Yellow Mystery Heaven, Taiyi Hall.
A colossal four-legged bronze cauldron stood in the center of the hall, golden-red divine radiance blazing skyward above it.
Nine Provinces Cauldron stood with his hands behind his back before the great cauldron. His expression was calm, his indifferent blue-gold eyes reflecting the gleaming golden light.
Gao Xian watched eagerly from the side. He had already been watching for three days, yet Nine Provinces Cauldron had maintained the same posture without moving, not even his gaze changing in the slightest. He was like a bronze statue.
Standing motionless for days was no difficult feat given Gao Xian's cultivation, but he could not remain utterly without emotional fluctuation.
Thoughts rose and fell endlessly in his mind. One moment he wondered how Azure Cloud Sect was doing, the next he thought of the unrest in You Province, then of the Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword, then of Qiniang, Yun Qingxuan, and the others...
All kinds of thoughts galloped through him like ten thousand horses thundering across the plains, like a troop of monkeys frolicking in uproar—there was not a moment's peace.
Gao Xian had cultivated for a thousand years. When cultivating, he could naturally subdue every stray thought and keep his heart still as water. But when he had nothing to do, not thinking of anything at all only made him uncomfortable.
The last time Nine Provinces Cauldron had helped him refine the Wuji Sword, he had casually tinkered with it and finished the job.
This time, however, he had made a grand show of it and even brought out the great cauldron. Clearly, the Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword was anything but ordinary, and that gave Gao Xian a few more expectations.
A divine artifact capable of replacing the Creation Golden Talisman seed ought to be formidable, right?