Chapter 4703: Searching for the Dao Artifact Fragments

Chaos Continent, Qinglian City.

At Qinglian Peak, Wang Changsheng and Wang Qiulin sat in a blue stone pavilion, sipping tea and chatting.

Wang Qiulin had recently entered the Qiankun Pagoda, defeating a prodigy and earning a chance for revival. He had missed his last opportunity while traveling, but fortunately, the Ruyi Gate allowed him to attempt the Qiankun Pagoda again.

Wang Qiulin was currently at the mid-stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Besides cultivation, he also taught divination to the younger generations.

Wang Zhijie was the most outstanding among the younger generation, currently at the late-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. He had been stuck at a bottleneck for millions of years and had gone out to travel.

“With this set of Qiankun Plates, your divination and deduction abilities will be significantly enhanced,” Wang Changsheng said with a smile.

They had obtained a large quantity of artifact refining materials, including some for divination, from the Daoist Ancestor Slayer Immortal’s dojo. Wang Changsheng had used these to refine a set of precious Qiankun Plates for Wang Qiulin. This supreme immortal artifact, infused with a Primordial Spirit Treasure, could greatly improve Wang Qiulin’s deduction and divination skills.

“Thank you, Grandfather,” Wang Qiulin expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

Wang Yixin walked in, her face grave, and said, “Ancestor, Immortal Maiden Longyue has arrived. She claims to be acting on behalf of Daoist Ancestor Kunlun and has urgent matters to discuss with Ancestor Qiulin. She is currently in the reception hall.”

“Urgent matters? By Senior Zhang’s command?” Wang Changsheng said in surprise. After a moment’s thought, he told Wang Qiulin, “Qiulin, please go receive her. Do your best.”

“Yes, Grandfather,” Wang Qiulin assented, rose, and left Qinglian Peak.

Wang Yixin took out a gleaming golden dharma plate, cast a spell into it, and said with a joyful expression, “Ancestor, Ancestor Qingfeng and Ancestor Xueli have returned. They said they acquired something very precious and wish to present it to you.”

“Have them come over,” Wang Changsheng said.

Wang Yixin assented and made a series of gestures on the dharma plate.

Before long, Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli arrived.

“Qingfeng, Xueli, have you overcome your bottlenecks?”

“No, but we obtained two Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruits and one Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruit Tree,” Wang Qingfeng said, taking out two jade boxes and handing them to Wang Changsheng.

Dong Xueli took out a gleaming green spherical pearl and handed it to Wang Yixin, saying, “The Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruit Tree is inside this spatial immortal artifact.”

“Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruits!” Wang Changsheng exclaimed in surprise. He opened the two jade boxes and confirmed that they contained two Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruits.

With these, he now possessed two Dao Inquiring Jade Sandal Fruits, two Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruits, and one Dao Inquiring Pill. Furthermore, having both the Dao Inquiring Jade Sandal Fruit Tree and the Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruit Tree greatly enhanced the Wang family’s foundation.

“Where did you acquire these?” Wang Changsheng asked, puzzled.

Wang Qingfeng did not conceal anything and recounted the story truthfully.

“Changqingzi! This person actually possesses the Ten Directions Immortal Exterminating Pearl refined by Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions. Do you know this person’s birth date and time?”

“No, we only know his surname is Xu, and he comes from a background of rogue cultivators. I sent people to investigate his background and found out the natal immortal artifact he used. I’m not sure if Qiulin can divine his whereabouts,” Wang Qingfeng said.

Changqingzi likely possessed treasures refined by Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions. Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions was a fifth-rank immortal artifact master, highly skilled in artifact refining. He once forged a Post-Natal Dao Artifact, the Ten Directions Soul Exterminating Blade, and used it to slay a Dao Ancestor-level Nine-Colored Chaos Beast. During the Immortal-Chaos War, he was besieged and ultimately slain by a Dao Ancestor-level Ten-Colored Chaos Beast.

“Immortal Maiden Longyue came to see Qiulin, so let’s wait a bit! What about Zhang Yan and Li Qing? Do you know their backgrounds?”

“We know their natal immortal artifacts and divine abilities, but not their birth dates and times. Let’s see if Qiulin can deduce their locations; giving them Nine Palace Dao Transformation Fruits would be too wasteful,” Wang Qingfeng said.

They chatted for half an hour before Wang Qiulin returned.

“Qiulin, what did Immortal Maiden Longyue want with you? Why did it take so long?”

“She asked me to divine the whereabouts of a Dao artifact fragment,” Wang Qiulin replied.

“Divining Dao artifact fragments? Which Dao artifact?” Wang Changsheng pressed.

“The Post-Natal Dao Artifact, the Ten Directions Soul Exterminating Blade, crafted by Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions. She acquired a small fragment and asked me to divine the whereabouts of the other fragments. I deduced the locations of four fragments: one is in the boundary region between the Immortal Realm and the Eastern Profound Continent Cluster, and the remaining three are within the Immortal Realm—two on the Chaos Continent and one in the Qianhan Immortal Domain.”

There is a long distance between the Immortal Realm and the lower realms, and this area is commonly known as the boundary region. Different realm clusters have varying distances to the Immortal Realm’s boundary region. Within these boundary regions, spatial storms rage, capable of annihilating True Immortals. Even Immortals cannot enter the boundary region to search for treasures.

Powerful entities in the Immortal Realm, when clashing in areas with weaker realm power, could shatter the void, causing some treasures or cultivation resources to drift into the boundary regions. They might even fall into the Spirit Realm, but it’s more likely they remain within the boundary regions.

The boundary regions are vast; even within the same boundary region, the intensity of spatial storms varies by location.

Formations in the lower realms establish safe passages for people to descend, but they cannot operate within the boundary regions themselves.

“Four Dao artifact fragments?” Wang Changsheng said, surprised and somewhat tempted.

“Immortal Maiden Long told me to keep it confidential; she doesn’t want our Wang family to participate in the search for the Dao artifact, as they can find it themselves. As compensation, she gave me two crystal cores from mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Nine-Colored Chaos Beasts and a Primordial Spirit Treasure,” Wang Qiulin said.

“Since these are items Daoist Ancestor Kunlun is searching for, we won’t get involved. Do not spread word of this matter,” Wang Changsheng instructed.

This matter involved Daoist Ancestor Kunlun, so there was no need for the Wang family to interfere.

“Speaking of which, it seems no one has found Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions’ dojo yet. Has it been discovered by others, or did Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions not leave a dojo behind?” Dong Xueli said curiously.

“It’s unclear. If Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions left a dojo, there would certainly be many treasures. He was a fifth-rank immortal artifact master, capable of refining Post-Natal Dao Artifacts,” Wang Qingfeng said, his face filled with envy.

Many Dao Ancestors had emerged in the Immortal Realm, and Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions could rank among the top ten. Aside from his personal strength, his artifact refining skill was a crucial reason; few Dao Ancestors could refine Post-Natal Dao Artifacts, and Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions was one of them.

“By the way, Qiulin, divine Changqingzi’s whereabouts. Perhaps you might find Daoist Ancestor Ten Directions’ dojo that way,” Wang Changsheng said, remembering something.

Wang Qingfeng took out three jade slips and said, “Qiulin, these contain information about three Grand Unity Golden Immortals. See if you can deduce their whereabouts.”

Wang Qiulin assented and put away the jade slips.

Kunlun Immortal Island, Kunlun Hall.

Daoist Ancestor Kunlun sat on the main seat, holding a fingernail-sized piece of black iron in his hand.

Immortal Maiden Longyue was reporting to Daoist Ancestor Kunlun, her expression respectful.

“Dispatch personnel to search these locations. No matter the cost, you must find those three fragments. As for the fragment lost in the boundary region, disregard it,” Daoist Ancestor Kunlun commanded.

The fragment he held was from the Ten Directions Soul Exterminating Blade, but it was too small to be of much use. He hoped the other fragments would be more substantial.

“Yes, Master,” Immortal Maiden Longyue assented and departed to carry out the order.