Chapter 1488: Candidates for the Ancient Treasury

Chen Ling calculated carefully in his heart. Of course, these three Dao Foundation Fragments weren’t the real difficulty... The trickiest part was that the Dao Foundation Fragments of the four Lost God Paths also needed to be collected.

Although the Lost God Paths had declined in this era, they also carried the history of human civilization. If any one of them were missing, the archived world would not be complete.

When the world was finally restarted, not a single one of the eighteen God Paths could be missing.

“This is troublesome.” Chen Ling was thoughtful.

He sat cross-legged in front of the altar, and his thought intrusion activated silently. His consciousness turned into a storm, crossing spatial boundaries, sweeping through the vast crowd, and quickly connecting with two specific consciousnesses in the void.

At the same time,

in the Prostitution Path Ancient Treasury.

A breeze blew across the calm surface of the lake.

The Gray King and Liu Qingyan suddenly sensed something, exchanged glances, and immediately sat down on the spot.

Their consciousnesses were pulled by some force, and the scene before them flowed between reality and thought. Ripples spread across the lake surface; the thoughts of a certain existence were descending here...

A moment later, a figure in a red-bottomed, black-patterned opera robe appeared on the lake like a ghost.

“Lord Red King.”

Liu Qingyan immediately bowed and saluted.

When they were in the Lingxu Domain earlier, Chen Ling hadn’t let Liu Qingyan follow him. After all, her strength was far from reaching the eighth rank, and if any conflict occurred in the Lingxu Domain, it might be counterproductive. Therefore, she had been staying with the Gray King during this time.

Chen Ling nodded slightly and then cut straight to the point:

“The reversal of the era is imminent, but seven fragments of the eighteen God Paths are still missing... Especially for the four Lost God Paths, we don’t even have a single fragment.”

The Gray King didn’t seem surprised by this, as most of these matters had passed through her hands before. After pondering for a moment, she replied:

“Actually, among the fragments of the four Lost God Path Ancient Treasuries, we already have one.”

“...What?” Chen Ling was startled. “Which Ancient Treasury?”

The Gray King slowly uttered four words:

“Heaven Path Ancient Treasury.”

Chen Ling’s brows furrowed slightly. “Heaven Path Ancient Treasury... but I didn’t find the fragment of this Ancient Treasury in the shrine.”

“The first-generation Red King’s spirit tablet is cast from the Dao Foundation Fragment of the Heaven Path Ancient Treasury.”

Hearing this answer, a flash of surprise crossed Chen Ling’s eyes.

When he was wiping the tablets just now, Chen Ling had sensed the strangeness of the first-generation Red King’s tablet, but he hadn’t expected that the thing which looked the same as the other tablets was actually the fragment of the Heaven Path Ancient Treasury?

Could this first-generation Red King be related to the most mysterious Heaven Path Ancient Treasury among the eighteen God Paths?

Regardless, it was a good thing that the Heaven Path Ancient Treasury fragment didn’t need to be searched for. Otherwise, the Twilight Society wouldn’t even know where the Heaven Path Ancient Treasury was now, and trying to find the fragment would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

“The Emperor Path Ancient Treasury has now collapsed; its fragment can perhaps only be obtained by finding a way through Ying Fu... Then the most troublesome ones now should be...”

“The Ghost Path Ancient Treasury and the Evil Path Ancient Treasury,” the Gray King replied slowly.

“Two Lost Ancient Treasuries, three conventional Ancient Treasuries...”

Chen Ling sighed softly. “Time is very tight... The matter of collecting Dao Foundation Fragments cannot be delayed any longer.”

He didn’t know when the Red Star would descend again, nor did he know where the Human Domain would eventually head. Chen Ling had to be prepared to reverse the era and restart the world at any time, which meant he had to collect all the God Path fragments in the shortest possible time.

And with five Ancient Treasuries, it was absolutely impossible for him to finish it alone.

Moreover, he was now a "Mockery Disaster" (Chao Zai); stepping into other God Path Ancient Treasuries rashly might provoke the hostility of the Ancient Treasuries and even put his life in danger...

“Are you going to issue the mission?” the Gray King asked.

Chen Ling pondered for a moment, reached out and wiped the void, and a deck of poker cards arranged themselves neatly before him.

He really couldn’t speed-run five Ancient Treasuries alone. Fortunately, he wasn’t alone anymore.

Chen Ling’s gaze quickly swept over these cards...

Thanks to his understanding of them one by one over the past period, now when he saw these cards, their appearances, abilities, ranks, and personalities would automatically surface in his mind. They quickly arranged and combined in his mind, eventually forming several teams.

“Queen of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds, 9 of Spades, 8 of Hearts, 7 of Spades... go to the Medical Path Ancient Treasury.”

“Queen of Clubs, 10 of Hearts, 10 of Spades, 9 of Hearts, 8 of Clubs... go to the Puppet Path Ancient Treasury.”

“Queen of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts, 10 of Clubs, 8 of Spades, 7 of Diamonds... go to the Witch Path Ancient Treasury.”

Chen Ling fluently announced the candidates for the three teams, ensuring that each team possessed a God Path owner corresponding to the Ancient Treasury, high-rank members with super combat power, and various God Path users who could support each other.

The God Path Ancient Treasuries were not safe places. The deeper one went, the more dangerous it became. Chen Ling still couldn’t forget the things he saw deep inside the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury... Even the Bai Qi currently inside Jian Changsheng had run out from there.

Chen Ling only hoped that there would be no casualties among the fifteen people sent to the Ancient Treasuries.

“As for those two Lost Ancient Treasuries...”

The danger of the Lost Ancient Treasuries was a cut above the conventional ones. Take the Emperor Path Ancient Treasury, for example; if the Lord of Xuanyu hadn’t intervened, those phantom emperors would probably have wiped out the 6-generation. A special envoy who ran out of the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury had almost destroyed the young generation of humans in the Tianchu Domain.

Ancient Treasuries of this level were no longer something ordinary members could explore.

“I will go to the Evil Path Ancient Treasury myself,” the Gray King volunteered. “After all, I am a half-step ninth rank; at least I won’t be in life-threatening danger... Qingyan, you come with me.”

Liu Qingyan didn’t hesitate at all and nodded in agreement.

“Yes, Master.”

Of the five Ancient Treasuries, only the last one, the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury, had no one assigned to it yet. When Chen Ling thought of these four words, his heart trembled slightly... It was as if he had recalled something, and his gaze became somewhat complex.

“If time permits, I can go directly to the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury after coming out of the Evil Path Ancient Treasury,” the Gray King continued. “The Ghost Path Ancient Treasury seals the Ghost Gate, which is the entrance to the world of the dead. The strength of the six special envoys behind the Ghost Gate is terrifying... In the Twilight Society now, I should be the only one who can enter and exit safely.”

Chen Ling shook his head. “No, there’s no need... I already have a candidate for the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury.”

“Oh?”

Under the puzzled gazes of the Gray King and Liu Qingyan, Chen Ling spoke word by word:

“The ones going to the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury are... 6 of Spades Jian Changsheng, 6 of Diamonds Sun Bumian, 6 of Clubs Jiang Xiaohua...”

“And...”

“Me.”