“Legendary quest?”

After hearing the notification sound, Jun Changxiao froze in place.

Over these years, he had received main quests, side quests, hidden quests, and epic quests, but he had never encountered this type of quest!

“Sigh.”

The system sighed. “No more hiding, cards on the table—there have always been legendary quests, but because the difficulty is too great and the requirements are extremely harsh, the host never triggered one.”

“He~tui!”

Jun Changxiao said, “Either you just made up this setting on the spot, or you didn’t know about it yourself!”

“Bullshit.”

The system said, “How could I not know!”

“You’re just a complaining tool.” Jun Changxiao stated bluntly.

Indeed.

Judging from past circumstances, Gou Sheng was really right—a system that can constantly speak human language isn’t a true system; at most, it’s a salesman plus a chatting tool.

“You…”

The complaining tool trembled with cold anger.

Jun Changxiao couldn’t be bothered to bicker with it and hurriedly opened the quest log.

The legendary quest’s interface panel was extremely luxurious, instantly crushing the panels of main quests, side quests, and epic quests.

“I can feel it.”

Jun Changxiao closed his eyes and felt with his heart. “The power of pay-to-win is calling me!”

The legendary quest had a lot of text written on it, at least a full chapter’s worth. To avoid being accused of padding word count, he briefly summarized: the sect master must lead the entire sect to participate together to complete it.

“…”

Jun Changxiao said, “It even requires the whole sect to participate—truly worthy of being a legendary quest!”

The quest also explained in detail that if successfully completed, all participants would receive rewards, though what those rewards would be varied from person to person.

So then.

What was the quest?

Simply put, it was to gather the sect’s strength and obtain the treasure hidden in Despair Abyss.

Very straightforward, very clear.

“As expected!”

Jun Changxiao’s gaze burned intensely. “There’s treasure hidden here!”

“Swish!”

He took out the star map, judged the area they were in, then said with a serious expression, “Follow this seat closely, don’t separate.”

“Yes!”

Everyone responded.

The number of high-ranking members and disciples who entered this time wasn’t many, but they were all the sect’s elite—for example, Gu Chaoxi, the Black and White Rakshasa, as well as Lu Qianqian and Li Qingyang.

As for the other disciples, they remained in the Eternal Realm.

Jun Changxiao had already activated granulation for this trip.

So at any time and place, he could bring out the entire sect’s forces.

Jian Guixu and Gu Tianxing also followed in.

“Two seniors.”

While walking, Jun Changxiao instructed, “No matter what happens later, please don’t make a move first. Try to leave it to us to handle.”

The two hadn’t joined Eternal Sect, but they had an alliance relationship. It would be rude to drive them away, yet he feared they might affect the completion rate, so he could only allow them to follow but not directly participate.

“Alright.”

Jian Guixu and Gu Tianxing agreed.

…

Despair Abyss.

A forbidden land of the Upper Layer Universe.

Its location was extremely remote, and due to the existence of an invisible barrier, it seemed to have been deliberately separated.

Normal martial artists would almost never come here, nor would they dare to, because entering meant despair.

If not for the map marking this location, Jun Changxiao definitely wouldn’t have been bored enough to seek thrills by coming in. Moreover, after walking for quite a long time, they still hadn’t seen any resources.

“Despair Abyss once contained endless resources.”

On the road, Jian Guixu said, “Later, due to excessive mining, it was completely hollowed out tens of thousands of years ago and became a deserted ruin with no one interested.”

“What a shame.”

Jun Changxiao said, “We came one step too late.”

Why didn’t he wonder if the treasure might have already been seized first and dug up by someone else? The reason was simple: if the treasure was gone, bringing disciples in wouldn’t have triggered the legendary quest.

“Damn.”

The system complained, “Does that count as a spoiler!”

As for saying they came one step too late, the meaning was quite simple.

If they had come tens of thousands of years earlier, not only could they obtain the treasure, but they could also acquire massive resources in Despair Abyss—killing two birds with one stone.

“Whoosh, whoosh!”

Cold wind blew, utterly desolate.

Despair Abyss could be considered a relatively independent star domain.

Here there were not only meteorites and star rivers, but also scattered planes, though all were dried up, without resources or source energy, leaving the Eternal Sect disciples with nothing to work with.

“Second Senior Brother.”

On a certain plane covered in yellow sand, Su Xiaomo quietly asked in confusion, “Could there really be treasure in this godforsaken place?”

“Don’t ask.”

Li Qingyang replied.

“Oh.”

Su Xiaomo shut her mouth.

Jun Changxiao sat in an open area, taking out the map imprinted from the remnant scroll to study it carefully.

Having found the marked area, did any secrets still exist?

“Sect Master.”

Shangguan Xinyao pointed to a certain location on the map and said, “Doesn’t the arrangement of these planes look like some kind of demonic beast?”

Jun Changxiao’s eyes lit up. “It really does look like one!”

Jian Guixu said, “The star map may contain some kind of astronomical phenomenon. Sect Master Jun should best find someone who understands geomancy to interpret it.”

“Understands geomancy?”

Jun Changxiao immediately thought of his father and brought him out from the Eternal Realm.

“Not bad.”

After carefully examining the star map, Zhang San, who was proficient in divination, pointed to the area Shangguan Xinyao had mentioned and said, “Based on the pattern formed by the plane arrangement, it should be a Guixie.”

“Guixie?”

“A kind of ancient demonic beast with a dragon head, horse body, unicorn feet, and a shape resembling a lion.”

From his father’s description, Jun Changxiao thought of a Pixiu, then carefully observed the plane arrangement. Indeed, there was quite a bit of resemblance.

“Guixie symbolizes auspiciousness.”

Zhang San said, “From a geomancy perspective, this area should hide an opportunity.”

“Let’s go.”

Jun Changxiao stood up and said, “Go find it!”

Zhang San’s expression became grave. “Though that is an auspicious place, the surroundings are extremely inauspicious. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to enter.”

“Fortune is found in danger.”

Since they had come, Jun Changxiao had no reason to retreat.

Moreover, with the legendary quest present, they had to complete it, had to obtain the treasure.

Gou Sheng even began to anticipate—this type of quest that seemed to transcend epic and main quest levels, if completed, what kind of generous rewards would it give?

Would he directly break through to peak Heaven’s Mystery Realm? Would he directly crush the Heavenly Demon Emperor to death?

More importantly.

After completing the quest, he wouldn’t be the only one to benefit!

Being a bit bolder in imagination—would everyone in the sect break through to Heaven’s Mystery Realm on the spot? Would everyone enter the Land of Eternal Life together!

The system said, “If what the host imagines comes true, it would be equivalent to the grand finale.”

…

Everyone proceeded toward the auspicious place based on the terrain.

Zhang San kept studying the map. After walking for about half an hour, he suddenly stopped and said, “If I’m not mistaken, the starry sky ahead is the first extremely inauspicious place.”

“Buzz!”

“Buzz!”

Just then, the star domain space ahead trembled and gradually tore open spatial rifts.

“Woo woo woo!”

“Ao ao ao!”

Ghostly wails and wolf howls came from within the rifts, and then they saw creatures resembling ghosts rush out. Their eye pupils flickered with blue light, their hands gathered blue energy, and they looked exceptionally vicious.

“If you want to obtain the treasure, first pass this trial.” A huge blue spectral body gradually appeared, seemingly the leader of the ghost horde.

“Oh.”

Jun Changxiao lowered his head, conjured flames, lit the cigar in his mouth, then raised his head and exhaled smoke rings, saying, “As you wish.”

“Swoosh!”

“Swoosh!”

Gu Chaoxi and the other high-ranking members, along with Li Qingyang and the other core disciples, flew forward from behind him. Various martial techniques and special effects erupted as they charged toward the ghost horde like a tidal wave.

Thus.

The Abyss dungeon battle began.

To know what happens next, listen to the next installment!

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