For the past half month, Ren Shan had been following the Sect Master to excavate spirit veins.

Unfortunately, as the Eternal Sect’s officially designated lucky charm, he had been completely useless throughout due to the existence of the spirit-guarding beast, playing nothing more than a supporting role with no opportunity to contribute.

Actually, Jun Changxiao had brought him along as an extra layer of insurance, but now that the contracted beast could handle everything, there was naturally no need for him.

However.

A lucky charm was still a lucky charm.

After the spirit veins had all been excavated clean, they discovered a stone door!

“Did you relieve yourself again?”

Jun Changxiao vaguely remembered that back in the day, the large mineral vein they encountered near the Green Grass Plains was discovered precisely because he had urinated there.

“No!”

Ren Shan’s expression was very serious and earnest.

In fact, he had indeed planned to relieve himself.

But just as he arrived at this spot and was preparing to pull down his pants, the mud layer suddenly fell away on its own with a whoosh, startling him so badly that he held his urine back in.

The mud layer’s collapse was caused by the spirit vein excavation, but coincidentally, Ren Shan happened to be right there. This was truly the power of a lucky charm, this was truly invincible!

Jun Changxiao patted him and said, “The world is so vast, get out and walk around more. Don’t stay cooped up in the sect all the time.”

With such heaven-defying luck, squatting in the sect was simply a waste of talent.

The scene shifted back to the large stone door revealed by the fallen mud. Its overall color was dark, indicating it had been buried underground for a very long time, and its surface was also carved with patterns that looked quite ordinary.

Jun Changxiao didn’t think it was ordinary at all.

In his view, since it was hidden in the Independent Battlefield, it might be a cave dwelling left by some expert.

“Creak!”

He extended his hand to press against the stone door, and then it… opened!

“This simple?”

Jun Changxiao stepped inside, though he maintained absolute vigilance throughout, after all, who knew if there were any traps.

Halt!

Just as he walked in, Jun Changxiao stopped, his expression freezing.

His field of vision presented an enormous spirit stone with fine threads wrapped around its surface, giving the impression of a spider’s nest.

The System said, “This is the ancestor of spirit stones, several generations higher than Spirit Stone Mother!”

“Hahaha!”

“Hahahahaha!”

Jun Changxiao immediately covered his face and burst into laughter.

A single Spirit Stone Mother could nurture countless descendants—an ancestor spirit stone even higher than that, wouldn’t that mean… he’d struck it rich, he’d struck it rich!

“Sect Master?”

“Are you alright?”

Ren Shan waved his hand in front of his eyes.

Jun Changxiao, in the midst of wild laughter, suddenly snapped back to his senses and discovered he was still standing in front of the stone door. Everything that had just happened was merely his own fantasy.

The System, able to perceive his thoughts, mocked coldly, “You think you’re the lucky charm? That you’ll find opportunities just by walking in?”

“Spirit stone ancestor, indeed.”

“I spit on you!”

“…”

Subjected to a thorough roasting by the System, Jun Changxiao’s expression was quite colorful.

However, he quickly calmed down and said, “Stand back. This Seat will push open this door.”

Ren Shan hurriedly dodged aside.

“Hah!”

Jun Changxiao took a deep breath, then channeled power into his fist, clearly planning to forcibly break through the door.

“Creak!”

At that moment, the large stone door simply opened wide.

Jun Changxiao was stunned. He subconsciously pinched his cheek, felt the pain, confirmed this wasn’t fantasy or a dream, and asked in confusion, “How did it open by itself?”

“The stone door appears ordinary, but its material should be extraordinary. Perhaps over endless years it has already condensed spiritual intelligence, and to avoid being destroyed by the host, it decisively chose to submit.” The System analyzed.

“…”

Jun Changxiao said, “A stone with spiritual intelligence? Nonsense!”

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a cold wind blew in from inside.

Jun Changxiao displayed the maturity befitting a Sect Master and immediately formed a defensive barrier before him to block any potentially toxic breath. Hua Meigui and Ren Shan were also protected.

Unfortunately.

Apart from feeling somewhat aged, the blowing wind posed no danger whatsoever.

“Let’s go.”

Jun Changxiao said, “Enter.”

From beginning to end, he never removed the barrier, showing that though clearly very strong, he was excessively cautious.

“Step!”

As soon as Jun Changxiao set one foot inside, the surroundings rapidly flickered with radiance, illuminating everything brightly.

This was a stone chamber of fairly decent size. Not only was there no ancestor spirit stone, there weren’t even side doors or side chambers—it was like an abandoned house.

“You’re kidding.”

Jun Changxiao broke down, “There’s nothing here at all?”

Hua Meigui said, “Perhaps there’s a hidden chamber inside.”

“Right.”

Jun Changxiao perked up and said, “Search carefully, there might be a major discovery!”

Having said this, he began wandering around the stone chamber.

“Buzz!”

When he reached the central area, the floor beneath his feet suddenly manifested strange patterns. The entire space began twisting and folding, and he was instantly placed within the vast cosmic starry sky.

“An illusory realm?”

Jun Changxiao remained very calm.

He had experienced similar situations before, so naturally he wouldn’t make a big fuss.

“Hmm?”

At this moment, Jun Changxiao discovered that in the cosmic starry sky where he was located, only one plane was flickering with light. There were no stars around, no meteorites—clean as if someone had swept it with a broom.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Just then, the sound of breaking wind reached his ears.

Jun Changxiao instinctively turned his head and saw that from the distant starry sky shrouded in darkness, beams of streaming light suddenly flew out, emanating extremely sinister energy.

These streams of light flew past him, even passing through his body, making it clear he was indeed in an illusory realm.

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

Large batches of streaming light flew out together, then suspended near that brilliant plane in a surrounding formation.

When the radiance dispersed, Jun Changxiao’s eyes widened, because they were actually tens of thousands of massive warships, all the same color—jet black—with sinister and strange patterns of various kinds printed on their exteriors.

“Holy crap!”

“This many?”

Jun Changxiao, who possessed eleven warships, already thought himself quite impressive, but compared to this dark mass of at least ten thousand warships, he was simply like a child.

“Are they invading?”

Just as Dog Leftover was muttering, a stream of light flew out from the brilliant plane and stood opposite the many warships, manifesting as a middle-aged man wearing battle armor, bearing an imposing presence and extraordinary martial prowess!

This person!

Incredibly strong!

Jun Changxiao merely glanced once, and couldn’t help but feel solemn respect in his heart.

Even Gu Tianxing, who had effortlessly slaughtered Star Spirit Realm warships in the Upper Realm, had never given him this kind of feeling!

“Gu Xuanyuan.”

A sinister voice emanated from the main warship: “Do you truly intend to use your own power alone to resist the great Heavenly Demon Emperor who commands the eight cosmic regions?”

“This is my homeland.”

The middle-aged man raised his hand and produced a sword with maxed-out special effects, saying, “I cannot tolerate you all insulting it!”

“Hmph.”

The sinister voice sounded again: “It’s merely a First-Tier Plane. For its sake, you’re willing to offend the great Heavenly Demon Emperor, willing to destroy your own tens of thousands of years of cultivation—is it worth it?”

“You demons who live by invading and occupying others’ worlds naturally wouldn’t understand the importance of homeland to humanity.” Gu Xuanyuan said.

“Kekeke!”

Strange laughter emanated.

Jun Changxiao also liked to laugh this way, but compared to this person, whether in pitch or atmosphere, he was thoroughly outclassed.

“You humans have too many emotions, which is why you’re bound everywhere, unable to glimpse higher heavenly secrets, without even the qualification to touch the Path of Eternal Life.”

Gu Xuanyuan said, “Precisely because we have emotions and value emotions, we are called human. And you cold-blooded, heartless lot—even if you step onto the Path of Eternal Life, you only deserve to be demons.”