Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 866 - 851: Moving the Cauldron and Changing Fate, The Hidden Purple Snake! (Extra 15)

Chapter 866: Chapter 851: Moving the Cauldron and Changing Fate, The Hidden Purple Snake! (Extra 15)

Originally, he had thought to bestow the Five-Colored Soil upon Xiao Chen, wanting to put Xiao Chen in his debt. However, now seeing these three Purple Crystal Ascendant Vine roots, glimmering like purple jade, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

Compared to the significance of these Purple Crystal Ascendant Vines for the tribe, his lapse in composure was utterly insignificant.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but applaud himself for having sent the Yuan Stones and casting materials to the Gu Yuan Tribe before the battle. He also understood that if it hadn’t been for his spontaneous act that day, coupled with his recent desire to give the Five-Colored Divine Soil to the Gu Yuan Tribe, Xiao Chen might not have brought out such treasures today.

Purple Crystal Ascendant Vine ranks among the spirit items in the Desolate Wilds and even in All Heavens and Myriads of Realms, where spirit items of heaven, earth, and man are classified, followed by the king level.

Take spirit medicine, for example. Although everyone is keen on classifying them by age and medicinal strength, and Xiao Chen does the same, the classification of heaven, earth, and man is the universal standard across All Heavens and Myriads of Realms.

Medicinal materials of the human tier generally refer to those less than a thousand years old or with insufficient medicinal strength of less than a thousand years; the earth tier, however, is different, encompassing spirit medicine from one thousand to under six thousand years, whose medicinal strength matches that of common venerables below the Zhong Lou Realm Warriors.

As for the heavenly tier spirit medicine, it corresponds to those medicines that are six thousand to ten thousand years old. This classification also depends on the growth potential of the spirit medicine. After all, some medicines have limited potential, and once they have grown to a certain age, they will stop growing, just like the Eight-treasure Colored Glaze Grass originally in the Gu Yuan Tribe, which had exhausted its potential and could not further enhance its medicinal properties.

Regarding king tier spirit medicine, it refers first to spirit medicine that has reached beyond ten thousand years of growth, and second to the medicinal potential that can grow to ten thousand years. Such spirit medicine is extremely precious and can indeed be crowned as the king of medicines!

Apart from spirit medicine, other spirit items of heaven and earth are also divided into heaven, earth, and man. However, beyond these there exists a category known as divine objects, the significance of which is not determined by age or other factors.

Just like the Purple Crystal Ascendant Vine, it was specifically categorized out of the spirit medicine realm due to its unique medicinal properties and classified among the Ten Thousand Spirits List, ranking within the heavenly tier spirit items.

Because of this, over the years, Xiao Chen had rarely revealed the Purple Crystal Ascendant Vine. The more powerful the tribe, the crazier they were for such treasures, as could be seen from Qingyu Elder’s lapse just now.

"Let these Purple Crystal Ascendant Vines serve as the exchange for the Five-Colored Divine Soil from our chieftain," said Xiao Chen after a moment.

"Thank you, Divine Marquis." Qingyu, the elder, stood up and bowed to Xiao Chen.

"In speaking of which, it is now my Qinghui Marquis Division that owes the Divine Marquis a favor. If the Divine Marquis needs to collect any treasures in the future, my Bronze Tower will naturally make all efforts to assist."

"Upon my return to the tribe, I shall do my utmost to persuade our chieftain to part with a portion of the Void Crystal Stone."

"Good! Then, many thanks to you, Tower Master Qingyu," Xiao Chen responded, also clasping his fist.

Introducing the Purple Crystal Ascendant Vines at this moment meant that Xiao Chen was no longer afraid of being spied upon by other tribes; the Gu Yuan Tribe now had the strength to contend with other Marquis departments.

The entourage from the Bronze Tower obtained the Five-Colored Divine Soil. Though the five colors had merged into a somewhat muddied whole, it did not affect the evolution of the earth world, making their journey worthwhile.

Additionally, although they didn’t obtain the Void Crystal, they did get news about medium-grade Void Crystals. Xiao Chen revealing the Purple Crystal Ascendant Vine was also partially for that reason, knowing well the principle that to receive, one must first give.

Hum!

Within the Bronze Ancient City, a humming sound resonated, causing all the tribe people of the Gu Yuan Tribe to sense a flood of purple qi enveloping their vision, with purple haze shining, and in the void above, Spirit Serpents were howling fiercely.

In the easternmost part of the Bronze Ancient City, a courtyard spanning over ten li suddenly materialized, its high Qing Stone walls standing a hundred zhang tall, enclosing the scenery within, where rumbling noises were now emerging.

The sky was showered with purple haze. At Xiao Chen’s brow, a crest of haze materialized, and from within it, a purple and gold radiance grew continuously larger.

Eventually, it solidified ten zhang away and reformed into the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron.

Hum, hum, hum!

In the next moment, the Divine Cauldron vibrated, with divine rainbow light flashing incessantly below. In the blink of an eye, a five-colored platform formed, followed by continual manifestations of gray-white shadows from the massive cauldron mouth, cascading towards all directions.

These were the one hundred and eight immensely large stone pillars that formed part of the Four Directions Seal Earth Array, now returning to their original forms to protect the Border Wasteland Cauldron in the center.

Once all was completed, the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron emitted a dense purple-golden radiant aura.

Ao!

Above the Sky Vault of the Bronze Ancient City, the moonlight of Destiny’s Spirit Serpent echoed a long howl, with Zi Hua cascading down and entering the cauldron.

Afterward, the Border Wasteland Cauldron flashed with Zi Hua, and a beam of purple-gold light entered Xiao Chen’s brow. Once the light disappeared, the Border Wasteland Cauldron once again sank into the platform of the Five-Colored Divine Soil, and the divine radiance atop the platform also gradually receded.

As for that purple and gold ethereal mist that entered Xiao Chen’s brow, it was a message conveyed to him by the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron.

The Divine Cauldron was spirited, naturally.

However, it left Xiao Chen both amused and frustrated. Although the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron had fallen into the Gu Yuan Tribe, the tribe’s current strength was not enough to impress the Cauldron, and the spirit of the cauldron had never revealed itself.

Xiao Chen had originally thought it would require a significant event to imprint the Gu Yuan Tribe’s fate upon the cauldron, but in just the blink of an eye, the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron had already suppressed the fate of the Gu Yuan Tribe within itself.

Indeed, apart from Xiao Chen himself, no one else in the entire tribe felt that their clan-suppression spiritual tool had changed hands.

From the time the Gu Yuan Tribe was founded to the present, the Divine Marquis Cauldron that suppressed the tribe’s fate had been around for over a decade. Now, the spiritual tool had been transferred to the Purple Snake Marquis Clan. Reflecting upon this, Xiao Chen felt a wave of nostalgia.

The higher his strength grew, the more he felt that the residual soul of the Purple Snake Venerable he had once encountered had concealed something from him, and the strength of the Purple Snake Marquis Clan was certainly not as limited as what he had seen in the underground aristocratic family.

Over the years, he had also tried to collect information about the Purple Snake Battle Division from millennia ago, but he had found nothing. It was as if the events of that period had experienced a break, with absolutely no records, seemingly erased by someone.

Half an hour later, Xiao Chen’s figure appeared in a nondescript great hall within the tribe. The hall was empty, and around it, perennial lamps of stone flickered crisply.

In the center of the great hall, on a stone platform, stood a tall stone stele with only two ancient seal characters inscribed on it: Purple Snake!

The Eternal Purple Snake clan, extinct as a clan, transformed into a blood and bone seal formation.

Clang!

A heavy sound echoed as the Divine Marquis Cauldron landed in front of the stele. The Gu Yuan Tribe now possessed a new clan-suppression ceremonial tool. The Divine Marquis Cauldron had fulfilled its mission.

The highest grade of the Divine Marquis Cauldron could only suppress the fate of a Legendary Marquis Department, that is, the Fate Spirit Serpent, but the future path of the Gu Yuan Tribe lay in the Supreme King Tribe. Therefore, even if the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron had not taken charge of the Gu Yuan Tribe today, Xiao Chen would have eventually had to search for divine objects to either elevate the grade of the Divine Marquis Cauldron or cast a new one to suppress the tribe’s fate.

The Divine Marquis Cauldron, having been forcefully stripped of its connection to the Gu Yuan Tribe’s fate by the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron, was moved by Xiao Chen to this great hall, a place of worship for the heritage of the former Purple Snake Marquis Clan.

It was precisely because they had inherited the Divine Marquis Cauldron of the Purple Snake Marquis Clan that the Gu Yuan Tribe had been able to forge its destiny and experience rapid development. Although they also inherited various aspects from Dragon Fall Ancient City, the influence of the Purple Snake Battle Division on the Gu Yuan Tribe was undeniable.

Moreover, after forging the tribe’s fate, Xiao Chen had gone back to that mountain valley to search for the underground world where the Purple Snake Battle Division was buried, but the valley that once had an entrance to the underground world had disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Yet the Divine Marquis Cauldron, the Purple Snake Divine Sword, the Sky Python Art — all of these affirmed that what Xiao Chen had experienced was real.

"Glorious Humanity, stained the Great Wasteland with blood, yet the bloodline survives, joining the vast and boundless, the entire clan’s blood sacrifice conclusively severed, painting the scorched earth with blood, the lonely souls dim, with nothing to continue, Bai Zhan undying, humanity not extinct, magnificent, yet how sorrowful!"

"With hundreds of thousands of tribespeople’s blood essence as the guide, I activate an eternal and unique sealing array, burying the lineage of the ruling beasts and the Endless Dark Land beneath, to protect the human legacy for eternity, though the Purple Snake Battle Division is extinct without regret!"

Heaven and earth bled!

Clothes maketh not the man, to share the robe together, the ancient horn sounded.

Clothes maketh not the man, to share the hatred together, the journey across heaven and earth stained with blood!

Xiao Chen’s eyes closed, the ancient voice echoed once more in his mind. These scenes truly existed, but he could no longer locate them, as if everything was veiled in a layer of fog, unclear.

Now, the Gu Yuan Tribe was powerful enough to be compared with a Legendary Marquis Department, and Xiao Chen himself had been bestowed the title of Divine Marquis, but it was still difficult to clearly investigate the events of the past, and even the last traces had disappeared without a trace, which was extremely abnormal.

Back then, he promised to pay homage to the loyal souls and blood descendants of the Purple Snake Marquis Clan, and although the bones had now disappeared, Xiao Chen had still erected this stone stele in the tribe as a stele tomb, to commemorate the Purple Snake Marquis Clan.

Hu!

Xiao Chen took a deep breath, his eyes reopening to gaze at the ancient Purple Snake characters on the towering stele tomb in front of him; all traces related to the Purple Snake Marquis Battle Division had now vanished.

Although the current strength of the Gu Yuan Tribe was still insufficient to reveal the secrets therein, one day, he would investigate everything clearly.

In fact, in his heart, there was always a strong intuition that he would meet the residual soul of the Purple Snake Venerable again one day, and when that time came, it would be when everything was revealed. However, to uncover this secret, the strength of the Gu Yuan Tribe might need to be even stronger.