Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 519: Immortal Ancient Heroic Spirit
Leizhou, in a mountain range outside Qingmu City.

Tuoba Yaoyang, who came from the eight regions of the lower realm, returned to the ancestral land where their Tuoba clan once lived.

The once beautiful mountains and rivers, pavilions and towers are now just ruins.

Even the spiritual veins beneath the earth were dispersed by the enemy, turning this forest into a place with thin energy that is unsuitable for cultivators to live in.

Even on the collapsed mountains, deep in the broken canyons, and in the blood-stained earth, there is still a sharp destructive sword energy left.

If you look closely, you will find that the canyons on the scarred earth are not naturally formed terrain at all, but sword marks left by the magic sword.

"Jian Gu, I, Tuoba Yaoyang, will not be a human being if I don't avenge this." Tuoba Yaoyang said while gritting his teeth.

Seeing his happy childhood home again gave rise to a tremendous hatred in his heart, as if he wanted to destroy Jiangu and kill every family in Jiangu.

"Master, please show yourself. Your disciple Yaoyang has something to ask you in person."

After calming down his fluctuating emotions, Tuoba Yaoyang took out the altar transformed from Li Zhi's origin, and said respectfully.

"Xiao Yaoyang, what trouble have you encountered now?" As soon as the words fell, Li Zhi's soul shadow appeared on the altar.

"Master, I want to become stronger. I hope you can give me some guidance." Tuoba Yaoyang said respectfully to Li Zhi.

"Don't be blinded by hatred. Sword Valley is just a stepping stone on your road to cultivation. You just need to practice step by step and you can avenge your people." Li Zhi said.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir." Tuoba Yaoyang thanked him.

But he looked hesitant to speak, as if he had something to hide that he was too embarrassed to say out loud.

It was as if the question that he couldn't say was what he really wanted to ask in his heart.

Li Zhi saw through his thoughts at a glance and understood his worries.

After all, a great favor needs no thanks, and what Li Zhi gave him was more than just a great favor to Tuoba Yaoyang.

Tuoba Yaoyang, who returned to the upper realm, was very worried about something.

That is, they were worried that he would become Li Zhi's puppet in the future, thus ruining the great cause of revival of their Human King family.

After sensing Tuoba Yaoyang's thoughts, Li Zhi smiled and said, "You are so young, don't let your imagination run wild. You can't give me what I want, and I don't need you to give it to me. I'm guiding you because I think we are destined to be together. And I won't always follow you, so you have to make good use of the time we have left together."

"You want to leave?" Tuoba Yaoyang was stunned.

"What? Do you still want me to protect you forever? When it is time for young people to let go and venture out, they should not have any hesitation." Li Zhi said.

"That's not what I meant." Tuoba Yaoyang explained quickly.

But Li Zhi knew that Tuoba Yaoyang's worries were not unreasonable.

How great is the favor of the Immortal King’s guidance?

For ordinary creatures, let alone getting guidance from the Immortal King, being able to meet the Immortal King is a great opportunity.

Every human being has the wisdom that a little kindness will turn into hatred, or that great kindness over time will turn into hatred.

What’s more, there are monks who pay attention to cause and effect.

If a weak person who receives favor from a strong person cannot repay the karma he owes after growing up, it will be more difficult to repay the karma in the later stages of life.

One may even have to pay the price of one's life to repay that kind of cause and effect.

Even if the strong do not want anything from the weak.

However, under the mysterious entanglement of cause and effect, the weak often embark on the path of repaying cause and effect.

The Lord of the Yin-Yang Cross Forbidden Zone is the most typical example.

In the ancient immortal period, he taught eight young geniuses without expecting anything in return.

Although he did not desire anything from those disciples, he did not even hide anything when teaching them.

However, after growing up, those young men all embarked on the journey of no return to the boundary sea, in order to resolve the regret in the heart of the master of the restricted area.

In the end, none of the disciples who were not strong enough came back alive.

In other words, Emperor Huang Tian is quite special, and only if his future achievements are high enough can he repay the kindness of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone.

Born into the Human King family, Tuoba Yaoyang was not completely ignorant of the theory of cause and effect.

Li Zhi personally helped him build a strong foundation for Taoism like a young immortal king in the lower world. He didn't know how to repay this kindness.

Ever since returning to the upper realm, he has been feeling anxious and worried that his performance would not satisfy Li Zhi.

In order to dispel Tuoba Yaoyang's worries, Li Zhi said: "Don't think about anything now. If you want to help me, you must at least have the supreme Taoism. Right now, the most important thing for you is to focus on improving your cultivation."

As soon as these words came out, Tuoba Yaoyang felt relieved. As long as he was of use to someone else, that would be enough.

"I will practice hard."

Finally, Tuoba Yaoyang nodded heavily, and then he was filled with fighting spirit for cultivation again.

Li Zhi couldn't help but think that if he didn't give Tuoba Yaoyang a clear target to repay his gratitude, perhaps in the future he would be like those disciples of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone and use his life to repay the previous guidance.

Some even risked their lives on the path of creating the law.

After all, Li Zhi's real purpose in choosing him was to obtain the immortal king's Dao fruit in this world.

However, the current worldly method is a very imperfect method of cultivation, and it cannot be cultivated all the way to the realm of Immortal King.

Moreover, Li Zhi wanted to use the current world's law as a foundation and combine it with the spirit worship method to create his own path of spiritual practice.

The difficulty is much higher than becoming an Immortal King.

Just when Tuoba Yaoyang's practice was back on track, the ancient woman with double pupils who had survived the great calamity in the lower realm also came to the upper realm.

She also brought Shi Yi with her to Wuxing State and found the whereabouts of Li Zhi's real body.

In just over a decade, the cave created by the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin has now evolved into a real dragon's nest.

The ancient woman with double pupils stood in front of the ordinary cave, opened her double pupils and observed the situation inside the cave.

Shi Yi, who was beside him, saw this and also looked at it with his double pupils.

Unfortunately, they could not see anything, but could only feel the extremely strong dragon energy in the cave.

Shi Yi asked in confusion: "Senior, what are we doing here?"

The ancient woman with double pupils said: "You will get the chance to become an immortal."

"This place actually has the opportunity to become an immortal?" Shi Yi was greatly shocked, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this place was just an ordinary place.

"This is the secluded place of a senior. You must follow me closely from now on."

Afterwards, the ancient woman with double pupils brought Shi Yi into the dragon cave.

Not long after, a deep dragon roar was heard in the dragon cave, and the land of the entire Five Elements State trembled slightly, as if the dragon energy of the earth's veins was mobilized by the supreme being at this moment.

But after a moment, there was no movement.

In the Eternal Age Mountain, the Eternal Lord was also awakened by the sudden movement, but no matter how he used his magical powers to investigate, or even used the power of the Five Elements Immortal Mountain, he could not find the source of the earth's movement.

Just as Li Zhi was rebuilding the foundation for the two people with double pupils, time passed by like flowing water.

Two years passed in the blink of an eye.

Shi Hao, who had experienced life and death in the lower realm, now came to the upper realm.

Not only did he sneak into the Tianyuan Secret Realm and obtain the Thunder Emperor's magic soon after entering the upper realm, but he also made a huge name for himself in the upper realm.

The name "Huang" is well known to the world, especially among the younger generation, Huang is synonymous with powerful.

Afterwards, Shi Hao, who was planning to join the Tianxian Academy, was intercepted by Qi Daolin halfway and joined the Supreme Dojo.

It has to be said that cause and effect and coincidence influence the fate of all beings silently.

This day, Huozhou.

Deep in the vast grassland, Qi Daolin and Shi Hao descended from the sky, intending to explore the Three Generations Bronze Coffin that Shi Hao had discovered when he passed by Huozhou.

It has to be said that the Three Bronze Coffins and Emperor Huang Tian have a deep connection.

Over the past year, Li Zhi had also led Tuoba Yaoyang to come to Huozhou to search for the whereabouts of the Three Generations Copper Coffin, but apart from encountering some strange fires, he had not found even the slightest clue about the Three Generations Copper Coffin. Even the strange fires he encountered were ordinary fires, whether it was the Great Scarlet Sky Fire, the Chaos Flame, or other top-ranked divine flames, he had not encountered any of them.

However, in addition to being rich in various divine flames, Huozhou also breeds many high-quality mineral veins.

With Li Zhi's help, Tuoba Yaoyang's trip was not in vain.

He had just discovered a vein of immortal gold not long ago, and was now mining the immortal gold underground in preparation for casting the Human Emperor's Seal in the future.

At the same time, Qi Daolin and Shi Hao, who arrived in Huozhou, also went deep into the earth under the leadership of Shi Hao and came to the place where Shi Hao stored the bronze coffin of the three generations.

As soon as he approached the Three Lives Bronze Coffin, Qi Daolin's hair stood on end, his hair and beard stood on end. The Taoist robe he was wearing stirred up a strong wind, and burst out with brilliant divine light, illuminating the underground world.

Then, nine crystal clear dragon skeletons came into view, with mysterious metal chains on the skeletons, connecting them to a huge bronze coffin.

The bronze coffin of three generations lay there quietly.

The copper coffin was covered with verdigris, and an ancient and vicissitudes of life breathed in the air, looming as if the sounds of ancient sacrifices were ringing, and as if endless sounds of killing were hitting like a tsunami.

Although Qi Daolin and Shi Hao were looking at the same ancient coffin, the scenes they saw were completely different.

"It really is... the bronze coffin of three generations!"

After determining the target, Qi Daolin stretched out his hand tremblingly, stepped forward step by step, wanting to touch it, his face full of excitement.

"Keep calm!" But Shi Hao was much more cautious and even worried that Qi Daolin would trigger the restrictions on the bronze coffin.

Fortunately, the Third Generation Bronze Coffin did not actively hurt anyone, so the two of them came to the side of the bronze coffin.

Afterwards, Qi Daolin used all his strength to operate his heavenly skills, intending to open the Three Lives Bronze Coffin.

After trying several times, Qi Daolin finally opened a corner of the coffin lid and learned some warning words left by the old supreme in the Supreme Hall.

"boom!"

In order to learn the truth, Qi Daolin once again used all his strength to cast a spell to open the coffin, but this time he was directly shocked and suffered serious internal injuries.

But at this moment, the nine dragon bones glowed, and the ancient bronze coffin was as bright as the golden sun, shining with immortal light, so crystal clear that it was almost transparent, and half of the coffin lid was directly opened.

Endless light rain burst out from the coffin, illuminating the underground space with incomparable holiness.

This scene stunned Shi Hao and Qi Daolin.

Then, a figure rushed out from the coffin, stood in mid-air, exuding a strong immortal aura.

In an instant, Shi Hao and Qi Daolin's hair stood on end, they felt a chill on their backs, their scalps went numb, and goose bumps appeared on their bodies, as if they were about to witness an earth-shaking change.

But the figure that rushed out of the coffin ignored the two of them.

Before they could come to their senses, more figures rushed out of the bronze coffin one after another.

Every figure seems to be a world-famous immortal from the ancient times.

In the end, ten figures rushed out of the coffin, and then the bronze coffin closed automatically.

This situation made Qi Daolin and Shi Hao feel a little dazed and it felt extremely unreal.

Finally, they came to their senses only after watching those figures head towards the vast uninhabited area outside the Three Thousand States.

When they returned underground again and planned to continue studying the third generation bronze coffin, a shocking scene appeared again.

They saw a nine-inch-long mini golden dragon shuttling between the nine crystal dragon bones, as if looking for something, or exploring something.

After seeing Qi Daolin and Shi Hao returning again, the mini golden dragon suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Is it you two little guys who opened the bronze coffin of the Three Generations?"

The mini golden dragon showed the look of an elder and asked them condescendingly.

Although the dragon was not big and its aura was not strong, Qi Daolin and Shi Hao felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. They each pushed their profound skills to the extreme, always on guard against this mini dragon that came from nowhere.

Because they felt a more sacred aura from this little dragon than from the ten figures before.

"Little guys, you two seem to be very afraid of me, your ancestor." The mini golden dragon suddenly said in a gangster tone, leaving Shi Hao and Qi Daolin a little confused.

"I am Qi Daolin, a disciple of the Supreme Palace, and I pay my respects to Senior Long." Qi Daolin gritted his teeth and bowed.

The mini golden dragon nodded and said, "You are a polite little fellow. Are you here for the old man from the Supreme Palace?"

Qi Daolin was overjoyed and asked quickly, "Excuse me, Senior, you have seen my master. How is he? And what are the warnings that my master left behind? What do they mean by coming?"

"You are too weak. You can learn about those things when you become an immortal." The mini golden dragon looked Qi Daolin up and down and shook his head. It seemed that he was unwilling to talk too much with Qi Daolin about the old supreme of the Supreme Hall.

At this time, Shi Hao, who did not sense any danger from the mini dragon, also asked curiously, "You didn't come out of this bronze coffin as well. Why do you look different from the previous ten people?"

“This bronze coffin is where I, the ancestor, sleep. As for those people you mentioned, they are nothing more than the heroic spirits transformed from the residual souls of true immortals who died in the ancient battles. They are all latecomers.” The mini golden dragon flew directly to the bronze coffin of the Three Generations, knocked on the coffin lid with its toes and said, as if declaring its sovereignty.

At this moment, the mini golden dragon seemed to sense a familiar breath on Shi Hao, so it flew directly to his side, sniffed him several times, and then asked in surprise: "How come you have my breath on you? Little guy, who are you?"

Shi Hao had no idea what the mini dragon was talking about, so he subconsciously replied, "To reply to your question, senior, I am Huang."

"Huang?" The mini dragon seemed to be lost in memory, and then asked in shock: "Are you Huang? The Huang of Emperor Huang?"

"Boom!" As soon as these words came out, a super thunder fell directly from the sky, as if it had crossed the distance of time and space, and struck the mini dragon directly.

Then the mini dragon's body began to grow rapidly, as if another amazing Dharma image had been activated.

"Ow!"

A dragon roar resounded throughout the nine heavens and ten earths, and a phantom of a divine dragon that was a million feet in size flew out from his body, then circled in the sky for a moment before disappearing.

In an instant, all living beings in the nine heavens and ten earths seemed to hear the sound of the dragon's roar.

Even in the forbidden areas above the Nine Heavens, there were supreme beings who opened their eyes and looked in the direction of the Three Thousand Dao States.

Then they were alarmed by the divine dragon image above the sky of Three Thousand Dao States.

"It's him. He's not alive yet."

After an Immortal King in the restricted area saw the image of the divine dragon in the sky, he muttered to himself.

The Immortal King in another restricted area directly issued a decree, ordering his disciples to go out and search for the whereabouts of the dragon.

“The Ancestral Dragon’s Mark, someone actually triggered the Ancestral Dragon’s Mark. The things left by the Ancestral Dragon must not be left outside.”

On top of the Three Generations Bronze Coffin, the mini golden dragon endured a forbidden divine thunderbolt. He grimaced in pain and spit out curse words.

Qi Daolin and Shi Hao were stunned upon hearing this.

This is completely different from the immortal masters they know.

It's simply a ruffian dragon.

Then the mini golden dragon used its magical powers to replay the scenes that Shi Hao had experienced.

When he saw the image of Tuoba Yaoyang and the three-story altar, he burst into laughter.

"Haha, I knew you would come. Sure enough, I waited for you." The mini dragon jumped happily on the bronze coffin of the Three Generations.

"Senior, what are you doing?" Qi Daolin asked with a stiff face.

The fleeting aura from the mini golden dragon just now was so powerful that it was terrifying.

"I don't have anything good to give you, so I'll give you this mouthful of pure Yang ambergris. We'll meet again if we're destined to."

The mini golden dragon seemed a little anxious. It spit directly at Qi Daolin and Shi Hao, then flew away.

Feeling the amazing energy contained in the golden saliva on their bodies, the two of them quickly cast a spell to condense the saliva into a ball and sealed it with a jade bottle.

"Master, what was the origin of that mini dragon just now?" Shi Hao asked.

"That is a heroic spirit. It should be a special life form with intelligence that was reborn after the true soul of a real dragon shed all the negative energy after it fell." Qi Daolin finally came to his senses and explained to Shi Hao with an incredible look on his face.

"Heroic spirit?" But Shi Hao felt that the origin of the mini dragon was probably extraordinary and it was not as simple as a heroic spirit.

Afterwards, the two stayed beside the Third Generation Bronze Coffin for a while, until Shi Hao obtained a mysterious flame, and then they ended their trip.

(End of this chapter)