Ultimate Weapon

"He's out!"

Ye Fan cheered. "Daoist, you really do have genuine skills!"

Duan De ultimately chose to leave the Emperor's Daoist Arena with them. There was no helping it—each of them had grabbed one of his arms, and he could not shake them off.

Qin Sheng looked back. Behind them was a vortex rippling with waves. After a few breaths, it vanished. He asked:

"Can this place only be exited, not entered?"

"No." Duan De looked deeply annoyed.

"This Emperor's Daoist Arena drifts through the cracks of time and space. Only after a long time does it intersect with the Eastern Wilderness, and only at that moment can one enter."

"At any other time, unless an ancient Great Emperor arrives in person, no one can do anything about it."

Duan De was extremely depressed. He had gone through so much trouble to find this place, and yet...

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

"Daoist, will we encounter the dangers you mentioned on the way back?"

Ye Fan raised another concern. "What do you think? Are you confident we can leave safely?"

"No." Duan De shook his head.

"These Sacred Land Ruins are quite safe on their own. Only when the arena's space appears do countless dangers arise along the path leading to the Emperor's Daoist Arena."

"At other times, it's as calm as usual."

At this point, Duan De said indignantly, "You two really stepped in dog shit. You actually fell into the arena that way!"

It made him look somewhat ridiculous by comparison.

"Fellow Daoist, while living in this world, don't fuss over so much." Qin Sheng spoke earnestly.

"You should live happily."

"That's right. I'm very happy right now." Ye Fan nodded.

"Let's go, let's go." Duan De was furious and did not want to speak with these two black-hearted bastards.

Qin Sheng caught up to Duan De and asked, "Fellow Daoist, what exactly is this Chaotic Ruin Dust you mentioned?"

Duan De stared at Qin Sheng, narrowing his eyes.

"After a chaotic world is destroyed, it leaves behind certain substances that represent death and extinction. Chaotic Ruin Dust is one of the most representative kinds. It looks like black soil."

"So it's an Immortal Material?" Qin Sheng asked in delight.

"It isn't an Immortal Material, but it is better than one." Duan De continued.

"It cannot be refined on its own. It needs to be combined with other materials and used as a supplementary material."

"If the main material is a treasure on the level of Nine Heavens Divine Jade, then after the two are fused, the Chaotic Ruin Dust becomes equivalent to Sacred Material of the same level. In the end, one can obtain a vessel forged from the perfect union of two types of Sacred Material."

"If the main material is Immortal Metal... Chaotic Ruin Dust can match it as well."

"A vessel refined from one type of Immortal Metal already possesses heaven-shaking might. Let alone two? At that point, it would truly be invincible in this world."

Qin Sheng was shaken. This was truly terrifying!

Even the Emperor Weapons of ancient Great Emperors had only been forged from a single type of Immortal Metal.

One reason was that Immortal Metal was rare, and finding a second kind was difficult.

The other was that every kind of Immortal Metal was supreme, and their profound principles could hardly coexist. Even if one obtained a second type of Immortal Metal, it would be difficult to perfectly fuse the two into one.

In the original Plot, Ye Fan obtained a Godscar Purple Gold Pagoda on Earth, but he had never considered refining Godscar Purple Gold into his own cauldron.

Only later, after Ye Fan had become Heavenly Emperor Ye, did he begin collecting other Immortal Metals to strengthen the Mother Qi of All Things Cauldron.

By then, Ye Fan's cultivation had reached the level of Fortune itself, and there had been no match for him throughout ancient and modern times. Naturally, conflicts between Immortal Metals were no longer a problem.

"But!" Duan De suddenly changed his tone.

"Though Chaotic Ruin Dust is miraculous, it also has an enormous drawback."

"It is a supreme treasure representing death and extinction. If you use it to forge a vessel, then your vessel will also evolve in that direction, becoming a Netherworld Treasure—a weapon of death."

"And for the vast majority of cultivators, vessels of this path are incompatible with them. Using Chaotic Ruin Dust would bring harm rather than benefit!"

Duan De's final words carried deep meaning.

"It will cause a vessel to veer toward death and extinction..."

Qin Sheng fell into thought. He suspected that Duan De had obtained Chaotic Ruin Dust in one of his previous lives. After all, this stuff suited him perfectly.

Was it used to refine that Heaven-Piercing Netherworld Treasure?

At the same time, Qin Sheng understood why Ruthless had not given Ye Fan any Chaotic Ruin Dust.

The supremely yang Sacred Physique and a Netherworld Treasure...

They were naturally incompatible. If Ye Fan refined a Netherworld Treasure as his life-bound weapon, he would simply be cutting off his own future.

"So, you understand now." Duan De said.

"Some things are useless even if you take them."

At this moment, Qin Sheng silently took out the coffin he had refined and gently stroked it. Everything went without saying.

Duan De froze, his gaze shifting constantly between the coffin and Qin Sheng.

"You, this, it..."

"Why did you refine a coffin?!"

Qin Sheng nodded calmly. "Which law in Beidou says cultivators aren't allowed to use coffins as vessels?"

Ye Fan grinned slyly beside them. He was delighted to see this Fatty suffer a setback.

"Immeasurable... Heavenly Venerable!"

Duan De abruptly raised his voice, furious beyond measure.

"What decent person would refine this kind of vessel!"

Qin Sheng smiled. "Fellow Daoist, you're mistaken. A coffin is such a thing full of wonderful implications, isn't it?"

"Don't worry. When your lifespan runs out in the future, I'll lend you this coffin."

The thought of burying an Ancient Heavenly Venerable who had reincarnated through countless lives was rather exciting.

"How could this happen..."

Duan De was as helpless as a two-hundred-pound child. How could it possibly be such a coincidence?

Suddenly, Duan De's expression changed, and the way he looked at Qin Sheng became different.

"Great Immortal Qin, could you be the reincarnation of that ancient Great Emperor? Was everything today arranged by you?"

That was it. Whether it was their bizarre method of entering the Emperor's Daoist Arena or this coffin refined in advance, everything was too strange.

But if this man was the reincarnation of an ancient Great Emperor, it all made sense!

Qin Sheng was startled, then assumed an unfathomable air.

"I didn't expect you to see through me." He clasped his hands behind his back.

"Upon seeing an Emperor, one must kowtow with every step. On the Road of Rebirth, half one's sins shall be erased, and one's True Spirit may be protected."

"Now that I have reincarnated and been reborn, I wish to prove the Emperor's Dao once more. Everything is only beginning. Hand over the treasures on you, and when I ascend to the Immortal Domain in the future, I will grant you a place in Longevity."

Duan De rolled his eyes, now certain that Qin Sheng could not be the reincarnation of an ancient Great Emperor.

What kind of Great Emperor reincarnation would be this shameless!

"Who are you trying to fool?" Duan De said.

"I know you must have obtained Chaotic Ruin Dust, but there must be quite a lot of Ruin Dust in the Emperor's Daoist Arena. You can't use it all by yourself."

"Let's make a deal. How about giving me some?"

"We really don't have any." Qin Sheng suddenly changed tack.

"But we know where there is Chaotic Ruin Dust. If you can offer something that interests us, we can give you some guidance."

"What do you want?" Duan De asked eagerly.

"Let's start with three to five Emperor Weapons."

"I'll blast you two to death with three to five Emperor Weapons!" Duan De snapped.

"Then give us some Immortal Metal. One share for each of us, enough to refine two vessels."

Qin Sheng said as though it were perfectly reasonable, "Immortal Material in exchange for Immortal Material. That's fair, isn't it?"

"Fair my ass!"

Duan De said, "Chaotic Ruin Dust is only at that level when combined with Immortal Material. Immortal Material is impossible to find in this world. At most, you could have obtained Nine Heavens Divine Jade."

"How do you know we can't obtain Immortal Material?" Qin Sheng smiled meaningfully.

This left Duan De uncertain.

These two brats were too strange. They kept getting involved with things on the level of Great Emperors. Obtaining Immortal Metal... somehow did not seem impossible for them either.

Duan De's expression shifted unpredictably. He truly needed Chaotic Ruin Dust, not to refine a vessel, but for another purpose.

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Dao-Life Mother Stone. It is no inferior to any of the nine great Immortal Metals, and it is the most suitable for refining together with Chaotic Ruin Dust."

Qin Sheng's eyes lit up.

"Tell me more!"

"There is a supreme treasure in this world called Primal Chaos Stone. Within it, Immortal Material no less valuable than Immortal Metal can be nurtured. Dao-Life Mother Stone is born from it."

Qin Sheng nodded. He knew about this.

The Wushi Bell of the Emperor Wushi had been refined from an immortal treasure nurtured within Primal Chaos Stone, though it was probably not the Dao-Life Mother Stone Duan De spoke of.

Duan De emphasized, "Although you use a coffin as your vessel, a Netherworld Treasure does not suit you."

Qin Sheng said nothing, but this was indeed undeniable. His coffin would not be a treasure of pure death.

"Dao-Life Mother Stone symbolizes life and Origin. It is the source and mother body of the Great Dao, and it represents eternal life even more than Phoenix Blood Red Gold."

"Refine these two Immortal Materials together, and your coffin can form Life-and-Death Reincarnation, a cycle of beginning and end. It will no longer be a Netherworld Treasure and will possess infinite possibilities."

Qin Sheng was tempted. Life-and-Death Reincarnation, Origin and extinction—this perfectly matched his own circumstances.

He glanced at Ye Fan. After quietly exchanging a few words and reaching an agreement, the two smiled at each other.

Duan De felt a chill down his back and had a bad premonition.

"Dao-Life Mother Stone is certainly excellent, but Fellow Daoist, Yezi and I are two people. One share of Immortal Material is a little insufficient to divide between us."

Qin Sheng said with a smile, "Of course, we are very considerate. We won't ask Fellow Daoist to give us another share of Immortal Material."

"Just add another eight or ten Emperor Scriptures, or Great Emperor forbidden secret arts."

"I'll fight you two bastards to the death!"

Duan De went mad and charged at them.

Duan De went down!