Ye Fan turned and walked off to one side, cursing in a voice too low to be heard: “You fat oaf with the surname Duan — I curse you to have a son born without a rear end!”

“This poor Daoist is a man of the cloth — he does not take a wife or father children.”

“You can hear that too?” Ye Fan was now genuinely a little afraid of him: “Dao Master Duan, you’d best hurry along — you’ve already swindled three spiritual treasures from me. Are you still not satisfied?”

“You and I still have some unresolved karmic ties…” the rotund Daoist replied with a squinting smile.

“You shameless charlatan, you’ve gone too far!” Ye Fan darkened his face and strode off down the stone mountain in large steps. He could not afford to tangle with this unscrupulous Daoist — all he could do was leave.

“Fate gathers and fate disperses — it seems today’s karmic tie between this poor Daoist and little friend has run its course. But what the future holds is another matter — perhaps we shall meet again.” The rotund Daoist chuckled, without departing: “As for now, this poor Daoist feels a karmic connection with this stone wall and has decided to stay and have a look.”

Ye Fan was surprised. He hadn’t expected this shameless fat oaf to be so perceptive — he had also noticed that there was something unusual about this stone wall. Ye Fan immediately stopped in his tracks and walked no further.

“Since little friend has chosen to stay, I guarantee you will gain something. However — treasures that are too dazzling, you’d best avoid touching. I say this with your genuine interests at heart. With your level of cultivation, you cannot protect a sentient spiritual weapon. If someone covets it, the trouble would be enormous. Not everyone is as merciful as I am. Many who snatch sentient weapons will also strike to kill — in which case, even your life may not be preserved.”

BOOM!

At that very moment, the five supreme cultivators in the far sky unleashed a world-shaking strike. The boundless, immeasurable divine power was like the Nine Heavens’ Milky Way pouring downward — waves of energy like a vast ocean swept across the entire heavens.

In that instant, all the cultivators trembled. Many could no longer even control their divine rainbow streaks and tumbled down from high in the sky. An unspeakable palpitation gripped the heart, making it hard to breathe. The overwhelming pressure was utterly impossible to resist, and the souls of many cultivators involuntarily began to tremble.

This was the terrifying might of five great figures. When their divine power was unleashed, it overwhelmed heaven and earth — all living beings fell into fear, their hearts thrown into panic.

RUMBLE!

The final joint strike of the five supreme cultivators at last shattered the Demon Emperor’s burial mound, erupting with a torrent of demonic energy that raged in all ten directions.

The grand ancient palace hall let out a thunderous groan as it completely crumbled.

Simultaneously, boundless radiance shot outward in all directions. Every sentient spiritual weapon buried within the ancient tomb surged out at once. Among them, several beams of light were especially eye-catching — extraordinarily dazzling and brilliant, illuminating the sky with a blinding glare like small suns. Without need for thought, one knew those were the most powerful divine treasures.

The five supreme masters each deployed great divine abilities, reaching out great hands. Nearly every one of them caught hold of one, all wearing satisfied smiles. Yet still, several sentient weapons gleaming like small suns escaped their great hands and shot skyward, making their escape.

Yet the several supreme cultivators did not give chase. Instead they remained in place, sweeping their powerful divine sense in all eight directions, as though searching for something — letting all manner of sentient weapons transform into radiance and flee.

The boundless, immeasurable waves of energy swept toward the far sky. All the cultivators went into a frenzy, disregarding danger, chasing through the vast light to seize those sentient weapons.

The Demon Emperor’s burial mound had completely crumbled, and even the rubble had been blasted off in all directions. All that remained on the scene was a single mass of dazzling energy waves.

“Why is there no sign of the Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure?”

“The Demon Emperor’s weapon was said to be comparable to the Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure — how has it also not appeared?”

The five supreme masters all revealed expressions of puzzlement, their powerful divine senses sweeping continuously.

BOOM!

At that moment, from within the undispersed mass of dazzling light, a brilliant beam suddenly burst forth — one that outshone even the sun, moon, and stars.

It was blinding beyond measure — as though the sun itself had exploded!

Even the five transcendent great figures could barely keep their eyes open, their vision stinging sharply. Yet their reflexes were lightning-fast, and all of them reached out great hands at the same moment.

Swoosh!

The divine light shattered the air. It carried incomparable, towering energy — like a vast expanse of cosmic starfield in upheaval — its terrifying fluctuations boundless and immeasurable. It blasted all five supreme masters backward and caused the weapons in their hands to dim to darkness in an instant!

The brilliant divine light sliced across the long sky, generating fearfully powerful energy fluctuations that sent many nearby cultivators plummeting from the heights. It radiated incomparable demonic power — like an entire world on fire — nothing capable of stopping it.

“It is the weapon wielded by the Demon Emperor in life — comparable to the Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure!”

The five supreme masters came to their senses. Three of them immediately gave chase. The other two did not depart, wishing to search for that legendary Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure.

In the distance, Ye Fan stared with his mouth agape — for he found that the dazzling beam of light was charging directly toward the stone mountain where he stood.

Beside him, the rotund Daoist rubbed his hands together eagerly, his wide mouth grinning without stop: “What fortune, what fortune! The Demon Emperor’s weapon is no inferior to the Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure. If I were to obtain it…”

“Can you even hold onto it?” Ye Fan asked urgently. The Demon Clan’s supreme treasure was nearly upon them — if the rotund Daoist couldn’t hold it, it would surely crush them both to dust, which would be a tragic end indeed.

“You make a fair point — seems I don’t yet have that great a fortune. And even if I could hold it, the three great figures behind it would slap me dead anyway. Let’s run!” With that, he grabbed Ye Fan and, faster than a rabbit, shot with a whoosh onto another mountain.

The Demon Emperor’s weapon unleashed tens of millions of divine radiance streaks, its light and splendor resplendent beyond description. The blazing brilliance made it impossible to open one’s eyes — as though hundreds of millions of stars were burning simultaneously — the entire heaven and earth shaking violently. With a thunderous BOOM, it slammed into the stone mountain.

“We’re finished…” The rotund Daoist kept wringing his hands: “Things have gone bad. There must be a rare treasure beneath that stone mountain, but it can’t withstand the impact of the Demon Clan’s supreme treasure — it’s likely been reduced to ash. What a terrible shame.”

The area was completely swallowed in radiance, becoming an ocean of energy — vast and surging — blasting all surrounding cultivators flying. Those who had been too close were directly shattered, dissolving into wisps of blood mist.

Yet at that moment, a startling thing happened. The stone mountain crumbled, and from within, an extraordinarily gentle green radiance bloomed — streams of green light shot into the sky.

It was a gentle and sacred radiance, calming the hearts and spirits of all who saw it. A faint green suffused with vigorous vitality — like a green oasis emerging in the sky.

At that very moment, a colossal green treasure basin rose up from the ground and sucked the Demon Emperor’s supreme treasure inside.

“Boundless… that… that… that Heavenly Sovereign!” At this moment, the rotund Daoist’s mouth had even stopped working properly. He exhaled a great breath before returning to normal, then cried out: “It’s the demon clan’s Cornucopia!”

“Someone was hiding there, with the Cornucopia prepared — what a scheme! Plotting to take the Demon Clan’s supreme treasure!” The rotund Daoist understood in an instant why the stone wall there had been attracting sentient weapons to fly toward it — it had actually contained the legendary Cornucopia inside. Though the person had been suppressing the basin’s power with divine force the entire time, even so, it had still drawn several sentient weapons toward it.

The Cornucopia appeared to be carved from green jade marrow — green to the very bone — brilliant and gleaming. Sacred green radiance cascaded across the entire sky in a boundlessly gentle light, making everyone feel thoroughly at ease.

At this moment, within the Cornucopia shone an extraordinarily dazzling brilliance — it was the Demon Clan’s supreme treasure. The light was vast and blinding, utterly impossible to see clearly what form it took. Within the basin it spun continuously, like cosmic starfields revolving — not only was boundless, immeasurable demonic power surging forth, but fierce divine radiance was shooting out ceaselessly.

Ye Fan’s heart jolted. The person standing before the Cornucopia, unmatched in elegance and beauty, was none other than the perfect woman he had seen not long ago.

At this moment, she was spiritual and sacred, still flawless and immaculate, with a peerless countenance. She swiftly collected the Cornucopia and transformed into a streak of flowing light, departing into the distance — leaving behind only a string of laughter like celestial music: “My thanks to the esteemed seniors for your assistance. Without it, even if the Demon Emperor’s own descendants had come in person, it would have been truly difficult to collect the great Emperor’s supreme treasure…”

The three great figures who had charged to within close range wore cold expressions. They had inscribed many Dao-runes outside the Demon Emperor’s burial mound, gathering an extremely powerful celestial momentum. Though they had not stopped the Demon Emperor’s supreme treasure, they had played a great role — slowing its all-shattering impetus. As a result, however, the person hiding in the shadows had reaped the benefit without effort. Without that, even with the legendary Cornucopia in hand, she would not have been able to receive the Demon Emperor’s supreme treasure.

All three great figures struck simultaneously, launching a devastating assault at that streak of light on the verge of vanishing into the horizon. This kind of attack was capable of stopping even gods and demons — even they themselves could barely withstand it. Waves of terrifying energy like a crashing tsunami swept through in an instant. The entire sky seemed to ignite, blazing with blinding light, and all nearby cultivators were struck with terror, hastily scrambling to dodge.

Yet this powerful strike seemed to hit nothing but empty air — touching nothing at all. Radiance blazed and surged there. The woman flashed and disappeared, merging into the gentle brilliance and vanishing in an instant.

“This cunning little demon woman had prepared everything in advance. She inscribed Dao-runes there, gathered celestial momentum, and crossed through the void. She is probably already thousands of li away by now.”

The three great figures’ voices were ice-cold. Incredibly, someone had made her move right under their noses — snatching food from the tiger’s mouth — seizing the Demon Emperor’s supreme treasure. It was something they found nearly impossible to tolerate.

“Opening the Demon Emperor’s burial mound was easy enough; stopping the supreme treasure was the true difficulty. To think we actually served to her advantage…”

With a flash of light, all three great figures vanished, charging swiftly toward the central ground where the Demon Emperor’s burial mound had crumbled — for the legendary Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure had yet to be found, and that was the thing they most wished to obtain.

“Why hasn’t the Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure appeared yet…” the rotund Daoist murmured quietly.

Ye Fan was also quite curious. He had heard people speak of this legendary Eastern Desolation human clan’s supreme treasure again and again, yet even now he did not know what it was. From the looks of things, even those transcendent great figures were consumed with desire for it, eager to have it firmly in their own grasp.