Li Ping and his group ventured ever deeper into the Immortal Mansion World, and everything they encountered along the way confirmed what Li Ping had just said.
"Me, Duan, I entered the world at five and roamed ancient tombs across the land for over twenty years. This is my first time encountering the legendary Divine Thought. At last, I have met a worthy opponent."
Duan De wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After glancing at Li Ping, his tense nerves eased considerably.
Divine Thought was already terrifying enough. The Divine Thought of the Immortal Emperor was even more unimaginable, boundlessly horrifying.
Yet Li Ping was unfathomable. Since he had dared enter the Immortal Mansion World, he must have something to rely on.
"This is bad. The Divine Thought has appeared!" Ye Fan said gravely.
A small boat drifted over from afar. A figure stood upon it, clad in a straw rain cape, wearing a bamboo hat, and holding a bamboo pole.
It was a man with a blank expression. The moment he appeared, he began slaughtering in all directions, cruel and bloodthirsty.
"What are we afraid of? There are so many of us. Let him come at us!" Duan De said confidently.
As he spoke, he kept watching Li Ping and found that Li Ping's expression had not changed in the slightest.
Seeing that Li Ping remained unmoved, he became even more certain that Li Ping had other means and did not fear the Divine Thought.
"Daoist Duan, now that you're here, shouldn't you put in some effort too?" Li Ping said with a smile.
Duan De was just about to make excuses when he met Li Ping's gaze and felt as though he had been seen through completely.
"What do you mean? That's Divine Thought!" Duan De shrank back and said.
Impossible! No matter how capable Li Ping was, could he really know every secret I carry?
"Daoist Duan, after traveling the world for so long, don't you have any protective treasures? Such as half an imperial weapon?" Li Ping said with a smile.
No matter how cunning Duan De was, he had nowhere to hide before Li Ping. It was as if he were standing naked.
There was no helping it. That was the advantage of knowing the future!
"How could you possibly know?" Duan De asked uncertainly.
As he spoke, he reluctantly took out a broken bowl. It looked utterly ordinary, with nothing special about it.
The next moment, the broken bowl cracked open. Tens of thousands of black rays shot forth, revealing an ancient earthenware lid.
The earthenware lid floated in the void above Duan De's head. A ghostly face imprint upon it was especially striking.
"Th-That's the lid of the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot?" Ye Fan said, dumbfounded.
That dead fatso Duan De had hidden himself so deeply. He actually possessed half a Supreme Emperor Armament?
Duan De was rather helpless. He had not wanted to expose this half imperial weapon, especially after learning that the Ruthless Emperor was not dead.
In fact, when he had faced the Ruthless Emperor in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, he had already been deeply uneasy.
He knew full well that the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot was not only the Ruthless Emperor's Supreme Emperor Armament, but also a Supreme Emperor Armament she had refined from her own body.
Holding the lid of the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot was no different from claiming the Ruthless Emperor's former body as his own.
If the Ruthless Emperor slapped him to death, he would not have found it surprising at all.
Fortunately, the Ruthless Emperor had not noticed him. Still, he had remained uneasy, which was why he had planned to slip away.
Who could have imagined it? Li Ping had not only tricked him into coming to the Immortal Mansion World, but had also long known that he possessed the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot's lid.
It truly left him confused. Could Li Ping really see through people's hearts?
Or had Li Ping been watching him from the shadows all along, which was why he knew all his secrets?
At that thought, Duan De could not help but shudder. The way he looked at Li Ping grew even more wary.
Duan De suspected that you had been spying on him all along. His imagination ran wild, and his heart grew ever more horrified. Shock Value +1500000!
Li Ping was stunned. Duan De was really capable of spinning wild theories.
Well then! It seemed he had truly frightened Duan De. Duan De had even taken him for a voyeur.
"I'll first teach you the Dudu Sutra. Later, Daoist Duan, please hold the line for me!" Li Ping said.
The Dudu Sutra was a cultivation technique created by Lingbao Heavenly Venerate. It could save all living beings and was especially effective against Divine Thought and yin spirits.
"Accumulated yang becomes spirit, and within spirit lies form. Form is born from the sun, and the sun is born from the moon. Accumulated yin becomes form, and within form lies spirit..."
Li Ping chanted continuously. What he taught was the complete Dudu Sutra, whose value was immeasurable.
He had not obtained it himself. Rather, Void Emperor had taught it to him when he suppressed the Divine Thought of the Martian Sacred Body.
With the complete Dudu Sutra, saving the Divine Thought of the Martian Sacred Body was no longer difficult.
However, he naturally would not save the Divine Thought of the Immortal Emperor, because that would allow a wisp of the Immortal Emperor's divine sense to return.
As the Dudu Sutra rang out, the world became resplendent. Radiance stretched for thousands of yards, forcing the Divine Thought to retreat again and again.
Seeing that the Divine Thought wanted to flee, Li Ping shouted, "Daoist Duan, please act at once!"
Duan De had no choice but to activate the lid of the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot and suppress the Divine Thought of the Immortal Emperor.
In an instant, an aura capable of crushing eternity spread through the air. The lid of the Heaven Devouring Devil Pot transformed into a black hole that devoured all things between heaven and earth.
Before the Extreme Dao Imperial Might, even the Divine Thought of the Immortal Emperor could only be temporarily suppressed, unable to move in the slightest.
Li Ping immediately took the Green Copper Cauldron from Ye Fan's hands, gathered all his cultivation, and pressed it down upon the Divine Thought.
The Divine Thought of the Immortal Emperor let out an unwilling roar, turned into a streak of black light, and vanished into the Green Copper Cauldron.
"That just now was...?" Duan De's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
He had once missed a fortuitous opportunity: an inconspicuous piece of green copper. Who could have imagined that it had been a supreme treasure?
He had always regretted it. He had spent his days hunting geese, only to be pecked by one in the end.
But what was he seeing now? A Green Copper Cauldron? A damaged Green Copper Cauldron assembled from pieces of green copper?
The value of a single piece of green copper was already immeasurable. How valuable, then, was an entire Green Copper Cauldron?
Moreover, another possibility came to mind. Could this damaged Green Copper Cauldron be...?
"This is the damaged Immortal Ascension Cauldron, an Immortal Artifact forged by Emperor Venerate with the full power of the Heavenly Court," Li Ping said.
Since Duan De had already seen it, there was nothing to hide. He might as well tell the truth.
Sure enough, upon hearing those words, Duan De's eyes immediately widened, his face full of shock.
"Are you really Emperor Venerate reincarnated?" Duan De blurted out in astonishment.
Li Ping was close friends with Void Emperor and the Ruthless Emperor, knew so many secrets, and even possessed the damaged Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
It had originally been nothing more than a joking remark from the Black Emperor, and Duan De had not taken it seriously. But thinking about it now, had it truly only been a joke?
If Li Ping truly was Emperor Venerate reincarnated, would that not explain everything reasonably?
Duan De suspected that you were Emperor Venerate reincarnated. His heart was horrified. Shock Value +1500000!
Li Ping merely smiled without speaking. Duan De really could imagine anything, even suspecting something as absurd as Emperor Venerate's reincarnation.
Still, the more Duan De thought this way, the more Shock Value he contributed, so Li Ping could not be bothered to explain.
Thus, he neither admitted nor denied it. He merely glanced at Duan De, making Duan De's skin crawl.
Duan De's heart began to pound as he looked at Li Ping with growing uncertainty.
No way! No way! Could something this absurd actually be true?
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