Chapter 29: Ultimate Weapon

"It's out!"

Ye Fan cheered, "Daoist, you really do have true skill!"

Duan De ultimately chose to lead them away from the Great Emperor's Dao Field together. There was no other way; with one person supporting him on each side, he couldn't shake them off.

Qin Sheng looked back. Behind them, a vortex rippling with waves vanished within a few breaths. He asked

"Can we only exit here, but not enter?"

"No," Duan De said, feeling very vexed.

"This Great Emperor's Dao Field drifts within the rifts of time and space. It only intersects with the Desolate Wasteland after a very long time, and it can only be entered at this specific moment."

"At any other time, unless an ancient Great Emperor personally arrives, no one can do it."

Duan De was extremely depressed. He had put in so much effort to find this place, and the result...

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

"Daoist, will we encounter the dangers you mentioned on our way back?"

Ye Fan turned to another concern. "How is it? Are you confident we can leave safely?"

"No more," Duan De shook his head.

"The ruins of this sacred land are safe in themselves. It is only when the Dao Field space appears that countless dangers are derived on the path leading to it."

"At all other times, it is just like usual—calm and peaceful."

At this point, Duan De spoke indignantly, "You two really hit the jackpot, actually falling into the Dao Field in such a manner!"

His tone made him sound somewhat comical.

"Fellow Daoist, in this life, do not dwell on so many trifles," Qin Sheng said earnestly.

"You must live happily."

"That's right, I am very happy right now," Ye Fan nodded.

"Let's go, let's go." Duan De was furious and didn't want to speak to these two black-hearted bastards.

Qin Sheng caught up to Duan De and asked, "Fellow Daoist, what exactly is this Chaos Ruin Dust you mentioned?"

Duan De stared at Qin Sheng, his eyes narrowing.

"After a Chaos World is destroyed, it leaves behind certain substances representing death and extinction. Chaos Ruin Dust is the most representative of them; it looks like black soil on the outside."

"So, is it an immortal material?" Qin Sheng was pleasantly surprised.

"It's not an immortal material, but it's better than one," Duan De continued.

"It cannot be used for refining on its own; it must be used in conjunction with other materials as a supplementary component."

"The primary material must be a treasure of the level of Nine Heavens Divine Jade. Once the two are fused, the Chaos Ruin Dust becomes equivalent to a Saint Material of the same grade. Ultimately, one can obtain a tool forged from the perfect union of two Saint Materials."

"If the primary material is Immortal Gold... Chaos Ruin Dust can match that as well."

"A tool refined with a single type of Immortal Gold already possesses immense power, let alone two? At that point, one would truly be invincible in the world."

Qin Sheng's heart jolted. This was truly terrifying!

One had to know that even the Emperor Weapons of ancient Great Emperors were forged using only one type of Immortal Gold as the material.

The reasons for this were twofold: first, Immortal Gold is rare, and finding a second type is difficult.

Second, every type of Immortal Gold is supreme, and their profound meanings are difficult to coexist. Even if you obtained a second type of Immortal Gold, it would be hard to merge the two perfectly.

In the original plot, Ye Fan obtained a Divine Trace Purple Gold Tower on Earth, but he never had the idea of refining the Divine Trace Purple Gold into his own cauldron.

It wasn't until much later, when Ye Fan had become the Ye Heavenly Emperor, that he began collecting other Immortal Golds to strengthen the Myriad Everything Mother Qi Cauldron.

By then, Ye Fan's cultivation was peerless, unrivaled in history; conflicts between Immortal Golds were naturally no longer an issue.

"But!" Duan De suddenly made a turn.

"Although Chaos Ruin Dust is miraculous, it also has massive drawbacks."

"It is a supreme treasure representing death and extinction. If you use it to forge a tool, your tool will also evolve in that direction, becoming a Nether Treasure—a tool of death."

"And the vast majority of cultivators in the world, as well as the tools of this path, are incompatible with it. Using Chaos Ruin Dust is more harmful than beneficial!"

Duan De's final words were heavy with meaning.

"It will cause the tool to deviate toward death and extinction..."

Qin Sheng was lost in thought. He suspected that Duan De must have obtained Chaos Ruin Dust in his previous lives, as the stuff seemed to suit his constitution.

Was it used to refine that heaven-reaching Nether Treasure?

At the same time, Qin Sheng understood why the Ruthless One did not give Chaos Ruin Dust to Ye Fan.

A Yang-supreme Sacred Body and a Nether Treasure...

They were naturally incompatible. If Ye Fan were to refine a Nether Treasure as his life-bound weapon, it would be akin to cutting off his own future path.

"So, do you understand now?" Duan De said.

"Some things are useless even if you obtain them."

At this moment, Qin Sheng silently pulled out the coffin he had refined, stroking it gently. Everything was understood without words.

Duan De froze, his gaze shifting repeatedly between the coffin and Qin Sheng.

"You... this... it..."

"Why did you refine a coffin?!"

Qin Sheng nodded calmly. "Is there any law in Beidou that forbids a cultivator from using a coffin as a tool?"

Ye Fan laughed mischievously on the side; he was very happy to see this fat man being outwitted.

"Infinite... Heavenly Venerable!"

Duan De suddenly raised his voice, exasperated.

"What kind of sane person would refine such a tool!"

Qin Sheng smiled. "Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. A coffin—what a thing filled with beautiful symbolism."

"Don't worry. When your lifespan is eventually exhausted in the future, I'll let you borrow this coffin."

To be able to bury an ancient Heavenly Venerable who had reincarnated through many cycles... just thinking about it was somewhat exciting.

"How could this be..."

Duan De was now as helpless as a two-hundred-pound child. How could it be such a coincidence?

Suddenly, Duan De's expression changed, and his gaze toward Qin Sheng became different.

"Great Immortal Qin, could it be that you are the reincarnation of an ancient Great Emperor? Is all of this arranged by you?"

It made sense. Whether it was the bizarre way they entered the Great Emperor's Dao Field or this pre-refined coffin, it was all too strange.

But if this person were the reincarnation of an ancient Great Emperor, it would all be explained!

Qin Sheng was stunned for a moment, then became profound and mysterious.

"I didn't expect you to find out," he said, clasping his hands behind his back.

"Having met the Emperor, one should kowtow with every step. Half of your sins shall be erased on the path to rebirth, and your true spirit shall be protected."

"Now that I have been reborn, I wish to prove the Emperor Path once more. Everything is just beginning. Hand over the treasures on your person to me, and when I ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future, I shall grant you a position of longevity."

Duan De rolled his eyes, certain that Qin Sheng was not the reincarnation of an ancient Great Emperor.

What kind of shameless Great Emperor reincarnation exists!

"You're trying to fool a ghost," Duan De said.

"I know you must have obtained Chaos Ruin Dust. There must be a significant amount of Ruin Dust in the Great Emperor's Dao Field; you won't be able to use it all by yourself."

"How about we make a deal? Give me some of it."

"We truly don't have any," Qin Sheng changed his tone.

"However, we know where Chaos Ruin Dust can be found. If you can produce something that interests us, we might give you some guidance."

"What do you want?" Duan De asked urgently.

"Start with three to five Emperor Weapons."

"I'll kill you with three to five Emperor Weapons!" Duan De shouted in anger.

"Then some Immortal Gold. One portion for each of us, enough to refine two tools."

Qin Sheng said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Immortal material for immortal material. It's very fair, isn't it?"

"Fair my ass!"

Duan De: "Chaos Ruin Dust is only of this grade when paired with immortal material. Immortal materials are hard to find in this world; at most, you could only obtain Nine Heavens Divine Jade."

"How can you be sure we won't obtain immortal material?" Qin Sheng smiled meaningfully.

Duan De was now uncertain.

These two brats were very eerie, always getting involved with things at the Great Emperor level. Obtaining Immortal Gold... didn't seem impossible?

Duan De's expression fluctuated. He truly needed Chaos Ruin Dust, not for tool refining, but for another purpose.

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said

"The Dao-Life Mother Stone. It is not inferior to any of the nine great Immortal Golds, and it is the most suitable to be refined with Chaos Ruin Dust."

Qin Sheng's eyes lit up.

"Tell me more!"

"There is a supreme treasure in the world called the Chaos Stone. Inside this stone, immortal materials not inferior to Immortal Gold are nurtured. The Dao-Life Mother Stone is born from it."

Qin Sheng nodded; he knew of this.

The Wushi Bell of the Wushi Great Emperor was refined from the immortal treasures nurtured within a Chaos Stone, but it shouldn't be the Dao-Life Mother Stone Duan De was talking about.

Duan De emphasized, "Although you use a coffin as a tool, a Nether Treasure is not suitable for you."

Qin Sheng said nothing, but this was indeed undeniable; his coffin would not be a purely death-oriented treasure.

"The Dao-Life Mother Stone is the symbol and origin of life, the source and matrix of the Great Dao. It represents eternal life even more than Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold."

"By refining these two immortal materials together, your coffin can form the cycle of life and death, the cycle of beginning and end. It will no longer be a Nether Treasure, but will possess infinite possibilities."

Qin Sheng was moved. The cycle of life and death, the origin and extinction—it perfectly matched his own situation.

He glanced at Ye Fan, and after a quiet exchange and agreement, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Duan De felt a chill down his spine, a bad premonition rising.

"The Dao-Life Mother Stone is indeed excellent, but fellow Daoist, Yezi and I are two people. One portion of immortal material won't be enough to split."

Qin Sheng said with a beaming smile, "Of course, we are very understanding. We won't demand another portion of immortal material from you."

"Just give us ten or eight Emperor Sutras, or perhaps some Great Emperor Forbidden Secret Techniques."

"Daoist Master will fight you bastards to the death!"

Duan De went mad and charged at them.

Duan De collapsed!

(End of Chapter)