Supreme Emperor's Weapon, Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Halberd

The next day, as the sky just began to brighten with the faint light of dawn, the thin mist outside the bamboo cottage had yet to fully dissipate.

Lying on his bamboo bed, Gu Changge slowly opened his eyes and lightly tapped the empty space with his fingertip.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful sign-in—"

"Reward: Five thousand years of cultivation base!"

"Reward: Supreme Great Dao Artifact, Chaos Green Lotus!"

"Reward: Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Halberd!"

As the system's prompt faded, Gu Changge raised an eyebrow.

Ever since he took Xiao Ruobai as his disciple, the sign-in rewards had taken on a new twist—shifting from the usual single supreme artifact to double portions.

Although the newly added items weren't peerless treasures, they were perfectly suited for the cultivators of this realm.

As for his previous sign-in rewards, most were Great Dao-level treasures.

For instance, the Primordial Pearl that could evolve three thousand worlds, and the Time Shuttle that could freeze the river of time, were divine artifacts capable of overturning star domains with a mere wave of a hand.

It was just a pity that the power of such supreme artifacts was far too terrifying; absolutely no one in this realm could control them.

Even a Great Emperor would be torn to shreds by the Great Dao power contained within upon touching them.

Therefore, those divine artifacts were currently piled up quietly in a corner of the system space, gathering dust and unrecognized by anyone.

It seems the system is quite considerate. Knowing that I've taken a disciple, it gives me things that normal people can use for sign-ins.

Gu Changge thought to himself.

In the past, the treasures he received were far too overpowered. Occasionally, when he wanted to look after the Sect Master and the others, he had to rummage through the nooks and crannies to find the most "ordinary" items.

For example, the Flat Peaches he usually ate as snacks, which blossomed every three thousand years and bore fruit every three thousand years—even the Sect Master and the others couldn't withstand the violent energy inside them.

He swiped his fingertip across the void, and a translucent panel appeared.

The Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Halberd contained the origin of nine dragon souls, and its blade could shatter stars.

"This item is quite suitable for Ruobai."

Gu Changge chuckled softly. An Emperor Weapon of this caliber, which could stir up a storm of blood and gore in the Xuanhuang Great World, was nothing more than a mundane object to him.

As for Great Dao artifacts like the Chaos Green Lotus, they had long since piled up into mountains within his system space.

It wasn't that they were bad, but rather that the laws of heaven and earth in this realm simply couldn't bear their pressure. Taking them out would likely shatter the entire Great World instantly.

The newly acquired Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Halberd had nine phantom dragon souls coiled around its shaft. A single swing could summon the dragon roars of the four seas and shatter the astral winds of myriad domains.

To the cultivators of this realm, it was already a peerless Emperor Weapon that could only be encountered by luck, enough to make the major powers fight tooth and nail over it.

With a light twirl of his finger, the phantom of the Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Halberd flashed in his palm before being stored away in his spatial ring, clearly not something he took to heart.

What truly caught his slight interest was the Chaos Green Lotus instead. Rooted in the origin of chaos, each of its lotus leaves carried an innate Great Dao, which would provide some minor assistance.

System, open my personal status panel.

Host: Gu Changge

Identity: Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak, Azure Profound Sect

Cultivation Base: Peak Great Emperor (Stored Cultivation: 15.83 million years)

Cultivation Technique: Primordial Origin Art

Divine Abilities: Delusion-Shattering Divine Eye, Law of the Spoken Word, Palm Controlling the Cosmos, Immune to Myriad Dharmas...

Physique: Primordial Divine Physique

Magical Treasures: Primordial Pearl (Supreme Great Dao Artifact), Time Shuttle (Supreme Great Dao Artifact), Jade Butterfly of Creation (Supreme Great Dao Artifact), Chaos Green Lotus (Supreme Great Dao Artifact)...

Skills: Alchemy (Emperor-grade), Artifact Forging (Emperor-grade), Array Formations (Emperor-grade)

...

Meanwhile, a group from the Burning Heaven Palace was stumbling along a mountain path. Everyone was dressed in rags, and the bruises on their faces were particularly conspicuous in the morning light.

Clutching his throbbing waist, Lie Tianxiong gritted his teeth and urged, "Hurry! Just fifty more miles and we'll reach our Burning Heaven Palace's territory. Let's see who dares to lay a hand on us then!"

After being beaten up by Ye Guying last night, how could they dare to stick around?

Dragging their broken arms and legs, they practically rolled and crawled on their journey, terrified that another "man in black" might suddenly pop out.

At this moment, the horizon was turning pale white with the dawn. From afar, they could already make out the silhouette of the volcanoes in the direction of the Burning Heaven Palace. Only then did the group's taut nerves slightly relax, their breathing growing a bit heavier.

"Palace Master, who do you think... that skinny guy from last night really was? His methods were too underhanded..."

Zhao Yan asked indistinctly, clutching his dislocated jaw. The gap where his front teeth were missing still throbbed with a dull pain.

At the same time, up on Purple Bamboo Peak, Gu Changge stretched lazily, sweeping his divine sense casually in the direction of the Burning Heaven Palace.

Seeing that they were about to reach their own turf, he twirled a spirit fruit on his fingertip and chuckled. "Trying to run away just like that? What I said yesterday about 'taking it slow and steady' can't be taken back now."

The little black bird perched on his shoulder, seemingly sensing something, chirped excitedly.

Lie Tianxiong was just about to curse when he suddenly felt the space above his head darken.

In the next second, the sky above the Burning Heaven Palace group abruptly turned pitch black. An invisible pressure crashed down like the canopy of heaven itself, making even the air feel as if it had solidified.

"What's going on?"

Lie Tianxiong snapped his head up, his pupils shrinking violently—above the clouds, a massive, sky-blotting hand was slowly pressing down.

Faint golden light flowed between the palm lines, seemingly containing the power to collapse mountains.

"Have you ever seen a palm technique that falls from the sky?"

A clear voice abruptly rang out in everyone's mind. Its origin couldn't be pinpointed, but it carried a hint of teasing.

The people from the Burning Heaven Palace were frightened out of their wits, their spiritual energy instantly falling into chaos.

The hand clearly looked slow, yet it was impossible to evade, as if the entire heaven and earth were enveloped by this single palm strike. They couldn't even muster the thought of running away.

"It's the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion! It must be someone from the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion!"

Lie Tianxiong was terrified out of his mind. He exhausted all his strength to channel his spiritual energy, pushing his Heaven-Man Realm aura to its absolute limit, and crossed his arms above his head to protect himself.

"We won the gambling match, so the hosting rights rightfully belong to the Burning Heaven Palace. I can't believe the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion would act with such little martial virtue!"

He wasn't wrong in saying this.

Half a month ago, he had brought Lin Lie and the others to the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion. Using three Heaven-grade treasures as a wager, they challenged the younger generation of the Pavilion to a competition, fighting for the right to host the Seven Great Sects Tournament.

At that time, the Chief Disciple of the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion was out experiencing the world. The rest of the disciples, enraged by the Burning Heaven Palace's repeated provocations, agreed to the gambling match.

As a result, relying on his mid-Core Formation cultivation base, Lin Lie defeated three Myriad Dharmas Pavilion disciples in a row, forcefully snatching away the hosting rights.

Among the Seven Great Sects, who else could possess such heaven-defying means besides the unfathomable Pavilion Master of the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion?

Answering him was that giant palm crashing down.

"Bang—!"

As the palm wind hit the ground, there was no earth-shattering explosion, but an invisible shockwave was whipped up.

The people from the Burning Heaven Palace only felt an irresistible force surge over them. It was as if they had been crushed by an invisible mountain, instantly flattened to the ground, faces planted in the mud, completely immobilized.

Although this strike didn't take their lives, it was enough to keep them bedridden for a month.

Gu Changge had clearly gone easy on them. He still wanted to see how the disciples of the Burning Heaven Palace would get beaten up at the tournament a year from now.

Clutching his chest, Lie Tianxiong looked up at the sky, trembling all over, his lips quivering.

"What a Myriad Dharmas Pavilion... To lose is to lose, yet you resort to such underhanded means for revenge! The Burning Heaven Palace will remember this debt!"

He didn't dare to act tough anymore.

To unleash a palm strike of such power from a distance required one to be at least in the late stage of the King Realm. In the entire Profound State, besides the Pavilion Master of the Myriad Dharmas Pavilion who had lived for nearly a thousand years, absolutely no one else could possibly do this!

"Hurry and send a message! Have the sect send people to receive us!"

Lie Tianxiong and the others were unable to get up at this point, left with no choice but to wait for someone from their sect to come to their rescue.

It was only after being carried into the mountain-guarding array by their fellow sect members that everyone finally came to their senses. Gasping heavily for air, they looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with the lingering dread of having narrowly escaped death.