Chapter 901: A Crisis Looms (1/2)

A shudder ran through Nie Tian. “Senior martial sister Pei and that Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material...”

After hearing Hua Mu’s words, Nie Tian instantly realized that it was actually very likely that Pei Qiqi had taken that Heaven Nourished grade treasure.

He understood Pei Qiqi’s uniqueness better than anyone.

Just like him, Pei Qiqi was not a normal human, but a hybrid.

Her unique bloodline carried the profound truths of spatial power.

What made her truly special was that not only was she well-versed in using spatial power, but her bloodline was also closely related to spatial power.

Compared to Earth Cultivated grade spiritual materials, Heaven Nourished grade spiritual materials were more advanced.

Earth Cultivated grade spiritual materials had their own awareness, but their intelligence wasn’t fully developed.

On the contrary, every Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material possessed intelligence that was no different from that of humans, outsiders, or Ancientbeasts.

This meant that Heaven Nourished spiritual materials would choose their masters, not the other way around.

That Heaven Nourished grade treasure seemed to have the ability to travel through space and channel power from spatial rifts and teleportation portals.

The Void Spirit Society was only so eager to obtain it because they knew that it would suit the needs of those who practiced spatial power perfectly, and that it could be refined into cultivators’ private domains or used to forge Immortal grade spiritual tools.

If such a treasure were to choose a master, it was very likely that it would choose Pei Qiqi.

It didn’t make sense that Pei Qiqi had broken through to the middle Profound realm in the Shatter Battlefield, and made another breakthrough into the late Profound realm shortly after returning from there.

Furthermore, it also didn’t make sense that she had been able to stabilize that congested spatial rift, allowing everyone to pass.

However, after he connected these things to that space-attributed Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material, they suddenly made sense.

Only an incredible treasure like that would allow Pei Qiqi to make such rapid breakthroughs and gain the power to stabilize spatial rifts.

“That’s indeed very likely...” Qi Bailu muttered.

Nie Tian’s expression flickered slightly as he said, “If this is true, then it explains why senior martial sister Pei didn’t want to talk to us back then. She must have planned to come to the Domain of Heaven Python to hunt down those who had taken part in the operation to kill senior Zhen, so she didn’t want to get us into trouble.

“Besides, once word of her having that unearthly treasure is leaked, many powerful experts will definitely go after her.

“She pretended that she didn’t know us because she was worried that we might be dragged into the mess.”

Hua Mu sighed. “That kid...”

After coming to the conclusion that Pei Qiqi now had that Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material, everyone was happy for her and worried about her at the same time.

They were worried that even the outsiders and Ancientbeasts in the Shatter Battlefield would learn about what had happened and come after her in the Domain of Heaven Python.

“All I hope for is that she stays safe,” Qi Bailu said with a worried expression. “My junior martial sister is no longer with us. I can’t allow anything to happen to her.”

“We need to keep our speculations to ourselves,” Hua Mu said solemnly. “Don’t ever mention this to anyone.”

The others nodded.

After that, they all stayed in the Realm of Maelstrom while waiting for news.

On the one hand, they waited for Zhao Shanling to return; on the other hand, they waited for word of Pei Qiqi.

Gradually, Nie Tian received word of Pei Qiqi from Duan Shihu from the Divine Seal Sect.

The Divine Seal Sect, the Golden Vast Sect, and the Thousandsword Mountain Sect had attached great importance to Yuan Jiuchuan, the Thunder Devil, after learning about his identity. Even the sectmaster of the Golden Vast Sect, who was an early Saint domain expert, ended his secluded cultivation to look for Yuan Jiuchuan himself, lest this madness go on and he plunge the Domain of Heaven Python into chaos.

A major subordinate sect of the Golden Vast Sect practiced lightning incantations, and Yuan Jiuchuan hadn’t sought them out yet.

The sectmaster of the Golden Vast Sect thus hid in that sect and waited for Yuan Jiuchuan to walk into his trap.

As for Pei Qiqi, she suddenly became silent and lay low after killing a large number of Thousandsword Mountain Sect disciples.

The Thousandsword Mountain Sect experts, with Du Zheng as the person in charge of the search operation, swore to avenge their dead. They mobilized many of their forces to search every realm in the Domain of Heaven Python.