Chapter 717: Cauldron Refining Heaven and Earth
This terrifying tripod, which is tens of thousands of miles in size, is the sacred vessel that Emperor Xi used to create the human race.

The reason why the ground he was standing on was brown-red was because Emperor Xi once collected the blood of mythical beasts and demons from all over the world in order to create the human race. After using this huge cauldron to create the human race, the blood of mythical beasts and demons remaining in the cauldron turned into brown-red ground.

The occasional twinkling starlight is the remnant of the star essence that Emperor Xi collected from the outer sky.

Zhang Qian didn’t have a concrete concept before, but now that he saw the real sacred artifact created by Emperor Xi, he was extremely shocked. Such a huge tripod, hundreds of thousands of miles in size, could only be controlled by Emperor Xi, whose body was as big as the world. Apart from Emperor Xi, all the powerful cultivators in the world could not even activate this huge tripod.

In Zhang Qian's guess, when Emperor Xi created the human race, he may have only created a small part of it. Then, after a long time, these human beings continued to multiply and finally achieved a prosperous era for humanity.

But now seeing this precious tripod which is tens of thousands of miles in size, Zhang Qian discovered that perhaps Emperor Xi had directly created countless human beings and it would not be so troublesome at all.

Through this huge tripod, Zhang Qian also got a glimpse of the terrifying power of the Daluo Immortal God. Emperor Xi was a Daluo Xuanxian, who could not be compared with a half-baked Daluo Immortal God like Guanghanzi.

At this moment, Zhang Qian was in the belly of the cauldron of the sacred artifact of Emperor Xi's creation.

The inside of the cauldron is not some separate small world, but an endless space, and this is also Zhang Qian's destination.

The World Tree asked Zhang Qian to place the fruit at the place where Emperor Xi created the world, and the specific location was somewhere in the belly of the cauldron.

Zhang Qian still needs to search carefully for the specific location. According to what the World Tree said, there must be no mistake in the location where the fruit is placed.

Although he didn't know what the World Tree was planning, Zhang Qian had a vague feeling that this move was extremely important. It was a key link in the World Tree's path to enlightenment. He had a great trust in him, so he had to be extremely careful. Thinking of what the mysterious Jiu Yuan had said before, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Turning away from the brown-red mountain wall, he identified the direction and walked to the right.

This piece of land is only brown and red, there is nothing else there, and there are no flowers, plants or trees growing here. It is bare and extremely desolate.

Following the sensation in his heart, Zhang Qian approached the center of the earth little by little. That was the center of the belly of the entire cauldron. The place he was looking for was nearby.

After walking for more than an hour, the scenery in front of Zhang Qian finally changed. The brown-red earth suddenly turned bright red, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger.

The sweet fragrance in the bloody smell made Zhang Qian's blood start to riot, as if the fragrance contained a power that was extremely beneficial to his blood. His ancient dragon loach blood was actually eager to devour it.

With a thought, Zhang Qian calmed the raging blood. He looked carefully and saw a blood-red ball of flesh suddenly appearing not far away on the ground in front of him. The ball of flesh was a little far away, so Zhang Qian couldn't see it clearly. When he walked closer and looked again, he was shocked to find that this ball of flesh was so familiar.

"This... isn't this the heart that devoured everything in the ancient mine?"

This bright red ball of flesh was exactly the same as the heart he had encountered in the mine in Nebula Province. It was just as huge and just as beating non-stop.

At that time, Jian Hu Palace and Huang Quan Demon Sect were fighting for that mineral vein. Zhang Qian and his companions encountered an ancient relic deep in the mineral vein. It was there that Zhang Qian discovered the roots of the World Tree in the sarcophagus and a terrifying heart at the entrance. At that time, he was thinking of using the Heavenly Demon Pagoda to grind the bloodless heart into divine light to improve his own bloodline.

After such a long time, he still wanted to find the mysterious heart, but he just didn't have the time to collect it. With his current ability, he could completely suppress the terrifying heart. But what was going on with this meat ball that appeared in front of him?

"Could this be the heart of the mine? Why is it here?"

Zhang Qian was puzzled.

Dong Dong Dong...!
This gigantic heart kept beating, and every beat shook the void, spreading out ripples visible to the naked eye. The extremely rich blood energy in it could be clearly sensed.

Moreover, Zhang Qian suddenly discovered that the heart in front of him was actually constantly devouring the blood contained in the deep brown-red earth. This was the blood left over after Emperor Xi collected the blood of ancient mythical beasts and demons to create the human race. Now this blood was constantly being devoured by this heart.

The strange thing is that, looking at its appearance, this heart must have been devouring here for who knows how many years, but this heart shows no signs of growth or evolution. The blood and energy essence it devoured is not all stored in the heart, but disappears through an unknown channel.

"Someone is absorbing the essence of blood and energy through this heart!"

Zhang Qian's eyes lit up and he saw the clue.

This heart, or the heart in the ancient mine in Xingyun State, all had an owner. It was placed there artificially to absorb power.

"Who is the one?"

With doubts, Zhang Qian approached the heart silently. The closer he got, the more he could feel the majestic blood essence and terrifying pressure in the heart.

When he walked to the heart, he directly stimulated the full power of the Heavenly Jade Body. The hazy jade light enveloped his body and controlled the vast void. At the same time, a blue sky appeared in the sky and the blue eye of heaven appeared.

As soon as the Blue Sky Seal appeared, it locked the entire heart tightly. As Zhang Qian thought about it, the Blue Sky Seal fell down with a bang. The sky and the earth seemed to come together, and the blue sky descended, sealing the entire heart.

Dong Dong Dong...!
The heart seemed to have sensed the crisis and began to beat wildly, shaking the void, trying to break free from the blockade of the Blue Sky Seal. Unfortunately, this was just a heart containing vast blood and energy essence, and it could not resist the blockade of the Blue Sky Seal at all.

In a flash, the entire heart was completely wrapped by the Blue Sky Seal, and a blue cage appeared, completely sealing the heart inside.

brush!
Zhang Qian stretched out his hand and the Blue Sky Seal began to shrink rapidly, eventually turning into a blue divine ball the size of a fist. The heart was sealed in the divine ball, unable to move.

Holding the magic ball, Zhang Qian looked closely. The heart sealed inside was still beating, but it was beating much slower. And this time, Zhang Qian clearly felt that this heart was connected to an extremely secret passage. The passage was not a void passage but a connection between forces. There was an inexplicable existence connected to this heart, which kept absorbing the essence of blood and power swallowed by the heart.

Carefully sensing the inexplicable connection with his spiritual sense, Zhang Qian knew that the person connected to this heart must be the secret existence behind the scenes. That person actually plundered and devoured the essence of blood and energy in the sacred cauldron at the place where Emperor Xi created the world. He was extremely audacious. And what was strange was that no one noticed this, and the human guardians on the ancestral mountain did not react at all.

(End of this chapter)