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Chapter 562: Chapter 558: Controlling the Aries Star Palace
"Ruins... Forbidden Ruined Beast!?"
Seeing Gu Jinlai arrive with a heart-trembling aura, Zi Yang and the Heavenly Dragon Wood already had a bad premonition.
The sight of the Forbidden Ruined Beast that followed...
Not to mention the flesh and blood Heavenly Dragon Wood, even the Artifact Spirit Purple Sun that was nurtured by Aries Star Palace felt its spiritual fluctuations nearly freeze.
The Ruins Beast!
The Ruins Beast known as forbidden!
Unlike the Heavenly Dragon aimed at the Void Immortal stage, the Forbidden Ruined Beast was created by the ancient creators specifically to suppress the True Immortals present in the world!
"How can Gu Jinlai, a Heavenly Monarch... concoct such a monster..."
The thousand-kilometer span of the Heavenly Dragon Wood, when facing this Ruins Beast with a mere three hundred meter diameter, couldn’t muster any courage to resist.
The Ruins Beast!
Proclaimed as the bane of living beings, this is not an empty statement.
This is the experience gained with lives and blood by countless Void Immortals, and even True Immortals, a millennium ago.
Even the most powerful True Immortals, when facing such a forbidden weapon, at best could only flee.
Even the most lawless forces, under the pursuit of the Forbidden Ruined Beast, hardly escaped annihilation.
The reason why many forces are still scattered across overseas lands in this vast world is because the top powerhouses of the past were hunted by the Forbidden Ruined Beasts and had to flee far away, leaving the Twelve Domains, known as the center of the world.
Gu Jinlai, looking down at Artifact Spirit Purple Sun and the Heavenly Dragon Wood below, seemed somewhat unsatisfied with their shock at the appearance of this Forbidden Ruined Beast.
"Didn’t recognize it?"
With a thought,
the core of the Ruins Beast suddenly blazed and boiled with deep blue flames, spreading a strong spiritual power in all directions incessantly.
It was like a silent tsunami for the spirit unleashed by the Ruins Beast.
Under this spiritual tsunami, Zi Yang and Heavenly Dragon Wood felt their spirituality flicker violently, as if their spirits were trembling like ordinary humans.
However, this trembling lasted only a moment. As an artifact spirit, Purple Sun was the first to sense something, its spirituality suddenly stiffening, then bubbling more fiercely than trembling: "This is... the Aries Star Lord’s aura, this is the master’s aura... Why would the master’s aura appear on this Forbidden Ruined Beast!?"
Reminded by Purple Sun, the Heavenly Dragon Wood also sensed that familiar and feared fluctuation coming from the Ruins Beast.
And recalling the words Gu Jinlai had said when summoning the Ruins Beast...
Although its body was colossal, spanning thousands of kilometers, at this moment it couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
"The master’s aura..."
A bone-chilling cold enveloped its entire body.
This Heavenly Dragon stared hard at the Forbidden Ruined Beast with its intense spiritual fluctuations, almost unwilling to accept the reality before it.
"This isn’t real, this can’t be real..."
And the Artifact Spirit Purple Sun from Aries Star Palace couldn’t help but let out a collapsing wail, its spirituality dispersing uncontrollably, almost unable to maintain its form.
Seeing this, Gu Jinlai finally nodded in satisfaction.
"As you can see, your Aries Star Lord tried to refine me into his incarnation. However, he was not the victor in this struggle, and so, he was refined by me into a Ruins Beast. But to leave you a memento, I also named this Ruins Beast the Aries Star Lord. You may continue to regard him as your master and follow the commands and tasks he has assigned."
Gu Jinlai said calmly.
"This is impossible... how can this be possible..."
Neither Artifact Spirit Purple Sun nor Heavenly Dragon Wood seemed able to accept this outcome.
Seeing this, Gu Jinlai pointed a virtual hand at the Heavenly Dragon Wood below.
The Chaotic Star Light Body activated, and ferocious thunder wrapped in dazzling lightning spread out from him like a waterfall. Amplified by the Child of the Stars trait, the thunder spread at supersonic speed, covering dozens of miles in the blink of an eye.
Amid their shock, the Heavenly Dragon Wood sensed something, bellowing as a similar Thunder Power began to brew within it.
But before it could execute any significant maneuver, Gu Jinlai pointed at it again.
"Rumble!"
Lightning flashed.
A bolt of lightning so intense it seemed to outshine the sun itself thundered down, smashing ferociously towards where the Heavenly Dragon Wood stood.
"Roar!"
The Heavenly Dragon Wood roared, and above its head seemed to form a shield of thunderclouds.
But before the shield could solidify, the Thunder Sword released by Gu Jinlai tore through the void, smashing into the Heavenly Dragon Wood’s body. Despite its strong physique, under the thunder strikes, it cracked open, flesh dissolved, and the surrounding area turned to charred earth.
"Awoooo!"
The Heavenly Dragon Wood cried out in agony.
And that lightning strike was just a beginning.
When Gu Jinlai made his move, the thunder that descended wasn’t one or two bolts, but ten, twenty, forty, eighty.
Under the domain of Thunder Light, the thunder fell like rain.
Each bolt of thunder was like a whip against the sky dome, pounding fiercely on the Heavenly Dragon Wood’s form.
No matter how it struggled, dodged, or resisted, it couldn’t escape the bombardment of heavenly thunder.
This assault only lasted a few breaths, but the Heavenly Dragon Wood, formidable enough to match the level of a Great Divine Ability User, was reduced to a shape beyond recognition, its flesh and charred remains completely covering its form.
In the end, it was too miserable to even soar through the void, and it fell downwards with a howl, crashing heavily into the sea and stirring up waves hundreds of meters high.
After this attack, even if Artifact Spirit Purple Sun was still in disbelief about Gu Jinlai creating a Ruins Beast, the terror of his formidable methods made it shiver all over.
"A small punishment for a big lesson."
Gu Jinlai, looking down at the Heavenly Dragon Wood that had fallen into the sea like a corpse, finally exhaled, releasing the resentment accumulated over the past year.
He did not directly kill the Heavenly Dragon Wood but instead shifted his gaze directly back to Artifact Spirit Purple Sun.
"Where’s the Heavenly Dragon Wood’s Beast Taming Token?"
"It’s... it’s here..."
Purple Sun dared not haggle and quickly produced a Jade Token.
Gu Jinlai stretched out his hand to collect it, and a Jade Token engraved with a swimming dragon fell into his hand.
The giant divine weapon, Heavenly Dragon, Ruins Beast, including Artifact Spirit Purple Sun, were actually all subordinates, even weapons, cultivated by the Aries Star Lord.
Each of these weapons had a control core.
Like the Bai Yuxin in charge of the Aries Star Palace’s control rights, it was equivalent to having control over Artifact Spirit Purple Sun.
And Purple Sun needed the Heavenly Dragon Wood’s cooperation to search for the Dao Mark suitable for the Aries Star Lord’s descent and also controlled the Heavenly Dragon Wood’s Beast Taming Token.
Because of this layer upon layer of control, Bai Yuxin, a Void Immortal, was able to command the Heavenly Dragon Wood, which was comparable to a Great Divine Power Level being, to fight for them.
Gu Jinlai took a step into the void and landed directly inside a palace on a nearby island.
The Forbidden Ruins Beast, forged by the Aries Star Lord, quietly floated in the void.
Deep blue spiritual flames burned fiercely as three huge metallic rings turned slowly, while outside them, ninety-nine Giant Swords roamed continuously.
That fearsome aura, enough to terrify any living being, filled the area, to the point where some fish had already turned belly-up, scared to death.
As for the Heavenly Dragon Wood and Purple Sun...
One feigned death, daring not to move at all, while the other followed Gu Jinlai cautiously, without any thought of resistance.
"Aries Star Palace."
Gu Jinlai said so.
This Star Palace was a palace built by the Aries Star Lord who spent vast resources for the sake of longevity. Its value was such that not even a Supreme Taoist Device could measure.
Just the space inside that vastly exceeded the outside in extension, was worth an unimaginable amount of money.
When Gu Jinlai arrived at this palace, he went directly to the center of the main hall and pressed the Jade Token from Bai Yuxin against one of the recessed areas in front of a statue of the Aries Star Lord.
Instantly, a layer of visible spiritual fluctuations rapidly spread in all directions.
Gu Jinlai then stimulated his True Spirit Power, and the spiritual fluctuations, following this spreading spiritual power, encapsulated the entire palace in an instant.
In a moment, the numerous sub-palaces within the palace, their functions, and the strange objects they contained all surged through his mind.
"The creators from a thousand years ago possessed incomparably rich resources, and the Aries Star Lord, who was subtly revered as the chief of the Twelve Star Masters of the Holy Realm, held even more massive and overwhelming assets. Even if the resources in the Aries Star Palace have been depleted for a thousand years, if all the items inside were taken out, they could still, in a short time, elevate hundreds of cultivators to the level of Saints or even Void Immortals," Gu Jinlai said sincerely after a brief scan.
He had brought with him from the Holy Dynasty to Qiantian goods that could be called abundant, but their total value was probably far less than one-tenth of the treasures stored in the Aries Star Palace.
Among them, just the Heavenly Spirit Pearls that could allow one to complete their Spiritual Sense accumulation up to the Heavenly Monarch Stage, he saw hundreds.
But these were not the focus.
The focus was this Aries Star Palace itself.
The defensive power of the Aries Star Palace was so strong that even a True Immortal would not hope to breach it.
Moreover, there was a Star Gate within the Aries Star Palace.
Though the Star Gate could only transport to a fixed location, it was still a worry-free escape route.
In the end, even if a True Immortal took down the Aries Star Palace, it would be difficult to obtain any usable resources.
But now...
Whether the Aries Star Palace or its contents, all had become his spoils of war.
"Where exactly is the Qingyang Valley located behind the Star Gate?" Gu Jinlai suddenly asked.
Purple Sun, who followed him cautiously, promptly said, "At the boundary between Shen Domain and the Outer Domain."
He hastily made a motion with his hands, and Gu Jinlai quickly sensed something, giving him a look.
Purple Sun quickly said, "I... I want to sort through the data library..."
"Hmm."
Gu Jinlai acknowledged with a sound.
He granted Purple Sun partial access to the Aries Star Palace, and soon, a projection of a star appeared in front of Gu Jinlai.
"Is this... the star beneath our feet?"
"Yes, this star has many names, such as the Holy Realm, Holy Star, Sea God Star, All Living Beings Realm, and so on. Each power strives to claim the right to name it, to highlight their legitimacy..."
"Let’s call it the Longevity World," Gu Jinlai named the star.
Then, his gaze also fell upon this star projection.
The creators of old had ventured into outer space.
Had it not been for the scarcity and weak spirituality of beings in outer space, their activities might not have been limited to an area of tens of millions of miles centered around the Longevity World.
However, in terms of exploring this world, the creators had basically come to understand it completely.
Gu Jinlai compared the memory of the Aries Star Lord and quickly located the positions of the Holy Dynasty, Immortal Country, Qingyang Valley, and Qiantian.
He soon discovered...
Qingyang Valley was actually at the periphery of Immortal Country.
In other words, as long as he had this Aries Star Palace, he could instantly travel back and forth between any location within the periphery of Immortal Country and wherever the Aries Star Palace was located.
