Chapter 1003

In the Eastern Moyu Immortal Arts Hall, this black-robed grand elder spoke with a voice like metal grinding on stone, carrying across the entire plaza.

His voice also carried layered meaning, for it was not only the old man speaking, but behind him stood the middle-aged, the youth, and the boy—all speaking as well.

This scene was quite strange.

Though this grand elder did not possess the Eastern Moyu's Six Thieves' False Birth immortal arts inheritance, the immortal arts he mastered were still astonishing.

As he finished speaking, the staff in his hand struck toward the void below, striking through empty space.

Like the sound of a bell, it rang out instantly, echoing and spreading.

It was like Lei Ting, yet seemed to contain the roar of all beings, forming a force that overturned mountains and seas, distorting the void, blurring the eight directions, and raising a vast might.

Moreover, at the spot where the staff pointed on the plaza ground, a booming sound arose at this moment, and a great vortex suddenly appeared there.

Constantly rotating, it seemed to form a black hole, pointing toward an unknown place.

This sight caused the representatives of the various Dominator Peaks to stare intently.

Though Xu Qing's expression remained normal, his eyes revealed a deep meaning.

The other nine envoys of the Dominator Peaks also fell into thought, clearly forming a new understanding of this grand elder who had just emerged from seclusion.

"O Dominator Peaks, honoring the ancient pact, please produce your tokens, that I, the Immortal Arts Hall, may raise the Refining Immortal Furnace Cauldron!"

The grand elder lifted his head, gazing toward all sides, his voice low and deep.

The various sides fell silent, exchanging glances, then the envoy of the Fifth Dominator Peak raised his hand, and instantly a token flew out, floating above his head, flashing with radiant light.

Following this, the representatives of the other Dominator Peaks each produced their own tokens, which flew out.

According to the agreement between the Immortal Arts Hall and the Dominator Peaks, the Immortal Arts Hall is, in principle, checked and balanced by the Dominator Peaks, so each generation's Grand Immortal Master must gain the Dominator Peaks' consent.

Especially regarding this ancient treasure of the Immortal Arts Hall, the Refining Immortal Furnace Cauldron, restrictions are even stricter—only the tokens can open it.

After all, this ancient treasure has an extraordinary origin and is the sole one of the Moyu Holy Land.

It was also the authority and orthodox seat of the Eastern Moyu in ancient times; even though the Eastern Moyu Immortal Arts Hall has now declined, no matter how the Western Moyu Immortal Arts Hall schemes, it has come to nothing.

Though the Eastern Moyu Immortal Arts Hall is, in principle, checked and restricted, in practice all the Dominator Peaks fully respect the Immortal Arts Hall's internal affairs and almost never interfere.

Thus, after the other Dominator Peaks raised their tokens, Xu Qing thought for a moment and also took out his token.

The appearance of the ten tokens, their simultaneous radiant light, gathered into a sea of light, merging into the vortex below.

This caused the vortex to instantly blaze with five-colored brilliance, dazzling to behold, as the booming sound grew even more astonishing than before; in this continuous echoing, something rose within the vortex.

First revealed was actually a skull!

Without flesh, only bone, emitting an astonishing murderous intent.

Then came a lid a hundred zhang in size...

Followed by the massive furnace body.

Finally appearing before everyone's eyes was indeed a furnace cauldron hundreds of zhang in size!

This cauldron was white, its entire body actually made of bone, its surface carved with countless ancient runes, and as the overall murderous intent surged, there was also a sense of time flowing upon it.

At the moment of full revelation, it seemed as if an ancient wind blew a furious, unwilling howl into the present world.

It attracted everyone's attention and moved them deeply.

In this place, only a few had seen the Refining Immortal Furnace Cauldron rise years ago; as for the others, though they had heard legends of this cauldron, seeing it with their own eyes was still their first time.

Xu Qing also stared without blinking, but his focus was on that skull.

The longer he looked, the more he felt... familiar!

As Xu Qing's mind stirred and an inconceivable thought arose in his mind, an envoy of a Dominator Peak, gazing, slowly spoke.

"Grand Elder, is this cauldron one of the six bone cauldrons personally forged by the Immortal Arts Great Emperor?"

Upon hearing this, the Immortal Arts Hall's grand elder slowly nodded, a dark light appearing in his eyes.

"Though the Immortal Arts Great Emperor was human and later chose to be forgotten by history, making the world unaware of his name and taboo, even our Immortal Arts lineage finds it hard to detect even a trace."

"But regarding the Great Emperor's deeds, my Immortal Arts lineage will never forget."

"This cauldron is precisely one of the six bone cauldrons forged when the Ancient Emperor Xuanyou, in his early years, waged war against Eastern Wanggu, by the Great Emperor who founded the Immortal Arts, personally slaying the six peerless monstrous evils of that time, using their bones as material, and refining them."

"The skull above is that of the refined monstrous evil."

"As for the bone cauldron before you, its original species is unknown; according to hearsay, this monstrous evil resembled humans yet was not human."

"And my Immortal Arts Hall has ancient relics describing that this cauldron's monstrous evil had heaven-shaking cultivation, comparable to the Great Emperor, especially its madness that awed the eight directions, its greed making one's hair stand on end."

"Initially, taking advantage of Emperor Xuanyou's war against the myriad tribes, this evil infiltrated the tribes, stealing various treasures, especially the last time, when this evil actually sought to steal Emperor Xuanyou's imperial crown; failing, Emperor Xuanyou flew into a rage and dispatched the Immortal Arts Great Emperor to pursue and kill it."

"Then the Immortal Arts Great Emperor laid down a peerless formation, designed to lure, and thus truly slew it."

"Refined into this greedy cauldron, it can refine the Immortal Arts, producing the cauldron's greed-born essence."

The Immortal Arts Hall's grand elder's voice echoed, entering the ears of all sides, causing each Dominator Peak envoy to change expression.

Though they knew of this cauldron's existence, such detailed origins were still new to them.

And Xu Qing...

A strange feeling arose in his heart; that inconceivable guess grew stronger at this moment, so his gaze lifted from the cauldron's skull to the Yue Dong suspended in midair.

"Could Senior Brother's purpose... be this cauldron?"

As Xu Qing pondered, the Immortal Arts Hall's grand elder, having finished introducing the bone cauldron, raised both hands.

"I, acting as Grand Immortal Master, by the command of the ten Dominator Peaks, now open the bone furnace cauldron, to refine the traitor Yue Dong into... a Six Thieves Immortal Pill!"

"Furnace cauldron, ignite!"

As the words left his mouth, the immense bone furnace cauldron instantly buzzed and trembled.

The White Lake where the Immortal Arts Hall stands surged at this moment, actually transforming from lake water into a white sea of fire.

And this fire further gathered, surging into the Immortal Arts Hall, surging into the plaza, surging beneath the bone furnace cauldron.

Blazing fiercely.

This scene was grand and mighty, while the Immortal Arts Hall's grand elder's eyes now gleamed with sharp light, his hand pointing the staff, his mouth uttering a low shout.

"Furnace cauldron, open!"

In an instant, the lid of this furnace cauldron emitted an even louder sound, actually slowly opening to one side, and boundless flames erupted from within the furnace cauldron, enveloping Miss Yuedong hanging above.

The iron chains on Miss Yuedong's body, in this fire, instantly melted.

Thus Miss Yuedong's body fell directly, swept by the flames, and swallowed into the furnace cauldron!

Xu Qing hesitated, suppressing the urge to act, choosing to believe his senior brother.

At the same time, the Grand Elder of the Immortal Arts Palace took a step and arrived above the furnace cauldron, his entire black robe swelling, under the gaze of all directions, he drew a deep breath, raised his left hand, and suddenly grabbed toward the middle-aged figure behind him.

With this grab, the middle-aged figure directly shattered, flesh and blood turning into a gust of wind, falling into the Grand Elder's hand.

"Take the wind of shattered stars from the starry void, to destroy the body with this!"

When this wind emerged, all directions rumbled, containing terrifying power, causing everyone who felt it to have their expressions tighten.

And at the Grand Elder's side, he swung his left hand accordingly, sending the wind of shattered stars in his hand into the furnace cauldron.

The furnace cauldron rumbled.

Therefore, with the furnace cauldron now open, all directions could clearly see within it, Miss Yuedong, under the wind of shattered stars, her body visibly disintegrating to the naked eye.

Then, the youthful figure behind the Grand Elder also shattered under his grab, flesh and blood turning into black liquid.

"Take the undying water from the Black Prison, to melt the soul with this!"

This black water fell into the furnace cauldron.

Miss Yuedong's disintegrating flesh was sprinkled with this black water, her expression instantly twisting, as if enduring unimaginable pain.

This was the pain of the soul being melted.

Xu Qing's face darkened, after careful observation, he still restrained himself.

And the Grand Elder's ritual continued; for this day, he had obviously prepared for a long time.

Using his own immortal arts to transform flesh and blood of different stages, they bore his materials for refining immortality.

Thus, in his unfolding, the youthful figure behind him also suddenly collapsed.

Turning into a roar.

"Take the unwilling roar from ten thousand ages past, to summon immortality with this!"

This roar entered the furnace cauldron.

Miss Yuedong trembled, the threads of the seven emotions and six desires, from formless becoming tangible, were forcibly summoned out.

The Grand Elder of the Immortal Arts Palace, his withered true body holding a staff, at this moment flashed with electric light, bolts of Lei Ting flashing from this staff.

In an instant, the staff split into four or five pieces, scattering flesh and blood.

This staff was actually also formed from the Grand Elder's immortal arts flesh and blood.

At this moment, all flesh and blood turned into Lei Ting, rushing straight toward the furnace cauldron.

"Take the eternal Lei Ting from chaos, to condense the seal with this!"

Without end, the Grand Elder's eyes showed madness, unfolding the final form.

Still fire!

The ground trembled, within the vortex of the furnace cauldron, eight scales flew out at this moment.

Each bore flashing patterns, appearing the same, yet the colors they emitted were different.

Combined together, they formed eight colors.

After the seven colors, black was added!

And combined with the white fire from White Lake, the colors……totaled nine.

This nine-colored fire entered the furnace cauldron, its burning momentum instantly surging!

This is the fire of seizing immortality, ancient in origin, used within the Immortal Arts Palace to punish traitors.

As for the Grand Elder's ritual, it was wind, rain, lightning, electricity, and fire!

Now all completed, he raised his right hand.

"Furnace cauldron, close!"

He wished to close this bone furnace cauldron, beginning the final refinement.

Xu Qing witnessed these things, even though he had originally been certain his senior brother did this intentionally, now he still felt uncertain, everything was too real.

"Cannot let this Grand Elder continue!"

Xu Qing's heart hardened, he was about to act.

But just then, a shocking, drastic change erupted suddenly!

Within the furnace cauldron about to close, the skull of Miss Yuedong, left after being refined, whose eyes had always been closed, in this instant, suddenly opened.

In his eyes, revealed was raging madness.

"Old thing, I have been waiting for you for this very moment!"

As Miss Yuedong spoke, he actually spat out a mouthful of fresh blood from his mouth.

This blood was not Miss Yuedong's own, but came from the Grand Elder.

It was obtained secretly by Miss Yuedong during his previous battle with the Grand Elder.

Thus, the flesh and blood of the middle-aged, youthful, and juvenile forms formed by the Grand Elder's immortal arts, plus his own scepter's flesh and blood, together with that mouthful of blood……

At this moment, within this furnace cauldron, it was equivalent to the existence of five things related to the Grand Elder.

This combined into a secret method of Chen Erniu!

The Great Five Oxen Pursue the Source, Ruthless Dao!

This secret method can forcibly drag the opponent, alive, to one's own presence!

In the next instant, a vortex formed within the furnace cauldron, with a booming sound, suction greatly increased, and at this moment the furnace cauldron's skull actually flashed with a dark gleam, as if resonating, to empower it.

Thus, outside the furnace cauldron, at the instant the Grand Elder of the Immortal Arts Palace's expression changed, his body, under this empowered secret method, suddenly vanished.

When it appeared……it was suddenly there, inside the cauldron!

In the next instant, the cauldron lid was directly shut!

This scene caused the various parties outside to have their minds shaken, with several representatives of the Dominating Mountain even changing color and jumping to their feet.