My Master Knows It All

1342: Chapter 325 1342: Chapter 325 Cao Zhen and his group spread the word that filling the 108 square cauldrons with the blood essence of strange beasts would cause the ancient treasure within the relic to emerge.

They did this merely to wait for Xiang Ziyu to use his Mother Cauldron to devour those smaller square cauldrons, sparing them the trouble of gathering the blood essence themselves.

But now, what’s happening?

They had just filled the two small square cauldrons in their possession with blood essence, and now, an astonishing phenomenon was manifesting in the heavens and earth.

Cao Zhen suddenly realized something: the lie they fabricated had actually been believed, and since there wasn’t much else for others to do in the relic, they likely turned their attention to hunting strange beasts.

Most likely, all the other square cauldrons had already been filled with the beasts’ blood essence—only the two cauldrons in their group’s possession remained empty.

So now, with their cauldrons finally filled, all 108 square cauldrons have reached their limit, and as a result, the heavenly phenomenon appears?

Did the legend they casually fabricated actually turn out to be true?

In this moment, it seemed as if the entire world morphed into a realm of pure, vivid blood-red.

On Xiang Ziyu’s body, his square cauldron suddenly became uncontrollable, rising into the void.

Originally no larger than a palm, the cauldron instantly expanded to a size as immense as a mountain.

This world was bathed in blood-red, but amidst such a color, Xiang Ziyu’s cauldron was overwhelmingly prominent.

Compared to its aura, even the surrounding blood-red hues seemed pale, unable to compete.

At that moment, Cao Zhen felt an illusion, as though this cauldron had ascended to the apex of this small microcosmic world.

A surge of boundless killing intent and bloodthirsty Evil Qi poured out from the cauldron’s body.

One could feel as if this square cauldron had been forged entirely from the blood of countless beings.

And yet, faintly, Cao Zhen also sensed from this cauldron a majestic, upright energy—an aura so supreme it seemed unmatched under Heaven—a sense of inviolable dignity and authority.

Heavenly Dao!

This was the power of the Heavenly Dao!

Cao Zhen furrowed his brows.

How could a single square cauldron emit two entirely contradictory energies?

He recalled Immortal Bi Yue once mentioning that the Heaven Prayers Sect was originally a righteous sect.

However, for some unknown reason, the sect later fell into the Demonic Path.

Initially, they borrowed the power of the Heavenly Dao, but over time, they began leveraging demonic powers instead!

Was it because the Heaven Prayers Sect had now become part of the Demonic Sect that this cauldron was filled with such a bloody aura?

And yet, was the Heavenly Dao attempting to remind those in the Heaven Prayers Sect that if they wanted to survive the Sect Tribulation, they would still need to rely on the power of the Heavenly Dao?

Could this be why the Heavenly Dao’s aura lingered within the cauldron?

At that instant, everyone in the relic noticed the sudden appearance of the giant cauldron in the sky.

Excitement erupted among the onlookers.

“The treasure!

This must be the ancient treasure of the relic appearing!”

“I knew it!

There’s no way this relic could exist without a treasure.”

“The treasure doesn’t seem far from us.

Let’s go take a look!”

Immediately, everyone rushed toward the direction of the massive square cauldron.

But just as they began to move, in the next moment, the entire void—and even the relic itself—started shaking violently.

The blood-red world trembled as if countless rivers of blood were boiling, churning ceaselessly.

Soon after, square cauldrons began flying up one by one from every corner of the relic, heading toward the highest reaches of the void and into the colossal, blood-red cauldron towering there.

“What’s happening?”

“Why is my square cauldron suddenly out of control?”

“So many square cauldrons—all of them are flying now?!”

“Are all of these cauldrons being absorbed by that ultimate treasure in the void?”

Cao Zhen and his group had considered snatching other square cauldrons.

However, they had been puzzled about how to execute such a plan given their small group of only four individuals.

It was impossible for them to seize all the cauldrons; at most, they had hoped to collect a few.

But now they realized that all their strategies for stealing cauldrons were completely unnecessary.

The Mother Cauldron was effortlessly absorbing every single square cauldron on its own!

One by one, the smaller cauldrons were drawn into the massive square cauldron in the void.

With each cauldron absorbed, the bloodthirsty and terrifying aura emanating from the giant cauldron grew more potent.

Finally, as the last small cauldron merged into the giant cauldron, a deafening roar rang out from the void—a sound so vast and overwhelming that everyone felt their hearts tremble uncontrollably.

Even their very souls quaked, as though their hearts had been shattered by the reverberation of the sound.

This wasn’t something that happened to just one person—it was universal across everyone present in the relic.

With that immense explosion, the entire relic disintegrated in an instant.

In the void, the giant cauldron abruptly shrank back to the size of a palm and fell into Xiang Ziyu’s hand.

With the relic destroyed, everyone landed outside.

Each person looked at the others with dismay, exchanging perplexed glances.

“Is that it?

It’s over?”

“The relic is gone just like that?”

“After all that fighting and struggle, what were we even competing for?”

“Nothing at all.

At least when we were outside, hunting strange beasts, we kept the blood essence.

But in the relic, all the beasts’ blood we collected transferred into the square cauldrons, only for the cauldrons to be suddenly taken away?”

During the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth, there were far more relics than in an ordinary era.

Many among the group had entered relics before, but none had ever encountered an event like this!