CHAPTER 575: CHAPTER 574: 8 MILLION TOP-GRADE SPIRITUAL STONES

Liumu Demon Monarch’s pupils contracted, *his heart was startled*, and he swiftly transformed into a stream of light, quickly dodging to the side.

Only then did he narrowly avoid the Primordial Magnetic Great Cutting.

"Indeed, with my current strength, there’s still no way to deal with them."

Seeing this, Bai Ziyue sighed inwardly, yet his body had already vanished like a startled swan, racing away at top speed.

A single failed strike and then a thousand miles of retreat.

After understanding the strength difference between himself and his opponents, Bai Ziyue naturally decided not to continue the entanglement and waste time.

After ten breaths.

Bai Ziyue had already distanced himself extremely far from them, only then did he stop augmenting with the Heaven Repairing Skill, maintaining peak speed of the Golden Core Realm, while constantly using Spirit Stones to recover.

During rapid flight, Bai Ziyue’s recovery speed naturally couldn’t compare to when he was on the warship.

But Bai Ziyue’s cultivation technique was special; not only was it one of the strongest techniques at the Divine Realm Level, it also had the characteristic of devouring and swiftly converting.

Thus, his Divine Thought recovery speed was equally astonishing.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, by consuming a large number of Spirit Stones, his Divine Thought had already been restored to its peak.

Afterward, he once again performed the Heaven Repairing Skill, flying away rapidly.

After ten breaths, Bai Ziyue withdrew the Heaven Repairing Skill, using Spirit Stones to restore his Divine Thought...

Repeating this process three times, and confirming that the two Demon Cultivators had been left far behind, even if they could use soul marks to lock onto his position, it would take some time to catch up. Only then did he summon the warship again to travel.

Onboard the warship, Bai Ziyue was relatively more relaxed; his Divine Thought quickly returned to peak condition, then without any delay, he immediately focused his thoughts on the Shadow Domain, taking out the Void Shadow Stone, quickly cultivating.

After one day!

Bai Ziyue gazed at the last Void Shadow Stone turning to powder due to exhaustion, sighed, and opened his eyes.

The Void Shadow Stones he had on him only numbered a few, which he had gained from the Shadow Demon Monarch. Relying solely on these was not enough to bring the Domain Great Divine Techniques to entry level.

If it weren’t for being chased three times by Liumu Demon Monarch and Wansen Demon Monarch, making Bai Ziyue spend considerable time shaking them off, these Void Shadow Stones would have been consumed long ago.

"Void Shadow Stones exhausted, my cultivation will now come to a halt.

However, fortunately, with my continuous journeys, I’m already not far from Cloud-piercing City.

As long as I can purchase enough Void Shadow Stones in Cloud-piercing City, I believe I’ll soon be able to cultivate this Domain Great Divine Technique to entry level."

Bai Ziyue traveled day and night, his speed truly reaching the extreme.

What took Master Giant Axe’s Giant Axe Warship half a month to cover, he accomplished in just over a day.

This was mostly due to using the Fourth-Grade Warship beneath him; otherwise, with his own speed, it would have taken just half a day.

"While there’s still some time, I might as well evaluate my gains this time.

It’s also good to see if there’s any treasure that can help with this crisis."

Bai Ziyue pondered slightly, estimating that the two Demon Monarchs would need at least three more hours to catch up to him, he finally focused on his gains.

He had high expectations for his gains this time.

Most importantly, he knew there was certainly a major treasure among them, the True Demon Grotto Heaven.

Thinking of this, his mind stirred and the corpse belonging to True Ming Demon Monarch appeared before him.

Alongside it were about a dozen Storage Bags.

These Storage Bags all came from the Demon Cultivators he had slain earlier; although some were formidable, there were no Golden Core Realm powerhouses, which left him slightly regretful.

However, when he saw the Storage Bag belonging to True Ming Demon Monarch, all regrets transformed into joy.

True Ming Demon Monarch, despite possessing a Grotto Heaven Type Treasure like the True Demon Grotto Heaven, most often used it to suppress at the True Demon Sect Mountain Gate as an Array Hub.

If the Grand Array hadn’t been broken this time, he likely wouldn’t have used it so easily.

Thus, he naturally carried a Storage Bag with him.

Bai Ziyue first collected the Storage Bags to the side, then focused his gaze on the corpse of True Ming Demon Monarch.

Even though True Ming Demon Monarch had already perished, his corpse still exuded a powerful and intimidating oppressive aura.

This aura didn’t affect Bai Ziyue much, but he estimated that if a cultivator at the Qi Refinement Stage or even the Enlightenment Realm were present, merely approaching would cause them to be influenced by this oppressive force and kneel.

This was the power of late-stage Golden Core Realm powerhouses; even in death, low-tier cultivators couldn’t draw near.

Reaching out a finger, a flame erupted and fell directly onto the body of True Ming Demon Monarch.

Sizzle, sizzle...

Instantly, the corpse belonging to True Ming Demon Monarch completely vanished.

On the scene, there was only a long scythe left, a black token, and a fist-sized orb that was completely black.

"This scythe should be the Soul-Devouring Scythe, the True Ming Demon Monarch’s life-protective treasure, a top-grade Golden Core treasure.

It’s a pity that it is a demonic treasure, one careless mistake could lead to a backlash, impossible for an Immortal Cultivator to control.

As for this token, the True Demon Order? Could it be a credential akin to a Sect Leader Order, an identity proof?

However, although the thing itself is not high-grade, only a low-grade Golden Core treasure, the materials used in its refining are better than the Soul-Devouring Scythe, definitely not simple.

As for this black orb, it should be the Grotto Heaven treasure.

Although it is completely black, one can vaguely sense a unique aura belonging to the space mysteriousness from it."

Bai Ziyue’s gaze quickly fell on the black orb, and his heart was filled with surges of excitement.

His divine thought attached to it immediately felt a strong repelling force inside.

*He didn’t think much of it.*

*How could a lifeless object stop his refining?*

He increased the power of his divine thought’s attachment, quickly breaking through multiple barriers, attaching his divine thought to the main body of the True Demon Grotto Heaven.

In an instant, a slight connection began to form with him.

"This space is so vast?

Almost as large as the entire Cloud-piercing City.

However..."

Later, Bai Ziyue’s heart spirit transmitted into the True Demon Grotto Heaven, quickly examining the situation inside, and his gaze flickered slightly.

"Inside, there are actually no living beings, only some ghosts, zombies, and others wandering.

Most of them are weak, presumably because during the previous battle, the True Ming Demon Monarch had already summoned the stronger existences which inflicted considerable slaughter and damage on various cultivators.

However, most importantly, the inside is not filled with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but rather with an extremely dense demonic qi and evil qi.

The density of evil qi is truly astonishing, even an Enlightenment Realm Cultivator couldn’t stay inside for long, and in certain places, even a Divine Realm Cultivator would feel uneasy entering..."

*Bai Ziyue found himself at a loss,* having had no expectation that the inside of the grotto heaven would differ greatly from his anticipation.

"However, this dense evil qi is not entirely useless for me.

I had been worrying about where to find a place rich in evil qi to condense the Golden Core, and now with the evil qi inside this True Demon Grotto Heaven, I can almost anytime and anywhere proceed with Core Formation."

Bai Ziyue’s eyes flashed, and while comforting himself, he also planned to alter the environment inside.

After all, a place filled with overpowering evil qi might be greatly effective for a Demon Cultivator, but for him, it only had some use during Core Formation.

Subsequently, Bai Ziyue spent another half-hour refining, sensing that his connection with the Grotto Heaven treasure had become more intimate, and then incorporated it into his body.

To fully control it and utilize it freely, just like the True Ming Demon Monarch did to unleash the effects of attack and slaughter, would require quite a slow and careful effort.

*He was not in a hurry.*

Next, he slightly summoned and all the remaining storage bags instantly appeared before him; the Flame Melting Furnace shimmered, sizzling as all the restrictions on the storage bags were broken by him.

Then, without hesitation, he incinerated nearly half of the demonic items and began a serious count.

"A middle-grade Golden Core treasure, three low-grade Golden Core treasures, two top-grade Dharma treasures, five top-grade Dharma treasures, middle-grade Dharma treasures... none of them are particularly outstanding, and I can’t use them; ultimately, I should toss them into Kunlun Pavilion, and let Yuepiao take care of it.

In terms of Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills, Spirit Talismans are still acceptable; even a Fourth-Grade Spirit Talisman isn’t as powerful as a single divine technique from me.

However, these restorative Spirit Pills can serve as a supplement for my current situation, especially these two bottles of Golden Yuan Pills, which each seem to extend my full-out burst time by three breaths.

With six pills, that’s eighteen breaths, not too few.

Then there are these Treasures of Heaven and Earth and Spirit Stones... more than seventy kinds of Treasures of Heaven and Earth above third-grade, more than twenty kinds above fourth-grade, not bad.

As for Spirit Stones, there are thirty-five thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, considered a substantial wealth."

Bai Ziyue meticulously scanned through these gains, quickly coming to an assessment.

*He felt pleased in his heart.*

*However, he didn’t experience that kind of extreme exuberance.*

Because he knew, aside from the Grotto Heaven treasure, his greatest gain from this trip was the sections of main vein Spirit Stones he obtained from the fifth-grade Spirit Meridian.

If calculated using top-grade Spirit Stones, he estimated there were at least eight million of them.

That indeed constituted a tremendous fortune.

It was almost on par with the ten-year profits of a first-class sect.

Utilizing these Spirit Stones, even by piling them up, he estimated they could foster several Golden Core Realm powerhouses.