A Special Supreme Treasure

The moment its resonance with the chaotic currents was severed, the Desolate Beast was completely subdued. It hadn't even let Guen work up a sweat before it vanished into thin air, dust to dust and energy to energy, rapidly disappearing from the Huangshou Platform.

Only then could they sense the island quickly losing its sealed state. The ground, which looked like dust but was actually as hard as divine iron, began to crumble and fall away with a rustle, finally exposing what lay beneath. Four clawed fingers of a dim, incomplete divine corpse clutched a small gold-and-red shield. The moment it was revealed, the corpse gave off an intense aura of decay, then disintegrated along with the soil of the Huangshou Platform.

Only a shield bearing an ancient aura remained. The gold and red on its surface quickly faded, leaving behind just a dull orange hue.

Guen reached out and took it. A humming clang rang out, and the fleeting phantom of a Heavenly God roaring at the sky flashed into view before falling silent. It lay quietly in his hand. After he refined it with a simple process, a torrent of information flooded his mind.

Most unusually, Guen could sense that although the Quejiduwei Shield was only a Supreme Treasure, its origin had been severely depleted. It had fallen in rank from a True Treasure.

Treasures had origins of their own, and most could suffer damage. But a drop in rank like this meant its origin had been drained away, leaving little more than a skeleton. It could easily fall apart completely in a single battle, like an old man among treasures, frail and near the end of his days.

"This item is called the 'Quejiduwei Shield.' It's a defensive Supreme Treasure that can summon an ancient god to