"You mean that among the nine fellow Daoists who forged the cauldrons back then, one of them had a senior fellow disciple who separately forged another cauldron as the sovereign of the Nine Cauldrons?" I sucked in a sharp breath, and an ominous premonition rose within me.
"This... is true. I only heard about it recently myself. But so many years have passed without anything happening, right? That cauldron was also buried in a tomb by that fellow Daoist's senior fellow disciple. Unless the time is right, the sovereign cauldron will not emerge, so you can rest assured, young friend." Jade Pure wore a comforting expression, thinking I was the sort who made a fuss over nothing.
"What does this cauldron do? Does that fellow Daoist know?" I hurriedly asked. Jade Pure clearly did not want to speak about that fellow Daoist, perhaps because the matter was too serious and he was unwilling to say more.
"Well, I only learned about this recently too. You should know that the Nine Cauldrons were originally meant to stabilize the walls of the Nine Heavens. According to what that fellow Daoist said, the sovereign cauldron could seal the Nine Heavens—which had been separated from the Qiongtian Jade—inside itself as a whole, then carry it to a designated location. That location is in the hands of that fellow Daoist, of course. That fellow Daoist is not certain whether this is true, either, because his senior fellow disciple only mentioned it casually back then. But recently, that fellow Daoist suddenly recalled something, and those memories were stirred up. Thus, he asked me to resolve his confusion. After my surprise, I came to give you a hint. If possible, you should investigate the circumstances of that fellow Daoist's senior fellow disciple, such as the ruins of