Alex was not worried about the Nine Great Heaven Seals at all. He can always copy this technique and obtain every bit of information it has to offer.

Obviously, he can break the Nine Great Heaven Seals if he can successfully replicate this technique.

However, there were some things he could not understand.

"Tell me, who sealed the Stone of Immortality here? Why would someone seal a supreme treasure like the Stone of Immortality instead of taking it for themselves?"

[The Stone of Immortality was sealed by the Fourth Stone…]

[The reason… well, we have waited since our birth for a worthy master to appear. But after countless eons, we have yet to find a single being deserving enough to be recognized as our master. The Stone of Immortality is... well... unique. Its mere existence prevents any spark of life from truly dying. Among the four Supreme Stones, the Stone of Immortality alone has caused the downfall of at least a hundred civilizations. Because of this, the Fourth Stone sealed it away, to stop it from disturbing the flow of time and existence.]

[Because the Stone of Immortality was sealed by that Fourth Stone, I couldn't sense its presence until now. Only when a tiny sliver of its aura leaked out recently did I finally detect it.]

Alex felt a chill down his spine.

He could not help but think about what kind of treasure this Stone of Immortality is.

Moreover, even the Heavenly Spirit Stone couldn't locate the Stone of Immortality because of the seal placed by another of its kind.

It seems the fourth stone's extraordinariness is beyond his imagination.

The Heavenly Spirit Stone then added.

[If you plan to seek the Fourth Stone someday… let me tell you this. Finding the fourth stone will be far more difficult than finding the Stone of Immortality. Even though I know everything that has happened or is currently happening within this Astral Sea, the Fourth Stone is not within my sight.]

Alex immediately understood what the Heavenly Spirit Stone was implying. It was hinting to Alex that it couldn't help him find the Fourth Stone. He would have to rely on himself.

He didn't dwell on it for long. Instead, he nodded, kept the Heavenly Spirit Stone inside his personal space, and turned his attention back to the river.

In fact, his attention was attracted to a young man sitting inside a cave, not far from the river.

Although this young man was inside the cave, the cave itself wasn't very deep. Moreover, he could sense an unusually strong wave of vitality in the area. Curious, he released his divine sense, and what he saw made his eyes narrow.

There, the young man was refining an exquisite-looking blue lotus.

The moment Alex laid eyes on the lotus, he instantly recognized it as the Extreme Life Blue Lotus.

"That's definitely the Extreme Life Blue Lotus," he whispered to himself. The lotus glowed with a soft blue light and gave off waves of strong vitality. Just being near it made Alex feel refreshed and full of energy.

But then, he calmed down.

[Name: Extreme Life Blue Lotus.

Rank: Origin God.

Details: ...

Note: Due to absorbing a strand of energy from the Stone of Immortality that escapes the Nine Great Heaven Seal once every 100 years, an ordinary lotus seed evolved into what is now known as the Extreme Life Blue Lotus.]

[Replication Successful! Congratulations to the Originator for successfully replicating Origin God-level Treasure, Extreme Life Blue Lotus.]

Emrys never expected to accidentally discover the Extreme Life Blue Lotus so quickly, nor did he expect this treasure to be an Origin God–level treasure.

After all, anyone above the Extreme Void Stage was prohibited from entering the Bizarre Beasts Cave. The appearance of a treasure of the Origin God rank here was truly unexpected.

Alex already knew its details, and after reading its information, he realized that all the rumors about this treasure were indeed true. Moreover, he knew the Extreme Life Blue Lotus must be connected to the Stone of Immortality in some ways.

So, after reading the "note" in its information panel, Alex was not that surprised.

Without the slightest hesitation, he replicated the Extreme Life Blue Lotus. Then he shifted his attention back to the river, ignoring the man refining the lotus, which was synonymous with surging vitality.

Splash~

Alex jumped into the river, going straight down to the bottom. He was not careful, but not careless either.

The moment he entered the water, he felt the strong vitality all around him. The river was filled with pure life energy.

Alex couldn't help but marvel. He felt such pure and dense life energy for the first time. Although he was stunned, he didn't stop. He continued to dive deeper. The deeper he went, the thicker and heavier the vitality became. It felt like he was diving through the liquid of life itself.

Moreover, as he went deeper, he saw strange fish swimming past him. Some even looked at him curiously before darting away. It didn't take long for him to see the riverbed. It was covered in gently swaying blue-green plants.

As Alex kept descending, the water in front of him started to turn faintly golden. This golden light was coming from deep below.

'Is it the place?' Alex muttered inwardly.

When he finally reached the bottom, he was met with the sight of nine enormous stone pillars standing in a perfect circle. Their surfaces were etched with bizarre, ancient patterns, and a thin layer of golden energy connected each pillar, forming a massive seal. At the very center of that seal hovered a faint shadow of something glowing with a deep light.

Alex knew immediately that it was the Stone of Immortality. It is just that he could not see it clearly due to the Nine Great Heaven Seals.

The mere sight of the seals made his heart pound violently.

If he wanted to obtain the Stone of Immortality, he knew he must break the Nine Great Heaven Seals first.

As for how to break it, Alex had an idea.