A born Supreme was an unparalleled prodigy, capable of battling pure-blooded creatures and creating countless legends of invincibility. They possessed a one-of-a-kind Supreme Technique, able to crush all who dared defy them.
"The human prodigy before us is actually a legendary born Supreme?!"
At the thought, Purple Sable and the Three-Eyed Brothers quietly drew back their steps.
"Golden Lion, I..."
Five-Colored Phoenix Bird's face paled, and he instinctively tried to steel himself and stand his ground.
"Brother Luan, you don't need to get involved. I'm doing this of my own free will."
The Golden Lion's nine golden heads, usually shining brightly, drooped listlessly. He couldn't stand by and let his friend Five-Colored Phoenix Bird follow in his footsteps.
With that, he carried Shi Hao on his back and swiftly disappeared from sight.
The Golden Lion's many friends could only watch the possibly born-Supreme Shi Hao leave. Not daring to stop him, they stood in stunned silence for a long while.
"Willow Deity above, how did I end up looking like some perverted villain who forced himself on an innocent man? The worst part is, this guy isn't even human!"
On the way, Shi Hao couldn't help falling into deep thought.
BOOM!
A world-shaking roar suddenly rang out from deep within the ruins. Countless treasures rose and fell across the dim horizon, like a host of divine suns blanketing the land.
The Golden Crow Divine Wings drew rolling divine flames; the Chi Dragon Skin Drum shook the heavens; the Flood Dragon Horn was razor-sharp; the Mystic Tortoise Treasure Armor weighed tens of thousands of jun; the War Giant Elephant's tusks, branches from divine trees brimming with astonishing divinity...
One supreme treasure after another converged, forming a terrifying divine tide that blotted out the sky and swept across the entire ancient ruin.
"The divine tide's erupted! Run!"
"Damn it, a divine tide that only comes once every few hundred years, and we just had to run into it. What rotten luck!"
"My treasure! I was just about to get that one!"
In an instant, all the young geniuses from the various races who had ventured deep into the ruins were driven out. They fled wildly, in a wretched panic.
The fearsome divine tide periodically shot out dazzling rays of light, striking the dense sea of people below. Screams rang out, and dozens of creatures died each time.
These prodigies, who reigned supreme in the outside world, were slaughtered as easily as pigs and dogs.
"They're all mine, all mine! Golden Fur, let's charge!"
From a mountaintop, Shi Hao drooled at the sight and urged the Golden Lion to turn back and charge into the mighty divine tide.
"Damn it, fine! If we're going to die, then let's all die together!"
The Golden Lion gritted his teeth and turned around with a tragic air, vanishing without hesitation into the vast black mist.
"You sure talk too much. Can't you say something auspicious for once?"
Shi Hao rolled his eyes at that and gave the Golden Lion a hard kick. The latter pleaded for mercy again and again, and the tragic mood immediately vanished.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven... now!"
As the Golden Lion carried Shi Hao headlong into the heart of the divine tide, twelve Grotto-Heavens appeared, shaped like volcanic craters. Essence surged through them, and vast amounts of divine energy poured into a crystalline ancient mirror.
The True Dragon Mirror, made from the bone in the True Dragon's chest, was a supreme treasure whose power Willow Deity had mostly sealed away. The seal was barely stirred. With a thunderous boom, a strand of awe-inspiring Dao might leaked from Shi Hao's body and slashed straight into the boundless divine tide.
Under the True Dragon Mirror's pressure, the sea of treasures that had whipped up storms across the sky all collapsed.
"Qiankun Bag, take them all!"
Shi Hao immediately brought out the animal-hide bag. A terrifying suction force erupted, swallowing every powerful treasure suspended in midair.
"Golden Fur, let's go."
At Shi Hao's command, he collapsed from exhaustion. The Golden Lion, staring dumbfounded, swallowed hard, then turned into a streak of golden light and fled into the depths of the black mist.
"What happened?"
"The divine tide... did it just disappear?"
"That brief, terrifying pressure just now..."
The tens of thousands of creatures fleeing for their lives suddenly realized that the sea of divine treasures chasing at their heels had vanished without a trace. Everything that had just happened seemed like a dream.
Among the mountain ridges, dotted with strange peaks and rocks, a man and a beast lay concealed.
"My lord, these are hundreds of supreme treasures! Forget the village kids—even the Five-Colored Sparrows in the village could each get one for their claws."
The Nine-Headed Golden Lion lay prone, rummaging through the treasures in the Qiankun Bag and chuckling foolishly from time to time.
"Not bad, Golden Fur. Keep up the good work, and I'll find you a mistress in a few days."
Shi Hao awoke from his cultivation, his strength restored. He praised the lion without stint.
"Sure thing! Thank you, my lord... Wait, what the hell does that have to do with me?!"
The Golden Lion nodded instinctively, then suddenly realized what Shi Hao had said. His sadness instantly surged like a river in flood, and he looked as wronged as an eight-hundred-jin fool of a dog.
Over the next half-month, small-scale divine tides erupted one after another. Shi Hao and the Golden Lion used the same trick each time and collected several hundred more treasures.
"My lord, the divine tides have been erupting less and less frequently these past few days. They're nearly over. Should we head to Treasure Dividing Cliff and take a supreme treasure?"
Amid the towering mountains, the Golden Lion looked delighted after another successful haul.
"Most of the treasures at Treasure Dividing Cliff are divine artifacts. There's no need to go. I have a more important treasure to look for."
Shi Hao shook his head.
The mysterious White Little Pagoda was his ultimate target.
The crystalline bone pagoda, which might have been born several eras ago, originally had nine tiers. Even with only four tiers, it could stand against the sect leaders of the Upper Realm, battling to reclaim two of its other broken sections.
With all nine tiers, on the other side of the Boundary Sea, it had fused with the remains of the Heavenly Emperor from the Era of Emperor Fall and fought a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
Thus, at its prime, it must have been a supreme Dao Artifact, an ancient existence capable of standing against an ordinary Immortal King. It could no longer be regarded as a mere treasure.
Its equal was the Five Elements Mountain.
The Five Elements Mountain had emerged from the boundless chaos and borne countless Chaos Gods and Demons. Many Innate Deities had also been born upon it. It was a supreme treasure of chaos.
Even while sealed, it had been able to hold off the Immortal Palace Remnant Immortal and protect Little Shi.
Falling into the hands of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable had been like a pearl buried in dust.
When the Undying Being was released, the crystalline bone pagoda had even spoken with the Five Elements Mountain in a familiar tone. The two supreme Dao Artifacts seemed to know each other.
"Divine artifacts aren't worth taking? If you don't want them, I do!"
The Golden Lion grew anxious at once and muttered nonstop.
As if divine artifacts were cabbages by the roadside, available in whatever quantity he pleased.
"But you did remind me. There really is something good at Treasure Dividing Cliff. I'm going to reclaim it."
Shi Hao paused, recalling an old matter.
Wu Tianchong, the founding patriarch of Heaven Mending Pavilion and an outcast from the Heaven Mending Sect in the Upper Realm, had once been the most powerful figure of his generation. A prodigy with the potential to become the sect leader of the Heaven Mending Sect, he had ultimately fallen in the Lower Realm.
The black Broken Sword that he'd carried was undoubtedly a top-grade Heavenly Deity Artifact.
At the moment, Shi Hao couldn't use his many supreme Dao Artifacts, so this top-grade Heavenly Deity Artifact was actually his best choice. It could also amplify the power of the Grass Sword Art.
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