"My Spirit Stones!"

The Big Black Cat wailed inwardly, seething with anger but daring not to protest as he watched Suibai snatch a Spirit Stone from his paw. He stood frozen, holding his breath, his gaze fixed intently on Suibai.

The secret of the Spirit Stones was about to be unveiled by Suibai.

What awaited them…?

The Suibai before them, despite appearing as delicate and cherubic as a child carved from pink jade, was actually the most terrifying humanoid monster. His thoughts were inscrutable, his nature complex and ever-changing.

No one knew if Suibai would turn on them.

At this moment, the expressions of Luo Li and the others changed drastically. Their bodies trembled subtly, and they were too frightened to utter a word. This Suibai was too cunning. If he discovered the Divine Nature within the Spirit Stones, would he make an exorbitant demand and seize all their Spirit Stones?

After Suibai grabbed the Spirit Stone, he didn't absorb it immediately. Instead, he held it before his eyes, examining it closely.

"This Spirit Stone... it looks very familiar!" Suibai mumbled to himself.

As he finished speaking, the Spirit Stone in his hand suddenly transformed into Spiritual Power and was absorbed into him.

"Ah, that's satisfying!"

After absorbing the Spiritual Power from the Spirit Stone, Suibai closed his normally sinister eyes, a sound of extreme contentment escaping his lips. A few seconds later, he opened his eyes.

"These Spirit Stones are of great use to me… Give me all the Spirit Stones you have!"

Suibai's eyebrow twitched, and his strange eyes revealed an indescribable murderous aura. This killing intent was bone-chilling. As it swept over the six of them, they felt as if they had been plunged into an ice cellar, shivering violently from the extreme cold.

"Suibai, your cultivation base is already so high. Do you truly need these insignificant Spirit Stones?" the Big Black Cat asked, mustering his courage, unwilling to relinquish their Spirit Stones.

"Enough nonsense!" Suibai snapped. "These Spirit Stones are crucial to me. Helping me is helping yourselves, understand?"

At that moment, though Suibai was small in stature, a colossal, illusory shadow materialized behind him. The shadow's face was indistinct, but it radiated immense power, and its terrifying, heaven-encompassing aura instilled deep despair.

THUMP!

Cat Bao, who had the weakest cultivation base, broke out in a cold sweat. Her knees buckled, and she collapsed to the ground. The others were also swaying, on the verge of collapse.

"Since Suibai needs Spirit Stones, then we shall give them to him!" Luo Li declared, taking a deep breath and making her decision. She retrieved a storage bag and gently tossed it to Suibai.

Seeing their Sect Master act, the others quickly followed suit. Six bags filled with Spirit Stones flew towards Suibai.

An ecstatic expression appeared on Suibai's face. With a wave of his small hand, he caught the bags and emptied them all onto the ground.

CLATTER!

A vast mound of Spirit Stones piled up, resembling a small mountain, exuding an overwhelming, surging spiritual energy.

Suibai, his small hands clasped behind his back, walked slowly around the mountain-like pile of Spirit Stones, clicking his tongue in admiration. "A full 600,000 Spirit Stones! You little ones are all quite wealthy."

"We had no choice, Suibai," the Big Black Cat said with a shrug and an expression of utmost "sincerity." "You've shown us immeasurable kindness along the way. Now that you need Spirit Stones, we've contributed all of ours."

Hearing this, the other five almost burst out laughing. The Old Ancestor had given them a considerable number of Spirit Stones, ten million each. Although they had consumed a fair amount during this time, it was merely a drop in the bucket compared to the 10,000,000 Spirit Stones each had initially received. Yet, the Big Black Cat claimed this was their entire fortune.

This was for the best, they thought. As the saying goes, a person's greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. If Suibai believes we've given him all our Spirit Stones, he shouldn't trouble us further. They all clung to this hope.

Standing beside the small mountain of Spirit Stones, Suibai spread his arms, palms facing the stones, and began to absorb them frantically. The Spirit Stones vanished continuously, transforming into copious Spiritual Power that surged towards him like two white pythons, drilling into his palms.

"This feels so good! What exactly is contained within these Spirit Stones? I have some vague impression, but I can't quite recall…" Suibai mumbled to himself, his eyes closed, an expression of pure bliss on his face, as if trying to remember something.

Hearing Suibai's words, everyone exchanged glances, utterly shocked, the hairs on their bodies standing on end. If Suibai were a local cultivator, even if his former self possessed an Eternal Realm cultivation base, he couldn't possibly know the origin of the Divine Nature within these Spirit Stones. But Suibai's words, intentionally or not, seemed to reveal a crucial piece of information: Suibai—he had encountered Spirit Stones brimming with Divine Nature before.

Could it be that Suibai is from the Divine Land?

At this thought, their hearts pounded, blood raced, and the tension escalated. They realized their previous assessment of Suibai had been inaccurate. If he truly hailed from the Divine Land, his cultivation base… was likely at the True God Realm.

In Luo Li's mind, Ye Yun's expression flickered upon hearing Suibai's words.

This Suibai truly has an extraordinary background, Ye Yun mused. If he is indeed from the Divine Land, then I am very interested.

A Spirit from the Divine Land, having lived in the Nether Immortal Ancient Land for so long, invaded by an uncanny power, suffering a severe drop in cultivation base, yet still alive.

He must harbor some secrets.

Regrettably, the Suibai before them seemed not to have fully recovered his memories.

I'll give him some more time, Ye Yun decided. Let's see what other tricks this Suibai can pull.

Thinking of the Seven Bone Dragons, Ye Yun's gaze shifted. It pierced through layers of black fog and crossed mountain ranges, finally settling on the bed of a vast, boundless Black Lake. Upon the sand and stones of the lakebed lay a massive, coiled Red-haired Bone Dragon. It remained motionless, allowing the lake currents to flow slowly through the gaps in its bones.

Ye Yun then looked in several other directions. A great black river coursed through the Nether Immortal Ancient Land, winding its way past seven Black Lakes. Near the forty-third and fifty-third Heavenly Mechanism Towers, a Black Lake was situated by each, and within each lake rested a dormant Red-haired Bone Dragon.

Following the river upstream, it was clear that near the sixty-third, seventy-third, eighty-third, ninety-third, and one hundred and third Heavenly Mechanism Towers, a Red-haired Bone Dragon slept within each Black Lake. The first six Red-haired Bone Dragons were similar in size; only the last one was twice as large. This final Red-haired Bone Dragon's strength had reached the tenth layer of the Eternal Realm.

"How interesting," Ye Yun thought. I never expected such a coincidental distribution within the Nether Immortal Ancient Land.

Ye Yun's eyes flickered. His Divine Sense floated high above the Nether Immortal Ancient Land, gazing down from above. These seven Black Lakes, whether a work of nature's miraculous artistry or man-made, were arranged in a pattern resembling the Big Dipper Map. Seven Lakes, arrayed like the Seven Stars, each harboring a Red-haired Bone Dragon.

At this astonishing discovery, Ye Yun couldn't help but gasp, his mind reeling in shock.

What could this mean? Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes also has a scheme laid out in the Nether Immortal Ancient Land?

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