Chapter 777: Opening the Emperor’s Tomb

"This Ye Tianling is too strong. None of us are his match. Fortunately, he only wants one hundred thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments. We can just combine ours and reform them into Dao Jade."

Ji Nan said immediately.

Ji Yuan also nodded, sighing ruefully.

"Your Dao Rhyme Fragments are lacking in the Five Elements Attribute. The ones I gathered are the core... Forget it. Fortunately, he did leave me with over fifty thousand fragments, which is enough to answer to the Ji Family! A Young Venerable... he truly is a Young Venerable. Too powerful! But how can someone at this level possess such immense Battle Power?

’I, Ji Yun, have the resources of two Worlds, which I successfully integrated. I’ve always transformed at the Great Perfection Level and even possess the Nine Forbidden Battle Technique... So why am I still no match for him?

’Where exactly does the gap between us come from? And why does it seem to be growing larger?’"

Ji Yun was utterly bewildered.

Of course, he could never have imagined that something called Law existed in this world, let alone something called ’inheritance’.

Amid his confusion, Ji Yun calmed down and began to reflect on his entire life.

This introspection unexpectedly led to a breakthrough, and he had an epiphany about the deeper Profound Meaning of the Hell Red Lotus Fire.

Instantly, a look of delight appeared on his face, and he flew directly toward the Hell Red Lotus Fire region below the Void Abyss.

After leaving Ji Yuan and the others to stand guard, Ji Yun rushed over excitedly, planning to devour and refine the Hell Red Lotus Fire in one fell swoop to form his Heaven and Earth Dao Fire.

But upon arriving, Ji Yun was completely stunned, as if he’d been struck by lightning.

The Hell Red Lotus Fire, which he had found impossible to absorb, was now acting like a docile firebird, actively and intimately flying toward Ye Tianling.

HISS—

The Hell Red Lotus Fire let out intimate, joyful sounds as it sank into Ye Tianling’s palm.

A purple lotus flower emerged from Ye Tianling’s palm. Within it, a wisp of Purple Flame burned silently.

"So, you’re the Silent Extinction Purple Flame."

Ye Tianling murmured, a hint of gratification in his eyes.

’Yanyan was born from the Origin Heaven and Earth Dao Fire—the Silent Extinction Purple Flame. No wonder this land has always felt like it was calling to me. No wonder I felt peerlessly invincible the moment I stepped into this region.’

Ye Tianling mused to himself.

It was true. Although he was strong, wielding Divine Power had never been so effortless.

But this region was different. It felt like his own domain, the place where he established his Dao. Here, his will was one of peerless invincibility.

That was why he could crush even someone like Ji Yun with a single thought.

At the same time, Ye Tianling also knew that when Cultivators were killed in this area, they didn’t truly die, but only lost a large amount of their Essence, Qi, and Soul.

This was just like some of the rules from his past.

The other Cultivators, however, were unaware of this fact.

This was probably why the War Dragon Academy had its disciples participate in this life-or-death battle.

To test and temper them with the illusion of absolute life and death.

And if they died, their memories of the event would likely be erased.

Ye Tianling didn’t care about the specifics, nor did he give it much thought.

After quietly absorbing the Hell Red Lotus Fire, he glanced indifferently at the approaching, excited Ji Yun, a faint, unreadable smile playing on his lips.

"You want the Hell Red Lotus Fire?"

Ye Tianling asked.

Ji Yun’s pupils contracted, and his face filled with dread. He shook his head repeatedly. "No, I don’t."

"Still not convinced? How about a fight? I’ll even use just one hand."

Ye Tianling spoke again.

Ji Yun was tempted for a moment, but he still shook his head. "At our level, a handicap like that makes little difference. I am not your match. I concede."

Ye Tianling said, "You’re quite pragmatic. If you’re still not satisfied, you’re welcome to challenge me again. Just remember to bring more treasures next time."

Ji Yun gave a wry smile. "My skills are inferior. Why would I seek further humiliation? Don’t worry. After we leave this place, I won’t have my family cause trouble for you. I’m a Divine Child, after all. I’m not so pathetic that I can’t take a loss."

Ji Yun assumed Ye Tianling was worried that he would have his family’s forces assassinate him after they left.

Ye Tianling understood what Ji Yun was thinking but offered no explanation. Instead, he just laughed heartily and left the Hellfire region.

...

By absorbing the Hell Red Lotus Fire, Ye Tianling had ignited the Silent Extinction Purple Flame that belonged to Yanyan.

The Silent Extinction Purple Flame and the Samadhi Celestial Fire were two flames of entirely different natures; they were impossible to fuse.

When Ye Tianling tried to bring the two flames together, the terrifying ’frenzy’ that erupted felt powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth, making him extremely wary.

It was even more terrifying than the clash of water and fire.

Fortunately, the Silent Extinction Purple Flame resided between Yanyan’s brows, while the Samadhi Celestial Fire resided between his own.

Normally, he could only wield one of the flames at a time.

Ye Tianling soon returned to the Purgatory Purple Mountain region, where he ran into Qianyu again.

Qianyu’s meditation was interrupted yet again, but she wasn’t upset.

She had noticed that Ji Yun’s rank had fallen on the leaderboard.

Without a doubt, Ye Tianling had to be responsible.

This time, Ye Tianling didn’t even acknowledge Qianyu. He walked straight to the altar, carved an Array, and began the teleportation.

After teleporting, Ye Tianling switched back to Yanyan’s Venerable Body Shell. Now appearing as a peerless Fairy, he stepped into the region at the edge of the starry sky he had been to before.

Ye Tianling took out the Dao Jade and broke it down into Dao Rhyme Fragments, using them to fill the gaps in the Array’s Law Fragments.

The gaps didn’t seem large or numerous, but the Dao Rhyme Fragments from an entire piece of Dao Jade weren’t enough to fill them completely.

Ye Tianling knew the cost would be high, but the sheer amount required still shocked him.

As the Array was repaired and completed, the world around him began to undergo a series of changes.

In the end, Ye Tianling had to use seven pieces of Dao Jade, a total of seventy thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments, to completely mend the hole in the Law.

The altar instantly erupted in a blindingly brilliant light, as if setting the terrifying Void ablaze.

The sight was terrifying. The starry sky seemed to invert, the Star River fell into chaos, and everything he saw and knew was turned upside down.

Even more terrifyingly, the light could cause one to become lost, their mind going completely blank, leaving them in a stupor.

Falling into a stupor wasn’t the scary part. The true terror was that the light contained invisible rays of slaughter, capable of disintegrating any living being and turning them to motes of glowing dust in an instant.

Using Yanyan’s body, Ye Tianling gathered the Silent Extinction Purple Flame and tore open a portal into the chaotic Void.

Then, he saw a black hole.

It looked like a tunnel of Reincarnation, or perhaps an ethereal Celestial Road leading to the core of the Emperor’s Burial Land.