13: The life of Emperor Hengyu

【Hengyu】: "@Group Master Wushi Great Emperor, can Fellow Daoist truly see... my entire life?"

【Group Master Wushi Great Emperor】: "I know a thing or two."

After saying that, as if to prove it and to help Hengyu integrate better, Wushi Great Emperor directly sent out a stream of information containing the key milestones of Great Emperor Hengyu's life as he knew them.

"Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu, born in the Ziwei Star Field, a Loose Cultivator who rose up against the heavens. During a Golden Age, he suppressed all kings and attained the Dao by slaying twelve Supremes. He created the Hengyu Scripture and forged the ultimate dao emperor weapon, the hengyu furnace. Throughout his life, he quelled chaos for the Human Race. In his later years, he met a peerless female Saint and left behind a Bloodline, eventually passing away on the ancient path of the Human Race after exhausting his strength..."

Within the information stream, scene after scene flashed by.

There was his embarrassment as a youth, competing with others for Origin Stones in a marketplace.

There was his youth, venturing alone into ancient mines, escaping death by a hair's breadth.

There was his rivalry with the Prodigies of his era, fighting bloody battles.

Until finally, he attained the Dao and became an Emperor, illuminating the Universe.

Everyone in the group saw this "spoiler" and was profoundly shaken by Great Emperor Hengyu's magnificent, Heaven-Defying rise to power.

However, the Black Emperor discovered a particular point of interest.

【Black Emperor】: "Wait! A peerless female Saint?! @Hengyu, Great Emperor, did you actually have such a romantic affair? Quick, tell us! Which Holy Land's Saintess was she? Was it after you attained the Dao that she came crying and screaming to throw herself at you?"

The Black Emperor's fire of gossip burned fiercely.

But it immediately discovered another detail that interested it even more.

【Black Emperor】: "hengyu furnace? I remember the most famous furnace of Great Emperor Hengyu isn't that one, but the notorious 'goddess furnace', right?"

The goddess furnace!

As soon as those three words appeared, Ji Ziyue had the strongest reaction.

【Ji Ziyue】: "The goddess furnace?! You mean that evil weapon legendary to have been forged by the Ancestral Master of the Dao of Human Desire? I heard that furnace can forcibly pull people inside, specifically to capture Saintesses and Fairies from all over. It's utterly shameless and low! How could a great man like Great Emperor Hengyu forge such a thing? Dead dog, stop talking nonsense!"

Dao of Human Desire? goddess furnace?

Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu looked at the discussion in the group, falling into deep confusion once again.

When did I ever get involved with the "Dao of Human Desire"?

The emperor weapon I plan to forge is clearly called the hengyu furnace!

However... "forcibly pulling people inside, specifically to capture Saintesses and Fairies from all over..."

Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu rubbed his chin, his gaze becoming somewhat playful.

This function... sounds... rather interesting?

Wushi Great Emperor seemed to see through his thoughts, or perhaps to clear up the confusion for this Senior Emperor, he sent out detailed information regarding the "goddess furnace".

【goddess furnace】: Later generations mistakenly claimed it was an ultimate dao emperor weapon forged by Great Emperor Hengyu, but it was actually cast by the founding Ancestral Master of the "Dao of Human Desire". This Ancestral Master was a brilliantly talented woman who was once madly in love with Great Emperor Hengyu. Unable to have him, her love turned to hatred, so she forged this furnace and spread rumors to tarnish Great Emperor Hengyu's reputation.

【goddess furnace Core Abilities】:

1. Six Desires Divine Tribulation: The body of the furnace contains a sacrificial altar that can trigger the Laws of the Great Dao of Human Desire within the world, releasing an invisible divine tribulation. Those attacked, regardless of their cultivation level, will have their minds twisted and completely sink into the six desires of Form, Sound, Fragrance, Taste, Touch, and Dharma. Their Dao Heart will collapse, and their combat power will be greatly reduced. It can perform single-target attacks or cover a vast Star Domain, even affecting Quasi-Emperor level experts.

2. Name Locking: One only needs to use Divine Power to carve the target's name on the altar inside the furnace, supplemented by a wisp of their aura. The goddess furnace can then ignore spatial distance and forcibly pull the target into the furnace. This method is extremely overbearing and almost ignores differences in Realm. As long as the name and aura are known, even a Saint King would find it hard to escape the fate of being captured. In the hands of the Dao of Human Desire, this furnace became a nightmare device for capturing the world's beauties; countless Saintesses and Goddesses were once its prisoners.

Looking at the description of the goddess furnace, the group was in an uproar.

【Ji Ziyue】: "This is too much! That Ancestral Master of the 'Dao of Human Desire' was too malicious! To try and destroy what she couldn't have! Simply shameless! Great Emperor Hengyu was upright and honorable his whole life, protecting the Human Race, yet he was slandered like this!"

【Xiao Yan】: "This woman's heart was too wicked! But... the abilities of this goddess furnace are indeed strange and powerful!"

【Han Li】: "(Silently taking note) Name Locking... this method is truly impossible to guard against."

As the person involved, Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu didn't care at all about being slandered at this moment.

His breathing had even become somewhat rapid.

His eyes shone as he stared fixedly at the descriptions of the two abilities of the "goddess furnace", as if he had seen the gates to a new world.

Six Desires Divine Tribulation!

Name Locking!

This... this is a fucking Divine Artifact!

Why did he Attain the Dao?

Wasn't it for his thoughts to be unhindered, for the pleasure of gratitude and revenge, and to make those who once looked down on him grovel at his feet?

Especially those haughty Saintesses!

In his mind, the most famous Holy Lands of the Ziwei Star Field instantly surfaced.

The Saintess of the Taiyin Sect, the Fairies of the Guanghan Palace, the Goddesses of the Longevity Monastery... Back then, every one of them was cold and arrogant, treating him as if he were nothing.

Now... if he had this goddess furnace... no, an emperor weapon with similar functions... as long as he knew their names and wrote them in the furnace... 'Whoosh', and the person would be right there!

This... this was practically an emperor weapon tailor-made for him!

What hengyu furnace? Just a fire poker! How could it be as interesting as this "goddess furnace"!

Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu's heart instantly grew fervent.

He forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, pretending to be enlightened and filled with righteous indignation.

【Hengyu】: "So that's how it is. To think there was such a malicious woman slandering my pure name. This Emperor has noted it down. Once I've handled the matters at hand, I shall seek out that 'Dao of Human Desire' and completely erase it from the world!"

【Ji Ziyue】: "The Great Emperor is wise!"

【Black Emperor】: "The Great Emperor is mighty! When it's time to settle the score, take this Emperor along. This Emperor will cheer you on!"

After sending the message, Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu ignored the flattery in the group.

He looked toward the direction of the Ziwei Star Field with burning eyes, a smile that no one could decipher curling at the corners of his mouth.

With a thought, the twelve Supreme corpses, along with their shattered emperor weapons, were all collected into his Inner World.

These were all Supreme immortal materials for forging an ultimate dao emperor weapon!

"hengyu furnace? No, no, no..."

Great Emperor Jiang Hengyu shook his head, an excited light flashing in his eyes.

"My furnace shall be named—the goddess furnace!"

He took a step forward, his figure instantly vanishing into the cold depths of the Universe, rapidly returning toward the Ziwei Star Field.

He was already impatient to begin forging his "unique" ultimate dao emperor weapon!