An unknown amount of time passed.
Following the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar's trail, the two arrived before a massive doorway.
It was covered in rust and pitch-black all over, as though welded shut, impossible to open.
The Devouring Heaven Demon Jar bobbed there.
Along with their surprise, Taiyi and Duan De could not help breathing sighs of relief.
Bringing the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar into the Bronze Immortal Palace had been something of a gamble.
If they had lost it just like that...
Then they really would have suffered a tremendous loss.
"Should we blast it open by force?"
Duan De went forward to examine it.
But after trying every method he could, he still could not open the door and could not help looking toward Taiyi.
"Let me try!"
Taiyi's Heavenly Eye opened and closed as he studied the doorway.
Finally, he approached the looming black doorway and, after confirming there was no killing intent, gently stroked the rust-covered bronze door.
Divine light shone at his fingertips as Duan De watched in disbelief.
He carved upon it.
A pitch-black ancient character took shape beneath his hand.
It gleamed with black light and possessed a strange magical power, as though it could devour everything.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, is that... an Emperor Character?" Duan De was utterly shocked. "No, its aura actually resembles the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar's. You obtained the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art?"
He began to suspect why the Eastern Emperor had wanted to borrow the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
Rumors had long circulated that the Pottery Lid was the most essential part of the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, this Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
Legend held that it had been refined from the Great Emperor's skull, supplemented with immortal materials, and bore his Primordial Spirit imprint. The "demon" aspect of