Ding!
[…?]
Hengsheng's eyes narrowed.
Even though the treasure took a new form, he still couldn't identify it with his inspection.
Turning to Yunsu, he asked, "Yunsu, do you know what it is?"
Yunsu's lips curved into a wide smirk as she began to explain using her front paws and a series of meows.
"Meow…Meow…Meow…"
Hengsheng watched the little cat trying to explain, but he couldn't grasp her meaning. This was far beyond the simple interactions they were used to.
Seeing that her human couldn't fully understand her gestures and meowing, which weren't enough to describe what the treasure truly was, Yunsu paused to think.
Sending her human a mental message directly through her spiritual sense was out of the question, as she wanted to maintain their usual interaction style.
Then, a flash of thought came to her.
She sent a mental command to the treasure and then looked at Hengsheng, signaling him to inspect it again.
Hengsheng nodded in understanding. The golden ring within his eyes flashed with golden light as he activated [Inspection], which received power boosted by the Heavenly Insight Mode once more on the treasure before him.
Ding!
[Tenth Heaven]
[Type: Heavenly Treasure]
[Tier: ?]
[Description:]The Fifth-Ranked Heavenly Treasure among the Nine Heavenly Treasures of the Nine Heaven Realm. Embodiment of the World.
The hidden Tenth Heaven resides within the indestructible stone.
…
"What?! Not an Immortal-rank treasure?" Hengsheng exclaimed in surprise at this unexpected inspection result.
Hengsheng increased the Insight Cost from 100 System Points per second to 1,000 System Points per second to increase the power of inspection, hoping to see more information from this treasure.
The golden ring within his eye glowed brighter. He intently gazed at the stone slab.
He frowned because the information he received from the inspection did not change—only the same few lines of text appeared.
He didn't want to waste System Points further since there was nothing more it could help with, so he deactivated the Heavenly Insight Mode.
The next moment, Hengsheng's eyes returned to black with a hint of crimson hidden within them.
"Meow?" Yunsu cried out in confusion upon seeing her human's eyes return to normal, no longer glowing.
Was he done inspecting the treasure?
But she could still see him frowning, as if he were deep in thought.
She decided not to take the stone back into her dantian yet, letting her human observe it a little further.
"Heavenly Treasure…" Hengsheng murmured.
Hengsheng vaguely remembered that he had heard of this "Heavenly Treasure" before.
He paused and thought for a moment, then a memory from a couple of years ago surfaced in his mind.
"The Nine Heavenly Treasures is really a thing, not just a myth?" Hengsheng murmured.
Hengsheng had heard about the Nine Heavenly Treasures before, when he studied more about the Nine Heaven Realm after he arrived in this realm.
He first came across the term "Nine Heavenly Treasures" in one of this world's native mythical tales.
It was a myth about creation, but it was a different myth from the Heavenly Dao World Creation myth—this myth also exists in this realm; it was the same myth as his Five Pillar Realm.
The myth that tells about the Nine Heavenly Treasures is called.
The Nine Heaven Creation Myth.
This tale is about the creation of the Nine Heaven Realm and other things, including the Nine Heavenly Treasures.
The myth about these Nine Heavenly Treasures says:
At the dawn of the Nine Heavens' creation.
There were nine heavenly treasures born alongside the nine heavens.
Blessed by the Heavenly Dao, each treasure was infused with one of the nine great aspects of the universe, each becoming the embodiment of that great aspect.
Thus, they became supreme treasures, unmatched by any other, containing boundless power beyond any wildest imagination.
Those who possess even one of these treasures are bestowed with heaven-defying might, dominate the worldly law, transcend destiny, stand above all others, or even open the path to immortality, for those not fated.
The one who possesses all nine will rule over all things, all Earth, all Heaven, and all Dao, wielding power capable of slaying Immortals and Gods while still mortal.
Bearing the destiny to become the Eternal Ruler.
…
At first, Hengsheng did not believe the myth about these treasures was real, because it was too grandiose and exaggerated.
Heaven-Defying Power?
Treasures that hold power beyond even Immortal-rank treasures?
And not just one, but nine?
How could a mortal slay an immortal?
All this is nonsense—a joke that could make an old monster who has lived for a million years laugh.
Most importantly, his previous home, the Five Pillar Realm, did not have anything resembling these Heavenly Treasures.
Since they both are at the same realm level, Tier 10 Realm, if the Five Pillar Realm did not even have one such heaven-defying treasure, how could this realm have nine?
But right now, one of the Nine Heavenly Treasures was already present before him; he had no choice but to reconsider that the myth about these treasures might have some truth in it.
…
"Growl!" Yunsu growled in warning and slapped Hengsheng's hand with her paw because he was reaching out to grab the stone without her permission.
"Ow!" Hengsheng cried in pain, rubbing the hand that had been slapped.
"Hiss…" Yunsu let out a low hiss as she was angry.
'How dare you attempt to touch my precious treasure! This is unacceptable!' Yunsu thought.
"Sorry! Don't be mad!" Hengsheng apologized and tried to ease the cat's mood.
Yunsu was waving her index claw in a gesture that said "watch only."
"Alright!" Hengsheng replied.
…
He had almost done something rude to the cat because he was lost in thought while recalling what he knew about the term 'Heavenly Treasures'.
He resumed recalling his memories about the Heavenly Treasure, but there was nothing more—this was all he knew.
Back in the day when he learn about this, the "heaven-defying" or "rule over all" part of the Heavenly Treasures myth was too exaggerated.
Making him think they were nonsense, not real things, just another fairy tale used to encourage young cultivators.
Which later caused him to stop learning about these heavenly treasures early. Otherwise, he would have learned more about them.
Aside from the short sentence describing generally what the Heavenly Treasure really was, he did not know anything more about them.
He didn't know what 'The Fifth-Ranked Heavenly Treasure among the Nine Heavenly Treasures' meant.
Did the Heavenly Treasures have a ranking as well?
Aside from this one, the Tenth Heaven, what are the other Heavenly Treasures called?
What kind of powers do they each have?
Did they really live up to being "heaven-defying" like the myth says, or were they just overhyped?
He had no clue.
The word "heaven-defying" has significant meaning among cultivators because this word is used to describe the highest level of genius cultivator or things that defy people's logic.
In a cultivation world filled with supernatural things and wonders, anything that can defy logic in such a world is beyond comprehension.
Even his incredibly high battle power, which allows him to fight across major realms, is not yet considered "heaven-defying" because he is still in a middle-rank cultivation realm; the ability to fight across realms means little at this rank.
The things that can be considered by the word "heaven-defying" had to be around the level of Yunsu's infinite evolution trait, Hengsheng's system, or battle power that allows one to fight across realms, even at a high-rank cultivation realm.
Such as a Peak Stage of Grand Unity Realm cultivator who can fight against a Middle Stage of Dao Threshold Realm cultivator on equal ground—this is considered "heaven-defying," even if it just barely passes the threshold.
If a thing or person doesn't reach these levels of defying, then "heaven-defying" is just for flattery.
If the Nine Heavenly Treasures are really "heaven-defying,".
Then he would love to consider finding one for himself.
The one before him had already fallen into the hands of the cat.
He could not have this one…That's too bad…
Hengsheng's eyes flashed with greed for less than a second—even he didn't notice it himself.
However, someone with a sharp sense did notice it.
…
Hengsheng returned to his senses after thinking about the Heavenly Treasure in silence for a while, and then he turned his gaze to Yunsu.
When his gaze fell on her, she suddenly made a motion similar to that of Gollum, who was concerned about his precious.
Yunsu quickly gave a mental command, and the precious stone disappeared from above her paw, returning to her dantian and hiding inside it. Yet she was still concerned about her human's gaze.
Hengsheng felt amused and confused at the same time—why was she acting like this?
He thought for a second and guessed, 'Maybe she thinks I'm going to demand it from her?'
With that thought in mind, Hengsheng decided to tease her a little.
"BOO!" he shouted suddenly, a grin spreading across his face.
"HISS!" Yunsu recoiled in alarm, her fur bristling from the unexpected scare.
"Hahaha! I'm just kidding!" Hengsheng laughed.
But Yunsu was not amused. Her fur stood on end, claws extending as she launched herself at him in retaliation.
…