166: Chapter 166 The Abyss of Immortal Burial!

One must know, that was the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!

And that hazy Qi, although she didn't know what it was, her intuition told her that it was countless times more terrifying than the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!

This little thing's appetite... is too big, isn't it?!

On the other side, Yuan Muyu, who had just suppressed her internal injuries and calmed her breathing, also trembled fiercely!

She looked in horror at the innocent Little Girl, carved from pink jade.

A monstrous wave surged in her heart!

Others might not know, but she knew very well!

Just now, the Xuantian Nine Nether Flame, a Heaven and Earth Strange Flame that had merged with her Divine Soul, in front of the aura of this Divine Cauldron...

Was so scared it didn't even dare to emit light!

But now, the Artifact Spirit of this Divine Cauldron...

Actually... actually opened its mouth to devour Chu Xiao's Natal Divine Fire?!

Exaggerated!

This was simply too exaggerated!

For a moment, the entire Immortal Cave fell into dead silence.

The atmosphere was extremely awkward.

However, Chu Xiao, the person involved, showed no surprise on his face.

He just twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, looking at the cute, gluttonous Artifact Spirit in front of him, drooling and with eyes full of the words 'want to eat', feeling a bit helpless in his heart.

As expected of the Artifact Spirit of the hongmeng creation cauldron.

This appetite truly inherited the domineering nature of its main body.

However...

Want to eat my things?

It's not that easy!

Under the gazes of Princess Ji Ziyue and Yuan Muyu.

Chu Xiao slowly extended a finger, and then tapped the Little Girl's smooth, full forehead.

Not too hard, not too light.

"Dong."

A crisp flick on the forehead sounded exceptionally clear within the Immortal Cave.

"Ouch!"

The Little Girl covered her small head, her drool no longer flowing.

The eager light in her eyes also disappeared.

Visibly, two tears welled up in her eyes.

She looked up, teary-eyed at Chu Xiao, her small mouth pursed.

Her face was full of grievance and disbelief.

She... she was hit?

Her new master... actually hit her?

She was the Artifact Spirit of the hongmeng creation cauldron!

She was a supreme existence born in the Grandmist, witnessing the birth and death of the Universe!

Which of her previous masters didn't treat her like an ancestor, worshipping her?

Holding her in their hands for fear of dropping her, keeping her in their mouths for fear of melting her!

Let alone tapping her head, they didn't even dare to speak loudly to her!

But this new master...

Why doesn't he play by the rules?!

Looking at the Little Girl's tearful, wronged expression.

Princess Ji Ziyue's heart almost broke, and she instinctively wanted to intercede.

However, Chu Xiao's voice rang out again: "Want to eat good things?"

Chu Xiao sat with his legs crossed, watching her leisurely.

There was no hint of softness on his face.

"You can."

"But, if you want to eat, you have to work first."

"I don't keep idlers here."

"Work... work?"

The Little Girl was stunned by his words, forgetting to cry, tilting her small head in bewilderment.

"What is work?"

"Work is..."

Chu Xiao thought for a moment and changed to an explanation she might understand more easily.

"I am a capitalist."

"You are a laborer."

"I provide you with a job, you create value for me, and then I give you a small portion of the value you create as your salary, for you to eat with."

"Understand?"

"…"

The Little Girl blinked her watery big eyes, even more confused.

Ca... capitalist?

La... laborer?

salary?

What are these things?

She felt like she had missed something during her many years of slumber.

Had the outside world become so complicated?

Seeing her cute, bewildered expression of "Who am I, where am I?"

Princess Ji Ziyue and Yuan Muyu, who were beside them.

Were also utterly confused, exchanging bewildered glances.

Although they didn't understand what a capitalist was, they could feel it.

Chu Xiao seemed to be... bullying this newly born, ignorant little Artifact Spirit.

And he was bullying her with righteous indignation and eloquence.

"It's okay if you don't understand."

Chu Xiao waved his hand, a benevolent smile appearing on his face.

"Simply put, if you want to eat those two things of mine, you have to show some sincerity first."

"As the first step of your allegiance to me, hand over your 'dowry' first."

"dowry?"

Question marks popped up one after another above the Little Girl's head.

This word, she seemed to have... heard it somewhere?

"Yes, dowry."

Chu Xiao began to coax her, his tone very much like the Big Bad Wolf trying to trick Little Red Riding Hood.

"It's all those treasures that your previous masters left in your cauldron."

"Things like Divine Cultivation Techniques, Immortal Pills, Divine Weapons, Immortal Artifacts... In short, hand over all valuable things to me."

"As long as you perform well and satisfy me."

Chu Xiao said, flicking his finger.

A wisp of Chaos Qi floated out from his fingertip.

The moment that wisp of Chaos Qi appeared!

The Little Girl's eyes suddenly widened!

She stared intently at that wisp of Qi, sniffing frantically.

Drool once again uncontrollably flowed down!

Fragrant!

Too fragrant!

This scent was simply more fragrant and sweeter than the first wisp of Grandmist Purple Qi in her memory when heaven and earth were first created!

No! Even if she just licked it!

She felt that she could instantly recover to her Peak state!

"How about it?"

Chu Xiao twirled the wisp of Chaos Qi on his fingertip, his smile becoming even more benevolent.

"Hand everything over, and I'll reward you with a mouthful to eat."

"This deal, isn't it worthwhile?"

Hearing the word Treasure Trove, and seeing the fatal temptation before her eyes.

The Little Girl's mind finally turned around.

She finally understood what her new master wanted!

So, the dowry was the inheritance left by previous masters!

So, working meant handing over the inheritance!

So, capitalists do this kind of thing!

She understood!

However, just as she was about to nod in agreement, to decisively sell out all her ex-masters for that bite to eat.

Her small face suddenly fell.

The expression originally filled with longing instantly turned into one of distress.

She looked at Chu Xiao with a troubled expression and said weakly, "Master..."

"The things left by the previous master... there are some..."

"But... but..."

The Little Girl seemed to be trying hard to recall something, her tiny brows almost twisted into a knot.

"But he hid those things in a very, very dangerous place!"

"He also said... he also said that only his designated Successor, holding a Token, could retrieve them!"

"Otherwise... otherwise, it would cause huge trouble!"

"Many, many people... would die!"

As she spoke, her body couldn't help but tremble.

As if remembering something extremely terrifying.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

Huge trouble?

Many people would die?

This was interesting.

He looked at the Little Girl and asked indifferently, "What is that place called?"

The Little Girl heard Chu Xiao's question.

She diligently searched through her ancient memory bank.

After a long while, she uncertainly spoke a name.

"That place... seems... seems to be called..."

"Abyss of Buried Immortals?"

Abyss of Buried Immortals?

As these four words came out, everyone in the Immortal Cave paused slightly!

Princess Ji Ziyue blinked her beautiful big eyes, her small face full of curiosity: "Abyss of Buried Immortals? What kind of place is that? It sounds scary."

"Scary?"

The Little Girl heard these two words.

Her pink jade-carved face instantly turned very pale.

Visibly, her small body couldn't help but tremble.

As if remembering some extremely terrifying past event.

She shook her head desperately, her twin pigtails swaying like a rattle-drum.

Her childish voice carried a hint of panic: "It's not scary... it's... it's deadly! Many, many, many people will die!"

She used 'many' several times in a row.

It seemed that only this way could she express the horror of that place.

"Master, you don't know, that place... is very terrifying!"

Tears began to well up in the Little Girl's eyes again, and she looked at Chu Xiao pitifully, trying to explain: "That is a forbidden land from ancient times. Legend has it that even true Immortals who fell in never came out again!"

"That's why it's called the Abyss of Buried Immortals!"

"Beneath the abyss, there are broken Laws and chaotic Dao, and many, many resentful spirits of Immortals who died and did not disperse. Those resentful spirits will attack all living creatures that approach, and they are very, very powerful!"

"And..."

The Little Girl's voice dropped even lower here.

Her small body shrank closer to Chu Xiao.

As if this would make her feel more secure.

"And my previous master, his temper... was super bad!"

"He was a very stingy person! To prevent others from getting his treasures, he set up very, very terrifying Restrictions in that treasure hiding place!"

Hearing the word 'terrifying'.

A hint of solemnity flashed in Yuan Muyu's clear eyes.

Restrictions that could be called terrifying by the Artifact Spirit of the hongmeng creation cauldron.

Were definitely not to be underestimated.

"What kind of Restriction is it?"

Yuan Muyu couldn't help but ask.

The Little Girl glanced at her, her small face wrinkled again, and she slowly said, counting on her chubby fingers: "It's a dual Restriction of Bloodline and Divine Soul!"

"The previous master said that only his designated Successor, who possesses the same Bloodline as him and whose Divine Soul aura completely matches, can enter that place!"

"If it's not his designated Successor, whether human or ghost, Immortal or demon!"

"As long as they dare to approach, everything in the treasure hiding place will... will go 'bang' and all explode!"

The Little Girl spread her hands, making an exploding gesture.

"I... I seem to remember that there was a guy who didn't believe in evil, thinking he was some peerless powerhouse, and wanted to force his way in..."

Her small brows were tightly furrowed, as if she was trying hard to recall distant memories.

"As a result... as a result, as soon as he got close, before he even touched the Restriction, he, his Magic Treasure, and everyone he brought with him, all... all turned to ash!"

"Not even a speck of dust was left!"

"Hmm?"

As these words came out.

Princess Ji Ziyue and Yuan Muyu's hearts both trembled violently!

Everyone turned to ash?

What a terrifying method!

"Brother Chu Xiao..."

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Princess Ji Ziyue's small face turned pale as she tugged at Chu Xiao's sleeve, her eyes filled with worry. "This place is too dangerous. How about... how about we don't go?"

"Those broken treasures aren't worth it anyway!"

In her heart, any divine technique, secret method, Immortal Pill, or divine medicine...

...was not as important as a single hair on Chu Xiao's head.

Yuan Muyu didn't speak...

...but her eyes were full of gravity and dissuasion.

She understood the danger here better than Princess Ji Ziyue.

Bloodline and Divine Soul—a dual lock.

This was almost the highest Rank of Restriction in the cultivation world.

It completely eliminated the possibility of any outsider coveting it.

Unless Chu Xiao was the Successor designated by that Ancient Expert.

But was that possible?

Obviously not.

Facing such terrifying conditions...

...any normal person would probably choose to give up.

However, on Chu Xiao's face, not a trace of gravity could be seen.

He just listened to the Little Girl's pitiful description and smiled gently.

"Rules?"

"Aren't rules meant to be broken?"

He reached out and pinched the Little Girl's chubby cheek.

"He said only a Successor can enter?"

"I said, if I say I can enter, then I can enter."

"As for him having a bad temper..."

Chu Xiao's smile became even more playful.

"Sorry, but my temper is even worse than his."

"..."

As soon as he said this, the entire Immortal Cave instantly fell into a dead silence.

Princess Ji Ziyue and Yuan Muyu were both stunned.

They looked at Chu Xiao's calm yet domineering appearance.

For a moment, they didn't know what to say.

Indeed.

Rules?

When had this man ever followed the rules?

From plundering medicinal materials at the Alchemical Dao Conference to stewing a Divine Pill in a single pot...

...to dismissing the Pill Tribulation with a single word...

Every single thing he did...

...was a frantic trampling of the so-called rules and common sense of this world.

That Ancient Expert's rules might be able to suppress an Immortal.

Might be able to frighten a god.

But could they suppress the Demon God standing before them?

The two women glanced at each other, both seeing a trace of a bitter smile in the other's eyes.

As for the Little Girl, she was completely dazed.

With her cheek pinched by Chu Xiao, she stared up blankly at this new master who was smiling so kindly.

Her brain had completely stalled.

This... this new master...

Seemed... seemed to make a lot of sense!

But all her previous masters had carefully followed the Laws of heaven and earth...

...and conformed to the rules of the Great Dao.

But this new master...

He seemed to be... the rules himself, the reason himself!

"Stop talking nonsense."

Chu Xiao let go and leaned lazily back in his chair.

He reached out his hand toward the still-dazed Little Girl.

"Hand over the Token."

"I want to see what kind of Restriction dares to block my path."

"Oh... oh!"

The Little Girl was startled by his shout.

She finally snapped back to her senses.

Not daring to disobey in the slightest, she hurriedly opened her small cherry mouth with a look of grievance.

A streak of dark light flew out from her mouth.

"Pfft~"

Like spitting out a melon seed, she spat the dark light into Chu Xiao's palm.

It was a Jade Pendant.

A simple ancient Jade Pendant, pitch-black as ink and only about the size of a palm.

The design of the pendant was extremely simple, without any ornate carvings.

Its surface was covered in traces of erosion from time.

It exuded an atmosphere of immense age and vicissitude.

The moment this Jade Pendant appeared, the temperature in the entire Immortal Cave seemed to drop by a dozen degrees!

A bone-chilling sense of death spread from the pendant.

Making Princess Ji Ziyue and Yuan Muyu shiver involuntarily.

They felt as if their Divine Souls were about to be frozen solid!

What terrifying Death Qi!

What on earth was this Jade Pendant made of?

Chu Xiao, however, acted as if nothing was wrong, tossing the Jade Pendant that exuded endless chill in his hand.

As if he were holding an ordinary stone.

He closed his eyes, and a wisp of Divine Sense easily probed into the interior of the Jade Pendant.

Boom!

The moment his Divine Sense entered, a vast and boundless Star Chart...

...suddenly unfolded in his mind!

Countless stars formed clear routes.

Finally, all the routes pointed to an area at the very center of the Star Chart.

It was a place of void shrouded in endless darkness.

That was the Abyss of Buried Immortals!

However, just as Chu Xiao's Divine Sense was about to further investigate the specific situation of that dark area...

...an incredibly powerful Divine Thought suddenly erupted from that darkness!

That Divine Thought instantly transformed into a towering Golden Phantom!

The phantom wore an Emperor's Crown and a Dragon Robe, with its face blurred and indistinct.

But just by standing there, it exuded an aura of a supreme sovereign who looked down upon the world...

...and controlled the ten thousand Daos!

He seemed to be the sole Dominator of this world!

"Ant!"

A majestic voice boomed in Chu Xiao's Sea of Consciousness!

"You are not my Successor, yet you dare to covet this Emperor's belongings?!"

"Withdraw quickly, and I may yet spare your lowly life!"

"Otherwise, die!"

As the word "die" fell, that terrifying sovereign pressure...

...instantly surged a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

Transforming into a monstrous wave, it surged toward Chu Xiao's tiny wisp of Divine Sense...

...crushing down ruthlessly!

The strength of this Divine Thought had already far exceeded the scope of Body Integration and Mahayana!

This was... Immortal Emperor's Might!

Just a trace of the Divine Thought's aftershock caused Yuan Muyu's face outside the Immortal Cave to turn pale.

Her delicate body trembled violently!

She felt her Sea of Consciousness churning and her blood flowing backward.

A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth!

Just the aftershock could heavily injure an existence like her!

Then what kind of terrifying pressure would Chu Xiao, who was facing this Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought directly, be enduring?!

Yuan Muyu's beautiful eyes were instantly filled with shock and concern!

However, just when she thought Chu Xiao would suffer a great loss under this Divine Thought...

Within the Sea of Consciousness...

Facing that Immortal Emperor's pressure that was enough to crush stars and annihilate ten thousand Daos...

Chu Xiao's wisp of Divine Sense was not affected in the slightest!

He floated quietly in mid-air, looking at the flaunting Golden Phantom with a look of disdain.

"So noisy."

Chu Xiao spoke indifferently.

"A mere Remnant Soul Thought that has been dead for who knows how many years dares to call himself an emperor in front of me?"

"Who gave you the courage?"

As his voice fell...

Chu Xiao's wisp of Divine Sense suddenly shook!

Boom~!!!!

An aura even more domineering than that of the Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought...

...erupted from his Divine Sense!

Grayish Chaos Qi instantly spread out!

In an instant, it turned this golden Sea of Consciousness space constructed by the Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought...

...into a field of Chaos!

That originally towering and majestically golden emperor phantom had no resistance before this Chaos aura!

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Visibly, the sovereign aura on his body was crushed to pieces the moment it touched the Chaos Qi!

"This... what kind of power is this?!"

"Impossible! In this realm, there can't possibly be a power that surpasses an Immortal Emperor!"

The golden emperor phantom let out a scream!

On his blurred face...

...a look of terror appeared!

He wanted to flee!

However, under the shroud of Chaos, where could he flee to?

"Just right."

Chu Xiao looked at the panicked golden emperor phantom, the corner of his mouth curling slightly.

"I used up a lot of energy during Alchemy just now, and I happen to be a bit hungry."

In the next moment, that grayish Chaos Qi was like an ancient giant beast, opening its huge mouth and swallowing that violent Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought in one gulp!

That Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought, which was enough to deter a Body Integration Stage powerhouse and cause a Prodigy like Yuan Muyu to spit blood and be heavily injured...

...was swallowed by the Chaos Qi just like that.

Within a few breaths, it transformed into a surge of pure Divine Soul power, feeding back into Chu Xiao's Divine Soul.

Inside the Immortal Cave.

Chu Xiao slowly opened his eyes.

He smacked his lips, a look of lingering desire on his face as he commented indifferently: "The taste is average, a bit stale. It barely qualifies as an appetizer."

Boom!!!!

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a thunderclap!

The entire Immortal Cave instantly fell into a dead silence!

Yuan Muyu, Princess Ji Ziyue, and that Little Girl artifact spirit...

...were all stunned! Dumbfounded!

They all opened their mouths wide, their eyes bulging.

What... what just happened?

An... appetizer?

Yuan Muyu stared blankly at Chu Xiao.

Then she looked down at the blood on the corner of her mouth that hadn't dried yet.

That was an Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought!

Just a trace of the aftershock had injured her Divine Soul!

But for Chu Xiao...

It was... it was actually just an average-tasting appetizer?!"

After a brief moment of being dazed, Princess Ji Ziyue's beautiful eyes...

...instantly lit up!

In that light was full of admiration and infatuation!

"Wow! Brother Chu Xiao is so amazing! He even dares to eat an Immortal Emperor's soul!"

In her simple worldview, this was simply cool beyond words!

As for the exquisitely carved Little Girl artifact spirit...

...her reaction was the most direct.

She looked at Chu Xiao and his look of lingering enjoyment.

The tears that were still hanging at the corners of her eyes instantly vanished.

Her small nose sniffed frantically at the remaining traces of energy in the air.

"Gulp."

Subconsciously, she couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Mas... Master..."

She trotted over to Chu Xiao on her short legs and hugged his thigh.

Then she looked up and said in a childish, milky voice:

"Master! I want to eat too! That looked so delicious!"

"Can you conjure one up for me to eat? Just one bite! I'll only take a tiny bite!"

Looking at this naive foodie artifact spirit who was hugging his thigh and drooling...

...with eyes full of the words "want to eat."

Chu Xiao's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

He now somewhat suspected that the previous masters of the hongmeng creation cauldron...

...had all been eaten into poverty by this little thing.

He ignored the little foodie.

Because, as that Immortal Emperor's Divine Thought was completely wiped out, the Pitch-black Ancient Jade in his hand...

...also underwent an amazing change!