188: Yamata no Orochi, Hachigoku Grotto-heaven

Jiang Yunfan followed the System map and found the location of the Grotto-Heaven. The entrance to the Grotto-Heaven was in the middle of a cliff, with only a tiny spatial rift, making it very difficult to discover.

"Found it."

Jiang Yunfan took Ji Yao's hand and leaped down the cliff.

Beneath the cliff, an eight-headed great snake was coiled, which was precisely the Vicious Beast Eight-Headed Serpent. It possessed a Nirvana Peak Realm Cultivation Level and was a regional overlord.

Within a thousand-mile radius, no Vicious Beast orAlien dared to step into the Eight-Headed Serpent's territory.

The Eight-Headed Serpent's eight heads suddenly opened their eyes, revealing their ferocity. One of its heads spewed out an extremely cold Qi.

The cold Qi swept towards Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao, freezing all the plants, trees, and rocks in its path.

The two quickly released their Chaos Divine Fire and Nirvana Divine Fire to resist the cold Qi. The two great Divine Fires were frozen, and the two quickly retreated, flying to the top of the cliff.

Looking down, a thousand-mile area around the cliff was frozen solid.

"Such terrifying cold Qi."

"It's the Eight-Headed Serpent."

Ji Yao used her Divine Sense to detect the Eight-Headed Serpent.

The next second, the Eight-Headed Serpent charged out. It controlled the power of wind and thunder, instantly changing the color of the sky and earth, causing strong winds and raging lightning. The power of wind and thunder attacked Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao. Jiang Yunfan did not dare to be careless and quickly summoned the xuanhuang pagoda to protect himself.

"Nirvana Peak Realm."

Ji Yao summoned her phoenix feather, and the phoenix feather transformed into a Fire Phoenix, attacking the Eight-Headed Serpent.

The Eight-Headed Serpent's strength was extremely terrifying, controlling eight types of Heaven And Earth Power. One of its heads spewed out cold Qi to resist the Nirvana Divine Fire.

The other seven heads controlled powers like wind, thunder, and poison fire to attack the Fire Phoenix. This was equivalent to eight Nirvana Peak Realm experts besieging it. The Fire Phoenix quickly lost and was beaten back to its original form, turning into a phoenix hairpin and returning to Ji Yao's hand.

Ji Yao's expression was solemn. "The Eight-Headed Serpent is indeed as terrifying as the rumors say. Its eight heads control eight types of power, comparable to eight Nirvana Peak Realm experts. We are no match for it."

Jiang Yunfan said, "Don't worry, I still have a trump card."

He took out the Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation Diagram and set up the Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation, trapping the Eight-Headed Serpent within it.

Streaks of Star Sword Qi attacked the Eight-Headed Serpent. The Eight-Headed Serpent used its eight powers to counterattack, shattering the Star Sword Qi.

No matter which direction the Sword Qi attacked from, it couldn't get close to the Eight-Headed Serpent. Its strength was already infinitely close to that of a Saint.

"This is a Seventh-Grade Sword Array."

"That's right, I found it in the Big Dipper Sacred Land's treasury. It's one of my biggest trump cards. This Eight-Headed Serpent is too powerful, so I can only use this Sword Array to suppress and kill it. Although I could also suppress and kill it with the heaven swallowing cauldron, this is the Primordial Divine Mountain, and I'm worried that using the heaven swallowing cauldron would be detected by the ancient clan Saints, which would be dangerous."

Inside the Sword Formation, the Eight-Headed Serpent was struck by the Star Sword Qi, shattering its hard scales. The injury enraged it, and it furiously attacked the great Formation, destroying stars one by one.

The Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation drew upon the power of the stars, its power inexhaustible. The destroyed stars quickly reformed, and the Eight-Headed Serpent's frenzied attacks only depleted its own power.

The Star Sword Formation, by drawing on the power of the stars, attracted the attention of the ancient clan experts.

Several extremely terrifying Divine Senses probed over, causing Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao's minds to shake violently. These Divine Senses were too terrifying.

Ji Yao said in a deep voice, "They are Saints."

Jiang Yunfan quickly said, "We need to run quickly."

Ji Yao said, "No need to worry, Saints won't easily make a move."

Jiang Yunfan said, "This is a Seventh-Grade Formation. Even Saints would be envious. It would be strange if they didn't make a move. If a Saint makes a move, my life will be over."

Ji Yao assertively protected him, saying, "I am the Phoenix Clan Imperial Daughter, and you are my husband. With me protecting you, Saints wouldn't dare to act rashly."

Having not felt his wife's protectiveness for a long time, Jiang Yunfan felt it again today and did not flee.

"Everyone, this is my Phoenix Clan Imperial Daughter."

The Phoenix Clan Saint's words caused the Saints of various clans to withdraw their Divine Senses.

Several Divine Senses retreated.

Jiang Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, Saints were high and mighty and would not easily attack a small fry like him; that would be too undignified.

Phoenix Clan.

Clan Chief Feng Linxian of the Phoenix Clan had a cold expression. How could there be a man beside Ji Yao? Was he her follower, or someone she loved?

Phoenix Clan women must never marry outside, and as the Phoenix Clan Imperial Daughter, she certainly could not.

Feng Linxian's expression turned cold.

"Imperial Daughter, return to the Phoenix Clan."

A voice reached Ji Yao's ear, and her heart trembled. Clan Chief.

Jiang Yunfan noticed Ji Yao's abnormality. "What's wrong?"

Ji Yao said, "The Clan Chief sent a message telling me to return to the Phoenix Clan. I can't accompany you for now."

Jiang Yunfan said, "You go back first! I'll wait for you."

Ji Yao rode a Phoenix Bird and departed.

Soon, the Eight-Headed Serpent died within the Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation.

Jiang Yunfan put away the formation diagram. He devoured the Eight-Headed Serpent with the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art. His Chaos Power continuously increased, and his Cultivation Level quickly Breakthrough to the Dharma Image Peak Realm.

After devouring the Eight-Headed Serpent, Jiang Yunfan leaped into the cliff again. He found the Void Realm rift and entered it.

The Spiritual Qi within the Grotto-Heaven was dense.

"Xiaodie, can you repair that rift?"

"Master, I am too weak to repair that Void Realm rift."

Unable to repair it, it seemed Lu Yun would still come.

Then he would just have to collect all the treasures before Lu Yun arrived.

After all, they were like brothers. He couldn't hog everything; if he ate the meat, he had to leave some soup for Lu Yun.

Jiang Yunfan began his scavenging operation.

Ji Yao returned to the Phoenix Clan. She arrived at a grand hall and met Clan Chief Feng Linxian.

"Greetings, Clan Chief."

"Greetings, Imperial Daughter."

Ji Yao, as the Imperial Daughter, held a status and position equal to Feng Linxian, the Clan Chief. Even if Feng Linxian was a Saint and a clan member, she could not put on airs in front of Ji Yao.

"Imperial Daughter, who is that man beside you?"

"Clan Chief, he is my husband."

Ji Yao openly admitted.

Feng Linxian's expression turned cold. "Imperial Daughter, you should know the rules of the Phoenix Clan. Phoenix Clan women cannot marry outside."

Ji Yao retorted, "I am not of pure Phoenix Clan Bloodline, so I don't need to follow the rules, nor will I."

"You are the Imperial Daughter. He is not worthy of you."

"My husband is also a Young Great Emperor. We are a perfect match, a match made in heaven."

Feng Linxian looked surprised. "You said he is a Young Great Emperor? Which Immortal Holy Land's Imperial Son is he?"

Ji Yao said, "He is not from Central Continent; he is from Eastern Continent. I know the Clan Chief is determined to strengthen the Phoenix Clan and restore its past glory. I can promise that if either my husband or I become an Emperor in the future, we will both help the Phoenix Clan grow strong."

Feng Linxian began to weigh the pros and cons, and quickly made a decision. She said, "I can stay out of it, but that doesn't mean those Old Ancestors in the clan will. You'd best not let others know of his existence, otherwise, it will only harm him."

Ji Yao said, "Thank you, Clan Chief."

If the Phoenix Clan dared to lay a hand on Yunfan, she would not hesitate to betray the Phoenix Clan.

For now, she couldn't go see Yunfan.

The next day.

The System sent intelligence.

【Today's Intelligence (cyan), the Eight Desolations Grotto-Heaven has nurtured the seventh-ranked Spiritual Fire, the eight desolations true spirit flame. The eight desolations true spirit flame has possessed sentience for ten thousand years and has the strength comparable to a Nirvana Realm Great Expert (map has been transmitted)】

【Today's Intelligence (cyan), about a hundred thousand li away, there is a Ninth-Grade cyan Lotus that has formed eight lotus seeds. Each lotus seed contains a trace of the power of creation and is a top-grade Heaven And Earth Treasure (map has been transmitted)】

... "eight desolations true spirit flame, what an unexpected surprise!"

Jiang Yunfan was excited.

This Eight Desolations Grotto-Heaven truly had Heaven And Earth Treasure everywhere.

Jiang Yunfan activated the System map to search for the eight desolations true spirit flame.