Chapter 21: Central Plains Shaken! The Stolen Divine Throne Used for Transportation!

Shenhuang Continent, Central State.

This is the core area of the entire cultivation world where spiritual energy is most abundant and lineages are most prosperous. Compared to the impoverished East Desolate, any second-rate Sect picked at random from Central State has enough foundation to reign supreme in the East Desolate.

And today, at the edge of the God-Burying Abyss at the southernmost tip of Central State, several of the top super powers of the entire Shenhuang Continent have gathered.

The sky was divided into several distinct camps.

To the east, Sword Qi soared into the sky. Dozens of white-clad Sword Cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Holy Land stood on Flying Swords. The leading Sword Son had a disdainful gaze, and his whole body radiated the sharp fluctuations of the Early Stage Soul Transformation Stage.

To the west, Devilish Qi surged. The warships of the Netherworld Demon Sect floated in the sky. Several Grand Elders of the Void Returning Stage rested with their eyes closed, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

And in the center was the camp of the Huangtian Divine Sect, one of the top three super powers in Central State.

However, what was extremely eerie was...

As the leading figure of the younger generation of the Huangtian Divine Sect and usually the most arrogant and overbearing Divine Son, Jun Wudao was currently cowering in the deepest part of his camp like a frightened quail, his face deathly pale.

"Your Highness Divine Son, what is wrong with you? Ever since you said yesterday that you were going to the East Desolate to retrieve that final third of the remnant map, you've been in this restless state since your return. Where are the thirteen Soul Transformation Elders who went with you?"

A Void Returning Stage Protector of the Huangtian Divine Sect frowned and asked in confusion.

"Dead... they are all dead..."

Jun Wudao shuddered violently as he recalled the scene on his own divine mountain yesterday: a handsome youth in a bathrobe had lightly thrown a punch, smashing thirteen Soul Transformation powerhouses along with their Spells into atoms.

Now, as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with that fair, slender fist that seemed to contain ten thousand Ancient Divine Elephants!

"What?! In a barbaric place like the East Desolate, who could kill thirteen Soul Transformation powerhouses of our Sect?!"

The Protector was shocked and fuming with rage. "Your Highness Divine Son, was it a joint ambush by those few blind old monsters in the East Desolate? Rest assured, once this matter of the Great Mahayana Demon Venerable Ruins is settled, I will immediately gather the troops and go to the East Desolate to slaughter their entire families!"

"Shut up! If you want to die, don't drag me with you!!!"

Jun Wudao almost jumped in fright and firmly covered the Protector's mouth. He lowered his voice, his tone filled with extreme terror and pleading: "Don't mention the East Desolate! From today on, no one from the Huangtian Divine Sect is allowed to step into the East Desolate! That place is a Shura field in sheep's clothing! That existence... is not someone we can afford to provoke!"

The Protector was completely baffled by Jun Wudao's crazed appearance, but he could only shut his mouth resentfully.

Just then, the Sword Son of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land in the distance sneered and mocked loudly:

"Jun Wudao, did you go to the East Desolate and leave your courage in that garbage dump? Today, the Great Mahayana Demon Venerable Ruins are about to open, yet you haven't even brought out your natal vehicle, the purple-gold divine seat. Could it be that someone in the East Desolate stole it? Hahaha!"

Facing this extremely malicious mockery, Jun Wudao would have normally summoned his Magic Treasure and attacked.

But today, he only swallowed his saliva in a rare display of restraint. Not only did he not retort, but he also shrank back guiltily.

Stolen? It was more than just stolen; I almost lost my damn life!

"Buzz—!"

Just as the major powers of Central State were jostling against each other and waiting for the ruins to open...

In the sky above the God-Burying Abyss, a sudden and extremely violent spatial fluctuation occurred!

This fluctuation was so vast that it even caused the bottomless God-Burying Abyss below to churn with waves of black Devilish Qi!

"What's going on?! Such terrifying spatial tearing! Is a Mahayana Stage old monster trying to descend by force?!"

All the Void Returning Stage powerhouses present changed expression simultaneously, summoning their Magic Treasures and staring intently at the huge spatial crack being slowly torn open in the sky.

"Roar—!"

Accompanied by nine world-shaking roars of flood dragons, nine phantoms of Purple-Gold Flood Dragons hundreds of feet long pulled an extremely luxurious purple-gold divine seat that emitted endless pressure, crushing its way out of the spatial crack in an extremely high-profile and arrogant manner!

The moment they saw this divine seat...

The powerhouses of Central State were all collectively stunned.

"That... that is..."

The Sword Son of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land widened his eyes.

"The purple-gold divine seat?! Isn't that the Sect-protecting treasure of the Huangtian Divine Sect, the exclusive vehicle of Divine Son Jun Wudao?!" The Elder of the Netherworld Demon Sect was also dumbfounded.

Everyone's gaze turned in unison toward Jun Wudao, who was as pale as paper in the corner.

Didn't you say you didn't bring your ride? Why did it fly out from the sky?! Could it be that your Sect Master personally came to support you?!

However, when that purple-gold divine seat completely passed through the spatial crack and floated above the God-Burying Abyss, and they saw the person sitting on it...

The entire Central State gathering fell into a deathly, eerie silence.

On the divine seat, there was no immortal-looking Huangtian Sect Master.

Instead, there was a handsome youth wearing an extremely casual ice-silk bathrobe and bare feet.

The youth was leaning lazily against the purple-gold backrest with his eyes closed, seemingly enjoying the afternoon sun.

Beside him stood an enchanting woman in red with peerless beauty, respectfully using her jade-like hands to peel a type of grape that emitted a hundred-thousand-year Chaos aura, gently feeding them into the youth's mouth.

And around the youth's neck, an ice-blue little snake was wrapped in an extremely incongruous manner, huffing and puffing out cold air to serve as a fully automatic cooling scarf.

This scene, this style...

Compared to the murderous and solemn God-Burying Abyss, it looked like he was on vacation in the Maldives!

"Gulp..."

Someone, in extreme shock, swallowed hard.

"Who is that kid? How dare he sit on the divine seat of the Huangtian Divine Sect?!"

"He has no spiritual energy fluctuations at all! A Mortal?! Impossible, how could a Mortal cross the void?!"

"Hiss! Look at the grapes the maid is feeding him... those are flowing with Chaos qi... those are Immortal Herbs over a hundred thousand years old! He's eating Immortal Herbs as snacks?!"

Just as the heroes of Central State were filled with suspicion and some even wanted to step forward and test him...

"Thump!"

A crisp and loud sound of kneeling broke the silence.

Under everyone's ghost-seeing gazes...

The Divine Son of the Huangtian Divine Sect, Jun Wudao, actually pushed aside the Protector beside him regardless of everything. Like a Husky that had seen its master, he scrambled and crawled to the position directly beneath the purple-gold divine seat.

Then, the dignified Central State Divine Son slammed his knees heavily into the void and prostrated himself, shouting in a voice that was extremely fanatical and humble to the bone:

"Junior Jun Wudao! Welcomes Senior to Central State! Senior must be tired from the long journey, thank you for your hard work!!!"

Silence.

Dead silence.

This time, even the sound of the wind stopped.

The Sword Son of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land was stunned. The Elder of the Netherworld Demon Sect was dazed. The Protector of the Huangtian Divine Sect almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, his Dao Heart cracking on the spot.

Their own Divine Son, a peerless Prodigy ranked in the top three of Central State, was actually kowtowing and greeting a strange youth sitting on his own vehicle?! He even asked the person if they were tired from stealing his car?!

Is this world crazy?!

On the divine seat...

Lin Yuan swallowed the Chaos grape and lazily opened his eyes.

He lowered his head slightly and glanced at Jun Wudao, who was kneeling below and trembling all over.

"Oh, it's you. Delivery Boy." Lin Yuan yawned. "This purple-gold chair is indeed quite comfortable to sit on, and the shock absorption is good. It's just that the wind was a bit strong when crossing the spatial crack; it messed up my hairstyle."

"Senior's lesson is correct! It is because this Junior's Magic Treasure is of too low a grade and has wronged Senior's immortal body! When I return, I will definitely add the top windproof Formations to it!"

Jun Wudao didn't have the slightest temper; instead, he followed the lead. His extremely fawning appearance made the surrounding Central State powerhouses feel a wave of nausea.

"Divine Son! Are you crazy?! You actually knelt to a mere child with no cultivation? All the face of our Huangtian Divine Sect has been thrown away by you!"

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The Void Returning Stage Grand Protector of the Huangtian Divine Sect finally could not hold back.

He roared, his terrifying Early Stage Void Returning aura erupting, forming a giant spiritual hand capable of crushing stars. It bypassed Jun Wudao and grabbed fiercely at Lin Yuan on the purple-gold divine seat!

"Young brat, daring to insult our Divine Sect, die for this Venerable!"

Facing this angry strike from a Void Returning Stage expert, Lin Yuan did not even lift an eyelid.

"Hum!"

Without Lin Yuan moving, the peerless demoness Tantai Jinyue, standing by his side, saw her eyes—previously soft as water—instantly transform into an endless sea of Shura blood!

"Daring to speak rudely to Young Master, die!"

Tantai Jinyue stepped out of the purple-gold divine seat!

Her demon core, fused with the [Divine Elephant Particles] gifted by Lin Yuan, erupted at this moment with terrifying physical blood energy and Devilish Qi, far exceeding the half-step Soul Transformation Stage and approaching the Void Returning Stage!

Without using any Spells, Tantai Jinyue simply lifted her slender, beautiful right leg and slashed it through the air at the giant spiritual hand with extreme simplicity and brutality!

"Boom — — — — — — — —!!!"

The red demonic light was like a blade splitting the heavens!

The giant spiritual hand, condensed by the Void Returning Stage expert, was like tofu hitting a blade upon touching her leg wind; it was instantly split in two and shattered into a rain of spiritual light!

The violent rebound force spread through the void. The Grand Protector turned pale, spat out blood, and flew backward like a cannonball, smashing into a distant mountain Peak. Life or death unknown!

Instant kill!

Another instant kill!

And this time, the one killed was a real Void Returning Stage expert from Central Province!

"Hiss — —!"

The entire venue gasped in unison.

The eyes of all the Central Province experts turned from contempt and confusion to extreme, fearful awe!

A maid who served tea and fed grapes had crippled a Void Returning Stage Protector with a single whip kick?!

That... that youth sitting on the divine seat, called "Young Master" so respectfully by his maid, and worshipped by Jun Wudao... how terrifying must he be?!

Could he really be a True Immortal descended from the Upper Realm?!

At this moment, no one dared to doubt Lin Yuan's strength. In the cultivation world, strength is respected. If your fist is big enough, even if you're taking a dump in a bathrobe, others will think you are comprehending the Heavenly Dao!

"Noisy."

Lin Yuan picked his ear casually, not caring about the interlude.

He stood up, walked to the edge of the divine seat, and looked down at the bottomless [God-Burying Abyss] churning with thick Devilish Qi.

At the very bottom, a ten-thousand-foot-tall ancient bronze gate, carved with countless terrifying demon god totems, emitted a death aura that refused all living beings to approach.

"Is this the ruin of that so-called Great Mahayana Demon Venerable?"

Lin Yuan pulled the complete [Wan Hua Demon Cave map] from his bosom.

"Yes, Young Master." Tantai Jinyue returned to Lin Yuan's side and reported respectfully, "Below is the entrance to the Wan Hua Demon Cave. This demon gate is attached with the Origin Laws of a Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable. Without the complete map as a key, even an Undergoing Tribulation stage expert would be corroded into a puddle of pus by the Devilish Qi if they tried to force their way in."

The surrounding Central Province heroes turned red-eyed upon hearing this. They had been guarding here for months, weren't they waiting for this complete map? They didn't expect this unfathomable youth to have collected it!

Although they were jealous, the deterrent power of Tantai Jinyue's kick was still fresh, and no one dared to step forward to snatch it.

"Just opening a door, making it so troublesome."

Lin Yuan threw the map like trash toward the bronze gate at the bottom of the abyss.

"Hum — —!"

The moment the complete sheepskin scroll touched the bronze gate, the entire God-Burying Abyss erupted with a terrifying howl, like billions of ghosts and gods crying together!

The ten-thousand-foot bronze gate, closed for tens of thousands of years, slowly creaked open. A wave of ancient Devilish Qi, ten or a hundred times thicker than the Demon Suppressing Death Prison in the Eastern Wasteland, surged out like a volcanic eruption!

"The door is open! The Mahayana ruin is open!"

The Central Province Cultivators were trembling with excitement, but only dared to watch from afar, not daring to cross the line. Because the surging Devilish Qi was too terrifying; Cultivators below the Soul Transformation Stage would immediately suffer Qi Deviation if they touched a trace of it.

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction at the demonic gate that looked like a giant beast's mouth.

"Let's go, let's go in and get some goods. I hope this poor Mahayana Stage guy has something worth taking home."

Lin Yuan sat back on the purple-gold divine seat and tapped his knuckles on the armrest twice.

"Roar — —!"

The nine dragon phantoms on the divine seat roared, pulling the luxurious carriage, ignoring the terrifying Devilish Qi that could corrode Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators, and extremely arrogantly... dove straight into the ten-thousand-foot bronze gate!

Until Lin Yuan's purple-gold divine seat completely disappeared into the depths of the demon gate, the Central Province heroes above the God-Burying Abyss gasped for air as if waking from a dream.

Jun Wudao climbed up from the ground, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and a look of complex relief and ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

Relief that he didn't foolishly provoke that living Yama.

Ruthlessness as he looked at the Central Province prodigies who had mocked him earlier.

"What are you looking at?! This God Son kneeling to the Senior is my supreme honor! You don't even have the qualifications to carry the Senior's shoes!"

Jun Wudao sneered, "The ruin is open. If you aren't afraid of death, go in and pick up the leftovers the Senior doesn't want!"

After speaking, Jun Wudao led the remaining people of the Huangtian Divine Sect and turned into a stream of light, rushing into the demon gate.

Seeing this, other super forces couldn't hold back, each using their own methods, rushing into the Wan Hua Demon Cave like crucian carp crossing a river.

A grand treasure-snatching drama of the highest level in Central Province officially kicked off in the tomb of the Great Mahayana Demon Venerable.

And at this moment, Lin Yuan, who entered the Wan Hua Demon Cave first, encountered the first "welcoming ceremony" of the ruins.

After passing through the bronze gate, what appeared before them was not a magnificent underground palace, but an endless — [White Bone Wasteland]!

The ground was covered with crystal-clear bones, and pale bone ash drifted in the sky.

The moment the purple-gold divine seat drove into the wasteland, "Click, click, click..."

The countless bones on the ground suddenly combined crazily! In the blink of an eye, a full one hundred thousand [Skeleton Demon Soldiers], holding bone blades and with nether ghost fire jumping in their eye sockets, surrounded Lin Yuan's carriage like a white ocean!

And at the forefront of these one hundred thousand Skeleton Demon Soldiers stood three [White Bone Demon Generals], one hundred feet tall, exuding the terrifying aura of the Peak Void Returning Stage!

"Those who trespass on the Demon Venerable's resting place... death without mercy!"

The three White Bone Demon Generals issued a dry Soul roar, and the one hundred thousand skeleton army surged like a tide. The military might was enough to flatten a super Sect in an instant!

Facing this desperate situation that would make the Central Province heroes despair, Lin Yuan yawned extremely boredly on the purple-gold divine seat.

He didn't draw his sword, nor did he erupt with the physical nuclear explosion of fifty thousand Divine Elephant Particles.

He just threw the little ice-blue snake that had been coiled around his neck like a scarf, like throwing a rag, straight into the center of the one hundred thousand skeleton army.

"Little Ice, slept for three months, time to do some work."

Lin Yuan's voice echoed leisurely on the White Bone Wasteland, "These bone racks are too unsightly, lower the temperature of this wasteland for me."

The little snake thrown into mid-air, the moment it heard the words "do some work", a supreme cruelty and coldness, exclusive to an ancient Great Perfection Soul Transformation Stage demon beast, erupted from its originally flattering, harmless, big cute eyes!

"Awoo — — — —!!!"

A terrifying dragon roar that shattered the sky of the entire White Bone Wasteland exploded!