"Nearly all the nova sources in our Violetcloud Imperial Palace are controlled and kept by the Chiron Royal Clan. That includes the several seven-star universe nova sources you received before—I had to plead for them for ages. But the eight-star universe nova source was in Thousandstar Imperial City. I reckon the Emperor went to fetch it himself. Congratulations!" Seeing the meeting had ended, the Divine Turtle Patriarch poked his head in, beaming.
"Did you see the Chiron Clan Emperor's expression when he left just now? Like he'd eaten shit. That felt damn good."
He seemed to loathe that man. Seeing him suffer a setback must have put him in an exceptionally good mood.
Sure enough, not long afterward, the Starfeather Emperor returned. He bestowed upon Li Tianming a fiery red cauldron, completely sealed shut. Constant booms came from within; clearly, it held some divine object. Even the cauldron itself was a sixth-order Order Divine Weapon, yet here it was merely a container.
A container for an Emperor nova source.
"Want to open it and take a look?" the Starfeather Emperor asked with a smile.
"Alright."
When the Starfeather Emperor placed the fiery red cauldron on the ground, Li Tianming sprang up and arrived above it. The Starfeather Emperor then patted the cauldron, and its lid shifted aside, opening a crack.
Buzz!
An astonishing heatwave swept out from within the cauldron.
Li Tianming had recently seen quite a few seven-star universe nova sources, including Miaomiao's Three Realms Lightning Specter. They were all terrifying divine objects. Yet compared to an Emperor nova source, seven-star universe nova sources were clearly an entire tier lower.
It was the difference between an Emperor and the peak of the Solar King Realm.
They appeared to be separated by only one level, but in truth, the gap