The three invincible existences—Emperor Xia, Patriarch Fan, and Emperor Cang—arrived. Given the Sword Master’s unique relationship with them, a mere exchange of glances sufficed. However, Patriarch Batuchen of the Insect Clan narrowed his eyes coldly, saying nothing.
He had enmity with the Fan Clan and had even slain some of their experts!
To offend the Fan Clan… was tantamount to offending the three great clans of the Xia Wind Ancient Nation! With Patriarch Batuchen’s temperament, he disdained bowing his head.
“Patriarch Batuchen,” Patriarch Fan spoke up with a faint smile. “I heard you have some grudges with the younger generation of my Fan Clan. I wonder when they might have offended you? You’ve long been a follower of the World-Devouring Emperor. Our juniors shouldn’t have had the chance to cross you, right?”
If it were the true Patriarch Batuchen, there would naturally be no enmity.
But Batuchen had fused with an ultimate-level insect beast, perfectly disguising himself as the patriarch. As for the real Patriarch Batuchen… he had actually died long ago, quietly and unnoticed. Batuchen had initially adopted this identity to maintain a low profile and conceal his rapid rise. Now? Though he no longer feared exposure, he still acted under this guise to avoid unnecessary trouble.
After all, his loved ones were long gone. Though the vast Heart Realm Continent was boundless, he stood alone. His closest kin was his benefactor—Yingshan Xueying.
Patriarch Batuchen snorted coldly. “No grudge with me, but with my disciple! Hmph, your Fan Clan’s juniors are truly domineering. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong target. I won’t tolerate such insolence!”
“Haha… just a minor matter. You’re also a friend of Flying Snow’s, and he shares deep ties with our Fan Clan. Let bygones be bygones, shall we?” Patriarch Fan smiled. As a supreme being, he cared little for petty feuds among his clan’s younger generation—the Fan Clan was simply too vast. But Patriarch Batuchen was an ultimate existence, unbound and untethered.
Such an enemy was the worst to provoke.
For he feared nothing and could not be killed.
“Rest assured, those who deserved death are already dead. The innocent, I spare,” Batuchen retorted coldly.
“Haha.” Patriarch Fan nodded with a laugh, finding the Insect Patriarch rather icy. He then turned to Dongbo Xueying. “Flying Snow, it’s said you suffered greatly in the Heart Realm Palace, slain by the Eternal Night Primogenitor, stripped of all treasures. But now it seems your true gain there was the Supreme Secret Legacy, wasn’t it?”
Emperor Xia and Emperor Cang also fixed their gazes on Dongbo Xueying.
“Yes,” Dongbo Xueying admitted. “During my first visit, I was fortunate to obtain it.”
“I, too, gained mine on my first entry,” the Sword Demon Master mused beside him.
“Both of you hail from the same source world, the same sect, and possess such extraordinary talent and insight,” Emperor Xia remarked with admiration. “When Yuan first established the Heart Realm Continent and its palace, obtaining a ‘Supreme Secret Legacy’ was even rarer than acquiring a Supreme Treasure! Yet you two have already achieved this. Once you reach the ultimate level, returning to the palace for a Supreme Treasure will be effortless. The Sword Demon has already attained the ultimate… and Flying Snow, I trust you’re not far behind.”
Dongbo Xueying shook his head wryly. “I, too, wish to break through to the ultimate level. But this step… is it truly so simple?”
“May I ask—that weapon of yours, the Hunyuan Divine Armament, was it forged using Hunyuan Sand?” Emperor Xia inquired.
“You knew?” Dongbo Xueying was surprised.
He had only confided in Patriarch Batuchen and the Sword Master. Even if the latter had informed Emperor Xia, he would have given prior notice.
“Merely a guess,” Emperor Xia clarified. “You were annihilated in the Heart Realm Palace, all avatars destroyed, no treasures retrieved. The only thing you could bring back… was memory. Combined with the fact you once purchased a hundred thousand jin of Hunyuan Sand from me, I deduced you must have forged a Hunyuan Divine Armament.”
“Correct,” Dongbo Xueying conceded without hiding it. “But as you know, such a legacy cannot be shared.”
Emperor Xia, Emperor Cang, and Patriarch Fan all understood.
Supreme Secret Legacies and other precious inheritances, though bestowed by Yuan, could not be passed on.
What they could disseminate—such as *Hunyuan Inquiry* and *Formless Mystic Arts*—were creations of their own.
“Having reached this stage in our cultivation, our next step is to transcend this cage and ascend to Hunyuan,” Emperor Xia declared solemnly, with Emperor Cang and Patriarch Fan watching Dongbo Xueying intently. “The rumors spread by the Undying Nether Emperor—we don’t take them at face value. But regarding Hunyuan Divine Armaments… we’d never even heard of them before! Thus, we hope you might enlighten us.”
Dongbo Xueying smiled. “That’s simple enough.”
He understood their pursuit of the Dao—their burning desire to break free.
Emperor Xia, once the undisputed pinnacle of the Heart Realm Continent, had grown weary of solitude. Even the Undying Nether Emperor could only surpass him by resorting to desperate measures. Such loneliness fueled his yearning to transcend. Denying this small request would only breed resentment.
“A Hunyuan Divine Armament is originally the weapon of a Hunyuan lifeform,” Dongbo Xueying explained. “For us cosmic deities, it’s normally impossible to wield, let alone refine. But Yuan devised a method—by crafting one myself. Since every material was refined by my own hand during the forging, the resulting weapon became easier to master. For a cosmic deity like me to succeed, two conditions were essential: first, it had to align with my path—the Void Dao; second, it had to be simplified. Thus, this weapon is a Void Dao Hunyuan Armament, streamlined compared to a true Hunyuan weapon.”
“I see.” Emperor Xia, Emperor Cang, and Patriarch Fan nodded thoughtfully.
“Behold.” Dongbo Xueying extended his hand, summoning the Azure River Spear. With a slight activation, countless intricate patterns shimmered across its surface. “Observing these will clarify much.”
The three scrutinized the markings intently.
Emperor Cang and Patriarch Fan appeared puzzled, but Emperor Xia grasped most of it—particularly the Void Dao aspects. Yet many segments remained enigmatic. With the *Supreme Secret Legacy* as a guide, comprehension would have been easier. But merely glimpsing the external patterns made full understanding nearly impossible, given the profound intricacies of Hunyuan power.
Moreover, some forging patterns were mechanically inscribed by Dongbo Xueying—he understood them in isolation, but their collective fusion eluded even him.
“Indeed, a Void Dao Hunyuan Armament,” Emperor Xia affirmed. “For those of other paths, it’s useless. Moreover, it seems exceptionally adept at channeling Hunyuan power. Flying Snow, our gratitude for allowing us to witness these patterns.”
Dongbo Xueying chuckled. “A trivial matter.”
Deciphering the patterns to reverse-engineer the method? Extremely arduous.
Consider Supreme Treasures—numerous across the Heart Realm Continent. When activated, their patterns manifest visibly. Yet what use is mere observation? At the ultimate level, glimpsing the mysteries of Hunyuan only leaves one bewildered.
The complexity of a Hunyuan Divine Armament rivals that of a Supreme Treasure.
Dongbo Xueying had broken the process into countless minuscule steps, laboring for eons to succeed.
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In the days that followed, many sought audience with Dongbo Xueying.
The Five Patriarchs of the Myriad Realms Ancient Nation arrived in two groups. Representatives from the Mo Tian and Ice Snow Ancient Nations also paid visits. Dongbo Xueying received them all, generously displaying the patterns of his Hunyuan Divine Armament. In truth, across the entire Heart Realm Continent, only the Wanderer and Emperor Xia could comprehend most of it—primarily the Void Dao segments.
Others were left in a daze, barely discerning the Void Dao connections.
With both the Wanderer and Emperor Xia publicly affirming—that this was a Void Dao Hunyuan Armament, usable only by Void Dao experts and nearly unrefinable by cosmic deities—the matter was settled.
The qualifier “nearly unrefinable” was a courtesy to Dongbo Xueying. Emperor Xia, due to their close ties, and the Wanderer, owing to his detached nature and Dongbo Xueying’s respectful treatment, both spoke favorably on his behalf.
Coupled with Dongbo Xueying’s formidable strength—in Flying Snow City, he rivaled the mightiest of the Heart Realm Continent—the Undying Nether Emperor’s scheme to sow chaos fell flat.
“Hmph, the Moonflower Monarch? He thinks he can glimpse my Hunyuan Armament’s patterns?”
Dongbo Xueying outright banished the monarch’s avatar.
For notorious ultimate-level fiends like the Moonflower Monarch, Eternal Night Primogenitor, and Extreme Night Primogenitor, Dongbo Xueying spared no courtesy. To demand a viewing of his Hunyuan Divine Armament? A pipe dream! Long estranged, he showed no mercy toward the Moonflower Nation’s demons, slaughtering them without hesitation.
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