Chapter 0716: Seizing the Ultimate Treasure of Hongmeng

The bronze giant cauldron was semi-circular, with a rim facing upward, from which streams of colorful light flowed. As these lights moved, they transformed into various scenes, resembling those from the primordial era of Pangu.
Around the cauldron’s body were images of Hongmeng! Among them were many depictions of the actual Hongmeng divine beasts. The Yellow Dragon scanned them and found a total of 1,500!
The Yellow Dragon hovered in midair, staring at the bronze cauldron on the altar, striving to suppress his excitement.
The ultimate treasure of Hongmeng! After countless adventures, he had finally found it!
However, the Yellow Dragon did not rush to approach the altar to claim it. The four stone statues of divine beasts surrounding the altar, along with the altar itself, formed a grand Hongmeng innate formation. Moreover, the Yellow Dragon sensed that this formation would be the most powerful he had encountered since arriving in this Hongmeng world!
This Hongmeng innate formation was by no means comparable to those used to protect mountains like Tianlong Mountain or Fengjin Mountain. The person who arranged this formation far surpassed Xihelei, Aopuote, and others in terms of both skill and strength.
So?! The Yellow Dragon’s eyes narrowed as he slowly said, “A Holy King!” Only a Holy King could possess strength far exceeding that of divine kings like Xihelei!
The deepest part of this Xuanhuang River was related to a Holy King! Or perhaps it was related to this Xuanhuang River itself?! Didn’t the Xuanhuang clan in the sixth layer of the Xuanhuang Abyss consider themselves descendants of Holy Kings?!
The Yellow Dragon’s mind stirred. He raised a hand and pointed at the Chaos Bell above. The bell floated above the altar, instantly growing larger until it covered the entire altar. Then, a thunderous bell sound rang out.
“Boom!”
The entire space trembled. With the sound of the bell, four intense beams of light shot out from the four stone statues of divine beasts surrounding the altar, all heading toward the Chaos Bell!
At the same time, four roars of divine beasts echoed. The statues, which had once been mere stone carvings, suddenly came to life. Four overwhelming auras spread across the sky and earth.
The Hongmeng innate formation guarding the altar was finally activated!
The Yellow Dragon’s eyes narrowed as he pointed at the Chaos Bell. The Xuanhuang energy swirling around the bell clashed with the attacks launched by the four divine beasts guarding the altar.
With a hum, the powerful energy tore through space, creating terrifying cracks everywhere!
The Chaos Bell was sent flying, and the Yellow Dragon quickly retreated.
The four divine beasts surrounded the altar, all staring at the Yellow Dragon, their auras locking him in place.

The power of these four divine beasts all reached that of divine king-level warriors. Compared to the Cambrian Sacred Beast from the Cambrian Abyss, they were slightly inferior, but when combined, the pressure they exerted on the Yellow Dragon was no less than that of the Cambrian Sacred Beast.
“Dragon clan?!” Among the four divine beasts, the dragon beast suddenly spoke, staring at the Yellow Dragon.
From the Yellow Dragon, it sensed a faint dragon aura. Although the Yellow Dragon kept it well concealed, it couldn’t escape its detection.
The Yellow Dragon remained silent and summoned the Five Directions Spiritual Flags, releasing the energies of the five elements to protect the space around it.
Seeing that the Yellow Dragon didn’t respond, the dragon beast narrowed its huge eyes, let out a roar that shook the heavens, as if thousands of dragons were howling together, creating a sonic wave that surged toward the Yellow Dragon.
In response, the Yellow Dragon raised both hands, formed a strange hand seal, and slowly uttered eight obscure words: “Wu! Om! Ah! Hung! Ma! Ya! Fu! Bo!”
The Eight Tones of the Dragon God!
As soon as the Yellow Dragon finished speaking, silence fell around it. Suddenly, roars like a flood poured in from all directions, filling the sky and earth with nothing but those roars.
Compared to the dragon beast’s mighty roars, the Yellow Dragon’s sky-shaking roars were even more penetrating and intimidating!
In the blink of an eye, the sonic wave created by the Eight Tones of the Dragon God collided with the opponent’s roar, producing a deafening explosion that shook the space violently.
Waves of sound and energy spread out like tides.
The Yellow Dragon swiftly stepped back again, waving his hands to block the surging waves of sound and energy.
When the combined force from the collisions hit the altar, it flashed with light, and a powerful force rebounded, scattering them.
“Dragon clan innate skill?!” Four astonished voices rang out.
All four divine beasts, including the dragon beast, stared at the Yellow Dragon in shock.
They were aware of dragon clan innate skills, but they had never seen or heard of such skills existing among the dragon clan before.
“Hehe, Nordhai, I never expected your Sky Dragon clan to have such a powerful warrior!” The tiger beast opened its mouth, its eyes gleaming, and spoke solemnly. After that, it let out a roar that made the clouds in the sky pause, displaying the might of a tiger king!
It seemed that even this tiger beast considered the Yellow Dragon to be part of the Sky Dragon clan.
Not only this tiger beast but also the other phoenix and turtle beasts shared the same belief.
Upon hearing this, the Yellow Dragon didn’t deny it. Instead, it activated the Chaos Bell to protect itself, watching the four beasts warily while thinking about ways to seize the ancient bronze cauldron on the altar.

“A strong one?! Just an ultimate god!” At that moment, the turtle beast moved its four legs slightly, its back trembling. With mocking green eyes, it spoke, then raised its head to look at the Yellow Dragon holding the Chaos Bell, its expression filled with confusion and shock: “Is that ancient bell also one of the Hongmeng treasures?!”
The other three beasts also stared at the Chaos Bell, their expressions similar to that of the turtle beast.
However, though shocked, the four beasts showed no greed in their eyes. They were merely spirits of divine beasts, able to take physical form only because of this grand array, and they couldn’t leave a radius of hundreds of miles around the altar. Thus, even if they obtained a Hongmeng treasure, it would be of no use to them.
“Kid, what’s the name of this ancient bell?!” asked the phoenix beast. Each Hongmeng treasure was renowned, but it couldn’t recall the origin of this bell.
Yet as soon as the phoenix beast finished speaking, suddenly, a figure identical to the Yellow Dragon appeared above the altar. It reached out toward the bronze cauldron on the altar, and a surge of immortal energy enveloped it.
This figure identical to the Yellow Dragon was actually its true life spirit!
Earlier, while the four beasts were distracted by the Chaos Bell, the Yellow Dragon had hidden its true life spirit on the altar, planning to seize the bronze cauldron and take it away.
Almost simultaneously as the Yellow Dragon’s true life spirit took action, the four beasts roared in anger.
“Kid, how dare you!”
Four powerful attacks rushed toward the Yellow Dragon’s true life spirit at once.
The four beasts guarded the bronze cauldron so fiercely because the holy king who had imprisoned them in the array once said that if the cauldron were taken, the array would vanish, and they too would perish!
So, as long as the cauldron remained, the array endured, and so did the four divine beasts! The reverse was true as well!
While the four beasts attacked the Yellow Dragon’s true life spirit, the actual Yellow Dragon flashed to the other side of the altar and reached for the bronze cauldron.
After repelling the Yellow Dragon’s true life spirit, the four divine beasts, enraged, turned to attack the actual Yellow Dragon.
But as they attacked the real Yellow Dragon, another version of it appeared on the other side—its corpse. Since the four divine beasts were merely array spirits without divine counterparts, the Yellow Dragon used this to divert their attacks, making it easier for it to seize the bronze cauldron.
However, aside from the four divine beasts, the altar also had protective restrictions around the cauldron, so it wasn’t easy for the Yellow Dragon to break through these restrictions while dealing with their attacks.
Of course, the four divine beasts couldn’t leave the area around the altar, and despite their strength, they were no match for the Yellow Dragon!

The Yellow Dragon and the Four Divine Beasts fought fiercely—one attacking, the other defending. The Yellow Dragon tried every means to seize the bronze cauldron, while the Four Divine Beasts fought desperately to protect it, creating a stalemate.

After over an hour, the Yellow Dragon grew increasingly anxious. If things continued like this, it might never be able to take the bronze cauldron. Finally, the Yellow Dragon manifested hundreds of millions of avatars, risking the depletion of its magical energy in a last attempt to claim the cauldron, for the Ultimate Treasure of Hongmeng was extremely important to it. It was also one of the key conditions for the Yellow Dragon to slay its second corpse.

As the Four Divine Beasts still reeled from shock, seeing the hundreds of millions of Yellow Dragon avatars all around the altar, they were immediately attacked by them. Regaining their composure from shock, they roared in anger and launched a joint counterattack. With a thunderous roar, the entire world shook, and the restrictions protecting the cauldron were broken. The Yellow Dragon reached out with both hands, and the bronze cauldron transformed into a stream of light, flying toward it.

“Put down the sacred cauldron!”
“Die!”
“I’ll kill you!”
“You, despicable wretch!”

The Four Divine Beasts, fighting against the Yellow Dragon’s avatars, turned to see the cauldron about to be taken by the Yellow Dragon. They roared in fury and, ignoring everything else, attacked the Yellow Dragon’s true form.

Ignoring the attacks of the Four Divine Beasts, the Yellow Dragon continued to absorb the bronze cauldron, its Chaos Bell operating at full capacity. Streams of grayish Hongmeng Xuanhuang energy emanated from it as it planned to forcefully seize the cauldron by enduring their attacks.

Under the attacks of the Four Divine Beasts, space split open, and the five elemental flags surrounding the Yellow Dragon’s body were scattered like fallen leaves, dispersing the elemental energies. Eventually, the attacks of the Four Divine Beasts struck the Hongmeng Xuanhuang energy emitted by the Chaos Bell. With a deafening explosion, the Yellow Dragon’s body jolted violently and flew backward. The glowing auspicious clouds above its head dimmed, its Bagua Purple Immortal Robe was torn in many places, and many of its dragon scales had fallen off.

Yet, even as it was flung backward, the Yellow Dragon did not stop absorbing the bronze cauldron; it flew backward along with it. Seeing the cauldron fly away with the Yellow Dragon, the Four Divine Beasts, filled with urgency and anger, ignored the Yellow Dragon and rushed toward the cauldron.

That cauldron was the heart of the grand array at the altar. If it fell more than a hundred miles away from the altar, the array would vanish. And if the array disappeared, what would become of them?!

The Phoenix Beast was the fastest; like a flash of fire, it arrived behind the giant cauldron in an instant. With joy in its eyes, it was about to reclaim the cauldron when suddenly a figure appeared before it—the Yellow Dragon’s vital spirit blocking its path.
“Dying wish!” the Phoenix Beast roared in anger upon seeing this.