Chapter 362. The Fourth of the Nine Cauldrons, A Single Sword Strike That Could Cleave a Star?

Lu Yuan had already obtained three of the Nine Cauldrons.

The Providence contained within them had already allowed him to confer multiple gods.

Of course, these so-called gods were merely the title used by the Celestial Emperor's Edict.

Whether it was the Golden-Winged Great Peng or the Four Divisions, none of them were yet worthy of being called true gods.

The gap was still far too great.

Lu Yuan understood that as well.

The members of the Celestial Court were still only Awakened. They could not yet be called gods.

But he also knew very well that as those under him continued to grow, and as they continued to receive the blessing of Providence, the day would eventually come when the Celestial Court would no longer have mere members, but a host of gods.

Every single one of them would obtain extraordinary power and possess combat strength greater than other beings in the same realm.

And right now, the utmost priority was the Providence contained within the Nine Cauldrons.

That was also why Lu Yuan had to keep searching for them.

So when the Golden-Winged Great Peng sent him word, Lu Yuan ended his seclusion immediately.

Then he headed straight for the destination.

According to the information the Golden-Winged Great Peng had sent, one of the Nine Cauldrons was hidden within an unnamed mountain range.

Powerful beings had rarely visited that place year-round. Everything about it was ordinary.

The mountain range did not even have an official name.

Back in the old era, it had only been a cluster of low hills.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng had never imagined that one of the Nine Cauldrons would be found in such a place.

However, Lu Yuan was not surprised for a very simple reason.

The Nine Cauldrons anchored Huaxia's Providence and represented the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces.

As long as it was within the lands of the Nine Provinces, it was entirely reasonable for one of the Nine Cauldrons to appear there.

In fact, Lu Yuan even felt that it would not have been strange if some of the Nine Cauldrons had appeared outside the lands of the Nine Provinces, in regions that had once belonged to foreign countries in the old era.

It did not take long.

Soon enough, Lu Yuan arrived at the place where the Nine Cauldrons had been discovered.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Spirit Monkey were waiting patiently.

Compared with before, both beast kings now gave off extraordinarily powerful auras.

Both of them had already reached the Sage Realm. More importantly, because they had been conferred and their true names now existed upon the Celestial Emperor's Edict, their cultivation and evolution had progressed even faster than before. As time passed, the power of the bloodlines within them had also grown stronger than before. Against beings of the same realm, they now had very few equals.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Not long after, the void rippled.

The two beast kings opened their eyes and looked in one direction.

"Master has arrived." A look of excitement appeared in the Golden-Winged Great Peng's golden eyes.

At this point, it had already submitted completely to Lu Yuan and regarded him as its one and only master.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng knew for sure that without his master, it would have been impossible for it to reach the Sage Realm in such a short time, much less develop its bloodline to such an extent and gain such overwhelming combat strength.

The Spirit Monkey was in the same situation. It too received countless benefits because of Lu Yuan too.

It already regarded itself fully as part of Lu Yuan's Celestial Court.

At last, a figure slowly emerged from the void.

It was none other than Lu Yuan, who had just ended his seclusion and rushed over at once.

"Master, one of the Nine Cauldrons is inside that mountain range. But I was afraid something might go wrong during the search, so I did not make any moves."

The Golden-Winged Great Peng stepped forward and spoke respectfully. After all, something similar had happened the last time as well.

"Well done."

A faint smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

Including the previous time, this was already the second of the Nine Cauldrons the Golden-Winged Great Peng had found.

That definitely counted as a meritorious achievement.

Without saying more, Lu Yuan stepped forward and looked at the mountain range in the distance.

It was not especially majestic, nor did it stretch particularly far.

If one were to compare it with the rest of the world, there were countless famous mountains and mighty rivers far grander than it.

But not everything could be judged from its appearance alone. Just like this mountain range before him, who would have thought that one of the legendary Nine Cauldrons was hidden here?

"King Lu, how do you intend to retrieve that cauldron?" At that moment, the Spirit Monkey came over as well.

They knew that one of the Nine Cauldrons was hidden inside, but they did not know its exact location

And though this mountain range was small, that was only relative to other mountain ranges.

Finding a single cauldron inside it would not be as simple as it looked.

"That's easy."

A smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face, and with a slight gesture of his hand, the Great Luo Sword Embryo appeared in his grasp. Strands of sword light cascaded from it, and the sight was terrifying.

It had been some time since Lu Yuan last used the Sword Embryo. The reason was simple. The Celestial Court had gathered a large amount of divine materials before, and Lu Yuan had fused all of them into the Sword Embryo to let it undergo another transformation.

Now, the Great Luo Sword Embryo was even more powerful than before.

Even the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Spirit Monkey’s eyes changed when they sensed its aura.

They knew this Sword Embryo could absolutely kill them.

But why had Lu Yuan taken it out now?

Clang, clang, clang— 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

While the two beast kings were still confused, Lu Yuan made his move.

He raised the Sword Embryo in his hand, and boundless sword intent surged forth.

A terrifying aura spread outward. The clouds high above began to collapse, and the space between heaven and earth was filled with killing intent.

Then, in an instant, he faced the mountain range in the distance and slashed down with a single sword strike.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

A beam of sword light appeared.

It seemed to become the most brilliant thing in all the world.

Even time appeared to freeze. In that single instant, everything around it seemed to be annihilated.

At that moment, both the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Spirit Monkey felt their souls trembling. Their bodies instinctively wanted to flee.

There was no helping it. This aura was simply too terrifying.

It had gone far beyond anything they had expected.

Not long afterward, once that beam of sword light faded, the two beast kings barely managed to steady themselves again.

Yet when they raised their heads and looked toward the mountain range before them, their scalps instantly went numb.

Lu Yuan stood alone in the air with the sword in his hand.

In the distance, half of the mountain range had been severed cleanly across. Yes. Across.

A mountain range stretching a full thousand miles had been sliced through horizontally. The cut was incomparably smooth, and the remaining half had been reduced to flat ground.

"This... "

The two beast kings were both left speechless because they could clearly sense that this sword strike had not even been Lu Yuan's true power.

He did not even channel much energy into it.

If he truly went all out, what would become of a mountain range then?

With a single strike, cleaving apart a star would probably be no difficult feat.

They were all in the Sage Realm, so how could the gap between them be so terrifying?

"Come. Follow me to retrieve the fourth of the Nine Cauldrons," Lu Yuan spoke, jolting the two beast kings out of their shock.

The Great Luo Sword Embryo had already been put away.

Unlike the two beast kings, Lu Yuan had a clear understanding of his own strength. What he had just done had not required him to get serious.

He had only done it to make the next step a little easier.

Very soon, they landed on the newly formed plateau.

Now that half the mountain range was gone, the aura of that Nine Tripod Cauldron had become even stronger.