187: Chapter 177 187: Chapter 177 Ye Tian waved his sleeve, and his storage bag floated into the air.
He released a stream of spiritual energy that turned into snow and ice, instantly cooling the scorching hot storage bag.
Previously unguarded, when he sent another stream of spiritual energy into the storage bag, a magical treasure suddenly flew out of it and swiftly ascended into the sky, beyond his expectations.
Caught off guard by the sudden change, Ye Tian pursued and attacked the magical treasure, which spewed flames.
The powerful flames made him feel a sense of crisis.
His only choice was to continuously release water attribute spells to counter the flames emitted by the magical treasure.
The changes emanating from Ye Tian drew the attention of those from the Ten Great Clans, who were patrolling with him, and they all rushed to help.
“What happened to Mr.
Ye?” Su Chang’an asked what was on his mind, echoing the curiosity of the others.
“I had caught a devil and trapped it inside a magical treasure with my own treasure.
Unexpectedly, this treasure was so powerful that the devil escaped,” he explained.
Ye Tian’s previous confidence took a hit, as the enemy had damaged even his high-tech magical treasure.
This only meant that the enemy’s treasure was even more formidable.
“That is…
the Hell Palace.
I never imagined that after a million years, I’d see such a powerful treasure again.”
One of the elders from the Ten Great Clans, Elder Xuanyuan, recognized the treasure from a distance.
Excited, he chased after it, flying into the high sky to continue the pursuit after making his revelation.
“The Hell Palace?
What’s that?” A Tang Sect disciple from the Ten Great Clans failed to understand why Elder Xuanyuan would go crazy over what seemed like just a treasure.
“Let’s follow them…” Upon hearing the word ‘treasure,’ the crowd, unconcerned with the contest grounds they were on, chased after it using their flying treasures.
Ye Tian and Su Chang’an, too, heard in the crowd that the magical treasure was being controlled by a devil.
They didn’t care to guard Immortal Venerable City any longer; they couldn’t let the devil escape.
Ye Tian hadn’t cared much before due to ignorance of the treasure’s might.
From the eager scramble of the Xuanyuan Family, he faintly guessed that it must be a fallen treasure from an ancient battlefield used by a perished immortal.
As an artifact refiner, he didn’t know how powerful an immortal’s used treasure could be, but he was eager to learn what functions an immortal’s created treasure would have and wanted to progress from it.
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In the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, Jiang Tang was using the Star Absorption Spell within the Hell Palace treasure.
The suction force within the treasure, combined with the spiritual energy in the air and the residual spiritual power from ghost cultivators and demonic beasts, flooded into his body frantically, causing his body to swell like a balloon.
His meridians were constantly circulating the absorbed spiritual energy into his dantian, transforming his originally slim figure into that of a fat man.
Jiang Tang felt as if the spiritual energy inside him was about to explode, realizing the hand cultivation methods he had just used were indeed very effective.
His dantian’s spiritual energy soared, allowing him to sense that the liquid inside had solidified into a Golden Core the size of an egg without him having to consume a Fixed Gold Pill.
The Golden Core gradually increased in size until it resembled a fist.
He progressed from Mid Foundation Establishment to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and then Great Perfection, with a ‘bang’, the Golden Core was formed.
Jiang Tang did not know what other elders’ Golden Cores looked like, but his seemed peculiar.
It had black, green, red, and gray, four different colors mixed together, each color congregating in a specific area.
Having become a Golden Core, it continued the progression within the stage: Golden Core Early Stage, Mid-Stage, Great Perfection.
Jiang Tang’s body inflated like a balloon at this moment, his cultivation level surged, and his plump body began to slim down.
Having entered the Golden Core stage without ascending to Nascent Soul, Jiang Tang was already consolidating his cultivation amidst his surprise.
Perhaps some people spend their entire lives in the Foundation Establishment Stage without becoming a Golden Core.
Today, he had taken a big leap forward, and when the time was right, reaching Nascent Soul would not be too difficult!
Jiang Tang circulated the remaining Spiritual Energy in his body with full confidence, returning it back to his Dantian, as his time of cultivation spanned from night to day.
As the Spiritual Energy in his body surged, he had already withdrawn his palm.
The Ghost Cultivators felt the Spiritual Energy leaking from their bodies, leaving them exhausted.
When the leak suddenly stopped and their Spiritual Power was replenished, they sensed that the Spiritual Energy and suction in the space were no longer as strong as before.
The constant rotation of the space prevented them from focusing on cultivation, giving them the feeling that their master was battling an enemy, so the Ghost Cultivators concentrated on their own cultivation.
The Demonic Beasts also felt this way, with the space continuously spinning, unable to replenish the lost Spiritual Power, and the rotation inducing a sense of nausea as they kept vomiting.
As night faded and day arrived, the space ceased to spin, and the red moon appeared, with the Demonic Beasts emerging again on the ground of the space.
The changes in the space last night had left the Demonic Beasts feeling alarmed and on guard, ready to enter battle at any moment.
At this time, Jiang Tang opened his eyes and discovered that Eryao had also broken through to the Transformation Stage beside him.
The once very small dragon had transformed into a large one, its body continuously changing.
Perhaps due to the bond of the contract, Little Blue Ox had also advanced to possess a Demon Core.
This ox, born in the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, had progressed so rapidly, which might be attributed to the Spirit Grass it ate and its assistance.
Jiang Tang then observed the space, which had undergone significant changes.
The mountains that were once merely paintings now seemed to have real grass and trees.
The sun that hung high in the sky also appeared real, its warm rays accelerating the growth of the crops and the medicine garden within the space.
Curious if the mountains were actual mountains, Jiang Tang took to the sky.
Now at the Golden Core Stage, he did not need a Flying Treasure to fly and could soar using the powerful Spiritual Power in his body.
He thoroughly enjoyed this feeling, akin to that of an Immortal.
This was the advantage of a strong cultivator in the Cultivation World.
As he grew stronger, his willpower also became more formidable, and his confidence in becoming a powerful cultivator increased.
The mountains he saw in the distance were very clear, and when he flew towards one, he could distinctly make out the trees and grass on the mountain that was once just a picture.
To confirm whether the grass and trees were real, he plucked a leaf to inspect it.
Standing atop the high mountain and looking down, he saw a vast expanse of land within the space that had not been planted on—a newly added land indicated by digits that read 100 acres.
Where there was only a small river before, he now saw a lake, not very large, about 20 acres in area.
Jiang Tang found it all very novel and descended to the lake’s edge.
There, he could see fish and shrimp swimming in the lake.
Ever since he had learned spells, he had never had the habit of bathing; a simple Purification Magic could eliminate the stench from his body and the dirt from his clothes.
Jiang Tang felt the urge to go swimming.
In his space, there was no conflict, no need for vigilance against enemies, and a sense of profound tranquility.
Without undressing, he dove into the lake, and the fish and shrimp that were alarmed by his leap calmed down and began to swim around him.
Jiang Tang looked at the plump fish and realized he could catch them with a simple extension of his hand, yet he chose not to.