In the lake of the Azure Heaven Hall, there was an island about a hundred acres in size. The Swallowing Stone that was found in the abyss was placed there.
Zhang Yan sat cross-legged in front of the stone, as if he was sensing something. After a few days, he stood up and walked to the front of the stone. With a flick of his sleeve, the remains of the "White Catcher" were all thrown under the large stone.
The Swallowing Stone shook and immediately released a suction force. The remains of the White Catcher floated up and slowly approached the stone before being sucked into it.
Zhang Yan looked at it without blinking, a faint light flashed in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because it had swallowed too many things, but the Swallow Stone had also expanded a little.
But at this moment, several needle-sized holes suddenly appeared on the stone body, and black gas came out. After a hundred breaths, the stone body returned to its original appearance.
Although this stone was called the "Swallowing Stone", it was not that it could only be entered and not exited. It could also refine and expel the impurities in the body. If it did not do so, after so many years, its body could only maintain the size of a mountain, unable to change at all. If this continued, sooner or later, it would reach its limit. In the end, it would either be trapped to death or be sealed by a powerful being.
After the stone developed a spirit, in order to avoid such a crisis, it consciously did so. In fact, before this, its body was almost ten thousand feet, and it could not even fly.
Zhang Yan sensed with all his might and saw all of these changes. In fact, he did not even let go of the minute changes within the Swallowing Stone. He thought to himself: "Looks like my previous idea was not wrong. If I make good use of it, it can be considered useful. In that case, I'll give it a try."
He used his mana and swept the stone into his sleeve. A clear light flashed and it flew into the void.
After traveling for about thirty days, he looked around and saw a ball of starlight gathering in the distance. He slowly rolled over and got close to it.
That object was the unborn essence of the demonic ancestor on the ground. He gave it a name, "Yuan Hun". Its intelligence was not developed, and its nature was to pursue vitality. Once a living thing passed by, it would not let go and would not let go. It would be hard to shake him off.
Previously, in order to harvest Clear Purple Spiritual Vigor, he did not want to waste his mana and avoided this thing as much as he could. But now that he had the Swallowing Stone in his hand, there was no need to do so.
The vitality and spirit energy on his body were extremely vast. As soon as he got close, Yuan Hun immediately sensed him and charged over aggressively.
Zhang Yan did not make any unnecessary movements, only throwing the swallowing stone forward. The creature seemed to be unable to adapt to the changes in the void, and it only managed to stabilize itself after tumbling dozens of times.
Yuan Hun had already approached at this moment, and instinctively rushed towards Zhang Yan's location. However, he did not pay any attention to Swallowing Stone, and immediately swept it in.
The Swallowing Stone would naturally not miss out on such a delicacy that was delivered to its doorstep. It immediately released a suction force and swallowed it without any hesitation.
Yuan Hun immediately shook and a ball of light suddenly burst out of his body, then dimmed, then brightened again. It was even more dazzling than before, but in the blink of an eye, it would darken again. This happened repeatedly, each time more intense than the last.
Zhang Yan calmly watched from the side. This was Yuan Hun unleashing his essence energy in an attempt to shatter the Swallowing Stone in one fell swoop. However, this action was clearly futile, because the more he did this, the more it encouraged the Swallowing Stone's arrogance.
Furthermore, the stone's body was refined jade, and it had existed since the Mountain and Sea Realm was created. How could it be so easily destroyed?
The correct thing to do was to throw it out, but Yuan Hun instinctively did not think of such a thing. Anything that was entangled by it would not be spared.
After waiting here for more than half a month, Yuan Hun finally used up all of his essence energy. The strands of starlight essence energy were all absorbed by the Swallowing Stone. With this nourishment, the inside of the stone flickered with light, and after a few more days, it slowly dimmed and returned to its original appearance.
Zhang Yan nodded, and thought, "Looks like one Yuan Hun is not enough." He flicked his sleeve, took the Swallowing Stone, and continued to flee into the depths of the void.
After dozens of days, he finally found his target. However, this time, he did not find Yuan Hun, but instead ran into an even more powerful creature.
An Eyeless Creature!
A belt of shattered stars stretched out for millions upon millions of kilometers, shining with dazzling light. However, it was actually the most sinister and bizarre creature in the void.
When Zhang Yan saw this ferocious monster, he had an idea and said, "That's fine. If I can swallow this monster, it should be enough."
He released his aura, and in an instant, a majestic, deep, and vast aura spread out in the air, and it continued to expand outwards as if there was no end to it.
The Eyeless Creature was usually lying dormant, and would not do anything out of the ordinary unless there was a suitable prey. But now, it was startled by the aura, and countless starstones began to gather, revealing its true appearance. Its body was like a long worm, with stars as its scales, and heavenly dust as its body. Its body seemed to be made of colored glass, and as it floated in the void, it was impossible to see its head or tail.
Zhang Yan's expression did not change, and he tossed out the Swallowing Stone once again.
The Eyeless Creature ignored it, the only thing that threatened it was Zhang Yan, and to its huge body, the Swallowing Stone was not even a speck of dust.
After the Swallowing Stone successfully fell into the creature's body, it began to devour everything in its body. However, the creature's body was too huge, and to it, this was only a negligible loss.
If this continued, even if the Swallowing Stone worked hard for a hundred years, it would not be able to devour it. However, this gem that was refined by the entire "Bu Goushi" clan was obviously not as simple as it seemed. When it sensed that it was a huge target, the stone began to expand, and in a few breaths' time, it became ten thousand feet tall, and the suction force also increased by a thousand times.
At this time, the Eyeless Creature also sensed the danger. Although the Swallowing Stone could not hurt its core, it clearly could not ignore it. It was not something that Yuan Hun could compare to. After trying a few times, and seeing that it could not do anything to the Swallowing Stone, it tried to drive it away.
Naturally, Zhang Yan would not let it escape so easily. He raised his hand, and a demon image slowly appeared behind him, and he punched forward.
In this boundless Void, after the punch landed, the Star Stone shattered one after another, and the Qi light also dissipated one after another. The middle part of the Eyeless Creature's body was destroyed.
Originally, to this monster, the starlight dust was just an external object that it relied on. As long as the strand of innate essence was not exhausted, it could be gathered again in the future. But now, it was different. While the Swallowing Stone was not paying attention to itself, it desperately devoured, and continued to expand the battle.
The Eyeless Creature tried a few times to deal with the Swallowing Stone, but it was stopped by Zhang Yan every time. At this time, it finally knew that if it did not get rid of this person first, it would not be able to solve the crisis, so it gave up on the Swallowing Stone and turned to attack.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Just in time."
Behind him, the Devil Image began to grow, until it seemed to be able to prop up the Heavens and cover the Earth. It was not much smaller than the Eyeless Creature, and black smoke and murderous aura spread out behind it as it began to fight back.
The Eyeless Creature only had the advantage of its huge body, and didn't have any divine abilities or transformations. Considering Meng Hao's true strength, he could fight it head-on. The only reason he had avoided it in the past was to avoid unnecessary conflict.
Although the more battles he fought in this world, the easier it was for him to become one with Heaven and Earth, that would require him to fight dozens or even hundreds of battles. Furthermore, he had only fought a few people in the Mountain and Sea Realm, so there was no need for him to worry about such things.
As he and Swallowing Stone fought back and forth for a hundred days, the Eyeless Creature began to be at a loss as to what to do.
In the past, when it hunted its prey, all it had to do was wrap itself around it and wait for dozens or even hundreds of years. Once the enemy's energy and essence were exhausted, it would be able to reap some rewards. But now, the situation was beyond what it could handle.
The Precelestial Essence was being attacked from both within and without, until it was completely gone, and the countless starlight and rubble crumbled away.
It was at this point that the Swallowing Stone suddenly trembled, and its apertures opened up again. This time, a stream of quintessence qi emerged.
Zhang Yan's eyes flickered. This was the moment he had been waiting for. Without any hesitation, he drew upon some magical power to grab the stone.
Earlier, he had used his divine will to examine the stone, and found that it contained a clump of quintessence qi. After tens of thousands of years of repeated transformations, it had been purged of impurities, and was no less pure than any other precious material of Heaven and Earth. In fact, it might even be superior.
The easiest way to get it would be to destroy the Swallowing Stone. However, he wasn't going to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. Another method would be to get the Swallowing Stone to absorb enough foreign objects. Then the quintessence qi would heat up and begin to flow out.
The only way to do that would be to capture a Demon Patriarch and have it consume it. However, doing that in the Mountain and Sea Realm would cause too much of a commotion, and could easily destroy the mountains, rivers, and land. In the void, however, things were different. There were many powerful living beings here, and although they weren't as powerful as the Demon Patriarchs, they were fundamentally not that much inferior.
After absorbing a few strands of the stone's aura, and seeing that there was no more movement from it, he put it away, then broke through the void and returned to the Blue Sky Palace.
After sitting down, he said, "Where is Zhang Chan?"
A moment later, a Golden-Thread Bloodworm entered the palace, which transformed into a pale-faced young man. He kowtowed and said, "Your humble servant offers greetings, Master."
Zhang Yan said, "I need you to do something. However, it will be a dangerous mission, and you won't be able to get any help. If you aren't careful, your life will be in danger. Are you willing?"
Zhang Chan said loudly, "Please tell me what you need me to do, Master."
Zhang Yan smiled, then flicked his finger to release the strand of quintessence qi he had Just Now. "First, refine this qi."
Without any hesitation, Zhang Chan sucked in the quintessence qi, then let out a muffled grunt, as if he couldn't handle the power, and reverted to his true form. His body grew larger, and around his neck, a hard, black armor appeared. The membranous wings on his back stretched out to either side, and a pair of silver-gold feelers grew out of the top of his head. At the same time, countless barbed hooks grew out of his feet, making him look even more ferocious.
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