Changfeng Great Emperor originally intended to remind Gu Qingfeng, but before he could speak, Qianye Immortal King's secret voice transmission reached his ears.
"Changfeng, I advise you not to meddle in others' affairs!"
Ever since arriving here and encountering Gu Qingfeng, Qianye Immortal King had been on full alert, keeping a close watch on Gu Qingfeng. It wasn't that she was interested in him, but rather she feared for Changfeng Great Emperor's safety, worried that he might do something rash. Ruining his reputation was a minor concern; she was afraid he might even lose his life over it.
Changfeng Great Emperor knew Qianye Immortal King was concerned for him and explained, "Don't worry, I just wanted to remind You Di."
"Do you have any sense at all? Even you know there are many divine senses enveloping You Di. Do you think he doesn't know himself? Does he need you to remind him?"
Qianye Immortal King spoke earnestly, appealing to both emotion and reason: "Changfeng, although I cannot understand the complex bond of being both friend and foe between you and You Di, I still urge you not to get involved with him in any way. Absolutely not. And don't foolishly try to meddle in You Di's affairs. I've said it before—if You Di hadn't appeared in the Desolate Ancient Ruins, that would be one thing. But since he's here, he's facing a situation of nine deaths and one life, where danger far outweighs safety. No one can save him. No one..."
"There are far, far too many people who want him dead. So many they can't be counted, everywhere between heaven and earth. To say something you might not like to hear—You Di's affairs are beyond your ability to manage. You neither have the qualification nor the capability to intervene. Apart from being an onlooker, you can only be an onlooker. You can do nothing else. And it's not just you—looking across all heaven and earth, no one can manage You Di's affairs."
Indeed.
Although Changfeng Great Emperor didn't want to admit it, he had to acknowledge the truth of Qianye Immortal King's words.
You Di's affairs were indeed beyond his ability to manage.
Putting everything else aside.
The mere fact that forty or fifty divine senses were enveloping You Di at this very moment was already beyond his comprehension.
"What kind of existences are these divine senses? Where did they come from? What do they want to do?"
Changfeng Great Emperor asked. Qianye Immortal King shook her head, indicating she didn't know either, and said, "I don't know, and I don't want to know. I hope you feel the same. The waters of Original Sin are too deep, far beyond what we can touch. We've managed to avoid them all these years with great difficulty. You must not get involved."
Qianye Immortal King knew the waters of Original Sin were deep, which was why she had forbidden Changfeng Great Emperor from getting involved from the very beginning and had always kept her distance from Original Sin.
These were her master's words from back then, and she had acted accordingly.
This time, their entire family had come to the Desolate Ancient Ruins, also following their master's arrangement. Their reason for coming wasn't to seize opportunities, but to avoid calamity.
Sometimes, one must be caught within a calamity to avoid it.
Although Qianye Immortal King didn't fully understand this, she trusted her master.
In the distance.
Man Tu Fan and the Monster-Demon Woman also stood suspended in the air.
Man Tu Fan stared at the crimson blood cauldron that resembled a ferocious beast from the Desolate Ancient Era and murmured, "Why do I feel an inexplicable fear toward this cauldron? This fear feels as if it's innate."
The Monster-Demon Woman's expression appeared somewhat grave. Her gaze toward the Crimson Blood Cauldron was rather complex—filled with wariness, fear, and dread. She closed her eyes as if recalling a terrifying memory, shook her head, and said, "No one from the Desolate Ancient Era doesn't fear this cauldron...
Although you've reincarnated many times, your soul still belongs to the Desolate Ancient Era..."
"You said no one from the Desolate Ancient Era doesn't fear this cauldron?" Man Tu Fan asked. "Why? What kind of existence is this cauldron?"
"This cauldron is named Blood Devouring Cauldron. Legend says it was transformed from the ferocious beast Taotie. It once stirred up a storm of bloodshed in the Desolate Ancient Era..." Looking down at the boiling river of blood beneath her feet, the Monster-Demon Woman said solemnly, "In this river of blood, who knows how much belongs to Great Dao Ancestors, how much belongs to Great Dao Heavenly Mandates, how much belongs to people of Original Sin, how much belongs to people of Light, how much belongs to people of Darkness, how much belongs to people of Primordial Origins..."
After saying this.
The Monster-Demon Woman couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "One Blood Devouring Cauldron, ten thousand Desolate Ancient people."
Man Tu Fan murmured the words spoken by the Monster-Demon Woman. The more she murmured them, the more familiar they felt.
She had come to the Desolate Ancient Ruins not to contend for any Original Sin either. She had no interest in Original Sin. If she were interested, she wouldn't have reincarnated time and again.
She came to the Desolate Ancient Ruins only to reclaim her true self.
She had reincarnated to sever karma, painstakingly nurturing a karma flower, only to have it refined by Gu Qingfeng. As a result, all the effort she had expended through countless reincarnations had come to nothing. Now, she could only come to the Desolate Ancient Era to try to reclaim her true self.
"The Blood Devouring Cauldron has appeared...
Which means he might also be returning."
The Monster-Demon Woman's voice came. Man Tu Fan asked in confusion, "Who is this 'he' you speak of?"
"He is the master of the Blood Devouring Cauldron, a very, very terrifying existence."
Man Tu Fan couldn't imagine how terrifying he must be if even the Monster-Demon Woman found him frightening.
When she inquired further, the Monster-Demon Woman repeatedly shook her head, treating it as a taboo, not daring to speak that person's name directly.
Since the Monster-Demon Woman wouldn't say, Man Tu Fan didn't press further.
She looked toward Gu Qingfeng again and said, "After the Blood Devouring Cauldron appeared, the divine senses of these existences all manifested. They don't seem to have come for the Blood Devouring Cauldron, but more for that fellow surnamed Gu."
"If the Blood Devouring Cauldron hadn't appeared, they wouldn't have shown themselves either."
"Why did they appear? To stop him?"
"Perhaps. I don't know either. Some existences might be here to stop him, but others might not be. Some might even hope he touches the Blood Devouring Cauldron. I think even these existences themselves might not know what they want to do. That fellow is a variable, and the greatest variable at that. No one knows what he will do. No one knows what will happen after he does something. Everything is unknown. Until the very end, no one knows what the outcome will be."
Man Tu Fan asked, "What exactly is inside the Blood Devouring Cauldron? Could it be related to Original Sin?"
"I don't know."
The Monster-Demon Woman sighed softly and said, "It's precisely because they don't know that these existences have no choice but to show themselves."
"If they're worried about something happening between that fellow surnamed Gu and the Blood Devouring Cauldron, why don't they seize the cauldron? Instead, they're keeping watch over that fellow surnamed Gu?"
"I said that among all people of the Desolate Ancient Era, no one doesn't fear the Blood Devouring Cauldron. These existences are no exception. None of them dare to seize the Blood Devouring Cauldron. Let alone seizing it, whether they dare to approach it is an unknown."
"If that fellow surnamed Gu insists on approaching the Blood Devouring Cauldron, what will happen?"
"I also want to know the answer to that question."