The lamp in Ji Zhi's hand glowed faintly, ancient and boundless in its presence. It suddenly flickered, then he put it away.
Not far away, Deng Su watched Ji Zhi, towering waves of shock surging through his heart.
As an Inner Sect True Disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, he naturally knew the origins of this lamp.
The Primordial Chaos Sky Lantern. The authentic item.
When Deng Su formally became an Inner Sect True Disciple, he had seen it once in the sect's Enforcement Hall and heard the martial uncle guiding him introduce the treasure.
This lamp was an ancient treasure passed down from Ancestor Li's era, one of the sect's treasures of great importance.
Combined with the heart formula of the Heavenly Derivation Lineage, it could imprison a cultivator within a "Heaven-Sealed Land."
As for precisely what sort of place this Heaven-Sealed Land was, Deng Su's cultivation was still low, and he had never used it himself, so naturally he did not know.
But the Primordial Chaos Sky Lantern's effects went beyond that.
Based on the imprisoned cultivator's cultivation, cultivation methods, and weapons, it could also use a supreme wondrous art to manifest a true phantom that would fight the imprisoned cultivator to the death.
This treasure had many wondrous uses. The martial uncle who introduced it to him had said that Ancestor Li once encountered a powerful enemy who used a secret art to forcibly raise his cultivation realm. Ancestor Li imprisoned and suppressed him with the Primordial Chaos Sky Lantern, rendering the killing move he relied on useless out of thin air.
Alternatively, amid a evenly matched melee, it could imprison a powerful enemy, briefly creating a situation where the many fought the few and securing a chance at victory.
However, after founding the Heavenly Mechanism Sect