The Prodigies War

The sky was clear blue, untainted by any impurities. The sea breeze was blowing gently, bringing bursts of refreshing and sweet air.

The sun was warm and pleasant, and the seawater in the area was clean and clear with white sea waves blooming like flowers. The sea stretched to as far as the eyes could see like a vast immortal land.

A small boat floated on the sea, slowly sailing westward.

Toady’s triumphant laughter rang from the small boat from time to time. He couldn’t stop

grinning as he counted his harvest in the Deva Secret Realm.

It was too great!

There were all sorts of rare medicinal herbs, ores and materials, as well as various treasures looted from enemy corpses.

He felt a great sense of satisfaction.

But he was most pleased that he obtained the innate inheritance that belonged to his Three-Legged Golden Toad Clan from the enlightenment in the ancient hall on the mountain peak!

In the past, his combat strength was never remarkable, and he always had to flee in embarrassment when he encountered a powerful attacker. If it weren't for his rough skin, thick flesh and tenacious life force, he would have died already.

Now, it was different. He had begun to comprehend the innate inheritance art that belonged to his own clan. It wouldn’t be long until his strength soared!

“Damn it, that’s so unfair!”

However, he couldn’t help but freeze in amazement when he saw Lin Xun counting his spoils. His smug look turned to envy.

On the ground in front of Lin Xun were heaps of rare medicinal herbs, treasures, and rune materials.

There were also various treasures stacked up like little hills, including swords, spears, swords and halberds, but also many ancient treasures!

In addition, in front of him sat a dozen kinds of cultivation books, bottles of rare elixirs, and high-quality aeth crystals.

There were too many.

The glow from the treasures was so dazzling and magnificent that it suffused the cabin and illuminated everything.

Other cultivators would be mad with envy if they saw Lin Xun’s loot.

Part of it was found by himself, but the majority was looted from enemies.

As the saying went: a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income.

It was no wonder that cultivators liked to kill and seize treasures in Deva Secret Realm. Such violent means of obtaining treasures were the most direct and effective.

“Hmph!” Toady didn’t care about his image and rushed over to get a share of the pie.

“Get lost!” Lin Xun slapped him on the back of the head before sending him flying with a kick to his stomach.

“I have worked hard for you along the way! I at least deserve credit for my efforts, right? Kid, don’t tell me you plan to keep everything to yourself.” Toady looked sullen.

Lin Xun quickly put away the spoils. “You don’t lack treasures now. It would be a waste to give them to you.”

Toady kept grinding his teeth. “I can’t believe you would act so righteous when you wouldn’t share with other people. How shameless! I’ve never seen anyone more shameless than you!”

Lin Xun rolled his eyes, ignored him and took out the Nameless Pagoda.

In truth, his greatest harvest in Deva Secret Realm was hidden on the first floor of the Nameless Pagoda.

It was the spoils from a group of Saint-level figures!

This included Lin Lang, the saintess of the Blood Lion Clan, and Yu Xiaosheng, the saint of the Dragon Whale Clan.

In addition, Lin Xun had killed the saint of the Jade Qilin Clan and Gong Yangyu and seized their extraordinary treasures.

Similarly, he also defeated Niu Tuntian, Kong Xiu and Xuan Luozi. Although their spirits managed to escape in the end, their bodies and treasures were left behind, so they were added to Lin Xun’s loot.

Lin Xun was organizing those spoils, which were even more valuable than the previous.

In the process, besides being repeatedly astonished, he also gasped incessantly.

It was normal. There were far too many types of treasures, many of which were of superb quality! It was difficult to even find an ordinary item!

The most eye-catching pieces of loot had to be the dragon bone trident and the dazzling jade ruler left by Yu Xiaosheng and the Jade Qilin Clan Saint, respectively.

These two items were no doubt ancestral weapons of their respective clans!

The great dragon bone trident was called the Heaven Sealing Trident.

The jade ruler was called Disorderly Devastation Ruler

Even though the two treasures were being suppressed in the Nameless Pagoda, they were constantly resisting and their spiritual intelligence couldn’t be subdued.

Lin Xun knew that he wouldn’t be able to suppress them if he brought them out. Instead, that would only give them the chance to escape!

Fortunately, the Nameless Pagoda contained the two treasures with its amazing powers. But Lin Xun likely wouldn’t be able to operate them for the time being.

Unless he gained the ability to completely refine them.

In addition, the saint-level figures had also carried many aeth pills and cultivation arts.

Every one of them had its own mysterious effect and wonderful truth of the great dao. They were considered a secret art of their clans and of immeasurable value.

Any one of them could cause turmoil if revealed to the outside world as it would trigger countless cultivators to fight over them.

Now, Lin Xun had pocketed all the secret inheritance arts.

It was no wonder that all the influential figures outside Return Dominion were crazy to kill Lin Xun.

No one could tolerate the secret arts of their clan being taken away.

“Unfortunately, although these secret cultivation arts are remarkable, I can only use them as references. Only a handful are suitable for my own cultivation...” Lin Xun muttered.

It was impossible to completely master and learn arts that were in conflict with his great dao.

Of course, that didn’t mean the arts were of little value, but it was more of a problem with whether they were suitable for him or not.

Even if they were not suitable, he could study and comprehend their secrets to complement and perfect his own cultivation!

……

“I finally found it!”

Lin Xun’s eyes lit up with excitement.

A pure white jade-like flower came into his view. It was almost translucent like an illusory, and each of its nine petals was imbued with Dao Ripple and a sacred glow.

Dao-Refining Seaspirit Flower

Lin Xun had initially agreed to travel to the Deva Secret Realm with Zhao Jingxuan in hope of finding the flower to help Spirit Vulture treat the Demon Tribulation Poison.

However, he had encountered too many twists and turns after entering the Deva Secret Realm and hadn’t been able to make much progress in his search.

Fortunately, he had won a lot of spoils and discovered the rare flower among them.

“With this thing, Spirit Vulture can restore his cultivation...”

Lin Xun thought of Spirit Vulture, Xia Zhi, Lin Zhong and Xiaoke on Mind Cleansing Peak.

Almost three months had passed since he left for the Deva Secret Realm.

The amount of time wasn’t long, but he felt that he had been away for a lifetime.

“Boy, don’t you think that your biggest achievement this time is actually the pagoda?” Toady suddenly asked, snapping Lin Xun out of his contemplation.

He opened his eyes to see Toady staring at the Nameless Pagoda with a blazing gaze, but his expression was unusually solemn.

“It’s only because of it that you obtained the mysterious dao verse. It is also because of it that the old ape’s attitude towards you changed and he even allowed you to study the Nine Pure Sacred Light Art and helped you leave the secret realm safely.”

Toady’s expression grew increasingly solemn as he said each word with a noticeable pause, “So it can be concluded that the pagoda’s background is unimaginably extraordinary.”

Lin Xun nodded. He had the same thought, and he even speculated that the Nameless Pagoda and the mysterious Fangchun were intricately connected.

“However, you have to be extra careful. The greater the pagoda’s background, the more terrifying the karma is involved,” Toady reminded.

Lin Xun shivered. Currently, he only had a vague understanding of karma.

However, if the pagoda indeed had an origin beyond imagination, then it might indeed bring unpredictable karma to him one day.

The Omega Secret Realm flashed across Lin Xun’s mind. Its origin and background were as mysterious as the Nameless Pagoda.

After a long period of contemplation, Lin Xun smiled. “Karma, gains and losses are all part of my cultivation path. If I worry about it, it will only disturb my state of mind.”

“Have you understood it?” asked Toady.

“Understood what?” Lin Xun snapped, “I’m just saying that everything has happened already. I don’t care if it’s a blessing or a curse in the future!”

Toady chuckled. “Yes, yes, my generation of cultivators should be like this.”

……

From time to time, fish broke the calm and peaceful sea surface, leaping into the air and sending ripples across the surface. Mysterious birds hovered across the sky, producing melodious cries.

The small boat carried Lin Xun and Toady westward at a slow speed because neither of them could tell where they were situated.

Dusk fell. The sky was painted fiery red by the setting sun, and the sapphire sea water was bathed in an orange-red shimmery glow. Its ethereal beauty and majesty filled the mind.

“So spectacular.” Lin Xun was standing at the bow of the boat, his black hair and moon-white robe billowing in the sea breeze.

He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sunset and the sea of flames and marveling at the magic of nature.

Toady said disdainfully, “Hmph, you haven’t seen much. In ancient times, there was a sacred place called Sunset Current Valley. There, a golden mythological bird transformed into a giant sun and released a divine brilliance that illuminated all heavens all year round. Only that kind of scene can be called a heavenly wonder.”

“Sunset Current Valley? Since it was a sacred place in ancient times, then how could you have seen it? It seems like you only heard about it...”

As Lin Xun lifted his head back and took deep gulps of wine from a gourd, he could see the sky already littered with tiny silver stars. Night was descending.

At dusk, when day and night blurred, when the clear and turbid divided, the changes were the most stirring.

The seawater seemed to be vaporizing like sunset clouds, the sun dropped below the horizon from afar, the sky dimmed and stars loomed. Day was about to pass, making way for the night.

Lin Xun stood on the small boat, welcoming the sea breeze and gazing into the distance. All he could see was vast, empty space as though only the small boat was left in the world.

The quiet and remote scenery gave Lin Xun the feeling that he had transcended worldliness.

Vaguely, his strength and cultivation base were becoming restless, almost breaking out of his control. He was about to break through into the next cultivation level!