chsdbacks Chapter 313 Divine Weapons of China!
Chapter 313 Divine Weapons of China!
After the battle in the Burning Heaven Realm, Su Fan rested for seven days in the Myriad Swords Pavilion.
Seven days of rest allowed him to recover most of his depleted divine power. The radiance of the Investiture of the Gods also shone brightly once more.
During these seven days, the Dragon Clan Chief and the Phoenix Clan Chief personally visited and formally formed an alliance with Su Fan.
The three parties agreed to work together to deal with the God Hunter.
Jian Wudi was overjoyed and prepared banquets for the two clan leaders every day. The Dragon Clan loved to drink wine, and the Phoenix Clan loved to eat fruit, so he had people search for the best spiritual wines and immortal fruits from all over the outer heavens, serving the two clan leaders to their hearts' content.
Su Fan remained calm.
He sat in the main hall, looking at the various treasures piled up like a small mountain in front of him.
Some of these treasures were found in the Dragon-Phoenix Alliance's treasury, some were gifts from the Dragon and Phoenix clans, and some were accumulated by the Myriad Swords Pavilion over the years.
A dazzling array of goods, a wide variety of items.
There are magical artifacts, elixirs, cultivation techniques, and rare and precious materials.
But Su Fan's gaze only fell on three things.
He couldn't see through these three things.
The first item was a small bronze fragment, about the size of a palm.
The fragment was rusty and looked like it had fallen from some ancient artifact. But it was engraved with several ancient characters, none of which Su Fan recognized.
He asked the Ziwei Emperor, but the Ziwei Emperor didn't recognize him either.
When asked, the Yellow Emperor frowned and looked at it for a long time before shaking his head.
After consulting Cangjie—the very ancestor of Chinese characters—Cangjie remained silent for a long time before saying, "These are characters older than those I created. I don't recognize them either."
Su Fan was shocked.
An even older script than Cangjie's?
What era must that be from?
The second item was a broken arrow.
The arrowhead is made of bronze, so rusted that its original shape is almost unrecognizable. But when you hold it in your hand, you can feel a faint, tangible aura.
That aura was ancient and weathered.
It's as if it has gone through hundreds of millions of years.
The third item was a rock the size of a fist.
The stone was completely black and unremarkable. But when Su Fan first saw it, the Investiture of the Gods suddenly trembled.
Only once.
But Su Fan was certain that he had not misjudged the situation.
These three things are definitely not simple.
But he asked everyone, and no one knew what they were.
The Purple Emperor said, "They might be relics from the primordial era. That great war caused the heavens and earth to shatter, and many divine artifacts and treasures were lost. These things might have been passed down from that time."
Su Fan remained silent.
The primordial era.
That was an era even older than antiquity.
Pangu creating the world, Nuwa creating humans, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Dragon and Phoenix Calamity... all happened in that era.
If these three items are indeed relics from the primordial era, then their value is immeasurable.
But the problem is—nobody knows him.
Su Fan thought for a long time and suddenly had an idea.
He started a live stream.
……
Hundreds of millions of people flooded into the live stream room instantly.
The screen was flooded with comments.
"The boss is live!"
"Where is this? The Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion?"
"Our leader hasn't streamed in ages!"
"I missed you so much, boss!"
Su Fan looked at the camera and smiled.
"Everyone, no fighting today, no adventures. Let's do something else today."
The viewers in the live chat were curious.
"What is it?"
"What's the boss going to do?"
"Are they going to give out freebies?"
Su Fan took out the three items and placed them in front of him.
"Today, we're going to appraise a treasure."
The viewers in the live chat were taken aback.
"A treasure appraisal?"
"What does the boss want assessed?"
"What are these junk pieces?"
Su Fan smiled.
"Junk? Don't underestimate these things. I asked all the gods, and not one of them recognized them. The Ziwei Emperor didn't recognize them, the Yellow Emperor didn't recognize them, and even Cangjie, who created characters, didn't recognize them."
The live chat exploded.
"Holy crap? They don't even recognize Cangjie?"
"What era must that be from?"
"Boss, tell me quickly, where did these things come from?"
Su Fan explained.
"Found in the Dragon-Phoenix Alliance's treasury. You know the Dragon-Phoenix Alliance, right? Those traitors from the Dragon and Phoenix clans who attacked us before. Their treasury has a lot of good stuff. But nobody recognizes these three."
He picked up the first item—the bronze fragment.
"The first thing is this."
He held the fragment in front of the camera so that everyone could see it clearly.
The bronze fragments are rusted and the inscriptions on them are blurred.
The screen was flooded with comments.
"What is this?"
"It looks like a fragment from some ancient artifact."
"Those words are so strange, I've never seen them before."
Su Fan nodded.
"That's right. Even Cangjie didn't recognize these characters. Who was Cangjie? The ancestor of writing. The fact that he didn't recognize them means these characters are even older than him."
The barrage was shocked.
"Older than Cangjie?!"
"What era must that be?"
"The primordial era?!"
Su Fan nodded.
"It's possible. The Ziwei Emperor said that these things might be relics from the primordial era."
He paused.
"But here's the question—why are things from the primordial era in the Dragon-Phoenix Alliance's treasury? The Dragon-Phoenix Alliance has only been established for three thousand years, where did they get them from?"
The comments section was filled with speculation.
"Perhaps it was obtained from the God Hunter?"
"Could it have been unearthed from some historical site?"
"Boss, why don't you try using the Investiture of the Gods to illuminate it?"
Su Fan's eyes lit up.
"Good idea."
He raised his hand, and the golden light of the Investiture of the Gods shone towards the fragment.
Golden light enveloped the fragments.
The fragment trembled slightly.
Then, a beam of light shot out from the fragment, condensing into an image in the air.
That was an ancient battlefield.
The sky collapsed and the earth cracked; the sun and moon lost their light.
Countless figures were fighting.
There are giant dragons, phoenixes, qilin, and all sorts of strange creatures.
Blood rained down, and corpses littered the fields.
The image flashed by in an instant.
The fragments returned to calm.
Su Fan was stunned.
The viewers in the live chat were also stunned.
"Holy crap! What was that just now?!"
"Dragon! Phoenix! Qilin!"
"That's... the Great Calamity of Longhan?!"
The Purple Emperor rushed over, his expression changing drastically.
"The Great Calamity of Dragon and Han! That is the battlefield of the Great Calamity of Dragon and Han!"
Su Fan looked at him.
"Senior, do you know him?"
Emperor Ziwei took a deep breath.
"I know. That was the most brutal battle in the primordial era. The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan fought a great war that shattered the heavens and earth, causing immense suffering to all living beings."
"After that battle, the three races were severely weakened and retreated into seclusion."
He stared at the fragment, his eyes filled with shock.
"If this fragment is indeed a relic of that great battle, then the inscription on it is... script from before the Great Calamity of Longhan!"
Su Fan gasped.
Before the Great Calamity of Longhan?
How ancient must it be?
The comments section went crazy.
"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!!!"
"The text written before the Great Calamity of Longhan!"
"Doesn't that mean he existed hundreds of thousands of years earlier than Cangjie?!"
"This thing is a living fossil!"
Su Fan took a deep breath.
He carefully put down the fragment and picked up the second item—the broken arrowhead.
"The second item is this."
The arrowhead was rusted and its original shape was almost unrecognizable.
Su Fan used the Investiture of the Gods to illuminate the area once more.
The arrow was enveloped in golden light.
The arrow trembled slightly.
Then, a beam of light shot out, condensing into a picture once again.
This time, the scene is different.
It was a huge palace.
The palace is entirely golden and appears to float in the clouds.
Countless immortals flew to and fro.
Deep within the palace sat a man dressed in imperial robes.
In front of him lay a bow.
The bow was jet black, and the bowstring was as bright as the moon.
The man picked up the bow and nocked an arrow.
The arrowhead was aimed at a distant star.
He let go.
The arrow flew out.
It transformed into a streak of light and shot towards that star.
boom--!!!
The stars shattered.
The screen disappeared.
The live chat exploded.
Holy crap!!!
"A single arrow shattering the stars?!"
"What kind of bow is that?!"
"What kind of arrow is that?!"
Su Fan was also stunned.
He looked at the arrow in his hand, and a crazy idea surged into his mind.
Could this arrow be the one in the picture?
The Yellow Emperor walked over, his face solemn.
"I think I know what this is."
Su Fan looked at him.
"What?"
The Yellow Emperor took a deep breath.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a great god named Yi. He once shot down nine suns.
Su Fan nodded.
"I know that. It's about Hou Yi shooting down the suns."
The Yellow Emperor shook his head.
"It's not Hou Yi, it's Da Yi. Hou Yi lived during the Xia Dynasty, while Da Yi lived during the reign of Emperor Yao. They are not the same person."
"When Yi shot down the suns, he used a divine bow called the 'Sunset Bow.' Both the bow and the arrows were born of heaven and earth, and their power was boundless."
He looked at the arrow.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be an arrow used by Yi the Great."
Su Fan's eyes widened.
"The arrow that Yi shot down the sun?!"
The Yellow Emperor nodded.
"Yes. But I don't know why it broke. Maybe when we shot down the sun, the arrow couldn't withstand the sun's power and broke in the sky."
The barrage of comments is beyond words.
"Yi Shoots Down the Suns!!!"
"A legendary artifact!"
"Holy crap! Boss, you've struck gold!"
"If this arrow could be repaired, wouldn't it be able to blast stars apart?!"
Su Fan took a deep breath.
He carefully put down the arrow and picked up the third item—the fist-sized black stone.
"The third item is this."
The stone was completely black and inconspicuous.
Su Fan used the Investiture of the Gods to illuminate the area.
Golden light enveloped the stone.
The stone did not react.
Su Fan frowned.
He then intensified the golden light.
There was still no response.
He thought for a moment, then bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of blood onto it.
Blood fell on the stone.
The stone suddenly lit up.
A beam of black light shot into the sky, piercing through the main hall and the clouds.
The entire Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion was shaken.
Su Fan's expression changed drastically.
In the black light, a huge phantom slowly emerged.
He was a giant who stood tall and firm.
He was shirtless, his muscles bulging, holding a giant axe, and roaring to the sky.
Pangu.
The phantom image flashed and disappeared.
The black light disappeared.
The stone returned to calm.
But the entire Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion was deathly silent.
Everyone saw the phantom.
Everyone felt that aura.
That aura of creation and innovation.
Emperor Ziwei's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.
"The Great God Pangu..."
The Yellow Emperor, the Yan Emperor, Chi You, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady... all the gods knelt down.
Su Fan also knelt down.
He looked at the stone, with only one thought in his mind.
This is something from Pangu.
The comments section has completely gone crazy.
"Pangu!!!"
"Pangu, the creator of heaven and earth!"
"I knelt down! I really knelt down!"
"Boss, what kind of luck do you have?!"
"Pangu's relics! Holy crap!"
It took a long time for Su Fan to stand up.
He carefully held the stone in his hands.
The stone is very heavy.
It was so heavy it didn't feel like a stone.
But Su Fan knew that this was no ordinary stone.
This is something left behind by Pangu.
The Ziwei Emperor walked over, his voice still trembling.
"Su Fan, this stone... might be a fragment that broke off from the axe when Pangu created the world."
Su Fan was taken aback.
"Fragments from the axe?"
The Purple Star Emperor nodded.
"Yes. Legend has it that when Pangu separated heaven and earth, he cleaved the chaos with an axe. The power of that axe was so great that some fragments broke off. These fragments scattered across the world, some turning into mountains, some into rivers, and some into divine artifacts."
He looked at the stone.
"If this really is a fragment of Pangu's axe, then its value... is immeasurable."
Su Fan took a deep breath.
He carefully put the stone away and placed it in the deepest part of the system space.
Then, he looked at the live stream camera.
"Everyone, what do you think of these three things today?"
The screen was flooded with comments.
"Awesome!!!"
"That's awesome!"
"Relics of the Great Calamity of Longhan! The arrowhead used by Yi to shoot down the sun! Fragments of Pangu's axe!"
"Boss, you're defying the heavens!"
Su Fan smiled.
"Unfortunately, none of these things are complete. The fragments are broken, the arrowheads are broken, and we don't know how to use the stones."
He paused.
"But it's alright. Now that we've found it, there's always a way to fix it. If all else fails, we can always find the gods and ask them."
The viewers in the live chat nodded in agreement.
"Yes, yes, yes! The big shots in the divine realm definitely know!"
"Go, boss!"
"All the divine weapons of China have returned!"
Su Fan felt a warm feeling in his heart as he looked at the comments.
He looked at the three things.
Fragments of the Dragon-Han Calamity, the arrowhead from which Yi shot down the sun, and fragments of Pangu's axe.
Each of these three items is enough to shake the heavens and the myriad realms.
And now, they are all in my own hands.
Su Fan took a deep breath.
"Alright, that's all for today's live stream. See you next time."
He turned off the live stream.
……
Inside the main hall, the gods were still looking at those three things.
The Yellow Emperor spoke.
"Su Fan, what do you plan to do with these things?"
Su Fan thought for a moment.
"Let's leave it for now. When I'm stronger, maybe I'll be able to unravel their secrets."
The Purple Star Emperor nodded.
"Alright. These things are too ancient; with your current strength, you really can't use them."
Emperor Yan smiled.
"But you're really lucky, kid. Any one of these things would be fought over by those old monsters."
Su Fan smiled too.
"That's right. Don't you even know who I am?"
Chi You curled his lip.
"Stop showing off. These things are good, but the most important thing right now is to collect the statues of the gods. The Sixth Elder of the God Hunters has run away, and he will definitely go back to report. At that time, the First Elder of the God Hunters might personally take action."
Su Fan's expression turned serious.
"Yes. So we need to be faster."
He took out the information given to him by Buddha.
The next world is the Heavenly Buddha Realm.
There is a statue there, which is Maitreya Buddha.
Su Fan took a deep breath.
"Next up, Maitreya Buddha."
three days later.
At the Wanjian Pavilion, in front of the teleportation array.
Su Fan stood in front of the gate of light, followed by the Yellow Emperor, Shennong, Chi You, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and the Medicine Buddha.
Five Dao Realm Level 3 experts, plus himself at the Middle Stage of Hunyuan Realm.
The lineup is impressive.
The Ziwei Emperor, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, Houtu Niangniang, Lei Zun, and Doumu Yuanjun remained to guard the area.
The Dragon Clan Chief and the Phoenix Clan Chief also arrived.
The dragon clan chief spoke.
"Envoy of the Gods, be careful on your trip to the Heavenly Buddha Realm. It's Buddhist territory, and although it has declined, there might still be some remaining restrictions there."
Su Fan nodded.
"clear."
The Phoenix Clan Chief also spoke.
"If you encounter a God Hunter, crush this jade talisman. I will immediately lead my men to your aid."
She handed Su Fan a fiery red jade talisman.
Su Fan accepted it.
Thank you.
He turned around and stepped into the portal of light.
……
Heavenly Buddha Realm.
A silence.
When Su Fan stepped out of the portal, the first thing he saw was a gray world.
The sky was gray, the earth was gray, and even the distant mountains were gray.
There was no sunlight, no wind, and no sound.
A deathly silence.
Su Fan frowned.
"Why is this place so quiet?"
The Yellow Emperor also frowned.
"Something's not right. It's too quiet. Buddhism values solemnity; no matter how much it has declined, it shouldn't be this quiet."
Chi You sniffed.
"It smells bloody."
Su Fan's expression changed.
He took to the air and flew towards the coordinates.
After flying for about an hour, a huge temple appeared ahead.
The temple was built on a mountain and was very large, covering an area of at least a hundred miles.
However, the temple was in ruins, with collapsed Buddha statues and broken stone pillars everywhere.
Above the mountain gate hangs a crooked plaque: Maitreya Temple.
Su Fan landed.
The temple was littered with corpses.
The monks, dressed in their robes, lay sprawled out in disarray.
Blood flows into a river.
Su Fan's face turned ashen.
He crouched down to examine a corpse.
The wound was very clean, as if it had been cut by a sharp blade.
The familiar scent lingered on the corpse.
The God Hunter.
Su Fan stood up, his eyes cold.
"The God Hunters have been here."
The Yellow Emperor walked over and examined a corpse as well.
"Judging from the bloodstains, it must have happened three days ago."
Su Fan strode into the depths of the temple.
Deep inside, there is a grand hall.
Inside the main hall stood a statue.
The statue is three zhang tall and depicts a pot-bellied, ever-smiling Buddha holding a cloth bag and with his chest and breasts exposed.
Maitreya Buddha.
But the statue is covered with cracks.
Inside the statue, a thick, impenetrable black mist was swirling.
It was more concentrated than ever before.
Su Fan raised his hand and placed it on the statue.
Golden light surged in from the Investiture of the Gods.
The black energy and golden light clashed.
A hissing sound rang out.
Su Fan's expression changed.