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Chapter 861 - 846: Collecting the Wild Cauldron, The Divine Marquis’ Secret! (Requesting Subscriptions for 10 More Updates)

Chapter 861: Chapter 846: Collecting the Wild Cauldron, The Divine Marquis’ Secret! (Requesting Subscriptions for 10 More Updates)

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"It’s a pity that such a powerful array is not that easy to activate, or rather, the cost required is too great. In fact, this array was originally set up to protect the Destiny Divine Cauldron, and this five-colored seal platform is the core of this array."

Amid Xiao Chen’s exclamation, a voice of regret from Ziyang God Marquis came through.

Xiao Chen could understand that anything capable of being named with the word "king" would take on a different significance. To activate a King-level array, the price paid would definitely be incredibly terrifying.

Of course, the corresponding power would absolutely be terrifying as well.

"The Divine Cauldron that suppresses the fate of the Border Wasteland Region is within the five-colored sealed earth. Whether you can take it away depends on how you summon it out. In this respect, this marquis can’t help you." But at the next moment, the words of Ziyang God Marquis made Xiao Chen suddenly falter.

Looking at Ziyang God Marquis’s mocking expression, Xiao Chen felt a wave of helplessness. It seemed that from now on, he could only rely on himself. However, the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron was a supreme Divine Object that suppressed the land of a region, no less inferior to the Divine Object of the Supreme King Tribe that suppresses the fate of their clan. How to call it out?

"The Divine Cauldron has a spirit and can naturally sense the fluctuations of your fate." While Xiao Chen frowned, the voice of Ziyang God Marquis once again sounded.

Hum!

Several moments later, a purple and gold color ethereal mist manifested at the center of Xiao Chen’s forehead, an ancient Desolate Character floating in the mist, which was his God Marquis title. Since it was a Divine Cauldron that suppressed fate, it was naturally related to fate.

Standing not far from the five-colored seal platform, the purple haze of his title at the center of Xiao Chen’s forehead gleamed with purple light, sending wave upon wave of fluctuations towards the five-colored sealed earth.

One moment, two moments... five moments... ten moments...

After more than ten moments, Xiao Chen’s title ethereal mist hummed, constantly sending waves into the five-colored sealed earth, yet nothing happened.

If it weren’t for the Ziyang God Marquis telling him that the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron was inside this platform, he would have doubted whether there really was a Divine Cauldron inside.

The five-colored sealed earth, as crystalline as a myriad of Luli, gathered the quintessential Divine Earth from the five regions, emitting an ancient and timeless aura.

Hum!

Immediately after, Xiao Chen exhaled lightly, swept away the distractions in his heart, closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and no longer intentionally sensed the presence of the Divine Cauldron, just letting the ethereal mist of his title continue to send out waves, merging into the five-colored sealed earth.

With distractions completely removed, Xiao Chen felt his mind go blank, and under the augmentation of his title’s ethereal mist, streaks of Ling Guang scattered like morning sun’s glow illuminating the dark sky.

Wait!

Suddenly, Xiao Chen felt a fluctuation because he sensed a wave coming from the five-colored sealed earth. Then continually more waves appeared, which were highly rhythmic, and soon his title’s ethereal mist’s fluctuations merged with them.

Hum!

Without any sign, Xiao Chen’s Soul World suddenly burst with light, even to the point that at this moment, the Mysteries of thunder, fire, and slaughter he had comprehended all revealed their true forms, even displaying a vague purple and gold color shadow in his Soul World.

Profoundly, Xiao Chen felt that an extraordinary fluctuation dominated his Soul World, constantly seeing through him.

The spirit of the Divine Cauldron!

Abruptly, a streak of Ling Guang swept across Xiao Chen’s Soul World, confirming that Divine Objects have spirits!

This was exactly what Ziyang God Marquis had mentioned before. It clearly indicated that the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron possessed intelligence, qualifying it as a special form of life, and what had taken residence in his Soul World was inevitably the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron.

Hum!

At this moment, the five-colored sealed earth let out a soft hum, with a five-colored divine brilliance shimmering. The entire platform, under the radiance of the colorful lights, looked as crystalline as the glow of dawn, immediately attracting the attention of Ziyang God Marquis, who didn’t expect Xiao Chen to so swiftly cause the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron to resonate with him.

Hum, hum, hum!

In the midst of the five-colored divine light, a purple-golden light shone, a disk-sized, sparkling bright light orb with purple Qi swirling around, exuding an immensely ancient air, emerged floating.

Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron!

Ziyang God Marquis was astounded. Xiao Chen’s speed in invoking the Divine Cauldron was beyond his expectations. When he himself came to the Border Wasteland Region to establish a connection with the Divine Cauldron, he merely infiltrated his own title’s ethereal mist into the five-colored sealed earth, only establishing a slight connection with his fate and the Divine Cauldron.

What he had previously told Xiao Chen about summoning the Divine Cauldron was merely said in passing, intended just to see Xiao Chen be thwarted.

After all, although Xiao Chen once had high aptitude, in his view, he was just a gifted younger individual. But in just a matter of months, he had already attained a status comparable to his own.

Such rapid progress really embarrassed him. Being known as Ziyang God Marquis, he too had a reputation in the Eastern Wasteland with superior talent. Without such talent, he would not have been able to rank among the God Marquises, but compared to Xiao Chen, he also felt inferior. Being able to see Xiao Chen thwarted was enough to assuage the depression in his heart.

However, he bore no ill will; he simply wanted to see Xiao Chen frustrated. After all, Xiao Chen had overcome everything in his path up to this point, and he was curious to see if the most famously skilled warrior of the Border Wasteland Region ever encountered any obstacles.

He was also ready to share with Xiao Chen the method of contacting the Divine Marquis. However, to his surprise, it only took a moment for Xiao Chen to successfully summon the Divine Cauldron.

Divine brilliance of five colors, intermingled with a purple and gold aura, radiated brightly. Auspicious clouds, strand by strand, fell like waterfalls, submerging the entire sealed land.

Huh!

Almost at that moment, Xiao Chen opened his eyes and took a deep breath. He naturally did not know what the Ziyang God Marquis was thinking at the time,

His gaze penetrated the auspicious clouds to a four-sided cauldron within.

With four legs and two handles, the body of the cauldron bore the engraved topography of mountains, rivers, and lakes—a landscape of an ancient land. The cauldron’s body was inscribed, but perhaps due to the passage of many years, these inscriptions had become blurred.

The Wild Cauldron!

Suddenly, endless purple absorbed into the cauldron, and even the divine light of the five-colored sealed land disappeared, revealing the Wild Cauldron’s true facade.

However, the scattered purple and gold divine brilliance left Xiao Chen greatly disappointed, for the cauldron looked like an ordinary bronze cauldron, decrepit, with its body covered in numerous damages.

The original paintings and inscriptions etched on its body were destroyed beyond recognition, yet the ancient, profound aura could not be concealed.

The Divine Cauldron had been summoned, but its spirit did not manifest, and Xiao Chen understood that although the Wild Cauldron had appeared in the world, it had not truly acknowledged him yet.

"Congratulations to the Xiao Clan Leader. The Wild Cauldron has been placed in the Ancestral Court for ages. Today, it is entrusted to the Gu Yuan Tribe. I hope the Gu Yuan Tribe will not disgrace it," said the Ziyang God Marquis.

Seeing the Wild Cauldron, Ziyang God Marquis also set aside his teasing thoughts and became serious. A divine object of the Border Wasteland, it was the supreme treasure of the entire Border Wasteland and the foundation of the region’s fate; its importance was self-evident.

The next moment, the purple-gold ethereal mist in the center of Xiao Chen’s forehead manifested again, sending a wave of thought into the Wild Cauldron.

Buzz!

In an instant, the entire cauldron trembled and even emitted a humming sound. Soon after, the purple-gold radiance intensified. Not just the cauldron, but the five-colored sealed earth beneath it and the surrounding one hundred and eight pillars that formed the great seal array also trembled.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Under the gaze of Xiao Chen and the Ziyang God Marquis, the one hundred and eight giant pillars of the Stone Courtyard began to rise from the ground, gradually shrinking and disappearing into the cauldron, until even the five-colored sealed earth burst forth with a brilliant light and vanished into thin air.

Afterward, the Wild Cauldron gradually shrank and eventually merged into the purple-gold ethereal mist at the center of Xiao Chen’s forehead.

In the end, the vast expanse of the Stone Courtyard was left empty, filled only with giant pits and a lingering ancient aura, attesting that this place was once where a divine object of the Border Wasteland was kept.

Half an hour later.

"God Marquis, I hail from the Border Wasteland Region. To say nothing of beyond the Border Wasteland, I haven’t even traversed the entirety of the Border Wasteland itself and am of limited experience. I need the God Marquis to enlighten me!"

In a Great Hall, the residence of the Ziyang God Marquis in the Ancestral Court, Xiao Chen’s voice resounded.

He had ascended to God Marquis, many secrets of which he was completely unaware. Originating from insignificance, it made it difficult for Xiao Chen to comprehend the vast Desolate Land. One’s starting point determines one’s perspective, which is why he wanted the Gu Yuan Tribe to venture beyond the Border Wasteland—only by leaving could they see other skies.

Some progeny from the Strongest Marquis Tribe or even the Supreme King Tribe inherently start at a higher level than most people, naturally seeing farther and understanding the Human World more comprehensively—a fact Xiao Chen had to acknowledge.

"In my Eastern Wasteland, in the Eastern Emperor Domain, there is a Divine Marquis Palace. All newly ascended God Marquises from the Eastern Wasteland must go there to imprint their own God Marquis Seal," the Ziyang God Marquis explained with a light laugh.

Xiao Chen nodded. The day the East Emperor departed, he too had told him to go imprint his God Marquis Seal at the Divine Marquis Palace.

"May I ask the God Marquis, what exactly is the Divine Marquis Palace?", Xiao Chen asked eagerly, still unclear about many aspects of being a God Marquis.

"The Divine Marquis Palace is a force not weaker than the East Emperor Palace," the Ziyang God Marquis chuckled.

What!

But the words surprised Xiao Chen more than his earlier encounter with the Wild Cauldron!

If the Divine Marquis Palace was not weaker than the East Emperor Palace, with the East Emperor himself at the helm, did that mean that the Divine Marquis Palace had an emperor of its own?

Immediately, Xiao Chen laughed lightly; that was impossible. The birth of each emperor was sensed by heaven and earth. Now, with five emperors concurrently ruling the Five Directions of the human race—the East Emperor being the youngest among them, having reigned for 108,000 years—no new emperor had arisen in the Human World since then. It was impossible for the Divine Marquis Palace to have an emperor.

Seeing Xiao Chen’s astonishment, the Ziyang God Marquis chuckled. When he had first learned this secret, he too was as shocked as Xiao Chen.