Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

The problem wasn't with what was inside, but with the gold bowl itself!

Following the almost tangible "hunger" emanating from the golden bowl, Chen Fan slowly raised his head, his calm and unwavering eyes fixed on the massive array that spanned half a star field in front of him.

To be precise, they were looking at the very center of the array, at the skeleton of the colossal star beast that held up countless celestial palaces and pavilions.

That's the legendary Kunpeng, which has long since disappeared!

Although only a skeleton remained, this skeleton, stretching for countless miles, radiated a dark golden luster that eclipsed even the stars. Each rib was like a pillar supporting the sky;

Each vertebra is like a floating continent. Deep within those dark golden bones flows a power of rules that is pure to the extreme and ancient to the extreme.

"This is... the origin of metal?"

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and he instantly understood.

This golden bowl, a priceless treasure, contains a universe within itself, a world unto itself. But for many years, its world has remained in a state of incompleteness.

Back in Dayuan, Chen Fan had Eunuch Wei and others cultivate and plant spiritual herbs day and night, draw mountain springs, and gather earth fire. Gradually, the Golden Bowl World came to have thick "soil", nourishing "water", vibrant "wood" and raging "fire".

Of the five elements, only the last one is missing, which is also the sharpest and most difficult to find: "metal"!

Ordinary metals, even top-grade refining materials, or even common immortal gold, are beneath the notice of this golden bowl. What it lacks is the essence of metal, the very element that can sustain the operation of an entire world!

The Kunpeng skeleton before us, tempered by the cosmic winds and the power of stars over the years, has long since shed all its mundane qualities, transforming into the world's most supreme "natural golden bones".

It perfectly matches the gold bowl's ultimate requirement for "metallic properties"!

"No wonder..."

Chen Fan's lips curled into a faint smile. "Since you want it, then our family will get it for you."

Standing to the side, Qing Mingzi was enthusiastically introducing the grandeur and profound heritage of the Kunxu Sect to Chen Fan: "Senior Chen, look at the Kunpeng remains right in the center. It was dragged back from an ancient chaotic ruin by our Kunxu Sect's first patriarch, who spent his entire life's effort. Using this bone as a foundation, he connected ninety-nine suns to set up the 'Zhou Tian Wan Xiang Sealing Immortal Array.' You could say that this Kunpeng bone is the stabilizing force of our Kunxu Sect, the unshakeable foundation for all eternity..."

Qingmingzi spoke with great enthusiasm, his tone filled with pride and awe.

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw a figure flash before his eyes, and there was no trace of Chen Fan beside him.

"S-senpai?!"

Qingmingzi's heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of foreboding instantly enveloped his entire body.

He hurriedly released his divine sense to search around, and then, as if struck by lightning, he froze on the spot, his old eyes wide open, and even his breathing stopped.

All that could be seen in front of the warship was the endless void.

A grayish-blue figure, moving at an incredible speed, ignored the terrifying array light surrounding the Zhou Tian Wan Xiang Sealing Immortal Array, which was powerful enough to kill a Nascent Soul stage expert, and appeared directly at the edge of the massive Kunpeng skeleton as if it were an empty place!

Compared to the Kunpeng skeleton that stretches for millions of miles, Chen Fan's figure is not even a speck of dust.

But the unparalleled sharpness emanating from him at that moment overshadowed the brilliance of the ninety-nine surrounding stars!

"What...what is he going to do?!" Qingmingzi exclaimed in shock, his voice shrill and shattered.

The next moment, Chen Fan answered him with his actions.

"Can I borrow a bone from you?"

Chen Fan stood in the void, looking down at the Kunpeng rib that stretched for 100,000 feet like a mountain range, his tone as calm as if he were picking out a cabbage at the market.

The moment he finished speaking, Chen Fan slowly raised his right hand.

boom!!!

The power of the rules at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage erupted from his fingertips!

There was no dazzling light, nor complex Dharma seals, only a pure and domineering "cutting off" true meaning!

Chen Fan pointed his fingers like a knife and slashed at the 100,000-foot-long dark gold rib below!

"Sizzle!"

The starry sky was directly torn apart by this palm strike, and a void rift hundreds of thousands of feet long, with a terrifying and destructive force, slammed down on the root of Kunpeng's ribs!

"Snap!!"

A terrifying, crisp sound that shook the entire Kunxu Starfield suddenly exploded!

The indestructible Kunpeng rib, which had withstood the weight of countless immortal palaces of the Kunxu Sect and had been reinforced by arrays by generations of patriarchs for 100,000 years, was actually chopped off from the main skeleton by Chen Fan's palm strike, just like rotten wood!

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

All the cultivators on the Kunxu Sky Patrol Warship gaped open, dumbfounded.

Qing Mingzi's body went limp, and he collapsed onto the deck with a thud, his mind filled with only one thought: He's gone mad! This guy named Chen Fan has completely gone mad! He actually demolished the foundation of the Kunxu Sect!!

The instant the ribs broke, a monstrous storm of metallic essence erupted.

But before the storm could even rage, a faint golden light, imperceptible to anyone, flashed across Chen Fan's chest.

The aura of the golden bowl was completely concealed by Chen Fan's peak Tribulation Transcending Divine Sense, making it impossible for anyone outside to see any trace of the magical treasure. In everyone's sight, all they saw was Chen Fan waving his sleeve, and the Kunpeng rib, which was 100,000 feet long, vanished without a trace, as if he had directly stored it in some kind of heaven-defying storage space.

The instant the bone falls into the bowl.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Without the support of this crucial rib, the Zhou Tian Wan Xiang Sealing Immortal Formation instantly lost its balance!

The ninety-nine stars that were operating peacefully suddenly burst into a blinding crimson alarm light.

The array patterns connecting countless cultivation stars began to twist and break violently.

The countless celestial palaces and pavilions built on the Kunpeng's skeleton collapsed as if struck by a magnitude 12 earthquake, raising clouds of dust!

The backlash from the great formation transformed into visible ripples in the void, sweeping wildly in all directions.

"Enemy attack!!!"

"Someone has launched a full-scale attack on the sect's protective formation! Someone has destroyed the Kunpeng Sacred Bone!"

The piercing alarm, accompanied by the deep tolling of an ancient bell, instantly resounded throughout the entire Kunxu Sect and even spread to dozens of surrounding level-nine cultivation kingdoms!

Kunxu trembled!

"Who dares to cause trouble at my Kunxu Sect? You're courting death!!!"

One after another, earth-shattering roars echoed from the various secret realms and grottoes deep within the Kunxu Sect.

Those old monsters who had been in seclusion for years, never seeing the light of day, were now furious at the huge commotion of their lair being demolished.