Treasured Yellow Heaven is a real-time trading platform for Saint Level entities, similar to the Taobao of Hong Yuan’s previous life. One can trade Spirit Plants, Ferocious Beasts, Exotic Beasts, and even Holy Artifacts!

However, every transaction involving Holy Artifacts would stir massive waves in Treasured Yellow Heaven.

Those who come and go here are primarily the wills of Saints.

Hong Yuan’s Sword Tao Incarnation also had a small trading stall here, through which he sold blessed land resources to obtain Immortal Nuance Stones.

Besides tangible items, Treasured Yellow Heaven also dealt in information.

At this moment, Hong Yuan’s will was heading towards an intelligence trading post established in Treasured Yellow Heaven by the Five Great Human Tribe Academies—a small tavern.

"Nine Heavens Ancient Path, looking to buy intelligence on Huayu Cave Heaven!"

"Information on the heritage of the ancient Qi cultivators in the East Sea, act quickly if you wish to purchase."

"A map of the Endless Sea Area distribution, including intelligence on the four Holy Lands of the Demon Clan, hurry, hurry!!"

"..."

Layers of clamorous will fluctuations drifted through the small tavern.

Various profound pieces of intelligence, inaccessible to the common world, were hawked here as if they were common vegetables and pork.

An unrealistic thought flashed through Hong Yuan’s mind: Information Tao sect... If I possessed advanced Information Tao heritage, then surely I could freeload a lot of stuff and save a bunch of Immortal Nuance Stones.

As someone who had crossed over, Hong Yuan naturally understood the importance of information.

In this world, the transmission and confidentiality of information had gradually formed an Information Tao sect.

Demands such as the exchange of letters in daily life, the encryption of internal documents, or the acceptance and output of heritage had all promoted the development of the Information Tao sect.

Most Saints would also study the Information Tao sect to some extent. Otherwise, it would be quite comical to receive a heritage without knowing how to decrypt it.

Hong Yuan too had studied Information Tao; his Sting Bee Worm, Power Swallow Worm, and Sword Sparrow Worm were his main assets in the Information Tao, helping him collect countless pieces of covert intelligence.

On the other hand, due to Hong Yuan’s exceptionally high aptitude, he hardly needed any profound Information Tao heritage.

Now, having reached the Saint Level, Hong Yuan felt the need to upgrade his Information Tao methods.

Let’s buy the information on all recently active Martial Saints, Hong Yuan decided.

After dealing with multiple intelligence traffickers, Hong Yuan spent over seventy Immortal Nuance Stones in one go, equivalent to working for free for a year.

There was no helping it; information was just that important.

"Butterfly Sword Martial Saint, Mysterious Talisman Heaven Master, Master Eastward Flowing..."

As he received this intelligence, Hong Yuan couldn’t help but feel troubled, a chill spreading through his heart.

The allure of an Earth-grade Holy Artifact far exceeded Hong Yuan’s expectations.

These individuals were all Supreme Talents of their generation, who had fought their way up through blood and fire, possessing astonishing combat prowess.

Butterfly Sword Martial Saint alone had a record of venturing into the Demon Clan’s Nine Heavens Ancient Path.

Even though she was eventually driven out by the Demon Clan, this only further highlighted Butterfly Sword Immortal’s terrifying power. After all, she had managed to preserve herself even while being pursued by the Demon Clan!

What kind of monsters are these, to hold my Demonic Body in such high regard? Isn’t the Human Race afraid of losing them?

No, with such a grand campaign underway, the old immortals of the Five Great Academies surely wouldn’t allow these Heavenly Talent Martial Saints to act freely. There must be Human Race old immortals covering for them!

Hong Yuan quickly reached this conclusion.

He took a deep breath and exited Treasured Yellow Heaven.

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In the Hundred Families Sack, Lightning Martial Saint and Green Lamp Buddha looked towards Hong Yuan.

"Marquis of Dragon Sword, what’s the situation?"

"Benefactor, how did it go?"

With a helpless, bitter smile, Hong Yuan shared all the intelligence he had learned with them.

These two Martial Saints were astonished to learn that not only was Butterfly Sword Martial Saint leading the team, but even Mysterious Talisman Heaven Master and Master Eastward Flowing were joining. They couldn’t help but inhale sharply, their scalps tingling.

"How could this be? It’s just one Demon and one Demon Saint, after all!?" Lightning Martial Saint couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.

Green Lamp Buddha also voiced his confusion, "This lineup is more than enough to hunt down a Great Saint. The Academy Elders are definitely behind this. Using such force against Xuan Guangqiao and the others is rather overkill. Unless—"

"Unless what?" Hong Yuan asked in return.

Green Lamp Buddha closed his eyes, silently chanted a Buddhist phrase, and affirmed, "Unless this Xuan Guangqiao is the Demon Clan’s current Son of Fortune!"

Upon this statement, an eerie silence fell within the Hundred Families Sack.

Lightning Martial Saint was stunned into silence, finding it hard to believe and momentarily at a loss for words.

Hong Yuan, on the other hand, marveled at the power of the Human Race and the profound depth of the Five Great Academies.

He was certain his Demonic Body was progressively transforming into the Demon Clan’s Son of Fortune. He had Tianli’s example for comparison and had been observing his own fortune.

Green Lamp Buddha had merely inferred this from the events. It was likely that the Academy Elders, who were stronger than Green Lamp Buddha, had long ago identified Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body as the current, albeit yet to fully transform, Son of Fortune.

"It’s... It’s true! I recall that the Demonic Beast of Great Moon, Han Jiuming, only solidified his identity as the Son of Fortune of the Demon Clan by dominating the so-called Battle for the Ten Thousand Domains!" Lightning Martial Saint suddenly realized.

However, Green Lamp Buddha shook his head. "No, the one you’re referring to is a Heavenly Horned Ant named Tianli. Tianli was the Demon Clan’s first Son of Fortune; Han Jiuming was the second."

Listening to Green Lamp Buddha’s words, Hong Yuan felt a tremor in his heart.

He once again experienced that surreal sense of a dream descending into reality.

But Green Lamp Buddha only touched upon the subject lightly and then said no more, as if he had taken a vow of silence. He refused to elaborate, no matter how Hong Yuan and Lightning Martial Saint probed.

Green Lamp Buddha... could he be the successor of Le Tu Buddha?

Hong Yuan cast a deep glance at Green Lamp Buddha.

Le Tu Buddha was a recent Human Race Emperor, and he undoubtedly knew far more secrets than were recorded in ancient texts.

If Green Lamp Buddha were a successor of Le Tu Buddha, then it would be normal for him to know various secrets.

But since Green Lamp Buddha was unwilling to speak further, Hong Yuan couldn’t force him to explain.

So, in the end, Hong Yuan steered the conversation back.

"Lightning, Master, since Butterfly Sword and the others have already departed and have the lead, is there still a need for us to go?"

"I feel that those two loaches have already turned into the eye of a storm, fraught with crises," Hong Yuan said slowly, frowning.

"This..." Hesitation flickered across Lightning Martial Saint’s face. Clearly, he too was beginning to doubt their original goal.

Most importantly, having also deduced that it was the eye of a storm, he had no confidence in being able to exit safely.

One misstep could very well mean death on the spot.

"Go! Of course, we must go! This signifies the prelude to a new era. Don’t forget, this world is dominated by our Human Race!" Green Lamp Buddha suddenly exclaimed, his demeanor fierce, like a Wrathful Vajra.

He seemed to transform from a gentle monkey into the Fight Victory Buddha, incomparably domineering!

"Indeed, this world is dominated by our Human Race," Lightning Martial Saint said softly.

The worries on his brow dissipated, and he returned to his calm and composed state; the Lightning that punished the world was back.

This is the foundation laid by nine Great Emperors... Even an ordinary Heavenly Talent Martial Saint fears nothing when delving deep into the Demon Clan’s heartland, Hong Yuan marveled internally.

For a moment, mixed feelings churned within Hong Yuan’s heart.

To survive, his Demonic Body had to become the Son of Fortune of the Demon Clan. Only then could he gain the protection of the Demon Clan’s old undying beings and evade assassination by the Human Race.

Yet, once he became the Demon Clan’s Son of Fortune, he would also become a thorn in the side of the Human Race, a prime target for their hunts.

He only wished for a peaceful, low-profile journey on the path of Longevity Martial Arts to attain eternal life.

He really, truly did not want to make a move!