The Most Suitable Person

The Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy rested quietly atop the grave, unmoving for ages, as though keeping it company—or serving as a burial offering.

Qin Sheng refused to believe that an ordinary person lay buried in this tomb.

Could it be the body of Ruthless from one of her lifetimes?

Ruthless's Red Dust Immortal Path differed from those of the other Red Dust Immortals. With every transformation, she shed her old body and gave birth to an Immortal Fetus.

Unlike Wushi and Ye Fan, whose bodies had remained eternal from beginning to end.

She had constantly sought life through death, so after more than two hundred thousand years, Ruthless had accumulated quite a few corpses.

One had been used to forge an Emperor Weapon, one was buried within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, and one had once been inside the Bronze Immortal Palace.

And there was the Desolate Forbidden Land. As Ruthless's old lair, it naturally contained no shortage of her former bodies.

If a body of Ruthless was buried here as well...

Yezi, you failed to bow before an emperor. Your true fate has already been lost!

"This place is very likely connected to that invincible Great Emperor, Yezi. We must remain respectful."

Qin Sheng did not dare act rashly. Instead, he bowed toward the tomb, muttering under his breath.

Ye Fan came to his senses as well. He was even more attentive than Qin Sheng, wearing an utterly ingratiating expression.

You could believe that Ye Hei was loyal and righteous, with the common people in his heart, but you also had to believe that he truly had no moral bottom line.

Of course, neither did Qin Sheng.

After waiting for quite a while, neither the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy nor the tomb beneath it showed any reaction.

Qin Sheng felt that it was about time.

"Yezi, let's see whether we can invite this Emperor Weapon to come with us."

Ruthless, are you watching?

If you don't say anything, I'll take that as consent.

"Alright!" Ye Fan was extremely excited.

At this point, he still knew very little about many things and did not understand what an Emperor Weapon truly represented.

Thus, he was eager to try Qin Sheng's suggestion as well.

"Together."

The two moved at the same time, carefully reaching for the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy. As for the black tomb, they did not dare touch it in the slightest.

Holding his breath, Qin Sheng felt as though time itself had frozen the instant he touched the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy.

Buzz!

A soft hum rang out. The previously still Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy suddenly stirred, black radiance flowing across its surface.

Boom!

Qin Sheng only felt as though an ancient demonic sound had traveled from the Primordial Wilderness, echoing without end.

His Sea of Bitterness boiled, his Life Spring surged toward the heavens, his Divine Bridge shone, and immortal blossoms fell upon the Other Shore Pure Land.

The five Dao Palaces resonated in unison. Hazy immortal light glittered, making them resemble Heavenly Palaces, where solemn deities chanted scriptures and recited the Dao, fixing eternal time in place.

At that moment, the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art began circulating on its own, undergoing a wondrous transformation.

The black light upon the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy grew increasingly dense, and Ye Fan's eyes filled with astonishment.

The Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy suddenly flew up, shooting straight into Qin Sheng's Sea of Bitterness. It settled above his Life Spring, rising and falling within the divine liquid of life.

"Immortal, are you alright?!" Ye Fan was tense, terrified that something might have happened to Qin Sheng.

"Ha... ha..."

Qin Sheng suddenly gasped for breath, seeming both amused and relieved.

Only then did he realize that his back had already been soaked through.

"I'm fine. Don't worry."

Looking inward at his Sea of Bitterness and the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, which had returned to stillness, Qin Sheng truly wanted to let out a long roar into the nine heavens.

An Emperor Weapon!

He had finally obtained an... half Emperor Weapon!

"Immortal, did you obtain that Emperor Weapon?" Ye Fan asked.

"I suppose you could say that." Qin Sheng nodded.

"Sorry, Yezi."

Ye Fan smiled. "What are you saying? You brought me here, and it chose you. It should have belonged to you in the first place."

He truly did not care about such things. He was only happy for Qin Sheng.

"Once I find out whether I can use it, you can borrow it from me anytime you need it." Qin Sheng was very straightforward.

"I won't stand on ceremony with you." Ye Fan added,

"When I touched that Emperor Weapon just now, the Green Copper Block in my Sea of Bitterness trembled."

Qin Sheng was surprised. He had not expected the Green Copper Block to react.

Was it rejecting the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy?

"Perhaps they cannot coexist," Qin Sheng speculated.

"Then this Emperor Weapon should belong to you even more. I never thought we would obtain an Emperor Weapon so easily." Ye Fan chuckled.

"If those people fighting over the Demon Emperor Weapon found out, they'd probably die of anger."

Qin Sheng smiled but did not answer.

Easily? Let someone else try.

Back then, those factions that had wiped out the sacred grounds of the Ruthless lineage had not even found this special space.

Even the Ruthless lineage itself—did they not want to retrieve the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar?

They simply could not do it.

"But it seems incomplete," Ye Fan said.

"Yes. This canopy is only half of it. Its complete form is a jar called the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar, and the Jar Body is still out there."

"It would be great if we could find the Jar Body." Ye Fan sounded somewhat regretful.

"I know who has the Jar Body," Qin Sheng said. "It is held by a Great Ability in the Northern Territory."

There was a faction in the Northern Territory called the Thirteen Great Bandits. The Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar was in the hands of a bandit named Tu Tian.

Ye Fan was curious. "How did he obtain the Jar Body?"

Qin Sheng's expression became somewhat strange. "It seems he picked it up from a dried-up riverbed."

"Huh?"

Ye Fan's eyes widened. "He picked up half an Emperor Weapon?"

The truth was that absurd. Tu Tian had really picked up an Emperor Weapon.

"I thought the two of us were already lucky to obtain the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy this way," Ye Fan muttered.

"I never expected there to be someone even more impressive!"

"If Tu Tian finds out that the canopy is in your hands, will he attack you?" Ye Fan asked worriedly.

"I just need to be more careful." Qin Sheng smiled.

"Besides, the canopy is the core of this Emperor Weapon. Its power and unique qualities surpass those of the Jar Body."

The Devil Canopy had been refined from Ruthless's skull. Her Primordial Spirit laws and imprints were all within it, while the Jar Body was merely an empty shell.

If Qin Sheng's cultivation became high enough, he could even use the Devil Canopy to forcibly seize the Devil Jar.

As he considered this, Qin Sheng looked at Ye Fan.

Why had the Devil Canopy chosen me?

A moment later, Qin Sheng came to an understanding.

Why shouldn't it choose me?

It should have chosen me!

Ruthless had never directly and openly helped Ye Fan, much less given the Ye Fan of this time an Emperor Weapon.

Given Ruthless's circumstances, perhaps she had noticed Ye Fan by now, but would she interfere with the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy?

She definitely would not!

In that case, when faced with a successor like Qin Sheng, who had cultivated the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art to an ideal realm that even Ruthless had failed to achieve during any of her lifetimes...

Whether they had come here because of Ye Fan remained an unsolved mystery.

But the dormant Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy should indeed have instinctively chosen him. He was the most suitable person!

With that thought, Qin Sheng's mind cleared, and his Primordial Spirit bloomed with light.

"Immortal, I have a question."

Ye Fan's gaze swept across their surroundings. "We obtained the Emperor Weapon, but how do we get out?"

"There's no exit!"

Qin Sheng said, "...Look for one."

Unfortunately, they explored every place they could reach in this space and still failed to find an exit.

"It's over. It looks like we're going to be trapped here until we die," Ye Fan lamented.

Qin Sheng looked at the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy and sank into thought.

Do I have to use an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and sink the Eastern Wilderness?