My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 736 - 623: Core

Chapter 736: Chapter 623: Core

After a while, the two suddenly stopped, standing in front of a white bone house!

Yes, it was a house made of bones, seemingly connected to the altar.

This must be an altar defense point!

The two looked at each other and cautiously approached the bone house.

The house was not big, with just one room, not more than a hundred square meters.

Although the interior was divided into several areas such as rest, workspace and cultivation, there were no partitions, it was only one big open room. Hence, they could see everything within.

The furnishings were simple but entirely preserved, giving the impression that the original owner had left in a rush.

This was the first time Wang Zijia and his companion saw a well-arranged room instead of ruins.

Especially after seeing a bookshelf in the corner of the room, both of them looked pleased.

After cautiously probing for a moment and finding there was no danger, they both entered the room and, with silent agreement, went straight to the bookshelf.

Both looked at each other, and took the precaution to protect the books with their mana, before touching them to avoid any damage.

Because these books were not cultivation manuals filled with dao charm but miscellaneous books.

Then, they began to flip through.

"The Guide to the East Wilderness," "Biography of the Demon Bone Great Saint," "Detailed Explanation of the White Bone Demoness’ Sacrifice and Refinement," "Elaboration on the Usage of Red Skeletons"}

Similar to Wang Zijia, or rather to many monks, these miscellaneous books were mainly to enrich the monks’ knowledge. Indeed, even erotic literature was counted as such!

As they read through these books, the two gradually figured out the situation and got a little understanding of the customs of the Fourth Epoch.

If they were not mistaken, this place seemed to be the Immortal Bone Sect, one of the Nine Great Devil Gates in the East Wilderness of the Immortal World during the Fourth Epoch!

An apex Immortal Devil Gate that had thousands of worlds under its banner, and its patriarch was rumored to be an enlightened saint!

It had a notorious reputation in the Immortal World of the Fourth Epoch.

No wonder the battlefield was so vast. Wanyu Sect already occupied such a large territory, let alone the sacred land of such immortals. In the previous life, it was not unusual to have an entire continent, or even several continents, as a sect.

But judging from the remnants they had seen before, this sect had probably been completely destroyed, and the entire sect had been turned into a crystallized land.

"We’re in trouble now!" Yao Wenxuan said with a bitter face after he figured out the situation.

"Do you know about this place?" Wang Zijia asked, looking at the blood-colored lotus mark on Yao Wenxuan’s brow.

Yao Wenxuan nodded, "I know a little bit! This Immortal Bone Sect, or Devil Bone Sect, was said to have discovered a fallen Great Thousand World."

"This incident spread widely, both then and in later generations, there were all kinds of rumors."

"It was said that after these demonic sect disciples discovered this world, they were invited by the local cultivators to participate in the Sky-destroying War without considering construction of any anchor points."

"At first, they thought they had gotten a big bargain. But after they killed their way there, they found out that the world had been kept captive by one of the top cultivators of the local area."

"That was a supreme Great Demon, who walked the path of replacing the Heart of the Heaven with his own heart, and the Heavenly Dao with his own Dao. Eventually, he swallowed a world."

"After the opponent swallowed the world, he kept the cultivators captive, regularly harvested them for his cultivation and thus initiated the Sky-destroying War."

"The demonic sect killed its way there, but the result was self-evident. In the end, they were counter-killed by this Demon."

"He even dared to invade the Shen Hong Immortal Domain, intending to swallow the Immortal World."

"Later, he was killed jointly by the leading Great Cultivators. It was said that if that world hadn’t disappeared later, it would have been seized by the Gurus!"

"And this place... because the world’s Heavenly Dao was destroyed here by the devil cultivator, causing the Dao of this place to be in chaos, making it impossible to inhabit even if it was managed, so it was abandoned."

"The entire Devil Bone Sect was turned into ruins in this war, and after continuous growth, it became a large forbidden land. During the Fifth Era, it was one of the Ten Evils of the East Wilderness."

"By now, it might have become more troublesome!"

"After all, the dangers of this place are constantly increasing!"

As Yao Wenxuan recounted, Wang Zijia came to understand the situation somewhat.

The danger of this place was not just the chaos of the Dao, but also the dangers of entering and exiting, as well as the horrifying chaotic creatures that were born around the edge.

The center of the region was filled with too much chaos and numerous space cracks, making it unsuitable for the survival of creatures. Therefore, as long as one could withstand the ’radiation’ pollution, it wouldn’t be too dangerous.

They also had an approximate idea of their location.

The East Wilderness Immortal Domain, Southern Region, and the infamous place from ancient times: Devil Bone Dangerous Land!

This couldn’t be said to be bad luck, but it was inevitable, as places that could connect with the Void Turbulence would definitely have shattered space.

And such places were generally not good!

...

After a while, they had searched the room once and didn’t find any natural treasures.

In such an environment, except for special treasures, it is not possible to store any spirit items.

"What do we do now?" Yao Wenxuan asked, looking somewhat lost, after they had exited the room.

Wang Zijia looked at the rough map of the Immortal Bone Sect that they had got from the books and comforted himself by saying, "Let’s explore the outskirts a bit and see. Maybe it’s not dangerous outside anymore, without hordes of mutated chaotic creatures."

Yao Wenxuan nodded, agreeing with Wang Zijia’s suggestion, "But before that, let’s go to the center of the altar first!"

Wang Zijia looked at Yao Wenxuan questioningly.

Yao Wenxuan explained, "In every Dual Realm Altar, each person, each sect might construct different things, but the core of the altar definitely requires a massive spatial treasure as the main force."

"Even the most shabby ones, have to use a seventh-grade treasure: ’World Wound’ as the main material, that is, the core of a small world after its annihilation."

"And the advanced ones were even more exaggerated, they contained Space-time Essence and Spatial Essence, and there were even powerhouses who directly extracted the essence of space to refine it into the eyes of the altar’s array!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia joked, "Such things, how could they not have been taken away by others?"

Yao Wenxuan shrugged and said, "I’m not sure, but this altar array has remained intact for so many years, and it’s imbued with an accumulated resentment. There must be something at its core, sustaining it."

Hearing this, Wang Zijia gave Yao Wenxuan a deep look. This guy, while often naive like an average person, proved himself to be a walking database of cultivation secrets at times!

Extremely contradictory!

Putting together various clues regarding the Dao power, there might indeed be a grand old man present!

Probably one who surpasses the Ninth Order Profound Immortal, a transcendent ancient beast!

Better not to mess with him!

Fortunately, Wang Zijia noticed something was off early on and didn’t rashly attempt to demonize him!

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The two stopped their conversation and continued to explore the center.

Gradually, both of them realized something was wrong.

The closer to the center of the array, the stronger this resentment was, it even overwhelmed the ’radiation’ of the chaotic Spirit Mechanism!

Initially, both believed it was due to the aura of the altar array itself. But now, it was clear that this was not the whole story, or at least, not completely.

Something unexpected had happened!

The two became more cautious, constantly bypassing clusters of broken mountain ranges with strange changes, and they explored towards the center through the gaps.

"If this continues, wouldn’t something like a mega ghost monster be born?"

The further ahead they went, the more exaggerated this feeling became, to the point where Wang Zijia couldn’t help but guess as such.

Yao Wenxuan shook his head and said, "That’s impossible. The Spirit Mechanism here is so chaotic, and there’s also the interference from the Heavenly Dao Spirit Mechanism outside, which leaves no room for ghost cultivators to be born and survive. Even chaotic creatures have difficulty surviving, not to mention ghost beings!"

Not everyone was like Wang Zijia with an immunity to ’radiation’ and the ability to withstand space cleavages!

Wang Zijia was just casually guessing, and he didn’t argue further, continuing to explore ahead.

Since they had a clear understanding of the environment, there was no need for them to search carefully anymore, so their speed of moving ahead increased significantly.

Then they encountered several bone houses, with similar situations. Apparently, these things were dwellings of disciples guarding the formation nodes.

Surely, such a large altar had to be constantly guarded, checked and maintained regularly in the past!

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Like this, the two quickly moved forward for a better part of the day.

Finally, they reached the center of the altar.

At this moment, the overwhelming resentments had materialized, and the surroundings were filled with faint things that looked like elusive flames.

The value meter of Wang Zijia was slowly but significantly increasing.

This showed how severe the erosion was!

However, with that, the explosive shouts and screams in his mind were almost overwhelming.

It felt like his head was about to explode.

Under such effects, both of them were a bit agitated.

What troubled them the most was that this state greatly affected the spirit intuition of a cultivator!

But when they saw the situation at the very center of the altar, they suddenly stopped in their tracks.

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In the center of the altar, there was actually another altar, much smaller, just about a dozen meters in radius, inconspicuous compared to the entire altar.

It was apparent that this small altar was not originally a part of the Dual Realm Altar structure, but was erected later.

The tiny altar of approximately a dozen meters radius was virtually built with natural treasures.

In the core place, Wang Zijia saw four enormous treasures.

Among them was a dazzling crystal, which seemed to be a Seventh-grade Spirit item: the Space-time Sea Eye!

This item could serve as a core spirit item when crossing his tribulation to become an immortal, and was a standard supreme treasure!

Wang Zijia didn’t recognize the other three, but they were definitely enormous treasures!

Judging from the burning gaze of Yao Wenxuan, it indirectly confirmed everything. Obviously, he recognized several of them!

However, the two didn’t think about stealing them. Instead, they stopped their steps and did not approach any further.

Because... if they weren’t blind, this small altar seemed to be a sealing array.

A special sealing array built on top of the foundation of the Array of Two Worlds!

Could something that was sealed here, and used such shocking items and methods to seal... be something common?

Whether it was because they sensed the gaze of the two, the treasures at the core place started to flash with Spiritual Light, bright and dazzling, and extremely attractive.

Wang Zijia and Yao Wenxuan looked at each other and began to slowly retreat.

The treasures flashed more urgently, but the two remained unyielding in their retreat.

The next moment, all the treasures stopped flashing, and the surrounding resentment, which was like a physical flame, began to converge towards the center.