Chapter 0904: Continue Devouring, Cultivating

“It seems we need to find the other parts of the World Tree as soon as possible!” said the Yellow Dragon.
Since the spiritual energy emitted by the World Tree was insufficient, the Yellow Dragon had to use its spiritual veins to make up for it. Yet, no matter how many spiritual veins it had, they wouldn’t be enough to meet the needs of trillions of beings across all realms.
In the spatial artifact of the Armless Tiger Demon, aside from countless ancient demons and beasts, there were also many innate divine artifacts, innate divine pills, and over a dozen first-class spiritual veins.
“Only over a dozen first-class spiritual veins!” The Yellow Dragon was somewhat disappointed.
Zhong Huang laughed and said, “Over a dozen first-class spiritual veins is quite good! The Armless Tiger Demon must have used quite a few when breaking through five eras!”
The Yellow Dragon nodded, then stored all the innate divine artifacts, innate divine pills, and those spiritual veins in the Sacred Cauldron’s space.
However, when the Yellow Dragon opened the spatial artifact of the Formless Demon Ancestor, he was shocked.
“This is the Great Dao Divine Pill—the nineteenth-ranked Bihai Yanshui Pill!” Zhong Huang exclaimed in surprise as well.
Before them lay a pile of divine pills, emitting intense radiant glows and a fragrant aroma that was intoxicating. From each thumb-sized pill came the sound of waves, rhythmic and melodious like celestial music, giving one the feeling of being in the midst of an ocean.
The Yellow Dragon was overjoyed upon seeing this pile of Bihai Yanshui Pills. There were over a hundred thousand of them. Though not as powerful as the Supreme Divine Pill, they were far superior to the Yin-Yang Wuji Pill.
To create Bihai Yanshui Pills, one needed to gather 399 rare treasures and innate divine artifacts from the deep seas, each of which was extremely difficult to find. If a cultivator consumed these pills regularly, they could gain the power of the ocean, with their bodies becoming as soft as water.
The Yellow Dragon stored these pills in the Sacred Cauldron and then continued to explore the subsequent layers of the Formless Demon Ancestor’s spatial artifact.
One layer contained only innate divine artifacts and rare treasures, while another layer was filled with sets of divine artifacts. Although these were only upper-grade artifacts, each set was worth as much as a top-tier posterior-grade artifact—there were over a hundred such sets in total.
“I never expected the Formless Demon Ancestor to have such a quirk—collecting sets of divine artifacts!” said Zhong Huang.
But now, all these sets of upper-grade artifacts were in the Yellow Dragon’s hands.
“So many spiritual veins—there are even king-class spiritual veins!” When the Yellow Dragon opened the final layer, an astonishing surge of spiritual energy hit them, and Zhong Huang’s voice rang out.
In this final layer, the spiritual veins resembled celestial dragons soaring high in the sky.

At first glance, they were densely packed—over two hundred in total! Moreover, each one was a spiritual vein of first rank or above, with the two in the middle being royal-grade spiritual veins! “So many spiritual veins—256 in total, all of first rank or above, including two royal-grade ones. Where did this Formless Demon Ancestor get so many spiritual veins?!” Huang Long was filled with astonishment and joy. Zhong Huang said, “It must be that the Formless Demon Ancestor had some extraordinary encounter or obtained the treasures of other semi-saints or powerful beings!” “Exactly. So many spiritual veins on this Formless Demon Ancestor, including royal-grade ones. No wonder the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Panlong Clan went to such lengths to hunt him down!” Huang Long nodded, in high spirits. He then sealed and subdued each of these spiritual veins one by one. With his current strength, subduing royal-grade spiritual veins was effortless for him. Now, Huang Long had over forty second-rank spiritual veins, more than 390 first-rank spiritual veins, and three royal-grade spiritual veins! “Once I obtain the treasures from the Abyss of Chaos, I’ll truly be a wealthy man. Even the treasures hidden by some disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect probably can’t compare to mine!” Huang Long thought to himself. After a while, Huang Long calmed down and continued to refine the divine bodies of the Armed Tiger Demon and the Formless Demon Ancestor. He started by refining the divine body of the Armed Tiger Demon. Time passed—10,000 years, 20,000 years. Tens of thousands of years later, after Huang Long had consumed and integrated the essence, vital energy, and laws of the universe from the Armed Tiger Demon into his own body, he finally broke through from the peak of the middle stage of four eras to the late stage of those four eras. Having reached the late stage of the four eras, Huang Long continued to refine the divine body of the Formless Demon Ancestor. “Huh!” “Huh!” Sitting in the center of the grand array, Huang Long inhaled and exhaled, devouring the essence, vital energy, and laws of the universe emitted from the Formless Demon Ancestor’s body, just like a giant whale swallowing water. Around Huang Long, clusters of golden clouds kept forming. As Huang Long breathed, the two divine artifacts in his body—the Chaos Bell and the Multiverse Compass—flew out and circled around him. Tens of thousands of years passed again. One day, Huang Long opened his eyes, and streams of multicolored light emanated from his body, transforming into celestial dragons that circled high in the sky. The peak of the late stage of the four eras! After devouring and absorbing the essence, vital energy, and laws of the universe from the Formless Demon Ancestor, Huang Long finally reached the peak of the late stage of the four eras. At that moment, a figure flashed by, and Zhong Huang appeared beside Huang Long. “Congratulations, master! Your strength has improved!” Zhong Huang said. Huang Long waved his hand and said, “Your strength has also increased significantly. It seems you’ve fully refined the Nine Yang Silver Sword. During my seclusion, how has the situation outside been?”

During these days when Huang Long was in seclusion, Zhong Huang took the opportunity to refine the Nine Yang Silver Sword, its power now approaching 70% of its former level. However, it was still too early for the Chaos Bell to fully regain its former strength! Moreover, it became increasingly difficult as time went on, just like Huang Long’s own breakthroughs.

“During Master’s seclusion, nothing particularly significant has happened in the nearby realms. But strangely, more and more powerful beings from the three thousand great worlds have appeared near the edge of the Core Region of the Chaos Abyss,” said Zhong Huang.

Huang Long looked puzzled. “Could it be that the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Panlong Clan have revealed my whereabouts, attracting so many powerful beings?!”

Zhong Huang shook his head. “It shouldn’t be. It is said that treasures will emerge from the core of the Chaos Abyss!”

“Treasures emerging from the core of the Chaos Abyss?!” Huang Long pondered for a while before saying, “We don’t need to worry about this. I need to continue my seclusion to practice the Supreme Transformation Art. Then we can go and claim those treasures!”

For now, Huang Long needed to devour the fifty-plus divine artifacts he had taken from the Formless Demon Ancestor and transform them into part of his own body, thereby further enhancing his strength and defense! Each of those fifty-plus divine artifacts was equivalent to a top-tier postnatal divine artifact like the Hunyuan Blood Dragon Hammer. If he devoured and transformed them all, to what extent could his strength and defense improve?! Huang Long was filled with anticipation.

The first artifact he devoured and transformed was a long sword, which took over a thousand years. The second was a great sword, and the third was a large hammer. By the time Huang Long devoured the last axe and transformed it into part of his body, more than twenty thousand years had passed!