The Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit nurtured within the Eternal Ancestral Dragon Lair and the Red-Haired Monster into which the Source Heavenly Master had transformed were slapped to death by the Azure Emperor's killing intent. The Saint Spirit turned to ash, while the Immortal Divine Pill inside the Source Heavenly Master's body was exposed.
At the same time, the Azure Emperor's killing intent dissipated, leaving the green copper fragment in which it had taken root without an owner. It was a fragment of the Myriad Things Source Cauldron belonging to Emperor Zun, Lord of the Heavenly Court. Said to conceal the secret of becoming an immortal, it was hailed as the Central Plains Supreme Treasure.
Meanwhile, someone fished Dao Tribulation Gold out of the Immortal Transformation Pool. This was Immortal Materials reserved for Great Emperors, a supreme Dao treasure that could be forged into an artifact for attaining the Dao.
For a time, this immortal land split into three battlefields. Those fighting over the Immortal Divine Pill were mostly older experts, whose lifespans were nearly exhausted and who hoped to prolong their lives with the divine pill.
Those competing for the green copper fragment were mostly reigning Imperial Lords, Holy Lords, and other overlords at the height of their power. Hailed as the Central Plains Supreme Treasure and said to conceal the secret of becoming an immortal, it drove people to forget life and death.
Many young prodigies charged toward the Immortal Transformation Pool instead. Someone there had fished out a head-sized piece of Immortal Materials—Dao Tribulation Gold—enough to forge an artifact for attaining the Dao. To prodigies aspiring to walk the Emperor Road, it was unquestionably the most alluring divine treasure.
The one blessed with heaven-defying fortune who had fished out the Dao Tribulation Gold was a young cultivator of the