Chapter 658 - 43: Fortuitous Encounter in Gui Xu, Golden Jellyfish

’To think that such creatures exist within the Returning Ruins Vortex...’

Dozens of Golden Jellyfish drifted toward him, their movement deceptively fast. Awed, Fang Cheng steered aside to avoid them.

The Netherworld Giant Kun had to struggle against the Returning Ruins Vortex’s Devouring Power with every careful movement. In comparison, its speed was slower than a snail’s crawl.

Fortunately, Fang Cheng discovered that these Golden Jellyfish meant no harm. The aura they emitted was ethereal and vacant, seeming both real and illusory, almost as if they didn’t exist at all.

Following a pattern, it wouldn’t be long after these Golden Jellyfish "surfaced" from the Returning Ruins Vortex before they sank back into its depths.

A few hours later, the Netherworld Giant Kun finally cleared the Golden Jellyfish’s path...

As their paths crossed, a flash of gold filled the Netherworld Giant Kun’s vision.

A "straggler" Golden Jellyfish suddenly drifted out from behind the main group. The Netherworld Giant Kun couldn’t dodge in time and was grazed by the mountain-sized creature.

Fang Cheng only saw a golden light flash before his eyes. When he came to his senses, he was already inside the Golden Jellyfish.

Within the golden Crystal Wall, a clear, spiritually pure liquid filled the space. The Netherworld Giant Kun drifted inside, as if it had entered a lake.

Fang Cheng found himself inside the "bell" of the Golden Jellyfish. Miraculously, the Devouring Power of the Returning Ruins Vortex was completely blocked off inside the creature, and the pressure on the Netherworld Giant Kun vanished instantly.

Seeing no immediate danger, Fang Cheng decided he might as well explore the inside of this Golden Jellyfish.

The Netherworld Giant Kun opened its great maw and swallowed countless mouthfuls of the clear, spiritually pure liquid.

His intuition told him that this liquid inside the Golden Jellyfish was something good...

After swimming around for a moment, he spotted a "foreign object" inside the jellyfish.

It was a thousand-zhang-tall, pitch-black, broken sword. Its entire body was jet-black, and large, mysterious characters were carved along its spine.

Only half of the sword remained, and only three and a half of the mysterious characters on its spine were left. Fang Cheng glanced at the characters. Although he couldn’t understand them, he sensed a dense, tyrannical, and incomparably powerful Sword Intent surging toward him like a tidal wave.

’Could this be an object from the Outer Void that was devoured by the Returning Ruins Vortex and then accidentally absorbed by this Golden Jellyfish?’

Fang Cheng mused to himself.

The Devouring Power of the Returning Ruins Vortex radiated into the Outer Void, its range spanning who knows how many hundreds of millions of li?

It had probably devoured more than a few World Heavens.

The fact that this broken sword could "survive" was a testament to its high quality.

Without hesitation, Fang Cheng had the Netherworld Giant Kun’s body grow another size larger. It then opened its mouth and swallowed the pitch-black, broken sword.

He continued to explore inside the jellyfish but found nothing else.

Just then, he noticed the school of Golden Jellyfish had stopped. Then, they slowly began to return to the Returning Ruins Vortex.

’Should I use these Golden Jellyfish to venture deeper into the Returning Ruins Vortex...?’

A bold thought flashed through Fang Cheng’s mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

The timing of the Golden Jellyfish entering and exiting the Returning Ruins Vortex was irregular, and their locations were erratic. If he followed them inside and couldn’t get out for decades, wouldn’t he be trapping himself?

Besides, when the Golden Jellyfish emerged again, they might not be in this region of the void. He had no idea how long it would take to travel from some other part of the Returning Ruins Vortex back to the location anchored by the Immortal Copper Treasure Box.

It was too risky!

The Demon Buddha’s final transformation was near, meaning the Demon Lord’s escape was imminent. Stability was the top priority.

With his thoughts racing, Fang Cheng had the Netherworld Giant Kun decisively swim toward the golden Crystal Wall. After a flash of golden light, it successfully emerged from the Golden Jellyfish’s body.

The immense Devouring Power reappeared. The Netherworld Giant Kun’s body erupted with a Netherworld glow, and after sliding a thousand li through the Returning Ruins Vortex, it barely managed to stabilize itself.

Its body twisted, and its tail began to crumble, eventually dissipating completely into the Returning Ruins Vortex.

The Netherworld Giant Kun lingered no longer, slowly flying toward the outer edge of the Returning Ruins Vortex.

In the distance, the dozens of Golden Jellyfish drifted leisurely toward the center of the Returning Ruins Vortex. Fang Cheng could faintly make out small, dark shadows and dot-like objects inside many of them.

Apparently, just like the Golden Jellyfish he had accidentally entered, those jellyfish also held treasures within them.

’Next time, I’ll have the Dharma Aspect of my Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation come explore.’

On the outskirts of the Returning Ruins Vortex, whether it was his true body or his Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation, resisting Gui Xu’s Devouring Power was too difficult. Only a Dharma Aspect, a body that existed between the real and the illusory, was truly suitable.

The insides of those Golden Jellyfish were comparable to Immortal Collections, surely holding many treasures.

...

「In the Taixu Cloud Tower Quiet Chamber.」

The Immortal Copper Treasure Box spun slowly. A hint of Netherworld light spilled from a crack on the Treasure Box’s surface, and then a foot-long Netherworld Giant Kun leaped out, appearing before Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng pointed a finger. Mist instantly filled the Quiet Chamber, and the space rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a serene, cloud-shrouded void over ten li in radius.

The Netherworld Giant Kun’s form swelled as well. Then, it opened its great maw and spat out a great river of clear, spiritually pure liquid.

This great river gathered in the air, gradually forming a lake.

Then, the Netherworld Giant Kun spat again, and a pitch-black, broken sword flew out.

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