Black Fiend Master lay sprawled on the ground, watching Zhang Shaozhong burp as if he had eaten too much, his face turning green.
His trump card, "Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heaven," not only didn't hurt the opponent, it was practically a perfect tonic!
"What...what kind of monster are you?!"
Black Fiend Master's voice trembled. He had cultivated evil arts for over a hundred years and had never seen such a domineering and unreasonable technique! It could even directly devour and digest soul energy?
Where the hell did this monster come from?!
Zhang Shaozhong walked up to him, squatted down, and patted his withered old face: "Don't worry about who I am, hand over the stuff, and I'll give you a quick death."
Ye Meier also came over, stomped on Hei Sha Shangren's chest, ground her foot, and said viciously, "Old man, hurry up! Otherwise, I'll extract your soul and refine your spirit, making you wish you were dead!"
Although Ling Qingxue didn't speak, her cold gaze said it all.
Master Heisha knew he was doomed today. He looked around with despair in his eyes. His disciples and followers were either dead or injured, and there was no one he could rely on.
He gritted his teeth, and to avoid further suffering, he could only tremble as he pointed deeper into the cave: "In...in my meditation room...in the hidden compartment beneath the futon..."
Zhang Shaozhong gave her a wink, and Ye Meier immediately ran excitedly into the quiet room. A short while later, she came out carrying an antique wooden box.
"Husband! Look!"
Ye Meier opened the box, and inside lay a black iron plaque! Its material, size, and even the mysterious patterns on it were exactly the same as the two plaques in Zhang Shaozhong's hand!
Moreover, this iron plaque emits clear spatial fluctuations that originate from the same source as the other two!
"That's it! It's the one!"
Zhang Shaozhong's eyes lit up as he took the iron plaque. Feeling that familiar throbbing sensation, a huge weight was finally lifted from his heart. The three fragments of the Boundary Stone were finally complete!
He took out his two pieces as well.
The moment the three iron plates came close together, they seemed to attract each other like magnets, a buzzing sound arose again, a faint light flickered, and the attraction between them became incredibly strong, almost automatically piecing themselves together!
"That's great!" Ye Meier clapped her hands excitedly.
Ling Qingxue looked at the three restless iron plates, a hint of excitement flashing in her usually cold eyes.
Zhang Shaozhong carefully put the three iron plaques into his pocket, then looked at the ashen-faced Black Fiend Master.
"Old man, seeing how cooperative you are, I'll give you a quick death."
As Zhang Shaozhong spoke, a wisp of chaotic energy condensed at his fingertips.
"Wait...wait!"
Suddenly, the Black Fiend Master shouted in a hoarse voice, "You...you want to use the Boundary Stone to open the 'Star Gate'?!"
Zhang Shaozhong paused, exchanging a glance with Ling Qingxue and Ye Meier.
"You know about 'Stargate'?"
Zhang Shaozhong squinted his eyes.
As if grasping at the last straw, Master Heisha hurriedly said, "I know! My ancestor mentioned it in his notes! When the three Boundary Stones are combined, a star gate to other worlds can be opened in the 'Land of Fallen Stars'! But... but the Land of Fallen Stars is extremely dangerous, and opening the star gate requires a huge amount of energy, at least the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, otherwise one will be devoured by the power of space and left with nothing but bones!"
This information is similar to what Zhang Shaozhong and the others know.
"Where is the Land of Fallen Stars?" Ling Qingxue pressed.
Master Heisha shook his head: "The journal didn't specify the exact location, it only said... 'When a star falls into the eye of the azure sea, the path to the other shore will appear'..."
A falling star? The Eye of the Azure Sea?
What kind of riddle is this?
Zhang Shaozhong frowned.
"Anything else?" Ye Meier kicked him impatiently.
"It's...it's gone! It's really gone!"
Black Fiend Master cried out, "That's all I know! Please let me go! I promise I'll turn over a new leaf and never harm anyone again!"
Looking at his demeanor, Zhang Shaozhong sneered, "I'd be a fool to believe you!"
A burst of chaotic energy shot from his fingertip and instantly entered the space between the eyebrows of the Black Fiend Master.
Black Fiend Master's body stiffened, his eyes quickly dimmed, and he lost all his breath.
He would show no mercy to such evil cultivators who indiscriminately kill innocent people.
After dealing with the ringleader, Zhang Shaozhong and his two companions thoroughly ransacked the Black Fiend Master's lair, taking away all the spirit stones, materials, and some less sinister cultivation manuals he had accumulated over the years—considered spoils of war.
Leaving Black Wind Mountain and returning to the Gobi Desert, it was already dawn.
Looking at the rising sun, Zhang Shaozhong let out a long sigh of relief.
Although the "Land of Fallen Stars" is still a mystery, we finally got our hands on the three Boundary Stones!
This means that, in theory, the door to other worlds has already been half opened for them.
“Stars fell into the eye of the blue sea…” Ling Qingxue repeated the sentence softly, her brows furrowed slightly, as if searching for something in her memory.
Ye Meier didn't think that far ahead. She looked at the storage bag in Zhang Shaozhong's hand, her eyes shining: "Husband, now that we have all the keys, shouldn't we start thinking about how to 'recharge'? Nascent Soul level energy... Where are we going to get that? Should we go and kidnap Elder Long?"
Zhang Shaozhong nearly choked on his saliva: "Give me a break! Kidnapping Old Man Long? You've got a death wish!"
He pondered for a moment: "We can figure out the energy issue slowly. The most urgent thing is to decipher the name 'Eye of the Azure Sea.' Qingxue, do you have any clues?"
Ling Qingxue pondered, “Azure Sea… perhaps it doesn’t refer to the actual ocean. In some ancient records, ‘Azure Sea’ can also refer to ‘blue sky’ or ‘sky dome’. And ‘eye’ may refer to a special type of terrain, or… a spatial node.”
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