King of Creation-Chapter 774 - 764: Clean Sweep

Taking a deep breath, Ye Zhen forcefully summoned a divine sense, pinched a magic formula for the Soul Refining Spirit Theft Art, and gray brilliance entwined, immediately confining the Innate Soul Light that wanted to escape from the elder’s head.

The elder’s phantom, with the Innate Soul Light, suddenly revealed a look of utter horror.

He never would have dreamed that Ye Zhen, a Martial Artist of the Vein Forging Realm, could confine the Innate Soul Light of an Establishment King!

Ignoring the old man’s pitiful pleas from within the Innate Soul Light, the gray brilliance contracted and thoroughly confined this mass of Innate Soul Light.

Just as he collected the Innate Soul Light, Ye Zhen’s knees gave out, and he abruptly collapsed to the ground, gasping heavily.

Don’t be fooled by Ye Zhen slaying this Establishment King before him; it was far from easy, as he used every trick in the book.

Especially having to simultaneously wield two Spiritual Artifacts, the Thousand Vine and the Great Momentum Hammer, along with various Divine Power Secret Techniques, and finally using the Flying Frost Sword to unleash the Heart Sword Killing Move, it was almost like he was operating three Spiritual Artifacts at once.

This was an immense test of Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power. For most martial artists, this was akin to risking one’s life, as wielding Spiritual Artifacts depletes Divine Soul Power considerably. Especially when operating multiple Spiritual Artifacts simultaneously, the consumption of Divine Soul Power would multiply exponentially.

When finally collecting the Establishment King’s Innate Soul Light, Ye Zhen nearly forced out the last bit of Divine Soul Power from within, fighting off dizziness.

There was no choice; operating three Spiritual Artifacts simultaneously consumed Divine Soul Power too quickly.

However, fortunately, through painstaking effort, he managed to slay this terrifying presence before him.

After taking a few rapid breaths, Ye Zhen used the newly recovered sliver of Divine Soul Power to draw out a Demon Spirit Phantom from the Demon Soul Hall on his chest and swiftly sent it into the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

In the instant of entry, the Mirage Dragon Pearl flashed, refining the Demon Spirit Phantom into the purest Divine Soul Power. A cool sensation invigorated Ye Zhen’s spirit, and his depleted Divine Soul Power began to recover rapidly.

This is why Ye Zhen dared to fight recklessly at crucial moments, as he still had hundreds of Demon Spirit Phantoms trapped in his Demon Soul Hall.

The reason Ye Zhen always kept hundreds of Demon Spirit Phantoms unrefined was that these Demon Spirit Phantoms could quickly restore his Divine Soul Power at critical times.

Otherwise, with his current exhausted Divine Soul Power, Ye Zhen would have fainted, only to recover his Divine Soul Power through a long sleep.

In the current situation, fainting would be no different from courting death.

"This Innate Soul Light is four to five times stronger than that of Gan Rusong, the Peak Master of the Elder Peak at Profound Moon Sect. Once refined together, it will undoubtedly give my Divine Soul Cultivation a significant boost!"

Gan Rusong’s Innate Divine Soul Light was only the size of an egg, whereas the Establishment King’s Innate Soul Light before him was the size of an adult’s fist, four to five times larger than Gan Rusong’s.

The Innate Soul Light of an Establishment King grows extremely slowly, typically doubling in size with each growth in cultivation stage.

Gan Rusong’s cultivation was only at the First Stage Establishment, so the Establishment King Ye Zhen just killed must have been at least a Fourth Stage, even a Fifth Stage Establishment King.

Ye Zhen didn’t expect that the true terrifying presence of the Stars Tower lay in its Treasure Vault, while the Tributor Du who roamed outside was only at the Third Stage Establishment.

It took refining nearly ten Demon Spirit Phantoms to restore fifty percent of Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power, but fifty percent was enough for self-preservation.

With a casual swipe, Ye Zhen snatched away the fallen Establishment King’s storage ring. With his death and soul extinguished, the Divine Soul Imprint naturally dissipated, allowing Ye Zhen’s divine sense to instantly enter this Establishment King’s storage space.

The collection was quite abundant, with Mid-grade Spirit Crystals alone reaching a million. However, Ye Zhen didn’t have much time to examine everything as he didn’t know if any disturbance here had been noticed. If surrounded, it could spell trouble.

However, as his divine sense withdrew, Ye Zhen’s gaze swept across a golden Ten Thousand Stars Plate, which should be the highest-level one at the Stars Tower he’s seen so far, implying a strong level of access.

On this golden Ten Thousand Stars Plate, Ye Zhen discovered two small characters—Qing Qi. Qing Qi was likely the name or alias of this Establishment King.

Stringing the Establishment King’s storage ring around his chest, Ye Zhen began searching around Qing Qi’s body, soon discovering an object covered in dim Spirit Light, reminiscent of a Heart-Protecting Realm.

Though its Spirit Light was dim, the aura it emanated was undoubtedly that of a Low Grade Spirit Artifact!

A defensive Low Grade Spirit Artifact, in terms of value, is much more precious and rare compared to offensive Mid-grade Spirit Artifacts!

However, Ye Zhen had little time to admire this invaluable Low Grade Spirit Artifact. He tossed it into the storage ring and then stepped forward to pick up the heavily damaged Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet battered by Qing Qi’s Little Heavenly Star Demon Shadow.

With a move of his divine sense, Ye Zhen’s brow furrowed deeply.

Qing Qi’s Little Heavenly Star Demon Shadow Killing Move was truly terrifying; with a single strike, the cultivation aura of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet, reaching Low-Grade Spirit Tier and a body hardened by being made into a puppet, had every bone shattered into over a thousand pieces.

In Ye Zhen’s hand, it had truly turned into a heap when picked up, and a pile when set down.

However, as long as Ye Zhen used the secret techniques from the Puppet Spirit Record, consuming a massive amount of Spirit Crystals, he could repair the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet.

This is one of the benefits of puppet beasts; as long as they aren’t reduced to fragments, they can always be repaired.

Ye Zhen casually tossed this Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet into his storage ring and dashed towards the center of the Stars Tower Treasure Vault. As he glanced around, his heart twitched.

Such havoc!

It’s not just a fifth; almost half, even more than half, of the treasures in the Stars Tower Treasure Vault were destroyed due to the recent battle.

Especially those pills, along with the spiritual medicines and Demon Beast blood stored in various jade bottles, all shattered. Even some lower-grade jade talismans were completely reduced to fragments.

Of course, the main culprit behind all this was actually Ye Zhen, as more than half of the treasures were shattered due to Ye Zhen’s full-force deployment of the geomagnetic field.

But even with over half of the treasures destroyed, Ye Zhen was still astounded by the treasures within the Stars Tower Treasure Vault.

Nearly a hundred blocks of Purple Spirit Jade Stone, each one meter long and wide, neatly stacked there.

These Purple Spirit Jade Stones, once cut, could become thousands of Purple Talismans and could be sliced into jade talismans of varying sizes according to demand.

Piled like a small mountain were the Red Li Iron Mines, which are the best material for refining High-Grade Treasures. If refined by a Grandmaster Artifact Refiner, ten thousand pounds could yield one or two Red Li Iron Mothers, and similarly, Red Li Iron Mother is one of the main materials for refining attack-type Spiritual Artifacts.

Other refining materials are countless, and include some found on the World’s Rare Treasures list, such as Three-colored Soft Sand, with varying quantities likely collected by the Stars Tower over the years.

Additionally, there were hundreds of artifacts piled up there, mostly High-Grade and Mid-Grade Treasures, including two Supreme Treasure Artifacts.

Unfortunately, there were no Spiritual Artifacts here.

Looking at these items, Ye Zhen swept through like a whirlwind; wherever his figure passed, the shelves and treasures were all placed into his Low Grade Spiritual Ring.

Recorded cultivation methods, divine skills, and martial skills manuals numbering over a thousand books, but sadly, the highest grade was only Heavenly Level Middle Grade, with no Heavenly Level High Grade divine power martial skills.

Evidently, Stars Tower is very strict in this aspect of regulation.

Piles and piles of Demon Beast hides, bones, and teeth were stacked in another small domain, with some including Heavenly Level High Grade Demon Beast hides.

However, what Ye Zhen cared about most was the number of Demon Cores.

Sweeping through like a whirlwind, Ye Zhen’s mouth corner suddenly curled into a smile.

Indeed, Stars Tower retained some caution. The Heavenly Level High Grade Demon Cores here were not entirely sold to Ye Zhen. Ten Heavenly Level High Grade Demon Cores were still preserved in this Treasure Vault.

Moreover, there were two hundred Heavenly Level Middle Grade Demon Cores and nearly a thousand Heavenly Level Lower Grade Demon Cores, all swept into Ye Zhen’s purse.

The acquisition of these Demon Cores made Ye Zhen extremely excited, thinking that with this vast collection of Demon Cores, Little Cat’s cultivation might break through to the Mid-Grade Spirit Tier?

If Little Cat’s cultivation could break through to Mid-Grade Spirit Tier, then Little Cat’s combat power could explode significantly, enhancing Ye Zhen’s power considerably.

By then, facing an Establishment King like Qing Qi wouldn’t be as effortful as today.

Advancing a hundred meters through the Treasure Vault, Ye Zhen suddenly shouted out in surprise, "Damn, today I finally understand what it means to be as rich as a country!"

Before Ye Zhen’s eyes were mountains of Spirit Crystals—Low Grade, Mid Grade, High Grade—like three sequentially arranged mountains, very prominent within the Stars Tower Treasure Vault.

These mountains were not the small mountains usually described; those small mountains would be mere mounds in front of these three Spirit Crystal mountains, especially the largest formed by Low Grade Spirit Crystals.

Ye Zhen roughly estimated that the Low Grade Spirit Crystals numbered perhaps in the billions?

The Mid Grade Spirit Crystal mountain contained at the very least three to four million pieces!

The High Grade Spirit Crystal mountain was much smaller, closer to usual small mountains in size, but looking at the number, it likely contained as many as twenty to thirty thousand High Grade Spirit Crystals.

Twenty to thirty thousand High Grade Spirit Crystals—for most martial artists, owning a few hundred pieces is the limit.

"I’ve struck it rich, really struck it rich this time!"

Murmuring, Ye Zhen’s figure once again swept through like a whirlwind, then Ye Zhen discovered something terrifying—his storage ring had actually filled up!

But, no worries!

A large cluster of storage rings dangled from Ye Zhen’s neck, so there’s no concern about insufficient space!

With laughter echoing, Ye Zhen completely swept through the Stars Tower Treasure Vault located at the core of the True Spirit Domain, which stored almost eighty percent of the Stars Tower’s wealth! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)