Your Talent is Mine - Chapter 1236

Chapter 1236: The Concerns of the Heavenly Emperor Palace!

TL: Etude

Before long, many Dao Ancestors discovered that the Insect King had disappeared.

Soon after, Blackwind Mountain dispatched Dao Ancestors to investigate and confirmed that the Insect King had indeed vanished. They then sent a large number of Dao Ancestors to infiltrate the Forbidden Insect Nest once more. This time, they exterminated the remaining Forbidden Insect Race, completely destroying the race.

When the Forbidden Insect Tree was destroyed, the Forbidden Insect Nest, while not yet shattered, had lost its previous resilience.

Moreover, the nest of the Forbidden Insect Race could no longer produce new Forbidden Insect Race members.

Unless an extensive period of evolution occurred within the nest, allowing a new Forbidden Insect Tree to emerge, the Forbidden Insect Race would remain extinct.

However, the Profound Void Archaic Realm would not allow this to happen. They would undoubtedly station guardians here.

Blackwind Mountain acted swiftly, relocating all valuable items within the Forbidden Insect Nest at the first opportunity. They even slightly transformed the area, turning it into a base.

The Heavenly Emperor Palace, however, was slower to react. Unaware of the Insect King’s disappearance, by the time their Dao Ancestors entered the Forbidden Insect Nest, it was already an empty shell. Nothing remained—not even fragments of the Forbidden Insect Tree.

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Inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Numerous Palace Masters, including Palace Master Golden Crow, Palace Master Azure Dragon, Palace Master Zhenwu, and Palace Master White Tiger, convened for a meeting. The discussion revolved around the Insect King.

“Everyone, have you found any traces of the Insect King?” Palace Master Golden Crow asked.

“Nothing!” Palace Master Azure Dragon shook his head. “The Insect King disappeared suddenly. Logically, even if it stopped pursuing us, it wouldn’t abandon the Forbidden Insect Nest. Yet now, it’s truly gone, and Blackwind Mountain has even transformed the nest.”

“I suspect Blackwind Mountain knows what happened to the Insect King. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have dared to act so boldly!” Palace Master Azure Dragon continued.

“Could it be that a strong expert from Blackwind Mountain killed the Insect King?” Palace Master White Tiger speculated.

At this thought, Palace Master White Tiger and the others grew increasingly worried.

After all, the Forbidden Insect King was unimaginably powerful. Even Palace Master Golden Crow wasn’t its match. It was one of the strongest second-stage Half-Step Domain Ancestors, a peak-level All-Things Body Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestor.

Such a formidable Forbidden Insect King would be difficult to kill even for third-stage Half-Step Domain Ancestors—Unity Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestors. If given a bit more time, the Insect King could likely advance to the Unity Realm itself.

By that point, aside from a few Unity Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestors, only true Domain Ancestors could eliminate it.

If Blackwind Mountain had indeed slain the Forbidden Insect King, it would mean they possessed at least one Unity Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestor.

“It might not necessarily be Blackwind Mountain that killed the King. There could be other explanations!” Palace Master Golden Crow quickly added.

Although he said this, deep down, he too was anxious.

On the surface, he was the strongest force of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

The Heavenly Emperor Palace had several ancient Palace Masters, who were from the same era as Domain Ancestor Vast Sea.

Domain Ancestor Vast Sea had not always been the ruler of the Vast Sea Domain. He had started from weakness and gradually grown stronger, stepping into the realm of the Invincible Dao Ancestor, then becoming a Half-Step Domain Ancestor, and finally reaching the Domain Ancestor level.

Strictly speaking, Domain Ancestor Vast Sea should be considered the second emperor of the Heavenly Emperor Palace. Under the first-generation Heavenly Emperor, there were also many ancient and powerful Palace Masters, some of whom were even stronger than him.

However, after Domain Ancestor Vast Sea took control of the Vast Sea Domain, those ancient Palace Masters traveled across the Divine Heaven Domain and the Dark Forbidden Domain.

Before the battle that shattered the Domain Realm, those ancient Palace Masters returned. Now, they had arrived at the Profound Void Archaic Realm, but they remained in a state of slumber. Unless absolutely necessary, no one would awaken them.

All of these Palace Masters were at the All-Things Realm, at the Half-Step Domain Ancestor level. They were true All-Things Realm cultivators, and they were not far from the Unity Realm. One of them even rivaled the pinnacle of the All-Things Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestors.

Yet even such a powerful ancient Palace Master could not kill the low-tier version of the Forbidden Insect King! If Blackwind Mountain possessed the strength to destroy the Forbidden Insect King, it would prove that Blackwind Mountain’s strength surpassed that of the Heavenly Emperor Palace—a troubling development.

Although the Heavenly Emperor Palace had its trump cards, some of these could not be used lightly. Otherwise, the palace would lose its position of dominance and its ability to intimidate other forces.

The Palace Masters deliberated for a long time but could not come up with a solution. They could only investigate the matter as thoroughly as possible.

At the same time, they needed to use the many treasures obtained from the Darkwing Roc Eagle to enhance their strength, striving to add a few more All-Things Realm Half-Step Domain Ancestors to the ranks of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

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On the other side.

Ye Tian returned to the Human Realm of the Profound Void Archaic Realm. With the matter of the Forbidden Insect Race resolved, he no longer concerned himself with the Forbidden Insect King’s fate.

In any case, he no longer needed to venture into the Dark Forbidden Domain to hunt forbidden insects and could focus on cultivating in peace.

Ye Tian began fusing the three Forbidden Talents he had copied from the Insect King. To him, the Forbidden Talent, Dark Spear and the Forbidden Talent, Purple Armor were not particularly valuable. After all, he already possessed the Forbidden Talent, Dark Spear, and although he didn’t have Purple Armor, he had copied a similar Forbidden Talent from the Darkwing Roc Eagle.

However, the Forbidden Talent, Perception was relatively rare. This was the first time he had copied a perception-type Forbidden Talent.

After fusing it, Ye Tian realized the immense power of the Perception Forbidden Talent.

For instance, if someone possessed an invisibility-type Forbidden Talent, he could sense their presence using the Perception Forbidden Talent.

Even when Ouyang Jiu’er performed her Shadowless Divine Steps, he could sense her existence through the Perception Talent.

Having acquired this perception-type Forbidden Talent, Ye Tian had compensated for a previous shortcoming. He no longer feared being ambushed by others.

Next, Ye Tian focused on advancing his cultivation and comprehending the Infinite Grand Dao.

As time passed, Ye Tian’s cultivation eventually reached the pinnacle of the Dao Ancestor level. His physical strength, Forbidden Dao Force, and soul power all reached their limits. Unless he broke through to the Invincible Dao Ancestor Realm, his cultivation could not advance further.

Additionally, his Forbidden Dao Techniques had essentially plateaued. Without further insights from the Eternal Origin Stone Statue, he could not rapidly advance his understanding of Forbidden Dao Techniques and would require a long time to make progress.

Of course, this so-called stagnation was only relative to Ye Tian’s previous rapid advancements. Compared to others—even Half-Step Domain Ancestors—Ye Tian’s progression in Forbidden Dao Techniques was remarkably fast, far surpassing the growth of other Half-Step Domain Ancestors.

In the following days, Ye Tian occasionally entered the Comprehension Pagoda in Wind Mountain to study the Eternal Origin Stone Statue. Meanwhile, Ouyang Jiu’er returned to the Human Realm to cultivate in seclusion and guide the Dao Ancestors of the Human Race.

In this manner, 550,000 years passed.