Chapter 0725: The Comatose Holy Maiden of Xuanhuang

As night fell, the moon was faint and stars sparse. Standing in the courtyard, Huang Long gazed at the sky, reflecting on his journey since arriving in this Hongmeng world. It had been over a hundred thousand years since he came here, and after countless hardships, his strength had finally stabilized at the early stage of Quasi-Saint! Back in the days of Pangu, he had been mysteriously drawn into this Hongmeng world while achieving the Quasi-Saint level. Could the opportunity for him to attain enlightenment lie in this very Hongmeng world?! Huang Long faintly felt that after achieving enlightenment, it would be time to return to Pangu’s world. Recalling those years when he was ignored by Yuan Shi, ostracized by his peers, his eyes flashed with cold fury. “Achieve enlightenment and become Hunyuan!” he thought to himself.
“Tian Ding,” Huang Long murmured, once again thinking about the current problem. During the day, after hearing from Livia and Huoyang that the ancient bronze cauldron he possessed was only half of the Heavenly Earthly Sacred Cauldron, although disappointed, he became even more determined to obtain the other half! Achieving enlightenment was his sole goal in coming to this Hongmeng world, and he would not give up—nor could he! Huang Long was determined to return to Pangu through enlightenment, to stand before Yuan Shi once more in a new identity, as well as before the other Golden Immortals and peers of the Chan School!
“Thinking about Tian Ding?!” At that moment, Livia’s voice came from behind him.
Huang Long nodded.
“You needn’t worry too much. The Silver Fox clan should be able to win the competition in a hundred years,” Livia said, approaching him.
Huang Long turned and sat down at a stone table nearby, pondering, “Although I can transform into the appearance of your clan’s elder to compete, if we win, will your Silver Fox clan’s leader agree to hand over Tian Ding to me?!” That was what worried Huang Long. Though Tian Ding was only half of the Heavenly Earthly Sacred Cauldron, it was still the cauldron used by the Hongmeng Sacred Lord for alchemy. Its value far surpassed that of ordinary Hongmeng treasures—after all, the Hongmeng Sacred Lord was the creator of this Hongmeng world! The three thousand Hongmeng races competed for control of the Hongmeng Continent every cycle, half of which was over Tian Ding! If they truly won, would the Silver Fox clan’s leader agree to hand over Tian Ding to an outsider?! Even if the leader agreed, the elders of the clan would likely refuse. After all, losing Tian Ding would mean facing the wrath of all three thousand Hongmeng races—a severe consequence. The elders would never allow him to take Tian Ding away.
Huang Long looked at Livia.

After hearing Huang Long’s words, Livia furrowed her brows, sighed, and said, “Well, we’ll talk about it later!” She had also thought about this issue but couldn’t come up with a solution either.
“Is it really impossible to steal the Heavenly Cauldron from the temple?!” Huang Long asked after a while, deep in thought.
Huang Long was quite confident in his own skill of hiding and escaping.
Livia shook her head. “Your stealth technique is indeed advanced enough to allow you to evade even the strongest Divine Kings, but it’s still impossible to steal the Heavenly Cauldron from the temple! This temple was built jointly by all three thousand races of the Hongmeng Realm. Both inside and outside the temple, there are restrictions set up by the gods and kings of these races. Only the strongest Divine Kings can enter the temple!”
Huang Long’s eyes flickered.
“Even if you could get into the temple, it would still be impossible to steal the Heavenly Cauldron! Because inside the Cauldron, there are restrictions set up by Felix, the patriarch of the Thunder Roc clan, who controls this Hongmeng Continent. The moment you touch those restrictions, Felix will know!” Livia said, dispelling Huang Long’s last hope of stealing the Cauldron by chance.
“Then, can we only rely on the power of the Silver Fox clan to win the competition?!” Huang Long frowned.
Seeing Huang Long’s expression, Livia reassured him, “You don’t need to worry too much. By then, I’ll explain the situation to our Silver Fox clan’s patriarch and the elders.”
Huang Long shook his head. Although Livia was the supreme elder of the Silver Fox clan, this matter concerned the rise and fall of their clan, and they would not agree.
“If the patriarch knows you’re the bearer of the World Tree, I think she should agree. Once she agrees, the other elders should have no problem!” Livia said.
Huang Long fell into deep thought.
After a while, he said, “If you give me the Heavenly Cauldron by then, and if Felix and the others from the Thunder Roc clan discover that it’s lost by your Silver Fox clan, won’t you face the wrath of all three thousand Hongmeng races?!”
Livia pondered and said, “If we win, our patriarch will possess the Heavenly Cauldron. As long as she doesn’t reveal it, Felix and the others probably won’t find out, unless it’s time to hand over the Cauldron at the next transition.”
“So, we need to resolve this issue by the next transition!” Huang Long said.
Livia nodded and asked, “After obtaining the Heavenly Cauldron and fusing it with the Earthly Cauldron to create the Sacred Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, are you confident you can break through to become the strongest being below a Divine King before the next transition?!”
If Huang Long could become the strongest being below a Divine King by then, Livia thought this gamble was worth taking.

Now, since Huang Long possesses the strength of a Supreme God and can kill even the strongest Supreme Gods, then will he be able to kill the strongest God Kings after breaking through to that level?! By then, with his overwhelming strength, Huang Long will be able to intimidate the three thousand Hongmeng races, and this problem will naturally be solved. Break through to the level of God King before the next cycle?! That means reaching the peak of Quasi-Saint status within 100 million years! Huang Long is confident he can do this! Huang Long nodded at Livia: “Absolutely!” This was Huang Long’s promise to Livia and the Silver Fox clan! If the Silver Fox clan truly handed over the Heavenly Cauldron to him, then Huang Long, owing them a great debt, would naturally help them solve this problem. After receiving Huang Long’s firm promise, Livia breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn’t know how Huang Long could break through to the strength of a God King without fusing with the God King’s essence, she believed he could do it. After all, according to Huang Long, his current strength wasn’t achieved by fusing the Main God’s essence and the Supreme God’s essence either. She had been shocked for a long time when she first learned about this. After a while, Huang Long changed the subject and asked, “How is the Holy Maiden Xuanhuang?” Livia knew he was referring to the restrained power within the Holy Maiden Xuanhuang’s body. She shook her head and said, “These days, I’ve been trying to release that restrained power, but it’s extremely powerful. It seems that to suppress and resolve it, as the former leader of the Xuanhuang clan, Saint Nan’an, said, only several strongest God Kings working together will do!” “Is the Holy Maiden Xuanhuang still in a coma?” Huang Long asked. Livia nodded. “Yes.” With that, a flash of light appeared in space, and a young girl almost completely naked appeared before Huang Long—it was the Holy Maiden Xuanhuang.