Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised that the few dragon demon generals left behind on Fulong Island were so fierce.

Faced with the Nascent Soul cultivators who suddenly appeared before them, not a single demon general chose to kneel and surrender. Knowing they were no match, they still attacked fiercely and all died under the True Fire of the Vermilion Demon.

However, upon further reflection, he realized that otherwise, Ao Cang would not have allowed these demon generals to remain on Fulong Island.

After killing all the demon generals, Chen Yuan searched Ao Bai's body and found the array plate. He then opened the island's protective array and let Qin Wuyai and the others enter the array.

After Ao Cang led his demon generals away, the great formation of Fulong Island was sealed off, and only the formation plate could be opened.

Chen Yuan also did not spare the low-level dragons on the island that had not yet taken human form, nor the mixed-blood offspring of those demon generals.

The Zhu Yan True Fire spread, and they all died in the agony of their souls being burned and their spirits refined, just like the beast tide outside Ping Le City.

In less than half an hour, Fulong Island was transformed into a dead island. Dead dragons lay on the ground, their twisted corpses writhing in agony as they smashed through rocks and trees, yet they bore no wounds, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

Chen Yuan and his companions were moving too fast. Before the human cultivators arrived at Fulong Island, the corpses of these dragons were left unattended and scattered across the island.

Ao Qingsong activated the array in the spirit herb garden and looted all the rare and precious herbs within.

As expected of one of the two most powerful royal clans, the Flood Dragon Clan's herb garden has more than twice as many thousand-year-old, three-thousand-year-old, and five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs as the Howling Moon Silver Wolf and Blood-Eyed Spirit Snake clans.

As previously agreed, Chen Yuan left behind five five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs for Qin Wuyai and the other two to divide among themselves.

He then took the remaining twenty-two three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and forty-seven thousand-year-old spiritual herbs into his possession.

What surprised Chen Yuan the most was that among these spiritual herbs were twelve body-tempering herbs, eight of which were three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

In addition to the five body-tempering herbs obtained from the Howling Moon Silver Wolf and Blood-Eyed Spirit Serpent clans, although their medicinal power is somewhat insufficient, once all of them are refined into pills, they should be able to enable Chen Yuan's physical body to break through the bottleneck and become comparable to a high-level demon general.

In addition, Fulong Island also has a vast expanse of spiritual herb gardens, where a large number of low-grade spiritual herbs are planted. Chen Yuan and his companions ignored these and headed straight for the treasure vault.

The entrance to the treasure vault of the Jiaolong clan is located in a valley. This treasure vault is actually a hollowed-out mountain peak over three hundred feet high, containing various treasures accumulated by the entire Jiaolong clan over tens of thousands of years.

Chen Yuan and his companions had already found the seal of the Flood Dragon Clan Chief in Ao Cang's Mustard Seed Ring and handed it to Ao Qingsong, who then opened the entrance to the treasure vault, saving them the trouble of forcibly breaking through the formation.

The outer perimeter of the treasure vault was piled high with mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones, as well as low-grade spirit herbs that had been harvested after they matured. These were placed in wooden boxes and stored on wooden shelves ten feet high, layer upon layer, seemingly endless.

In addition, there are low-grade spiritual materials, various pills, talismans and spiritual artifacts, demon core materials... Although it is the treasure trove of the demon beast royal family, it is very similar to the human sects, encompassing everything and having everything.

The difference between the royal family of demon beasts and ordinary demon races, besides their stronger bloodline and more abundant cultivation resources, lies in the inheritance of the various arts of cultivation.

The treasures that originally belonged to human cultivators fell into the hands of the dragon clan. Even dragons that had not yet transformed could use magic weapons, spiritual artifacts, talismans, and formations to greatly increase their strength, surpassing other demon races and even royal demon beasts, and dominating the East Sea.

While other demonic beasts can only rely on their innate supernatural abilities and physical strength to fight, the members of the Flood Dragon Clan can wield magical artifacts and treasures, and can also take pills to heal their injuries and restore their demonic power, naturally making them invincible.

However, these vast treasures that can enhance a clan's foundation are of no use to Nascent Soul cultivators.

They no longer had a sect behind them. Lu Wangquan had always been a rogue cultivator, and after ascending to the upper realm, he only thought about how to improve his cultivation.

But after pondering for a while, Chen Yuan stopped and collected some low-level cultivation resources, including spirit stones, pills, spiritual materials and artifacts, talismans and formations, and demon core materials.

Qin Wuyai and the other two were somewhat surprised. Daoist Cangsong spoke up, "Fellow Daoist Chen, do you perhaps wish to leave behind a legacy in this realm?"

Chen Yuan nodded: "That's exactly what I was thinking."

The three were even more surprised, but they didn't say anything and continued to walk deeper into the treasure vault.

As they passed through the heavy stone doors engraved with restrictions, the treasures stored there became increasingly precious, until finally, at the deepest part of the treasure vault, even the four Nascent Soul cultivators were tempted.

Seeing the array flags and plates of the Nascent Soul Array, the ancient talismans, and the materials for the Demon General being divided among the three, Chen Yuan was quite envious.

But these treasures were irrelevant to him; he could only keep two bottles of early-stage Nascent Soul cultivation pills and two Demon General cores.

Logically, demon generals of this realm should eventually ascend to the upper realm and should not leave behind their demon cores.

However, there are also conflicts among the demon generals, and over the past tens of thousands of years, many demon generals have died unnatural deaths.

The demon cores they left behind were used to refine magical artifacts and divine weapons, but some were treasured by various royal families for future use, and eventually ended up in Chen Yuan's hands.

The top-grade spirit stones in the treasure vault were divided equally among the four, with Chen Yuan receiving 109 stones, bringing his total to 616 top-grade spirit stones.

As for the various cultivation manuals treasured by the Jiaolong clan, the four of them each selected the parts that interested them, made copies, and stored them in their mustard seed rings.

As for Ao Qingsong, who had turned against his side and made great contributions, the four of them were not stingy. They bestowed upon him many pills, treasures, spiritual materials and stones, as well as top-tier divine weapons, enough for him to cultivate to the peak of the Demon General realm.

After leaving the treasure vault, the four arrived at the Dragon Locust Tree where Ao Cang had been perched all day long, and cut down this ancient spiritual tree.

Although the Dragon Locust Tree is hundreds of feet tall, only a section about ten feet long is comparable to a top-grade spiritual material, and the spiritual energy contained within it is even greater than that of a top-grade spiritual material.

However, this treasure had nothing to do with Chen Yuan. It was divided into three parts by Qin Wuyai and the other two and put into their possession.

After completing this task, the four did not leave immediately. Instead, they waited for the human Nascent Soul cultivators to arrive and take over Fulong Island before heading to the territories of the other major royal families.

Ao Cang did not leave the clan chief's seal to any of the clan's demon generals, nor did Xiong Tunhai and Kun Chenglie. They never imagined that dealing with just two Nascent Soul cultivators would put their lives in danger.

Even if the demon generals left behind by the Kunyu and Frost Bear clans saw that the life lamps of their clan leaders and other demon generals had gone out, and wanted to escape with their clan's treasures, they could only take some less valuable spiritual herbs and treasures.

The four did not wait long. After Chen Yuan gave his instructions, Cui Yuheng and the others immediately left the Chiling Mountains and headed to the ancestral lands of the three royal families.

Five days later, Cui Yuheng and several Nascent Soul cultivators arrived at Fulong Island to receive the many treasures left in the treasure vault.

Ao Qingsong stayed on the island to recover from his injuries, while Chen Yuan and the other three left Fulong Island and headed to the territory of the Frost Bear clan.

Nascent Soul cultivators alone are not enough to break through the protective formations of the major royal clans.

However, as long as a Nascent Soul cultivator makes a move, the formation can be forcibly broken.

However, the four were worried about their clan's treasured possessions passing through other people's hands, so they decided to go together.

Like the Flood Dragon clan, the Frost Bear clan also only had a few demon generals left behind.

Master Yuan Ting and more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators had already arrived and surrounded the formation, but following Chen Yuan's instructions, they did not attempt to break it.

After the four arrived, Chen Yuan activated the Kunpeng True Blood and used his teleportation technique to easily sneak into the formation, killing several demon generals and opening the formation from the inside.

The Frostfire Bears that had not yet taken human form and the mixed-blood offspring of those demon generals were left to be eliminated by a group of Nascent Soul cultivators. Chen Yuan and the other three personally broke through the great formation of the Spirit Herb Garden and the Treasure Vault and took out the spiritual herbs and treasures.

During the process of breaking the formation, many things were damaged, but they were only some low-level cultivation resources and were not taken seriously by the four.

The Frost Bear clan is not as strong as the Flood Dragon clan, its foundation is much shallower, and its gains are not as great as those of Fulong Island.

Chen Yuan obtained only fourteen three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs, twenty-one thousand-year-old spirit herbs, and seventy-four top-grade spirit stones, but not a single demon general's demon core.

Just like on Fulong Island, he also pocketed some of the low-level cultivation resources.

The four stayed there for a day before setting off for Rift Abyss Island.

Rift Abyss Island is located deep in the North Sea, hundreds of thousands of miles away. Even with the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it took seven days to arrive.

Shen Jibai and Fairy Zhu had only led Nascent Soul cultivators here yesterday, and had surrounded Rift Abyss Island for less than a day.

The island has a peculiar terrain and its spatial fluctuations are quite chaotic. Even after setting up a large array, it was impossible to use the teleportation technique.

The four had no choice but to forcefully break the formation. Under the protection of a high-ranking demon general, it took them an hour to finally break it, demonstrating just how powerful the royal formation was.

The demon generals left behind by the Kunyu clan were also extremely fierce, but their numbers were half that of the Jiaolong and Frost Bear clans. None of them knelt down to surrender, and like the low-level Kunyu and mixed-blood clansmen, they were all slaughtered.

However, when Chen Yuan and his companions entered the spirit herb garden and treasure vault, they discovered that some thousand-year-old spirit herbs and treasures were missing.

It seems that after realizing that Kun Chenglie and the Kunyu Demon General's life-giving lamps had gone out, the Kunyu clan's remaining demon generals fled Rift Abyss Island with their treasures.

However, just as the four had predicted, the demon generals who remained on Rift Abyss Island were unable to enter the depths of the treasure vault or open the spirit herb garden where three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs were cultivated.

They dared not violate the clan rules and forcibly break them, so they could only hastily take away some ordinary treasures and spiritual herbs.

The Kunyu clan has a much deeper foundation. Chen Yuan obtained twenty-six three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs, two demon general demon cores, and one hundred and sixteen top-grade spirit stones.

There were also many other treasures useful to Nascent Soul cultivators, which were all divided up by Qin Wuyai and his two companions.

However, for cultivators, the most important thing is still the treasures that can improve their cultivation. In terms of value, the three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs and the demon general's demon core are more precious.

The treasure vault of the Kun fish clan is located on the East Island, while the West Island is a barren wasteland with little spiritual energy and no human presence.

Only one grand hall stood there, which even the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator could not penetrate, yet it aroused the interest of the four.

They entered the main hall, where they were greeted by wisps of black mist that emanated a chilling and eerie aura.

Just as the four of them took a step, the black mist surged in from all directions with a fierce and menacing aura, as if it wanted to tear them to pieces.

Lu Wangquan frowned, raised his sleeve and flicked it, a gale howled, and the black mist was torn to shreds.

If it were a Nascent Soul cultivator, facing the black mist would be quite troublesome.

However, these black mists could not stir up any trouble in front of Nascent Soul cultivators.

As the black mist dissipated, a skeleton cage was revealed deep within the main hall. A figure lay prostrate on the ground, his body shrouded in black mist and trembling uncontrollably.

Lu Wangquan let out a soft exclamation and stepped forward.

The other three followed closely behind, arriving at the cage of bones.

The figure lying on the ground raised its head, its disheveled hair falling down to cover its face, making its features impossible to see.

But the black armor faintly visible beneath the black mist revealed his identity, and Lu Wangquan exclaimed, "Fellow Daoist Ren?" (End of Chapter)