Chapter 596: Heavenly Emperor Sword!

Li Xuanfeng's Chaos Golden Bone had already broken through to the seventh stage. Once he obtained the heaven and earth profound yellow qi and used the System to refresh it for a return reward, the resources obtained should allow his Chaos Golden Bone to transform to the eighth stage.

If he wanted to transform to the ninth stage, it definitely wouldn't be enough.

Li Xuanfeng was still wondering where to find an opportunity when the time came; now it seemed that this Land of Return to Ruins was the chance to break through the final stage.

The former dojo of a Great Emperor, the most famous Forbidden Land of the Black Tortoise Clan, a place where even a quasi-emperor might be reduced to ashes if they intruded—perhaps it really could allow the Chaos Golden Bone to complete its final transformation.

With the exchange targets for this time and the next decided, and since no better Body Refining resources could be found among the many dazzling light clusters, Li Xuanfeng finally directed all his Divine Sense toward finding a suitable quasi-emperor weapon.

His Divine Sense swept through the light clusters one by one, only to find that there weren't many quasi-emperor weapons available for exchange.

Most of them were damaged or incomplete.

These were mostly legacies left behind by quasi-emperors who had fallen over the long years.

A small portion of complete quasi-emperor weapons were contributed by the various top powers of the Canglan Realm.

"The worst quasi-emperor weapon costs ten trillion battle merit."

His Divine Sense swept through the dazzling light clusters one by one.

Sabers, spears, swords, axes, cauldrons, towers, mirrors, bells—there was a wide variety of weapons, but more than half were damaged or incomplete, offering no help to Li Xuanfeng's combat power.

His attention was mainly focused on those relatively complete quasi-emperor weapons.

"Second-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, World-Destroying Saber!"

"Fourth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, Ancient Demon Mirror!"

"Fifth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, Immortal Phoenix Wings!"

…Information on one complete quasi-emperor weapon after another appeared in Li Xuanfeng's mind, ranging from the first to the ninth Rank.

Initially, quasi-emperor weapons didn't have clear Rank divisions, but since there were differences in strength among quasi-emperors, there were naturally differences in strength among quasi-emperor weapons as well.

Over the long years, based on the quality of the quasi-emperor weapons, they were divided into nine Ranks, corresponding to the first to ninth heavens of the quasi-emperor realm.

Of Li Xuanfeng's two quasi-emperor weapons, the huntian hammer was considered a second-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, and the fire phoenix azure dragon armor was considered a fourth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon!

There was also a special type of quasi-emperor weapon in the world whose quality was higher than the first to ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapons but weaker than a true emperor weapon; such weapons were often defective products from failed attempts to refine emperor weapons.

Throughout history, only a Great Emperor could refine a true emperor weapon. When an emperor weapon was born, it was inevitably accompanied by a Dao Tribulation. The weapon also had to defy the ten thousand Daos and undergo the baptism of ten thousand tribulations before it could transform into an emperor weapon and stand side-by-side with a Great Emperor.

However, sometimes limited by materials, a weapon could not bear the power of the ten thousand Daos. At the moment it was about to shatter, a Great Emperor would forcibly stabilize it, allowing it to remain intact and usable.

Such a weapon was equivalent to having been tempered by the ten thousand Dao Tribulations but failing the test. It couldn't be called an emperor weapon, but it carried a hint of an emperor weapon's essence, and its power surpassed that of a ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon.

Such weapons were called—Dao-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor Weapons!

There were no Dao-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor Weapons in the Merit Hall, and there was only one ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, which also had some flaws.

It was a palace-shaped weapon, pure white throughout, majestic and translucent, like a luxurious palace built of ice and snow.

"Canghai Snow Dragon Palace, a ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon, a treasure left behind thirty thousand years ago by the Snow Dragon Maiden of the East Sea Dragon Clan. A slight crack was made in it during a battle with an alien Ninth-Level Peak Quasi-God King, but its quality wasn't significantly affected."

"It is a defensive weapon with the effect of trapping enemies. Its destructive power is average. Required battle merit: 108 trillion!"

"This weapon has some special requirements for the user: they must be a Cultivator of the path of Body Refining and must also have a Physical Body strength comparable to that of the Dragon Clan in the same realm. Isn't this perfect for me? It's also suitable for Senior Sister."

Li Xuanfeng finished reading the information with his Divine Sense.

The Canghai Snow Dragon Palace was currently the only ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon in the Merit Hall, and it had a slight flaw. The impact of this flaw could be said to be large or small.

The former Snow Dragon Maiden had fallen at the hands of an alien Supreme Expert, and the weapon's spirit had also been destroyed. It had been in the Merit Hall for many years and had never been exchanged.

First, because it had a slight flaw, and Supreme Experts didn't lack such an incomplete ninth-Rank quasi-emperor weapon.

Second, the required battle merit reached 108 trillion, and almost no quasi-emperor could gather that much battle merit.

So it had remained there until now, without finding a suitable owner.

"This is the one!"

"The heaven and earth profound yellow qi and the Canghai Snow Dragon Palace—the battle merit accumulated over two years is just about enough!"

Li Xuanfeng thought to himself, finalizing the targets for this exchange.

However, he didn't immediately withdraw his Divine Sense; instead, it spread to the deepest depths, touching the most mysterious and dazzling light cluster.

He had noticed that light cluster long ago. Judging by its brightness alone, it was likely the most precious item in the entire Merit Hall.

Even if the brightness of the heaven and earth profound yellow qi and the Canghai Snow Dragon Palace were combined, the difference would be like that between a firefly and the bright moon.

Buzz!

When his Divine Sense touched that light cluster, Li Xuanfeng's whole body shook.

Even though it was just a phantom image, it gave him a sense of insignificance, like a mayfly looking up at the vast sky.

"emperor weapon!"

Before the information was fully revealed, Li Xuanfeng had already guessed the origin of this item.

As the information unfolded, it was just as he had guessed: this was an emperor weapon, or more accurately, a fragment of an emperor weapon.

A fragment of a long sword refined from some unknown material, only three fingers wide and less than half a finger long. The blade's edge emitted a cold light sufficient to tear apart a quasi-emperor's Soul.

And this was just a phantom image!

"Heavenly Emperor Sword!"

"Fragment, required battle merit: one quadrillion?"

"Placed in the Merit Hall by the Domain Lord of the Mid-Heaven Domain? The Jidao Emperor Weapon of the legendary supreme Great Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor!"

Li Xuanfeng pondered over the simple and clear information.

The Merit Hall actually had a treasure related to an emperor weapon, even if it was just a fragment of one.

A moment later, his Divine Sense receded into Li Xuanfeng's Sea of Consciousness like a tide.

"How was that fragment?"

Just as he withdrew his Divine Sense, Lian Yuezhou's voice sounded in his ear.

She naturally knew that Li Xuanfeng had observed that most dazzling light cluster.

"This thing isn't meant to be exchanged at all, is it?"

Li Xuanfeng turned his head to look at Lian Yuezhou beside him.

"One quadrillion battle merit—this was an impossible number. Unless one wiped out the alien races entirely or slew the alien God King, it would be impossible to accumulate such an astounding amount of battle merit."

"If one truly had such strength, any amount of battle merit would be a meaningless number, and a fragment of an emperor weapon wouldn't hold any attraction."

"Therefore, the fragment of the Heavenly Emperor Sword was placed in the Merit Hall just for show."

"It is indeed a decoration, an item used by the Lord of the Heavenly Court to manifest his status,"

Lian Yuezhou said.

"Lord of the Heavenly Court?"

"Is it the current Domain Lord of the Mid-Heaven Domain?"

Li Xuanfeng asked.

Lian Yuezhou nodded.