Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: I Set Taboos in the Heavens

Deep within the Hongli Heaven, a fifth-rank immortal realm, located far from the sphere of influence of the Brahma Immortal Realm, in another vast star field among the myriad realms.

To be precise, within the forbidden area of ​​one of its major sects, the Wuxiang Sect, lies an astonishing number of ancient imperial serpent talismans.

The quantity is as high as one thousand!

This news even stirred the heart of Fang Qing, who was usually calm and collected.

If he could obtain another thousand Ancient Emperor Serpent Talismans, to what extent would their power surge? It would likely allow him to immediately reach a new level of understanding of devouring origins, and might even become the key to his breakthrough into the Mythical Realm, or even to make rapid progress within the Mythical Realm.

"A thousand copies, we must get them."

The so-called Hongli Celestial Realm is also a fifth-level celestial realm. Its scale, strength, and foundation are on the same level as the Brahma Celestial Realm. Both are behemoths that rule over tens of thousands of low-level celestial realms, and they control a total of 24,000 low-level celestial realms.

Its territory and power are by no means inferior to those of the Brahma Immortal Realm.

To seize the ancient imperial serpent talisman, considered a priceless treasure, from the core forbidden area of ​​such a colossal place is, without a doubt, extremely dangerous.

The slightest carelessness could alert the mythical patriarch of Honglitian and plunge him into an abyss of no return.

In addition, the defense system of Hongli's Celestial Realm is also extremely unique.

Intelligence indicates that several of Hongli Tian's mythical ancestors obtained fragments of the inheritance of an ancient evil god—the "Bone God"—who had long since perished.

They spent hundreds of millions of years painstakingly studying and improving this terrifying divine power originating from the Bone God, and finally combined it with the crystal wall defense system of the entire Hongli Celestial Realm.

They communicated with the legendary "White Bone Hell," a place of extreme yin and evil that devours the flesh and bones of living beings. With their supreme magical power, they drew upon the supreme demonic energy of the White Bone Hell, which, combined with their own laws, condensed and constructed layer upon layer of endless "White Bone Kingdoms" on the outskirts of the entire Hongli Celestial Realm.

This kingdom of bones originates from the primordial demonic energy of the Bone Hell, which is indestructible and possesses extremely terrifying melting and devouring properties.

Any unauthorized living being, whether in material or energy form, that attempts to pass through this bone crystal wall system will be immediately eroded by the omnipresent bone demonic energy. Its physical body will dissolve, its bones will be stripped and absorbed, and its soul will be devoured by resentment. Ultimately, it will become part of this bone kingdom, serving as its nourishment and strengthening its defenses.

Even a Mythical Realm expert, without special means or a sufficiently powerful protective treasure, would pay a heavy price to forcefully break in, and might even be trapped and die inside.

Fang Qing remained calm and composed, for he possessed the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Hell Force," one of its core essences being the suppression of hell. It possessed a natural power to restrain and control all kinds of primordial energy, demonic energy, karma, and resentment in hell.

The Bone Hell is just one of the many hellish planes.

With his current mastery of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique" to an extremely high level, this White Bone Demonic Qi is not only not an obstacle for him, but may even become a tonic for him.

With everything prepared, Fang Qing left the Brahma Immortal Realm.

Like an invisible meteor, he traversed the gaps between the myriad realms, avoiding major shipping lanes and monitoring nodes, and sped toward the coordinates of the Hongli Celestial Realm marked in the intelligence.

After a brief journey through the stars, the outline of a vast world, shrouded in a hazy, pale white light and indescribably expansive, finally appeared at the edge of Fang Qing's perception.

Hongli's Celestial Realm!
Even from a great distance, one could feel the terrifying aura emanating from it—gloomy, deathly silent, yet imbued with a strange order.

The entire outer perimeter of the Immortal Realm was indeed enveloped by layers upon layers of pale white crystalline walls, constructed from countless enormous skeletons.

The crystal wall slowly undulated, like a living thing.

Countless white bone demonic energy spread like a thick fog, within which the distorted faces of vengeful spirits and struggling bones could be vaguely seen.

Any light or energy that gets close will be quickly devoured by the demonic energy of the white bones.

Even an ordinary immortal would likely lose their composure and have their Dao heart clouded if they were to glance at it.

This is indeed a despairing barrier.

Fang Qing stepped directly into it.

The moment he touched the outermost white bone demonic energy, the demonic energy, which originally had a strong desire to erode everything, seemed to have met its natural nemesis and emitted a sharp sound.

The demonic energy surged wildly, attempting to erode Fang Qing. However, upon contact with the invisible domineering power and divine elephant force on Fang Qing's body, it melted away rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun. Some of the purer demonic energy was even refined by the divine elephant force within Fang Qing's body, transforming into pure energy to replenish its own consumption.

Fang Qing moved with ease, like a fish swimming freely, navigating through layers of demonic energy and skeletal barriers.

Those terrifying defenses, powerful enough to trap a first-level Mythic cultivator, were as easy for him as returning home.

He even deliberately slowed down to absorb and refine more of the essence of the White Bone Demon Qi, deepening his understanding of the Bone God's divine powers and the power of hell.

The entire process was silent and did not trigger any alarms.

The skeletal defense system surrounding Hongli Heaven primarily monitors the intense energy fluctuations generated when resisting demonic energy. Fang Qing's method, however, was as calm as a drop of water merging into the ocean, failing to trigger any alarms whatsoever.

After passing through the last layer of thick, star-like skeletal crystal walls, Fang Qing officially stepped into the interior of the Hongli Celestial Realm.

The view before me suddenly opened up.

This immortal realm is rich in immortal energy, with mountains, rivers, palaces, and pavilions, making it incredibly prosperous, but its overall style exudes a cold and austere atmosphere.

Fang Qing, like a ghost, stealthily made his way towards the core area of ​​Honglitian, following the approximate location of the Wuxiang Sect's headquarters obtained from intelligence.

The headquarters of the Wuxiang Sect is located in the center of a supervolcano cluster called the Myriad Manifestations Flame Domain.

Here, the earth blazes, the magma is like a sea, and the fire elemental laws are extremely active, making it the perfect place for innate fire spirits like the Fire Dragon Ancestor to cultivate and reside.

Fang Qing easily bypassed the various detection arrays and met the legendary Fire Dragon Ancestor.

This being, who has lived for countless years, looks remarkably young.

The man looked to be no more than twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a handsome face and even a touch of youthful exuberance. He had sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips, and white teeth.

His skin was as clear as jade, with faint dark red flame patterns flowing beneath it, as if it were not flesh and blood, but a crystallization of the ultimate fire law.

His long hair was a strange reddish-gold color, moving without wind, each strand of hair resembling a miniature fiery dragon swimming.

This is the Fire Dragon Ancestor, one of the three great patriarchs of the Wuxiang Sect in the Hongli Heavenly Immortal Realm. His cultivation has already reached the peak of the first level of the Mythical Realm, and he is only one step away from stepping into the second level of the Mythical Realm!

Moreover, since its true form is a primordial fire spirit that has attained enlightenment, and it occupies the advantageous terrain of the Myriad Manifestations Flame Domain, its combat power is probably among the best of the mythical beings of the same level.

At this moment, his eyes were slightly closed, and his hands formed a mysterious flame seal, hovering in front of his dantian.

In the location of his dantian, a fist-sized innate fire seed floats, which is his core essence.

At the center of that innate fire seed, there were more than a thousand strange talismans, each the size of a palm, suppressing and entangling it!

The talisman was exactly the same as the "Ancient Serpent Talisman of the Supreme Emperor" that Fang Qing possessed, but its aura was more ancient and more violent, faintly exuding a fierce and unruly will that wanted to devour all the fire.

Endless dark golden flame runes burst forth from the talisman, closely connecting with the Fire Dragon Ancestor's innate fire seed and even his entire soul and body, forming a strange symbiotic cycle.

Clearly, the Fire Dragon Ancestor had refined it into a part of his own natal treasure, attempting to use the vast "devouring heaven" power within the talisman and its affinity with fire to strengthen his innate fire seed, and even to glimpse the secrets of a higher realm that might be hidden behind the talisman. He did succeed partially; these thousand talismans greatly accelerated his comprehension of the origin of fire, and also granted him supernatural power far exceeding that of his peers.

It was at this moment that Fang Qing appeared.

The moment he appeared, the Fire Dragon Ancestor, who was immersed in deep cultivation, suddenly opened his eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?
Two condensed cosmic suns seemed to be burning deep within his pupils, instantly locking onto Fang Qing. Boundless shock, anger, and a trace of violent killing intent that had been touched on his sore spot erupted with a roar.

"Who dares to trespass on my ancestral lands..."

The Fire Dragon Ancestor's roar, accompanied by the terrifying pressure of the Mythical Realm, swept through the entire quiet room like a volcanic eruption. The Fiery Marrow Jade Pool beneath him instantly boiled, and the seven-colored divine flames transformed into ten thousand illusory fire dragons, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced on Fang Qing.

At the same time, the innate fire seed and the ancient serpent talisman within his body shone brightly, and a destructive energy that fused the innate divine fire and the will of "devouring the heavens" was rapidly condensing!
However, Fang Qing's movements were even faster than his, faster than the speed at which thoughts could be transmitted!

Just before the Fire Dragon Ancestor opened his eyes and roared, Fang Qing's right hand was already outstretched, his five fingers spread, aimed at the Ancient Serpent Talisman of the Supreme Emperor that was about to erupt in the Fire Dragon Ancestor's dantian, and the dense causal lines wrapped around it.

"Cause and effect are stripped away, and fate is altered."

Fang Qing uttered eight words softly.

This is a direct manifestation of his own Great Dao will, a forbidden technique that transcends the realm of ordinary supernatural powers, which he has unleashed by combining his understanding of the Great Destiny Technique, the profound meaning of the Great Cause and Effect Technique, and the inclusiveness of Chaos.

hum!
A terrifying wave of law, transcending time, space, and energy, instantly enveloped the Fire Dragon Ancestor and the thousand Ancient Emperor Serpent Talismans, centered on Fang Qing's palm.

Time seemed to stretch out infinitely and become distorted at this moment.

The Fire Dragon Ancestor felt that his thoughts, actions, energy flow, and even the impending outburst of anger and killing intent had all fallen into a strange state of stagnation.

He saw that the Emperor Ancient Serpent Talisman, which was intertwined with his life and long regarded as one with him, suddenly dimmed in the light of his dantian, as if it had been forcibly paused by an irresistible force.

What terrified him even more was that he felt the intricate and unbreakable causal connection between himself and the talisman being forcibly severed one by one by a tyrannical and unreasonable force.

The feeling was as if countless invisible knives were precisely cutting into his soul and the very essence of his life.

Indescribable pain and fear instantly overwhelmed his consciousness.

He wanted to rebel, to scream, to ignite everything, but he found that he couldn't even blink.

He was like a specimen fixed in amber, forced to watch helplessly as his most important part was ruthlessly decomposed.

In Fang Qing's palm, an invisible vortex appeared in the void.

Those causal threads that were forcibly stripped away, belonging to the Fire Dragon Ancestor and the Ancient Serpent Talisman of the Supreme Emperor, were thrown into it, and then dissolved and annihilated.

Not only the causal relationship, but also the cultivation boost that the Fire Dragon Ancestor gained from this talisman was being brutally erased and altered by this power!
From the outside perspective, the entire process may have taken only a fraction of a second.

But in the Fire Dragon Ancestor's perception, it was as if he had experienced millions of years of torture and despair.

The moment the last trace of the primary causal connection was stripped away and annihilated, "Poof!"

As if struck by lightning, the Fire Dragon Ancestor suddenly spat out a mouthful of crimson-gold primordial blood, which even contained tiny fragments of the laws of fire.

His aura deflated rapidly, like a punctured balloon, dropping from the peak of the first level of the Mythical Realm to the initial stage of the first level, and even becoming somewhat unstable.

His handsome face instantly turned ashen, his eyes unfocused, filled with utter bewilderment and weakness.

He felt as if he had been having a long and bizarre dream in which he seemed to have obtained an extraordinary treasure, which greatly improved his cultivation. But now that he had woken up, the treasure was gone, his cultivation had regressed, and only the emptiness and pain in his soul and body reminded him that what had just happened was no illusion.

The Ancient Serpent Talisman of the Supreme Emperor, now free from all causal constraints, detached itself from the dim innate fire seed of the Fire Dragon Ancestor like an obedient pet, transforming into a dark golden stream of light that "whooshed" into the inner world that Fang Qing had prepared in advance, instantly resonating strongly with his original talismans.

"Do not!!!"

Only then did the Fire Dragon Ancestor finally regain some control of his body, letting out a heart-wrenching roar filled with endless resentment and unwillingness.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Fang Qing, wishing he could devour him alive.

The myriad fiery dragon phantoms in the quiet room lost control, rampaging wildly and causing a series of explosions, which violently shook the entire Earth Core Furnace Heavenly Palace.

Fang Qing didn't even glance at him.

The process of seizing the talisman and severing its causal link was swift and efficient, completed almost before Honglitian's defense system could react.

Without the slightest hesitation, as the talisman entered his body, Fang Qing's figure became blurred.

"You thief, don't run! Give me back my treasure!!"

The Fire Dragon Ancestor burned his source, disregarding his injuries, and forcibly activated his remaining divine power, transforming it into a giant fiery claw that blotted out the sky and grabbed at Fang Qing.

Wherever the giant claw passed, the space was scorched with pitch-black cracks, its power still terrifying.

However, Fang Qing merely glanced back at him indifferently, her gaze calm and unwavering, yet it sent a chill down the spine of the Fire Dragon Ancestor.

The fiery claw missed its target, only crushing the space in that area to pieces, revealing the raging chaotic currents behind it.

"what!!!"

The Fire Dragon Ancestor, in a frenzied state, roared wildly and unleashed terrifying energy fluctuations, instantly bursting out of the Earth's Core Furnace Heavenly Palace, sweeping across the entire Myriad Manifestations Flame Domain, and spreading at an astonishing speed towards an even wider area of ​​Hongli Heaven.

The alarm bells are ringing!

The entire Hongli Celestial Realm was alarmed by this sudden and terrifying commotion originating from the secluded retreat of a mythical ancestor.

One after another, incredibly powerful divine thoughts awoke from the places where people were sleeping or cultivating in seclusion throughout Hongli Heaven, sweeping towards the direction of the Myriad Manifestations Flame Domain like searchlights.

"Who dares to run wild in my Hongli Heaven?!"

"The aura of the fire dragon... how could it have weakened to this extent? What happened?!"

"An enemy has infiltrated! Seal off the Immortal Realm! Activate the White Bone Refining God Array!"

A grand exchange of divine thoughts surged through the void, instantly elevating the entire defense system of the Hongli Celestial Realm to its highest level.

The endless white bone kingdom on the outer edge began to writhe violently, releasing even more intense and sinister demonic energy. Countless illusory white bone demon gods condensed within it, emitting silent roars and beginning to seal off every inch of space!
However, all of this was meaningless to Fang Qing, who had already retired successfully.

Before the Fire Dragon Ancestor let out his first roar, Fang Qing's true form, relying on his ultimate control over space, had already silently passed through the newly strengthened white bone crystal wall system at a speed ten times faster than when he had infiltrated, following the path he had come from.

Like an ink droplet dissolving in water, it vanished instantly, disappearing into the vast, chaotic void beyond Hongli's Celestial Realm. (End of Chapter)