Chapter 6526 Item-Slave
A cauldron almost identical to the Earth Cauldron appeared. However, its runes and aura were completely different.
Its presence was sacred and domineering, causing the world to shake. The moment it manifested, a force like a divine decree pressed down on everyone, reducing cultivators of every realm to ants before a storm.
Standing atop that bronze cauldron was a handsome black-robed man. His long hair billowed behind him, and primal chaos runes flashed in his eyes.
He ignored everyone else. As his gaze fixed solely on Long Chen within the Earth Cauldron, a mocking smile curved his lips.
“This is our destined battle? You want me, Qian Jie, to kill someone who can’t even resist? How boring.”
His voice was thin and sharp, like a needle piercing through people’s ears. Though the voice carried a sacred tone, it somehow gave off an intensely sinister feeling.
“Heavens, is that another Heaven Earth Cauldron?”
“Then... is Long Chen’s a fake?”
“No, he said that Long Chen’s cauldron was Earth. In that case... it is Heaven?”
“Ah, the Heaven Earth Cauldron must have been split into an Earth Cauldron and a Heaven Cauldron! Long Chen has the Earth Cauldron!”
Many of the heavenly geniuses here didn’t know of this secret. Now, with two terrifying cauldrons appearing at once, they quickly guessed the truth.
While both cauldrons seemed powerful, Qian Jie’s Heaven Cauldron radiated an even more overwhelming aura. His voice itself seemed to be the cauldron speaking through him.
“Heavens... the Heaven and Earth Cauldrons are both here. Qian Jie holds the Heaven Cauldron, while Long Chen possesses the Earth Cauldron. This really is a destined clash. It seems like the Heaven Cauldron wants to devour the Earth Cauldron. So, only one of them will survive,” muttered someone.
Shaken by the Heaven Cauldron’s terrifying aura, everyone on the battlefield stopped fighting. Those who had been fighting for the Earth Cauldron backed away at once. Their previous struggle now seemed laughable. All their sacrifices were a huge joke.
In the end, the final battle was one between Heaven and Earth.
Previously, these experts had dared challenge the Earth Cauldron because it had shown no killing intent. But now, the Heaven Cauldron’s dark and sinister aura shook their legacy Divine Sovereign magical items.
Even the appearance of the Heaven Cauldron was enough to make their runes dim and quiver. Like soldiers meeting the emperor, the legacy Divine Sovereign magical items could only prostrate themselves.
Only now did the top experts grasp what a true primal chaos divine item was. Before seeing the Earth Cauldron, they had compared legacy Divine Sovereign treasures to it. Even if their weapons were inferior, they could at least fight the Earth Cauldron.
But when the Earth Cauldron appeared, they changed their mind: using a legacy Divine Sovereign magical item against a primal chaos divine item was like using an ant to fight a dragon.
“Heaven, it’s been many years. Your vicious nature has resurfaced. You have lost your steadfast heart and forgotten your mission.”
This time, everyone could hear the Earth Cauldron. Its voice sounded as if it could nourish all life, one that silently gave without asking anything in return.
For many, that voice stirred the smallest flicker of goodness within their souls.
“Mission?” the Heaven Cauldron replied, its tone like an emperor issuing orders. “Earth, you are as pigheaded as ever. When we first split, I saw our so-called mission for what it was—a shackle. Now, we are free, and nothing in the nine heavens and ten lands can restrain us. The Heavenly Daos bow to me. Though you’ve been hiding from the heavens all this time, you cannot escape anymore. Merge with me. Become part of me. Then the nine heavens and ten lands will finally be under my rule.”
At its words, the ten thousand Daos trembled in response.
In contrast to the Earth Cauldron’s gentle voice, the Heaven Cauldron sounded like the king of hell—its very tone dimmed the world’s colors. Many felt as though the voice could pull their souls straight from their bodies.
“Master, don’t waste words with it. You deal with the Earth Cauldron. Leave Long Chen to me,” said Qian Jie.
“Master?”
Everyone was startled to hear that. Qian Jie called the Heaven Cauldron master?
Hearing this, the Earth Cauldron could not help but ridicule Qian Jie.
“You cast aside your dignity for power. You are an item-slave, while Long Chen is the master I acknowledged. The two of you are not on the same level.”
At that, everything clicked for the spectators. Qian Jie wasn’t the master of the Heaven Cauldron at all. On the contrary, the Heaven Cauldron had branded him with a slave seal. Such a person was called an item-slave.
This title was usually unbearable for others. But to gain one of the ten great primal chaos divine items in return? That was a bargain most cultivators would take without hesitation.
Thinking back on their own attempts to claim the Earth Cauldron, many experts felt a flush of shame. The Earth Cauldron didn’t specialize in killing, but that hardly made it weak. For them to force the Earth Cauldron to acknowledge them with their little bit of strength? That was pure fantasy.
If the Earth Cauldron had been willing to make them its item-slave, countless experts would have accepted the role without complaint.
What was so bad about being an item-slave? If someone could obtain unmatched power by doing so, who would care?
Qian Jie did not get angry when he heard the Earth Cauldron’s mockery.
He sneered, “You fool, you actually exhausted your divine energy to help Long Chen seize the karmic luck of heaven and earth. Now he’s still not finished, and you’ve drained yourself too much. You can’t stop us from absorbing you.”
The Heaven Cauldron cut in. “Earth, I’ll give you one last chance. Submit and let me absorb you, and I will spare Long Chen.”
“Master...!” Qian Jie protested.
As the Earth Cauldron’s master, Long Chen carried its core energy within his body. This was the very treasure the Heaven Cauldron had promised Qian Jie. If Qian Jie could claim Long Chen’s Earth energy, he would wield Heaven Earth energy. This would make his strength soar to a new level, just like the Heaven Cauldron would ascend by devouring the Earth Cauldron.
“Silence!” barked the Heaven Cauldron.
At this moment, runes surged across the Earth Cauldron’s surface, and astral energy rushed into Long Chen in a torrent.
“Fool, if that is your wish, don’t blame me for being merciless!” the Heaven Cauldron shouted.
Divine light erupted from the Heaven Cauldron, and countless people screamed as it hurtled toward the Earth Cauldron.