Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2074: Chapter 2074: Ambitious

”Hmm?” A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Yi’s eyes.

He wasn’t aware of the effects of the Sand Devouring Pearl.

In just two hours, it’s impossible to make the Sand Devouring Pearl recognize its owner completely.

Moreover, although the Sand Devouring Pearl and the Dawn Bell are both Ancient Treasures, to Xiao Yi, there is a distinction between them.

The Dawn Bell, after Senior Luoo withdrew his Spiritual Sense, became an unowned object.

Xiao Yi himself had already mastered the techniques on the Dawn Bell, which is the Dawn Without Limit, so he could easily make the Dawn Bell recognize its owner.

Perhaps it was simpler, back on the Cloud Ascending Path, when he reached the end, it was equivalent to gaining the Dawn Bell’s recognition.

As for this Sand Devouring Pearl, though it’s a Supreme Treasure, it resembles a malicious artifact more.

Xiao Yi cannot completely imprint his Spiritual Sense on such a Supreme Treasure within a short time.

Of course, now he has imprinted a trace.

Overall, he can slightly manipulate it and unleash some power.

”How exactly does the Heavenly Sand Secret Realm exist?” Xiao Yi asked curiously.

Earlier, in Xia Canglan’s words, this Heavenly Sand Secret Realm is extremely mysterious, even he couldn’t explain its origins.

And the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters, having been here for hundreds of thousands of years, naturally understand this secret realm better than outsiders.

These fierce places and secret realms often involve Ancient secrets.

Xiao Yi is naturally interested in these secrets.

Besides cultivating and following their Martial Arts Dao, Martial Artists grow continuously, constantly experiencing the wonders of this continent.

Xiao Yi always felt that the water in this Central Region is deep.

The wonders of this Central Region, to this day, he has only glimpsed a superficial aspect.

The true wonders surely lie further ahead.

”Heavenly Sand Secret Realm?” The Heavenly Sand Two Monsters mumbled, then both shook their heads, ”We don’t know.”

The two glanced at the yellow sand beneath their feet and said, ”There are countless Heavenly Sand here, so we call it the Heavenly Sand Secret Realm.”

”As for how it exists, or when it existed, we don’t know either.”

”We only know that hundreds of thousands of years ago, we discovered this place and settled here.”

”And rather before that, where exactly in this world the Heavenly Sand Secret Realm was hidden, and whether this secret realm was created by humans or born from nature, we also don’t know.”

The faces of the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters also showed confusion.

”Born from nature?” Xiao Yi frowned.

He tended to think this secret realm was created by human effort.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a large number of the Ancient Sand Snake clan here.

For so many years, with the strength of the Sand Snake King and the Sand Snake Emperor, they surely had the power to leave this secret realm.

But the Sand Snake clan never left this secret realm, nor were there any stories about them outside.

This suggests that it’s not that the Ancient Sand Snakes don’t want to leave the secret realm, but they cannot leave.

This secret realm must have restricted them.

With the presence of the Sand Devouring Pearl, Xiao Yi had roughly guessed the scenario in his mind.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a Legendary Expert from thousands or even Ancient times who opened this secret realm.

And to be able to open such a secret realm, they would be an Emperor Title expert, comparable to existences like the Sword Emperor or the Ancient Emperor.

This Sand Devouring Pearl should be an item left by that expert after their death.

The Ancient Sand Snake clan is like the Guardian Demon Beast of the Cave Mansion, confined by this expert.

So the Ancient Sand Snake clan can freely roam within the eighty million miles of yellow sand, carrying the Sand Devouring Pearl to transfer all around.

This has also caused the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters to spend hundreds of thousands of years but still unable to locate the Sand Devouring Pearl.

Originally, the Sand Snake clan only consisted of the Sand Snake Emperor, ten Sand Snake Kings, and a few sand snakes.

As for the tens of thousands of sand snakes with bodies thousands of feet long and power comparable to human Peak of Supreme experts; and the millions of sand snakes a thousand feet long, they should be the offspring of the Sand Snake clan over these long years.

Although this is merely Xiao Yi’s speculation, it shouldn’t be far from the truth.

Of course, whether or not his guess is correct is not that crucial.

Xiao Yi looked at the Sand Devouring Pearl he was holding, just about to retract it, when his eyes suddenly froze.

”Hmm? This is...”

Within the Sand Devouring Pearl, there was a barely discernible, extremely tiny black flower.

”Come out,” Xiao Yi whispered.

Inside the Sand Devouring Pearl, this black flower suddenly floated out.

This simple manipulation of the Sand Devouring Pearl was still within Xiao Yi’s capabilities.

Shh...

The black flower floated in the palm of Xiao Yi.

The flower, roughly palm-sized, was entirely black.

Its black was like ink, extremely eerie.

The flower had seven petals, the stem was straight and precisely seven inches and seven parts long.

However, this flower was already wilted.

”The head of the Evil Flower, Evil Devouring Flower.” Xiao Yi recognized the flower at a glance.

He could identify it instantly because this flower is a Treasure of the Evil Lord Mansion.

On the records of the Eight Palaces, there are descriptions of this flower.

This flower, only the Evil Lord can plant, nourish for growth, and unleash its effects, is extremely precious.

In the entire Evil Lord Mansion, there are not more than three of such flowers.

Once upon a time, this Evil Devouring Flower caused huge losses even to the Eight Palaces.

Sha Luodi’s face suddenly turned cold, ”It’s this flower that caused us huge losses.”

”Evil Lord Mansion.” Sha Tongtian’s eyes turned icy.

Upon seeing this flower, Xiao Yi understood.

The Sand Devouring Pearl must have been obtained by the legendary first person of the Evil Dao, the Evil Lord, tens of thousands of years ago.

However, this legendary Evil Lord clearly didn’t only focus on the Sand Devouring Pearl but also targeted the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters.

This Evil Lord, although he obtained the Sand Devouring Pearl, did not refine it or imprint his Spiritual Sense to make the Sand Devouring Pearl recognize its owner.

Because, if the Sand Devouring Pearl had been imprinted with Spiritual Sense, the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters would have noticed it unless they were blind, and they couldn’t have been trapped by it.

Thus, this Evil Lord merely obtained it, placed the Evil Devouring Flower inside the Sand Devouring Pearl, and nourished it with his evil power.

He spent thirty-three thousand years letting the Evil Devouring Flower grow completely.

The Evil Devouring Flower within the Sand Devouring Pearl, relying on the vast amount of evil power, could indirectly control the Sand Devouring Pearl.

Most importantly, because the Sand Devouring Pearl had no Spiritual Sense, it could deceive the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters.

For tens of thousands of years, which might be unimaginably long for the younger generation.

But for those Old Monsters, this is not excessively long, though not short either.

In mere tens of thousands of years, to subdue the battle power of the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters is naturally an extremely worthwhile affair.

With the strength of the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters, combined with the Sand Devouring Pearl and these eighty million miles of yellow sand, their combat power might instantly become only second to the Evil Lord’s top-tier strength in the Evil Lord Mansion.

In mere tens of thousands of years, typically, one could only train Legendary Experts at the level of forty thousand Dao or fifty thousand Dao.

If they were exceptional Martial Artists, the maximum would be at the level of sixty thousand Dao, similar to existences like the Ghost Hunter Emperor.

But the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters is an existence accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years, with a body of Cultivation Power terrifyingly strong.

Additionally, this could provide enough foundation for the next successor of the Evil Lord Mansion.

If the Sand Snake clan and the Heavenly Sand Two Monsters could become guardians for the successor of the Evil Lord Mansion, it would naturally be the best.

If not, they could rely on the Sand Devouring Pearl to absorb all the Cultivation Power, establishing a foundational path for the successor’s Martial Arts Dao.

”Really ambitious.” Xiao Yi shook his head.

His first evaluation of the legendary Evil Lord was ”ambitious.”

Of course, if he encountered such a legendary figure, he would only choose to avoid them.

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Fifth update. (Supplement)

Today’s update is complete.

As I expected, this addition is indeed a large project.

One day is simply not enough to finish it.

We’ll have to split it over two days; supplement some today, and complete it all tomorrow.

Time for sleep, early to bed and early to rise. Good night, everyone.