Within the streaking meteor shower, chunks of celestial rock collided like thunderclaps, periodically exploding into dazzling fireworks.

Tens of thousands of meteorites, like a river gradually converging toward the sea, flowed at an extreme velocity in a singular direction.

There were no sun or moon, no concept of time, only desolate indifference and omnipresent peril.

Shi Yan once again employed his Spatial Blade to shatter the meteorite beneath him, meticulously scraping away the outer layer of stone encasing the Jade Tripod.

Revealing the jade tripod's deep, verdant luster. The tadpole-like runes, no larger than a fingernail, still swam vividly across the surface and body of the vessel, while the mouth of the tripod gleamed with a faint, dark light, seemingly containing terrifying mystery.

At this moment, Shi Yan and Audrey occupied opposite corners of the Three-Legged Jade Tripod, torrents of flame erupting around their bodies, clusters of fire spreading like flowing rivers.

The flames emanating from the two individuals varied wildly in color: some were orange-red, some crimson, some ice-blue, others bright yellow, and their auras were distinctly different.

Some flames were fiercely scorching, others eerily spectral, some crackled with lightning, and others blasted with violent winds.

The attributes of the Origin Heavenly Fires were numerous; Shi Yan alone had integrated forces encompassing soul power, lightning, frost, supreme Yang, and corpse qi—a multitude of distinct auras.

Audrey’s situation was similar; after merging seven types of Heavenly Fire, only two remained, and those two Origin Heavenly Fires shared resonances with the auras within Shi Yan’s fires, allowing for fluid modulation of their energies.

Now, the Origin Heavenly Fires, varied in color and aura, were transformed by their profound esoteric comprehension into a searing sea of supreme Yang fire.

Clumps of flame, like a carpet, slowly spread across the surface of the Three-Legged Jade Tripod, attempting to refine the marvel of the massive tripod using the surging, supremely hot, supreme Yang Origin Heavenly Fire.

Suddenly, Shi Yan experienced a profound sensation.

His clusters of Origin Heavenly Fire burned against the Jade Tripod, making contact with the tadpole runes etched upon its surface. His secondary soul transformed into a faint wisp of fire, slowly rolling about. An imprint within his soul seemed to be triggered, evoking a sense of familiarity...

Just as when he first met Hui, where he could decipher Hui’s indistinct, mysterious language through his secondary soul, this time, as his secondary soul burned the tadpole runes via the Heavenly Fire, he felt a similar sense of familiarity. It seemed he ought to recognize the consciousness carried by those runes.

However, upon calming his mind to truly examine it, he realized a critical element was missing. The tadpole runes swam within his mind—unmistakably familiar, yet utterly incomprehensible, their exact meaning hidden.

Audrey felt this same sensation, perhaps even more intensely than he did!

Her wisps of soul consciousness merged with the Origin Heavenly Fire, permeating the tadpole runes, as if she were decoding their arcane secrets.

The extent of Audrey’s Heavenly Fire integration was second only to Heige, slightly surpassing Shi Yan’s.

She acutely perceived that those tadpole runes were the most ancient and mysterious script of the primordial era—identical in nature to the Origin Flames she had integrated!

She suddenly recalled Tian Xie’s words.

The four ancient continents were four partitioned extensions of the Desolate One, possessing the Desolate One’s life essence and independent souls split from him, and the Desolate One was a being from the Primal Chaos Era!

Her beautiful eyes suddenly brightened, and she exclaimed, "These tadpole runes must be the script of the Primal Chaos Era. I feel an intense familiarity. I am certain that if I fully integrate my Heavenly Fire and truly merge with the Divine Essence, I will grasp the true meaning of these characters and understand the marvel of the Three-Legged Tripod!"

"I see it too," Shi Yan nodded, agreeing with her conjecture, replying casually as he continued to bombard the massive tripod with his Heavenly Fire.

He observed that when the Heavenly Fire covered the tripod, the tadpole-like runes behaved as if they were living entities, truly swimming across the jade surface like tiny tadpoles, generating countless intricate and mysterious patterns. Each pattern seemed imbued with immense profundity.

For instance, at that very moment!

After swimming about, the multitude of tadpole runes formed a scene of flashing lightning and thunder, like world-destroying tempests rolling across the void, shattering countless star-like masses, evoking a profound sense of shock.

A moment later, the runes shifted again, coalescing into a world of frigid, biting frost, where heaven and earth were desolate, utterly silent and cold.

Whenever the tadpole runes formed a new scene or pattern, the massive tripod correspondingly emitted a different aura—one moment the tripod surged with electric discharge, the next it became bone-chillingly cold.

The Three-Legged Jade Tripod manifested different power auras corresponding to the patterns evolved by the tadpole runes.

It was inscrutably profound.

However, when he and Audrey briefly paused and withdrew their Origin Heavenly Fires, the tadpole runes gradually ceased their movement, and the patterns etched upon the great tripod vanished into nothingness.

Shi Yan quickly understood the pattern. After a moment of silence, he suddenly recalled all his Origin Flames. "The Heavenly Fire cannot refine this thing. This object fears neither the cutting of the Spatial Blade nor the burning of the Heavenly Fire. Your recent guess was correct; those runes must be the script of the Primal Chaos Era. And this Three-Legged Jade Tripod might have once been a divine weapon of the Primal Chaos beings. This thing has likely existed for hundreds of millions of years; it's normal that we cannot destroy it."

He gave up in resignation.

Seeing him cease, Audrey hesitated for a moment before recalling her Origin Flames. After thinking, she suddenly said, "I sensed soul energy within those tadpole runes. They were all formed from refined souls, acting like components of a massive, active formation. If we could know the meaning of the runes, perhaps we could learn the purpose of the giant tripod and even claim it for ourselves."

"That must wait until we completely merge our Heavenly Fires," Shi Yan replied with a wry smile.

Audrey fell silent.

The integration of Origin Heavenly Fires was an exceedingly long process; sometimes, unilateral effort was simply not the right path; it required special opportunities, moments of sudden enlightenment.

Shi Yan’s previous integrations of Heavenly Fire had not been achieved through accumulated cultivation but through sudden spiritual clarity brought about by specific chance encounters, allowing the fusion to occur.

Who knew when he could achieve the complete integration of the Heavenly Fire? If they couldn't decipher the runes on the great tripod, their efforts were in vain.

A marvelous artifact from the Primal Chaos Era was fundamentally beyond their current comprehension; refining it was pure fantasy.

"Forget it. This meteor stream must have a destination. Let’s just watch and see where it leads," Shi Yan conceded, settling down once more.

Not long after they recalled their Origin Flames, more flowing stones were attracted to the massive Three-Legged Tripod and stuck to its surface. Once the surface was clear of the adhering debris, the tripod quickly reverted to looking like an unremarkable meteorite, indistinguishable from the surrounding masses.

The two sighed in disappointment and remained above the tripod, diligently cultivating with their eyes closed.

Both of them tried to advance the integration of their Origin Heavenly Fires, holding onto the hope of conquering the mysteries of those ancient Primal Chaos texts and ultimately absorbing the Three-Legged Jade Tripod into their possession.

Alas, the integration of Heavenly Fire was far from easy.

Time slipped by, and after an unknown duration, Shi Yan suddenly opened his eyes, which now blazed with brilliant light. He stood up abruptly and shouted, "This time, I truly feel the presence of living beings—a strong life magnetic field. We are getting close!"

Audrey awoke, her beautiful eyes flickering with caution. "Ahead of us?"

Shi Yan nodded, then realized that the meteorite beneath them, centered around the Three-Legged Jade Tripod, was moving significantly faster than the surrounding stones. Consequently, while they were cultivating, this meteorite had caught up to some of the stones ahead.

The intense life magnetic field he sensed originated from the meteorites in front. Had they remained on the Moonstone, they might never have encountered them, but because the speed of their current meteorite had been steadily increasing, a chance for encounter arose after a long period of pursuit.

"Roughly what level or realm?" Audrey’s body was enveloped in layers of shimmering light; she had already secretly activated her power, preparing for any danger.

During this journey, she and Shi Yan had been seated side-by-side and had not encountered much peril.

This was thanks to the Three-Legged Jade Tripod beneath them.

In the meteor stream, terrifying dangers were constant: massive explosions between stones, the rampage of violent lightning, and the constant slashing of Spatial Blades never ceased.

Countless meteorites along the path had already been pulverized into dust and completely dissipated.

But the single meteorite beneath them possessed a spiritual quality, actively evading those dangers, bypassing perils that could have caused Audrey a swift death hundreds of times over.

She understood that the Three-Legged Jade Tripod undoubtedly held mysteries. Even without a spirit, it must possess some marvelous formation capable of avoiding the local dangers; otherwise, she and Shi Yan would not have been so fortunate.

"Difficult to judge, but the life magnetic field is vigorous—certainly not weaker than ours!" Shi Yan’s expression grew solemn. Suddenly, he called out sharply, "Be careful, they have noticed us too! They are sending out their souls to investigate!"

A soul energy field, like a tornado, suddenly formed above the two figures. This magnetic field swept across the heavens with the ferocity of a hurricane, incredibly violent and potent, penetrating relentlessly amid the whistling meteorites.

In a remote corner of the meteorite, a dark stone cavern led deep into the rock, leading directly to... the mouth of the Three-Legged Jade Tripod. Shi Yan and Audrey knew this clearly, but the entity probing with its soul naturally could not know.

The being's violent, hurricane-like soul energy swept in. One stream landed directly at the entrance of the stone cavern, then quickly dissolved into the vast ocean, vanishing without a ripple.

Subsequently, numerous streams of soul storm energy flowed into the stone cavern, all disappearing without a trace.

Shi Yan and Audrey keenly perceived that within the meteorite beneath them, the Three-Legged Jade Tripod had refined a considerable amount of soul energy. They could feel the tadpole runes inside stirring and undulating once more.

"That person probably suffered a major loss," Shi Yan chuckled slyly.

Audrey also smiled faintly. "I wonder how much soul he lost. He's truly unlucky. If his soul is severely damaged because of this, he might harbor resentment toward us and view us as the culprits."

"Be vigilant," Shi Yan’s demeanor turned serious.