Chapter 407

Chapter 407: The God King Trap

"Another golden list?"

The divine weapons list manifested, accompanied by celestial music and astonishing phenomena.

In Linglong City, multitudes of cultivators stirred, gazing at the list with reverence.

"The previous Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings required a hundred million Star Yuan just to glimpse its contents. I wonder how much this divine weapons list demands?"

"The frequency of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion releasing such lists has been remarkable lately. Could another major upheaval be imminent?" Some cultivators expressed anxious concern.

Soon after the Great Calamity in the Immortal Realm, multitudes of immortals had descended and rampaged like the wind, leaving countless worlds to rebuild.

Having barely endured one catastrophe, they dreaded the thought of another.

"Dear friends, this is the divine weapons list," a voice resonant with power echoed through Yuan Realm as the Formless Demon Lord descended onto the void. "It catalogs the universe’s supreme divine weapons. For just ten thousand Star Yuan, anyone may glimpse its secrets."

The Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings had been priced too exorbitantly, ultimately yielding only over four hundred billion Star Yuan. This time, Ye Xu decided a modest price for the divine weapons list would reach more cultivators.

Naturally, even ten thousand Star Yuan was likely only affordable to beings of godlike stature.

It was an unavoidable necessity.

Compiling the divine weapons list cost seven billion heavenly secrets points—Ye Xu couldn’t operate at a loss.

"Ten thousand Star Yuan isn’t steep at all," chuckled a sage. "This humble one would dearly love to witness the hundred mightiest divine weapons under heaven."

He took out a Silver Card, flew before the divine weapons list, and swiped it. The moment ten thousand Star Yuan was deducted, the list’s knowledge flooded his mind.

"The Heavenly Emperor’s physical body?"

"The forty-nine ultimate treasured objects of the Heavenly Dao?"

"My goodness…"

The sage stood awestruck. Merely the circulation of any weapon on that list could unleash torrents of blood across the realms.

"Your Majesty, you…"

Inside a tavern, the Chaotic Immortal King hesitated, then clenched his teeth. "This subordinate has just examined the divine weapons list. The foremost divine weapon… is the Heavenly Emperor’s physical body."

Li Ruoyu’s expression remained unperturbed. "As expected."

His physical form could rival Pangu’s. Be it spiritual essence, vital energy, or divine will—every path he walked had reached the peak. His mastery, whether in divine arts or profound truths, stood unrivalled in this era.

The Chaotic Immortal King probed uncertainly, "But Your Majesty… what motive could the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion possibly harbor in publishing such a list?"

"This subordinate senses some deeper intent behind his actions."

"That Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings was both the Purple Star Heavenly Court’s life-taking talisman and a blade suspended above all our heads," Li Ruoyu remarked impassively. "This divine weapons list, while less impactful, nonetheless lays bare each combatant’s true strength for all to analyze."

"The master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion truly nurses viperous ambitions!"

The Chaotic Immortal King blurted out—then shuddered and promptly sealed his lips.

"Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings… divine weapons list…" Li Ruoyu murmured inwardly. "How many more such stratagems do you hold? What profit could you possibly gain from unraveling the Pangu universe?"

Though many among the Innate Divine Beings and the most powerful postnatal beings resented the Heavenly Dao’s oppressive weight, before the Golden List’s emergence, they’d kept such bitterness buried deep.

However, the emergence of the Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings showed these Immortal Emperors the possibility to destroy the Great Dao.

In Li Ruoyu’s view, it was as if the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion had outright handed them knives.

"Heavenly Emperor Daoist friend, please come to my humble abode for a gathering."

Suddenly, Li Ruoyu heard a voice in his mind. It was Yuanzu speaking.

"It finally begins."

Li Ruoyu’s lips curled slightly, his aura fluctuating faintly as he vanished from the tavern alongside the Chaotic Immortal King.

"Huh?"

A waiter walked over, scratching his head in confusion. "Where did the two men who were sitting here go?"

"Seems they didn’t pay…"

…

"Four threes!"

"Four fives, eat that!"

"Double Joker!"

"Hahaha… I win!"

Su Mu rubbed his hands together, sweeping Star Yuan chips into his pile. He couldn’t help a smug glance at Ye Xu. "Master, my luck’s been incredible lately. Forgive my wins."

"Xixi, don’t sit next to me. Go sit with Su Mu," Ye Xu said.

"Oh…" Xixi agreed with visible hurt.

Sure enough, the moment Xixi sat by Su Mu, his luck plummeted straight down.

"This is utterly baffling…"

Su Mu looked suspiciously at Xixi, then at Ye Xu.

"How childish," the Formless Demon Lord thought to himself.

Yi Tianxing wore a smile, though it looked rather peculiar on the face of a four or five-year-old boy.

After a few days, he had grown accustomed to the routines of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

Su Mu, Ye Xian’er, Xixi, Ye Xu, and the others spent their days playing chess, engaging in Dou Di Zhu. Though simple, it felt warm and amusing.

His heart gradually settled into tranquility, giving him the sensation of escaping worldly noise.

"Is this Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?"

Abruptly, a voice reached their ears. A chubby-cheeked, big-eared boy looked around cautiously.

"Indeed."

The Formless Demon Lord fixed his gaze on the youth. "Stocky little boy, what do you want?"

"I’m here to find work," replied the plump teenager with an awkwardly shy grin.

"Come in."

The Formless Demon Lord was about to speak further when Ye Xu suddenly spoke. He laid down a poor hand, his gaze settling on the portly youth.

"This junior pays his respects to the Master."

The portly youth declared respectfully.

"Daoist friend," said Ye Xu, both amused and incredulous, "as a semi-Immortal Emperor, a holy being birthed from the Great Dao of space itself… how is it you present yourself like this?" Every immortal he’d ever encountered had carried themselves with a lofty attitude, gazing down upon the masses from on high.

This well-mannered, portly boy before him was the polar opposite.

"A semi-Immortal Emperor?"

The Formless Demon Lord felt a chill. This plump, amiable-looking little guy was the God King of Space? His own tone earlier had been rather less than respectful…

"There’s always a higher sky, always someone mightier," the God King of Space chuckled. "Before the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, how could this junior dare be presumptuous? Furthermore, this junior always abides by the principle of peaceful coexistence. Mortals… immortals… all are equal in my view."

Hearing such words outside the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, Ye Xu would never have believed them.

However, he could peer into the God King of Space’s mind and see the statement was genuinely sincere.

A spark of interest gleamed in Ye Xu’s eyes.

Among the Innate Divine Beings, this one was truly an anomaly.

"You wish to work at the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?" Ye Xu recalled the Space God King’s purpose and smiled.

"Yes."

The God King of Space nodded. "This junior seeks the Master’s guidance on attaining the Three Yuan Proof. Yet my treasures are insufficient to barter directly, so I hoped to work in exchange. Master," he said with utmost deference, "this junior has only these meager possessions to offer. Please see if they are sufficient?"

He channeled his magic power, and a simple, unadorned grotto materialized before him.

Ye Xu glanced at it and looked away.

This innate god was astonishingly destitute.

As a semi-Immortal Emperor who had weathered six whole epochs, the God King of Space’s entire collection was worth, at most, a little over 700 billion heavenly secrets points.

This valuation even included his innate treasures and his spatial stronghold.

It was crucial to remember an innate god’s innate treasures and stronghold were inseparable foundations of their existence; they could never be sold to Ye Xu.

Therefore, the resources the God King of Space could actually command amounted to, at best, two hundred billion points.

"Master… is there a chance for me?" The God King of Space asked humbly.

"Set aside your innate treasures and stronghold," Ye Xu replied, amused. "Hand over everything else to me, and I guarantee you will achieve the Three Yuan Proof."

"Thank you, Master!"

The God King of Space beamed, radiant with joy.

Ye Xu’s gaze fell on Yi Tianxing.

Yi Tianxing felt a thud in his heart.

[Congratulations, master, you have gained twenty billion heavenly secrets points.]

"Stocky little boy, from now on, you should become his disciple," Ye Xu smiled, stared at Yi Tianxing, and said, "Ahem, as for these twenty billion Star Yuan, since you have no use for them anyway, let them stay with me for the time being."

Yi Tianxing was at a loss for words.

"Him?" God King of Space looked at Yi Tianxing with a strange expression. "Who is he?" To become a disciple to a four or five-year-old child?

Even though God King of Space was easygoing, he found it difficult to accept.

Yi Tianxing smiled wryly.

At the moment Ye Xu agreed to God King of Space, he guessed Ye Xu’s intention.

"In the past he was the human ancestor, now he is Yi Tianxing, and from now on he will be your teacher," said Ye Xu.

"Human ancestor?" God King of Space was overjoyed.

"I, your disciple, pay respects to the teacher." God King of Space said nothing more, bowed his head immediately, and respectfully kowtowed three times with loud thuds.

In the mastery of the Great Dao of space, throughout the entire Pangu universe, if the human ancestor claimed to be second, absolutely no one dared to claim to be first.

Even the Heavenly Emperor did not possess such great skill.

Although God King of Space was born from the innate Great Dao of space, his mastery of the Great Dao of space was ultimately inferior to that of the human ancestor, and also not as good as the Heavenly Emperor’s.

Although postnatal beings were born weak, their malleability far exceeded that of the Innate Divine Beings.

"My own Way, I also learned it from you," Yi Tianxing said with a laugh. "Thinking about it now, it could be considered a cause and effect, couldn’t it?"

For postnatal beings, the initial cultivation was to observe the heavens and earth, and refer to the Innate Divine Beings.

Therefore, these words were not wrong.

"This disciple does not deserve it," said God King of Space respectfully.

"Over this period, I will impart all the Great Dao of space that I have learned in my lifetime to you. How much you can comprehend will depend on your own fortune," said Yi Tianxing.

"I, your disciple, will diligently comprehend all the knowledge taught by my teacher to the best of my ability," said God King of Space.

"The Master is truly amazing," Su Mu admired him wholeheartedly. Ye Xu, without expending the least bit of effort, subdued a semi-Immortal Emperor, and also gained twenty billion Star Yuan. This trick of getting something for nothing was absolutely masterful.

Ye Xu blinked his eyes.

That amazing?

It was nothing but basic operation.