"May I ask where the Blood Sea is, Teacher?" Kong Xuan asked hurriedly.
"After Pangu created the world, the filthy blood transformed from his navel fell to the ground and became a sea. It gathered the turbid and foul flows of the world, and after evolving through countless epochs, a living being was born within it, known as Minghe. From the moment he was born, this person possessed two supreme slaughter treasures: the two swords Yuantu and Abi, whose ferocity soared to the heavens."
Su Yang paused, his gaze deepening. "Deep within the Blood Sea, a peerless ferocious weapon corresponding to it is currently being nurtured—the Soul Slaying Banner. If you can obtain it, your future combat power will surely double."
After a pause, Su Yang slowly spoke, his voice rumbling like an ancient bell through the depths of the void: "Before Heaven and Earth had opened and before Hongmeng was judged, a supreme treasure was born within the Chaos—the thirty-second-grade Chaos Green Lotus, which controlled the Fortune Origin. The essence within that lotus was seized by Pangu and me together. From then on, the lotus fell in grade, dropping from thirty-second grade to twenty-fifth grade. Later, the Pangu Axe split the Chaos and created the world, but this lotus quietly vanished and disappeared without a trace."
Kong Xuan listened, utterly absorbed. His pupils contracted slightly, and even his breathing became lighter.
Su Yang continued, "Although the Azure Lotus departed, it bore four children that fell into the Primordial World and transformed into the four great lotus platforms: the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit, the Twelve-grade Creation Azure Lotus, the Twelve-grade Malevolent Black Lotus, and the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, which has yet to appear."
His gaze sharpened as he stared straight at Kong Xuan. "The Golden Lotus belongs