She thought Qiao Xiaoxian saying she was coming to the island to find things just meant finding some local specialties like crabs and shells to take home and cook.
But… you’re telling me you provoked a sun?
“…This guy, compared to an immortal, who’s more powerful?” Jiang Ke’er asked with a trembling voice.
“At her peak, she was naturally stronger; easily defeating hundreds of immortals would be no problem… but she has just awakened, her strength is less than one-millionth of what it once was, I’m not sure.”
Qiao Xiaoxian had only heard of such legendary beings in myths, never even imagining they actually existed.
And she’d even provoked one.
Qiao Xiaoxian leaped back onto the cliff with Jiang Ke’er, reappearing in the sight of many cultivators.
At this time, the demon cultivators brought by Li Shimin were already furiously fighting with the human cultivators.
It wasn’t until Jiang Ke’er appeared that the battle somewhat calmed down, and they collectively focused on the anomalies appearing around them.
And from a distance, powerful beams of light struck again, clearly the immortals from beyond the beginner’s realm making another move, preparing to end Jiang Ke’er, this menace!
Qiao Xiaoxian displayed the small cauldron in her hand.
The bronze cauldron rapidly expanded against the wind, then inverted and heavily slammed down, blocking the incoming light with its bottom, while also encompassing the surrounding demon race and Jiang Ke’er within it.
The flying immortal’s magical artifacts struck the cauldron, but couldn’t even leave the slightest mark, like mosquitoes biting iron, even their mouths bent into a Z-shape.
It seems this is the “Heavy Artifact of Kyushu” that the sun mentioned, one of the Nine Cauldrons of Kyushu, the Cauldron of Ming Province.
A flash of light, and the demon race, Jiang Ke’er, Qiao Xiaoxian, and the bronze cauldron itself, all vanished without a trace under broad daylight, leaving the bewildered human race staring at the air, not knowing what had happened.
[Kyushu Cauldron?!]
From beyond the clouds, an immortal’s voice roared with extreme anger and shock: [Qiao Xiaoxian, what great ambition you have!]
Glancing at the sky, Qiao Xiaoxian scoffed, taking Jiang Ke’er’s hand and saying, “Let’s hurry and go. Others don’t know the effect of this Cauldron of Ming Province, but that sun clearly does. Once she recovers her strength, she’ll indiscriminately bombard us out.”
At this moment, Jiang Ke’er and Li Shimin’s demon race were located in a strange, somewhat dim space.
Although it was daytime, the sky here was black, with starlight twinkling.
They could see the human cultivators close at hand, but couldn’t touch them, and the others couldn’t see them or sense any of their aura.
It was as if they had entered a dark world intersecting with the Divine Land, making people feel uneasy and unwilling to stay long.
Qiao Xiaoxian hurried down the mountain with Jiang Ke’er and a group of demon cultivators.
The light emanating from the cliff behind them grew brighter and brighter, and the immortal again cried out in fright: [Great Sun Golden Crow?!]
Something big has happened, something really big has happened!
Originally, his mission from the beginner’s realm was to capture or eliminate Jiang Ke’er, which was a sure thing.
There was no way Jiang Ke’er could possibly escape.
He was a Ninth-Rank Tribulation Immortal; dealing with Jiang Ke’er was easier than eating and drinking. It could be said that Jiang Ke’er was doomed to die today.
From the moment she stepped onto Hanye Island, her life entered a countdown phase.
Even if Qiao Xiaoxian, a former Venerable, was protecting her, she couldn’t possibly handle Tribulation Immortal level power.
But this sudden appearance of the Great Sun Golden Crow and the Kyushu Cauldron had completely messed up all plans.
Jiang Ke’er had a chance to escape, which was one of the situations that could make one lose their mind.
What was even more serious, and caused the immortals even more headaches and panic, were the Kyushu Cauldron and that Great Sun Golden Crow.
The Kyushu Cauldron, an ancient divine artifact that gathered the fortune of the Divine Land.
It’s divided into nine cauldrons, each representing one of the Nine Provinces of the Divine Land from ancient times.
Legend has it that the emperor of the Great Si Kingdom, by possessing just one of these cauldrons, established the most prosperous and vast empire in the entire Divine Land!
The whereabouts of the Nine Cauldrons were unknown.
Even most immortals in the Tribulation Immortal Hall believed them to be mere mythological legends from the primordial era.
Yet now, one of the Nine Cauldrons has reappeared, falling into the hands of the dangerous Qiao Xiaoxian and Jiang Ke’er.
This no longer just makes the Tribulation Immortal Hall worried; it fills them with terror!
The most pressing task is naturally to recover this Kyushu Cauldron.
However, a formidable sun now stands in their way.
Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian have slipped away with the Kyushu Cauldron and the demon race present, but that sun is still there.
The Great Sun Golden Crow, a creature of legend, any one of which could burn the Divine Land into a barren wasteland… and she’s also part of the demon race!
Although her attitude is unclear, if she sees the current miserable state of the demon race, with her obviously volatile temper… she might just deal with Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian, these two cauldron thieves, and then turn her attention to the human race!
So, while Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian, holding the Kyushu Cauldron, pose a significant threat, their primary mission isn’t to deal with them.
Instead, it’s to swiftly nip this great sun in the bud before she fully recovers her peak temperature!
Otherwise, it will undoubtedly lead to a catastrophe!
…No, that’s not right.
The catastrophe has already begun.
From the moment Jiang Ke’er left Hanye Island alive, taking the Cauldron of Ming Province with her.
The group of demon cultivators quickly raced back to the shore.
“Quickly, board the ship!” Li Shimin didn’t ask further.
What he needed to know, given his insight, he had already guessed.
The priority wasn’t to inquire about those matters, but to escape Hanye Island as fast as possible!
Along with the abnormal phenomena of the Golden Crow’s appearance, the surrounding temperature was rapidly rising.
Some small boats had already caught fire, and the cultivators on the mountain top who hadn’t managed to escape in time were instantly incinerated into mummified corpses.
The seawater was boiling at a visible rate, and scalding mist was spreading rapidly.
Carelessly touching it would result in skin and flesh being torn apart.
Ice-element mages were struggling to maintain the surrounding temperature.
If they didn’t board the ships and leave immediately, they wouldn’t be able to later.
“How powerful is the sun exactly?” Jiang Ke’er suddenly asked.
“If the legends are accurate, killing a few Tribulation Immortals is quite easy,” Qiao Xiaoxian said, musing for a moment before adding, “Don’t court death.”
“I’ll die anyway if I don’t,” Jiang Ke’er turned to look at the mountaintop.
“You go first. I still have some ideas I want to try.”
“Hey, are you seriously suicidal?!” Li Shimin’s eyes widened.
“You’ve finally gotten this hard-won chance to escape, and you’re not taking it, instead you’re going to throw your life away?”
“I was supposed to die here anyway, wasn’t I?” Jiang Ke’er said with a half-smile, which made Li Shimin feel a chill in his heart.
He seemed to understand something.
Li Shimin said no more, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, he abruptly cupped his hands to Jiang Ke’er: “Take care! If one day reincarnation can be rebuilt, we’ll meet again in the next life!”
Then he turned and left, boarding a ship with the other demon cultivators.
Qiao Xiaoxian remained motionless.
“Why aren’t you leaving?” Jiang Ke’er raised an eyebrow, looking at Qiao Xiaoxian displeased.
“Are you tired of living too? Don’t you care about your clan? Not avenging them?”
Qiao Xiaoxian smiled slightly, crouched down, and leaned close to Jiang Ke’er’s ear, her crimson lips parting slightly: “If you don’t enter the fox’s den, how can you catch the fox cubs?”
“???”
Damn it!
Even this could turn into flirtation.
Qiao Xiaoxian’s moves are incredible, I’m impressed!