The Heavens: Man Covers the Heavens, Refines Treasures to Become an Emperor

This battle in the Falling Star River was extremely dangerous.

But the rewards are also huge.

From the cultivators who were killed, and from the supplies looted after the warships were hijacked.

He obtained a large number of standardized military crossbows, high-quality magical weapons, and various pills for healing and restoring spiritual energy.

If these supplies were sold, they would be an astonishing fortune, enough to give him more confidence when he entered the Forbidden City, a place fraught with danger.

"Once we reach the next major city, we'll find a reliable channel to dispose of some of them..."

As he was pondering this, suddenly the current ahead became unusually rapid, and a deep, booming sound, as if it could devour everything, could be heard.

Jiang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine and immediately became alert.

He swam forward at a faster pace, and the sight before him made him gasp in horror!
Suddenly, the riverbed collapsed, forming a huge, dark abyss.

The river water swirled wildly there, forming a terrifying whirlpool with a diameter of over a hundred feet!
The center of the whirlpool emitted a chilling suction force, drawing in the surrounding water.

Along with some huge rocks and aquatic creatures, once they got close to the edge of the whirlpool, they were instantly torn to shreds by that terrifying force!
"What a terrifying vortex!"

Jiang Xuan's expression changed slightly. This was definitely not a naturally formed stream of water; it seemed to contain some kind of strange spatial power.

He immediately tried to float upwards to avoid the death zone.

It's too late!

The suction of the vortex was far beyond his imagination, as if an invisible giant hand had suddenly grabbed him!
Despite his full effort in using the power of the Earthly Element to resist.

But in the face of the might of heaven and earth, the power of an individual seems so insignificant!
He was like a fallen leaf, irresistibly dragged towards the center of the vortex!

"not good!"

Jiang Xuan only had time to tightly grasp the Heavenly Water Sacred Pearl in his hand before the boundless darkness and terrifying tearing force completely engulfed him!

He felt dizzy, as if his internal organs were about to be crushed, and his consciousness instantly fell into chaos.

Just as he was about to be torn to pieces, the Heavenly Water Sacred Pearl in his arms seemed to be stimulated in some way.

Suddenly, a soft yet resilient dark blue light shield appeared, enveloping his entire body.

No matter how turbulent the external vortex was, the light shield remained unmoved, protecting him completely.

He didn't know how much time had passed—perhaps a moment, perhaps eternity—before Jiang Xuan slowly awoke.

He found himself floating in a strange body of water.

The seawater here is no longer the murky water of Luoxing River, but presents a dreamlike azure blue, crystal clear.

Sunlight shines through the water's surface, refracting into soft beams that illuminate the underwater world.

The surrounding area is covered with huge coral reefs of various colors and shapes.

Various kinds of never-before-seen aquatic plants swayed with the waves, emitting a shimmering glow.

Schools of phosphorescent fish swam leisurely by, creating a scene of breathtaking beauty, like a fairyland.

"This is where?"

Jiang Xuan was filled with doubt and unease.

He checked himself and found that apart from still feeling a little dizzy, he was completely unharmed, which was obviously thanks to the Heavenly Water Sacred Pearl.

He tried swimming and found that he could move freely.

Just then, a strange fish swam past him.

The fish is entirely blue, with scales that have a metallic sheen.

Most remarkably, it has a pair of bird-like wings with seven colors that scatter glitter as it flutters.

Jiang Xuan had never seen such a strange creature before.

He immediately took out the "Compendium of Ten Thousand Beasts" from the Blood Killing Camp from his storage ring and searched through it, but he could not find any record of this strange fish.

Suppressing his doubts, Jiang Xuan chose a direction and carefully made his way through the magnificent seabed.

After traveling for about several dozen kilometers, an even stranger scene suddenly appeared ahead.

It was a patch of seaweed growing on the seabed plain, its entire body a pure silver color.

Each blade of grass is like a piece of fine silver thread, and at the tip of each blade, there are tiny dewdrops, each the size of a grain of rice, shimmering with starlight!

The entire area of ​​aquatic plants was filled with an extremely pure and profound spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Just one breath makes you feel relaxed all over, and your spiritual energy subtly increases!

"A rare treasure of heaven and earth!"

He concluded that this silvery waterweed was no ordinary thing; it must be some kind of rare spiritual object!

He immediately stepped forward, ready to pick some.

Just as his fingers were about to touch the silver seaweed—

"boom!"

The seabed mud beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and a huge figure emerged, blocking his path!

This is a huge turtle.

However, its shell is not the usual brown or black, but rather a deep blue-green.

It is covered with mysterious and complex natural patterns, and has a faint glow.

Its head popped out, its eyes like two huge amber beads, glaring angrily at Jiang Xuan.

What shocked Jiang Xuan the most was that this giant blue tortoise could actually speak human language, its voice ancient and majestic, filled with boundless rage.

"Hey! Where did this little thief come from! How dare you covet my 'Starlight Dew Grass'! Are you tired of living?!"

Jiang Xuan was shocked. A demon beast that could speak human language!
This is at least a powerful being that has condensed a demon core and has developed intelligence!
He quickly took a few steps back, watching the other person warily, while his mind raced.

The blue turtle's anger subsided slightly when it saw Jiang Xuan retreat.

But he still held his head high, pointing his nose at Jiang Xuan, and said arrogantly.

"Hmph! You look unfamiliar, kid. You're not from the local aquatic tribe, are you? Listen up! I am the Azure Turtle King, a noble lord who guards this region of the Annihilation Soul Sea!"

"This Starlight Grass is a precious medicinal herb carefully cultivated by this great king. How dare you, a mere outsider, lay a finger on it?!"

"The Annihilation Soul Sea?!" Upon hearing these three words, Jiang Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted!
The Annihilation Sea is an endless ocean located at the easternmost tip of the Purple Sun Empire.

Legend has it that it is fraught with danger and is thousands of miles away from the southwestern inland region where Huanglong City is located!

How did I end up here, suddenly appearing from the bottom of the Falling Star River?!

It's that whirlpool!
That terrifying vortex containing spatial power! It actually teleported him to the Annihilation Sea, tens of thousands of miles away!
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Jiang Xuan noticed that although the blue turtle spoke in a fierce tone.

But he seemed to enjoy boasting, and there was a hint of naiveté in his eyes.

His mind raced, and he immediately came up with an idea.

He quickly bowed, his face showing just the right amount of fear and admiration, and said sincerely.

"So it is the Azure Turtle King of the Annihilation Soul Sea! This junior was blind to your greatness and offended Your Majesty by stealing your elixir; I deserve to die! This junior stumbled upon this place from the distant inland and was swept into the whirlpool; I had no intention of stealing. Today, witnessing Your Majesty's divine might, I realize that there are true immortals overseas! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

King Qingyuan was indeed very pleased with this flattery.

The anger in its eyes dissipated considerably, and it proudly shook its huge head, humming a smug sound.

"Hmm~ You're not bad, kid! You know my reputation! Since you wandered in by mistake and are so sincere in admitting your mistake, I'm magnanimous and won't hold it against you!"

Jiang Xuan was secretly delighted and quickly pressed his advantage, continuing to flatter him.

"Your Majesty's magnanimity is truly admirable! May Your Majesty enlighten me on the question: Where exactly is this place located in the Annihilation Sea? Are there any human cities or teleportation arrays nearby? I am longing for my homeland, and I would be eternally grateful for Your Majesty's guidance!"

Jiang Xuan deliberately adopted a humble attitude, and after a few flattering remarks, the Azure Turtle King was indeed very pleased and started talking non-stop. It raised its head and spoke in a tone that carried a hint of pride.

"Boy, listen up! This place is deep within the Annihilation Soul Sea, called 'Sinking Star Bay,' at least tens of thousands of miles away from your Purple Radiance Empire! Ordinary cultivators, even those at the Spirit Sea Realm, would not be able to reach this place safely without a special sea map or powerful magic treasure! You want to go back?"

Heh heh, even if you know the direction, it would still take three to five months to fly non-stop, and there are countless dangers along the way: deep-sea monsters, spatial rifts, soul-devouring storms... tsk tsk, less than one in ten would make it to shore alive!

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Xuan's heart sank completely.

The journey was tens of thousands of miles long, taking three to five months, and fraught with countless dangers... This almost completely eliminated his chances of returning to the empire in the short term.

His face showed shock and despair at just the right moment, and he murmured.

"What...what should we do..."

Seeing this, the Azure Turtle King's eyes gleamed with cunning. It moved closer and asked in a low voice.

"Kid, you just said you were swept here by a void vortex?"

Jiang Xuan's heart stirred, but his face remained troubled as he nodded.

"Indeed, that vortex was extremely strange, and I was powerless to resist it."

"Hahaha!"

The Azure Turtle King suddenly burst into excited laughter, its enormous body stirring up ripples in the water.

"It's fate! It's truly fate! Kid, you must possess a supreme treasure capable of escaping the void turbulence! Otherwise, with your cultivation level, you would have been torn to shreds long ago!"

Its eyes were fixed intently on Jiang Xuan, as if it were looking at a rare treasure.

"This king has been trapped in this godforsaken place for eight hundred years! It's because this sea area is an ancient ruin, surrounded by a damned divine power, forming its own cage!"
Even a king at the Life and Death Realm wouldn't be able to escape easily! Only a treasure capable of traversing the void and ignoring restrictions can break this cage! Boy, you are my hope for escape! You are my savior!

Jiang Xuan was shocked upon hearing this!
Ancient ruins? Sealed by divine power?
Even experts at the Life and Death Realm find it difficult to escape?

This blue turtle has been trapped for eight hundred years?
He subconsciously touched the Heavenly Water Sacred Pearl in his arms. Could this be the treasure that the Azure Turtle mentioned?

Seeing Jiang Xuan remain silent, Qing Yuan assumed he was hesitating and quickly increased his stakes, pointing to the patch of shimmering silver water plants beside him.

"Look at this 'Starlight Dew Grass,' an ancient celestial medicine containing the essence of stars, which has miraculous effects on tempering the body and nourishing the soul! In my eyes, it is nothing more than an ordinary thing. If you help me escape my predicament, why not give it all to you?"

As it spoke, it opened its mouth and spat out a cloud of misty blue light, which enveloped several of the most crystalline and plump Silver Frost Sword Grasses and presented them to Jiang Xuan.

The rosy glow contained a gentle water elemental power, perfectly preserving the spiritual essence of the elixir.

Jiang Xuan accepted this unexpected gift and felt the immense, pure energy within it, secretly delighted.

But he looked troubled.

"Your Majesty's generosity is deeply appreciated! However... my cultivation is low, and even with treasures, I may not be able to control them effectively to help Your Majesty escape this predicament... Moreover, this place is an ancient ruin, so there must be many treasures here. I would like to explore it first, perhaps to find an opportunity to improve my strength. Then I can help Your Majesty escape this predicament more easily. What does Your Majesty think?"

His words were half true and half false, both to buy time and to express his desire to explore the ruins.

The Azure Turtle King, who had placed all his hopes for escaping on Jiang Xuan, found his words reasonable and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Good! Young man, you have good insight! This ruin is indeed extraordinary. I have been here for eight hundred years and have not yet been able to explore its entirety. Come! I will show you around the first level of this ruin, and we can also find some treasures along the way! Stay close to me, and I will keep you safe!"

Having said that, the Azure Turtle King swung its limbs and swam ahead into the depths of the sea. Jiang Xuan quickly followed.

The underwater ruins of Chenxing Bay are vast, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, exuding an ancient and vicissitudes atmosphere.

The Azure Turtle King was clearly very familiar with this place.

It led Jiang Xuan through many twists and turns, avoiding some hidden and dangerous areas, until they arrived at an area where crimson corals grew.

"Here, this is for you!"

The Azure Turtle King used its claws to pry open a clump of coral, revealing a fist-sized fruit shaped like a longan, fiery red in color, with golden patterns on its surface.

"This is the 'True Yang Dragon Marrow Fruit,' an ancient and rare species. Consuming it can awaken intelligence and stimulate comprehension, greatly benefiting human cultivators in their comprehension of cultivation techniques! It's useless to me, so you've gotten a good deal!"

Jiang Xuan took the fruit and felt the intense masculine energy and strange Daoist charm contained within it, and he was overjoyed!
This is a treasure that can enhance one's comprehension; it's priceless!
Continue onward, and you'll find yourself in the ruins of a collapsed palace.

The Azure Turtle King pulled out a fist-sized, purplish-red, metallic-lustered ore from the pile of rocks and casually tossed it to Jiang Xuan.

"'Purple Elf Iron' is one of the core materials for forging spirit pattern armor. It's quite hard, but I don't need it. You can have it."

Jiang Xuan quickly caught it. The purple spirit iron was heavy in his hand and exuded a sharp aura. It was a rare material for refining high-level spiritual weapons!
Along the way, the Green Turtle King seemed to be an enthusiastic guide.

She kept finding out rare and precious treasures that she considered "useless" but were extremely valuable to Jiang Xuan and giving them to him.

"Ten-thousand-year-old jasper," "earth core fire lotus seed," "seven-colored magic pearl"...

There are more than ten kinds of Jiangjiang products, and each one of them is enough to cause a sensation!
Jiang Xuan followed behind the Azure Turtle King, feeling as if he had entered a legendary treasure trove.

The Azure Turtle King knew this site inside and out.

Its massive body darts nimbly through the water, occasionally using its claws to pry open some inconspicuous coral reef.

Or, by lifting up a seemingly ordinary boulder, one can always find treasures that radiate strange light and boundless spiritual energy.

"Here, this 'Snow Infant Jade Ginseng' looks like a little baby. It contains extremely cold essence and has miraculous effects on tempering water-attribute spiritual energy. I don't need it, so it's yours!" (End of Chapter)