From the Immortal Elders above to the disciple demon servants below in the Penglai Sea, who doesn't know of Duobao True Monarch's lazy disposition?
In his early years, the True Monarch indeed relished gallivanting about, outwitting the people of the world, scouring for treasures to live up to his Daoist name of "Duobao" (Many Treasures).
But then, it seemed he grew tired of it all, and his true body had not left the Mountain Gate in many years.
Even when his junior brothers and sisters founded their own Bie Fu and invited him to feasts, he would always send an avatar or simply let his Immortal Treasures take his place.
Because of this, people in the Spirit Treasure Sect assumed that Duobao True Monarch would maintain this state until he took over as the Sect Master.
Who could have expected?
A crisis, one day, suddenly arrived.
Duobao True Monarch not only decided to use his true body, resolute in leaving to fight and kill with magic, but he didn't hesitate to stir up a mighty commotion, moving his own Cultivation Daoist Field [Golden Radiance Island] along with him.
The majority of the Sect's disciples and demon servants, ignorant of the full details, witnessed this scene and were filled with confusion:
"If True Monarch intends to aid Senior Brother Tao, shouldn't he have just used his Dharma Body to teleport there? Bringing an entire Immortal Island might delay for hours."
"Perhaps this Immortal Island holds some divine power that is convenient for winning magic duels?"
They didn't have to ponder long.
The next moment, the Golden Radiance Island began to shed its skin.
Those rugged, dark "stone shells" slipped off one by one, billions of Divine Lights bursting forth from the crevices, encircling the Golden Radiance Island to form a gigantic Array.
Once all the stone shells had vanished, everyone in the Penglai Sea beheld a sight they could never forget.
Treasures!
One piece?
No, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands... the Golden Radiance Island ultimately revealed its true form.
It was indeed an Immortal Island comprised purely of treasures piled upon each other, Divine Light transforming into treasure light, shining brilliantly, almost eclipsing all other luminosity in the vast Penglai Sea.
The entire sea region seemed illuminated by the overflowing treasure light from Golden Radiance Island, with no one able to count just how many treasures were truly there.
Only knowing that there were at least tens of thousands.
And each treasure, no small fry.
On that island, even a broken stone, an old tree, or a withered flower was likely a fine treasure capable of aiding one in entering the Dao.
While the disciples and demon servants of the Penglai Sea envied and longed with all their hearts.
The Array that had swiftly taken shape also began to stir, known as the [Great All Heavens Mountain Shifting and Mountain Swapping Formation], as soon as the Golden Radiance Island revealed its true form, the Array began to operate, tearing the sky suddenly, the Golden Radiance Island erupted with boundless divine power smashing into it, crossing mountains and seas, heading straight towards the location of Qiantang Province City.
After Duobao and the Golden Radiance Island departed, in front of Biyou Palace, Xuan Yuan True Monarch, Wulinn Immortal, Elder Jintong, and several other Immortal figures exchanged glances, each uttering a few words with both joy and sorrow, leaving the outcome unpredictable.
"Big Senior Brother truly is a prodigy blessed by the heavens, melding the [Ten Thousand Treasure Cliff] bestowed by the Heavenly Venerate into the Golden Radiance Arena, then scouring the world for treasures to place upon it, using the Golden Radiance Star Aperture to draw in the infinite Source Sea Divine Qi to refine into a treasure... In this world, there probably isn't a thing that can withstand a strike from Big Senior Brother's Daoist Field, no wonder the old Sect Master often says that the Ten Thousand Treasure Secret and Big Senior Brother are truly a match made by the heavens."
"Ten Thousand Treasure Cliff was no ordinary object, now that Big Senior Brother has refined it, it is almost an undying treasure. Even those in the Daoist Transformation Realm would be greatly diminished or even face death if they took a strike from it, a Tribulation Immortal would have to brace and could be wounded; if Big Senior Brother uses this as his Dao Foundation to advance into the Daoist Transformation, even Tribulation Immortals from the Outer Realm would have to give him way, and if he ascends to become a Tribulation Immortal, even the Sect Master might not be able to defeat him."
"What a pity, success or failure both lie with Ten Thousand Treasures, for each treasure signifies a cause and effect. Big Senior Brother, although he can suppress them with Sublime Dharma, has also damaged his human form, forced to merge with that Daoist Field, struggling in recent years against the price of Mutation, always unable to break through the Daoist Transformation Tribulation."
"Once the Golden Radiance Daoist Field moves, it also means separating the Star Aperture from the Source Sea; there's no turning back once the bow is drawn, Big Senior Brother is preparing to..."
"It should be so! The time has come!"
"Big Senior Brother has taken on a good disciple, let me make a Prediction, how many more years until I can welcome Big Senior Brother back from his Cultivation Tribulation...?"
The one who spoke the last sentence was a young Daoist bathed in light, wearing a Five-leaf Crown.
In the Spirit Treasure Sect, Pi Lu Daoist is a familiar Immortal figure in the Mountain Gate second only to Duobao True Monarch in Prediction.
Seeing him about to cast and calculate, people gathered around to watch.
Yet the next moment, they saw his eyebrows furrow and his face reveal a wry smile as he said:
"Ultimately, my Dao Heng and Divine Skills are far inferior to Big Senior Brother's!"
"The future of this master and disciple, I cannot calculate a single one."
Upon hearing this, all the Immortals fell silent.
...
Tao Qian was completely unaware of the commotion at the Spirit Treasure Sect Mountain Gate.
At this time, his negotiations with the Twelve Emperors of Alchemist had concluded, and though he had foreseen his own defeat, Master Tao seemed to have given it his all, without a trace of fear on his face.
He directly laid forth the origins of Yunrong, as well as several of his elf hybrid subjects, certain that these Alien Species Emperors would not risk it.
Indeed it was so, after hearing Tao Qian's conditions, the frequent whispering behind them went:
"This little thief speaks no falsehoods, we need only to devour him alone, we really shouldn't involve that Kitten Demon, to avoid bringing [Grandma Taizhen] into this. This old pious woman is not easy to deal with, not to mention the one behind her is even more short-tempered, if pushed too far, she might just take action and annihilate us."
"That's right, his death here is due to his forced reversal of the Human Dao Tribulation; he rightfully should be devoured by us, even Lingbao Tianzun would have nothing to say, but that Kitten, as well as the few little things, can only be said to be slightly affected by the tribulation, they can be killed or spared, if we insist on killing, then we incur enemies we cannot withstand."
"What a pity, this woman already bears the bloodline Descendants of that thief; years from now, they would surely seek revenge on us, this is like releasing the tiger back to the mountain."