At the Cosmic Frontier, Emperor Venerable no longer looked upon all living beings as beneath his notice. Shock showed on his face as he strained to control the Immortal-Ascension Cauldron, his Dao Proving Weapon, but to no avail.
He could only watch as the Immortal-Ascension Cauldron flew into Fang Yang's arms, its green immortal light flickering and its Immortal Dao runes flowing without end.
This was the Dao Proving Weapon he had refined day and night and kept by his side. Even after the divine war, when he had left it behind in the Human Realm to fake his death and escape, it had been to keep certain old monsters from deducing that he was still alive.
But that did not mean Emperor Venerable no longer valued the Immortal-Ascension Cauldron.
If he truly did not care about it, he would never have planned to refine the Human Realm and the Strange World into a World Cauldron, rather than a bell, tower, pearl, or some other artifact.
Artifacts of the same form, made by the same hand and sharing the same roots and origin, could easily merge into one.
"You dare steal my cauldron!"
Emperor Venerable flew into a rage.
Without the Immortal-Ascension Cauldron sustaining it, his form gradually turned illusory. Yet beneath this humiliation, the will and cultivation of a Red Dust Immortal finally erupted.
Lin! Bing! Dou! Zhe! Jie! Shu! Zu! Qian! Xing!
Emperor Venerable unleashed all Nine Secrets at once. These forbidden arts, originating from the Nine Heavenly Venerables, fused together in his hands and erupted with terrifying power.
Immortal light illuminated the entire universe, tearing a rift across the heavens. The power of the Void poured through it, becoming blades that could rend anything as the rift opened onto unknown depths.
At the same time, the last