Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor Chapter 685 - 682: The Nine Cauldrons Do Not Return, The Hea

Li Chen lightly tugged at the silken strings of Ling Shuanghua’s bellyband and then abruptly let go, leaving a bright red mark on her fair and delicate skin.

Ling Shuanghua was startled and crossed her arms over her chest, staring at Li Chen with fear and trepidation.

"What do you want to do, stop, stop, don’t lay a hand on , I’ll help you find the person, that’s all!"

Seeing she had submitted, Li Chen finally smiled with satisfaction.

"That’s more like it!"

Then he handed a piece of jade to Ling Shuanghua’s hand.

"Take this jade token. Once you find Lian Hongshang, use this to notify . Then, I’ll help you lift the restriction of the Red Lotus Fla in your Sea of Consciousness!"

Having said that, Li Chen no longer paid attention to Lian Hongshang, his figure transford into a streak of light, and with a flash, he passed through the wall again.

Ling Shuanghua watched Li Chen finally leave, and the heart that was in her throat finally settled down.

Standing in place dazed for a mont, Ling Shuanghua then turned her gaze to the red mark on her shoulder.

"This damned bastard, if you fall into my hands, I’ll make sure you’d beg for life in vain and beg for death in despair. I will return the humiliation you inflicted on today tenfold, a hundredfold!"

After a bout of furious, teeth-gritting venting, she suddenly rembered that Li Chen was like a mischievous child, toying with the strings of her fairy bellyband, and he didn’t even do anything out of line, which puzzled her with an inexplicable sense of loss.

In the Underground Palace, untouched by daylight, amidst a lone man and a single woman, with her clothes all burnt away except for a fairy bellyband, it could be said that spring was in full view, waves rippled through the enchanted mountains, and yet he did... nothing, simply clapped his hands and walked away?

This was simply unforgivable!

For the first ti, Ling Shuanghua started to deeply doubt her own charm as the foremost beauty of the Immortal Sect.

Suddenly, she rembered the woman nad Lian Hongshang.

At the mont, Ling Shuanghua was very eager to et Lian Hongshang.

But it wasn’t entirely about completing the task Li Chen had given her, to lift the Red Lotus Fla from her body. Instead, she wanted to see, compared to this Lian Hongshang, where exactly did she fall short?

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Although Li Chen was sowhat of a youthful playboy, he believed in lust without lewdness, which was his principle.

Occasionally flirting with pretty girls wasn’t much of a fault, but to go further would be crossing the line.

Li Chen considered himself to have good control in this regard.

Otherwise, over these three years since his rebirth, he wouldn’t have been able to resist the advances and offerings of so many beautiful won.

However, he had to admit that Ling Shuanghua was an exceptional beauty, not just her peerless appearance, but also an allure in her very bones.

On the outside, she appeared as untouchable as a cold and distant iceberg, forbidding any trace of profanity. But once you conquered her, she would be wholeheartedly devoted to you, and would even unlock various shy positions to cater to your preferences.

Li Chen shook his head, casting out all the ssy thoughts inside.

He then began to look over the treasures left by Master Sanchi.

The space here was not small, about the size of six Rocket Team basketball training courts.

Inside were piles of Spirit Stones like mounds on grave hills, with each pile numbering in the hundreds of thousands. There seed to be about sixteen or seventeen such piles.

Li Chen made a rough estimate; there were probably about thirty million Spirit Stones.

Thirty million? In the entire Overseas Immortal Sect, this was an astronomical figure.

Besides Spirit Stones, there were also various ancient books, touching upon pills, Artifact Refining, Cultivation Techniques, and more. Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, refining materials, as well as countless unfinished Magical Treasures and pills.

In the deepest part of this Underground Palace, there lay a hidden cave dwelling.

However, inside it was empty, with only so remnants, scattered bones, and a line written in a dark red script.

"The nine cauldrons fail to return, the Heavenly Dao is eternally severed. Regret, regret, regret!"

These were the final words left by Master Sanchi on his deathbed. The triple repetition of "regret" profoundly emphasized the depth of his remorse and unresolved feelings at that mont.

"The nine cauldrons fail to return, the Heavenly Dao is eternally severed."

What could these nine cauldrons be? Could they be the nine cauldrons that Emperor Yu cast before his ascension?

Li Chen found a book of essays written by Master Sanchi himself amid the pile of ancient texts, detailing Master Sanchi’s research on the Heavenly Dao.

The opening sentence: The Great Dao has fifty paths; the heavens evolve forty-nine, man escapes the one.

Li Chen rembered that the "Zhou Yi" once included this phrase, which was said to have been spoken by Emperor Yu to his minister, Shi An.

The aning of this sentence is that there are fifty paths of the heavenly and earthly Great Dao, but the heavens and earth only evolve forty-nine paths. The path of reincarnation is missing. In other words, the Heavenly Dao is inherently incomplete; there is always a glimr of hope in everything.

Later, according to Emperor Yu’s instructions, Shi An searched for Outer Heaven Divine Iron within Jiuzhou and cast five Yang cauldrons with male gold, and four Yin cauldrons with female gold. With the Five Yang Skills and the Four Yin Numbers, he perfectly enacted the Heavenly Dao, and upon completion, ascended.

However, Master Sanchi, from the vast skies above to the Netherworld below, only managed to find a Qingzhou Tripod in his entire life.

And yet, Li Chen released his consciousness in this Underground Palace, ticulously searching three tis. He left no corner unchecked, but still could not find any trace of the Qingzhou Tripod.

Moreover, Master Sanchi left no record of the whereabouts of the Qingzhou Tripod.

In short, the Qingzhou Tripod had vanished into thin air!

Could it be that soone had gotten there first and taken the Qingzhou Tripod?

However, Li Chen quickly reconsidered, finding this possibility quite unlikely.

Aside from the Qingzhou Tripod, Master Sanchi also possessed a trove of Magical Treasures and Spirit Stones. Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator upon seeing them would be tempted. It is implausible for soone to only take the Qingzhou Tripod and leave behind an entire mountain of treasures.

Destroyed?

This possibility was even less likely; given its rank, the Qingzhou Tripod was at least an Immortal Artifact and could not possibly be destroyed.

Certainly, within the Overseas Immortal Sects, there was no Great Power capable of destroying it.

Not taken by soone, nor destroyed, could it have left on its own?

This possibility was quite high.

Although the Qingzhou Tripod was just an object, given its rank, evolving an Artifact Spirit was not an impossibility.

Once an object developed an Artifact Spirit, it gained autonomous consciousness. They would wander through the world like lost souls, until a new Great Power subdued them, or they perished with the passage of ti.

Not finding the Qingzhou Tripod was indeed a matter of regret for Li Chen.

However, he was not a greedy person; everything is a matter of fate. Whatever belonged to him would eventually co back; there was no need for regret.

Moreover, if the Qingzhou Tripod were indeed here and had successfully developed an Artifact Spirit, with Li Chen’s current cultivation, it would probably be hard to subdue it.

It seems he needed to enhance his strength as soon as possible!

With this thought, Li Chen did not hesitate and sat down cross-legged, ready to refine the resources available here for cultivation.

To see if he could take this opportunity to make an all-out effort, break through the bottleneck, and advance to the Late-stage Foundation Establishnt.

With this progress, he would be one step closer to Golden Core Formation...