Yang pointed his sword forward, directing an invisible sword qi at the dragon shadow ahead.

In an instant, the dragon-like illusion in the gathering spirit formation moved, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang’s sword qi was immediately dispersed by the dragon shadow.

“Interesting!”

Xiao Yang grinned; he was merely probing.

Treasures possess spirit.

This thing was indeed extraordinary; no wonder so many had fought bloodily over it in his last life.

He didn’t hesitate, lifting his right hand once again and pointing his sword at the dragon shadow within the gathering spirit formation.

“Buzz!”

A sound of a sword echoing rang out.

The Futian Sword intent erupted from Xiao Yang’s body.

The dragon shadow in front of the gathering spirit formation instantly exploded.

“With one sword I can suppress the heavens, let alone a mere shadow formed of gathered spiritual energy?”

Xiao Yang stood with his hands behind his back.

In front of him, the dragon shadow dissipated, revealing a pearl the size of a fist hovering above the center of the gathering spirit formation.

The spiritual energy gathered by the formation was swirling towards this pearl.

Xiao Yang focused his gaze and saw a dragon shadow emerging within the pearl.

“Taiyin Dragon Pearl.”

Xiao Yang’s heart leaped with joy upon seeing this.

This was a supreme treasure in the cultivation world.

In his last life, it was this pearl that triggered a bloody storm in the Northern Territory, causing countless deaths.

This treasure made even the powerful beings of the Divine Martial Realm envious.

In his previous life, Qin Fei relied on this Taiyin Dragon Pearl and the Breaking Realm Dan to skyrocket to extraordinary levels and break into the Sacred Martial Realm.

That’s why he had the strength to battle Xiao Yang.

This treasure was right before him.

Even though he had lived another life, Xiao Yang couldn’t contain his excitement.

He no longer hesitated and stepped directly into the formation.

The moment he did, the ground beneath his feet lit up, and patterns emerged from the ground, intertwining to form a massive array.

A terrifying murder intent suddenly appeared.

Xiao Yang quickly looked down; a light breeze brushed across his forehead, causing a few strands of hair to fall.

He was startled and quickly withdrew his right foot from the array.

“Whoa, there’s a hidden array in here!”

Xiao Yang’s heart raced.

He had narrowly avoided a trap just now.

Underneath this gathering spirit formation, there was a killing array hidden away.

How sneaky.

But then he thought.

How important was this treasure?

Would the people of the Demon Sect, who set this up, have no defenses at all?

He had already triggered the formation here; the other party had probably sensed the disturbance.

“Humph!”

Xiao Yang scoffed, and the next moment, shielded by his sword qi, he stepped directly into the formation.

The killing array was triggered again.

Countless invisible wind blades immediately slashed towards him.

This time, all the wind blades that reached him were blocked by the protective sword qi around him.

He was prepared now; this killing array couldn’t hurt him at all.

Step by step, Xiao Yang approached the center of the gathering spirit formation and reached out to take the Taiyin Dragon Pearl that hovered above the array’s center.

A chilling aura immediately emitted from the Taiyin Dragon Pearl.

As he grasped the Taiyin Dragon Pearl with his right hand, a layer of frost instantly covered it.

“Who dares to steal our sect’s treasure!”

At that moment, a figure burst out from an entrance across the gathering spirit formation—a black-clothed man.

Xiao Yang looked up and saw that the man had disheveled hair and deep claw marks on his face.

A thick demon qi swirled around the old man.

“Leftover remnants of the Demon Sect?”

Xiao Yang’s eyes brightened upon seeing this.