Chapter 186: The Golden Cauldron

On Yang Tian's brow, a dazzling divine light appeared, terrifying and eerie, making one's soul tremble. This divine light seemed to want to burrow into Yang Tian's brow.

Seeing this, Yang Tian sneered. The small soul figure sitting cross-legged in his soul space formed a hand seal and instantly struck out a seal. A mass of black light surged from his brow, directly enveloping the dazzling divine light.

"Refine!" he silently commanded. The small soul figure stepped out cross-legged, fingers forming seals, and directly refined the divine light wrapped in black mist, releasing a rich surge of soul energy.

"What is this? A soul secret technique?" This scene did not escape the white-robed old man's eyes. His opening and closing gaze shot out fierce golden light, fearsome and dreadful.

The white-robed old man hesitated for a moment, then gave up attacking. He knew Qin Shi's character well—he did not allow others to interfere when fighting peers.

Qin Shi's face turned somewhat ugly. He urged the divine light with all his might, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no fluctuation transmitted.

After a while, Yang Tian completely refined the soul force before him. He looked up at Qin Shi, and when he noticed the pallor spreading across Qin Shi's face, a cold smile crept into Yang Tian's heart.

"As long as the soul body is not a realm higher than mine, it can only be refined!"

"Damn it, the alchemy conference is less than half a year away, and now my soul body is injured." Qin Shi clenched his fist, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

A surge of anger flooded Qin Shi's face. His body suddenly flickered and appeared before Yang Tian in an instant.

"Bang..." He struck out with a palm, a huge palm shadow crashing down. Terrifying air waves spewed forth, and it seemed as if green jade light rained from the sky, crushing down toward Yang Tian's head.

"Get lost!" Yang Tian sneered, throwing a punch. Surging blood energy flowed, and the immense fist intent, radiating an aura that crushed everything, directly pierced through the palm shadow.

Seeing this, Qin Shi frowned slightly. At the same time, a phantom dragon shadow suddenly appeared behind him, over ten zhang in size. A terrifying pressure rose, directly shattering the void, and a shocking phenomenon was born!

"Dragon Ascending Nine Heavens!" Seeing this, Yang Tian's expression gradually turned grave. He looked up at the green dragon shadow dancing in the void; the pressure it emitted gave him a feeling of dread.

"Perish!" Qin Shi softly commanded. The green dragon shadow emitted an ear-piercing sonic boom, roaring like mountains and seas, as if the sky were collapsing.

Chi! The phantom dragon shadow, ferocious, dove straight toward Yang Tian's body. The terrifying energy was like a vast ocean, striking across the nine heavens.

"Such a powerful phenomenon." Yang Tian clenched his fist and threw a punch directly, producing a muffled thunderous sound.

Clang, clang! The void rang with incessant clashes, sparks flying. Yang Tian's body was knocked back, his bones humming, and even his strong physique showed signs of cracking.

"If you don't use your true strength, you'll die here today!" Qin Shi sneered repeatedly. The dragon shadow attacked madly, already forcing Yang Tian back dozens of zhang.

Blood energy surged. The thunder drum on the river of blood energy seemed ready to burst out of his body, but Yang Tian suppressed it with all his might. If the thunder drum emerged, Yang Tian would expose his identity.

After being forced back about a hundred zhang, blood appeared at the corner of Yang Tian's mouth. Looking at the dragon shadow attacking wildly, a chilling light flashed in his eyes.

Behind Yang Tian, starlight flickered in succession, emitting a captivating aura. Like tidal waves, it swept across heaven and earth. A fierce wind howled, as if the world were turning upside down. Trees rustled, rocks pierced the clouds, and sand and stones flew.

The Tianshu star hung, radiating dazzling divine light, like a terrifying great star. Beneath the brilliant starlight of Tianshu, faint clanging sounds could be heard.

The phenomenon of Stars Shining in the Azure Sky roared to life. It seemed provoked—how could this phenomenon, rare even in ancient times, be compared to Dragon Ascending Nine Heavens?

"This is... Stars Shining in the Azure Sky!" Seeing this, Qin Shi hesitated for a moment. Then his face went blank, and he couldn't help swallowing. How many years had it been since Stars Shining in the Azure Sky had appeared? And he was seeing it in the Eastern Continent!

In the distance, the white-robed old man looked at the phenomenon behind Yang Tian, a hint of astonishment in his eyes. He couldn't help murmuring: "So the phenomenon that appeared some time ago was caused by him. Truly worthy of being the rarest ancient phenomenon. A Tongxuan realm cultivator actually condensed a phenomenon, causing a world-shaking change."

A phenomenon could only be condensed by monstrous geniuses of extreme power. Such individuals not only had extraordinary cultivation but also immense luck. Especially the star phenomenon, one of the rarest in ancient times.

"If he really is Yang Tian, then he has manifested two phenomena." Thinking this, the white-robed old man frowned slightly. With Qin Shi's strength, he had only manifested one phenomenon—a huge gap.

Qin Shi dared not be careless. The green jade blood energy in his body surged violently, and his aura instantly rose by a third. The green dragon shadow dancing in the void also solidified somewhat.

The green great dragon roared, its sound splitting the sky. A vast expanse of green light shot up, charging directly into the star phenomenon, trying to crush the Tianshu star.

Yang Tian sneered, directly opening a gap and letting the green great dragon in. The starlight instantly blazed, erupting with dazzling divine light, turning the world into a silver hue.

"What is this kid up to?" Seeing this, a look of surprise appeared in Qin Shi's eyes. Staring at the dazzling stars ahead, he could no longer see what was happening inside.

In that instant, the entire Tianshu star erupted with terrifying energy fluctuations, shaking heaven and earth. Then, the Tianshu star fell to the ground, striking the dragon shadow.

"Duo!" Yang Tian silently commanded. The falling Tianshu star suddenly struck out a terrifying sword qi, cleaving the dragon shadow in two in midair!

This sudden change happened in an instant. No one saw that within the Tianshu star there was a small sword, which struck out two sword qi in succession, directly shattering the dragon shadow into pieces.

"Pfft..." Suddenly, Qin Shi's face turned deathly pale. His entire aura instantly withered, and he abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Highness!" The white-robed old man was greatly shocked, looking at Qin Shi's body with disbelief. The phenomenon was destroyed, damaging his origin!

Such an injury was usually hard to recover from, requiring rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures. The white-robed old man was furious and wanted to kill Yang Tian.

"I'm fine." Waving his hand, the pallor on Qin Shi's face gradually faded. He cast a cold gaze at Yang Tian.

"I still underestimated him." Wiping the blood from his mouth, Qin Shi suddenly spat out a small golden cauldron. It was entirely golden, as if cast from gold, wrapped in golden divine patterns. Faintly, several phantom golden dragons could be seen roaming around the cauldron's mouth.

This small golden cauldron was very powerful, having manifested a phenomenon. Although it was very illusory, when these golden dragons were fully manifested, it would be the day it advanced to a heavenly artifact.

"Such a powerful artifact, much stronger than my Golden Crow Divine Furnace." A grave expression appeared on his face. This small golden cauldron had already reached the level of a peak Dao artifact.

"The Southern Divine Dynasty is indeed wealthy. A peak Dao artifact—even in an ancient holy land, you might not find ten. And a person at the Tuotai realm can possess one." Yang Tian clicked his tongue. He did have a broken heavenly artifact, but he couldn't unleash its power. He would need to advance to Tuotai to possibly activate a trace of its might.

The small golden cauldron emitted a soul-stirring aura. Qin Shi pointed at it, and the cauldron hummed, spinning in the void. Terrifying golden light surged, cascading down from the cauldron's mouth.

Suddenly, the small golden cauldron vanished before Yang Tian's eyes. Under Yang Tian's astonished gaze, he found that the world around him had changed, as if trapped in a space.

In that space, the small golden cauldron reappeared before Qin Shi. He was silent for a moment, then couldn't help smiling. Tapping the cauldron's body with his finger, he said lightly: "If you can come out from inside, I'll let you off."