Chapter 0946: Discovered?

The three envoys of the Ice Sea Palace consisted of two old women and one gray-haired elder. Their energy levels were similar to those of the two envoys from Qingming—both at the level of Seven Eras Half-Saints. Although all disciples in the Ice Sea Palace were women, this wasn’t absolute; some of its attendants and envoys were men, all of whom were skilled warriors subdued by the palace’s master and pledged loyalty to it.

Upon arriving at the scene, they saw collapsed mountains, cracked earth, destroyed forests, and dried-up rivers, causing their expressions to turn extremely grim.
“Who dares kill my Ice Sea Palace envoys?” the gray-haired elder demanded in a cold voice. Flames erupted from his body—white flames, no less. The surrounding space burned away, while thick ice formed at the edges.
“Whoever it is, they must die! Even those from the Heavy God Family or the Fiend Valley will pay the price!” another old woman said coldly.

Each envoy of the Ice Sea Palace had an “Ice Seed” planted by their master in their soul sea, allowing them to sense each other. That’s why, upon learning of the death of the two envoys from Qingming, the three of them rushed here at top speed.
“The two envoys from Qingming are dead. They were with the young lady—could she also be in danger?!” the third old woman asked, her eyes filled with fear.

The other two changed expressions.
“We must report this to the master immediately and search for the murderer!”
The three vanished in an instant.

At that moment, Huang Long used the Heavenly Sacred Cauldron to arrive in an ancient forest to the south of the Heavy God Space. He turned into dust, pierced through the trunk of an ancient tree, and hid inside it.
“Let me go! Let me go! If you dare capture me, my mother will definitely find out, and the Ice Sea Palace won’t spare you!” Leng Yue screamed inside the sacred cauldron. She realized that Huang Long knew her identity and was cautious, so he didn’t dare kill her.

Suddenly, Huang Long appeared before her. Seeing him, she stepped back in fear.
“Do you really think I can’t kill you? Keep screaming, and I’ll send you to join those envoys from Qingming!” Huang Long said coldly.
Leng Yue opened her mouth but, upon seeing Huang Long’s gaze, chose to stay silent. Huang Long pointed with his hands, a beam of golden light trapped her, and with a flick, he sent her into a space within the sacred cauldron, out of sight.

Back in Heavy God City, Huang Long and his companions had changed their appearances. So even if the Ice Sea Palace later discovered that Jiao Taiguang was the one who killed the envoys from Qingming, Huang Long wouldn’t worry. Keeping Leng Yue alive was just an extra layer of security.

After sending Leng Yue into a space in the sacred cauldron, Huang Long gave orders to his men before retreating into seclusion.

Five divine bodies from Jiaotai Guang—three from the early stages of the Eighth Era and two from the later stages of the Seventh Era. The essence, vital energy, and laws of the Great Path in these five divine bodies were sufficient for Huang Long to break through to the Eighth Era. At present, Huang Long drew out these five divine bodies from the void of the Sacred Cauldron. He chose to refine the divine bodies of the Two Envoys of Qingming first. Time passed. When Huang Long consumed and refined the essence, vital energy, and laws of the Great Path from these two envoys, he finally reached the peak of the later stages of the Seventh Era. Then, he began to refine the divine bodies of Jiaotai Guang. After consuming their essence, vital energy, and laws of the Great Path, he triggered the Catastrophe of Destruction and started to break through to the Eighth Era! Twenty thousand years, thirty thousand years, fifty thousand years passed. Meanwhile, as Huang Long refined the five divine bodies of Jiaotai Guang, the Heavy God Space outside became chaotic. “I heard that the Two Envoys of Qingming from the Ice Sea Palace were killed, and the young palace master, Leng Yue, is missing!” “Also, Jiaotai Guang, the great elder of the Fiend Valley, along with the heads of the Luofei and Kaichi families, have all disappeared!” “The Ice Sea Palace suspects that the person who bought the Green Dragon Fire Phoenix Sword at the auction of the Heavy God Merchant Guild a while ago is the culprit!” The killing of the Ice Sea Palace’s envoy, the disappearance of the young palace master, and the death of the great elder of the Fiend Valley—each of these was a earth-shattering event. The Ice Sea Palace, the Fiend Valley, the Luofei family, and the Kaichi family all issued rewards to capture the murderer. The two major Luofei families offered ten thousand first-class spiritual veins each! The Fiend Valley offered twenty thousand! And the Ice Sea Palace offered an astonishing forty thousand! Such high rewards were enough to drive the various forces and powerful individuals in the Heavy God Space crazy. Soon, powerful fighters of all levels could be seen searching for Huang Long everywhere in the Heavy God Space. However, Huang Long, who was in seclusion inside the Sacred Cauldron, was unaware of this and continued to refine the five divine bodies of Jiaotai Guang. Peak of the later stages of the Seventh Era! The Eighth Era! Peak of the early stages of the Eighth Era! After over a hundred thousand years, when Huang Long had fully refined the five divine bodies, he finally reached the peak of the early stages of the Eighth Era. After refining these divine bodies, Huang Long did not emerge from seclusion. Instead, he took out more than 250 fragments of mid-grade Great Path divine artifacts from the bottom of the Lava Blood Cave. Back in Heavy God City, after consuming the Green Dragon Fire Phoenix Sword and elevating his own body to a mid-grade Great Path divine artifact, he had not continued to consume these fragments. Now, he intended to consume all of them to further ascend. Huang Long opened his mouth, sucked in fifty of these fragments at once, and then used the Supreme Transformation Art to turn each one into part of his own body.

As piece after piece of mid-tier Dao Artifact transformed into part of the Yellow Dragon’s body, its form grew more solid, powerful, and enhanced!
4,990!
4,985!
……
After devouring fifty mid-tier Dao Artifact fragments, the Yellow Dragon’s strength increased by a full ten percent. Ranked by Dao Artifact strength, it rose from 5,000th to around 4,800th!
Then, the Yellow Dragon continued to devour another fifty.
4,650!
By the time it had consumed over 250 mid-tier Dao Artifact fragments, its rank had risen to around 4,400th.
250 mid-tier Dao Artifact fragments were equivalent to eight ordinary mid-tier Dao Artifacts.
However, the higher one’s rank in terms of Dao Artifact strength, the more effort required to climb higher—just like how it had been difficult for the Yellow Dragon to break through to Semi-Saint status.
“4,400th!” Feeling the strength of its body, the Yellow Dragon was pleased, but soon frowned.
It had taken eight ordinary mid-tier Dao Artifacts to reach 4,400th—so how many more would it need to devour to reach 3,000th and ascend to the level of high-tier Dao Artifacts?!
“Mid-tier Dao Artifacts!” the Yellow Dragon mused.
Mid-tier Dao Artifacts couldn’t be bought just by having spiritual veins; most merchant guilds didn’t even auction them, like the Heavy God Merchant Guild, which didn’t have any this time.
“Never mind, I won’t think about it for now. The most important thing now is to find a way to leave this Heavy God Space!” the Yellow Dragon thought to itself.
But just then, suddenly, two figures appeared in the sky above the ancient forest where the Yellow Dragon was hiding!
The two were a man and a woman, young, in their twenties. Their attire was similar to that of the Two Envoys of Qingming, yet somewhat different. Their auras were vast and overwhelming, far stronger than those of the Two Envoys of Qingming!
Each of them was almost on par with that Haotian from the Lava Blood Cave back then.
Ten powerhouses from the early eras!