Essence Devouring Art

”You’re asking the obvious.”

Wuchen replied calmly. Planning before acting and weighing the pros and cons was a part of his very nature. He was no hot-headed brute.

WHOOSH~

As the man and the wolf conversed,

they crossed most of the Nine Heavens Cloud Sea. The majestic and imposing Huanwu Mountain, with its overwhelming presence, now seemed to be right before their eyes.

Below the mountainside, they could already see the densely packed Enlightenment Platforms, and upon them, the Celestial Prides of the All Heavens, fighting ceaselessly like ants and shattering stars.

Above the mountainside,

dragon-like Dao Rhythms, stirring the Star River with boundless divine light, were fiercely coiling and clashing, fighting for ownership of the Dao Platforms.

In this era, Huanwu Mountain’s

rules changed with the Emperor Star.

With the mountainside as the dividing line, only Daoist Children from the Twenty-four Heavens and above could withstand the pressure of Huanwu Mountain’s rules and compete for the All Heavens’ top-tier legacies.

Huanwu Mountain was known as the All Heavens Martial Vault.

Its ultimate legacies were the Five Gates and Ten Strongest Divine Techniques at its peak.

In past eras, the summit had never been opened.

Now, it was unsealed in this era.

It was bound to become a battlefield for the top Celestial Prides of the All Heavens!

With Mo Chen’s talent and cultivation,

he certainly wouldn’t settle for being beneath others.

If he had entered Huanwu Mountain, he had most likely already set foot above the mountainside. There was no need to search for him deliberately.

Once the summit was unsealed,

they would meet naturally!

”Kid, don’t be in such a rush to find that Mo Chen. Many of the legacies on Huanwu Mountain are suitable for you. It’s not too late to gather them first.”

Inside the Grotto Heaven,

the Big Black Wolf seemed to be stirred by the scene, recalling bits and pieces of entering Huanwu Mountain with the Reincarnation Emperor in the last era as he reminded Wuchen.

”I’m not stupid.”

Wuchen knew that once he fought Mo Chen and the secret of his legacy was exposed, he would absolutely become a public target. Naturally, he had to secure the benefits first.

Hmm?

Just as he was about to descend onto Huanwu Mountain,

Wuchen’s brow furrowed, and he stopped, raising his gaze to look in another direction.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

The Nine Heavens Gang Cloud Sea churned.

Space-time rapidly twisted and folded, creating layer upon layer of ripples, as if a behemoth was traversing the sea. Pocket Worlds were left behind in an instant.

Barely visible,

a Heavy Artifact mothership, its entire body like glazed glass, shaped like a serpent and a dragon, and built entirely from cosmic space mother-crystals, could be seen moving through space as if it were a fish in water, rapidly approaching Huanwu Mountain.

”Heaven-Burning Fire, the Soaring Snake Race... Tsk, tsk. You can only chalk it up to racial talent. To be so extravagant as to build a void-crossing mothership out of cosmic space mother-crystals.”

The Big Black Wolf, knowledgeable enough to be called a living fossil, recognized the mothership’s origin at a glance and clicked his tongue in amazement.

”That person...”

Wuchen, however, narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the woman standing atop the mothership’s dragon-serpent head. She had her arms crossed, looking down upon Huanwu Mountain.

The woman’s long black hair fluttered in the wind. Her bearing was peerless, her beauty sharp and cold. Her tall, perfect figure was clad in crimson battle armor, and on her shoulder, a handsome, divine sparrow preened its feathers.

She gave off the impression of a Female War God from the Demon Realm—unapproachable. Beneath her perfect exterior was a restrained, extremely dangerous violence, as if she could transform into a heaven-devouring, earth-consuming Ancient Fierce Beast at any moment.

”This girl is no simple character.”

The Big Black Wolf followed Wuchen’s perception and looked over, just in time to meet a glance from a pair of Black Pupils that were like an Asura’s sea of blood. His expression also grew much more solemn.

This woman’s

strength was likely no less than Wuchen’s at present!

The Soaring Snake Race was merely a Di Race.

How did they cultivate such a monster?

The Big Black Wolf was a bit puzzled, but he didn’t dwell on it. In the end, she was just a passerby who wouldn’t affect their plans.

’She is indeed very strong.’

Wuchen nodded in agreement. The faint sense of danger the Witch gave him was like that of a peerless Fierce God that roamed the Primordial Chaos.

This sense of threat...

it wasn’t as suffocatingly desperate as the one his master gave off, which was as high as the heavens, but it was no weaker than Mo Chen’s during their last fight.

’One must not underestimate the heroes of the world...’

Wuchen retracted his gaze and let out a soft breath, suppressing the restlessness in his heart that came from his recent increase in strength.

WHOOSH~

They crossed the final layer of the sea of clouds and stars.

The majestic and profound Huanwu Mountain immediately came into view. The space suddenly grew ten thousand times heavier, and it seemed the higher one went, the more severe the suppression became.

Inside the Grotto Heaven,

the Big Black Wolf’s eyes shone with divine light as he scanned the dense black Enlightenment Platforms above the mountainside of Cosmic Mountain.

These Enlightenment Platforms

all had a stone stele in the center.

Some floated, some were fused with the mountain, and others were hidden within spatial rifts. If one had poor judgment or bad luck, they would never find those top-tier legacies.

However,

although the Big Black Wolf had lost many memories after reawakening, his memories of adventuring on Cosmic Mountain with the Reincarnation Emperor were still intact.

”Kid, that Dao Platform over there. It holds the Hum and Ha Qi, one of the Seventy-two Heavenly Great Divine Techniques, a technique of Soul Capturing and Spirit Stealing. It’s a perfect match for the Power of Life and Death of your Reincarnation Saint Body.”

After observing for a moment,

the Big Black Wolf’s eyes lit up as he locked onto an Enlightenment Platform and hurriedly urged Wuchen on.

Wuchen’s perception swept over, and he frowned slightly. The Dao Platform was too dilapidated. Compared to the multicolored splendor of its surroundings, it was as inconspicuous as a common stone on the roadside.

The stele was also decayed and weathered.

The Celestial Prides of the All Heavens passed by without a second glance. Occasionally, someone hoping to find a hidden gem would try to comprehend it for a moment, only to leave, cursing, after gaining nothing.

However,

the Big Black Wolf’s judgment had never been wrong.

Wuchen didn’t hesitate for long. Under the puzzled gazes of the people around him, he landed on the Dao Platform and sat down quietly beneath the decayed stone stele.

The legacy within an Enlightenment Platform

would only reveal its phenomenon after being fully activated. That would be the time to fight for it.

However,

having now undergone a transformation, Wuchen feared no one of his generation!

「At the same time.」

In another location,

Yaya and a group of Celestial Prides from the Soaring Snake Race also entered the area above the mountainside of Cosmic Mountain.

”Miss, this way, this way.”

The Little Caique’s domain manifested the order of the Laws of Heaven and Earth. It seemed to know the fortunes and misfortunes of this place the moment it arrived, chirping and urging Yaya on.