"What exactly is that thing?"
"An Origin Ancestral Artifact shouldn't be this powerful! Even a Heavenly Venerable Ancestral Artifact might not be this formidable!"
"They say this man is a Venerable God from the outer reaches of the Boundary Sea. How could he possess such an extraordinary artifact, something exceedingly rare even in the depths of the Boundary Sea?"
Everyone present was already among the most powerful overlords of the Boundary Sea, yet very few had ever seen a treasure like Ancient Ink.
Only the dozen or so Heavenly Venerables, after seeing Ancient Ink withstand two kinds of law power in succession without revealing any particular attribute, formed a relatively clear guess.
"Could it be the Primordial Origin of the Great Dao?"
"Or perhaps some higher-grade Heavenly Venerable Ancestral Artifact?"
The divine senses of the Twelve Heavenly Venerables intertwined into a domain as they exchanged their thoughts.
Yuan Heavenly Venerable said, "Cang Yun and Ruoshui told me earlier that a Primordial Origin of the Great Dao might have appeared in the outer Boundary Sea. I did not believe them. Now it seems the treasure in this man's hand truly is one. So long as we confirm that the two of them have no Supreme backing, we can make our move."
The implication was obvious enough.
Qin Heng and Dong Huaiyue were merely frontier natives from the outer Boundary Sea. Even if they possessed decent strength, they were insignificant before so many Heavenly Venerables and Venerable Gods.
As long as they were not disciples of a Supreme, the two of them and Ancient Ink were essentially ownerless treasures—whoever seized them would own them!
Meng Heavenly Venerable smiled. "Old Yuan, it seems these two are the greatest gift you have received at this grand ceremony."
Yuan Heavenly Venerable said, "No rush. I