"What? Something to do with Emperor Venerable?!"
Upon hearing Carefree Heavenly Venerate's words, Yuangeng had yet to speak when a low cry of surprise came from his sleeve. It was the voice of the Heavenly Nether Treasure, which had remained silent for many years.
The name Emperor Venerable seemed to have struck some of the Heavenly Nether Treasure's deepest memories. This ancient funerary treasure, which had schemed across the ages and made murdering Netherworld Venerable its foremost objective, actually sounded anxious. Clearly, it was deeply wary of Emperor Venerable.
"Yes, Emperor Venerable. A few years ago, I went to the Thirty-Three Heavens in search of an immortal cave abode. I never expected to dig up something so extraordinary."
Carefree Heavenly Venerate repeated himself. Though many years had passed since that great upheaval at the end of the Mythological Era, and his strength had advanced since then, he still struggled to calm his emotions when speaking of Emperor Venerable.
Whoosh!
He flicked his sleeve, and a Great Dao Treasure Bottle cast from immortal tear green gold appeared. Chaotic light surged within its mouth, where a tiny pebble bobbed up and down. Yet upon closer inspection, it was no pebble at all, but an island, refined through the power of Heaven and Earth and shrunk countless times over.
Yuangeng raised his hand and drew the fingertip-sized island into his palm. He saw it clearly. There was nothing special about the island itself; it was merely a dragon vein of modest proportions. What lay upon it, however, was extraordinary: strands of illusory formation patterns, deeply concealed within the dragon vein and difficult to detect.
"This is-"
He examined it carefully. These formation patterns were unusual. They seemed to bear traces of Netherworld Venerable's Origin Dao, yet differed in many ways. They were stronger,