Chapter 1071: Heavy Origin Sword, Purifying World Pot

Shituo Ridge resembled a mountain of flames, yet the spiritual energy in the air was very thin.

This was because the spiritual vein here had been sealed by the Heaven-Earth Xuanji Array. However, the Desolate Ruins were inherently rich in spiritual energy, so even with the spiritual vein sealed, some free-floating spiritual energy was still drawn in by powerful entities.

Streaks of golden flames emerged from the peaks of Shituo Ridge's three fiery mountains, transforming into three colossal beasts, as majestic as mountains.

These were the three descendants of the Golden Flame Suanni, all at the peak of the fourth tier. Their bodies were covered in glittering golden fur, which resembled rising flames and shone with dazzling light. Their three pairs of fiery eyes, bright and brilliant like mirrors, hung on their foreheads, filled with majesty and dominance.

As their tails, like fiery whips, lashed about, the void twisted, stirring up waves of heat.

Gazing at the Holy Land army not far away, deep growls, low and menacing, emanated from their throats, like a premonition of an impending volcanic eruption.

With a thunderous roar, their sturdy, powerful limbs propelled them from the mountaintops. They descended like three great suns plummeting towards the earth, instantly raising the ambient air temperature. At the same time, Shituo Ridge's fire-poisonous miasma furiously spread towards the Holy Land army nearby.

It was as if a sea of fire had descended; the ground began to dry up and crack, and vegetation instantly turned to ash.

Shen Xi stepped forward first. With a sweep of the white whisk in his hand, a massive water curtain materialized out of thin air, descending over the cultivators' army.

The instant water met fire, violent explosions echoed in the sky.

However, Shen Xi truly lived up to his reputation as the cultivator closest to the God Transformation stage. Facing three opponents of the same rank, an even more immense and surging torrent of Water Elemental True Qi burst forth from his body. In the blink of an eye, his whisk unleashed a continuous flow of vast rivers, generating one water curtain after another even as the previous ones exploded.

The three Golden Flame Suanni, descending with a terrifying sea of fire, were like three volcanoes plummeting down. Their combined aura was incredibly formidable, threatening to melt the void and the very earth. Yet, this very assault was single-handedly fended off by Shen Xi.

“He truly lives up to his title as the Sect Master of the Dao De Sect!”

Red Cloud and the other Nascent Soul cultivators who witnessed this scene were all filled with admiration.

Though they were all at the Nascent Soul Completion stage, they could at most handle one beast each, whereas Shen Xi was capable of fighting three simultaneously.

“Let us also act, lest Senior Brother Shen Xi expend too much of his True Qi.”

At this moment, Ni Yuanzhong spoke, and the Palace Master of Biluo beside him nodded slightly.

They had already ascertained that the fifth-tier Golden Flame Suanni was not present in Shituo Ridge.

In that case, they had no more reservations.

Ni Yuanzhong formed a sword seal with his right hand, and a jet-black flying sword suddenly appeared in the sky. Before this flying sword, the three Golden Flame Suanni, originally as vast as mountains, seemed like mere pebbles by the roadside.

This was the renowned Heavy Yuan Sword of Eastern Continent, whose formidable power lay in its immense weight.

Luo Yixuan's Black Water Art, which she cultivated in the past, allowed her to condense Profound Heavy Water after forming her Golden Core, each drop weighing a thousand jun.

The Heavy Yuan Sword, however, was forged from 'Mystic Yuan Heavy Water,' a refined and sublimated form of Profound Heavy Water, with each drop weighing ten thousand jun.

Ni Yuanzhong's Heavy Yuan Sword was precisely condensed from Mystic Yuan Heavy Water, said to weigh a million jun!

With a single strike from this sword, even a fifth-tier body refiner would be smashed to dust.

As the Heavy Yuan Sword descended, the three Golden Flame Suanni, previously held back by Shen Xi's Vast River Whisk, also sensed the approaching danger. Flames flickered beneath their feet as they prepared to unleash their innate fire-escape technique to evade the sword's range.

But at that moment, the Palace Master of Biluo's eyes gleamed with silver light. An invisible force of void flashed, and the three Golden Flame Suanni abruptly froze in place, unable to move.

If Chen Mobai had been there, he would have quickly recognized it as a fifth-tier Void Lock.

The Palace Master of Biluo had employed this spell perfectly, forcing the three Golden Flame Suanni to directly face the Heavy Yuan Sword.

Having cultivated to the peak of the fourth tier, they possessed rich combat experience and intelligence not inferior to humans. Upon finding themselves locked in place, they simultaneously roared, throwing back their heads and opening their gaping maws. A torrent of flames, accompanied by terrifying sound waves, burst forth, transforming into three thick pillars of fire that slammed into the Heavy Yuan Sword.

As the three Sect Masters launched their attacks simultaneously, Red Cloud also led the cultivators of the Five Veins of Heaven-Burning to form a war array. He then took out an antique bronze pot and began to refine it for activation.

This was the cherished treasure passed down by the Five Veins of Heaven-Burning, the Purifying World Pot!

It could absorb any flame between heaven and earth, transforming it into Heaven-Burning Purifying World Fire, for the artifact's owner to cultivate and refine.

However, to cultivate the Heaven-Burning Purifying World Fire, one absolutely needed a Congenital Fire Spirit Body to withstand such domineering True Fire. When the last God Transformation stage cultivator of the Heaven-Burning Pure Land passed away, there were no disciples within the sect capable of cultivating the Heaven-Burning Purifying World Fire, leading to the sect splitting into five branches.

This Purifying World Pot was also divided into three parts: the most crucial pot body was managed by the Fire Cloud Palace, the lid went to the Blazing Sun Pavilion, and the handles were taken by the Scarlet Heavens Manor.

Furthermore, the incantation for activating the Purifying World Pot was divided into two parts, upper and lower, entrusted to the Blazing Flame Sect and the Sun-Bathing Sea.

Therefore, to activate this artifact, the Five Veins of Heaven-Burning had to reach a consensus.

Red Cloud, seizing the opportunity presented by this reclamation effort, managed to achieve this arduous task through various means and promises, coupled with the Dao De Sect's guarantee.

The Purifying World Pot was renowned as the bane of all fires under heaven. If Red Cloud's cultivation had been sufficient, even the True Fire condensed by a fifth-tier Golden Flame Suanni could have been absorbed into the pot and transformed into his own Heaven-Burning Purifying World Fire.

In this encounter with the three fourth-tier Golden Flame Suanni, it achieved the effect desired by the Dao De Sect.

Once the Purifying World Pot was activated, its lid opened, and an invisible suction force immediately erupted, diverting the three pillars of flame that were originally resisting the Heavy Yuan Sword, drawing them towards the pot's opening.

With no further obstruction, Ni Yuanzhong's expression hardened. He activated the power of his refined Dao Fruit, imbuing it into the Heavy Yuan Sword as it descended.

The elegant face of the Palace Master of Biluo also flushed slightly, and veins bulged on her forehead, seemingly indicating she had pushed her divine sense to its limit to reinforce the Void Lock, which was on the verge of breaking free.

Simultaneously, Shen Xi waved his Vast River Whisk. The endless water curtain, originally only used to block flames, immediately surged upwards, like bubbles in a muddy swamp, binding the three Golden Flame Suanni's strong and powerful limbs.

With a crunch!

The Heavy Yuan Sword, empowered by the Dao Fruit's force, descended. The foremost Golden Flame Suanni was instantly struck without resistance, and amidst the crisp sounds of breaking bones, was crushed into a blazing, shapeless mass of flesh.

Upon witnessing this, the remaining two Golden Flame Suanni immediately became enraged. One of them actually spit out its gleaming golden inner core.

With a tremendous boom, this inner core was detonated.

The powerful True Fire energy exploded, not only breaking through the Palace Master of Biluo's Void Lock but also shattering Shen Xi's whisk-induced bindings.

Amidst the last Golden Flame Suanni's mournful cry, it did not waste this opportunity. It transformed into a streak of fire and returned to Shituo Ridge.

“What a pity, a quasi-fifth-tier inner core wasted.”

As Shen Xi spoke, the whisk in his hand, which had transformed into a vast river, retracted. With a gentle flick, the still-burning flames on it instantly extinguished, the charring receded, and it reverted to its pristine white state.

“The obstacle is gone; it’s time to conquer Shituo Ridge.”

As the Palace Master of Biluo spoke, she subtly put down the silk handkerchief in her hand. The recent inner core self-detonation had affected her the most; her nose was bleeding.

However, this was also a drawback of the Void Lock: against opponents of lower cultivation, it was virtually invincible.

But against opponents of similar or even higher cultivation, one had to endure the backlash of void power if it was broken through.

“No hurry. This place is considered a sacred beast ground of the Desolate Ruins. If we besiege it, we can draw in all the beasts within tens of thousands of li that intend to rescue the Golden Flame Suanni, and slowly eliminate them.”

Shen Xi, however, said this.

“Indeed. Furthermore, while this fire-poisonous miasma is easily traversable for us, it poses a significant challenge for the disciples below. It would be better to wait until our fellow Daoists from the Five Veins of Heaven-Burning have dealt with it before leveling Shituo Ridge.”

Ni Yuanzhong, from the side, pointed to the burning Shituo Ridge and said. His thoughts aligned with Shen Xi's.

Moreover, the key to this reclamation effort lay with that fifth-tier Golden Flame Suanni.

It was unknown whether True Monarch Wuchen and True Monarch Dakong had managed to slay it.

At this moment, Red Cloud had also activated the Purifying World Pot, aiming it at Shituo Ridge. The crimson flames that had burned fiercely within this mountain range for millions of years without extinguishing transformed into a stream of bright fire, continuously pouring into the pot's opening.

“In that case, I shall leave this place to the two Senior Brothers. I will go to Dongling Immortal City to oversee things there.”

The Palace Master of Biluo had sustained some injuries and, with the overall situation settled, intended to take her leave.

Shen Xi and Ni Yuanzhong naturally had no objections.

Half a month later, Zhang Pankong completed the setup of a large-scale teleportation array connecting to Dongling Mountain. Besides the Palace Master of Biluo, several injured cultivators were also teleported to Dongling Immortal City.

“Master, this is the latest situation from the front lines.”

In Golden Star Valley, Luo Yixuan handed Chen Mobai a letter she had just received from Dongling Immortal City. The latter took it, glanced over it, and nodded slightly.

With the teleportation array connected, many cultivators returned, and the news of their great victory was eagerly spread by the Holy Land cultivators.

The three great Holy Lands indeed possessed formidable power. The three fourth-tier Golden Flame Suanni of Shituo Ridge, though not possessing a complete Congenital True Spirit bloodline, were still top-tier demonic beasts. Ordinary Nascent Soul Completion stage cultivators might not even be their match.

Yet, Shen Xi and the other two Sect Masters easily slew two of them.

Next, as soon as the Five Veins of Heaven-Burning cleared Shituo Ridge of its fire-poisonous miasma, they would be able to overcome the greatest obstacle in this reclamation effort.

If the demonic beasts of the Desolate Ruins were more loyal and honorable, the three Holy Lands could even besiege a point to strike reinforcements, reaping a massive amount of Dao De coins.

Fortunately, the majority of the credit belonged to the Holy Lands. Otherwise, Red Cloud's group alone would have accumulated the most Dao De coins outside of the Holy Lands.

Just as Chen Mobai was thinking this, a streak of fire flew from beyond the sky and landed in Golden Star Valley, transforming into a valiant and charming girl in red.

“Grandmaster, Martial Great-Uncle Mo and Martial Uncle Yin have already cleared out the nest of water snakes in Azure Moon Pool. Senior Brother Zhou is currently taking the demonic beast corpses and inner cores to Dongling Immortal City. Since they need to be registered under your name, you'll need to make a trip yourself.”

For the past two years, Chen Mobai had spent most of his time condensing the Congenital Pure Yang Qi for his main body, and a smaller portion exploring various mineral and spiritual vein resources throughout the Desolate Ruins, planning for the future development of the Five Elements Sect in the Dongling Region.

However, the Dao De coins in his account were increasing daily.

This was because the entire Five Elements Sect was carrying out reclamation efforts and slaying demonic beasts on his behalf.

Naturally, Chen Mobai also paid corresponding rewards.

Over the years, he had accumulated hundreds of millions of contribution points and spirit stones within the Five Elements Sect. To him, spending these was meaningful and could also stimulate the market.

He seized this opportunity of the reclamation effort to distribute them.

Not only to the disciples of the Five Elements Sect but also to Dongling Immortal City, he issued a notice: any demonic beasts slain during the reclamation, provided their origin was legitimate, could be exchanged for resources at the Five Elements Sect.

Although the Five Elements Sect did not have as many items as the Dao De Sect, every single one was of superior quality.

Especially the elixirs from Danxia Pavilion were renowned across all six regions of the Eastern Continent, favored even by demonic cultivators for transactions.

Under these circumstances, many cultivators who sought high-quality items were willing to exchange the demonic beasts they had slain at the Five Elements Sect.

This way, they could avoid paying transaction fees to the Dao De Sect.

However, this also meant foregoing the Dao De Sect's oversight and guarantee. It was entirely thanks to Chen Mobai's excellent reputation that many cultivators were willing to engage in such exchanges.

Currently, however, most of the Dao De coins in Chen Mobai's account still came from the diligent efforts of the Five Elements Sect disciples.

This instance was no exception: after Mo Douguang and Yin Qingmei captured Azure Moon Pool, tens of thousands of demonic snakes within were packaged and sent by Zhou Wangshen to the Dao De Sect in Dongling Immortal City. All that awaited was Chen Mobai's signature for millions of Dao De coins to be credited to his account.

This was the advantage of a major sect.

It was not just Chen Mobai; the Star Sky Dao Sect and the One Yuan Dao Palace operated similarly.

They leveraged the power of all their disciples and members to support one individual.

If one truly achieved God Transformation, it would naturally be an immense merit. If they failed, even with the two sects' foundations, they would likely fall into decline for a period.

However, compared to the Five Elements Sect, the offerings of the Star Sky Dao Sect and One Yuan Dao Palace held less appeal for rogue cultivators.

After all, the Three Lights Divine Water was only sought by Golden Core cultivators, and for the One Yuan Dao Palace's inherited cultivation methods, one suitable for oneself was sufficient.

Only the Five Elements Sect's elixirs, artifacts, talismans, and other items were consistently of superior quality.

Currently, Chen Mobai's account held nine million Dao De coins.

Of these, five million came from his personal slaying of a mid-fourth-tier demonic beast, while over four million were the fruits of the Five Elements Sect members' diligent labor, with the remainder contributed by rogue cultivators.

However, as time progressed, this proportion was gradually changing, with the contribution from rogue cultivators beginning to increase.

This was because after large populations of demonic beasts were slain by the major sects, only scattered ones remained throughout the Desolate Ruins.

“It seems that by the time the reclamation effort concludes, I'll only manage to accumulate tens of millions of Dao De coins at most, far from reaching one hundred million,” Chen Mobai mused to himself as he flew towards Dongling Immortal City, controlling the Taiyi Five-Smoke Luo.

He had originally thought accumulating one hundred million would be simple.

Unexpectedly, the demonic beasts in the Five Elements Sect's area were of too low quality; the strongest were only mid-fourth-tier.

Had he known this earlier, he would have followed the three great Holy Lands to Shituo Ridge.

Just as he was passing by a barren mountain, an invisible gravitational force suddenly emerged, causing his body to plummet sharply towards the earth.