Chapter 1090: Breaking Through to the Dao Unity Realm
The Pangu Treasure Vault was actually a grand hall—a truly enormous one.
Huang Long flew in and could see everything inside the hall clearly at a glance.
On all four walls of the hall floated numerous Hunyuan treasures, over a hundred in total!
Hunyuan treasures were even rarer, more precious, and more uncommon than innate treasures. Even at the auctions of the ten major merchant guilds, there might not be one such treasure in an entire era.
However, after a quick glance, Huang Long did not focus on these Hunyuan treasures but instead turned his attention to a huge cauldron at the center of the hall.
This massive cauldron had eight legs, and its surface was engraved with countless mythical beasts.
“Is this the Divine Wasteland Cauldron?!” A glint appeared in Huang Long’s eyes.
The Divine Wasteland Cauldron was the cauldron used by Pangu for alchemy and artifact crafting.
It ranked higher than the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron on the List of Great Dao Artifacts, coming in at nineteenth place.
Huang Long flew toward the Divine Wasteland Cauldron. But as he approached, the cauldron suddenly emitted intense light, with streams of pale red energy rushing toward him.
Unperturbed, Huang Long waved his hands, blocking each wave of energy. At the same time, the Chaos Bell flew up, and the spirit of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe appeared before the Divine Wasteland Cauldron.
“Heaven-Opening, it’s you!” A middle-aged man in golden light flew out from the cauldron, his face filled with joy.
This middle-aged man was the spirit of the Divine Wasteland Cauldron.
“It’s me!” The spirit of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe was also very happy to see it.
Seeing this, Huang Long stepped aside and began to break open the Hunyuan treasures floating on the walls of the hall, placing them one by one into the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron.
As for winning over the Divine Wasteland Cauldron, Huang Long left that task to the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
It would be best if the cauldron could be subdued without physical force.
By the time Huang Long had collected all the Hunyuan treasures from around the hall into the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron and returned to the center of the hall, the spirit of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe nodded at him: “Master, the Divine Wasteland is willing to follow you along with me!”
Hearing this, Huang Long was overjoyed—this spirit of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe truly hadn’t disappointed him.
So, he proceeded to refine the Divine Wasteland Cauldron, adding yet another sacred great Dao artifact to his collection.
After refining it, Huang Long lifted the restrictions on the cauldron and entered its interior space.
This inner space was even larger and more abundant than that of the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron.
Once inside, as Huang Long lifted layer after layer of restrictions, he saw an endless array of innate divine artifacts, spiritual veins, divine pills, and artifacts.
The spiritual veins are mostly of the highest quality; there are also many sacred-grade spiritual veins. As for the divine pills, they are all Great Path Divine Pills—twelve in total! Each type is piled up in mountains and seas. The divine artifacts are all Great Path Divine Artifacts—over three hundred in total, most of which are top-grade, some are king-grade, and a few are supreme-grade! Although Huang Long had anticipated that Pangu possessed vast treasures, seeing them now still took his breath away. “Pangu is one of the earliest chaotic primordial spirits to emerge in the universe; his treasures naturally cannot be compared to those of the Holy King of Hongmeng!” At that moment, the voice of the World Tree sounded. The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe also said proudly, “Before my old master created the Pangu Great World, he gathered countless treasures from the cosmic chaos—this is only a portion of them.” “Just a portion?” Huang Long’s eyes widened. “Hehe, of course,” the Divine Wasteland Cauldron laughed. “Back then, when Hongjun gave lectures in the Purple Sky Palace, he bestowed many Primordial Chaos Spiritual Treasures on his disciples—most of which were given to Hongjun by my old master!” Huang Long’s eyes grew even wider. Hongjun gave those treasures during his lectures in the Purple Sky Palace? Most of them were given by Pangu to Hongjun?! This was the first time Huang Long had heard such a secret. After a while, Huang Long finally processed this secret before heading toward the core array of the Divine Wasteland Cauldron. The Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron had 129,600 arrays, but the Divine Wasteland Cauldron had even more—more complex and profound. In total, there were over 150,000 arrays. When Huang Long arrived at the core array of the Divine Wasteland Cauldron, he stopped, formed a magic seal with his hands, and lifted the restrictions on the core array. As soon as the restrictions were removed, streams of golden light radiated in all directions. Looking ahead, Huang Long saw a drop of golden blood floating in mid-air. This drop of golden blood resembled a giant heart, constantly absorbing and emitting light, with swirling streams of various colors surrounding it. Though not close enough to touch it, Huang Long could sense the terrifying energy contained within that drop of golden blood. This was the Holy King’s blood, imbued with the primal power of Pangu’s Great Path! A Holy King’s blood even more important than the Divine Wasteland Cauldron itself. Compared to the drop of Holy King’s blood Huang Long had consumed before, this one contained an even greater and more powerful primal force. Who was Pangu? A powerhouse at the Primordial Great Luo realm! Looking at this drop of golden blood before him, Huang Long couldn’t help but feel excitement and fervor surge within him. “Huang Long, quickly refine this drop of Holy King’s essence!” the World Tree said. “Then, I will lend you the power to break through as well, allowing you to reach the Dao-Union realm!”
Huang Long nodded, suppressing his excitement, then sat in lotus position. With a wave of his hands, a blue glow appeared before him, and three drops of Wanluo Divine Water appeared before Huang Long.
The sacred king’s essence blood of Pangu contained a powerful origin of the Great Dao, so Huang Long planned to swallow all three drops of Wanluo Divine Water at once. Since he already had plenty of Wanluo Divine Water, he naturally didn’t care about these three drops.
After summoning the three drops, Huang Long opened his mouth and sucked them in, absorbing both the sacred king’s essence blood and the three drops of Wanluo Divine Water into his body. As soon as the sacred king’s essence blood entered Huang Long’s body, a terrifying force surged like raging waves, hitting every corner of his body. Even though Huang Long had achieved sainthood and possessed the Hunyuan Sacred Body, he still felt unbearable pain under this force. If he hadn’t yet achieved sainthood, he would likely explode instantly and vanish from existence.
Huang Long continuously practiced the Heavenly Dao Void Art, forcefully absorbing, refining, and integrating the power of the Great Dao origin contained in Pangu’s essence blood. Violent air currents formed around his body, creating hurricanes that tore at the surrounding space.
Time passed—ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, a million years slipped by. Around Huang Long’s body, golden dragons formed an endless sea of dragons, which rose and fell with each surge, emitting roars that shook the heavens. Powerful forces continuously emanated from his body.
Subconsciously, Huang Long felt as though he himself was the Great Dao—every thought of his caused the Great Dao to flow. Previously, mysterious spaces in the universe gradually became clearer in his mind. After an unknown duration, a loud roar suddenly erupted in his mind, and a rainbow-colored golden pillar shot into the sky—a sign of an imminent breakthrough.
Yet just as Huang Long was about to break through, suddenly, clusters of thunderclouds formed in the void. The Hunyuan Sacred Calamity had finally arrived!