Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus

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"Th-this is... the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus?" Yuan Tian had never expected Po Hun to possess such a supreme treasure. At the sight of the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, he could not help recalling the legends of it and the other three lotus thrones ranked alongside it.

It was said that when Primordial Chaos first opened and Pangu split heaven from earth, the Chaos Green Lotus suffered devastating damage during the creation of the world. The four lotus seeds it had nurtured eventually became four Twelve-Petaled Lotus Thrones: the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus, the Twelve-Petaled Karma-Fire Red Lotus, the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus, and the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Each of the four Twelve-Petaled Lotus Thrones was a top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure. In terms of defense alone, they could be called supreme defensive treasures. Seated upon one, nothing could break through it; it could also suppress destiny. From this, one could see just how formidable these four lotus thrones were.

Legend had it that the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus was obtained by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who later bestowed it upon Jieyin Daoist, one of the two Western Sages, when he distributed his treasures. It was the treasure that suppressed the Western Religion's destiny. Originally a top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, it was unfortunately eaten away by Mosquito Daoist for three petals during the later Investiture of the Gods War, becoming a Nine-Petaled Lotus Throne and declining in quality. In the end, the Western Sages used immense divine power to have nine Western venerables each use one petal to suppress the West's destiny. Of course, that was not what they were discussing for now.

The Twelve-Petaled Karma-Fire Red Lotus was said to have emerged alongside Styx, eventually falling into the hands of Patriarch Styx of the Blood Sea. Every Sage had their eye on this lotus throne, especially Sage Zhunti of the West. The Twelve-Petaled Karma-Fire Red Lotus likewise possessed the ability to render its occupant invulnerable, and it could burn karmic power into karma fire. It was both offensive and defensive, so powerful that it was no wonder the great Sages coveted it. Its abilities were simply too good—if they did not set their sights on it, where would justice be?

The Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus could purify all things between heaven and earth. There were two different accounts regarding it.

One account claimed that the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus had inherited most of the Chaos Green Lotus's abilities, yet had never appeared in the world and had never been obtained by anyone. Yuan Tian could not make sense of that. If it had never appeared and no one had ever acquired it, how did anyone know it possessed most of the Chaos Green Lotus's abilities? Of course, this account also had another claim: that the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus was hidden on Penglai Island. Yuan Tian only disagreed with the notion that "the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus is hidden on Penglai Island," because he had specifically searched Penglai Island for a long time. The result was nothing—not even a lotus seed, much less the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus. Thus, Yuan Tian did not know whether it had ever appeared in the world, but he did know that it was not on Penglai Island.

The other account said that the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus was eventually obtained by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who transformed it into three spirit treasures and bestowed them upon the Three Pure Ones as treasures for attaining the Dao. The lotus flower became Taishang Laojun's Flat Staff, the lotus root became Yuanshi Tianzun's Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi, and the lotus leaf became Tongtian Patriarch's Green Duckweed Sword. This gave rise to the later saying: "Red flower, white root, green lotus leaf—the three teachings were originally one family."

Now, let them return to the topic of this chapter—the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Like the other three Twelve-Petaled Lotus Thrones, the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus possessed their shared ability: seated upon it, nothing could break through. Moreover, it could absorb savage and destructive auras for its own use. If the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus was the finest treasure of the Buddhist Sect, and the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus the best choice for the Dao Sect, then the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus was practically an essential treasure for the devil path. It was said to have been obtained by Devil Ancestor Luohou and was Luohou's treasure for attaining the Dao. In the end, Luohou was destroyed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun during the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, and the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus vanished without a trace.

Now,

Yuan Tian was puzzled. Legend said that the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus was Devil Ancestor Luohou's treasure, so how had it ended up in Po Hun's hands? If anyone claimed Po Hun and Luohou were the same person, Yuan Tian would not believe it even if beaten to death. Although Yuan Tian did not know Luohou's current cultivation, Luohou had been one of the two main contenders for Sainthood during this Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation. By the final stage of the tribulation, his cultivation had reached the Perfected Quasi-Sage realm. If he had not even reached the Quasi-Sage realm now, who would believe it? At any rate, Yuan Tian did not.

Then there was another possibility: perhaps Po Hun had been destroyed by Luohou at some unknown point, and Luohou had obtained his Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. If that was the case, it more or less explained everything.

While Yuan Tian was pondering the legends of the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, the black-clothed man outside the Chaos Star Formation felt his heart suddenly jolt the moment Po Hun brought it out, as though something of vital importance to him had emerged into the world.

When cultivators experienced what the black-clothed man had experienced, there were generally two possible explanations.

The first was that their personal safety had been threatened. Once one's cultivation reached a certain level, one's Primordial Spirit would have, more or less, some connection to the Great Dao or Heavenly Dao. The moment danger threatened them, the Primordial Spirit of a powerful expert might automatically issue an advance warning. Not just anyone could enjoy such treatment. To receive it, one either needed overwhelmingly strong cultivation or extraordinarily keen spiritual senses. Clearly, the black-clothed man belonged to the former category. It was simply unknown whether he could receive such treatment.

The second was that something with a tremendous impact on oneself had appeared in the world. This could produce the same sensation—for example, a spirit treasure. Yuan Tian had personally experienced such a thing in his first life. When the Human Clan's supreme treasure, the Kongtong Seal, appeared, every member of the Human Clan felt it, as though something crucial to them had emerged. As a member of the Human Clan at the time, Yuan Tian naturally felt it as well.

For an expert like the black-clothed man, his senses were extraordinarily sharp—far sharper than a girl's sixth sense. Yet now his Primordial Spirit had issued a reminder. Yes, a reminder, not a warning. The black-clothed man understood the difference between the two perfectly well.

The black-clothed man recalled what had just happened. Clearly, only one thing could have caused his Primordial Spirit to issue a reminder: the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. Forget its defense; merely its ability to absorb savage and destructive auras for its own use made the black-clothed man greatly covet it. This was practically a treasure made for him. I must obtain it.

Who knew whether Po Hun would feel like coughing up blood if he learned what the black-clothed man was thinking? Since when had his magic treasure become something prepared for that man? Could he not be so shamelessly self-righteous? Could he be any more shameless?

Although the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus was a top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure and a supreme defensive treasure, Po Hun had only obtained it recently and had not fully refined it. At present, he could only barely use it. Besides, Po Hun had not believed Yuan Tian was worthy of making him use a supreme treasure like the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, so he had never brought it out. Who would have thought that Yuan Tian would force him into such a state?

But by a twist of ill fate, when Yuan Tian attacked him this time, Po Hun had no choice but to bring out the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus for defense. He had not expected that the powerful attack would nearly scatter the Primordial Spirit he had left inside the lotus. Thus, when Po Hun had said earlier that he had nearly lost a spirit treasure, he had not meant losing it in the literal sense. He meant that Yuan Tian had nearly scattered his Primordial Spirit within the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. If that happened, he would have to refine it anew. Did they know how difficult it was to refine a top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure? More importantly, in the coming battle against Yuan Tian, the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus's defense could basically be ignored. How much power could an unrefined spirit treasure display?

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