The nine immensely oppressive dragon corpses lay sprawled out ahead. Though they were carcasses, mostly smashed and embedded in the mountain rock, the exposed halves of their bodies still stood over a thousand meters tall, with a length that stretched for over thirty miles.

The front half of each of the nine dragon corpses was smashed into the mountaintop, their tails hanging down the mountainside, coiling and winding.

Meanwhile, the terrifying, three-thousand-meter-tall Coffin and Casket lay silently on the rock. Shouts perpetually swirled around it, filled with the sonorous chants of “Mighty, Mighty Qin!” and “Great Wind,” accompanied by the clash of weapons, the thunder of cavalry, and heaven-shaking cries of war!

It was more than just an intimidating sight. Wisps of an utterly terrifying power emanated from the Dragon Corpses, pressing down on the observing Celestial Humans and even the Earth Immortals to the point that they struggled to breathe.

A long moment passed.

GULP! Wang Zhiyao swallowed, trembling under the might of the Dragon Corpses. She instinctively turned her head to look at the somber-faced youth beside her and asked,

“What… what do we do now?”

In her panic, she had unconsciously come to see Lu Xuan as her anchor.

Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes and said,

“The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin has descended from the sky… If I’m not mistaken, Taishan is about to get a lot busier. There’s no rush. Let’s just observe for now.”

Zhang Huatian, Zhuge Ke, and the Chen Family Siblings, who were standing nearby, were all stunned. ‘Why is this noble lady of the Wang Family asking Lu Xuan for his opinion?’

‘And he actually dared to answer…’

Only Zhang Jifeng, who knew Wang Zhiyao best, had a thoughtful expression on his face. ‘Hmm… looks like that brute has some stories I don’t know about, huh?’

Lu Xuan glanced sideways at Xiaoyan. There was still a hint of panic in her expression, but the initial heart-pounding fear had vanished.

After some thought, and sensing the powerful gazes from afar that were continuously scanning Taishan, Lu Xuan added,

“Doesn’t that [Peach Blossom Spring] only open at night? Let’s back away for now. If I’m not mistaken, someone will be here soon to test these Dragon Corpses and the Coffin and Casket. We need to be careful in case something unexpected happens.”

“Okay!” Wang Zhiyao nodded eagerly, a sight that left Chen Ye and Chen Shu completely baffled.

Despite their confusion, the group didn’t hesitate. Zhuge Ke’s parents raised their hands, casting a Magic Array to envelop everyone, and they all floated into the air, moving a short distance away from the summit of Taishan.

All the while, Lu Xuan kept his eyes glued to the Dragon Corpses and the Coffin and Casket, his mind racing.

‘Mighty, Mighty Qin…’

‘Qin?’

‘Is this Coffin and Casket connected to the Qin of Ancient Times?’

Lu Xuan thought of that famous, eternal emperor who built the Great Wall. He then recalled Duke Mu of Qin’s earnest hope from his dream—the wish for him to go to the Qin Kingdom and bestow a blessing upon a child named ‘Zheng.’

As his thoughts swirled, a brilliant light flared on the horizon. A few terrifying auras arrived first, the pressure causing the expressions of the nearby Celestial Humans to drain of color.

Immediately after, six or seven Earth Immortals descended shoulder to shoulder, each brazenly unleashing their aura, causing the very Celestial Vault to roil with storm clouds!

The seven Earth Immortals stood upon the clouds, looking down as they sized up the nine dragon corpses embedded in the peak and the enormous Coffin and Casket. After a brief discussion amongst themselves, one of the Earth Immortals reached out a hand. In an instant, his palm swelled to a thousand meters in size and shot toward the Coffin and Casket, as if he intended to pry it open.

“They’re insane.” Zhuge Ke’s father’s expression changed. He used the Magic Array to protect the group as they shot back another ten miles, watching from a much greater distance.

Chen Shu swallowed, his heart pounding with fear as he said,

“Are all… all Immortals this reckless?”

Beside them, Lu Xuan said calmly,

“They’re likely ‘disposable pawns’ sent by some major power to test the waters.”

“Disposable pawns??” Chen Ye’s eyes widened. “Those people… they’re all Earth Immortals, aren’t they? Using Earth Immortals as disposable pawns??”

Nearby, Xiaoyan, who had been silent all this time, also spoke softly,

“It’s quite normal. Those are probably Earth Immortals from Aotao Organism. Aotao Organism is run like a massive dictatorship. Their Chairman has planted a Great Ban in the soul of every Earth Immortal director, ensuring their absolute loyalty.”

After a pause, Xiaoyan continued,

“And rashly sending his Earth Immortal subordinates to probe dangerous areas has always been Chairman Ao Tao’s style.”

Everyone was a bit bewildered by this. Chen Shu couldn’t help but ask,

“Sister Xiaoyan, that has to be a pretty big secret… How do you know so much about it?”

“Is that really considered a secret?” Yan Jiangxue blinked.

“Of course it is!” the Chen Family Siblings exclaimed in unison. Zhuge Ke, Zhang Huatian, and the others also shot her strange looks, all of them realizing that this young woman was anything but ordinary—at the very least, her origins were extraordinary.

While they were talking, that Earth Immortal had already placed his thousand-meter-wide hand on the Coffin and Casket and exerted his strength with a sudden heave.

Heaven and Earth trembled slightly. A crack had actually been pried open on the Coffin and Casket. Lu Xuan focused his gaze, trying to peer inside, but he could see nothing. The gap was filled with an absolute, void-like darkness.

But in the next moment, the shouts and roars that filled the air and swirled around the Coffin and Casket suddenly intensified!

“Mighty, Mighty Qin!”

“Wind! Wind! Great Wind!”

Following the thunderous roars, a drop of blood trickled out from the Coffin and Casket—a single drop of golden blood!

A brilliant light erupted from the blood, reflecting prosperous ages, past and present. It reflected endless landscapes of mountains and rivers, and the magnificent sight of countless people joined in prayer!

The mass of that single drop of blood seemed frighteningly immense. Merely by clinging to the side of the Coffin and Casket, its terrifying mass caused the surrounding space to distort and collapse inward toward it.

The Earth Immortal, who was using all his strength to hold the Coffin and Casket open by a sliver, very reluctantly reached out his other hand. He slowly moved to grab the drop of blood, which glowed with strange phenomena and possessed a terrifying mass.

Before he even touched it, the Earth Immortal’s palm began to crumble under the spatial collapse caused by the blood’s terrifying mass. Fine cracks spread across it, like on a piece of fragile porcelain!

Lu Xuan’s eyes were narrowed in focus, fixed on the Earth Immortal’s hand. He watched as the palm struggled forward and finally touched the drop of glittering golden blood. The next instant—!

“ROAR!!”

The Earth Immortal let out a deafening roar, his face twisting as if in excruciating pain, but the cry lasted only for an instant before cutting off abruptly.

The Earth Immortal plummeted from the clouds, landing squarely beside the Coffin and Casket.

“Is… is he dead??” Chen Ye asked, her heart pounding and a chill running down her spine.

“He’s dead.” Lu Xuan nodded gravely. Having entered the state of Unity of Heaven and Man and reached the Extreme Realm of Climbing the Divine Ladder, his Divine Sense had attained a whole new level.

He could clearly perceive that the instant the Earth Immortal touched the blood, his True Spirit, Soul, and all else had completely shattered into fragments…

‘Wait a minute.’

Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes. ‘Where did that drop of shimmering golden blood go??’

The drop of blood that had trickled from the Coffin and Casket was gone, and the crack had sealed itself shut. Other than the new corpse of an Earth Immortal lying beside it, it was as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had changed…

“Look!” Zhuge Ke cried out in alarm. “That Earth Immortal is alive! He’s not dead!”

Lu Xuan was startled. He glanced over, his expression changing slightly.

The Earth Immortal, whose Divine Soul True Spirit had clearly been annihilated just a moment ago, shakily stood up. He raised both hands high and let out a grief-stricken roar:

“Mighty… Mighty Qin!”

All the spectating Celestial Humans and Earth Immortals felt their scalps go numb with terror!

“Mighty, Mighty Qin!”

The resurrected Earth Immortal continued to shout, but the aura emanating from his body was climbing steadily. In just a few moments, the aura of a True Immortal began to radiate from him!

That wasn’t all.

After his aura ascended to the level of a True Immortal, this Dead Immortal slowly sat cross-legged in the void. He tilted his head back and let out a heaven-shaking proclamation:

“By the command of the Supreme Profound Clarity and the decree of the First Emperor, I have come to the Human World to slaughter the Immortals and Buddhas!”

The Dead Immortal laughed wildly and suddenly struck out, attacking the True Immortals who were lying in wait, observing from every corner of the void!

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