Terran Guardian - Chapter 4063

Chapter 4038: A Great Harvest

Afterwards,

Shen Changqing went into seclusion to heal his injuries.

Now that he was wounded, if the remaining Dao traces weren’t completely suppressed and dispelled, the consequences would be significant.

In the previous battle,

he forcibly refined all the rare and precious materials he had collected.

However, after slaying the Immortal Emperor from the outer realm, Shen Changqing also conveniently collected some of his spoils.

Now, after taking stock, he discovered many top-tier rare and precious materials.

These

were perfect for his healing and refining.

Shen Changqing took out a blood-red fruit, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. A surge of life essence exploded from his abdomen, transforming into a torrent that engulfed his body.

The next moment,

Shen Changqing focused his mind and held his breath, refining these rare and precious materials to heal his injuries.

…

On the other side,

the battle at the Burial Immortal Ruins

swept through the entire Chaotic Land like a hurricane.

Many prodigies perished, causing the Burial Immortal Ruins to tremble.

The cultivators from both sides of Chaos were horrified upon hearing the news.

No one expected

that this battle would end with Shen Changqing sweeping away tens of thousands of Immortal Emperors from the outer realms.

In an instant,

the morale of the outer realms was severely damaged.

Although the number of cultivators from the outer realms who entered the Chaotic Lands was many times greater than that of the other side,

the battle at the Burial Immortal Ruins resulted in the deaths of many top experts, even including a top genius like Gu Jianchen.

Their strength suffered heavy losses.

Although in

the subsequent battle,

Shen Changqing killed Immortal Emperor Jiushan and others, and injured Luo Xinghe, half of the top ten geniuses from the original Immortal Emperor Stele still survived.

The remaining experts suffered even fewer losses.

With this shift in power

, the outer realms’ advantage gradually diminished.

Even so, the strength of both sides was evenly matched.

At the beginning,

the cultivators from the outer realms were still wary of Shen Changqing’s presence, and their actions were somewhat hesitant.

But as time passed and Shen Changqing remained hidden, the outer realms gradually became bolder.

Thus…

The battle between the two sides grew increasingly fierce.

…

At the same time

, in the outer chaos, a memorial tablet in an ancient divine palace suddenly shattered.

Following the first cracking sound, more tablets quickly followed suit.

The dense clattering caused the cultivator guarding the palace to immediately change his expression.

“Not good!”

Yun Xing Dao Ren dared not delay, immediately taking out a communication jade talisman. Then, looking at the shattered tablets, his face turned grim.

“What on earth happened to the Chaos Dao Palace that caused so many true disciples to perish, even Gu Jian Chen couldn’t escape!”

The cultivators who entered the Chaos Dao Palace this time were all top geniuses of the Boundless Divine Palace, at least among the true disciples.

Any one of them

had the potential to break through to the Half-Saint realm and attain immortality.

Although the Boundless Divine Palace was vast and powerful, any genius with the potential to break through to Half-Saint was a true backbone; losing one or two was acceptable.

However, now, numerous prodigies have perished, and all the true disciples who entered the Chaos Dao Palace have been wiped out.

Such losses

are enough to cripple the Boundless Divine Palace.

It will be difficult for it to recover for a long time to come.

After all,

cultivating prodigies is not easy.

It takes a lot of time and resources to cultivate any prodigy.

Now that a generation of prodigies has fallen, it means that the Boundless Divine Palace will have a gap, and it will take a long time to slowly make up for it.

Not long after,

a figure appeared out of thin air.

When he saw the other party appear, Daoist Yunxing hurriedly bowed and greeted him: “Greetings, Vice Palace Master!”

The person in front of him was Dongfang Yan, the Vice Palace Master of the Boundless Divine Palace, an unparalleled powerhouse whose skills were beyond creation.

Even though Daoist Yunxing was an elder of the Divine Palace and had reached the half-saint realm, he still looked up to this man with great respect and felt infinite awe.

Dongfang Yan did not speak, but his gaze fell on the soul tablets. His indifferent face turned slightly dark, and his brows furrowed imperceptibly.

“So many prodigies have perished, could it be that someone is targeting my Wuji Divine Palace?”

Dongfang Yan couldn’t help but think this way.

After all, the power that Wuji Divine Palace used this time was not weak; even if it wasn’t among the top tier in the Chaos Dao Palace, it was definitely not far behind.

Such a force entering the Chaos Dao Palace, even if it suffered some damage, shouldn’t have resulted in this situation.

Then,

Dongfang Yan glanced at Yunxing Daoren.

“Don’t make this public.”

“This humble Daoist obeys!”

Yunxing Daoren respectfully replied.

Then, Dongfang Yan’s figure disappeared.

The terrifying pressure gradually dissipated, allowing Yunxing Daoren to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Not long after,

Dongfang Yan appeared in another divine palace. Before him, a figure in purple robes sat cross-legged, the Three Thousand Great Daos condensed around him, the creation and destruction of all things in the chaos seemed to happen in an instant.

“All the prodigies who entered the Chaos Dao Palace have perished. I fear there’s something fishy about this, so I’ve come to report to the Palace Master, hoping for your decision!”

“The Chaos Dao Palace…”

Palace Master Wuji’s expression remained calm, his eyes flashing with divine light as he deduced the secrets of heaven.

After a long silence ,

the other shook his head slightly.

“The secrets of heaven are entangled, involving matters of two different Chaos Heavenly Daos. Even I can hardly glimpse much.

For now, it seems we can only wait for the Chaos Dao Palace to end and for the other cultivators to emerge from it before making any further decisions!”

“What does the Palace Master think? Is this matter related to the Chaos of the Other Realms?”

Dongfang Yan asked.

The Palace Master of Wuji remained silent for a long while before saying, “That’s unlikely. After all, in the last battle in the Chaotic Lands, our Chaos Realm achieved a great victory.

Not only did we recover the memories of the Chaotic Lands, but the number of cultivators entering the Chaos Dao Palace also increased significantly.

Logically speaking, the other realm shouldn’t have much of a chance of winning!”

He

paused, then added, “However, it cannot be ruled out that a peerless genius has appeared in the other realms. We can only find out the reason once other cultivators emerge.

Let’s put this matter aside for now and discuss it after the Chaos Dao Palace event concludes.”

Dongfang

Yan nodded slightly and then left.

Soon,

the news spread like wildfire.

Although Dongfang Yan had ordered that the news not be spread, the problem was that with so many geniuses fallen and their soul tablets shattered, it was difficult to truly conceal it.

Within a few days, the news had spread throughout the entire Wuji Divine Palace.

Upon learning this news, some disciples were shocked, while others were secretly delighted.

For most, the loss of a group of top geniuses from the Wuji Divine Palace wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

After all,

when these geniuses were around, a large amount of cultivation resources were allocated to them.

Now that these top geniuses had fallen, the cultivation resources that previously belonged to them would surely fall to them.

From this perspective, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

However, at the same time, news of the complete annihilation of cultivators from other forces also spread.

In an instant,

the chaos trembled.

If the complete annihilation of the Wuji Divine Palace was somewhat shocking, it was still somewhat acceptable.

But now that many top forces had almost all suffered total annihilation, it was a different story.

It was hard to imagine

what kind of danger could have caused so many geniuses to perish.

Therefore,

led by the Wuji Divine Palace, the powerful figures of many top forces gathered together, wanting to combine their strength to forcibly deduce the secrets of heaven.

Unfortunately, the Chaotic Land involved two separate Chaotic Heavenly Daos, which they couldn’t possibly shake.

Ultimately,

the matter was left unresolved.

However, the other cultivators were aware that beneath the seemingly calm surface, undercurrents were surging.

…

Inside the first level of space,

Shen Changqing opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of turbid air, feeling much lighter.

He then examined himself internally, finding all his Dao marks and injuries gone.

His strength

had truly recovered to its original state.

No—

to be precise—

after this recovery, Shen Changqing felt that his strength seemed even greater than before.

His blood circulation and even his control over his own power had become increasingly adept.

Such a change

naturally pleased him.

“Life-or-death battles are indeed more useful than secluded cultivation.

Closed-door training can never compare to this kind of enlightenment gained through life-or-death experience.

After this battle, my strength has advanced another step!”

Shen Changqing thought to himself.

Of course,

this improvement wasn’t very significant.

However, it must be understood that with his current strength, even a slight increase would be quite astonishing for other Immortal Emperors.

Next,

Shen Changqing reassessed his gains from the battle.

He first glanced at the Ascension Ranking.

His ranking was now unmistakably first.

…

Shen Changqing, first on the Ascension Ranking, slain 6,589 cultivators, accumulating 890,000 strands of Creation Profound Essence!

…

Upon seeing this ranking and the amount of Creation Profound Essence, Shen Changqing couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

“890,000 strands of Creation Profound Essence!”

His eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Such a vast amount of Creation Profound Essence was undeniable.

In the previous Chaotic Land, the person with the most Creation Profound Essence only had five figures.

But now,

in the battle of the Burial Immortal Ruins,

not only had his Creation Profound Essence directly broken through to six figures, but he had also stepped into the 890,000 level.

Given this situation, with further accumulation, breaking through to one million strands of Creation Profound Essence would be a piece of cake.

However—

this ease was relative.

One hundred thousand units of Creation Profoundness is an astronomical figure for other cultivators.

Currently, the second-ranked cultivator only has around nine thousand units of Creation Profoundness.

The difference is roughly a hundredfold.

Looking at the Outer Realm Ascension

Ranking, the top ten names are all grayed out, signifying the fall of the top ten prodigies.

Further down, it becomes clear that most of the top one hundred are also grayed out.

“It seems that in the battle of the Burial Immortal Ruins, most of the top experts on the Outer Realm Ascension Ranking have perished.

However, the Chaotic Land hasn’t been open for very long, and the previously ranked cultivators haven’t accumulated much Creation Profoundness.

Given time, someone should be able to re-enter the top ten and replace those fallen prodigies!”

Shen Changqing mused.

He was currently in seclusion healing, and a hundred years had passed in the outside world, yet no new cultivators had entered the top ten of the Ascension Ranking.

However,

Shen Changqing wasn’t in a hurry.

A hundred years is not a long time.

The Chaotic Land has existed for thousands of years. During such a long period of time, it is inevitable that some cultivators from the outer regions will be able to enter the top ten.

Shen Changqing’s task was simply to wait for a new cultivator to enter the top ten, then find and suppress them.

Of course,

it wasn’t just the top ten.

Anyone in the top thousand of the Ascension Ranking was his target.

As for those beyond the top thousand, the amount of Creation Profound Energy they could contribute was limited.

Rather than suppressing them all, it was better to nurture them, thus allowing them to contribute more Creation Profound Energy.

“If I could break through a million Creation Profound Energy, I wonder if I could obtain an unparalleled opportunity, allowing me to directly step into the Half-Saint Realm!”

Thinking this, Shen Changqing felt a faint sense of anticipation.

After all, no one had ever been able to gather a million Creation Profound Energy, and even tens of thousands were rare.

Therefore,

whether a million Creation Profound Energy could allow someone to break through the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and step into the Half-Saint Realm was uncertain.

But one thing

Shen Changqing was certain of:

the Heavenly Dao opportunity obtained from a million Creation Profound Energy was an unimaginable existence.

However,

Creation Profound Energy was only a part of the gains from this battle.

Besides these, the remaining treasures belong to the many geniuses from other realms.

First,

there are numerous rare and precious natural materials.

There are a full 563 rare and precious natural materials at the Immortal Emperor level and above alone. This doesn’t even include those lost due to the collapse of their own universes after the Immortal Emperors’ fall, or the treasures left behind by the Burial Ruins of Immortals.

It’s important to understand

that rare and precious natural materials are so valuable because each one has its own unique characteristics, making them invaluable to many cultivators.

The only pity is that there aren’t any rare and precious natural materials like the Taixu Creation Fruit here.

But this is normal.

Not only is the Taixu Creation Fruit extremely rare

, but even if a cultivator did obtain it, they would undoubtedly refine it immediately and rarely keep it.

Keeping rare and precious natural materials that enhance one’s aptitude and foundation would be a waste.

Consuming them sooner allows them to take effect sooner.

Then,

there are the Innate Emperor Weapons.

There are 153 Innate Emperor Weapons, six of which are at the seventh rank.

Even though Shen Changqing was somewhat prepared, he was still greatly shocked upon learning of the sheer number of Innate Emperor Weapons.

Innate Emperor Weapons are incredibly precious!

In the outside world, any single Innate Emperor Weapon would be fought over by countless Immortal Emperors, and even ordinary Half-Saints might not possess one.

Not to mention,

Innate Emperor Weapons that reach the seventh rank are extremely rare.

After all, there are nine ranks of Innate Emperor Weapons, and the seventh rank is already considered superior.

Any ninth-rank Innate Emperor Weapon is extraordinary.

Above

that are Creation Treasures.

Such treasures are beyond the reach of even Saints, let alone Half-Saints.

Therefore,

seventh-rank Innate Emperor Weapons are indeed extremely valuable.

Many prodigies from powerful forces struggle to even possess an ordinary Innate Emperor Weapon; as for seventh-rank Innate Emperor Weapons like these, only the true core disciples of supreme powers have a chance of obtaining them.

Shen Changqing recalled that these six seventh-grade innate imperial weapons seemed to have been contributed by the top twenty geniuses on the outer realm’s ascension list.