Imperial Cultivation

The aura emanating from this jade pendant made their hearts shudder.

This shudder made them realize that this was the power of a Spirit Venerable stronger than their cultivation.

Cheng Siyao’s face suddenly turned gloomy, his eyes glaring at Zeng Yun.

Last time, it was because of this jade pendant that he failed and lost the divine artifact.

And now, this vile woman has brought out the jade pendant again!

"Who is this?" someone whispered, "Old Cheng, you know, right?"

"I don’t know!" Cheng Siyao said coldly.

"Isn’t it obvious, Old Cheng, you know her, don’t you?"

"It was her who took it out last time!" Cheng Siyao snorted coldly.

"It scared you off?" The round-faced middle-aged man sneered, "So the divine artifact is gone?"

Cheng Siyao glanced at him, "You can try this power!"

"Oh— it seems Old Cheng suffered!" The round-faced middle-aged man chuckled, "Now that we have so many people, can we not stop a single jade pendant?"

Someone laughed, "Then Old Feng, you lead the way, and we’ll support from behind!"

The round-faced middle-aged man grumbled, "Old Ding, you’re the most cowardly, are you thinking about retreating now?"

"If we can’t beat it, we’ll retreat. What’s shameful about that? It’s not like we’re invincible in the world!"

"But with so many Spirit Venerables, we get pushed back by a jade pendant, isn’t it shameful?"

"Hey, everyone loses face together, it’s not just me!"

"You, Old Wu!... Actually, you’re not wrong, haha!"

They faced Zeng Yun’s group with relaxation, feeling the overwhelming power made them want to toy with them.

Laughing, cursing, unrestrained.

"Then I’ll give it a try!" The round-faced middle-aged man was eager to act, "Let’s see who this formidable person is!"

As he spoke, he charged at Zeng Yun.

Zeng Yun flipped the jade pendant, pointing it at him.

The jade pendant shot out a beam of golden light, like a monster-revealing mirror.

The round-faced middle-aged man’s palms pushed, forming an eagle in the air to meet the golden light.

"Pop!"

The golden light pierced through the eagle’s body and continued towards the round-faced middle-aged man, causing the eagle to explode.

The second eagle rose in front of the round-faced middle-aged man to meet the golden light.

"Pop!"

The golden light pierced through the second eagle, accelerating towards the round-faced middle-aged man who had not yet executed his third strike.

The second eagle also exploded.

"Bang!"

The round-faced middle-aged man was shot into the distance, spraying a mist of blood in the air, his face turning as white as paper.

"Old Feng!"

"Brother Feng, are you alright? Haha!"

"Brother Feng was indeed careless, only exerted two strikes."

"Indeed, it was realm suppression; more strikes are needed!"

"...Will more strikes wear it down?"

Their tone betrayed uncertainty about achieving this step.

They believed that the golden light, having passed through two palm forces, showed no signs of depletion.

This meant that not just two strikes, but even ten might not stop it.

"Let’s strike together!" Another thin middle-aged man said gravely, "One person can’t stop it!"

Having seen the power of this jade pendant, their previous playful intentions vanished.

Approaching as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Attack!"

They simultaneously charged at Zeng Yun.

Zeng Yun swept her gaze coldly, raised the jade pendant, and shook it toward them.

A burst of golden light spilled out.

The golden light, like a circle of blades, slashed toward the incoming Spirit Venerables.

Some struck with palms or fists or swords, others ducked or leaped to dodge.

"Pop pop pop pop!"

"Clink clink clink..."

Crisp sounds melded into a continuous clamor.

The fist and palm powers were sliced and exploded, making crisp sounds, while the swords collided.

Those who ducked or leaped had already been flung away, spraying blood in the air.

Their movement techniques couldn’t outpace the golden light, which seemed to have its own consciousness, automatically altering its trajectory to track their forms, hitting them precisely as they desperately tried to dodge.

The second batch flung away were those who used swords and knives, while the third were those who used fists and palms.

No Spirit Venerable was spared, including Cheng Siyao, all were thrown out, turning pale after spraying blood in the air.

Zeng Yun retrieved the jade pendant, calmly observing them, while the Biyuan Heaven’s Imperial Palace tributes around her were dumbfounded.

They knew Chu Zhiyuan’s jade pendant but were unaware of the jade pendant.

However, when the jade pendant appeared, they knew the power belonged to Chu Zhiyuan.

Yet they didn’t expect the jade pendant’s power to reach such a degree.

This exceeded their imagination.

Originally, they thought facing this group of Spirit Venerables, they would be forced to retreat or even flee desperately, thinking it lucky for a full retreat.

Never expected, Chu Zhiyuan’s jade pendant drove this arrogant group of Spirit Venerables into such disgrace.

Zeng Yun’s heart was full of amazement.

This jade pendant exceeded her imagination.

Initially, she thought Chu Zhiyuan infused power into the jade pendant and she released it.

With this thought, the power should be limited, since it was just a jade pendant.

She had always been cautious before, not using it unless absolutely necessary to avoid exhausting it as a trump card.

Yet reality is peculiar, the power within the jade pendant is astonishingly immense.

She even felt the illusion that the power was inexhaustible and she could lavishly squander it.

Immediately, she rationally suppressed this thought.

It couldn’t be so indulgent; the most crucial was that if the power ran dry, they couldn’t fend off these people.

It was best to scare them off, allowing her group to retreat safely.

Cheng Siyao and others floated in the air, gathering together, finding everyone had pale faces.

"What do we do?" The round-faced middle-aged man asked with a solemn expression, "Should we retreat?"

The light-heartedness and teasing demeanor from before were gone, replaced by a grave expression.

"Just don’t get close." Cheng Siyao said coolly, "She wouldn’t dare act rashly."

He had seen through Zeng Yun’s mind clearly, only seeking self-preservation rather than killing.

If not pushed too much, Zeng Yun wouldn’t use the jade pendant.

Someone whispered, "Whose power is this exactly?"

They shook their heads collectively.

"Just ask someone, then we’ll know. Such a figure surely wouldn’t be unknown."

"What day are they from?"

"Don’t know."

"If it’s from the Outer Heaven, we’ll leave right away."

"Outer Heaven can’t be this weak; certainly, it’s not from the Outer Heaven."

...

Zeng Yun turned to the handsome middle-aged man, whispering, "Brother Xu, let’s go."

"Hmm, let’s retreat." The handsome middle-aged man nodded helplessly.

Just as they were about to retreat, they suddenly looked towards the void.

In the void, a giant tower slowly reappeared.

Same as the previous giant tower.

They widened their eyes in astonishment, staring at the giant tower.

Everyone around was shocked.

"This is...?"

"It’s appeared again?"

"Continue!"

They turned and flew toward the giant tower, dissipating the spiritual essence from their upper bodies as they neared, only maintaining levitation at their feet.

With palms free of spiritual essence, they slowly pressed against the giant tower, feeling it.

Many lacked the sacrificial refining method without spiritual essence and could only stare.

However, three possessing a unique sacrificial refining method didn’t require spiritual essence, purely using the Spiritual Sacrifice Technique.

Their refining didn’t need to be done in one go, allowing continuous attempts; no matter how difficult, simply enough tries complete the refining.

They frowned subsequently.

The marks they left before disappeared completely.

Two situations were most probable: one was that the giant tower had cleansed the previous aura, restoring it to its original state.

The other was: this giant tower wasn’t the previous one, but a replacement.

Could the world have two identical giant towers?

Was there more than one divine artifact in this Divine Domain?