Junior Uncle is too cunning.

However, the Taoist Ran Deng is unaware of this matter, and it is estimated that even the two Western Saints are unaware of it. Otherwise, the Taoist Ran Deng would not have shamelessly joined the Chan Sect in the first place.

As for the Xuanhuang Merit Measuring Ruler, it is said that when Pangu created the world, seventy percent of the merit from the creation was obtained by Pangu's primordial spirit, twoty percent by the ancestral witches, and onety percent combined with the Xuanhuang Qi that was created from the creation of the world to form a tower and a ruler.

The tower is the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, a treasure of acquired merit, with unparalleled defense; once unleashed, no one can break it! The ruler is the Heaven Measuring Ruler, also a treasure of acquired merit; killing to seize its treasures leaves one unscathed by karma, and its power is boundless!

Each tower, whether for offense or defense, is no less than a supreme innate treasure!

Although they are acquired treasures, they are sacred artifacts of merit, which are fundamentally different from acquired spiritual treasures. These kinds of magical treasures are all made by innate or acquired means, but because of the merit they carry, their power is comparable to that of innate spiritual treasures.

These sacred artifacts are generally considered to possess immeasurable merit, serving as sacred treasures for establishing and opening up sects, or because they embody boundless justice and are themselves embodiments of righteousness, existing in the world solely to vanquish demons and monsters. Alternatively, they may possess immense power inherent in righteous battles. Such artifacts are extremely powerful because they can shield one from heavenly secrets, killing without incurring karmic consequences.

In particular, the Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler of Merit is a supreme treasure acquired later in life. Originally named the Xuanhuang Merit Ruler, it was formed from half of the merits of Pangu after he created the world. It can measure the heavens and the earth, break through the nine heavens above, and stabilize the four seas below. It has powerful attack power and also has the effect of suppressing fortune.

The Merit and Profound Yellow Measuring Ruler not only possesses powerful offensive capabilities but can also monitor heaven and earth. It can strike anyone who has not yet become a saint, from the common people to the emperors and quasi-saints. Each strike with the ruler removes a portion of one's fortune.

The advantage of the Merit and Profound Yellow Measuring Ruler is that it can suppress destiny, unlike the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation of the Tongtian Sect Master, which, although stronger in attack than the Merit and Profound Yellow Measuring Ruler, does not have the ability to suppress destiny.

Equally renowned as the Merit and Virtue Measuring Ruler is the Heaven and Earth Mysterious and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. This is the foremost innate merit treasure, comparable to other innate treasures, primarily for defense. The only innate merit spiritual treasure in the primordial world, it was formed from the three-tenths merit of Pangu's creation of the world, combined with the two energies of Xuanhuang (primordial and yellow). Its defensive capabilities are unparalleled. Once the Heaven and Earth Mysterious and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda is activated, streams of Xuanhuang energy descend, and those standing beneath it are impervious to all magic and evil, thus establishing an invincible position.

It was formed from the fusion of the Great Dao's primordial energy and Pangu's merits after he created the world. It has forty-nine layers (the number of the Heavenly Dao). This treasure's defensive power is incredibly strong, practically defying the heavens. Once unleashed, it grants invincibility. The Supreme Lord Laozi relied on the Taiji Diagram and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Pagoda, two supreme treasures, to suppress the five great sages of the heavens. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Pagoda and the Supreme Lord Laozi's Taiji Diagram are known as the two great sacred artifacts of the Human Sect, worshipped by them for countless years.

The Linglong Pagoda was obtained by Laozi, while the Merit Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler disappeared as soon as it was created.

The ruler among the three flowers of the Burning Lamp is the acquired treasure, the Merit Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler, which he never expected to obtain.

This can also be said to be the greatest opportunity and secret of the Taoist Ran Deng. When he was born, he had no intelligence yet. At that time, the Three Pure Ones were still three wisps of pure energy. Just then, the Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth and the Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler of Merit were formed.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda had just been taken away by the pure energy of the Supreme Saint, and was about to take the Merit Profound Yellow Measuring Ruler with it, when unexpectedly a coffin suddenly flew by, instantly put the Merit Profound Yellow Measuring Ruler inside, and disappeared.

At that time, the world had just been created and was not yet very stable. The Three Pure Ones could only take the Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth directly to Kunlun Mountain, while the true form of the Burning Lamp Daoist also disappeared at Lingjiu Mountain.

It's a bit of a pity that, all these years, Daoist Ran Deng has never been able to refine the Merit Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler. It's unclear whether it's because the Merit Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler knew that Daoist Ran Deng had taken it, or because their attributes are incompatible. For so many years, Daoist Ran Deng could only keep it deep within the Three Flowers, able to look at it but not use it.

Ran Deng sighed and put the Merit Xuanhuang Measuring Ruler back into the Three Flowers. Looking at the dim and lifeless coffin lamp, his eyes were filled with heartache. This was one of his few top-grade innate spiritual treasures. Including his original body, he only had two top-grade innate spiritual treasures in total.

The Taoist Ran Deng slowly summoned a completely black coffin from his human flower, which was his true form, the "World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin." When the Spirit Coffin saw the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin, its originally dim wick pulsed violently, showing great excitement.

The Taoist Ran Deng's lips twitched slightly as he gently moved the coffin lid a little. A malevolent aura immediately wafted out, instantly draining the few spiritual herbs that were still inside the cave, turning them into ashes. The temperature inside the cave dropped by several tens of degrees.

It was as if a demonic abyss had been opened, its depths unfathomable. Lingjiu Deng became excited, instantly breaking free from Randeng's hand and flying straight inside. Under Randeng Daoist's control, the coffin lid reluctantly closed again.

Just as the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin was opened, the Merit-Measuring Ruler, which had been hiding in the Three Flowers of the Burning Lamp Daoist, finally reacted, emitting a little light, as if it was about to suppress the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin at any time. However, since no one was in control of it, as the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin closed and was put away again by the Burning Lamp Daoist, the Merit-Measuring Ruler moved unwillingly for a moment before finally returning to calm.

The face of the Burning Lamp Daoist has turned very pale. The World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin can be said to be his true form, and he also took form from it. In fact, if the Spirit Vulture Lamp had not been seriously injured this time, he would not have used the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin at all.

Although he could be said to be the embodiment of the spirit of the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin, to be honest, he didn't actually have a very deep understanding of the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin.

This sounds like a joke, but it's actually true. Besides being a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin also contains a vast world, a world no less than the Netherworld itself, and the Burning Lamp was simply the first thing to emerge from it.

The world inside the Coffin of the World-Suppressing Netherworld is extremely large, cold, damp, and dark. Since gaining sentience hundreds of millions of years ago, Randeng has been exploring the world inside the Coffin of the World-Suppressing Netherworld, but even now he has not been able to find out what it contains.

The Taoist Ran Deng only knew that every time he opened the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin, his heart would pound with fear, as if some disaster was about to befall him.

It can be said that the Daoist Ran Deng is the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin, but the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin is not Ran Deng. It is too mysterious. Ran Deng always felt that an ancient and fierce evil was suppressed inside it, which could erupt at any time.

Moreover, after so many years of secret investigation, he came to the conclusion that the great evil inside the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin was definitely not a product of the primordial world.

Randeng was one of the earlier people born in the prehistoric world, and he was even considered to be of the same generation as the Three Pure Ones. Before they took human form, there was another era in the world.

That was the era of dragons, phoenixes, and qilin, or the era of the struggle between Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Lord Luohou. The great gods of that era can be said to be the first batch of beings born after Pangu created the world.

However, due to the Dragon-Han Calamity, almost all the ancestors died in that great upheaval. Although Randeng had not yet been born at that time, he still knew some secrets.

The Great Fiend of the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin was definitely not among the first beings in the primordial world. After all, it had already developed sentience by then, and the Great Fiend was already basically inside the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin at that time.

He also wondered if someone could seal the Great Evil with the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin without him noticing, but in the end he gave up on that idea.

At that time, the most powerful people were Dao Ancestor and others. Their cultivation level was only at the Quasi-Saint level. They wanted to hide it from him, his primordial spirit, and then seal him with the World-Suppressing Netherworld Coffin. He simply didn't believe it.

Even a saint cannot use a spiritual treasure without the awareness of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, unless it is the great god Pangu, which is more likely.