Chapter 216: Spatial Shelter

The Snake God fled and hid in the shadows, taking all the treasures from this vault. Chen Xiao and the other two did not stay long either, leaving through an exit in another passage.
Chen Xiao had already obtained what he wanted. After plundering eight divine vaults in a row, plus the vaults of Cain, the Six-Winged Angel, and Shang Xie before that, he had now raided a total of eleven divine vaults.
Eleven vaults were sufficient given the current situation.
What Chen Xiao wanted now was to follow these two and learn more about the power dynamics on Earth and the Source Continent.
This entire hidden treasure seemed like a trial ground.
Chen Xiao sensed slightly, trying to find the practitioner from the Church who had obtained countless divine treasures here before, but he could not detect their presence within his perception range. If they hadn’t died here, they would likely have left and returned to the Church.
“I always thought the biggest beneficiaries of this Western faction would be the vampires, but I never expected that the two Void Gods of the vampires and Dark Vampires were devoured by Cain, ending up benefiting those from the Church instead…”
Chen Xiao walked along with Lou Yu and Xuan Yuan Po toward the passage leading out of the vault, lost in thought.
Suddenly, the passage began to move slowly, and the space around them started to tremble violently. Chen Xiao, Lou Yu, and Xuan Yuan Po nearly fell to the ground due to the sudden disturbance.
“What’s going on?”
Among them, Xuan Yuan Po had the highest cultivation level. He slightly expanded his domain to stabilize the three of them.
Chen Xiao’s mind stirred slightly. His consciousness could now connect with the entire Tianlong Secret Treasury. He discovered that there were 108 passages in total, and all of them were slowly converging in one direction.
That focal point was the core of the Tianlong Secret Treasury—the original throne hall of the Tianlong Palace.
But this hall was not under Chen Xiao’s control. If he wanted to reach that core hall, he had to go to the end of this passage.
“Be careful. Something has changed in this passage; it’s not like before anymore,” Lou Yu said, cautious. He had already noticed that what was once stable had become extremely dangerous.
“Crises always bring opportunities,” Chen Xiao said with a smile. Although the central hall was not under his control, he could still sense everything in this passage.
There was a divine artifact hidden somewhere in this passage, like a wild wolf lurking in the dark, waiting to pounce, ready to deliver a fatal strike at any moment.
This artifact, like Yuan Mie, seemed to have its own consciousness and had transformed into a monstrous spirit. Yet every move it made was under Chen Xiao’s control.
Chen Xiao could keenly sense that its energy was fixed on Lou Yu and Xuan Yuan Po, ignoring him as if he didn’t exist.

Chen Xiao’s heart stirred as he recalled the Sky Wolf God from before and the serpent-bodied deity just now—neither of them had attacked him. He had clearly sensed that the Sky Wolf God was chewing on a virtual god bit by bit.
“Could it be that they can’t attack me?”
An utterly absurd idea arose in Chen Xiao’s mind. But whether this was indeed the case, he couldn’t be sure; he didn’t even dare to verify it, as it involved lives at stake.
Yet this divine weapon-beast, an existence akin to a god, if it launched a full-force attack in a surprise strike, those two would likely have no chance to resist.
“Be careful—there seems to be an extremely powerful being hidden around here,” Chen Xiao warned. As he spoke, the illusion of the Snowflakes Descending divine artifact appeared instantly, shielding his body tightly.
Xuanyuan Po and Lou Yu were stunned for a moment before unleashing their own defenses—the primordial spirits of the Primordial Spirit God. Two hazy primordial spirits surrounded them, their power even surpassing that of Chen Xiao’s Snowflakes Descending.
Seeming to sense that the two had suddenly donned turtle shells, the divine weapon-beast relaxed slightly. It lowered its energy, trying to lock onto Chen Xiao, only to find it utterly unable to do so—the void of this existence was blocking it.
In the end, it gave up in defeat and vanished into the void.
This time, Chen Xiao observed up close the defenses surrounding those two—the primordial spirits of the Primordial Spirit God. These two primordial spirits seemed like actual gods, constantly guarding the two, their faint divine aura spreading outward. Even Chen Xiao was forced to step back slightly under its pressure.
“The Primordial Spirit God… I wonder what level of Primordial Spirit God the gods behind them are… But even the Primordial Spirit God isn’t something I can deal with right now.” Seeing this, Chen Xiao hid all his thoughts.
He had a clear idea of who he could scheme against and who he couldn’t afford to offend.
The divine weapon-beast, frightened into hiding, left the passage unobstructed. Soon, the three of them stepped out of the passage.
This was an open world—a true world, vast and boundless, with no end in sight. The ground was covered with open grassland.
On this grassland, hundreds of people were already gathered. Most of them were at the level of virtual gods, with some practicing domain techniques, but not a single person with abilities like Chen Xiao’s.
Some of them were in poor condition, severely injured or even on the verge of death. Others, however, remained calm and composed, just like Chen Xiao and his companions, clearly unharmed.
“This used to be a palace—why has it turned into this?” Chen Xiao looked at the vast grassland in confusion, not understanding what had happened.
But he knew that the changes here were no longer under his control.
“Hm? There are even people with abilities who aren’t cultivators here? Those who can come here must possess many treasures…”
By now, many people had noticed the three of them. Earlier, before exiting, Xuanyuan Po and Lou Yu had already retracted their primordial spirits.

A Virtual God gave a signal to his subordinates, and in an instant, over thirty cultivators at the Domain realm surrounded them. Without wasting words, they activated their domains and enveloped the three of them. In the Tianlong Secret Treasury, killing and looting were utterly normal affairs.

The lowest-ranked among these thirty cultivators was at Domain Level 3, the Immortal realm, while the highest was at Domain Level 6, having merged the laws of time and space and attained the Heaven and Earth realm. Domain Level 5 involved the law of time, whereas Domain Level 6 combined time and space—the Heaven and Earth realm. Cultivators at this level transformed their domains into a world in its infancy, making them extremely powerful. Above Domain Level 6 was the true World realm, like the Building realm, where one’s domain became a real world.

Though these thirty cultivators were formidable, they seemed insufficient in this perilous Tianlong Secret Treasury. They had only reached here under the protection of the Virtual God behind them—a mid-level Virtual God. They had been cautious all the way, and now that they saw these three seemingly weak opponents, they started to show off again.

At this moment, Xuan Yuan Po and Lou Yu were not revealing their true forms, and their cultivation levels were concealed by a powerful force. Without Chen Xiao’s help from the Tianlong Secret Treasury, it would have been impossible to see through them. As for Chen Xiao, he could act boldly without any need to hide. His mental power was at Level 9, and all the power fluctuations within his body were also at Level 9. Yet his true strength was far more complex than it appeared.

“That’s a subordinate of a mid-level Virtual God…” Lou Yu’s thin golden eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Xuan Yuan Po didn’t care about such details. With a punch, he shattered the domains of those thirty cultivators in one go. With a smile on his face, he shouted loudly, “Do these thirty pitiful cultivators really dare to challenge me?”

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the mid-level Virtual God, curling his index finger slightly.

Seeing such dominance, the surrounding cultivators and Virtual Gods stared at Xuan Yuan Po in disbelief. Earlier, when he displayed his power, these Virtual Gods had sensed it—Domain Level 8. That was an absolutely powerful existence anywhere, but still not enough compared to a Virtual God.

Domain Level 8, though powerful, still meant one was just an ordinary person, while a Virtual God was a deity, far beyond the realm of ordinary beings. Even a Domain cultivator at the peak of Level 9 didn’t deserve to challenge a Virtual God.

But now, Xuan Yuan Po was challenging a mid-level Virtual God. Either he had gone mad or he had an absolute trump card.

“Hehe, Xuan Yuan Po is indeed not simple. That Yuan Ling may have a protective shell, but it seems to lack offensive power. For him to dare challenge a Virtual God like this, he must have a solid trump card.”

Chen Xiao turned his head and glanced at Lou Yu. Seeing that Lou Yu only changed his expression slightly before returning to normal, he wasn’t worried about Xuan Yuan Po at all.

“Could these two have already known each other before?” Chen Xiao thought this, but immediately dismissed the idea. It was likely that during this time, they had already figured out each other’s strengths in the Tianlong Secret Treasures.
The mid-level Void God had a dark expression. He never expected a mere eighth-level practitioner of a minor domain to dare challenge him, and with such contempt.
However, he didn’t think the other party was an arrogant fool—there were no such fools in the world. The other party definitely had a hidden card; he was sure of it.
“Then die…”
The mid-level Void God immediately unleashed his strongest power, and a phantom image of a Void God weapon appeared behind his head.