Xiao Fang is dead, I have no heart to distinguish right from wrong, may heaven and earth endure together

The high-grade treasures within the Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth held little allure for Fang Fan—like a peerless beauty batting her eyes at a child, it evoked no reaction. Thus, the first trial of greed collapsed effortlessly.

But Chen Yi was different. He was utterly enchanted at first sight!

Like a mouse stumbling into a granary or a pauper ascending a mountain of gold, he hadn’t even stepped inside properly before he began furiously "sowing seeds" at the entrance!

These were no ordinary seeds, but lustrous, multicolored Chaos Orbs!

He wasn’t there to claim treasures—just to leave his mark. Then, locating the labyrinth’s vital nodes, he drove the orbs deep like dragon-pinning nails, ensuring the Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth would never escape!

For now, only one Five-Star avatar had entered, barely capable of preparatory work—locking down the labyrinth. Only after two more Five-Star avatars arrived as reinforcements could he truly run amok!

Soon, eighty Chaos Orbs were embedded into every critical node of the labyrinth.

Only a One-Star avatar remained active.

After all, the energy-level bar overhead imposed heavier suppression the higher one’s cultivation. Only True Immortals could move freely here.

"Good, it’s locked. This Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth won’t be going anywhere. Time to proceed—I wonder if the next trial will be even more enticing?"

"Ah, best not get too greedy. This labyrinth is likely the most valuable challenge in the entire treasure realm, second only to the Chaos Supreme Treasure..."

"Best check if Little Fang is still alive."

With his mind made up, Chen Yi finally directed his One-Star avatar to advance.

Navigating a maze was child’s play for cultivators, and the tantalizing treasures were already as good as his. Nothing could shake his resolve!

So Chen Yi strolled through as if it were his own backyard, leisurely admiring the radiant glow of the treasures along the way...

Fang Fan had cleared this place by luck, but Chen Yi did so by sheer skill!

The Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth was powerless against him. With its dragon-spine meridians pinned, it couldn’t even activate the second trial, leaving Chen Yi free to wander unimpeded, taking in every sight...

"A Nine-Rank Ember Pearl? Not bad—almost on par with a Dao Ancestor-grade artifact!"

"A Chaos Spirit Root, the Creation Green Lotus? Excellent! This is the embryo of a Dao Ancestor-grade treasure, and no ordinary one at that. Its mechanics... are quite advanced!"

"‘Exempt from karma for one lifetime, reborn anew upon the Green Lotus... Nine hundred and ninety-nine lives, replenishable with Chaos Essence.’ The value here is exceptional!"

"This treasure belongs in my Purple Tenuity Celestial Court!"

Like master, like disciple—Chen Yi’s thoughts mirrored Fang Fan’s. Both agreed such treasures should be hauled home for shared use!

Without hesitation, Chen Yi marked another key target before stepping out of the maze and arriving before the trial’s terminus stele.

Yet the moment he saw it, his fiery enthusiasm was doused. His gaze turned icy, and the faint smile on his lips vanished.

Because there was no encrypted missive from Little Fang on the stele.

What did this mean?

It meant Little Fang was likely trapped inside the Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth!

Given his diligence, he would never have forgotten to leave a declaration on the terminus stele.

But Chen Yi had scoured every corner of the labyrinth and found no trace of him—not even a single hair!

Though he loathed to assume the worst, the evidence pointed to one conclusion: Little Fang might truly be lost forever within the labyrinth.

Perhaps absorbed as nourishment by the World Tree, melted upon the Crimson Sun Immortal Gold Mountain, or dissolved into nothingness by the Bitter Sea of Weak Waters beneath the Creation Green Lotus...

Aside from the encrypted missives he’d left on the steles, not a single trace of him remained in the treasure realm.

Chen Yi stood silently before the terminus stele for a long time before finally sighing.

"Little Fang, you’ve done well. Your name will stand among the foremost on the Purple Tenuity Celestial Court’s Merit Stele, and the Annals of Time will reserve a page for you alone."

"I arrived too late. Since this malicious realm took your life, let it be your funeral offering!"

As the words fell—

A massive black halberd slowly materialized in his grasp.

Simultaneously—

In the second trial, the Five Elements Mountain Range, streaks of Chaos Orbs shot forth, defying the immense suppression as they raced toward the summit.

The laborers forced to mine here trembled, clueless about the upheaval.

In the third trial, the Chaos Crucible—

Feng Jinhuang was attempting to discreetly remove the eighty-one Chaos Orb necklace around her neck when—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The orbs streaked past like meteors, piercing through obstructing Star Core Eyes with ease. The terrifying power they radiated even pacified the violently chaotic field around them!

"Tsk—"

"Is that kid throwing a tantrum?"

"What in the world did he encounter in the later trials?"

"Summoning so many orb avatars—is he trying to seize the Supreme Treasure by force?"

"Eighty-one orbs can suppress a Great Luo with ease. Over a hundred... Is he planning to fight a Dao Ancestor?"

"Just what is his background?!"

Feng Jinhuang was utterly shaken. She immediately tightened the necklace around her neck and decided to behave.

Now was not the time to provoke him—lest she suffer dire consequences.

Soon—

A full one hundred and sixty-five Chaos Orbs converged upon the Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth!

Without hesitation, Chen Yi fused and elevated them!

In an instant, two Five-Star avatars manifested, anchoring the north and south. One hand resisted the treasure realm’s energy-level suppression while the other imprinted their will upon the labyrinth, forcibly refining it!

The Ten Thousand Treasures Labyrinth, a sentient maze, sensed imminent peril.

Countless treasures within trembled, attempting to flee into the void—

But Chen Yi had prepared well.

The eighty Chaos Orbs embedded in the labyrinth’s dragon-spine meridians blazed to life, and with the One-Star avatar at the terminus stele wielding the halberd, they formed a sealing array!

Treasures trying to escape?

The entrance was sealed, the exit guarded by Chen Yi—none would slip past!

BOOM!

The entire space quaked violently. The realm’s rules couldn’t fully suppress Chen Yi’s rampage as the halberd’s strikes distorted, shattered, and annihilated everything in their path!

CRACK!

The indestructible treasure realm fractured, spiderweb-like fissures spreading as the chaotic void energy surged in, seeking to reduce all within to nothingness.

But alas—

Before the void energy could wreak havoc, Chen Yi’s own overwhelming domain crushed it into submission.

In the blink of an eye, the raging void energy grew docile, calm...