Primordial Star Scripture

Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen both smiled, "Fellow Taoist Ye Chen, you killed these five people, so you should take all their belongings. We two didn't exert much effort."

After some polite refusals, seeing that Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen insisted, Ye Chen could only accept the items.

These "Golden Light Quintuplets," as the renowned Nine-Tribulation True Gods from the Golden Light God City, carried items of significant value. Not to mention various treasures, the Black Divine Coins alone amounted to several million.

Originally, after purchasing the "Divine Thunder Pearl" and the Divine Stones for controlling the ice puppets, Ye Chen was running low on Black Divine Coins. Now, having acquired several million Black Divine Coins from the Golden Light Quintuplets, he had stumbled upon an unexpected windfall.

Of course, the most valuable were the two golden divine banners and the "Void Sky Shears."

Especially the "Void Sky Shears," an exceptional Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact, ranking at the same level as Ye Chen's "Crimson Fire" flying sword.

If it weren't for Ye Chen wearing the "Star Blue Divine Garment," forged from the rudimentary form of a supreme heavenly item, and having the "Nine Swords of Annihilation" taught by the powerful nine-star Sovereign Ku Du, he might have truly fallen into the hands of the Golden Light Quintuplets.

"The Void Sky Shears have not yet recognized a master. I've found the method to activate them from the soul of the young leader, so I can try to refine them and use them as a powerful treasure."

"Now that this matter is over, it's time to head to the 'Flame Mountain' in the Fiery Realm."

"But before that, there's another matter to attend to…"

With a thought, Ye Chen let Nie Ningnin, who had been hiding from the battle inside the jade pendant, fly out from the pendant.

"Fellow Taoist Nie Ningnin, I will be heading to the Fiery Realm with these two fellow Taoists. What are your plans?" Ye Chen glanced at Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen, then turned to Nie Ningnin with a smile.

"Ye Chen!" Nie Ningnin's eyes shone brightly as she looked at Ye Chen.

The girl never expected that her granduncle, City Lord Nie, asking Ye Chen to help them in the Nine Suns Ancient Land if possible would result in Ye Chen actually saving her life!

Not only did he slay the five Nine-Tribulation True Gods pursuing her, but even the five stronger True Gods who arrived later were no match for Ye Chen.

Nie Ningnin's admiration for Ye Chen reached its ultimate extent.

The girl flipped her palm, and a ruler-shaped treasure emitting a faint blue divine light appeared in her fair hand: "This treasure is a high-grade Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact. I stumbled upon it and was pursued by those five because of it."

"Ye Chen, if not for you, I would definitely be dead by their hands by now. Take this treasure; as a Four Tribulations True God, I'm not yet capable of truly wielding its power."
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A high-grade Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact?

Ye Chen looked at the ruler-shaped treasure in Nie Ningnin's palm, emitting a faint blue divine light, and saw that the restrictions on it were extraordinarily powerful; it seemed to be a rather impressive attack-type Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact.

Though it did not compare to the "Crimson Fire" flying sword and the "Void Sky Shears," such top-tier Heaven-reaching Divine Artifacts, many a God King would likely covet this item.

No wonder the slightly weaker Nine-Tribulation True Gods from Golden Light God City relentlessly pursued Nie Ningnin, eager to snatch this treasure from her.

However, precious as the treasure was, Ye Chen certainly wouldn't take it.

He had killed the "Golden Light Quintuplets" and collected their items as an afterthought, but this ruler-shaped treasure was Nie Ningnin's chance encounter, and of course, he wouldn't take it away.

"Fellow Taoist Nie Ningnin, keep the treasure safe. If I were to take it from you, wouldn't I be no different from those who pursued you?" Ye Chen said with a smile, shaking his head.

At the same time, Ye Chen also advised, "Although you can't fully wield this artifact yet, you should claim it as your own as soon as possible, to prevent others from sensing it and causing further trouble."

Seeing Ye Chen's earnest expression, with no intention of taking the treasure, Nie Ningnin bit her lip and nodded, "Thank you, Ye Chen."

"I hadn't had the chance to claim the treasure when those five pursued me, nearly allowing the treasure to fall into their hands!"

Then, with Ye Chen watching, the girl immediately consecrated the ruler-shaped treasure as her own, storing it on her person.

After successfully consecrating the treasure, Nie Ningnin relaxed quite a bit. She looked at Ye Chen and smiled, "Ye Chen, it's all thanks to you that I was able to come to the Nine Suns Ancient Land."

"Acquiring this high-grade Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact was an unexpected gain I couldn't have even dreamed of. I'm already more than satisfied. I plan to head straight to the safe zone in the Icy Realm, to wait for the day we leave the Nine Suns Ancient Land."

"Straight to the safe zone in the Icy Realm?" Ye Chen was taken aback and then nodded, "Then let me escort you there. In that place, you indeed have nothing to worry about."

The Nine Suns Ancient Land's three regions, the Icy Realm, the Fiery Realm, and the Nine Suns Realm, each have a safe zone.

These safe zones were specifically constructed by the Southern Territory King Mansion.

If the martial artists who entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land were unable to withstand the threats, they could take refuge in these safe zones.

In the safe zones, guarded by powerful warriors from the Southern Territory King Mansion, neither the various perils of the Nine Suns Ancient Land could reach the people there, nor was slaying among martial artists permitted within the safe realms.

Indeed, the safe zones were the safest places in the perilous Nine Suns Ancient Land!

Of course, exploring the Nine Suns Ancient Land isn't as simple as allowing anyone to just hide in a safety zone. The Southern Territory King Mansion has a rule: once you enter a safety zone, you can't leave it again, and when the exploration of the Nine Suns Ancient Land is over, you'll be directly teleported out.

That means, once you enter a safety zone, you forfeit any further chance to explore the Nine Suns Ancient Land.

Because of this, even if it's incredibly dangerous outside, the martial artists who enter the Nine Suns Ancient Land rarely take refuge in safety zones—unless they absolutely can't withstand the danger or feel their haul is sufficient enough to justify retreating into these areas.

As for Nie Ningnin's decision, Ye Chen actually agreed with her.

After all, Nie Ningnin was merely at the Four Tribulations True God Realm, and the Nine Suns Ancient Land really was too dangerous for her. The Icy Realm was manageable, but the Fiery Realm and the Nine Suns Realm were absolutely off-limits for her, since her chances of survival in those places were probably less than ten percent.

Now that she had acquired a top-quality Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact, going to a safety zone to wait for the exploration to end and then leave was indeed a good choice.

"Since friend Nie Ningnin wishes to go to the safety zone of the Icy Realm, let's escort her there first and then head to the Fiery Realm," Ye Chen said to Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen.

Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen smiled, "Since we've already found all our 'Snow Crystals' and don't have anything else to do—and there are still two days before the meeting time we arranged with the others in the 'Black Mist Valley'—escorting this friend won't cause any delays."

"Let's go, then. We'll take this friend to the safety zone first!"

Amidst the laughter, Wang Chen glanced at the corpses of the two batches of ten Nine Tribulations True Gods from the Golden Light God City on the ground, and with a flick of his finger, ten bursts of flame shot towards the corpses.

With a "boom", the flames ignited into rolling infernos, burning the ten corpses to ashes.

Then, Wang Chen, along with Ye Chen, Nie Ningnin, and Dongfang Xuanyi, left the vast valley and headed towards the safety zone of the Icy Realm.

The vast valley returned to its previous silence.

Unknown to all, ten True Gods from the divine nation's Southern Territory grand God City, the Golden Light God City, had completely fallen here.

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Black Mist Valley is a famous valley in the second region of the Nine Suns Ancient Land called the Fiery Realm.

The entire valley was shrouded in darkness.

On the black earth, terrifying black flames burned continuously, creating the illusion of drifting black mist when seen from afar.

The whole valley was like a massive black fire basin.

This place was where Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen had agreed to meet the other four before going to Flame Mountain to collect Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds.

At this moment, four figures were standing in the mid-air of Black Mist Valley.

These figures, two men and two women, were all at the Nine Tribulations True God Realm.

Their strength was quite formidable and they seemed on par with Dongfang Xuanyi, Wang Chen, and the Golden Light Quintuplets.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to stay so relaxed in the Black Mist Valley, where the terrifying black flames burned and many lesser True Gods dare not enter.

At this time, the two men and two women were quietly conversing.

The two male Nine Tribulations True Gods wore white and grey robes, respectively.

The two female martial artists, one was tall and slender, and the other was petite and lovely.

The tall and graceful female martial artist raised her eyebrows and said, "How come Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen are taking so long to get here? It's only the small Icy Realm, it shouldn't have been able to stop the two of them!"

Even though this female martial artist had delicate features, her tone was quite commanding and imposing.

The petite and lovely martial artist beside her lightly smiled, "Ruan sister, there's no need to worry. We're the ones who arrived early. There's still more than a day left before our agreed upon time."

"Little sister Bi, I have important matters to handle after dealing with Flame Mountain. I would prefer to go as soon as possible rather than waste too much time here," Warrior Ruan replied with a cold huff, not appeased by the petite warrior Bi's words.

The young man in white clothes also chimed in with a smile, "Warrior Ruan is the most powerful among our group. With her joining us on this expedition, the Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds are as good as ours. You must know that Ruan sister is famously skilled, ranking third at the 'Tai Wu Divine Institute' among the nine great divine institutes."

Upon hearing the young man's words of admiration, the tall and graceful female martial artist, Ruan Yuan, allowed a flash of pride to cross her face, before modestly saying, "The strength of the three companions here is also enough for entry into the great divine institutes; it's just that you haven't taken the assessment yet. After we leave the Nine Suns Ancient Land, the assessment day for the nine great divine institutes will soon arrive, and then you three will be able to join too."

At the mention of the assessment for the nine great divine institutes, both of the male warriors and the petite female warrior Bi showed a look of longing in their eyes.

Bi thought, "After waiting so long, I've finally got a spot for the assessment of the nine great divine institutes. This time in the Nine Suns Ancient Land, I must gather as many treasures as possible to prepare for the upcoming assessment!"

While Bi was silently musing to herself, the quiet man in grey clothes suddenly looked towards the sky at three rapidly approaching figures, a glint in his eye, "Dongfang Xuanyi and Wang Chen are coming!"

"Oh? It seems there's another acquaintance arriving. Could it be that they are also part of our expedition group?"