Chapter 0976: The Heavenly Taoists Arrive

Jin Yan never expected his senior brother to so “willingly” hand over the Eight-Armed Giant Bear to them!
Watching as the Eight-Armed Giant Bear was about to be given to Huang Long, Jin Yan grew anxious. He had spent countless billions of years collecting materials for the Golden Sun Energy Core Pill, missing only a dozen more components. Among them, the bile of the Eight-Armed Giant Bear was the rarest, as such bears were already one of the rarest magical beasts in the World of Ten Thousand Demons. Even fewer had reached the level of Half-Saint, let alone reached the peak at the end of nine eras. If he lost it now, he didn’t know when he would find another suitable batch of bile! It might even take until the next era!
Yet in the end, he didn’t intervene. He knew there was reason behind Senior Brother Jin Ming’s caution toward them. He could only watch helplessly as the Eight-Armed Giant Bear was taken before Huang Long.
Huang Long glanced at Jin Yan and the other man, then suddenly struck, slapping the bear with his palm. A powerful force instantly passed through the bear’s body, breaking the restrictions Jin Ming had placed on it. Next, Huang Long caught the bear with one hand and put it into the sacred cauldron within his body.
Jin Yan was shocked to see Huang Long easily break the restrictions with just a single palm strike. He could tell that Huang Long had only used his true strength. Though he couldn’t gauge Huang Long’s true power, from what he had seen, it was at least on par with his own strength as a powerhouse from the early stages of ten eras. It was hard to believe and unacceptable, but it was what he had witnessed with his own eyes. Now, he somewhat understood why Senior Brother Jin Yan had tried to stop him from acting earlier.
“Still, even so, if Senior Brother Jin Ming and I team up, we can still kill them!” Jin Yan thought to himself.
After putting the Eight-Armed Giant Bear into the sacred cauldron, Huang Long looked at Jin Ming and the other man, then finally fixed his gaze on Jin Yan and said indifferently, “Not bad. I do indeed possess more than one top-grade Dao artifact. Besides that Beast-Slaying Blade, I have three more!” As he spoke, Huang Long’s tone turned cold. “What? Do you want to steal them?!”
After saying that, he stared at them coldly.
Three?!
Jin Yan’s eyes burned with passion, but hearing the mockery in Huang Long’s voice, his expression darkened, and anger surged within him, causing his entire body to glow with golden light.
“Junior brother!” At that moment, Jin Ming’s voice, laced with anger, rang in his mind. Jin Yan looked up and met Jin Ming’s furious gaze.

“Haha, this brother is joking. What just happened was just my junior disciple’s playful remark!” Jin Ming turned to look at Huang Long and said with a smile, “Now that the exchange is complete, my junior disciple and I will take our leave!” With that, he pulled Jin Yan along, and in a flash, the two turned into two streams of golden light before disappearing into the air.

Huang Long stood high in the sky, watching coldly as the two left. After they departed, Huang Long also left that spot in a flash. However, he wasn’t in a hurry to leave this ancient forest, as it was filled with many ancient divine trees. Huang Long wondered if he could find the Heavenly Goddess Tree. If he could find it, he would be able to elevate his true form to a top-tier divine artifact!

Unfortunately for Huang Long, after an hour of searching through the entire ancient forest, he still couldn’t find the Heavenly Goddess Tree. Though he didn’t find it, he did discover two ancient divine trees: one was the Flaming Golden Divine Tree, and the other was the Emerald Thunder Tree. The Flaming Golden Divine Tree was a rare tree born from innate fire and gold spirits; its trunk burned with gold and fire, making it a fire-type divine artifact. As for the Emerald Thunder Tree, it was even more miraculous. Its trunk was as crystal clear as jade, and its leaves were formed from condensed lightning energy. This Emerald Thunder Tree could counteract all evil forces.

After storing these two divine trees in the Sacred Cauldron, Huang Long placed them in a space within the cauldron. Since he couldn’t find the Heavenly Goddess Tree, he had no choice but to leave this ancient forest. He then arrived in a space that appeared to be nothing but endless seawater at first glance. Surprisingly, the water was purple-black in color. But Huang Long wasn’t in the mood to be surprised. Instead, he dived into the sea, found a cluster of rocks, and used the Sacred Cauldron’s array to hide himself.

Huang Long intended to refine the eight beasts—the Golden Turtle, Dragon, Phoenix, and the other six—to break through to the tenth era! First, he refined the eight-armed giant bear, which was at the peak of the ninth era. Of course, he kept parts of the bear, such as its gallbladder, which could be used as materials for alchemy and crafting later on. As time passed, after refining the bear’s vital essence and the laws of the great path, Huang Long broke through to the middle stage of the ninth era.

Next, he refined the Demon-Eyed Divine Monkey. When refining it, he kept the demon eye on its forehead, as the dark demon energy within it would serve as one of the materials needed to elevate his true form to a top-tier level. After refining the Demon-Eyed Divine Monkey, he continued to refine the other four magical beasts from before the tenth era. As for the Golden Turtle, Dragon, Phoenix from the middle stage of the tenth era and the Sky-Soaring Winged Tiger from the early stage, he decided to refine them last.

After the Yellow Dragon refined all six beasts of the Demon-Eyed Divine Monkey, its strength soared, reaching the peak of the later stage of nine eras. “The peak of the later stage of nine eras!” Sensing the immense power within itself, the Yellow Dragon was overjoyed—it was about to break through to ten eras, and even it could hardly contain its excitement. A breakthrough to ten eras would mean another leap in strength! Only those above ten eras who reached the level of Half-Saints could be considered the pinnacle among Half-Saints. Only by breaking through to ten eras could the Yellow Dragon join the ranks of the strongest among the Half-Saints. Suppressing its excitement, the Yellow Dragon released the Golden Tortoise Dragon Phoenix Beast, intending to refine it to help itself break through to ten eras. As for the Sky-Soaring Winged Tiger, it planned to refine it after achieving that breakthrough. Under the operation of the Sacred Cauldron Formation, streams of radiant light emanated from the Golden Tortoise Dragon Phoenix Beast. The Yellow Dragon opened its mouth like a dragon swallowing water, instantly absorbing these vital energies and life forces into its body. Along with them, the laws of the great path merged into its being, causing its aura to rise continuously. While the Yellow Dragon refined the Golden Tortoise Dragon Phoenix Beast to break through to ten eras, above the Abyss of Demons, a flash of light appeared, followed by eight figures emerging from the void. All eight wore robes of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Among them were Chi Rong and Ye Hua. Clearly, however, the protagonist this time was not Chi Rong, but a young man with gray hair standing in front of him. This young man had a strikingly handsome face, with pale gray eyes that contained golden glimmers. “Remember, be cautious when entering the Abyss of Demons. Once you reach the Mysterious Sea and obtain the fragments of the World Tree, we will leave the World of Ten Thousand Demons. Do not disturb those Holy Demons there!” said the young man with gray hair. “Otherwise, you know what consequences Master will impose!” “Yes, Fifth Senior Brother!” Chi Rong, Ye Hua, and the others replied respectfully. This young man with gray hair was none other than Jun Xuan, the fifth disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect.