In the dense forest near Purple Cloud Prefecture, in the Human and Demon Races Borderlands.
A circular cavern shrouded in thick mist, with dense Heaven and Earth Origin Power surging around it, appeared upon the land.
Inside the cavern was an abyss a hundred thousand feet deep.
Passages led in every direction within, with intersecting spaces and exceedingly complex terrain, like an "Underground Maze."
At that moment, deep within the abyss, a light barrier suddenly appeared in the air.
Whoosh, whoosh...!
A party of more than ten people passed through the light barrier and drifted down to the ground.
They arrived in an "Underground Palace" shimmering with spirit light and powerful fluctuations of Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
At their head, a gray-robed old man with a formidable aura held a Sword Blade, his vigilant gaze sweeping their surroundings.
Finally, he looked toward the five blazing treasure lights at the center of the Underground Palace, and his eyes lit up along with everyone else's.
Within the treasure lights were five ancient treasures.
The four outer treasures rested upon four stone platforms arranged in a square.
They were a Jade Gui, a Star Compass, a Bronze Ancient Sword, and a Black Jade Inkstone.
Eroded by long years, the restriction light surrounding the four ancient treasures had long since become riddled with cracks.
Faint cracks had also appeared on the ancient treasures themselves, and their light was dim.
Even so, these ancient treasures still exuded an ancient, mysterious aura.
One could imagine how dazzlingly these treasures had shone many years ago.
And at the center of the four ancient treasures stood a Bronze Great Cauldron several feet tall, with three legs and two handles.
The cauldron's body was ancient and heavy, its radiance contained, with nine openings evenly spaced around its belly.