Chapter 4114: Great Opportunity

The vast, boundless sea stretched out, an endless expanse of blue. A gentle sea breeze blew, and the sky was clear and bright.

A deafening roar echoed from high above, and a colossal blue light flared in the sky. A seven-colored Chaos Beast, resembling a roc, streaked across the heavens with astonishing speed.

The sea surface erupted, and massive, towering waves surged skyward, forming a colossal blue water curtain that resembled a giant inverted blue bowl, trapping the seven-colored Chaos Beast within.

The sea churned violently, and an enormous water vortex spiraled upwards. Wang Ruyan stood atop the water vortex, her Azure Moon Guqin placed before her, her fingers gracefully sweeping across the strings.

Waves of fervent guqin music resonated, and streams of green sonic waves swept forth, heading directly towards the seven-colored Chaos Beast. The beast let out a pained roar, flapping its wings and charging at Wang Ruyan.

The dense green sonic waves washed over its body, significantly slowing its movement.

Wang Ruyan's expression remained calm as her fingers continuously swept across the strings. The very heavens and earth seemed to change, and numerous low-level demonic beasts floated to the surface of the sea, completely unharmed.

An unbearable, sharp pain erupted within the seven-colored Chaos Beast's soul sea, as if a fist had violently struck it.

It convulsed in mid-air, emitting agonizing roars, while more and more low-level demonic beasts surfaced, lifeless. As the music grew more rapid, the seven-colored Chaos Beast felt colossal fists repeatedly striking its soul sea.

It plummeted from mid-air, its massive body crashing heavily onto a desolate island densely covered with vegetation.

Wang Ruyan remained unfazed, continuing to play the Soul-Suppressing Melody. Streams of green sonic waves swept out, heading towards the desolate island. Wherever the green sonic waves passed, vast amounts of vegetation turned to dust, and mountains exploded into powder.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast was not dead; it flapped its wings, attempting to escape. However, its divine soul had been severely wounded, and as time passed, the damage to its soul worsened.

After a while, the music grew more intense. The seven-colored Chaos Beast stopped moving and breathed its last. Wang Ruyan's hands lifted from the strings, and the music ceased.

The sea churned violently as Wang Changsheng flew out from beneath the waves. He smiled and said, "Even the seven-colored Chaos Beast couldn't last long. The Soul-Suppressing Melody is truly formidable." Wang Ruyan replied, "If my cultivation were higher, it would have been even easier to kill it."

They had encountered a seven-colored Chaos Beast on their journey, and Wang Ruyan had effortlessly slain it, a small display of her power.

The Soul-Suppressing Melody possessed immense power, but its drawback was that it was an indiscriminately destructive dao art. Wang Changsheng, lacking any soul-defense immortal artifacts, had to keep a significant distance; otherwise, his own soul would have been harmed.

Wang Changsheng nodded. If Wang Ruyan's cultivation had been higher, even a mutated seven-colored Chaos Beast would likely not have been her match. However, the Soul-Suppressing Melody consumed an enormous amount of immortal spiritual power.

Wang Ruyan's immortal spiritual power was already severely depleted before she even finished playing the entire piece. This attested to the Soul-Suppressing Melody's power: it had slain a seventh-rank Chaos Beast without even being fully completed. Imagine its effect if she had finished it.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan flew towards the desolate island, landing beside the seven-colored Chaos Beast.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast was dead, its divine soul dispersed, and its body showed no obvious wounds. Wang Changsheng seemed to sense something and looked towards a low hillside.

The hillside was overgrown with weeds, even though the surrounding peaks had been reduced to dust.

Wang Changsheng lightly pointed his finger into the void. A blue light shot out, striking the hillside with a loud bang. The hillside shook violently, and a faint yellow light curtain subsequently emerged.

"An ancient cultivator's cave abode?" Wang Changsheng exclaimed, a mix of surprise and delight on his face.

The fact that it could block his Three Qiankun Fingers indicated an extraordinary restriction, at least a second-tier immortal formation. Wang Changsheng collected the corpse of the seven-colored Chaos Beast and, with Wang Ruyan, approached the dirt mound.

As a precaution, they set up a formation, sealing off the area for a hundred li around, to prevent the disturbance from breaking the restriction from attracting other immortals. They easily broke through the yellow light curtain, revealing a cave entrance several zhang wide before them.

Wang Ruyan activated her Li Fire True Eyes to scan the area but found no restrictions.

Wang Changsheng summoned a True Immortal stage puppet beast and controlled it to walk ahead, with them following behind.

Not long after, they reached the end, arriving in a cave chamber about an mu in size. In the center of the chamber lay a green-glowing cloak, next to it a green storage bracelet and a green crystal ball. No bones were visible.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan extended their divine senses but found nothing unusual.

Wang Changsheng released Wang Chan, who emitted a stream of golden light that enveloped the storage bracelet, cloak, and green crystal ball. There was no abnormality.

Wang Chan picked up the green crystal ball and injected spiritual power into it. The crystal ball immediately brightened, emitting a green light that transformed into a short, stout old man in a green robe. The old man looked dispirited.

"I am Daoist Qingyuan, from the Profound Moon Immortal Realm. After countless years of arduous cultivation, I finally reached the perfected Golden Immortal stage. I traveled to the Nine Stars Immortal Realm in search of opportunities. My luck was good; I discovered an ancient cultivator's cave abode on Nine Origin Continent and acquired some valuable items. Unfortunately, the disturbance from breaking the restriction was too great, attracting three Golden Immortal stage Witch Clan cultivators. I fought desperately to break free, but I was afflicted by a soul-type curse. My divine soul is constantly dissipating; I fear I do not have long to live... the art of curses..."Before the green-robed old man could finish speaking, countless profound runes emerged on his body, which then spontaneously combusted and turned to ash.

The image Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan saw was left by Daoist Qingyuan, who knew his life was nearing its end. Unfortunately, he was slain by his enemies' curse art before he could finish his explanation.

Wang Ruyan picked up the green storage bracelet. With a gentle flick of her wrist, a swathe of green light swept past, and a large pile of items appeared on the ground.

There were over three hundred thousand immortal essence stones, hundreds of Chaos Beast cores, including more than ten five-colored cores, but no six- or seven-colored ones. There were also seven immortal artifacts, one of which was a high-grade immortal artifact, and numerous refining materials.

"A high-grade immortal artifact! It's finally undamaged." Wang Changsheng said with a smile, his gaze falling upon a white-glowing banner. Clearly visible on its pole were the small characters "Sky-Covering Banner." Wang Ruyan's eyes were drawn to three jade boxes adorned with golden talismans. Upon opening them, she found a golden-glowing fruit in each, their surfaces adorned with mysterious patterns.

"Grand Unity Immortal Fruits!" Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gasped, their expressions turning to excitement. Compared to other cultivation resources, the Grand Unity Immortal Fruits were far more valuable to them.

Grand Unity Immortal Fruits could assist Golden Immortal cultivators in breaking through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. With a growth cycle of fifteen million years, Golden Immortal cultivators simply couldn't afford to wait. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan carefully examined the contents of the jade slips, looking for other discoveries.

"The Dao Art, Sky-Treading Steps! To walk upon the heavens!" Wang Changsheng was filled with both surprise and joy. Daoist Qingyuan's fortuitous encounter was significant indeed, to have obtained a Dao Art.

The Sky-Treading Steps were an evasion technique. With mastery of this art, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan would find it much easier to escape when facing powerful enemies.

"Your luck is quite good! There's actually an immortal artifact refined with a Primordial Spirit Treasure," Qing Xuan's voice resounded.

"An immortal artifact refined with a Primordial Spirit Treasure?" Wang Changsheng paused slightly, his gaze falling upon the immortal artifacts on the ground.

"That golden gourd!" Qing Xuan stated.

Wang Changsheng picked up the golden gourd and examined it closely. He saw the characters "Sui Yue" (Years/Time) at the bottom of the gourd; it was only a low-grade immortal artifact. He pulled out the stopper, and a supremely pure immortal spiritual energy rushed out.

"Is this Fortune Jade Dew?" Wang Changsheng asked in surprise. He was, of course, familiar with it, as he possessed some Fortune Jade Dew himself.

"Could it be a time-based immortal artifact?" A daring conjecture formed in Wang Changsheng's mind.