"Come to think of it, who knew how many Sons of Providence the fragments of the Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron had shaped."
So long as he saw the cauldron's condition, Lu Qing found it difficult to believe that such a supreme treasure had become what it was today.
"Thank you for letting me witness this remnant of Heavenly Secrets from days gone by."
Lu Qing smiled faintly. His smile was shallow, but light gleamed across the surface of Heavenly Secret Lake—the radiance scattered down by the stars—and the water now gently rippled.
Like wind wrinkling the water's surface, it gave him a direct spiritual response.
Lu Qing was not overly curious. This Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron was surely a matter of immense importance.
He had not seen it himself, but had witnessed that scene through a stretch of lake water.
"If I remember correctly, Chen Fan is also ranked on the Hidden Dragon Prodigy Ranking. I wonder how many others on that ranking have obtained cauldron fragments."
"If that world in the Mortal Realm is connected to the Human Path, then how did the Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron end up there?"
The thought flashed through his mind.
He only felt as though, in the shadows, a thread was stringing pearl after pearl together.
Yet these were all conjectures. As for what had truly happened, perhaps certain people really had made their move and plotted against the Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron.
At the very least, Lu Qing was certain that the Demonic Path coveted this Immortal Cauldron.
That incident in the Heavenly Domain had seemed to be one of their tests.
As for how matters had churned and surged beneath the surface afterward, evolving into the present state of affairs, there were too many blanks in the Heavenly Secrets Lu Qing