Entering the Treasure Vault

Daoist Taixuan directly entered the bottomless chasm, and the cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths grew restless.

“This venerable one will go first.”

“You all can figure it out for yourselves.”

Yuan Mie also leaped up and flew into the chasm.

With his cultivation, he was naturally sufficient to handle the dense deathly aura.

After Yuan Mie entered, the Divine Venerable experts from the demonic side also descended into the chasm one after another.

The Righteous Dao Alliance, however, remained motionless, simply watching as the demonic cultivators plunged in.

“The Demonic Dao is the Demonic Dao, always so impatient.”

“If this Tianchen Treasury were so easy to explore, it would have been plundered clean long ago,” an old man beside Alliance Master Lin sneered.

After a moment of thought, the Alliance Master asked the old man, “What exactly does the Upper Realm want us to find?”

“Are they not revealing any information at all?”

The Righteous Dao Alliance was a force supported by several major sects from the Upper Realm.

Many among them were branches of those major sects.

Although the major sects of the Upper Realm had destroyed the Tianchen Sect, they had not found what they were looking for.

Thus, they speculated that the item must be hidden within this small world.

After thousands of years of investigation, they finally determined that the Tianchen Sect’s great treasure should be within this Tianchen Treasury.

This Tianchen Treasury, also known as the Tianchen Mystic Realm, had always existed on the Tianchen Continent.

“It’s unclear.”

“The Upper Realm’s meaning is that we are to hand over all unknown treasures obtained from the treasury,” the old man replied.

After some thought, Alliance Master Lin turned to the others.

“This venerable one will also be entering this chasm soon.”

“Whether you wish to enter is entirely up to your own will.”

“This Tianchen Treasury is both dangerous and a great opportunity.”

“This venerable one cannot stop you, so consider it for yourselves.”

Alliance Master Lin also beckoned to the other Divine Venerable experts and flew in.

The Divine Venerable experts from the Dao Palace immediately looked at Jiang Yao and the others.

“Those of you who wish to enter must consider it carefully.”

“For those who are willing, we will do our best to protect you.”

“But I’ll say the ugly truth first: we cannot absolutely guarantee the safety of those who enter,” a very young, handsome, white-haired man said in a deep voice.

This person was the Master of the Dao Palace, Leng Hongwen, an expert who had reached perfection in five realms.

“Such an opportunity, this disciple cannot miss.”

“I am willing to go,” a young man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes was the first to speak.

With the first person speaking up, there would surely be a second, and then a whole string of them.

Those who could enter the Dao Palace were definitely first-rate cultivation geniuses, and such geniuses all possessed great fortune.

This Tianchen Treasury was not something one could encounter just by wishing for it.

Only a handful of cultivators might encounter it twice.

Jiang Yao, Su Muyu, Yang Lu, and Xie Yuyan immediately began to discuss among themselves.

“Mother, what are your thoughts?” Jiang Yao asked.

“A treasury that only opens once every thousand years, there’s no reason to miss it.”

“It’s just that it’s definitely dangerous inside.”

“We should probably inform Yun’er first,” Su Muyu said.

Jiang Yao nodded and immediately sent a message to Yan Yun, basically telling her that they were going to explore a mystic realm that might be dangerous, but telling her not to worry.

Not long after, the four of them, along with the elders of the Dao Palace, jumped down into the chasm together.

As they fell, a dense deathly aura rushed to meet them.

Several Divine Venerables from the Dao Palace immediately joined forces to release a defensive spell, shielding all the students, and finally disappeared into the bottomless abyss.

This deathly aura was incredibly powerful.

Some cultivators without the protection of a Divine Venerable or a powerful defensive treasure were immediately entangled by the deathly aura and dragged down as soon as they jumped.

Opportunity would definitely make people lose their reason and judgment.

Not everyone could look at this calmly.

“Everyone, let’s join forces to resist this deathly aura,” some Divine Soul Realm cultivators began to look for companions.

Their individual strength was not enough to resist it.

This place completely restricted cultivators below the Divine Venerable Realm from entering.

Of course, this restriction was mainly on individuals.

If you had the protection of a Divine Venerable expert, or a treasure that could resist the deathly aura, or if you joined forces, you could still enter.

Thus, some Divine Soul Realm cultivators began to group together, for instance, in groups of six or even more, which allowed them to barely resist the deathly aura.

Cultivators below the Divine Soul Realm had no other option.

Even joining forces was not enough.

They had to have a powerful treasure for protection and a protector; there were no other choices.

But there were still many cultivators who fearlessly jumped down, because it was still uncertain what the consequences of being dragged away by the deathly aura would be.

Soon, more and more cultivators gathered by the edge of the chasm, and more newcomers continued to enter, including some mysterious, unknown cultivators.

The news of the Tianchen Treasury’s emergence would surely spread throughout the entire Tianchen Continent at the fastest speed.

This was not just something the two major alliances, righteous and demonic, and the Qianjin Pavilion had been waiting for for a thousand years.

“It has finally opened.”

“Our Qianjin Pavilion has not waited in vain.”

Two noblewomen dressed in golden gowns arrived here with several Divine Venerables.

Meanwhile, Yan Yun suddenly received the message from Jiang Yao.

Because she was very close to her destination, the reception of the message was accelerated.

Yan Yun glanced at it.

“It’s over, they really did enter the Tianchen Treasury.”

“Ancestor, you’ve been to that place before, you should be familiar with the situation inside, right?” Yan Yun immediately asked.

“You’ll know when you get in.”

“I’ll take you to a good place,” Yan Lingyun replied.

About three hours later, Yan Yun finally arrived at the buffer zone between the righteous and demonic factions.

When she arrived, she found the place was full of people.

“So many people?” Yan Yun was quite surprised.

She hovered above the chasm.

“Ancestor, is the Tianchen Treasury you spoke of down there?”

Yan Lingyun immediately flew out from her body.

“Although the place is different from where I entered last time, I am all too familiar with that dense deathly aura.”

“This deathly aura is very strong.”

“Mere spiritual souls will die upon contact.”

“Let’s not waste time, we’re going down too.”

Yan Lingyun released her power, enveloped Yan Yun, and then flew down with her.

As they descended into the chasm, the deathly aura immediately swirled around them, but it was easily neutralized by Yan Lingyun.

The two of them continued to fall, and soon they saw many corpses.

These corpses had no physical injuries, but their souls had all left their bodies.

“So many people have died?”

“They’re really risking their lives for money.”

“I hope my wife and the others are alright.”

Looking at these corpses, Yan Yun felt an instinctive worry in her heart.

“Don’t worry, since they dared to go down, they must have experts protecting them.”

“They will surely pass this first trial.”

“As for the situation inside, that’s not so easy to say.”

“But your woman is a person of great fortune, I don’t think anything will happen to her,” Yan Lingyun comforted her.

They had all gone in, so Yan Yun could only think positively.

The time between Yan Yun and Jiang Yao’s group entering was nearly half a day, which meant Jiang Yao’s group had been inside for a long time.

As they continued to descend, a light gradually appeared in the darkness.

That place should be the entrance to the treasury.

The two of them passed through the light.

By the time Yan Yun came to her senses again, they had arrived in a dark space.

This dark space was like a small world, with a sky and ground.

On the ground were stretches of buildings.

As for above their heads, there was a vortex from which they had descended.

“Little girl, this is the first level of the Tianchen Treasury, the Soul-Severing Realm.”

“The treasures here have mostly been plundered by generations of cultivators.”

“The only opportunity left is the treasures on other cultivators,” Yan Lingyun introduced.

This place was huge.

The two of them slowly landed on the ground.

However, just as they landed, the corpses that had fallen from the sky all came to life.

And without hesitation, they charged at Yan Yun and Yan Lingyun.

Yan Lingyun raised her hand and waved.

A wave of cold air spread out, directly freezing these reanimated corpses into ice sculptures.

After freezing them, she reached out and squeezed.

The ice sculptures exploded, leaving no bones behind, only their storage artifacts remained.

“The danger of this trial mainly comes from these corpses.”

“Their souls have been taken away, and their bodies have been demonized by the power of this space, turning into walking dead that will mindlessly attack all living beings who enter this place,” Yan Lingyun explained.

Yan Yun looked at the constantly reviving corpses around them, her scalp tingling.

They were like zombies.

Many cultivators were fighting these corpses, but unless you pulverized them, it was useless.

Also, if a living person was killed here, they would also become a walking dead.

“Ancestor, quickly help me see if my wife and the others are on this level.”

“If not, let’s go to the next level,” Yan Yun said.

Yan Lingyun immediately shook her head.

“They’re not here, none of your acquaintances are.”

“I already sensed it when we came in just now.”

“Let’s not waste time, we’re going to the next level.”

Yan Lingyun grabbed Yan Yun again and flew in a certain direction.

Yan Lingyun was very familiar with this place.

They had broken into the core area of the Tianchen Treasury.

Not long after, the two arrived at the entrance of a very large palace.

This was the entrance to the next level.

Yan Lingyun led her directly in, arriving at the second level, the Poisonous Insect Realm.

This level was also full of buildings, but these buildings were integrated with a large number of vines and plants, and there were also various kinds of demonized poisonous insects.

The number of cultivators on this level was smaller.

“This level is interesting.”

“These seem to be all poisonous insects.”

“Ancestor, you must have collected a lot of poisons from here back then, right?” Yan Yun asked.

As it turned out, Yan Yun’s guess was very accurate.

Yan Lingyun had indeed collected a large number of poisons to refine toxins back then.

“Let’s go, there are some good things in this trial.”

“I’ll take you to see them,” Yan Lingyun said with a grin.

As for the swarms of poisonous insects that flew over, they were casually dealt with by Yan Lingyun.

For the two of them, this was the least dangerous trial.

If not for the urgency of confirming Jiang Yao and the others’ safety, Yan Yun would definitely have stayed on this level for a while longer.