Treasure Yellow Heaven originated from the Multitude of Treasures Daoist.
This man was a Gu Immortal from the ancient era, his cultivation reaching the Eighth Transformation. After he obtained a fragment of the Yellow Heaven and fused it into his own immortal aperture's cave heaven, Treasure Yellow Heaven was formed.
Once a Gu Immortal's immortal aperture swallowed a fragment of the Primordial Nine Heavens, it would become fixed in the outside world's Five Regions, unable to ever move again.
Treasure Yellow Heaven was the same — ever since it first descended over three hundred thousand years ago, it had remained in the same spot.
But where exactly was Treasure Yellow Heaven located? That was an enormous mystery that no one knew. Wisdom Path Gu Immortals had thrown themselves one after another into divining its location, yet none had obtained a precise answer.
Treasure Yellow Heaven's original owner was the Multitude of Treasures Daoist. After him, no successor had ever appeared.
Not even the successive Immortal Venerables or Demonic Venerables had ever located Treasure Yellow Heaven's precise coordinates.
"Treasure Yellow Heaven has stood until today and become the number one trading marketplace of the Gu Immortal world across the Five Regions. How could it have suddenly closed?" Merchant Gu Immortals were all shaken and bewildered.
Ever since the Multitude of Treasures Daoist founded it, Treasure Yellow Heaven had remained open year after year for over three hundred thousand years, gradually and imperceptibly becoming a major pillar of Gu Immortal cultivation, occupying a rather important position in the hearts of all Gu Immortals.
Over the long years, Gu Immortals had grown accustomed to Treasure Yellow Heaven's existence. Now that it had suddenly shut its doors, it had truly caught countless Gu Immortals off guard.
"What do you think? How could Treasure Yellow Heaven have suddenly closed?"
"This is terrible! We were scheming to use the wagers from the great battle at Righteous Justice Mountain. Now that it's shut, that enormous sum of wagered funds is still inside Treasure Yellow Heaven!"
"Could it be that Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit is trying to embezzle that vast fortune?"
The Grand Supreme Elder of the merchant family shook his head slightly and rejected the notion: "Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit wouldn't care about those wagers. If it were the type to embezzle, Treasure Yellow Heaven would never have achieved its current reputation and standing. There has never been a single record in history of Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit embezzling anything. However, there have been several records of Treasure Yellow Heaven closing."
"Is that so? We would like to hear the details." Shang Qingqing hastily asked.
The Grand Supreme Elder of the merchant family then slowly began to speak, revealing a secret of the past.
It turned out that the several recorded closures of Treasure Yellow Heaven in history were all related to the same thing.
That was the fragments of the Primordial Yellow Heaven.
The Primordial Nine Heavens — Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Azure, Blue, Purple, White, and Black. Now only the Black Heaven and the White Heaven remained. The Yellow Heaven had long since shattered.
Back then, the Multitude of Treasures Daoist had known full well he could not survive his tribulation. He willingly used his own immortal aperture to swallow a small fragment-world of the Primordial Yellow Heaven, thereby creating Treasure Yellow Heaven. Although he was trapped within Treasure Yellow Heaven for life, losing his freedom, he would henceforth face no more disasters or tribulations.
After Treasure Yellow Heaven swallowed the Primordial Yellow Heaven fragment, from that point onward it could only expand by swallowing more Yellow Heaven fragments.
In the historical records, there had been several such transactions.
Various individuals had sold fragment-worlds of the Primordial Yellow Heaven to Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit.
Once the Heavenly Spirit obtained them, it would proactively close Treasure Yellow Heaven and devote itself entirely to swallowing the Yellow Heaven fragments and expanding itself.
"This time, if nothing unexpected has happened, it should be the same situation," the Grand Supreme Elder of the merchant family surmised at last.
His guess was exactly right.
The only thing in the world that could move Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit was likely Yellow Heaven fragments.
The Primordial Nine Heavens had been shattered for ages, and Yellow Heaven fragments had long since vanished from circulation. Only someone of tremendous fortune and great opportunity would have any hope of obtaining one.
But the Heavenly Court was ancient and storied, its reserves unimaginably vast. It could produce a Primordial Yellow Heaven fragment, and a rather sizable one at that.
If the fragment were small, Treasure Yellow Heaven's Heavenly Spirit wouldn't need to shut itself down — it could simply divert a portion of its power to swallow it.
But this time, it had directly caused Treasure Yellow Heaven to close. The Yellow Heaven fragment must have been enormous, forcing the Heavenly Spirit to devote its full attention to swallowing and containing it.
Treasure Yellow Heaven had always maintained neutrality. It was uninvolved with worldly affairs, and its location was supremely mysterious — even the Heavenly Court could do nothing about it.
If the Heavenly Court had demanded the Heavenly Spirit publicly ostracize Ying Wu Xie, the Heavenly Spirit wouldn't have paid the slightest heed. Moreover, the Gu Immortals of the other four regions would hardly have cared. The Five Regions' world walls still stood, and the Heavenly Court's influence and control were limited to the Central Continent alone.
But the Heavenly Court, wealthy beyond measure, had directly dumped a massive Yellow Heaven fragment! In doing so, Ying Wu Xie's plan for self-rescue was utterly destroyed!
"Despicable! The Heavenly Court actually pulled something like this!" Ying Wu Xie's face was twisted with fury, his fists clenched so tight that veins bulged, his teeth grinding with a creaking sound.
His heart burned with boundless rage, but the Heavenly Court was pressing down with overwhelming force, and there was no way to resist. He could only submit, utterly helpless.
Pfft.
Suddenly, Ying Wu Xie's fury attacked his heart, and he could not stop himself from vomiting a large mouthful of fresh blood before collapsing backward.
Hatred and wrath flooded every corner of his heart, and alongside them was a bone-deep, bone-chilling cold.
The Heavenly Court had directly dumped a Yellow Heaven fragment, paying such an enormous price just to eliminate Ying Wu Xie — this only proved their ironclad resolve to see their goal accomplished no matter what.
Despair!
The Heavenly Court's move had effectively sealed off Ying Wu Xie's very last path of retreat.
It was far too ruthless.
Without Treasure Yellow Heaven, even if Ying Wu Xie wanted to sell immortal materials, he had no way to do so. They could only rot in his hands.