"Twenty Divine Crystals!"
Hun Lao opened the second box, and their eyes lit up as they exclaimed in unison.
This box actually contained twenty Divine Crystals!
"How strange," Ye Yunfei spoke with excitement tinged with a bit of exasperation, "why is it that all those ancient Great Emperors possessed so many Divine Crystals, casually leaving behind dozens of them?"
To be sure, in his previous life, even after Ye Yunfei had become a Heavenly Emperor, the number of Divine Crystals he could find had been exceedingly few. Yet both the Guhuang Great Emperor and the Great Emperor residing on the central island of the Vast Sea had left behind twenty or thirty pieces each. And these were merely the remnants left behind, indicating that the number of Divine Crystals those Great Emperors possessed must have been considerable.
'It's possible that the majority of Divine Crystals within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds were taken away by the ancient Great Emperors, causing the supply to dwindle,' Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
For experts at the Heavenly Emperor level, most of the world's crystals no longer held interest; only rare energy crystals like Divine Crystals could stir a Heavenly Emperor's heart.
"Hun Lao, these Divine Crystals..." Ye Yunfei began.
These Divine Crystals were very important for Ye Yunfei's efforts to recover his Heavenly Emperor remnant soul.
"We'll split them, half and half," Hun Lao said.
Hun Lao also knew Ye Yunfei badly needed Divine Crystals and was being quite generous.
"Thank you, Hun Lao!"
Ye Yunfei was overjoyed. Ten more Divine Crystals would further empower his Heavenly Emperor remnant soul considerably.
Next, Hun Lao opened the third box. Inside were two spatial rings. Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao simultaneously extended their Soul Power into one of the spatial rings.
"So many Space Crystals and Time Crystals!"
"And so many artifacts!"
Both cried out in pleasant surprise at the same time.
The interior space of this spatial ring was vast, containing an astonishing quantity of Space Crystals and Time Crystals.
"This is something Guhuang Great Emperor specifically left for my cultivation and advancement," Hun Lao explained. "Since I am a Primordial World Tree, naturally adept with spatial and temporal energies—they are my forte—the Great Emperor purposely left these two types of crystals for me."
The Primordial World Tree was born from chaos, possessing limitless power and even the ability to create true worlds by splitting heaven and earth.
To create a world, one must have mastery over the Dao of Space and Time. So the Primordial World Tree clan was indeed proficient in time and space energies.
"We'll split these crystals in half as well," Hun Lao said after sweeping a glance at Ye Yunfei, whose eyes were gleaming.
"Hun Lao, you're far too good to me," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"I just hope you cultivate diligently and don't tarnish the glorious reputation of Guhuang Great Emperor in the future," Hun Lao retorted without much humor.
In his heart, he already regarded Ye Yunfei as the successor of Guhuang Great Emperor!
"There is another spatial ring."
Ye Yunfei focused his Soul Power into the second spatial ring.
"So many Spirit-Capable artifacts and World-Destroying artifacts!" Ye Yunfei exclaimed.
The interior space of this spatial ring was also quite vast, piled full of artifacts—more than three thousand pieces in total!
Spirit-Capable artifacts accounted for roughly two-thirds of them, about two thousand pieces. World-Destroying artifacts made up about a third, roughly a thousand pieces. There were low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, and even special-grade varieties!
Generally speaking, artifacts of the same tier can be categorized into three grades: low-grade, middle-grade, and high-grade. But some exceptionally well-forged artifacts can far exceed the power of others in the same tier and be classified as special grade!
"Over a thousand World-Destroying artifacts! So many… He treated you really well," Ye Yunfei remarked.
"For a Heavenly Emperor, over a thousand World-Destroying artifacts are nothing special," Hun Lao said. "Even Emperor Treasures were something Guhuang Great Emperor had many of. This is only the third layer of the pagoda. I suspect Guhuang Great Emperor has also left Emperor Treasures within this Heavenly Dao Tower. You focus on your cultivation. When I deem you worthy in the future, and once you are capable of breaking the seals on the upper layers, the Emperor Treasures left by Guhuang Great Emperor can be used by you."
Emperor Treasures!
Upon hearing this, Ye Yunfei's eyes couldn't help but burn with fervor. Even for a Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Treasures were extremely precious! And since Guhuang Great Emperor was one of the major Great Emperors of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds ancient times, crafted in an era with richer refining resources, higher-grade natural energies, and more advanced laws, the Emperor Treasures he forged were undoubtedly even more powerful.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei understood that the Emperor Treasures forged by Guhuang Great Emperor were likely more potent than the ones he himself had crafted after becoming a Heavenly Emperor in his past life. This prospect made Ye Yunfei feel a surge of anticipation!
'This will also give me another good chance to refine my Five Elements Soul Swords further,' Ye Yunfei mused internally. The Five Elements Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was an extremely sophisticated formation; its might depended on both the cultivator's strength and the grade of the five spirit swords used.
"Hun Lao, there is still another box left. Let's open it and see," Ye Yunfei's gaze fell on the fourth box.
"Alright."
Hun Lao nodded and directly opened the fourth box.
Inside the fourth box lay a jade slip. A technique-record jade slip!
Both Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao sent their Soul Power into the jade slip.
Time Reversal Art!
This technique-record jade slip documented a mysterious and profound technique related to the Time Law. It was called the Time Reversal Art!
"The Guhuang Great Emperor actually possessed such a heaven-defying technique!" Ye Yunfei was visibly moved.
Ye Yunfei also possessed several techniques related to the Time Law, such as the Time Blade. But none of them seemed as profound as this Time Reversal Art!
According to the record on this jade slip, mastering this technique to its ultimate level allowed one to forcibly reverse the flow of time for an entire region—return to the past!
"Too profound! Changing the direction of the time flow itself!" Ye Yunfei couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"I am familiar with this technique," Hun Lao spoke up. "It's something Guhuang Great Emperor obtained from a forbidden land back in the day. At that time, Guhuang Great Emperor joined forces with several experts of comparable strength to assault that forbidden land together, acquiring quite a few treasures inside. This Time Reversal Art was obtained from that forbidden land. I was following Guhuang Great Emperor's side that time, so I am well aware of the details."
"You have already achieved a small measure of success in comprehending the Time Law. You can try to cultivate this method. This technique highly emphasizes comprehension; it is not proportional to one's cultivation realm and strength. Without sufficient innate talent in comprehending the Time Law, one may not succeed in cultivating it even with a high cultivation level."
Hun Lao said this to Ye Yunfei. In his heart, he had already regarded Ye Yunfei as Guhuang Great Emperor's successor, so he was anything but stingy when it came to valuable items, directly giving them to Ye Yunfei.
"Good! I'll attempt to cultivate it," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Take these Space Crystals and Time Crystals. And the ten Divine Crystals as well."
Hun Lao placed half of the Space Crystals and Time Crystals along with the ten Divine Crystals into a spatial ring and handed it to Ye Yunfei.
"Alright, I will go into closed-door cultivation immediately," Ye Yunfei said, a fiery passion rising in his heart. The crystals left by Guhuang Great Emperor could significantly boost his strength, especially the ten Divine Crystals which could once again strengthen his Heavenly Emperor remnant soul.
Afterward, Ye Yunfei commenced his closed-door cultivation.
* * *
At the same time.
On a certain mountain peak near Ziwei Sect's headquarters, more than a dozen black-clad figures emerged. All these men-in-black wore masks!
"Ziwei Sect's headquarters has many Formations and tight defensive measures; it will be difficult for us to infiltrate." One of the men-in-black spoke in a cold voice. "Very well. We will stake outside their headquarters and hunt members of the Ziwei Sect. If we encounter individuals of high importance, we will capture them directly as hostages. We can then use these hostages to force Su Fei to come out and seize the opportunity to assassinate him. Until Su Fei appears, we must maintain an extremely low profile, ensuring we are not discovered."
All the other men-in-black nodded one by one.
"Remember, our primary target is Su Fei!"
The man who had spoken last emphasized sternly.