Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

One month later, at the Red Ridge Mountains.

After the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan was wiped out, this place became desolate, with only a few Nascent Soul cultivators remaining to guard it.

When Chen Yuan broke through the Five Elements Universe Formation, the origin of the giant spiritual vein was severely damaged, and its spiritual energy dissipated and vanished into the world.

The current concentration of spiritual energy in the Chiling Mountains is slightly inferior to that of large spiritual veins, and it will absolutely not be able to recover in less than a hundred years.

On this day, the Nascent Soul cultivators who remained in the Crimson Ridge Mountains gathered in front of the Spirit Serpent Palace, standing respectfully with their hands at their sides.

At this moment, Chen Yuan, Qin Wuyai, Lu Wangquan, and Cangsong Daoist were gathered together in the Spirit Serpent Palace. Eight spiritual treasures and divine weapons floated in front of them, their spiritual light flickering and their movements uncertain.

A month ago, the four of them joined forces to break through the great formation of Broken Abyss Island, divided up the treasures of the Kunyu clan, and also met Ren Laomo, who had been captured and imprisoned by Kun Chenglie.

Ren Laomo gifted the Xuan Yin Armor to Chen Yuan, who had personally killed Kun Chenglie, and then passed away peacefully. The four of them then left Lieyuan Island and went on to destroy the remaining three royal clans.

The three clans of Shahu, Qingtian Divine Turtle, and Yanya are all without a demon general in charge, and their strength and foundation are far inferior to the other five royal clans.

However, as a royal family of demon beasts, each member of their clan possesses spiritual treasures and divine weapons, and they also possess a giant spiritual vein. Only a Nascent Soul cultivator can forcefully break through the clan's protective formation.

This time, the four did not join forces to break the formation, but instead split up to save time.

As previously agreed, all the three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, the demon general's demon core, and the Nascent Soul stage pills belonged to Chen Yuan, so he naturally wanted to continue their alliance.

However, Daoist Cangsong insisted on doing so, and his reasons were quite valid. Since the remaining three royal families did not have a demon general in charge, any one of them could forcefully break the formation. Traveling with all four would only be a waste of time.

Chen Yuan knew that Daoist Cangsong wanted to monopolize a royal treasure, but after thinking it over, he still agreed.

Although this would prevent him from obtaining the pills, spiritual herbs, and demon cores from the other two royal families, these three royal families are already shallow in resources, and it is unknown how many treasures suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators they may possess. Why bother arguing over such a petty gain?

Although Qin Wuyai, a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage, had suffered a significant drop in cultivation, he did not care about ordinary treasures and did not make a move. Instead, he went directly to the Crimson Ridge Mountains to wait for the three to return.

In the end, the three decided that Chen Yuan would go to deal with the Fiend Tiger Clan, Lu Wangquan would go to deal with the Nightmare Crow Clan, and Cangsong Daoren would return to the South Sea to deal with the Sky-Supporting Divine Turtle Clan, whom he was most familiar with.

The Shahu clan was once extremely powerful, but after the previous clan leader ascended to heaven, it fell into a period of decline and was repeatedly suppressed by the Xiaoyue Silver Wolf clan, causing it to plummet in power.

Although they possessed a magical weapon as a clan's treasure, it was never put to use.

Instead of launching a direct attack, Chen Yuan activated the Kunpeng True Blood and teleported into the great formation, unexpectedly annihilating all the demon generals of the Shahu clan.

Then, the great formation was broken open from the inside, and the human Nascent Soul cultivators rushed in, thus ending the history of the Fiend Tiger Clan.

The protective formations of the eight royal clans could not stop Chen Yuan's teleportation technique. Even with the Demon General in charge, he could still sneak into them as long as he condensed the Kunpeng Dharma Form.

However, infiltrating the great formation guarded by the Demon General would be tantamount to courting death, as it would involve being attacked from both inside and outside by both the Demon General and the formation.

Therefore, when dealing with the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan, Chen Yuan did not take the opportunity to infiltrate the Crimson Ridge Mountains, but instead forcibly broke through the Five Elements Universe Formation. However, he did not have such concerns when dealing with the Fiend Tiger Clan.

Over the past few thousand years, without a demon general to oversee it, the Shahu clan has lost much of its resources, but it still has a number of treasures passed down to it.

Chen Yuan obtained nine three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, three five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, a spiritual treasure weapon, the Demon-Slaying Blade, two bottles of Nascent Soul stage pills, and two hundred and thirteen top-grade spirit stones.

In addition, there were several top-tier magic weapons and divine weapons, Nascent Soul stage pills and talismans, demon core materials, and many low-tier cultivation resources. Although not as abundant as the other five royal families, they were still piled up like mountains.

To Chen Yuan's surprise, the treasure vault of the Fiend Tiger Clan contained two bottles of Nascent Soul stage pills and three five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

However, upon closer examination, the lack of a demon general in the Fiend Tiger Clan has depleted much of its resources, but it is probably because of this that it has been able to accumulate five thousand years' worth of spiritual herbs and Nascent Soul stage pills, even comparable to the Flood Dragon and Kun Fish Clans.

Chen Yuan regretted agreeing to Cangsong Daoist's suggestion. He wondered how many bottles of pills and how many five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs the two royal families, Nightmare Crow and Sky-Supporting Divine Turtle, would possess.

Chen Yuan took all the treasures suitable for the demon generals, as well as half of the low-level cultivation resources. He then distributed some of the remaining treasures to the Nascent Soul cultivators who accompanied him, and kept the rest for rewards based on merit.

After instructing several Nascent Soul cultivators to stay behind, Chen Yuan went to the Crimson Ridge Mountains to meet up with Qin Wuyai and the other two.

Although the Chiling Mountains have little spiritual energy, they are located in the center of the Myriad Demon Continent, at a moderate distance from the three races of the Fiend Tiger, Nightmare Crow, and Sky-Supporting Divine Turtle, making them the most suitable place for the four of them to reunite.

Chen Yuan didn't have to wait long before Cangsong Daoren and Lu Wangquan arrived at the Chiling Mountains, though their expressions were rather grim.

Upon inquiry, Chen Yuan learned that it had taken the two of them three days to forcibly break through the great formation.

However, many of their clan's treasures had already been destroyed by the two demon generals who were prepared, especially the Nascent Soul stage pills and three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, which were left without any trace.

Enraged, the two massacred the two royal families, leaving no one alive. Chen Yuan shook his head, feeling deeply regretful.

Daoist Cangsong was filled with regret. He was so eager to take the treasure for himself that he forgot he didn't have Chen Yuan's skills and could only try to break the formation by force.

Seeing that they had no chance of survival, the demon generals of the Sky-Supporting Divine Turtle clan, in despair, preferred to destroy their clan's treasures rather than leave them to Daoist Cangsong.

The five royal clans that had been destroyed by the four men had either been infiltrated by Chen Yuan first, or had each used their own methods to forcibly break the formation, leaving the Blood-Eyed Serpent clan no time to destroy the treasures.

If Daoist Cangsong were given another chance, he would never be blinded by greed and act in a scattered manner.

Qin Wuyai laughed and said, "These mere pills and herbs are nothing. These eight spiritual treasures and divine weapons are the most important."

Cangsong Daoren and Lu Wangquan's expressions softened a bit. Qin Wuyai was right; obtaining just one spiritual treasure or divine weapon would be equivalent to all the gains from the eight royal clans.

Chen Yuan said, "Before we divide up these spiritual treasures and divine weapons, how about we first distribute the Mustard Seed Rings of Ao Cang, Kun Chenglie, and Xiong Tunhai, as well as the treasures of the Blood-Eyed Spirit Serpent clan?"

All three nodded in agreement. After annihilating the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan, the four immediately went to Golden Snail Island in the East Sea to check the ascension passage. All the treasures they obtained were sealed away and had not yet been distributed.

Chen Yuan then ordered his men to retrieve the numerous treasures sealed in the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan's treasury, including the mustard seed rings, demon cores, and demon beast materials of the three demon generals and the three clan demon generals.

Chen Yuan had already taken the demon cores of the three demon generals, while the other demon cores and demon beast materials were to be distributed among Qin Wuyai and the other two.

But when the three were about to divide up Kun Chenglie's fur and wings, Chen Yuan spoke up and said, "As you three fellow Daoists know, I have refined Kunpeng's true blood. These two materials are of great use to me. I wonder if you three fellow Daoists would be willing to part with them?"

"Of course, I, Chen, will not let my three fellow Daoists suffer a loss. I am willing to offer top-grade spiritual materials as compensation."

None of the three objected. They were not good at spatial techniques, so even if they took these two materials, they would be useless. It would be better to exchange them for top-quality spiritual materials that were suitable for their own cultivation methods.

Seeing that the three had agreed, Chen Yuan immediately took out six kinds of top-grade spiritual materials from his inner space, two of each of the wood, wind, and water attributes, all obtained from the secret realm of the Yuling Sect, and handed them over to the three.

If Kun Chenglie were only a low-level demon general, three kinds of top-grade spiritual materials would be enough, but for a mid-level demon general, the amount of materials needed would be doubled.

The Yuling Sect is an ancient sect, and the top-grade spiritual materials left behind are naturally extremely precious.

Cangsong Daoren and Lu Wangquan were extremely satisfied, and even Qin Wuyai, who had a very high standard, smiled.

For cultivators at the Void Refinement stage, the top-grade spiritual materials Chen Yuan took out might not be anything special.

However, he is only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, so these two top-grade spiritual materials are quite rare for him.

Among the spiritual materials of the Blood-Eyed Serpent Clan, there was also a top-grade spiritual material of the lightning attribute, which was given to Daoist Cangsong. Chen Yuan then exchanged it for a top-grade spiritual material of the wood attribute and two high-grade spiritual materials of the wood attribute.

Among all types of spiritual materials, lightning-attribute spiritual materials are among the most precious, comparable to spatial spiritual materials, and second only to the rarest cosmic spiritual materials. They cannot be obtained with just one piece of wood-attribute spiritual material.

Fortunately, the top-grade spiritual materials left behind by the Yuling Sect were all extremely rare and valuable, even useful to Nascent Soul cultivators, and their value was comparable to ordinary top-grade spiritual materials. That's why Daoist Cangsong took a liking to them and agreed to exchange them with Chen Yuan.

He put away the top-grade lightning-attribute spiritual material and said, "I, Chen, am willing to exchange my top-grade and high-grade spiritual materials for the lightning-attribute spiritual materials and spatial spiritual materials in the hands of the three fellow Daoists."

The three had no objection to this. No matter how precious the spatial spiritual materials and the lightning-attribute spiritual materials were, they were not of much use to the three of them. Exchanging them with Chen Yuan was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

However, these two kinds of spiritual materials are still too rare. All the spiritual materials treasured by the eight royal families combined only have two kinds of top-grade lightning-attribute spiritual materials and four kinds of top-grade spatial spiritual materials.

Chen Yuan had to use six top-grade spiritual materials and twelve extremely precious high-grade spiritual materials to exchange for them all.

Even after this transaction, excluding lightning-attribute spiritual materials and spatial spiritual materials, he still had ten kinds of top-grade spiritual materials left, and they all possessed all five elements. He also had thirty-two kinds of superior-grade spiritual materials left.

The inheritance of the Spirit Control Sect is too astonishing; when placed on a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is inexhaustible.

Qin Wuyai and the other two were also very surprised by Chen Yuan's continuous supply of top-grade spiritual materials. They made all sorts of guesses, but none of them inquired about the origin of these materials.

The other treasures were then divided up, and Chen Yuan obtained thirteen three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, twenty-four thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, a bottle of Nascent Soul stage pills, and a Demon General's Demon Core.

The four men's attention finally returned to the eight magical treasures and divine weapons. Chen Yuan spoke first: "According to the previous agreement, I should be the one to choose first. This Cangming Halberd is just what I need."

As soon as he finished speaking, Daoist Cangsong said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Chen should think it over carefully. If you choose this Cangming Halberd, you cannot choose a second spiritual treasure or divine weapon."

Chen Yuan frowned: "What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Cangsong?" (End of Chapter)