[Special Event — Blood Moon of the Western Frontier]
[While clashing with Min Tiange in the Western Frontier, you observed that beneath the crimson glow of the Western Frontier's Blood Moon, all cultivators had descended into sheer madness, and practically none could step beyond the Blood Moon's domain.
Even you, having lingered in the Western Frontier for a month, were imperceptibly corrupted by it. Fortunately, it was of little consequence.]
[You shielded your descendants as they retreated, unraveled numerous secrets of the Western Frontier, and reaped a massive bounty of war spoils.]
[Acquired Family Will: 10,000]
[Acquired Spear Saint Gu Fenghua's Corpse x1]
[Acquired Supreme-Grade Dharma Treasure: Spirit-Transmitting Smoke Gourd]
[Acquired Innate Spirit Treasure: Golden Chapter of Enlightenment!]
"Dammit, what a hellscape."
Having finally departed the Western Frontier, Li Wei still couldn't shake the chilling memories of everything that had transpired there.
Those people had all gone utterly mad. Mere Foundation Establishment realm cultivators daring to ambush him—were they truly not afraid he would kick them straight into a wall?
And as for being affected...
"Even as a mighty figure in the Body Integration realm, I can actually be influenced? But wanting to truly corrupt me? Utterly ridiculous."
Li Wei exhaled a long, heavy breath and thoroughly inspected his internal state; finding nothing amiss, his tense mind finally settled.
"In the past, when our clansmen garrisoned the Western Frontier, the Blood Moon's influence was never this pervasive. Tianyi and Tianqi mentioned the array formations were embedded deep within the earth veins.
This proves Min Tiange had been concealing his true hand all along, and only upon allying with the Empress did he dare to fully activate the great array."
"A subtle, creeping corruption, paired with his current unbridled recklessness, brought about this nightmare scenario in a mere twenty years."
Li Wei pondered the implications for a moment, then checked his remaining time allotted in the mortal world.
The harrowing pursuit against Min Tiange had only consumed about ten days; he still possessed ample time to tie up many loose ends.
After sending a talisman message to his descendants, Li Wei tore through the sky, heading directly toward the Northern Frontier.
"I wonder if other mighty figures are reduced to running errands like me." Li Wei flashed a broad, self-deprecating grin.
If someone had told him in the past that he would be worked to the bone like this, he would have definitely kicked them into a wall so hard they couldn't be pried out.
While speeding north, Li Wei began taking inventory of the spoils he had hauled back from the Western Frontier within his spatial ring.
His gaze fell upon Gu Fenghua's corpse, which lay in silent repose within the spatial ring.
Yunlin had previously mentioned that Gu Fenghua's remains were escorted to the Imperial Capital. Clearly, Zhou Chengli had been lying through his teeth.
It was a profound pity that Gu Fenghua's personal treasures had all been stripped away. Still, reclaiming the body of a generation's Spear Saint could be considered an act of great merit.
However, when Li Wei had snatched Gu Fenghua, the remains had been enshrined within a complex array formation.
Li Wei found the setup somewhat bizarre. The array formation was incredibly profound, so he meticulously recorded its intricate patterns to show Tianqi once he returned.
Then, there was the gourd.
The family had coveted this Spirit-Transmitting Smoke Gourd ever since they first witnessed Ba Siyu's instantaneous communication methods.
This item was evidently the core hub for communication within Ba Siyu's army, which explained why he hadn't securely carried it on his person.
[Supreme-Grade Dharma Treasure: Spirit-Transmitting Smoke Gourd]
[The divine gourd generates a smoke spirit, and its spirit transmits messages without leaving form or shadow.
It produces ten wisps of blue smoke daily, capable of floating across an entire prefecture in a single day.
A cultivator can divide a wisp of their soul into the gourd, transforming it into smoke to manifest externally, possessing one-thousandth of their original Spiritual power.]
"What an absolute treasure!"
As the family's territory had expanded to this staggering degree, the Dark Nests were simply no longer sufficient.
Furthermore, those were strictly meant to transmit intelligence for the family's Hall of Heavenly Principles, yet the younger generation had constantly been squabbling with the Hall for access.
As for him, the Old Ancestor, although he possessed divine transmission methods, he couldn't just act as a glorified megaphone for every trivial dispute; the family had at least eighty, if not a hundred, affairs to manage daily.
Li Wei was exceedingly delighted with this particular prize.
Additionally, the one item that made Li Wei's eyes burst with brilliant, covetous light was the Golden Chapter of Enlightenment!
A fractured piece of golden iron floated serenely within the spatial ring.
"Finally got my hands on it!" Back then, Yaowen had divined that the Golden Chapter lay in Deston Prefecture, but they hadn't dared to retrieve it because the item rested in Ba Siyu's hands.
He was a mighty figure; even Li Wei couldn't be absolutely certain he could pilfer it without Ba Siyu noticing.
But circumstances were vastly different now; he had simply strolled in and "borrowed" it.
When he snatched it, one of Ba Siyu's trusted subordinates had been in the midst of cultivating with the Golden Chapter of Enlightenment.
It was clearly dangled as some sort of supreme reward Ba Siyu used to string his subordinates along.
"Struck it filthy rich," Li Wei grinned from ear to ear.
He understood the heaven-defying efficacy of the Golden Chapter better than anyone.
This very artifact had allowed Yaoqing to shatter his bottlenecks to reach the Void Refinement realm and comprehend countless ancient pill recipes.
Then there was Yaotie; Yaotie was able to cultivate to the Body Integration realm at nine times the normal speed inside the Myriad Dao Divine Bell Pagoda entirely thanks to the Golden Chapter of Enlightenment.
This item was, without a doubt, the absolute best auxiliary cultivation Spirit Treasure in the mortal world.