Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 579 Return to Earth
The dark earth exudes the fragrance of soil, and a few wild flowers stand proudly like strong warriors on the black earth filled with bloody energy.

The wind was howling, ghost lights were flickering, the sky and the earth were gloomy, and a few figures were trudging across the land in the biting cold wind.

"Old Duan, how long will it take to reach the emperor's tomb you mentioned?" A man wearing Bagua immortal clothes, with a pale face and purple lips, seemed unable to bear the negative energy of this place.

"We are almost there, everyone, hold on a little longer. Whether we can become saints in the future depends on what we gain this time." The leading king held a compass in his hand and kept correcting their direction.

"Old Duan, if there is no emperor's tomb when we get there, you have to compensate us for our losses." Another young King of the Killing Dao said.

"It's absolutely correct. My ancestor was a dragon-hunting master who received guidance from Taoist Duan during the era of the Emperor of Heaven." The old man said confidently.

"Then I'll trust you again." With everyone's persistence, they finally passed the area with gloomy winds.

Then, I saw a large mound with blooming flowers, spiritual herbs everywhere, and countless holy medicines. There was also a mysterious spiritual mist covering the mound, making it look extremely sacred.

"smell good."

A refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted out from the mound, instantly restoring their tired spirits.

"Dragon Snake Fruit, Jade Flower, Star Grass, Phoenix Branch, Nether Orchid..."

"I'm going to make a fortune. I'm really going to make a fortune this time."

"So many holy medicines are growing on the same emperor's tomb. If I tell anyone, I'm afraid no one will believe it."

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and pick the holy medicine."

When these kings saw the holy medicine on the mound, they immediately forgot all their previous hard work and wanted to pick all of it immediately.

"Be careful." Dragon hunter Lao Duan shouted when he saw the other people's impatient looks.

However, with the sacred elixir in front of them, how could they possibly hold back? They all used their magical powers and rushed towards the mound.

"what……"

A burst of screams rang out on the spot, and every living creature that stepped onto the mound was cursed. Their bodies began to rot, and their souls dried up. After a moment, they turned into a pile of waste bones, falling on the mound forever.

"Alas!" Upon seeing this, dragon hunter Lao Duan could only sigh helplessly.

"Old Duan, what's going on? Didn't you say there were no restrictions on the mound? Why did they encounter the curse immediately after they stepped onto the mound?" The two people following Old Duan asked with gloomy faces.

"Those fellow Taoists are too anxious. Although there are no restrictions on the emperor's tomb to suppress our cultivation, there is a special rule of the Tao that shrouds it. People with greed in their hearts will immediately encounter a curse. You must keep your Tao mind clear before you can ascend the emperor's tomb to pick the holy medicine. Otherwise, do you think those elixirs on the emperor's tomb can be preserved until now?" Old Duan said with regret.

"Old Duan, tell us the truth, which emperor is buried in this tomb?" asked the king from the Dragon Bird clan of Daxia.

At this time, there were only a few hundred thousand years left before Emperor Ye Fan left the world.

The number of emperors born during this period was extremely limited, only five.

But no great emperor has ever attained enlightenment on Earth.

I have never heard of any emperor burying himself in this underworld after his death.

"Who told you that the Imperial Tomb is used to bury the emperor?" Old Duan said quietly.

"Not the emperor? Could it be a quasi-emperor?" The king of the Great Xia Dragon Bird clan frowned slightly.

"Not a quasi-emperor either." Old Duan shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist Duan, please stop keeping us in suspense and just tell us who is buried here?" The king from Penglai Fairy Island also asked.

"I don't know who is buried here. There is just a legend left by our ancestors that when the emperor's tomb is full of flowers, it is the day when the emperor returns. Before that, spiritual medicines will be everywhere, countless holy medicines, and even magical medicines will grow." Old Duan said seriously.

“Could this place be related to that person?” The king from Penglai Fairy Island is a descendant of the disciples of Heaven. Many ancient books from the time of the Emperor of Heaven were left on the island, recording some special people and events outside of Heaven.

At this moment, Lao Duan took out a Luoyang shovel and started digging in front of the emperor's tomb.

"Fellow Daoist Duan, what are you going to do?" The two kings were stunned after seeing what Old Duan did.

"Come and help. Now that we're at the emperor's tomb, don't you want to know who is buried in the tomb?" Old Duan threw two shovels directly to the two men.

Then he reminded: "Next time you dig the tunnel, don't use your magic power. Dig like a mortal, so you won't be targeted by the rules of this place."

Seeing this, the two were speechless for a while.

Afterwards, the three of them dug hard beside the emperor's tomb for three years before they finally dug a passage leading to the underground palace.

But when they entered the underground palace, they did not find any coffins, but only an ancient altar.

"I really found it."

Before the king of the Daxia Dragon Bird clan and the king of Penglai had time to carefully observe the situation in the underground palace, Old Duan had already rushed to the altar impatiently.

Then, under the gaze of the two kings, three sacrificial animals were placed directly on the altar, and then incense was burned and kowtowed.

"The unworthy son Duan Renxing bows to the ancestor."

After saying this, Lao Duan began to recite scriptures.

"Oh no, he deceived us." The king of the Great Xia Dragon Bird clan was shocked and wanted to immediately raise the shovel in his hand to interrupt Lao Duan's sacrifice.

"Brother Long, please be patient." The king from Penglai hurriedly comforted him.

Fortunately, they remembered that magic power could not be used here, so the two did not use their magic weapons.

"Who is calling me?"

Suddenly, amid the mysterious chanting, a voice that seemed to come from ancient times was heard.

"The unworthy disciple Duan Renxing respectfully welcomes the return of the ancestor."

After hearing the voice, Old Duan immediately showed a hint of excitement, and then said respectfully.

The next second, the ancient altar suddenly cracked, and streams of fairy air emanated from the cracks.

A sense of immortality revives from the depths of the earth.

The various spiritual and holy medicines on the mound outside the emperor's tomb began to grow rapidly after absorbing the immortal spirit, as if they had taken hormones.

Soon, the spiritual medicine turned into a holy medicine, and the holy medicine turned into a miraculous medicine.

The next second, all the sacred treasures withered, and wild flowers began to bloom on the grave mound.

A divine and sacred aura emanated from those wild flowers, and each wild flower seemed to possess some of the qualities of an elixir.

Inside the underground palace, the ground seemed to melt, the soil rolled, and then a man in a purple and green Taoist robe grew out of the soil.

In an instant, the originally dark underground palace suddenly became bright.

Then, as time passed, the Taoist and the three kings left the underground palace and appeared directly on the huge tomb mound.

"I slept for 100,000 years."

The man in Taoist robes seemed to have understood all the information in the world in an instant, and muttered to himself.

Lao Duan and the other two kings on the side didn't even dare to breathe, and even instinctively didn't dare to speak.

Then, the Taoist turned his attention to Duan Renxing and asked, "You are the one who woke me up. Tell me what you want. As long as it is not excessive, I can satisfy you."

"I beg the ancestor to bestow the elixir of immortality to extend my disciple's life span for another lifetime." Duan Renxing's face was filled with unstoppable excitement, and he quickly expressed his wish.

The Taoist looked Duan Renxing up and down, then smiled, waved his hand and picked a wild flower from the grave, and then that wild flower began to absorb the immortal energy from other wild flowers.

Within a moment, the wild flowers began to emit the fragrance of the elixir of immortality.

Then the flower of immortality was given to Lao Duan by the Taoist priest.

Then, the Taoist turned his head and looked at the other two kings and asked, "What are your wishes?"

“I beg you, Senior, to grant me the foundation for becoming a saint.”

The two kings were not greedy and knew when to stop, so they directly stated the purpose of their trip. "To become a saint?" The Taoist was a little surprised, but he didn't say much.

He just waved his hand and grabbed a handful of earth from the mound under his feet, and two drops of mysterious blood were extracted from the mound, then popped out directly and sank into the brows of the two kings.

It seems that the Taoist does not like the external environment.

With just a slight wave of his hand, all the evil energy in this underworld disappeared, and was replaced by a rich fairy spirit.

Moreover, grass and trees began to appear. After just a few breaths, the originally lifeless black soil turned into a primitive wilderness full of vitality.

Then, the Taoist took a step and instantly disappeared from their sight.

It took more than half a day for the three of them to recover from their shock.

The king of the Great Xia Dragon Bird Clan asked, "Fellow Daoist Duan, who exactly is that ancestor? He actually slept for a hundred thousand years."

The King of Penglai also asked, "Fellow Daoist Duan, what is going on? What is your relationship with him?"

Duan Renxing put away the excitement on his face and said, "My two fellow Taoists, there are some things that you are better off not knowing. Now that you have also received the blessing of the ancestor, becoming a saint is no longer a dream, and even becoming a great saint is no longer a problem. Old Duan, I am going back to practice in seclusion. If we are destined to meet again in a thousand years."

Then, Duan Renxing turned into a stream of light and flew away.

At the same time, the Taoist who had revived from the mud had appeared on the top of Mount Tai.

Standing on the top of Jade Emperor Peak and looking up at the boundless starry sky, the Taoist seems to be able to see what is happening outside the world.

I don’t know how long he looked at it, but finally he let out a faint sigh.

“Sure enough, if you want to break through to the Immortal Emperor, even returning to the original place will be of no avail.”

The Taoist was none other than Li Zhi who had returned from the perfect time and space.

However, when he returned, some unknown accident occurred and he was buried directly in the ground.

That feeling was almost exactly the same as the feeling he had before he traveled through time.

Then Li Zhi took advantage of the situation and lay in the mud to comprehend his own path.

I want to touch the realm of the Immortal Emperor in this state.

Unfortunately, after being buried in the soil deep underground for a hundred thousand years, Li Zhi still could not touch the realm of the Immortal Emperor.

Even after thoroughly comprehending the ten evil methods from the previous Immortal Emperor era given to him by the old man of destruction, Li Zhi still did not see the gate to the Immortal Emperor's realm.

The ten evil spells of the last Immortal Emperor era were almost all quasi-Immortal Emperor spells.

Unfortunately, it still cannot help Li Zhi break through his current realm.

The road to Daluo from the five immortals of heaven, earth, man, god and ghost seems a little unreliable.

It's not that it's unreliable, but it lacks the quasi-immortal emperor method of the ghost immortal.

Whether it is the Tao Seed Method of the ancient immortal period (celestial immortal), or the Ancestral Dragon Method based on blood transformation (earthly immortal), or the human body secret realm method (human immortal), and the Shinto system method (divine immortal), Li Zhi has elevated them to the quasi-immortal emperor level.

However, to this day, he has not yet mastered the method of ghost immortals.

The human universe where the earth is today is not the small underworld of future generations.

Although there is insufficient yang energy within the heaven and earth, there is not much yin energy either.

It seems that only after this world is connected to the cycle of reincarnation can it truly evolve towards the direction of the underworld.

But now, under Kunlun, there is no trace of the road of reincarnation at all.

The reincarnation path that Chu Feng encountered in later lives did not exist at all.

Moreover, Li Zhi's gaze passed through the boundary wall and saw the situation of Ye Fan and others in the fairyland.

The Zhatian trio has only just ascended to the realm of Immortal King, and they still have a long way to go before becoming an Immortal King giant.

As for the strange clan that made them feel despair, there was no sign of them at all.

It seems that in this era, all the heavens and the world are still in a period of peace.

It is even unknown whether Emperor Huang Tian has made it to the plateau.

Moreover, Li Zhi also discovered that the system he had figured out was still immature and was not enough for him to reach the level of Immortal Emperor.

On the contrary, the method of Five Immortals Becoming Emperor has a higher probability of success.

If there is no road, then create one.

The earth, this special place, seems to be able to connect the heavens and the world.

In the years that followed, Li Zhi began to explore the earth continuously.

After tens of thousands of years, he finally found a magical coordinate.

When he used the Quasi-Immortal Emperor's method to penetrate that coordinate, he instantly felt a pure yin energy coming towards him.

It was as if I had entered the underworld.

Afterwards, Li Zhi buried himself on the earth, and let his pure soul escape into the underworld to practice.

Who knows how many tens of thousands of years had passed, but when his soul returned again, it had already transformed into a heroic spirit and had even turned into a pure yang body.

His cultivation level has even risen to the pinnacle of Immortal King, and he is only one step away from entering the realm of Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

However, the lack of the participation of the true spirit prevented the heroic spirit from truly breaking through.

However, although Li Zhi failed to cultivate the quasi-immortal emperor Dao fruit in the underworld, he obtained the quasi-immortal emperor method of the ghost way in the underworld.

After the return of the heroic spirit Chunyang, Li Zhi's cultivation level did not improve.

But he saw the dawn of hope that could lead him to Daluo.

Then Li Zhi left the earth and went beyond the universe to find a way to heaven.

Now that the heavens have become silent, it is very suitable for him to be promoted to the Ghost Immortal Dao Fruit.

Once the Ghost Immortal is promoted to Quasi-Immortal Emperor, it will be the time for Li Zhixiu to produce the Daluo Dao Fruit.

Immortal Emperor, Daluo.

Although I don't know which one is stronger.

But Li Zhi knew clearly that the Daluo Dao Fruit he condensed using the Five Immortals' Method was no weaker than the real Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit.

The difference between the two is like the difference between an alternative enlightenment and a great emperor in the mortal world.

Although they both achieved enlightenment and their results were different, their realms were similar.

It’s not that Li Zhi doesn’t want to become the Immortal Emperor.

Instead, he wanted to use the cultivation system he developed to become the Immortal Emperor.

The Dao fruits produced by other systems can only play an auxiliary role, otherwise he will never be able to become a supreme being at the level of Dao Sacrifice.

After all, those who can become supreme beings at the level of sacrifice, whether it is the ancestor of the Pollen Road, or Huang, Ye, and Chu, have all opened up their own systems.

As for other people, their path can only reach the level of Immortal Emperor at most.

The Immortal Emperor, known as the strongest person at the end of the road, is not joking.

But after the Immortal Emperor, there is really no great path.

Moreover, Li Zhi vaguely felt that as long as Huang, Ye and Chu were still alive, he would most likely not be able to truly transcend.

(End of this chapter)