"There really is a treasure!"

"This guy was indeed lying; it looks like we are in great fortune!"

"Stop talking nonsense, that's the good fortune of two fellows from the Inner Sect! It's already a great fortune for us to be able to bask in their light!"

"Yes, yes, yes... exactly!"

...

The Jie Sect Immortals were immediately excited upon hearing Xuan Yang's honest account of his treasure hunting experience in the Returning Ruins.

Even Huo Ling'er couldn't help but have her eyes shine with fascination.

There are many kinds of divine and earthly treasures.

They could be Spirit Roots or great medicines, ingesting them increases lifespan and mana; or they could be Supreme Divine Materials, used to forge Spiritual Treasures and Spiritual Weapons of infinite power; or they themselves might be Innate Spiritual Treasures, which are divine opportunities that one can't find even if one seeks!

No Primordial Immortal Gods can remain indifferent in the face of divine and earthly treasures.

Especially after listening to Xuan Yang, they learned that there wasn't just one or two divine and earthly treasures inside the Returning Ruins!

Even an Immortal Golden Immortal like Huo Ling'er, who already possessed both mana and Spiritual Treasures, would still be tempted by the emergence of divine and earthly treasures.

After all, who would ever feel they have enough treasures?

She turned her head to glance at Yu Yuan, only to find him holding a grass stalk in his mouth, puffing clouds of smoke, completely without a hint of excitement, which prompted her to step forward curiously and ask: "Divine and earthly treasures, eh? What are you thinking about?"

Yu Yuan shook his head and didn't say much.

Just now he was analyzing the words spoken by Xuan Yang.

It has been told for countless years that there are treasures inside the Returning Ruins.

The so-called Returning Ruins refer to the abyss located at the junction of the Four Seas.

The waters of the eight streams and nine fields, the flow of the Heavenly River, are continuously merging into this abyss at every moment.

Interestingly, the Returning Ruins is an abyss that only allows entry not exit, yet it has never been filled up.

More peculiarly, the location of the Returning Ruins is exactly where the decisive battle between the Witch Demon tribes took place.

The great formations of Celestial Stars and Devastating Gods, capable of destroying heaven and earth, battled there, and as they shattered the not-round Buzhou Mountain, the Heavenly Pillar, split the Primordial Continent, and pierced the Heavenly Vault, they also blasted through the thick crust of the earth, leaving behind this dark, bottomless abyss.

In a certain sense, the Returning Ruins are like a large graveyard for the Witch Demon tribes.

Who knows how many powerful beings from both tribes have been buried there.

Just the fallen Ancestor Witches and Demon Saints amount to more than both hands can count!

And the treasures that have scattered there are countless!

As a result, after the Witch Demon Calamity, many Immortal Gods have come here to try their luck, delving into the heart of the Returning Ruins in search of treasures.

Some lucky ones indeed found treasures.

However, these were the minority; most Immortal Gods came eagerly but left disappointed.

There were also some Immortals who ventured too deeply and never returned.

Gradually, fewer and fewer risked hunting for treasures in the Returning Ruins.

It is rare for anyone to bring out a treasure from within it even in tens of thousands of years.

But this time appears to be different.

According to Xuan Yang, the Chaotic Divine Light flickers within the Returning Ruins, allowing entrance to a Grotto Heaven filled with divine and earthly treasures...

Just thinking about it is enough to stir excitement.

Yu Yuan was excited too, but it wasn't the Grotto Heaven filled with divine and earthly treasures that excited him, but the Chaotic Divine Light itself!

But as excited as he was, his expression remained calm like still water.

As he had expected, Huo Ling'er couldn't contain herself first, and quietly suggested in a low voice: "Drinking at the Dragon Palace can wait, right? It doesn't matter if we put the Dragon King on hold. How about we go treasure hunting in the Returning Ruins first?

You still don't have a handy weapon; maybe this time we can find one or two Innate Spiritual Treasures."

Hearing this, even Yu Yuan couldn't help but smack his lips secretly.

As a direct disciple of a Saint, she spoke of Innate Spiritual Treasures as if they were cabbages.

He frowned slightly, hesitant and said: "Isn't that inappropriate? I promised my master that I wouldn't go anywhere but the Dragon Palace."

Huo Ling'er, although smart, was no match for this old hand, and mistook his reluctance for earnestness. She quickly came over and entreated him with soft words, even coercing and tempting, declaring that if the master blamed them, she would take all the responsibility!

Yu Yuan could only "helplessly" agree.

Huo Ling'er's face lit up with joy immediately, and she flashed back onto the back of the Golden-eyed Five Clouds Camel, one hand on his shoulder, pressing closely to his sturdy back, excitedly pointing ahead with her other hand, she shouted: "Let's set off quickly! If we're late, others will have picked up all the treasures."

At this moment, Jin Shengyang hurriedly said: "Fellow Daoists, I wonder if you could take us along to search for treasures in the Returning Ruins?"

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Although the Returning Ruins were not far from here, and they could go by themselves, it was a completely different matter to be led by a Golden Immortal direct disciple of a Saint.

Not to mention anything else, just being able to rub shoulders with the good fortune of a Saint's direct lineage was enough to make them swarm like bees to honey.

What's more, there was an Immortal Golden Immortal, and although the other seemed to be just a high-grade Profound Immortal, after the "Ma Yuan incident," everyone in the Jie Sect knew of his terror.

Having these two to escort and protect, that sense of full safety...

While they were lost in thought, Huo Ling'er slapped her head, looking at Jin Shengyang and the others: "Oh, I almost forgot about you!

You dared to snatch my junior brother's mount, so naturally you cannot be let off lightly..."

She pondered for a while, unable to think of a punishment for Jin Shengyang and the others, and simply said, "Why don't you just go to Golden Turtle Island and receive punishment from Heavenly Monarch Qin Wan?"

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Jin Shengyang wished he could slap himself, why did he have to run his mouth!

Watching the two about to leave, Jin Shengyang hurriedly stepped forward, saying respectfully: "Fellow Daoists, indeed, it was because I let greed cloud my judgment just now, this is Deep Sea Dragon Saliva Fragrance, I offer it as an apology, please be magnanimous and forgive us this once...

How about this, we go search for treasure at the Returning Ruins and then return to Golden Turtle Island to accept our punishment?"

Huo Ling'er glanced at Yu Yuan, and seeing that he still had no response, she reluctantly nodded, "This opportunity is indeed rare... Fine, just as you said, you go search for treasure in the Returning Ruins first."

Upon hearing this, Jin Shengyang and the others breathed out in relief, thanking them profusely, but they didn't dare to mention following the two to hunt for treasures again.

Seeing Huo Ling'er settled everything, Yu Yuan gently slapped the camel hump, and the Golden-eyed Five Clouds Camel beneath him immediately ran with golden light, transforming into a cloud and mist as it vanished.

They were already very close to the Returning Ruins to begin with.

With the swiftness of the Golden-eyed Five Clouds Camel, it only took half an hour to arrive at the destination.

Hovering high in the sky and looking down, one could see a gigantic black abyss of unknown diameter on the sea surface, with countless amounts of ocean water pouring into the abyss at every moment, creating an endless silver-white waterfall at its edge.

If one looked forward from the sea surface, it looked as if they had come to the end of the world, with all the water falling straight down, making a massive roaring sound.

Even Yu Yuan, who had seen many spectacles, couldn't help but be moved by the sight, let alone Huo Ling'er, the "Cultivation Genius" who hardly ever left her home.

At this moment, her rosy little mouth formed an "O" shape, her almond eyes wide open, and it took quite a while before she murmured a question that would trouble most Immortal Gods: "Where does all that water go?"

There are many answers to this question.

Some say the Returning Ruins connect to the Netherworld Blood Sea, some say they connect to the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and others say the depths of the Returning Ruins are boundless Chaotic Qi...

But no matter which answer it is, they all convey a common message—the depths of the Returning Ruins are very dangerous!

"Look over there!"

Huo Ling'er's exclamation focused Yu Yuan's scattered thoughts in an instant, and he looked in the direction she pointed only to see a hundred yards thick of dazzling Divine Light wreathed in Chaotic Qi rising from the darkness of the abyss hundreds of miles away.

Is that the gate?

With a thought, Yu Yuan was about to move forward to inspect when he saw several streaks of rainbow light shooting from all directions, aiming straight for the Chaotic Divine Light in the dark abyss.

With a slight effort in his vision, he immediately realized that within those rainbow flashes were the figures of numerous Immortal Gods.

Huo Ling'er had obviously noticed this too, and she hastily shouted, "Quick, don't let them get ahead!"

While she spoke, several Immortal Gods had already rushed into the Chaotic Divine Light.

Yu Yuan didn't hesitate either; with a pat on the camel's hump, the Golden-eyed Five Clouds Camel immediately turned into Golden Light Cloud and shot straight at that streak of Chaotic Divine Light.

"Whoosh—"

In the instant he plunged into the Chaotic Divine Light, Yu Yuan felt as though he had penetrated a layer of thin film and seemed to have entered a narrow gap.

In the next instant, the scene before him suddenly cleared.

What entered his sight was a just-rising morning sun and an endless, magnificent mountain range stretching for countless miles.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and he froze in place.

In his vision, a godly mountain rose like a Heavenly Pillar, grand and majestic, reaching from earth to heaven!

At the sight of this Divine Mountain, a sense of profound realization naturally emerged in his heart.

Propping the heavens, the towering Buzhou!