Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

Chapter 626: Chapter 624: 21 Immortal Weapon Embryos

Xu Yang felt a bad premonition rising in his heart!

Yun Zheng was the strongest among them.

The higher one climbed on Beili Immortal Mountain, the more incredible the opportunities became—this was obvious to all.

This Immortal Tree standing here was proof enough.

Yet Yun Zheng still hadn’t shown up. He couldn’t not know about this place, and with his power, getting here would be effortless.

What did that mean?

He must have an opportunity even greater than this Immortal Tree!

Aside from that Token, Xu Yang really couldn’t think of anything else.

"But even if I hadn’t let it happen back then, I couldn’t have protected that Token!"

Feelings of disgust and exclusion left Xu Yang utterly perplexed!

"What is it, have you seen that old guy?" Shi Feng looked at Xu Yang in confusion.

"No."

"Just curious, that’s all."

Xu Yang reined in his turmoil and shook his head slightly.

There was no need to say more.

"I’m feeling the same way, but right now we should hurry to improve ourselves; the energy seeping from this Immortal Tree is simply astounding. I’ve already reached late-stage First-grade Immortal Soldier!"

"We were discussing and guessing that the fruit of this Immortal Tree must be Immortal Artifact Embryos!"

"There are a total of twenty-one Immortal Artifact Embryos. Whoever obtains one will see their power surge. In the future, if you get the chance to refine it, it will become a truly mighty Immortal Artifact!"

Xu Yang gazed at the strange fruits on the Immortal Tree, his eyes pausing briefly on two blade-shaped fruits.

One was shaped like a crescent-moon blade, the other a straight blade.

Both looked utterly extraordinary!

Time to cultivate!

No matter whether Yun Zheng was hiding for the Token or some other reason, it didn’t matter now.

The opportunities from this Immortal Tree were truly top-tier.

Xu Yang’s expression grew solemn as he slowly closed his eyes and entered a cultivation state.

He began circulating the Celestial Refining Divine Scripture and the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill.

The energy that seeped out was mostly consumed by the two circles up front; what finally drifted to him here was extremely scant.

But even scant was better than what he’d had before.

Especially this Immortal Qi—it was as refined as something tempered a hundred or even a thousand times over.

Even a wisp of it far surpassed a whole mass lower down.

And now, at the outermost ring, he was alone here. As he entered his state, the amount of Immortal Qi devoured into his Divine Tripod was nothing to scoff at.

Jun Wuji suddenly looked sidelong at Xu Yang and said quietly, "Such a level of devouring technique... If I recall, back in the first Daqian Emperor’s era, there was a mighty devouring art, said to be able to swallow a River of Spirits itself, called the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill!"

At that remark, everyone nearby was instantly shocked.

The first Daqian Emperor’s ultimate Secret Technique?

Everyone turned their gazes toward Xu Yang, expressions shifting.

Could it be?

Can Sutian smiled faintly. "You’re probably right."

It was no secret that Xu Yang had appeared at the site where the first Daqian Emperor had fallen.

After he’d left, Can Sutian had instantly guessed Xu Yang must have obtained it.

Speaking of which, throughout Daqian, who else besides Xu Yang even had the qualifications to claim it?

Of course, if he himself had gone, he might have had a chance too.

But as soon as he made a move, it would have been impossible to keep it hidden from others.

With Can Sutian’s confirmation, the others were shocked out of their minds.

Even Shi Feng couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath, unable to believe it.

"How did he manage to obtain it?"

"Back then, so many Celestial experts scoured every inch of the land and never found it."

"The first Daqian Emperor’s measures are simply unbelievable."

...

Jun Wuji gave Xu Yang a long, deep look, then smiled faintly before closing his eyes again.

Even granting the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill was extraordinary, now that all present had stepped onto the Immortal Path, its allure was no longer so irresistible.

After this brief upheaval, the place again settled into calm, with everyone cultivating deeply.

Dozens of devouring currents swirled around the Immortal Tree, and torrents of Immortal Qi surged out incessantly.

In the innermost circle, five people devoured the energy; some of it spilled out to the second circle, where a dozen-odd devoured; only the last traces reached Xu Yang at the edge, and he swallowed up every bit of it.

Within the Divine Tripod, Immortal Qi flowed in endlessly.

The Purest Essence Qi surged into his Immortal Seed.

Xu Yang split his focus, cultivating while also devouring the chains on the world inside the Divine Tripod.

The vast, ink-like Immortal Seed swelled larger to the naked eye with every passing moment.

Otherworldly demonic light already lit roughly a fifth of his Dantian’s surrounding void.

Time flowed quietly onward.

Three days passed.

One after another, more people arrived here.

Xiao Ming was among them.

He came alone; Men Long hadn’t arrived, clearly still short of breaking through to First-grade Immortal Soldier.

Upon seeing this Immortal Tree, Xiao Ming couldn’t even bother making trouble for Xu Yang and instead immediately began cultivating.

The rest were the topmost Divine Summits from all the major powers, each breaking through one after another.

Another seven days passed.

There were five in the innermost circle, seventeen in the second ring, eighteen in the third.

Forty in total—nearly the combined elite from all major factions.

As for the rest, the gap was too great; breaking through to First-grade Immortal Soldier would take them much longer.

Without realizing, Gu Jun, Shi Hu, Men Long, Chen Xuanji and a few others finally broke through and arrived at this place.

They had fallen behind, but at last stood before the Immortal Tree, unable to contain their excitement.

With continued cultivation, the energy seeping from the tree’s surface continued to wane.

At the outermost ring—

Xiao Ming and the rest frequently opened their eyes, grief and frustration burning in their gaze toward Xu Yang.

Xu Yang had the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill—the Immortal Qi drifting to the outermost circle was impossible to fight him for.

In the end, what little they got was a mere sliver!

But they were powerless to do anything.

Due to the number of people from the War King’s family, the strong cultivators allied with Xu Yang here outnumbered even the combined forces of the other great factions.

The strongest were Can Sutian, Shi Feng, and Zuo Shenzong—a trio!

With Yun Zheng absent, only Saint Monarch Nantian and Jun Wuji could match up; at best, they would be evenly matched in a fight.

If a real full-blown fight broke out, Xu Yang’s side had a clear advantage.

The others could only shift their positions now and then, or go all out and edge a little closer to try to seize more Immortal Qi.

One day—

Hua!

The Immortal Tree suddenly trembled violently.

Everyone snapped their eyes open.

"What’s happening?"

"Look at the Immortal Tree—it’s shaking!"

"Are those Immortal Artifact Embryos about to fall?"

"There’s barely any Immortal Qi leaking anymore; it seems the drop is about due."

"Damn it, there are only twenty-one Immortal Artifact Embryos, but we have more than forty people here!"

...

Over forty First-grade Immortal Soldiers—if they fought, the commotion would be unimaginable.

Yet the lure of an Immortal Artifact Embryo was overwhelming!

No one could resist its draw.

Even just an embryo—if you got one, your battle prowess would skyrocket!

At equal power, someone with an embryo would totally crush someone without it in a fight.

Xiao Ming stared fixedly at one of the sword-shaped embryos, his eyes blazing with desire!

Xu Yang, meanwhile, licked his lips as he eyed the straight blade-shaped embryo among them.

Of course, if he could, he’d want both blade-shaped embryos for himself.

But that was obviously wishful thinking!

There weren’t even enough to go around—wanting two was asking for outrage.

That would surely provoke everyone’s fury.

But was it really about to turn into a ferocious battle for them?

"After all this time, Yun Zheng still hasn’t appeared."

Xu Yang’s thought resurfaced—he was sure that old man was brewing some major plot.

"Mr. Can, how do you think we ought to vie for them?"

Saint Monarch Nantian’s voice abruptly interrupted Xu Yang’s train of thought.

Everyone looked to the five great powerhouses in the inner circle.

"Damn, where is Elder Yun Zheng?"

"With such an incredible opportunity, what’s he off doing?"

"Alas, if only the patriarch were present."

...

A few of the Five Elements Celestial Realm experts sighed quietly.

Only Xiao Ming knew the truth, yet kept utterly silent, acting as if he hadn’t heard anything!

Can Sutian swept his gaze over everyone before pondering aloud: "If we fight, not only would it harm our unity, but the losses could be catastrophic."

"How about this... There are twenty-one embryos. We five each take one to start with!"

"That leaves sixteen; the second circle gets ten, the outermost six. Each person competes according to their strength!"

"This way, we can at least limit the damage."

"What does everyone think?"