So, during these tens of thousands of years of cultivation, Qing Xuan often thought about things from his previous life.
What he missed most was the hotpot famous in the Fog City. As someone from the Fog City in his previous life, Qing Xuan had loved nothing more than hotpot, so he had always wanted to refine a large pot.
Unfortunately, he had lacked both a cauldron for artifact refinement and the necessary materials. Only after obtaining the Gathering Origin Cauldron could Qing Xuan no longer resist.
Using the Innate Profound Gold he had just acquired as the main material, Qing Xuan added all kinds of supplementary materials and began refining. In the end, he even tossed in the corpses of a dragon and a phoenix. After forty-nine days of refinement, it became a mid-grade postnatal Spiritual Treasure, which he named the "Spirit-Rich Twin Pot"!
Qing Xuan had originally wanted to name it after dragons and phoenixes, but after thinking of his two disciples, he dismissed the idea. The pot was hard in texture and brimming with spirituality. Dragon and phoenix spiritual patterns coiled around its body, with the dragon pattern winding along the red broth side and the phoenix pattern encircling the clear broth section.
There was no divider in the middle of the pot, yet the red and white broths remained naturally distinct. Ingredients placed into the red broth gained a rich, heavy flavor—numbing, spicy, fresh, and fragrant—while ingredients placed into the clear broth became deliciously savory and full of freshness.
Not only that, the red broth could strengthen the user's physique and power, while the clear broth could remove impurities and negative conditions from the user's body. The pot also contained its own space, able to hold however many ingredients were thrown inside without ever spoiling.
The moment this treasure was refined, Qing Xuan could not resist having hotpot. He used the flames of the Southern Lidi Flame Light Banner to heat it. The two treasures floated before him as he added all sorts of seafood and ingredients, letting them simmer.
As for the chopsticks in Qing Xuan's hand, he had casually refined them from Innate Spirit Wood. They were an ungraded Spiritual Treasure.
"Delicious, delicious! Kirin meat tastes great too. Looks like I need to stock up on more meat while I can. After the tribulation, it'll be much harder to get."
While eating Kirin meat, Qing Xuan tossed Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals he had caught in the West Sea, along with various marine ingredients, into the clear broth.
Qing Xuan looked at the Kirin Egg in his hand. After some thought, he suppressed the urge to make a boiled egg, tossed in medicinal herbs such as Lingzhi Mushroom and ginseng, and decided to eat something vegetarian.
After eating his fill, Qing Xuan lay down on the ground.
"Ah! That felt amazing. It may not be of much use to my cultivation anymore, but it satisfies my soul. Hotpot really is a wonderful thing."
Qing Xuan patted his belly and muttered contentedly. After some thought, he took out a bamboo stalk, put it in his mouth, and began sipping from it.
With Qing Xuan's current cultivation, the deliciousness brought by the Spirit-Rich Twin Pot was already insignificant. Its only use was to satisfy his appetite.
Hmm... should I refine another Spiritual Treasure like this?
The more Qing Xuan sipped, the less satisfied he felt. After all, it lacked the flavor from his previous life. After some thought, he put away the bamboo and went to sleep.
After resting for a while, Qing Xuan flew westward, intending to pick up some ingredients from the Three Clans' battlefield for later use.
And so Qing Xuan's days became even more comfortable. He traveled while collecting corpses, occasionally gathering Spirit Grass and Medicine from the ground. Whenever the mood struck, he would make himself a hotpot meal. It was exceedingly pleasant.
Qing Xuan simply had not expected the Dragon-Han Tribulation to have already reached its final battle.
"Roar! Who are you people? How dare you ambush me!"
First Kirin was covered in wounds, his heart overflowing with fury, yet he cautiously retreated to one side and stared at the people who had suddenly appeared.
Even Ancestral Dragon and Yuan Feng gradually stopped using their divine abilities and observed this group.
"Hehehe, we are the Twelve Demon Generals under the Demon Lord. We have come specifically to send you on your way," Boshun said with a sinister laugh.
"Just you? Five Quasi-Saints and seven peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and you dare interfere in the affairs of our Three Clans?"
Ancestral Dragon suddenly spoke, looking upon Boshun and the others with utter disdain.
"Hehehe, just us."
"Brothers, form the array!"
The Twelve Demon Generals formed a circle, arranging themselves according to the positions of the twelve earthly branches and surrounding First Kirin in the center.
This array was called the Twelve Heavens Destruction Great Array. Using the Twelve Demon Generals as its foundation, their spiritual power intertwined and merged. An energy vortex spun continuously, absorbing the spiritual energy, baleful energy, and all drifting energy between heaven and earth.
The twelve streams of power gathered together, forming an indestructible energy shield along the edge of the array. It could absorb and convert the enemy's attacking energy, then fire black pillars of light containing endless destructive aura from within the array to strike its enemies.
To break this array, one had to use absolute power to eliminate all twelve Demon Generals at once. But given their cultivation, killing them all in a single strike was harder than ascending to heaven.
"Ancestral Dragon, what do you think?"
Yuan Feng stared at the great array and asked Ancestral Dragon.
"I'm looking at it with my eyes." Ancestral Dragon was speechless. It was First Kirin who was trapped. What did his life or death have to do with dragons?
"Do you have no brain? These people are obviously here for us. Once First Kirin dies, you and I will be next."
Yuan Feng was furious at Ancestral Dragon's lack of sense. The situation was so obvious, yet he still could not see it.
Ancestral Dragon glanced at Yuan Feng and teased her.
"As long as I hide in the sea, who can find me? You, on the other hand—your Southern Bright Undying Volcano can't run away."
"Bastard!"
Yuan Feng's eyes widened in fury as she unleashed a fire-element divine ability at Ancestral Dragon.
"Damn it! You mangy bird, are you insane? What about the great array?"
"To hell with it! I'm definitely killing you today!"
Hongjun and his group flew in from above, watching in speechless disbelief as the two started fighting again.
"Looks like neither ferocious beasts nor Demon Beasts have much of a brain!" Yang Mei pointed at them and said to the others.
Huff... stay calm, stay calm! Hongjun took a deep breath inwardly before speaking.
"Forget about them for now. Break the array first and save First Kirin."
As he spoke, a ruler appeared in Hongjun's hand. The ruler was covered in the aura of Merit. It was called the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, one of only two innate Merit supreme treasures in the Primordial World. With a swing of the ruler, a golden beam shot toward the great array.
Boom!
The golden light collided with the great array and remained locked in a stalemate. However, the golden radiance grew increasingly dim before finally merging into the array.
Hongjun frowned, immediately realizing that the array could only be broken by force.
"Fellow Daoists, this array likely requires us to eliminate all twelve Demon Generals at once. Let us attack together and strive to break it in one strike."
"Alright!"
Yang Mei, Zaohua, and Qian Kun stood beside Hongjun and summoned their respective Spiritual Treasures. A willow branch Spiritual Treasure appeared in Yang Mei's hand, while a small cauldron appeared before both Zaohua and Qian Kun. The two cauldrons were respectively the Creation Cauldron and the Qian Kun Cauldron, both Companion Spiritual Treasures of Zaohua and Qian Kun.
The Creation Cauldron was ancient and solemn, with three legs and two handles. Its body emitted mysterious light of creation. The Qian Kun Cauldron had eight equal outer faces formed from Bagua symbols, along with two handles and four legs, symbolizing the Two Principles and Four Images.
The four men and four treasures unleashed a divine art together. The spell gathered in the air and transformed into a Five-Colored Divine Dragon, charging toward the great array with incomparable aura.
Rumble!
A thunderous roar suddenly rang out between heaven and earth as the great array collided with the giant dragon and exploded, forming a cloud of golden smoke.
Not far away, Qing Xuan stood protected by the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud, with the World-Purifying White Lotus beneath his feet, the Western Suseo Cloud Realm Banner above his head, and Sea-Calming Divine Pearls scattered around him. He stared wide-eyed at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance.
"Holy shit, who set off an Atomic Bomb in the Primordial Wilderness?"
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