Chapter 719: Supreme Immortal Realm

Since Shen Lang had died, the sliver of spiritual consciousness he'd left in the storage spirit ring was effortlessly extinguished by Ling Feng, who then emptied everything out of it in one go.

Aside from some miscellaneous items, he found some elemental stones, crystal coins, and healing pills.

After searching for a while, Ling Feng finally came upon a thick stack of books.

The one on top was titled

Curse of the Wine God

—it appeared to be the teachings of the Wine God Sword Dao that Shen Lang had obtained.

"This Drunken Immortal Gourd is actually a Treasure of Heaven and Earth!"

Ling Feng's eyelids twitched. No wonder the White Scorching Flame couldn't even refine this wooden gourd!

Flipping through it briefly, Ling Feng realized that Shen Lang's gourd was no ordinary item; it could transform regular river water directly into "Drunken Immortal Wine," which is used to activate the

Curse of the Wine God.

This Drunken Immortal Wine could not only replenish spiritual energy but also accelerate cultivation and temper the body. It was indeed a rare and invaluable item, with low costs, since all it required was water for endless production.

The Curse of the Wine God, combined with the Drunken Immortal Sword and Drunken Immortal Gourd, formed the complete teachings of the Wine God Sword Dao.

It was a pity that, despite Shen Lang's talent, he had not been genuinely devoted to the path of wine and had never fully comprehended the true essence of the Wine God Sword Dao. Otherwise, his power might have been even more terrifying than that of Feng Yan.

"Although the Wine God Sword Dao is impressive, I'm not one who indulges in wine. Besides, my goal is to create my own sword dao!"

Ling Feng shook his head and laughed. Among the people he knew, the only one who truly loved wine was Duanmu Qingshan.

If he ever got the chance, he thought he might consider teaching this sword dao to his master as a way of repaying him for all the care and cultivation he had provided.

Besides sword techniques that required Drunken Immortal Wine to activate, Curse of the Wine God also included the Flying-Immortal Sword-Controlling Art and other sword arts. Ling Feng threw it all into his storage spirit ring before moving on to other books.

Finally, Ling Feng came across a notebook, which seemed to be Shen Lang's personal writings.

The first half contained Shen Lang's insights into cultivating the Wine God Sword Dao, which Ling Feng ignored. Towards the end, though, he spotted the words "Divine Desolation Treasure Box."

"Finally found it!"

Ling Feng's eyelids jumped. He had spent so much time sorting through Shen Lang's "remains" precisely to uncover clues about the "Divine Desolation Treasure Box".

"It is said that the seventh sect leader of the Huangji Sect, the Saint of Heavenly Secrets, encountered a Supreme Immortal Opportunity in the Sea of Endless Stars and obtained the Divine Desolation Treasure Box..."

After carefully reading the content, Ling Feng gained some understanding of the treasure box's origins.

It turned out that the Divine Desolation Treasure Box had been acquired in the Sea of Endless Stars by a sacred-tier[1] expert from the Huangji Sect. Its original owner was said to be the Shenhuang[2] Emperor, who had long since ascended to immortality, leaving this supreme treasure behind.

Within the Divine Desolation Treasure Box lay records of the Shenhuang Emperor's three supreme divine skills, as well as a link to a supreme treasure vault left by the emperor. In that vault, it was rumored, lay an unparalleled opportunity to ascend to the Supreme Immortal Realm*[3].

In that instant, Ling Feng's mind felt as if it had been struck by a bolt of lightning. He was deeply shaken by the notes in this book, unable to recover for a long while.

Could the martial arts truly lead to divinity?

Could there really be such a thing as a Supreme Immortal Realm beyond this world?

Could divine beings truly be eternal and indomitable, ruling over all life?

Ling Feng's hands trembled slightly. In that case, what did the Heaven-Patrolling Clan—whom Kong from the Ancient Cave of Time had referred to as "the rulers of the nine heavens, the enforcers of heaven's will"—really mean?

Could they be the rulers of that Supreme Immortal Realm?

Ling Feng involuntarily swallowed hard. As the child of the Heavenly Dao, he bore a destined enmity with the Heaven-Patrolling Clan. Yet he had never imagined that his mortal enemies might be none other than the very divine beings that all living things revered!

This realization made Ling Feng's face turn pale.

He began to understand why Jiang Xuanwu, a great emperor expert from a thousand years ago, had trembled at the mere mention of the "Heaven-Patrolling Clan."

Why Kong, despite his immense power, still had to hide within the Ancient Cave of Time, frozen in the stillness of space-time.

Because the Heaven-Patrolling Clan were gods!

He should have realized sooner—what kind of race would dare claim to be enforcers of heaven's will, acting as agents of heaven and earth? Only those so-called gods could do so!

Ling Feng clenched his fists and took several deep breaths, forcing himself to let go of the mental shadow cast by the Heaven-Patrolling Clan.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Rather than being scared half to death by gods he hadn't even met, his priority now was to grow stronger in every possible way.

And since the Divine Desolation Treasure Box offered a pathway to the Supreme Immortal Realm, he had to unlock that "Divine Emperor's Vault" and gain that Supreme Immortal Opportunity.

This would be his leverage to contend with the Heaven-Patrolling Clan. At the very least, he would need a level of power equivalent to the gods if he ever hoped to challenge those lofty beings.

No matter what fate awaited a child of the Heavenly Dao, he, Ling Feng, would not resign himself to it without a fight!

After carefully reading every word Shen Lang had written about the Divine Desolation Treasure Box, Ling Feng surmised that it was a puzzle box that could be rotated, with certain configurations unlocking its secrets.

These secrets included the Shenhuang Emperor's three divine skills and three fragmented maps to locate the Divine Desolation treasure vault.

"Rotate the treasure box?"

Ling Feng touched his nose and took out the Divine Desolation Treasure Box from his storage spirit ring. He saw that the box had six large faces and eight smaller ones, each made up of smaller blocks. The patterns on these blocks were jumbled, and he would need to arrange them into a specific image to uncover any valuable content.

According to Shen Lang's notes, although the Huangji Sect had obtained the box, generations of experts had spent centuries trying to decipher its secrets to no avail.

This gave Ling Feng a sense of just how intricate and complex this puzzle truly was!

Later, when devils from beyond had invaded, the Huangji Sect suffered near destruction, and the Divine Desolation Treasure Box was sealed away until it reappeared today.

"It looks like unlocking the secrets of this Divine Desolation Treasure Box won't be something I can achieve overnight."

Ling Feng let out a wry smile, trying to rotate one of the small blocks, which moved the larger ones as well. The patterns on the blocks seemed to change according to some hidden trajectory, yet he had no clue as to what the final image should look like. Cracking its secrets felt as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

At that moment, Ling Feng suddenly heard Yue Yunlan calling out in excitement: "Mr. Ling, I found a king-tier martial art with no attribute! Come take a look!"

(Author's note: As you read this chapter, you might want to go back to Chapter 157: The Devil's Love-Forgetting Art! You might discover something... Just a guess~)

1. one above the level of a great emperor ☜

2. "神荒shén huāng" = Divine Desolation ☜

3. This is referring to a place, not cultivation. ☜