Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 515: The Special Treasure Chest

Huo Linzi promptly informed the Wuliang Dao Court about the happenings on the Nine Extreme Treasure Star.

Not much time passed.

A reply came from the Wuliang Dao Court.

That's when Huo Linzi learned with astonishment that nine Nine Extreme Treasure Stars existed in total!

The "Nine" in the name originally just pointed to the count of these treasure stars.

Shortly afterward.

A transmission arrived from Wudaizi, directing Huo Linzi to trigger a teleportation crystal.

Shock overwhelmed Huo Linzi, as he hadn't anticipated Wudaizi's personal arrival.

He quickly retrieved a teleportation crystal. As a marvel of the Chaos, it allowed transport to any spot in the Chaos Dimension when the crystals were matched.

A burst of radiance flashed.

Beside Huo Linzi, an ordinary-looking figure materialized.

"I pay my respects to the Wuliang Dao Lord!" Huo Linzi bowed deeply and declared.

Wudaizi gave a slight nod, lifting his hand to probe the ambient heaven and earth energies.

Gazing skyward with both wonder and suspicion, he remarked, "Such an odd suppressive power!"

The amazement in Wudaizi's tone caught Huo Linzi's ear.

"Dao Lord, can even you not shatter this restraint?"

Wudaizi tested it out and affirmed, "That's correct. Though I've not attempted it prior, I can assure you that I, too, cannot force an exit from here without securing treasures!"

Huo Linzi drew in a gasp of chilled air. As one of the era's supreme two powerhouses, Wudaizi's inability to overcome this suppression was beyond shocking, hinting at the realm's profound secrets.

"Disperse and hunt for Fused Dao Treasures!"

With a sweep of his hand, Wudaizi unleashed myriad beams of light from his sleeve.

In moments, hordes of cultivators dotted the nearby terrain, including no fewer than five hundred at the Dao Venerable realm!

Huo Linzi marveled at the realization that most of the Wuliang Dao Court's elite forces had mobilized!

Was this treasure star of such immense significance?

Alone, Wudaizi advanced, his pace lightning-fast.

Under the heaven-and-earth suppression, he still covered thousands of light-years in a heartbeat.

Along the way, visions of treasures manifesting caught his eye—plenty of them—but no rhythm to their appearances revealed itself.

Suddenly, a unique treasure caught his attention as it surfaced.

A bronze treasure chest it was. To hasten its manifestation, one cultivator had poured numerous treasures into it.

Upon absorbing those items, the chest's surface shifted in material and hue, becoming a lustrous silver treasure chest.

Yet, its manifestation pace remained unchanged.

Wudaizi grasped its extraordinary quality right away.

He teleported instantly to the chest's location.

The Dao Venerable stationed there spoke icily, "Who dares approach?"

Wudaizi glanced over. "This treasure is mine!"

Recognizing Wudaizi, the Dao Venerable paled. "Wudaizi!"

"Since you know This Sovereign, depart at once!"

"Yes! Yes!"

The Dao Venerable uttered no further words and fled far away. He skipped verifying Wudaizi's identity, nor sought any recompense.

Posing as Wudaizi invited the Wuliang Dao Court's deadly pursuit, making checks pointless.

Seeking payment was futile too; the invested treasures didn't justify risking his existence.

Wudaizi extracted sundry treasures and resources, tossing them into the ground under the chest.

Those items strangely fused into the earth, vanishing entirely.

The chest's initial hue transformed repeatedly.

Regrettably, he'd found this chest too late. Just as he inserted a twelfth-order Fused Dao Treasure, the chest fully materialized.

Purple-gold in sheen, the chest exuded rarity and value.

Wudaizi himself unveiled the treasure chest.

A violet robe lay within.

His divine sense explored it.

This turned out to be a fifteenth-order Fused Dao Treasure. Moreover, Wudaizi was surprised to note that its twelve Dao Principles all aligned with those he had mastered.

Perfectly tailored for him, though its tier fell short slightly.

Wudaizi pondered deeply. "The treasures I carry mostly tie to my Dao Principles, so the chest's yield matches those Principles too. If this chest operates as I think, doesn't it act like an innate treasure-forging cauldron?"

Doubt flickered in Wudaizi's gaze. The treasures he'd expended totaled over tenfold the market worth of this fifteenth-order Fused Dao Treasure.

Yet, for a cultivator, a fitting treasure justifies trading materials a hundred times its cost!

In this Chaos Dimension, no forgers exist who can craft bespoke Fused Dao Treasures; they merely refine their own integrated Dao Principles at best.

Dao Venerable artificers nowadays forge only single-Principle Dao Artifacts, mostly by melting and shaping via the innate Dao Principle power in materials.

Wudaizi lacked a proper armament. Should his theory hold, and an exclusive eighteenth-order Fused Dao Treasure be forged, his might in the Chaos Dimension could claim the top spot.

"Locate another treasure chest!"

Wudaizi accelerated unconsciously, while commanding his subordinates to scour as well.

Still, after combing the whole treasure star, no matching chest appeared.

Then, an informant relayed word.

"A enigmatic treasure chest has freshly emerged on Northern Number Two treasure star."

Wudaizi acted without delay, departing the star in a flash toward the Number Two.

Upon his rushed arrival, throngs of people had already assembled.

Wudaizi's brow furrowed as he eyed the chest; its purple-gold tint showed it had devoured vast materials already. Crafting a personal Fused Dao Treasure was now out of reach!

The urge to claim the chest outright ebbed from Wudaizi.

Cultivators swarmed the chest's vicinity.

Among them, Wudaizi noticed a familiar face, Venerable Ranmeng.

He greeted from afar. "You've arrived as well?"

"Fellow Daoist Wudaizi, your swiftness impresses!" Venerable Ranmeng chuckled.

"Are you eyeing this chest?" Wudaizi inquired.

"Hehe, I request Fellow Daoist Wudaizi spare me this favor and let this chest be mine!"

Venerable Ranmeng smiled.

Wudaizi replied evenly, "Very well. This Sovereign grants you this courtesy."

Surprise lit Venerable Ranmeng's features. He'd merely jested, not dreaming Wudaizi would consent!

Solemn now, Venerable Ranmeng stated, "My gratitude, Dao Brother Wudaizi!"

With that, Venerable Ranmeng struck.

A illusory energy surge washed over the hundreds of thousands of encircling cultivators, encompassing scores of Dao Venerable experts.

All eyes fixed eagerly on the chest, weapons drawn and ready to strike.

But as the surge rolled through, every aura collapsed instantly.

Hundreds of thousands of mighty beings perished right there.

Venerable Ranmeng swept his broad hand. The fallen powerhouses' remains, along with their possessions' worth, were all collected and hurled toward the chest. It swiftly evolved from purple-gold to gleaming pure gold.