# Chapter 358: Cutting Open the Source Heaven Master’s Divine Treasury
“This is the divine treasury left by the Source Heaven Master?”
Tu Fei was extremely shocked. He never imagined that this ordinary pair of stone rollers and stone blocks on the ground could have such a great origin.
This wasn’t just treasure—it could absolutely be described as a divine treasury!
The big black dog was almost shameless, lying there with its large paws pressing down on a pile of stone tools, stubbornly refusing to get up…
Ye Fan threatened, “Don’t get in the way here. I encountered a Stone King in Divine City before. There might be one here too. If you cut out something strange, you’ll be the first to suffer lying there.”
“What’s a Stone King? I’ve even seen kings among the ancient races,” the big black dog said dismissively.
“What nonsense are you spouting!” Tu Fei didn’t believe it.
Ye Fan was indeed thoughtful. The big black dog had definitely come out of Purple Mountain. He had already guessed something about its origins.
Thinking about how the various holy lands of the Eastern Wasteland and the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Central Province were about to launch their largest-scale operation yet—attacking Purple Mountain with extreme imperial weapons—he couldn’t help asking, “Black Emperor, are you sure Purple Mountain is safe?”
“Don’t worry. No one can get anything. Even if they can enter, I dare say they’ll lose soldiers and generals and retreat in disgrace.”
“Divine King Jiang Taixu is inside Purple Mountain. Do you think he can be rescued?” he continued, asking the question that concerned him most.
“How would I know? I’ve never been inside Purple Mountain. Hurry up and cut open the divine treasury.” The big black dog changed the subject, unwilling to say anything more.
In the end, Ye Fan moved all the dozens of stone tools into the house and examined the stones in front of the furnace.
Fifth Master Zhang was very unsettled, watching from the side. Wang Shu and Er Lengzi were even more excited, constantly rubbing their hands, eager to try.
Ye Fan activated his Source Heaven Divine Sense, and two purple beams shot from his eyes as he inspected them one by one.
These stone tools seemed ordinary, but when viewed with Source Heaven Divine Sense, each one was extraordinary…
“Stone material from the Primordial Forbidden Zone!”
Ye Fan was surprised. Normally, these stones showed nothing unusual, but once examined with Source Heaven Divine Sense, one could sense the intense aura of the Primordial.
He looked at two stones in succession and felt they were empty. But when he picked up the third stone block, his eyes flashed, “There’s Divine Source inside!”
The big black dog couldn’t sit still. “Let me see!”
“If I give it to you, it’ll be like throwing meat bun to a dog—never coming back.”
“Kid, your words are too harsh!” The big black dog was indignant.
“Isn’t that true?” Ye Fan smiled. “I can give it to you, but don’t try to take the other stone tools.”
“Fine, no problem.” The big black dog agreed readily, then nudged Er Lengzi beside him. “Apprentice, help me cut it open.” It had once taught Wang Shu and Er Lengzi how to cultivate, and now it shamelessly ordered them around.
*Crack*
Er Lengzi was rather direct. He slapped it open with one palm, without any patience for careful cutting.
The big black dog winced, pained. It roared angrily, “Take it easy! There’s Divine Source inside. If you damage it, I’ll throw you into the Primordial Ancient Mine!”
It quickly sifted through the broken stones, searching for Divine Source.
A dazzling divine radiance shot out, brilliant and eye-catching, with a sacred aura rushing forth. But the big black dog was very displeased.
“Kid, you’re cheating me. This piece of Divine Source is way too small—smaller than a bean!”
It was just a Divine Source bean. Although precious, since everyone present had already seen fist-sized Divine Source blocks, it wasn’t that surprising anymore.
Suddenly, the big black dog’s expression froze. Putting away the Divine Source, it pulled a tuft of red fur from the broken stones. It was eerily bright, as if dyed in blood, carrying a miserable, frightening aura.
Fifth Master Zhang was greatly startled. He stumbled back several steps, nearly falling to the ground, his face pale.
Wang Shu and Er Lengzi quickly stepped forward to support him, asking, “Fifth Master, what’s wrong?”
Ye Fan was also startled. He stepped forward to help the old man. “Elder, is something the matter?”
At the same time, he saw the tuft of red fur. Taking it from the big black dog’s claws, he frowned.
How could something like this be inside a stone?
He had heard legends in the stone gambling houses about Source Gods, Source Ghosts, and Source Demons in the ancient mines, which occasionally left traces in the most precious stone materials.
“Don’t cut anymore. These things can’t be touched!” Fifth Master Zhang’s lips trembled, his face pale.
“Old man, what’s going on?” Tu Fei asked.
“Wait here. I’ll go get something left by our ancestors and compare it with this red fur.” Supported by Wang Shu and Er Lengzi, Fifth Master Zhang walked into the inner room.
It was a long time before he came out, holding a jade box in his hands. It was definitely ancient jade, its color stained and somewhat dim.
“What’s this?” Tu Fei was puzzled.
Fifth Master Zhang opened the jade box with a solemn expression. Inside were no valuable items, only a few tufts of red hair, quite unsettling.
These tufts of hair were almost identical to the one cut from the stone tool, only somewhat dimmer due to the passage of time, as if stained by blood.
“These…” Tu Fei was confused, looking at Fifth Master Zhang in bewilderment.
“This is the only thing left by my ancestor, the Source Heaven Master, on the night he disappeared,” Fifth Master Zhang said, his voice trembling.
Ye Fan had heard some stories about the Source Heaven Master. His later years were very ominous. He would see many inexplicable things that others couldn’t see, which was quite frightening.
On the night he left, a red-haired whirlwind rose outside, and inexplicable terrifying creatures howled endlessly, screaming for an entire night.
The sound was shrill and miserable, spreading for dozens of li. Both humans and beasts were terrified, sending chills down everyone’s spines.
That night, a four-year-old child of the Zhang family, who had been with the Source Heaven Master, was scared into a stupor and wasn’t cured until over half a year later.
According to him, that night he saw one of his ancestor’s hands covered in red fur, and also saw humanoid creatures walking outside the window. He only turned his head once, and the first ancestor had vanished forever.
“That eerie?” Tu Fei was greatly shocked.
He knew well how powerful the Source Heaven Master was—truly a wonder of the world. When Source Art reached its peak, it approached the Great Dao, with heaven-reaching abilities. Even the various holy masters couldn’t do anything about him.
Yet their later years were so ominous, beyond their control. What had happened?
The big black dog’s eyes flickered as it pondered something. After a long time, it said, “The Source Heaven Master’s later years were so ominous…”
Ye Fan crouched down and began to reconstruct the stone tool. He was shocked to find that the stone was hollow inside. The Divine Source should have been the size of a human head.
“Something ate it. It took the Divine Source without damaging the stone skin!”
Upon learning this result, not only was he shocked, but everyone present changed color.
“I knew it. How could the Source Heaven Master’s things be ordinary? But some unknown creature destroyed them,” Wang Shu said indignantly.
Ye Fan’s expression was grave. Without saying much, he crouched down and slapped open the two stone tools he had already judged to be empty inside.
The stone roller indeed had nothing. But the stone block was quite unusual. At its very center was a stone fruit.
“This…”
Clearly, its essence had been drained, and it had completely petrified, returning to an ordinary object.
“What kind of fruit is this? Definitely not ordinary. Unfortunately, its essence was sucked away.”
Everyone felt the seriousness of the situation. The rare treasures left by the Source Heaven Master had been taken first.
“Child, don’t cut anymore. These stone tools are tainted with demonic power. I’m afraid you might end up like our ancestor, encountering something ominous,” Fifth Master Zhang advised, his expression grim.
“It’s fine. Something must have happened that night ten thousand years ago. So much time has passed. Even if there was something, it’s long gone,” Ye Fan shook his head.
“You don’t understand what I mean. I’m afraid you’ll absorb this aura and cause trouble in the future, just like our ancestor…” Fifth Master Zhang said, his voice trembling.
“The Source Heaven Master’s terrible later years—did he mutate himself, or did he attract something? Where did they eventually go?” Tu Fei muttered to himself, then said, “Little Leaf, you really need to be careful. Source Heaven Masters were all extraordinary people, yet they couldn’t escape their terrible fate.”
“I’m not afraid. In the future, I’ll see what terrible thing happens to me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of dark wind appeared in the room. The red hairs seemed to be pulled by some terrible force, landing on his body.
Seeing this, even the big black dog’s eyes went wide as it warily scanned the surroundings.
“No way? It’s coming for you now?!” Tu Fei was shocked.
Fifth Master Zhang’s lips trembled. “Our ancestor’s fate… Is that calamity going to happen again?”
Ye Fan’s body erupted with brilliant divine light. He was like an eternal immortal furnace, blazing hot. His blood energy was like an ocean, like a true dragon awakening.
All the red hair shattered, turning to ash and falling to the ground. Ye Fan’s entire body was spotless. “I really don’t believe in evil. In the future, I’ll see what happens!”
He had just felt some strange force trying to invade his body, but it was rejected by the Sacred Body and refined cleanly.
“Step back. These stones should still have some strangeness left, but it can’t harm me,” Ye Fan said.
Ye Fan cut open several stone mills in succession. They were all empty, with nothing inside.
“The Source Heaven Master definitely left a divine treasury. The insides of these stones weren’t drained of essence. Why are they empty?” Tu Fei was puzzled.
Fifth Master Zhang said, “All the stone tools in the stone stockade are here. They’re not all from my family. Let me pick them out.”
Based on his memory, Fifth Master Zhang selected a dozen stone tools—stone blocks, stone locks, stone platforms, etc.—all everyday items.
Ye Fan cut open the other stones. They were indeed all empty, with nothing inside. Those were stone tools from other families in the stockade.
*Crack!*
He cut open four stone tools in a row, all from Fifth Master Zhang’s family. His heart was shaken, but he also frowned. Inside were definitely rare treasures, but their essence had all disappeared.
One stone platform was hollow inside, with a gap as big as a washbasin. A few Divine Source fragments remained.
“Heavens! A washbasin-sized piece of Divine Source! That’s an earth-shattering treasure! Damn it, what took it away?!” Tu Fei exclaimed.
The big black dog’s eyes went wide, then it howled miserably. “Is there no justice? This emperor wants to bite someone!”
“It’s still that kind of thing. There are remnants of red fur left behind,” Ye Fan said gravely.
Another stone tool wasn’t hollow inside, but it contained a strange plant that had already petrified.
Seeing this, even Ye Fan couldn’t stay calm. This was very likely a primeval divine medicine. The Source Heaven Master’s divine treasury contained nothing ordinary.
“Damn it! Divine medicine! This is primeval divine medicine!” The big black dog was going crazy. Its copper bell-like eyes nearly popped out. “A great emperor used this kind of divine medicine to refine an immortal pill and actually revived a dead close friend!”
The big black dog was like a demon, jumping up and down, circling these stone tools, howling nonstop.
“Damn it! Divine medicine…” It was indeed going mad.
When Ye Fan saw the inside of the third stone tool, he also wanted to curse and felt the urge to go mad.
“This is definitely a petrified Earth Fate Fruit!”
Inside this stone tool was a bowl-sized stone bead, very similar to a Human Origin Fruit, also somewhat like a dragon pearl. It was definitely the Earth Fate Fruit, also known as the False Dragon Pearl.
“What? Earth Fate Fruit? This thing is no less valuable than primeval divine medicine! Woof…” Upon hearing this, the big black dog was so angry it started barking.
Tu Fei was also full of shock and regret, muttering, “The Source Heaven Master was truly heaven-defying. He casually left a few stone tools, and they were all things like this. It really can be called a divine treasury… But damn it! What terrible thing got there first?”
Fifth Master Zhang, Wang Shu, and Er Lengzi didn’t truly understand these rare treasures, but they could feel Ye Fan’s mood and knew they were peerless divine objects.
Primeval divine medicine and Earth Fate Fruit were things Ye Fan desperately wanted—they could save Little Tingting’s life. Yet their essence had all been drained, filling him with immense disappointment.
The Source Heaven Master’s divine treasury had turned out to be empty, leaving him full of regret. It was all such a pity.
In the fourth stone material was a petrified small tree. Everyone’s faces were numb. They didn’t need to think—it was definitely a heaven-defying divine object.
“This emperor’s heart is bleeding!”
Given the big black dog’s greedy nature, this was indeed a true reflection of its feelings.
“Is there no justice? The Source Heaven Master’s divine treasury! What thing stole it?!” Tu Fei was also full of regret.
If these things had all come to light, they would have shocked the world. Not just the holy masters of the various holy lands, but even the imperial lords of the Central Province would have bowed to beg for them.
Throughout the ages, old holy masters and old imperial lords, ruling over millions of miles of territory, would seek a single primeval divine medicine in their later years to extend their lives, but they couldn’t find one. They could only venture into the great wilderness themselves.
In fact, no one had ever heard of anyone finding one.
Yet the Source Heaven Master’s divine treasury from the past contained such heaven-defying divine objects. Just thinking about it was shocking.
Cutting open several stone tools in succession, all contained such peerless rare treasures. No one could stay calm. They were all filled with unwillingness.
“If these things all came to light, even heaven wouldn’t allow it. Because each one could defy fate and change one’s destiny,” Ye Fan gradually calmed down.
If he had actually obtained these primeval divine medicines, he would have felt it was unreal and unrealistic.
“This emperor now believes that there really is some bastard in the unseen world, wasting heaven’s gifts!” The big black dog was full of hatred.
Such a result made everyone sigh.
Fifth Master Zhang suddenly spoke, “Didn’t we cut out a Human Origin Fruit last time? Maybe something was missed. Not everything was destroyed.”
Of the stone tools belonging to Fifth Master Zhang’s family—that is, those left by the Source Heaven Master—only eight remained. Could truly world-shaking rare treasures be cut from these few stones? No one was sure.
“Cut them open. Cut them all open. This emperor has a feeling that something extremely important might have been left behind. Maybe it’s a primeval divine medicine!”
The big black dog urged Ye Fan to act, eager to immediately cut out world-shaking rare treasures.