Chapter 72: A Windfall

With the completion of the Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune, Lin Yuan had refined most of the Tongtian River. This river was the cradle for nurturing his Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body, and he absolutely could not lose it.

Otherwise, relying on his own power alone, it would probably take tens of thousands of years to nurture the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body!

Without the foundation of the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body, how could he grow strong in a short time?

That would greatly increase the obstacles to achieving the Immortal Dao.

Lin Yuan fell into deep thought, a divine light flickering in his eyes. He raised a hand, and a strand of agile divine radiance appeared in his palm!

Using his divine power to stir a trace of the Tongtian River’s long river springhead power within the Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune, numerous scenes from the Tongtian River gradually unfolded before Lin Yuan’s eyes.

Countless river creatures, even huge great demons and Demon Kings… all stretching toward the direction of the massive disturbance. A trace of heaviness was unmasked in Lin Yuan’s expression.

He originally thought it was the Wu God from the Youhe Tribe upstream and that Dragon God from the Four Seas Dragon Court fighting upstream, shaking the Tongtian River’s origin. But now it seemed far more than that.

Through the divine power’s reflection of the Tongtian River’s upper reaches, terrifying auras were spreading.

Thunderclouds rolled in the sky, and countless divine lights pierced through the clouds. Unknowable numbers of divine demons were battling.

Boom! Rumble!

Thunderclaps shook the air from time to time. Divine bodies fell, their demise transforming into disaster-like scenes crashing to the ground.

Spiritual mountains shook. Countless Primordial Spiritual Energies were thrown into chaos. Even the Tongtian River was being forcibly split into several tributaries.

“Could it be a war is breaking out in some God-Demon Dynasty?”

Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

Each of those terrifying divine lights revealed an indescribable mystery and brilliance. Even an ordinary Demon King caught within would probably perish in less than an instant.

However, he hadn’t heard of any major wars breaking out among the several large Divine Demon Tribes or God-Demon Dynasties in the Tongtian River’s upper reaches.

But soon, Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up. Those divine demon corpses falling into the Tongtian River—many had their vast vital essences merging into the river. Moreover, many corpses shimmered with strange spiritual lights, stirring the torrents into uneasy tremors.

Treasures?

Lin Yuan’s eyes instantly brightened. Through the vague sensations transmitted by the Tongtian River…

Those divine demon remains might carry exceptionally precious treasures.

In fact, Lin Yuan saw several falling corpses still bearing glimmering storage treasures.

Lin Yuan’s gaze grew fervent.

Storage magic treasures personally carried by Celestial Divine Demons or divine demons of the heavenly capital were bound to contain some good items!

Yet Lin Yuan felt hesitant. That place was extraordinarily dangerous. So many divine demons were fighting, even beings comparable to Postnatal Dao Masters of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level. Innate Dao Lords might also arrive.

Too dangerous!

BOOM! Rumble!

It seemed like a world-shaking roar!

The spiritual light image formed by divine power suddenly shook violently. Lin Yuan’s eyes widened instantly. When the image stabilized, Lin Yuan heard a bone-chilling cold snort from the sky above.

“…The monarch of the Hidden Cloud Dynasty… with such cultivation, you dare compete with us for fortune? Perish completely!”

Following that icy female voice,

Lin Yuan next seemed to see a massive golden sun rise. A faint cry of a Golden Crow echoed. Vast golden light split the clouds, seemingly drawing a golden divine ray from the terrifying Sun Star high in the Nine Heavens to slash down. Another fearsome divine demon fell accordingly.

Half of the remains turned to dust amidst the terrifying firelight filling the sky. A golden treasure wheel could faintly be seen, radiating an awe-inspiring, dreadful divine light as it flew up.

Under that treasure light, even vast stretches of land seemed unable to withstand it. River sections dried up, riverbeds turning into glass.

The other half of the remains fell with endless purple thunderbolts.

The remains plunged into the Tongtian River, stirring up towering waves across the vast, boundless river section!

Lin Yuan’s gaze at this half-corpse grew brighter and brighter.

It was the corpse of an Innate Divine Demon.

And an Innate Divine Demon that mastered the Primordial Thunder Origin!

If he could refine a portion of the Primordial Thunder Origin from its corpse, forget about increasing his own origin, at the very least he could comprehend another type of Innate Divine Thunder.

On the spot, the look in Lin Yuan’s eyes changed. The last trace of hesitation in his eyes turned into fervor. At worst, if he encountered an unstoppable danger, he could simply return to the Main World.

It would just cost a bit more Virtue Merit!

This deal wasn’t a loss.

His eyes flickering, Lin Yuan finally couldn’t hold back. His figure transformed into a streak of escaping light and plunged into the Tongtian River.

Just as he entered the Tongtian River, Lin Yuan pushed his Spiritual Root’s concealment and aura-hiding abilities to the limit. Combined with the Heavenly One True Water’s wondrous use from the Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune, he transformed like a wisp of Heavenly One True Water, merging into the Tongtian River.

In just half an hour, Lin Yuan reached the edge of the divine demon battlefield. Initially, Lin Yuan was very cautious. The Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune was exceptionally miraculous, and using the River God identity could also conceal his own aura. But facing Postnatal Dao Masters or even Innate Dao Lords, Lin Yuan truly didn’t have much confidence.

Above his head, numerous divine demons clashed, a heart-stopping sight.

Above the thunderclouds, even a single stray stream of light emanating from the battles made one feel intense unease.

However, after lying low for several moments, Lin Yuan suddenly realized that the divine demons above hadn’t noticed the vast, surging Tongtian River beneath their feet.

They seemed to be desperately contending for some great opportunity in the sky above the Tongtian River.

That vast aura seemed nearby. Hair standing on end, Lin Yuan braced against the piercing sense of crisis.

Through the River God position’s connection to the Tongtian River, Lin Yuan first found a divine demon corpse emitting a strong, icy-cold aura.

It was the corpse of a male divine demon, dressed strangely, with exquisite cloud patterns adorning his clothes. Even in death, it emanated tremendous pressure.

This was a divine demon from a Witch Clan tribe, likely a high-ranking member within the tribe!

Lin Yuan’s gaze fell on a silver bracelet on this divine demon’s arm. His eyes slightly brightened, and he casually took it off.

The bracelet’s owner had perished, but it still emitted a pure treasure light.

Lin Yuan carefully refined it with his magic power. The bracelet’s spiritual light flickered. Lingering remnants of its spirit still clung, resisting. But without its owner, it couldn’t withstand Lin Yuan’s refining magic power. In an instant, Lin Yuan’s vision brightened—he had opened the bracelet’s mustard seed Space.

A pile of spiritual treasures the size of a small hill instantly appeared before Lin Yuan!

Various spiritual lights shimmered, nearly dazzling Lin Yuan’s eyes.

Fist-sized Taiyi True Gold, a treasure for forging artifacts; a tortoise shell shed by a ten-thousand-year-old turtle; numerous spiritual pearls nurtured in Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands… Lin Yuan’s eyes were dazzled. Overwhelming joy surged in his heart.

Besides the many artifact-forging spiritual materials and rare ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs, Lin Yuan also saw two Dao Scriptures emitting strange auras.

They were divine demon Dao Scriptures written in Wu Script—inheritance Dao Scriptures!

Lin Yuan felt even more ecstatic. These might be inheritance cultivation methods from an ancient Divine Demon Tribe or God-Demon Dynasty. Even learning a bit of the secret arts within would add to his own abilities!

As for those artifact-forging spiritual materials, Lin Yuan wasn’t alone anymore—he wouldn’t just feed himself while the whole family went hungry. He would soon have disciples and followers. Many items he couldn’t use himself could be rewarded to them!

Feeling immensely pleased, Lin Yuan glanced at the Innate Divine Demon corpse on the spot. He decided not to spare the corpse either, stuffing it entirely into the silver bracelet.

Through the River God’s senses, in his perception, at least seven or eight streams of light had fallen into the Tongtian River earlier. Lin Yuan moved forward stealthily. To save time, he simply stuffed every divine demon corpse and treasure he found into the silver bracelet. Afterwards, he lay in wait, preparing for more ‘pies’ to fall from the sky!

If a few more Innate Divine Demon corpses containing Primordial Thunder Origin could fall, allowing him to comprehend several more types of Innate Divine Thunder, that would be incredible.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan’s eyebrows twitched. In the sky above, a loud boom rang out, accompanied by an earth-shaking roar. Another cluster of fierce thunderlight plummeted. Lin Yuan’s gaze instantly burned with intense heat.

But in an instant, Lin Yuan’s expression changed. Along with this figure’s fall, it seemed like over ten streams of light turned into meteors closely chasing it. The vast divine might radiating from those streams of light sent chills down his spine!