Chapter 122: The Five Elements Shrine

Someone had actually managed to come out alive. That was rather interesting.

The moment Chu Feng entered the Land of the Five Elements, a tremendous force of the five elements descended upon him like five towering mountains, bearing down with such weight that it seemed intent on crushing him to pieces.

Chu Feng gave a cold snort. “Mere elemental force. Break apart for me.”

In an instant, a golden dragon surged from within Chu Feng and slammed violently into the force of the five elements.

“Roar!”

The golden dragon let out a furious howl.

The mountain-like elemental force immediately resounded with a crisp cracking sound before shattering inch by inch.

At the instant the five elemental mountains broke apart, a massive divine temple appeared above the Land of the Five Elements.

Chu Feng’s heart stirred, and he immediately looked toward the temple’s left side.

At a glance, he saw a gigantic skull, half exposed above the ground and half buried beneath the soil. Beneath the gaze of the Infinite Divine Eye, the unique divine aura of a sacred beast was clearly visible.

This was the skeleton of a sacred beast.

Xiang Yutian had rendered him a great service this time.

Chu Feng did not rashly approach to collect the sacred beast’s bones. Instead, his spiritual sense spread outward like a vast web, branching densely in every direction.

The most terrifying thing in the entire Land of the Five Elements was the five elemental mountains.

And Chu Feng was the only one who could withstand them.

Anyone with even slightly weaker cultivation would have been crushed to pieces long ago.

What was more, Chu Feng also had to shield Jiang Yan from the pressure of the five elemental mountains.

Jiang Yan, too, was shaken to the core.

She could clearly sense that Chu Feng’s combat strength had risen once again.

How was that possible?

His progress was simply advancing a thousand miles a day.

Her shock caused her Conquest Value to rise from thirty-one points to thirty-five.

“There really is something wrong.”

After waiting for only a moment, Chu Feng immediately sensed where the problem lay.

The ground suddenly caved inward, and a gaping maw lunged up, swallowing toward Chu Feng and Jiang Yan in a single bite.

It was an Earth Dragon Beast, a magical beast of the earth element possessing the cultivation and combat strength of the Mahayana Realm. It lived beneath the earth, and whenever it encountered prey, it would devour it at the first opportunity.

This Earth Dragon Beast had clearly sensed Chu Feng and the others the moment they arrived.

It had merely been waiting for Chu Feng to draw near before delivering a fatal strike.

It had not expected Chu Feng to discover it in advance, causing its carefully planned ambush to fail.

“You want to eat me? Then I’ll butcher you first.”

At that very moment, the Immortal-Slaying Sword appeared in Chu Feng’s hand, and he brought it down in a single stroke.

The Earth Dragon Beast was cleaved in two on the spot.

Its body and soul were both annihilated.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword was a weapon that slew immortals.

If it could kill even immortals, then destroying a mere Earth Dragon Beast was naturally effortless.

With the Earth Dragon Beast’s death, the aura of death Chu Feng had sensed earlier vanished as well.

Only then did he walk over with peace of mind, preparing to collect the sacred beast’s bones.

However, these bones had clearly begun to decay under the erosion of time.

Chu Feng’s brows furrowed at once. The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. This sacred beast’s skeleton evidently failed to meet his requirements.

What was worse, the moment he exerted even the slightest force, a crisp crack rang out, and the bones broke apart.

In other words, he had made this entire trip to the Land of the Five Elements for nothing.

Yet only a moment later, Chu Feng recovered his composure. Since he had encountered the skeleton of a sacred beast here, that meant other sacred beast remains ought to exist in this place as well.

Perhaps some kind of sacred beast even lived here.

He raised his head.

The Divine Temple of the Five Elements still stood proudly in the void above.

Chu Feng’s heart stirred, and he immediately flew toward it.

Jiang Yan, who had remained silent until then, suddenly spoke. “Are you insane? Are you courting death? You actually dare to enter the divine temple?”

Chu Feng looked at Jiang Yan in surprise. “Judging by your expression, you should know the secret of this Divine Temple of the Five Elements.”

Jiang Yan snorted coldly. “I know. But why should I tell you?”

Her words left Chu Feng speechless for a moment. “Woman, tell me the secret of the Divine Temple of the Five Elements. If you can break your seal yourself, I won’t place another seal on you. How does that sound?”

He had to admit that the condition truly tempted Jiang Yan.

She stared coldly at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng said, “My word is my bond. You can trust me.”

Jiang Yan nodded. “Very well. Since you asked, what harm is there in telling you?”

“This Divine Temple of the Five Elements suppresses a ghost god.”

“A ghost god is formed after a human dies, cultivating through the power of the soul until it achieves a ghost-god body. The ghost god sealed within this Divine Temple of the Five Elements is an Immortal Emperor-level existence. It was sealed by the ancestor of my Jiang family, Great Emperor Hengyu. By now, several million years have passed.”

“You may wonder how we humans can live for only thirty to fifty thousand years at most, even after becoming Immortal Emperors, unless we ascend and become true immortals.”

“But ghost gods are different. They are spiritual entities to begin with and require no physical body to contain them. Thus, they do not suffer the decay of the flesh. As long as spiritual energy remains abundant and they find something in which to anchor themselves, they can survive for a very long time.”

“The ghost god of this Divine Temple of the Five Elements forged its ghost-god body from an acquired treasure of the five elements. As long as the five elements do not perish, it can live forever.”

“Although this ghost god has been sealed here, aside from having its freedom restricted, it can do anything it wishes. After accumulating power for several million years, no one knows how strong it has become, and no one dares provoke it lightly.”

“Although you are very powerful, if you enter the divine temple like this, you will die without question.”

Chu Feng burst out laughing. “Are you concerned about me?”

If he had been holding the Heaven-Burning Sword as before, Chu Feng might truly have felt somewhat wary. But now that he held the Immortal-Slaying Sword, he was not afraid in the slightest.

If the ghost god provoked him, he would simply kill it with one stroke.

Jiang Yan spat in disdain. “As if I would care about you. I’m only thinking that if you die, it will be difficult for me to leave the Land of the Five Elements with my current level of restored cultivation.”

Chu Feng merely shrugged and smiled. “Do you think I’ll believe that?”

“I’m delighted by your concern. Thank you. But I still want to meet this ghost god.”

Jiang Yan frowned. “For Yun Niang?”

“That is only one of the reasons.”

Just as Chu Feng nodded, he was surprised to discover that his Conquest Value with Jiang Yan had risen once again.

It had gone from thirty-five points to forty.

Still not enough to pass. He had to keep working at it.

Chu Feng suddenly looked forward to seeing what would happen when he raised Jiang Yan’s Conquest Value to sixty.

So what if she was a saintess, a witch, the previous generation’s saintess, or a female Heavenly Lord? In the end, they would all become women belonging to him, Chu Feng.

With Jiang Yan’s warning, Chu Feng naturally became much more cautious.

The temple was enormous and filled with an ancient, austere atmosphere. The instant Chu Feng stepped inside, he sensed a familiar presence—one he had previously felt within the cavern where Yun Niang had been kept.

According to Jiang Yan, this Divine Temple of the Five Elements had existed for several million years, yet it remained perfectly preserved.

His spiritual sense swept across the surroundings.

The Infinite Divine Eye.

The Eye of the Mind.

Chu Feng even brought the system into play.

Yet he still failed to detect the slightest trace of a ghost god.

Could it be that the so-called ghost god no longer existed?

After all, this ghost god had been sealed for several million years.