Death Valley, the Ant Hill, the Ninth Great City, the Tenth Great City, and the Thousand-Rift Gorge had together suffered five losses. Adding the Boundary-Suppressing Cauldron that my predecessor had deliberately removed, only three cauldrons now supported Qiongtian Jade. Although the Great Sovereign Cauldron required all nine cauldrons to leave Qiongtian Jade before it could be used, the destruction of the Nine Heavens probably wouldn't require all nine cauldrons to shatter.
The walls of the Nine Heavens Realm were now riddled with holes. If one or two more cracks appeared, they might create consequences that would be impossible to salvage. Once the chaos aura invaded, the mass extinction of all living beings would be right before our eyes.
After emerging from the Boundary-Suppressing Cauldron, Blue Stone had already found several little lizards and was roasting them on a patch of level ground. However, when a strong gust swept past, dust coated the food, and I lost my appetite just looking at it. Still, they were ordinary mortals with mortal bodies and needed to replenish their nutrition, so they still had to eat.
"Boss, what exactly happened over there?" Blue Stone had grown accustomed to the rift. Although he didn't dare enter it, he wasn't afraid either.
"Another Boundary-Suppressing Cauldron broke. The Nine Heavens will be unstable this time too. I really can't figure out how it exploded for no reason. There shouldn't be anyone around here, right?" I looked at Blue Stone. He had gone looking for food, so he surely knew something.
"There wasn't anyone else... Strange. Could this thing self-destruct?" Blue Stone shook his head.
Everyone pondered the matter, but even I couldn't make sense of it. Blue Stone and Qu Meng knew even less. Chu Ruo, however, wore an unmistakably guilty expression, and I caught her at