Chapter 715: Tang Valley Fusang Tree
A copper furnace the size of a fist, extremely small, resembling a divine maiden reclining, was held in Ye Fan's palm, shooting out beams of divine radiance.
With just a casual activation, the Heavenly Demon Grandmother ahead could no longer withstand it. She let out a miserable shriek, and her entire body was covered with cracks like a spiderweb.
"Ah..."
The Heavenly Demon Grandmother screamed in agony. Heavenly Demon blood shot out from those cracks like dazzling auroras. Her bones shattered, and her physical body collapsed.
"What kind of weapon is that?" This was the terror and question in everyone's hearts.
That was a Heavenly Demon Physique, a terrifying constitution rarely seen among the demon race in tens of thousands of years. Her physical body was as powerful as a divine weapon or ancient treasure.
Yet now, she was being pierced by the aura emitted from a weapon, suppressed without any ability to fight back. How astonishing was this?
"Boom"
At that moment, an overwhelming sage-level aura surged forth, freezing the black North Sea, evaporating thousand-meter waves, and annihilating the clouds at the horizon.
Although the fist-sized copper furnace was delicate and small, it was like a deity awakening from the dawn of creation, sweeping across and intimidating the boundless sea.
"This is... a supreme sacred weapon!"
Many people screamed, trembling under this vast aura that could almost pierce through the heavens. All who stood nearby fell, and many involuntarily prostrated themselves.
"Ah..." The Heavenly Demon Grandmother cried out. Her limbs began to disintegrate—first her arms broke off, then her torso split apart.
As powerful as she was, she could not resist. Even the Heavenly Demon Physique could not withstand an imperial weapon, for she had not yet cultivated to great accomplishment and could not turn the tide like the White-Robed Divine King in his resurrection.
The Heavenly Demon Grandmother let out a roar, inhaling the essence of the sun and moon. Several ancient bronze chariots flew over from afar, but they all shattered before her.
"Ah..."
Several screams rang out. These were her four great disciples, each with sect master-level cultivation. She had summoned them with a secret technique to die in her place.
Four great experts, body and soul annihilated, without any suspense. They could not even struggle. Such was the power of a sacred weapon!
In the distance, others were horrified. All who could still move fled for their lives, more terrified than facing the King of Hell. How could one fight such a weapon? Before it, they were less than ants.
"Sacred Body... stop!" The Heavenly Demon Grandmother roared with her divine sense, her heart filled with extreme fear.
She could live for four to five thousand years, and she had only just passed half her life. Once she achieved great accomplishment in the future, she would be invincible under heaven.
Even now, she could obliterate living fossils. She had long entered the third level of the Immortal Platform, and only a few ancestral figures could contend with her.
Without accidents, in an era where sages did not appear, she would one day rule the world, with a path of unparalleled glory ahead. She did not want to die like this.
"Old demoness, if you survive, it would truly be against the will of heaven. But using the Divine Maiden Furnace to destroy you is an insult to it. In ancient times, it only captured the world's beauties, yet you are so ugly..." Even at this point, Li Tian could not resist a final insult.
Ye Fan activated the Divine Maiden Furnace. Without truly controlling it, one could never know how terrifying a sacred weapon was—utterly beyond human resistance.
At the very least, he felt that if he were struck, even his unparalleled physical body would turn to ashes, with not a shred of hope.
However, the consumption of a supreme sacred weapon was also immense. As powerful as he was, he could only unleash a fraction of its might, unable to fully exert it.
"No wonder every sacred weapon is a sect's supreme treasure. Not only because of its irresistible power, but also because it requires the full strength of an entire sect to activate!"
Yet, at such close range, even if Ye Fan could only unleash a wisp of sacred might, it was enough to kill the Heavenly Demon Grandmother.
He gave a light shake, and the fist-sized Divine Maiden Furnace in his palm, crystal clear and dripping, shot out a beam of misty radiance. It struck the Heavenly Demon Grandmother, shattering forty-three of her secret treasures before entering her body.
She let out a final cry: "Heavenly Demon Indestructible Body!"
Then, her entire body disintegrated. Her primordial spirit tried to escape using the Heavenly Demon Indestructible Art, but it was struck by another beam of misty radiance.
"Pfft"
A generation of Heavenly Demon ended her life before reaching great accomplishment. Beneath a sacred weapon, everything turned to ashes. She was thus erased from the world.
"Taiyin Divine Son, stop right there! Yi Qingwu, little girl, where do you think you're going?" Li Tian shouted, urging Ye Fan to act quickly.
Unfortunately, in the moment of attacking the Heavenly Demon Grandmother, those two had already fled on their Divine Moon Chariot, moving at incredible speed.
Almost everyone on the scene had fled. With such a weapon present, who dared to resist?
After dealing with the Heavenly Demon Grandmother, Ye Fan gained a new understanding of sacred weapons. With a weapon in hand, one could traverse the world, and almost no one could stop them!
The Golden Crow Clan was retreating, but though fast, they could not outpace Ye Fan. They were his primary target. That old Golden Crow was terrifying, with speed rivaling lightning.
"Ah..."
In the end, as the sacred weapon rose, he only managed a single scream. The Divine Maiden Furnace expanded, descending from the heavens to crush him, and he turned to ashes.
"What a pity. That little girl Yi Qingwu is too slippery—she was the first to escape. That damned Heavenly Demon old woman had nothing better to do than show off and cause trouble." Li Tian lamented and cursed.
Everyone in this sea area had fled, leaving only an island rising from the water, revealing a cave dwelling.
"A tender branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, indeed from an Immortal Divine Tree!" Yan Yixi exclaimed, approaching the cave and taking down this golden branch.
Boundless spiritual energy surged, and terrifying solar sacred power circulated. He immediately threw it away, his fingers nearly catching fire.
Ye Fan caught it and activated the Sun Ancient Scripture's heart method, instantly feeling a surge of comfort throughout his body, almost crying out in pleasure.
He had refined a patch of Taiyin Black Mist in the cosmos, leaving him with an excess of yin and a deficiency of yang. Now, nourished by solar sacred power, it was the most suitable.
"If I can find the true Fusang Divine Tree and absorb endless solar sacred power, I might even make a major breakthrough!"
This cave dwelling was small. Though filled with radiant light, it contained no rare spiritual treasures—only a few saint lord-rank weapons and a corner of a sea chart.
"This is a fragment of a map, pointing to the Tang Valley Fusang Divine Tree!"
Tang Valley had vanished from the East Sea. Unexpectedly, someone had used heaven-defying divine power to move it to the North Sea, leaving behind an ancient map.
Half a day later, Ye Fan and his companions heard that others in different sea areas had obtained map fragments, pointing to Tang Valley's location. Clearly, the sea chart had been split.
Two days later, news of the Divine Maiden Furnace's emergence spread across the North Sea, known to nearly everyone.
"The Heavenly Demon Grandmother was killed! What a terrifying weapon!"
Li Tian and Yan Yixi had underestimated the furnace's fame. It attracted many experts from the mainland who rushed over.
However, it was not because of its glorious reputation, stunning the ages, but rather its infamy, leaving an indelible stain in history.
In ancient times, a renegade disciple of the Path of Human Desire used it to capture all the beauties of the world, robbing them of joy, and was pursued by the world's talents.
One could say the Divine Maiden Furnace had been infamous for over a hundred thousand years. Mentioning it made people gnash their teeth, even though it was forged by a great emperor.
"That damned lecherous sect has reappeared! If we catch their heir, we must castrate him!"
Walking through this sea area, Li Tian heard such words and instinctively clamped his legs together, then cursed: "Damn it!"
Yan Yixi, transcendent and refined, always dashing and charming, used to have maidens surrounding him wherever he went. Now, he was like a tiger that cleared the streets.
Now, not just maidens, but even old women, or even a female mosquito, would flee at the sight of him. Seeing this, even the gentle and refined Yan Yixi couldn't help but mutter, "Damn Divine Maiden Furnace!"
Over half a month, Ye Fan and his companions opened another cave dwelling, obtaining a second fragment of the sea chart. Moreover, the solar sacred power within this golden divine branch had been absorbed by him.
"I must find the Fusang Divine Tree!" Ye Fan felt that if he could obtain the solar sacred power within the Immortal Divine Tree, his Sun True Scripture would surely break through.
"There are a total of thirty-six cave heavens, but we've only obtained two treasure maps. That's far from enough," Li Tian said.
He had no interest in the Fusang Divine Tree itself, only wanting to enter Tang Valley. It was a divine land, where legend said the Sun Ancient Emperor had passed away.
"The complete divine treasury of an ancient emperor is finally about to emerge. We must not miss it." This was the thought of all cultivators.
Over the next two months, battle after battle erupted in the North Sea. Influenced by some aura, all thirty-six cave heavens emerged.
Major powers each obtained a fragment of the map. A few, blessed by time and place, obtained two or three. Only by piecing them together could Tang Valley's location be determined.
Eventually, all cultivators in the vast North Sea agreed to set aside their differences and cooperate temporarily to find Tang Valley. The Golden Crow Clan was the most eager.
Throughout this process, only one thing was discordant: the Divine Maiden Furnace's notorious reputation made many cultivators unable to restrain themselves, wanting to strike.
But even the Golden Crow Clan held back, not attacking Ye Fan and his group. Others naturally did not want to cause trouble at this critical juncture.
"The Golden Crow Clan produced a great sage in ancient times and must have left behind a legendary sacred weapon. We need to be careful," Yan Yixi said.
"Things aren't looking good. Guanghan Palace, Human King Hall, Longevity Dao Temple, Taiyin Sect—which of them doesn't have a sacred weapon? They've definitely brought them all this time," Li Tian frowned.
About to enter Tang Valley to seek the Sun Ancient Emperor's divine treasury, these great sects would surely bring their sect's supreme treasures.
However, they had no choice. To find Tang Valley, they had to cooperate, combining their fragments to complete the map.
"With the Divine Maiden Furnace, we should be able to protect ourselves. Let's cooperate," they finally decided.
That day, the North Sea was calm, the black water eerily deep. Occasionally, ancient beasts appeared, revealing mountain-like parts of their bodies, a terrifying sight.
In the sky, the thirty-six map fragments merged into a divine sea chart, pointing to a mysterious place—Tang Valley.
"What a complex ancient map. It needs to be matched with the stars of the heavens to slowly deduce its location."
Those present were all controllers of immortal inheritances, with knowledge beyond the ordinary. They immediately keenly perceived the intricacies within.
"Guanghan Palace's sacred weapon is held by Yi Qingwu, and the Golden Crow Clan's sacred weapon is carried by Lu Ya. What does this mean?" Yan Yixi asked.
"Hmph, regardless of whether she has a sacred weapon, Yi Qingwu won't escape this time," Li Tian said, opening the Divine Maiden Furnace. Inside was a small altar, and he carefully carved Yi Qingwu's name onto it.
"Junior brother, you..." Yan Yixi's face changed.
"Senior brother, you're too dull. Since we've brought out the Divine Maiden Furnace, shouldn't we unleash its true power?" Li Tian sneered, then said to Ye Fan, "Brother Ye, let's cooperate later. Yi Qingwu won't get away; she'll be captured by us."
After several days of study by some major figures, the divine map's secrets were finally deciphered, revealing its direction.
Every day at sunrise, they traveled a hundred thousand li north in the North Sea. Whenever the Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Mansions appeared, they detoured another hundred thousand li.
Thus, traveling and stopping for half a month, they arrived at a mysterious sea area. An ancient island sat in the black ocean, lush with life, filled with endless ancient herbs and a rich medicinal fragrance.
What shocked and moved them most was a tree on the island, golden in color, as if cast from gold. Its golden leaves were abundant, flowing with solar sacred power!