The Shining Star Above The Heaven

Inside the secret chamber lies a pond with a small platform at its center. The pond is filled with golden water, and atop the platform rests a stunning golden armor. The armor, adorned with a diamond-like gem in the center of its chest plate, radiates the power of a high divine-grade artifact. This marks the second time Aldrian has encountered an artifact of this grade.

The water is spiritual water, radiating an abundance of the energy of heaven and earth. Due to the combined presence of the armor and the spiritual water, this secret chamber has become a sanctuary for cultivation.

Irene was astonished by the richness of heaven and earth energy in this place. She had never experienced such a dense concentration of it before. She thought that cultivating here would multiply her cultivation speed many times over.

"This is our family’s legacy treasure," Emperor Durand declared, his eyes glistening with pride. "The result of our ancestors’ great efforts—their sweat and blood immortalized in the existence of this armor. The armor that can block any attack and protect anything: The Heavenly Guardian Armor."

"This armor was created by our first-generation blacksmith master using various materials gathered from across the continent, shortly after we first set foot here. Some of these materials were foreign, unlike anything we had ever seen before. It took more than a thousand years to craft this armor, and its completion came with the refinement of the mysterious crystal embedded in its chest plate. Refining that crystal alone required hundreds of years."

"The spiritual water is also extraordinary finds. Our ancestors discovered it near the Everlasting Silent Forest. This spiritual water is so rich in the energy of heaven and earth that it has not been depleted even to this day. We believe that this spiritual water, along with the other strange materials, originated from a higher realm. They were too bizarre and powerful for our ancestors to fully utilize, even though they were stronger than we are now."

Irene listened attentively to Emperor Durand’s explanation, her gaze fixed on the armor and the spiritual water. The golden armor, complete with its helmet, not only radiated the presence of a divine-grade artifact but also exuded a heroic aura.

However, for Aldrian, his attention was not on the armor itself but on the diamond embedded in the center of its chest plate. The stunning blue diamond contained an immense amount of energy, far greater than any energy stone he had ever encountered. Yet, it wasn’t just the energy of heaven and earth he sensed—there was also a foreign energy he could distinctly feel.

Although this was the first time Aldrian had seen this diamond, he was certain he recognized it. It was one of the materials used by the dwarves to forge the unnamed Divine Sword. To think that the Doria imperial family had also discovered it! This was a material from the higher realm.