The Eternal Calamity of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 239: Heavenly Emperor Cauldron

"Who on earth dares to act in the shadows, attempting to incite conflict between the Three Thousand Provinces and the Boundless Heaven?"

The people from the Heavenly God Academy finally showed up. One of them was an old man, dressed in purple robes with a white beard, and he was extremely furious.

For the few prodigies present, this was an unparalleled powerhouse, whose terrifying cultivation was absolutely comparable to that of a sect leader.

However, he arrived too late and could only watch as the blond man was injured and covered in dust by his own magic.

"Young man, are you alright? How did you get hurt?"

The old man extended his divine sense to search around, trying to pinpoint the person behind the trouble, while ignoring Chen Wu, who remained calm in front of him.

"Thank you for your concern, senior. Cough cough... I don't know why, but my magic suddenly went out of control for no reason."

The blond man answered with difficulty, even spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, he is not in immediate danger.

"That's good!"

The old man nodded upon hearing this, then his gaze swept over the witch and Chen Wu without leaving a trace. "You all come from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and are all unparalleled geniuses. I am only here on orders to count how many people have come. I hope that everyone can get along peacefully and not cause any more disputes. Otherwise, I have the right to represent the Heavenly God Academy to disqualify you."

Hearing him say that, the others naturally had no objections. After all, they had all come for the Heavenly God Academy, and no one wanted to offend such a person. If they were really stripped of their qualifications, they would have nowhere to cry.

"I will obey your orders, senior," the blond man said, enduring the pain.

It's rare to see someone get injured by their own special technique without even seeing the person.

It is foreseeable that, after this incident, his deeds will surely be passed down in the Tian Shen Academy.

On the other side, the witch glanced at the regretful and angry blond man, then at the expressionless Chen Wu, and a faint smile gradually appeared on her lips.

"Was it you who did this?" she secretly transmitted through her mind.

"you guess?"

Chen Wu neither admitted nor denied it.

"If something similar happens again, you'll have to handle it yourself. Don't drag me into it. I don't have time to play house with you."

After saying that, he turned around and started walking towards the Borderland Imperial City.

"It was that fool who was presumptuous and insisted on coming up to me. What does it have to do with me? Why are you being so fierce all of a sudden?"

Seeing this, the witch quickly followed, her lotus-like steps graceful and light, her beautiful figure exuding charm.

She was explaining to Chen Wu and shifting all the blame onto the blond man.

Where are you headed?

"The people from the Heavenly God Academy are right there. Are we going to leave?"

Seeing that Chen Wu didn't speak, she said pitifully, "Weiyang Ke, you're not really angry, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wu stopped abruptly and calmly said, "You don't need to come over for now. Just stay there and wait. There are still many people from the Three Thousand Provinces on their way."

"And what about you?" the witch asked.

“I need to go in,” Chen Wu replied.

"You want to enter the forbidden imperial city?"

The witch was shocked as she gazed at the vast imperial city in the distance, which stretched for countless miles and occupied the entire sky.

"Doesn't that city require signing the Ancient Covenant to enter? Forcing your way in will result in total annihilation." The witch was very concerned, and in her anxiety, she unconsciously adopted a seductive tone.

"Yes, I have my own way."

Chen Wu nodded, then teased, "On the contrary, why are you so worried? If it weren't for me, this ghost, wouldn't you have far fewer troubles?"

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? You're taking people's good intentions for granted." The witch couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Wu.

As long as we're sure the other party isn't really angry, that's fine. With his strength, although we don't know his exact level, I imagine he could probably look down on the Three Thousand Provinces and even the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Thinking of this, the witch smiled faintly, truly exuding charm.

"Alright, go back now. I will naturally reappear by your side when the time is right," Chen Wu said, waving his hand.

"Then how can I contact you? What if something happens along the way..." the witch whispered. "With the Heavenly Seed, you will appear when you need me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wu's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving the witch standing there, stamping her foot as she looked at the magnificent imperial city in the distance.

……

The Forbidden City's gates are incredibly thick, like an insurmountable chasm, with countless stars embedded in them, shining brightly.

Even without considering the terrifying array patterns set up here, these two doors alone are enough to make cultivators below the Supreme Realm tremble with fear.

Although Chen Wu was strong enough to forcefully push it away, he chose another method. After all, there were many guards in the city, not only from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but also from other ancient realms.

Making a big fuss will only attract more attention and be detrimental to subsequent actions. Besides, he doesn't belong to this world, so doing so will only create more trouble.

Chi!
A faint light emanated, stirring up ripples.

Chen Wu's figure blurred and disappeared into the center of the city.

When he reappeared, the world was dark and hazy, and he could only roughly see the surroundings.

He arrived at a vast, boundless plain, where there was nothing but dull, lifeless bones on the ground, as if they were telling a story. Darkness and desolation were the eternal themes.

"An ancient battlefield?"

Chen Wu remained calm and walked forward without changing his expression.

Click, click, click!

With this sound, the bones were crushed, leaving distinct footprints on the ground.

But in the next instant, a strange phenomenon occurred: the fresh footprints suddenly and mysteriously returned to their original state.

"Where exactly is it?" Chen Wu murmured to himself.

He paid no attention to the city wall at the end of the plain, no attention to the stone tablets scattered in the fields, and even less attention to the strangely restored footprints. It was as if he was searching for something special.

A short while later, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
"found it!"

……

Chen Wu stepped into a dark passage, where time seemed to slow down and gradually stand still.

Time has passed, seemingly eternity has gone by, and we have left the forbidden imperial city.

He arrived in a new area, still shrouded in darkness, devoid of mountains, rivers, and vegetation, only a ribbon of black mist floating around, swallowing everything.

"I see you," Chen Wu muttered to himself.

Following his gaze, in the center of the endless white bones, sat a sacred vessel—a round tripod with three legs and two handles.

The cauldron looked very ancient, and the carvings on it were extremely mysterious, including stars and lightning, divine birds and beasts, ancient ancestors... a wide variety of things, everything imaginable.

It hovered there motionless, its entire body displaying nine shades of dark yellow, with the primordial energy of heaven and earth flowing around it, emanating an astonishing aura; the cauldron was stained with blood, each drop containing a vast world, crimson and crystalline, mysterious and profound; the mouth of the cauldron was even more chaotic, unfathomable, as if it were giving birth to a universe.

"They really came!" Chen Wu murmured.

The familiar shape and the familiar aura made him recognize it even though it was his first time seeing it – it was Ye Fan's Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.

boom!
With Chen Wu's arrival, the three-legged, two-eared round cauldron suddenly moved, and in an instant, the whole world seemed to explode.

The Heavenly Emperor Cauldron began to glow, its colors dazzling, with nine kinds of immortal gold reflecting each other, and emanating the primordial energy of all things, making it even more mysterious and unpredictable.

On the cauldron, the blood, as clear as agate, trembled and converged into a blurry figure.

"You...you're not that person!"

The words are few and indistinct, neither male nor female, yet they carry the weight of countless ages, and convey a sense of loneliness, helplessness, and weariness.

In the short time that followed, the blurry figure vanished and shrank back into the cauldron.

"Am I too early?" Chen Wu asked with a smile.

As he spoke, he removed the covering from his face and sent out a wisp of divine thought.

(End of this chapter)