Chapter 178: Wanshi Taiping Lu

"Creak~"

Qin Jiang's palm gently brushed against the room door, and he slowly opened his eyes. In his eyes, it seemed as if a golden hall had collapsed, and characters formed of divine light flashed and vanished.

"King Qin?" The Immortal Ancestor's voice sounded in his ear.

Qin Jiang came back to his senses and looked around. One of his feet had just stepped into the small hut, and half his body was still outside.

"It is nothing. I just met with Xia Huang Chuzu a moment ago," he said.

The Immortal Ancestor outside the room was stunned. "Met with Xia Huang Chuzu? What does that mean?"

Xia Yu had long since passed away; how could he meet with him? Suddenly, as if he had remembered something, his eyes shook violently. "You mean the person he met that day was you?!"

Back when Wanshi Hall still stood, Xia Yu had once crossed time to view the past and present, and in the end, he had even looked through the future, saying that he had seen an interesting person.

Could it be that the person he saw that day was Qin Jiang?!

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. "That is likely it. It is just a pity that I could not have a long talk with him."

Hearing this, the Immortal Ancestor's expression became somewhat lonely. "So he had long since seen the future of the Xia Kingdom, which is why he was so resolute in his ascension."

Qin Jiang walked into the room and looked around. It was dilapidated but did not appear dirty; only an altar was placed inside the room.

Walking closer, he picked up a stick of sacrificial incense, lit it, and gently inserted it into the incense burner.

His gaze fell upon the panel, where a new column of data had appeared.

【Wanshi Taiping Lu (Not yet entered) (10/3000000) 【19%】】

"Wanshi Taiping Lu" is divided into three realms: Initial Stage, Middle Stage, and End Stage, corresponding to the three levels of True Immortal.

On the current land of Shenzhou, there are no longer any End Stage True Immortals; that is an invincible power capable of sweeping across Shenzhou.

Back then, Xia Huang Chuzu only attempted to break through beyond the True Immortal realm after cultivating to the peak of the End Stage, and afterward, unsurprisingly, he ascended into ash.

Beyond the True Immortal, its true name is unknowable; it can only be called Immortal King.

That is a realm that can control time and space to a certain extent, true immortality.

Even if killed by a powerhouse of the same level, as long as traces of them exist in history, then one day, they will be able to return from ancient history.

Looking at the experience points required for the back, just to step into the Initial Stage requires three million experience points, which is thirty thousand Potential Points, and even more are required afterward.

But what gave him the biggest headache was not this, but the final compatibility; it was truly too low.

He knew this was because "Wanshi Taiping Lu" did not match his state of mind, and was even completely opposite, which led to this.

This meant that wanting to cultivate it to the Initial Stage on his own was almost impossible.

Moreover, even if he used Potential Points to forcefully pile it up, the power displayed at that time might not necessarily be very strong.

Shaking his head, he walked outside the room and closed the door casually.

"If there is nothing else, I will return to Yuan Prefecture tomorrow," he said.

For him, who had already mastered the power of space to the extreme, whether it was the Imperial City or Yuan Prefecture, there was actually no difference in where he stayed.

"King Qin, wait a moment. After Xia Yu met with you back then, he once instructed me to hand over the 'Overlord Fu Ding Jue' to you," the Immortal Ancestor said.

"'Overlord Fu Ding Jue'? Is that the Divine Martial art that Xia Huang Chuzu practiced before achieving True Immortal?" Qin Jiang asked.

There were no records of "Overlord Fu Ding Jue" in the history books, and even the records before Xia Huang Chuzu founded the Xia Kingdom were not many.

"Correct. Looking at it today, perhaps his 'Wanshi Taiping Lu' is not suitable for you," the Immortal Ancestor said.

Back then, he had once viewed "Wanshi Taiping Lu." Although it was not very suitable, he had still realized a great deal, and there were Immortal Dao visions filling the sky.

Yet Qin Jiang's acceptance of "Wanshi Taiping Lu" today was plain and unremarkable, and not even a shred of mysterious light had appeared.

In this situation, either he had no realization regarding "Wanshi Taiping Lu," or his compatibility with "Wanshi Taiping Lu" was truly too low.

By comparison, he was more inclined toward the latter.

After all, how could a super True God who soared into the sky in a short time not have high comprehension? Moreover, Qin Jiang was truly too similar to Xia Yu back then; that dominance in his bones was simply cut from the same mold.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, having no objections. "And the 'Overlord Fu Ding Jue'?" "It is far away in the heavens, yet close before your eyes," the Immortal Ancestor laughed softly.

Qin Jiang's eyes changed slightly, and he looked at the black cauldron in the courtyard. "Is it that? The inheritance divine artifact of 'Overlord Fu Ding Jue'?"

"It is not an inheritance divine artifact, but the war weapon 'Overlord Cauldron' used by Xia Yu when he was still the Overlord. It indeed possesses the inheritance of 'Overlord Fu Ding Jue,' but it is waiting for a master who is qualified enough.

If that person is not qualified, they can forget about obtaining 'Overlord Fu Ding Jue'," the Immortal Ancestor said.

Hearing this, Qin Jiang laughed. "A bit interesting."

He walked directly toward the Overlord Cauldron and raised his hand to stroke it gently.

After a moment, the Overlord Cauldron had no reaction.

The Immortal Ancestor shook his head gently. Sure enough, back then, even the later Xia Yu could no longer obtain the Overlord Cauldron's recognition; King Qin was still lacking somewhat.

After another moment, Qin Jiang looked at the Overlord Cauldron before him, scratched the corner of his eye, and then suddenly slapped it with his palm.

Dong! The Overlord Cauldron flew away in response, heavily slamming into the courtyard wall. Immortal light flashed on the courtyard wall, protecting the fragile wall.

Hum~~~ The next instant, the Overlord Cauldron revealed its divine might. The crust on the cauldron's body peeled off, revealing the Nine Dragon Totem inside, releasing a domineering pressure.

It rose into mid-air, and countless rays of brilliance gathered into a massive giant cauldron phantom, shrouding it within.

The massive and heavy pressure descended, and everyone in the Imperial City looked toward the top of the Imperial Palace in unison.

Xia Huang walked outside the hall, looking at the giant cauldron phantom in the sky, his eyes trembling. "This... this is the Ancestor's Overlord Cauldron!"

Divine light shot over from afar, and Ye Yuanling's figure appeared, carrying a bit of anxiety.

"Your Majesty! What happened!"

He looked at the giant cauldron in the sky, recognizing it as the Overlord Cauldron recorded in the secret transmissions.

But hadn't this precious cauldron always been placed in the Immortal Ancestor's courtyard? Why did it suddenly reveal its divine might? "I do not know either, but this Overlord Cauldron does not seem to be revealing its divine might actively. Back then, this Overlord Cauldron followed the Ancestor to conquer in all directions, killing more than one True Immortal, and it had already given birth to some self-will. Even the Ancestor back then could not use it at will later on.

But why did it suddenly reveal its divine might today? Could it be... King Qin?!"

"King Qin!"

The two said in unison.

Before they could say anything more, at the center of the Imperial Palace, a giant hand covered in pitch-black scales rose and grabbed toward the Overlord Cauldron.

Dong! The Overlord Cauldron slammed fiercely into that giant hand, the force it carried almost exceeding the scope of a True God, making both Xia Huang and Ye Yuanling feel shocked.

But it was of no use. That pitch-black giant hand merely gripped casually, and the space where the Overlord Cauldron was located was infinitely compressed. The terrifying spatial pressure caused even the cauldron's body to reveal tiny cracks.

"King Qin! King Qin! Do not destroy the Overlord Cauldron!" the Immortal Ancestor shouted, but he had no intention of intervening.

Qin Jiang snorted coldly, dragged the Overlord Cauldron down, and slammed it heavily into the courtyard.

"It is just a Divine Martial art; this King does not want it if I don't have to!"

Having said this, he raised his foot to leave. Just as he was about to leave, a strong wind suddenly surged behind him, and the Overlord Cauldron flew toward him.

At a distance of one meter from him, its size slowly shrank, turning into a small cauldron one inch in diameter, slowly circling Qin Jiang, emitting spiritual fluctuations.

'You hit me! You hit me! You hit me!'

Qin Jiang looked at the Overlord Cauldron with some surprise; he had not expected that a dead object had actually given birth to consciousness.

One had to know that even that top-tier Immortal Artifact of Huai Wang did not have self-consciousness.

Raising his hand slightly, the small cauldron drifted and landed in his palm. A domineering power surged into his body along his palm, and at the same time, a profound Divine Martial art also appeared in his mind.

After a few breaths, that domineering power became intermittent, the small cauldron shook up and down, and finally, it flipped directly over in Qin Jiang's palm, and wisps of power flowed out until not a single drop remained.

Qin Jiang looked at the panel, and new information appeared.

【Overlord Fu Ding Jue (First Layer) (13000/30000) 【98%】】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 179 =====