Chapter 592: Chapter 587: Red Lotus Suppresses the Divine Shuttle, Spiritual Toad Refines the Treasure Map

Qin Feng hadn’t finished his thought when the ninety-nine Space Escape Divine Shuttles, having missed their target, suddenly converged into one large Divine Shuttle. With sharp ends on both sides and no need to turn around, it aimed straight for Qin Feng who had just steadied himself.

The Nine Heavens Ten Earths Space Escape Divine Shuttle was a set of combination Magical Treasures that could both gather and disperse, lengthen or shorten, and even change size. Not only could it be used as a lethal weapon against enemies, but it also functioned as a Divine Artifact for traversing heaven and earth, and voyaging through the void, with a full range of versatile features.

At this moment, the Space Escape Divine Shuttle merged into the size of a typical Flying Boat, however, its ends were sharply pointed and fearsome. A collision would instantly cleave a person in half at the waist!

This time, however, Qin Feng did not dodge. In the blink of an eye, he summoned the Karma Fire Red Lotus.

The surface of the Red Lotus surged with fierce flames, petal by petal unfolding in succession, shielding Qin Feng’s front.

With a clang like the heavy collision of metal, the impact caused the Karma Fire Red Lotus to blaze intensely. Shooting up dozens of feet high with a whoosh, the flames twisted the surrounding void.

The Space Escape Divine Shuttle was blocked by the Karma Fire Red Lotus, breaking apart suddenly, and scattering back into ninety-nine Divine Shuttles each about a foot long. Like a school of small fish swimming through the void, they moved in agile groups, preparing to bypass the Red Lotus blockade and continue their assault on Qin Feng.

Unexpectedly, the fiery red lotus spinning in the air also released petals.

The petals, as fast as lightning and no slower than the Space Escape Divine Shuttles, immediately entangled each Divine Shuttle. The two distinct types of Magical Treasures collided and entangled, rendering the Space Escape Divine Shuttles unable to free themselves from the Karma Fire Red Lotus’s entanglement for a while.

“Uh?”

The man in the black robe paused in slight surprise.

He was well aware of the power of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Space Escape Divine Shuttle. Indeed, without this treasure, he would never have escaped the pursuit of the Western Regions’ Buddhist Sects, especially the bald heads from the Great Snow Mountain’s Dalun Temple. Multiple Dharma Protector Vajras were sent to hunt him down. If it weren’t for the incredible speed of the Space Escape Divine Shuttle, his soul would have been crushed and scattered by those bald heads long ago.

That such a formidable Magical Treasure was now being countered by a junior from the Beast Taming Sect surprised him greatly.

“It seems that this junior also possesses some Qi fortune. The Beast Taming Sect is not adept at refining treasures; such artifacts must certainly have come to him by chance!”

He thought to himself.

Having lived for thousands of years, he had seen many young cultivators with strong Qi fortune throughout the lengthy years, knowing that these cultivators more or less had various chances and treasures.

So his interest was piqued.

If he were to kill this junior from the Beast Taming Sect, wouldn’t he gain a few more powerful treasures?

Moreover, judging by the aura of this Red Lotus, even among Immortal Artifacts, it was a formidable presence. Seizing it might even benefit his own cultivation.

For a moment, the man in the black robe and Qin Feng each calculated the worth of the other’s treasures.

However, ultimately the Karma Fire Red Lotus was superior, its power exceeding that of the Space Escape Divine Shuttle. Additionally, the Artifact Spirit within the Karma Fire Red Lotus was cultivated by Qin Feng himself, innately recognizing Qin Feng as its master. Moreover, Qin Feng’s current strength was several times stronger than when he first fused the Red Lotus with the Fire Origin, making it relatively simple to manipulate, though it couldn’t yet last indefinitely.

The Space Escape Divine Shuttle was different, this Immortal Artifact had been sealed within the Ancient Battlefield for tens of thousands of years without nourishment from Spiritual Energy, having become somewhat weakened already. Furthermore, its Artifact Spirit did not acknowledge the Demon Cultivator, so it had not been completely refined by the man in the black robe. He had simply sought to seize the opportunity when the Artifact Spirit was weakened to seal it, planning to erode the spirit slowly once he possessed greater strength in the future and completely obtain this treasure.

Because of the restriction imposed by the Artifact Spirit, the Space Escape Divine Shuttle’s power could not be fully deployed and soon, under the entanglement of the Karma Fire Red Lotus, it found itself at a disadvantage.

The Karma Fire Red Lotus was originally an Immortal Sword, with each petal acting as a Flying Sword. The speed at which a Flying Sword operated was always incredibly swift, so even though the Space Escape Divine Shuttle was better at speed, due to the man in the black robe’s inability to leverage the full power of the Immortal Artifact, he also struggled to escape the entanglement of the Red Lotus Petals.

Like the Space Escape Divine Shuttle, the Karma Fire Red Lotus was a composite-type Immortal Artifact. Moreover, it had as many as three hundred and sixty petals. Even if it allocated double the number to entangle the shuttle, it could still maintain the shape of a lotus and spin to suppress each Divine Shuttle.

As the lotus spun, petals swept up the Divine Shuttle into the midst of the lotus, then the petals closed, trapping the shuttle within and making it difficult to break free.

“Heh…”

The man in the black robe almost laughed in anger when he saw this, “Such audacity from the younger generation, to even dare to snatch my Magical Treasures right in front of me. Truly seeking death!

Since you’re so eager, how about I generously give you a few more to savor!”

As he spoke, the man in the black robe swung his sleeve, and immediately a scroll flew out from within his sleeve.

As he cast his spell, the scroll slowly unfurled, then grew larger and larger before falling, covering a space of a hundred miles within the Void.

Now, not only Qin Feng, but also the Spiritual Beasts and Corpse Puppets who were fighting were all enveloped within the scroll.

“Not good!”

Qin Feng instantly sensed a shift in the surrounding space and knew things were dire. He turned his head to look and saw that he was now in a strange Void, surrounded by chaotic Space Power and cracks in the Void. New cracks would randomly appear nearby, and even standing still might lead to being sliced by a cracking Void.

Moreover, he was currently battling the Demon Cultivator in such a perilous place, where any significant disturbance in power would inevitably cause more spatial fragmentation and bring danger to him.

This made his expression change dramatically; he hadn’t expected the man in the black robe to possess such a formidable Space Magical Treasure.

Looking around, Qin Feng found that the only relatively safe place within a hundred miles was where the man in the black robe stood.

There was a not-too-big, not-too-small piece of land there, upon which a palace had been built.

This plot of land was like a floating star amidst the Void, gently drifting with the chaotic flow of space.

“Hehehehe… Boy, to die within my Chaotic Sky Map is also your good fortune,” the man in the black robe sneered coldly.

This Magical Treasure, like the Space Escape Divine Shuttle, was another treasure obtained from the Ancient Battlefield, and was his strongest fallback for avoiding the pursual of Righteous Path Cultivators. When the chase became too intense, he would simply hide inside the Chaotic Sky Map, and even the Dharma Protector Vajra who had cultivated Manas in Buddhism wouldn’t be able to find him. This was why he, a Demon Cultivator at the Primordial Spirit Realm, had managed to evade capture by the Righteous Path for such a long time.

The man in the black robe looked at Qin Feng with smug satisfaction. “Youngster, do you really think having some fortune allows you to contend with me?” he scoffed, “Today, I shall let you witness the might of this seat!”

However, in his moment of arrogant laughter, he failed to notice that something had changed outside.

As he invoked the Chaotic Sky Map to collect the surrounding void, along with Qin Feng, into it, a sudden disturbance emanated from the skies above.

Then, a shadowy figure that was partially invisible appeared outside the Chaotic Sky Map. In an instant, its eyes turned into vertical pupils, peering through layers of the void and seeing the scene within the map.

This was an old man with gray hair and beard, dressed in an unassuming Daoist robe without a hint of aura on display. It was only when he opened his eyes and looked toward the inner space of the Chaotic Sky Map that a flash of formidable aura was briefly revealed, before he quickly concealed it again.

This person was none other than the Beast Taming Sect’s Spiritual Snake Lineage’s strongest Supreme Elder, Long Qian, who had cultivated to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm. He was the founder of the “Nine Abysses Hidden Dragon Technique” and the forebear of the Long Family, the first vassal family of the Beast Taming Sect that passed down the true inheritance skills.

The reason why this Supreme Elder appeared here was solely due to the instructions of Jue Tian Ancestor and Gui Ling Ancestor, who had ordered him to secretly protect Qin Feng.

Long Qian had not refused.

Although protecting a junior might not sound nice and could tarnish his reputation as a Supreme Elder, it depended on whom he was protecting.

Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen were the disciples whom the sect planned to focus on for future cultivation, with chances of achieving Proving Dao Immortality higher than those of Elder Liuling from the Creation Lineage.

Although the Long Family were his blood descendants, the Beast Taming Sect was where his roots truly belonged. As such, the Supreme Elder didn’t hesitate to agree to the two ancestors’ proposal and silently followed Qin Feng to protect him when he left the sect.

Moreover, Qin Feng was a talented disciple of his own Spiritual Snake Lineage. As Qin Feng grew, it would bring boundless benefits, both to himself and to his lineage.

The patriarch of the Long Family not only had a temperament inclined towards concealment and endurance, but his cultivation techniques were similarly discreet. Before proving his Dao, aside from astute individuals like Gui Ling Ancestor, very few inside or outside the sect recognized his potential.

Yet, with neither zeal nor contention, and with enduring patience, he cultivated for three thousand years. When he finally made his presence known, it was a revelation to all; he rose from a common cultivator whom everyone looked down upon to achieve Immortality in the Dao, attaining longevity. Now, he had even cultivated to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm, only one step away from reaching the Profound Immortal realm.

The Supreme Elder was true to his name, an expert at moving unseen. If he had not revealed himself, nobody would have suspected that such a formidable presence was hidden nearby.

Seeing Qin Feng trapped in the Chaotic Sky Map, he was startled. The most promising disciple of the sect absolutely could not suffer any misfortune. Thus, he revealed himself, his eyes piercing through the layers of void, preparing to reach in and pull Qin Feng out from the chaotic space. Unexpectedly, his expression changed, and he halted his movement.

Inside the Chaotic Sky Map, within the chaotic Void Forbidden Land, Qin Feng moved like drifting clouds and flowing water, stepping swiftly to dodge the treacherous spatial eddies. He seemed to anticipate impending dangers in advance, easily avoiding numerous hidden risks without showing any sign of panic despite being within the Chaotic Sky Map.

The man in the black robe standing in the palace had a slightly ugly expression on his face. He never expected Qin Feng to have a mastery of the Space Law.

Unlike the Space Escape Divine Shuttle that soared through heavens and earth, the Chaotic Sky Map had been torn during the Ancient Great Tribulation by a strike from an entity beyond their realm, causing the Artifact Spirit to be directly damaged. It had taken tens of thousands of years for it to regather some of its Spiritual Nature. Although it still did not acknowledge him, the Demon Cultivator, merely possessing a hint of Spiritual Nature was clearly insufficient to contend with his power. Thus, he had performed a simple refinement on it.

The reason he had not fully refined the map was mainly that his Cultivation Technique was incompatible with this Magical Treasure. Despite the Chaotic Sky Map’s high level, even without its power from the past, the prohibitions within were still beyond his current capacity to refine. At the very least, he would have to wait until he achieved the Demon Immortal realm before he could even consider how to refine this Treasure Map.

So, he could only use this treasure as a place of concealment and, at most, to imprison his opponent, preventing too much disturbance from occurring during battle and giving him the upper hand. This made it easier to deal with Righteous Path Cultivators.

But today, he discovered that this young Beast Taming Sect cultivator always brought him many surprises. Unexpectedly, not only was the cultivator’s methods overpowering, but he also had a deep understanding of the Space Law, sensing the spatial disturbance in advance and thus avoiding danger.

Just as he was steeling his heart, preparing to mete out a ruthless attack to forcibly slay Qin Feng, he suddenly heard several croaking frog sounds by his ear. His heart skipped a beat, and he abruptly turned to look towards the depths of the palace behind him.

Just now, he had actually sensed fluctuations in the core prohibition of the Chaotic Sky Map.

Just as he was about to enter the depths to investigate what had gone wrong, the Space Power outside his body suddenly became turbulent, and the black-robed man was unexpectedly pushed out of the palace by this great force, falling into the chaotic void outside.

“This is bad!”

The color drained from the black-robed man’s face.

His figure flickered, transforming into black smoke in an attempt to escape back to the palace, but suddenly, streams of void turbulence appeared in front of him, and not far away, a small void storm violently blew towards him, nearly tearing the black smoke he had become into the Void Crack, making him dare not to blindly charge through.

In stark contrast was Qin Feng.

He stepped through the void, and in two or three steps, he easily arrived on that piece of land, coming to the front of the palace where the black-robed man had been standing just before.

The black-robed man’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head at this scene.

What was going on here?

How could this junior from the Beast Taming Sect enter the palace so effortlessly?

He tried to manipulate the prohibitions of the Chaotic Sky Map, but found the few prohibitions he had refined were rapidly losing control. Even the Primordial Spirit Seal he left in the depths was quickly dispersing, causing him to completely lose contact with the Chaotic Sky Map.

“Croak, croak…”

A few croaks emanated from the deep part of the palace, and moments later, a green-skinned toad the size of a fist hopped out. It leaped right into Qin Feng’s hands, excitedly stretching its tiny webbed feet and gesticulating to Qin Feng.

“Well done!”

Qin Feng stretched out his hand to stroke the back of the Swallowing Sky Toad and couldn’t help but praise it.

He had previously entered the Chaotic Sky Map and sensed the Power of Laws hidden behind the chaotic space.

If he could sense them, then the Swallowing Sky Toad, an exotic beast with the innate Talent Space Divine Power, would undoubtedly have even less of a problem.

So the Swallowing Sky Toad directly followed the Space Power into the depths of the palace. That was also a crack left unrepaired after the Chaotic Sky Map had been shattered during the ancient cataclysm.

Upon entering the core of the Chaotic Sky Map, the Swallowing Sky Toad released its own Space Law, quickly causing a resonance with the trace of Spiritual Nature inside the map. It directly recognized it as its master, and, with an internal and external harmony, it instantaneously erased the seals left by the black-robed Demon Cultivator on the Chaotic Sky Map, thus transferring the ownership of this Ancient Immortal Artifact to a new master.