Su Fu was also growing more and more satisfied with Kong Xuan.
Spirit Mother Gui Ling really hadn’t made the wrong choice.
With the Saints now confined and Kong Xuan possessing peak Quasi-Saint cultivation, he was practically the top combat force in the Great Desolation.
In other words, wasn’t this like finding herself an invincible bodyguard?
With Kong Xuan alone, she could practically walk sideways through the Great Desolation, let alone with all her other magic treasures.
She added with a beaming smile, “Kong Xuan, you’ve performed a great service this time. Mother is truly proud of you!”
Kong Xuan felt a surge of joy in his heart. He had never heard his mother praise him like this before.
Just then, a question occurred to him, and he asked curiously:
“Mother, that Immortal-Slaying Sword Array destroyed Zhunti’s physical body. He’ll need at least a thousand years to recover, right?”
Su Fu thought that in this world, that was indeed about right, and nodded.
“That’s about right.”
Kong Xuan looked at the four swords with awe. “Immortal-Slaying… it truly can slay Immortals.”
“It really is of boundless power.”
“But Grandmaster Tongtian just left these treasures with the Sect of Interception? Isn’t he worried?”
Su Fu smiled and explained. “That depends on whose hands they’re in.”
“In Grandmaster Tongtian’s hands, naturally, they can wreak havoc everywhere, invincible.”
“But in our hands, a Saint could probably break the array in an instant.”
“After all, all below the Saints are mere ants. The gap between a Quasi-Saint and a Saint is not something that can be bridged by relying on magic treasures alone.”
She paused, then added, “However, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array is indeed incredibly formidable.”
“This array originates from the Chaos Demon God, Luo Hou.”
“Chaos Demon Gods are powerful beings born from the Chaos before the Opening of the Sky.”
“Most of them master various laws and possess innate companion treasures.”
“For example, the Strength Demon God Pangu, leader of the three thousand Demon Gods, wielded the Heaven-Splitting Axe.”
“Then there’s the Space Demon God Yangmei, whose companion treasures are the Space Pearl and the Yangmei Spirit Tree…”
“And the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou was one of the Chaos Demon Gods, the Destruction Demon God, who controlled the Law of Destruction.”
Su Fu looked at Kong Xuan. “Do you know about the Dragon-Han Catastrophe?”
“Of course I know!” Kong Xuan’s expression turned solemn. “The great war between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, which ultimately led to widespread suffering and devastation…”
“Not only that,” Su Fu explained. “Behind that calamity was Luo Hou secretly instigating it.”
“He needed the essence, blood and resentment of the three clans to refine the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, attempting to prove his Dao through slaughter and achieve the status of a Heavenly Dao Saint.”
“In the end, it was Ancestor Hongjun who joined forces with Great Immortal Yangmei, Ancestor Yinyang, and Ancestor Qiankun. The four of them besieged Luo Hou.”
“That battle cost the self-detonation of the primordial spirits of Ancestors Yinyang and Qiankun to break the array, and Luo Hou perished as a result.”
“In Luo Hou’s hands, this Immortal-Slaying Sword Array was something capable of destroying heaven and earth.”
“The more powerful the wielder, the greater the might the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array can unleash.”
It’s just a shame that Tongtian was taken away by Hongjun, so there’s no way to obtain the Zhuxian Array Diagram now.
Moreover, even if Grandmaster Tongtian were here, it’s not something one could learn overnight.
Such a heaven-and-earth-destroying array is fiendishly complex and profoundly mysterious.
Perhaps, Su Fu thought, if there existed a Dragon-Han Catastrophe dungeon, there might be a way to obtain the Zhuxian Array Diagram from Luo Hou?
“Getting these four swords now is already a huge gain.”
Chesia, listening nearby, however, had her eyes shining brightly. She communicated via consciousness, “If there really is a Dragon-Han Catastrophe dungeon, wouldn’t there be lots and lots of dragons? I want to go!”
Su Fu: “…..”
“Don’t court death.”
“You have no idea how terrifying that war was.”
“You and I going in would be like ants.”
“That was a war that shattered the Great Desolation itself, collapsing the heavens and splitting the earth, blotting out the sun and moon, causing the fall of countless primordial beings, leaving less than one in ten alive, with the three clans nearly driven to extinction.”
“In the end, Dao Ancestor Hongjun merged his body with the Dao, using the merit of the Great Dao to repair the Heavenly Dao, which stabilized the Great Desolation world.”
“Tell me, isn’t that terrifying?”
Chesia: “…..”
“…Yes, scary.”
This was the first time Kong Xuan had heard an interpretation of that ancient war from his mother’s perspective, and he listened, spellbound.
“Truly worthy of Mother. It’s just a pity I was too young back then, unable to…”
“It’s not too late to help me now.” Su Fu quickly cut off his nostalgic sigh, glossing over it.
“That is inevitable!” Kong Xuan immediately puffed out his chest. “If Mother has any orders, this child will carry them out even if it means death ten thousand times!”
***
With the great battle concluded, Jiang Ziya led the Xiqi army onward towards Chao Ge.
Although the battle of the Saints left a deep impression on everyone, it ultimately had little to do with most ordinary mortals.
However, Nezha couldn’t hold back. “Uncle-Master, don’t you think there seemed to be other people moving around on the battlefield?”
Jiang Ziya frowned. “What do you mean?”
“During the Saints’ battle, I seemed to see a black shadow flitting around various parts of the battlefield, extremely fast. Wherever it passed, magic treasures disappeared…”
Yang Jian added, “…Could it be the same person who snatched away the Four Swords of Zhuxian?”
Jiang Ziya pondered for a moment, then shook his head. “Perhaps it was some great power observing the battle in secret.”
“However, now is not the time to pursue this. With Yuanshi Tianzun taken away by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, we should focus on completing the Investiture of the Gods mission as quickly as possible.”
“Full speed ahead!”
Meanwhile, the Great Desolation Channel was abuzz with heated discussion.
[Shocking! Grandmaster Tongtian transformed one sword into ten thousand, and when the sword array unfolded, it was a veritable Heavenly Net!]
[Rational Discussion: Is the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array the number one Killing Formation in the Great Desolation?]
[Is that even a question? It can even slash through a Saint’s indestructible golden body! Invincible!]
[Sword energy crisscrossed for thirty thousand miles, a single sword’s light chilled the nineteen provinces! I always said Tongtian was the strongest!]
[Heh, no matter how strong, wasn’t he still broken by Laozi alone? One Qi transforms into Three Purities, dismantling the Immortal-Slaying Array as he pleased!]
[Yuanshi Tianzun’s treasures are too overpowered! Once the Auspicious Clouds appear, all laws cannot harm him. Too broken.]
[The Pangu Banner is even more outrageous. If the Dao Ancestor hadn’t stopped it, the Great Desolation would have been rebooted!]
[Looking at it this way, haha, those two from the Western Sect had it rough. Zhunti was directly minced into dust by the sword energy!]
[Who told them to insist on meddling? It was originally a conflict within the Xuanmen. They came to pick up scraps, and ended up losing the wife and the soldiers!]
[By the way… did you guys notice that treasure-stealing thief who was scavenging all over the place amidst the chaos?]
[…You mean that mysterious person? While the battle raged fiercely above, a black shadow was flying all over the field below, and wherever it went, all treasures vanished?]
[A role model for our generation! Truly a role model for our generation!]
[More than that! The movements were so practiced it was criminal! By the time the battle reached its peak, she had already collected a huge pile!]
[Wait… didn’t you guys notice the sack, no, the magic treasure she used to collect the treasures looked familiar?]
[More than familiar! That was clearly the Chaos Umbrella and the Hunyuan Jindou, wasn’t it?]
[Aren’t those the spoils from the opening battle and the battle where the Saints descended? How did they end up in her hands?]
[Yeah, this person is too amazing! How did she manage that?]
[Suddenly remembered something. After every Xiqi victory, the spoils of war mysteriously disappeared. Could it be…?]
[Ahhh, I get it! One person!]
[From the first battle to the recent Saint battle, it’s been the same person scavenging all along!]
[So who exactly is this person? An NPC or a Test Taker?]
[I don’t believe I’m the only one guessing it’s ‘that existence’…]
[I get you, I guessed the same!]
[What what? Don’t speak in riddles!]
[Keywords: loves collecting treasures, strong enough, at home in the Chinese Instance…]
[Wait! A name very naturally popped into my mind…]
[Stop with the riddles up there, just say Su Fu’s ID number directly!]
[It’s definitely her! Before, when she was in the dungeon, Test Takers could buy their lives with money. Who else loves money as much as their life like her?]
[Or rather, who else is such a bandit? Directly packing up the entire field?]
[Hahaha, I’ll report on behalf of Randeng Daoren in real name! My Lingjiu Lamp! I just took it out to provide some light and it was swiped!]
[LOL, you saw that too?]
[Heavens! So she’s been there since the two armies faced off? Not a single treasure on the entire field was missed?]
[Which one is her exactly? I watched for a long time and didn’t spot her…]
[I don’t know which one she is, but I know I’m so jealous my eyes are turning green!]
[All the treasures from the entire field went into her pocket! Probably only the Saints’ area she didn’t dare to scavenge, right?]
[Crazy, crazy. Now when I close my eyes, all I see is her figure shuttling back and forth on the battlefield… flying around draped in the Taiji Diagram, leaving not a single treasure behind wherever she passed!]
[So while we were fighting for our lives on the field, she was also fighting for her life… to collect treasures?]
[Exactly. We were fighting with our lives, she was fighting with her hand speed…]
[Her technique is quite professional too, even preparing sacks, no specialized magic treasures in advance. Clearly premeditated!]
[From dropping treasures to harvesting them, a one-stop service.]
[No, I really can’t come to terms with this.]
[If only I’d known, I should have learned from her and brought a sack! Regrets!]
***
Meanwhile, inside the Taiyi Zhenren’s Artifact Refining Hall on Kunlun Mountain.
With Yuanshi Tianzun taken away by Hongjun, and the Golden Immortals like Taiyi Zhenren either dead or injured—either resurrecting or recuperating—Huangfu Yun and her group unexpectedly gained a rare period of freedom.
Everyone sat together, looking at the comments on the Great Desolation Channel. Huangfu Yun speculated:
“This has to be Su Fu, right?”
“Is there any doubt?” Chiya stated. “She even dared to covet Yuanshi Tianzun’s treasure vault and scheme against Saints. What wouldn’t she dare?”
Everyone fell silent for a moment, their feelings exceptionally complex.
“That’s just too bold…” Huangfu Yun couldn’t help but sigh. “The battlefield seems like her own home. The Saints are fighting above, and she’s down below frantically scavenging…”
“Oh, and the tools, she was fully prepared.”
Chiya was envious. “She must have had a huge harvest this time, right? All the treasures from the entire field went into her pocket.”
“Exactly!” Zero explained. “That was a Saint-level battlefield. Who wouldn’t pull out their most powerful magic treasures to fight for their lives?”
“Sigh, if only we had asked Su Fu to take us along.”
Nothing more to say, just regret.
“Oh, right, what about An Yu and You Lan?” Huangfu Yun suddenly remembered the two of them.