Standing high above the Nine Clouds Continent, Dongbo Xueying gazed down upon the vast land below, his thoughts stirring.
The space around him suddenly darkened, and invisible ripples spread outward from him in all directions. These ‘ripples’ were, in essence, the movement of the fundamental black mist sphere particles of the void. In the blink of an eye, every single black mist sphere particle across the entire Nine Clouds Continent had been swept through by Dongbo Xueying.
“There it is!” Dongbo Xueying also discovered the hidden treasure palace of the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor.
“Whoosh.”
A black rift, roughly ten feet wide, split open before him. On the other side of the rift, faint glimpses of a palace could be seen. Dongbo Xueying stepped directly into it, traversing the black rift to arrive at another location.
It seemed simple.
In truth, this ‘black rift’ was none other than the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique! Moreover, with the various techniques for manipulating Hunyuan Force from Dongbo Xueying’s *Hunyuan Seven Strikes*, the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique created by his master, the Southcloud Monarch, had long been greatly refined by him. While the Southcloud Monarch’s execution of the technique still carried considerable commotion, Dongbo Xueying could now perform it with a mere thought—faster and more stable!
As for the sealing formations of the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor’s treasure palace, given Dongbo Xueying’s current strength, there were two ways to break through. The first was brute force, like the Sacred Ancestor’s method of assaulting the Five-Phase Sealed Space. However, the sealing space arranged by the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor through formations was naturally far more stable. Even with Dongbo Xueying’s vastly superior strength, forcibly breaking through would likely require multiple strikes. The second method was the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique. This teleportation technique could even reach other source worlds. Places capable of blocking the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique were exceedingly rare—at the very least, the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor’s palace could not stop it.
Thus, whether treasures were hidden within a powerful cultivator’s pocket dimension or concealed in a special sealed location, the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique could directly access them.
Ordinary experts might store precious treasures within their personal pocket dimensions, but for someone of Dongbo Xueying’s level, the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique allowed him to directly enter others’ pocket dimensions and plunder their treasures! Of course, this would inevitably mean declaring war!
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The ancient, silent palace had not seen any living beings for an immeasurably long time.
A black rift appeared within the palace, and a white-robed youth stepped out from it. He glanced around before striding forward without hesitation. In just a few steps, he arrived outside a corridor, then walked a few more steps to stand before a courtyard.
At the center of one of the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor’s palace courtyards stood a massive fiery-red cauldron. Waves of energy emanated from it, faintly taking the shape of a bird, its oppressive aura spreading outward.
When he had first come here, Dongbo Xueying had found this pressure terrifying. Now, however, he paid it no mind.
“The Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron.”
“The Sacred Ancestor desires it so much? The Nine Clouds Divine Emperor never managed to unravel the secrets of this Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron—he didn’t even know its name until he learned of it from the Sacred Ancestor.” Dongbo Xueying was deeply intrigued. The Nine Clouds Divine Emperor was, after all, a second-tier Cosmic God. Refining a treasure should not have been difficult for him—how could he fail to comprehend such a powerful artifact?
“You!”
A hunched, black-robed man appeared nearby, staring at Dongbo Xueying in shock. “You got in? How did you enter? My master’s sealing formation—you broke through it directly? What was that black rift just now?”
He blurted out a flurry of questions, clearly astounded.
Such a sealing formation was one of his master’s greatest achievements in the Dao of Void. Even the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor himself could not bypass it.
“Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique,” Dongbo Xueying replied.
The black-robed man remained bewildered. After all, he was merely a puppet lifeform. Though he had served the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor, he had only heard fragments of knowledge from his master. Had the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor still been alive, he would have recognized the technique immediately upon hearing its name.
“Speaking of which,” Dongbo Xueying looked at the black-robed man with amusement, “this is the second time we’ve met.”
“Second time? You are…?” The black-robed man was stunned.
“Ah.” Dongbo Xueying suddenly realized. After his reincarnation, his soul aura had changed. Only when interacting with his wife and children did he deliberately suppress his aura through Void Transfiguration and mimic his past aura. When in seclusion or acting alone, he couldn’t be bothered to maintain such measures—it was too troublesome.
“Never mind,” Dongbo Xueying said no more. “Do you know the secrets of this Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron?”
“You’re here for the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron?” The hunched black-robed man’s expression darkened. With a wave of his hand, the formation activated, and the space around the cauldron twisted, causing it to vanish. The black-robed man said coldly, “This is my master’s treasure. You cannot take it. If you wish to claim it, you must fulfill my master’s requirement—you must slay the Saints of the Sacred Ancestor’s cult or that Cosmic God…”
“The Sacred Ancestor and I are already mortal enemies. However, now is not the time for battle. As for you… you have no right to threaten me.” Dongbo Xueying frowned slightly.
*Hum!*
The entire palace abruptly collapsed, shrinking into a painting—an incredibly thin, floating image. Within the painting, the black-robed man was still present, running around in shock and desperation, utterly unable to escape. Though Dongbo Xueying bore no malice, the painting was an entire world unto itself, with all its flora and fauna unharmed.
Only the fiery-red cauldron remained, floating above the painting.
“My original plan was to take the entire palace first, then extract the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron from it. Who would have thought that while all the other treasures and artifacts of the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor’s palace could be suppressed within a painting, this cauldron alone remains beyond my reach?” Dongbo Xueying was mildly surprised. With a wave of his hand, he stored the painting away.
Then, he casually grasped the cauldron.
The cauldron radiated intense heat, but Dongbo Xueying paid it no heed. With a single step, he departed the Nine Clouds Continent and returned to one of his secluded cultivation abodes.
His abode, in terms of sealing and concealment, surpassed even that of the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor.
After all, he had already achieved the fusion of eight paths, standing just a hair’s breadth away from the Ultimate realm. With the Supreme Secret Legacy to study, his methods were naturally far more advanced.
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Inside the abode.
The massive cauldron was placed in the center of the hall. Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged before it, extending a wisp of his consciousness into the artifact to begin deciphering the mysteries of the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron.
“Hmm?”
As soon as his consciousness touched it, his expression shifted in surprise.
“This is…?” Dongbo Xueying scrutinized the cauldron closely. Under the probing of his consciousness, golden runes began to emerge on its surface, each one exquisitely profound. “This involves the mysteries of Hunyuan Force. Without a certain level of comprehension of Hunyuan Force, it would be impossible to decipher.”
Under normal circumstances, upon reaching the Cosmic God Ultimate realm, one would strive to comprehend the Supreme Laws. In the process, most would naturally gain some understanding of higher worlds and Hunyuan Force.
In the Heartcloud Continent… even invincible existences possessed ‘Hunyuan Essence,’ extracted from Hunyuan Force.
As a master of the Void Dao, Dongbo Xueying had long been exposed to Hunyuan Force. However, his mastery had skyrocketed only after obtaining the Supreme Secret Legacy. His control and utilization of Hunyuan Force now likely surpassed even that of the Xia Emperor! He had even refined and improved the Xia Emperor’s *Hunyuan Inquiry*.
“This isn’t too difficult.” After a brief period of contemplation—merely the time it took to drink a cup of tea—Dongbo Xueying grasped the profound mysteries of the runes on the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron.
The artifact that had eluded the Nine Clouds Divine Emperor for countless ages and which the Sacred Ancestor coveted so desperately had now been deciphered by Dongbo Xueying.
“An inner world?” Dongbo Xueying discovered that, true to its name, the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron indeed contained a world within. “What a peculiar artifact. Even activating it is so challenging, and the Great Shattered Boundary Teleportation Technique cannot breach its interior.” This led Dongbo Xueying to a vague conjecture. Judging by the Hunyuan Force mysteries embedded in the activation runes, this artifact might have been forged by a Hunyuan existence.
*Whoosh!*
With a single thought, Dongbo Xueying entered the Flame Prison Triworld Cauldron.
He had numerous avatars; losing one was of little consequence. Thus, he harbored no fear of any potential threats lurking within the cauldron.
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