Chapter 530 - 318: Heaven and Earth as a Furnace, Living Beings as Fuel, Refining Innate Treasure (Part 3)

"The Destruction Space can’t withstand a single strike!"

"This boy didn’t take five days, not even three, but only one day to grasp the True Intent of Destruction!"

"Quick! Hurry!"

This time, the silver-haired elder rushed out of the house directly, stepping into the void.

Old Man Shi paused for a moment, then quickly followed.

...

The entrance to the Yan Imperial Mausoleum.

Thousands of North Snow Army soldiers were stationed here, led by the Middle Stage Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm General, Pang Pu, and the Late Stage Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm General, Liang You.

The two Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm experts were bombarding the sealed entrance.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Repeated strikes.

Bang!

At a certain moment, the entrance finally collapsed.

"It’s open!"

The two were overjoyed and were about to enter.

But beyond the gray mist, a figure darted through the thousands of North Snow Army soldiers like a ghost, darting into the underground mausoleum ahead of them.

"Not good! Someone has broken in!"

"Chase them!"

Pang Pu and Liang You immediately followed inside.

Three figures, one in front and two behind, arrived at the array ground.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Countless arrows shot through the air.

The figure in front merely paused for a moment, then summoned a protective treasure, ignoring the arrows and passing through the array ground.

Pang Pu and Liang You were held back by the arrows.

The figure moved quickly through the array ground, soon passing through the Gyan Stone Giant Gate, arriving at the Cold Abyss Origin Shore.

"There’s only one severely damaged Cold Bridge..." mumbled the figure, furrowing her brow.

From the voice, it was a woman.

"The cold here is so intense, there must be treasures below..." Ming Meng gazed down at the Cold Abyss, her beautiful eyes blinking.

"No rush, let’s check inside first. According to the intelligence gathered by senior brother, this place is the treasure trove of the Great Yan Dynasty; there might be a great treasure inside."

Her heart shifted slightly, a faint red halo appearing around her, and she stepped onto the broken Cold Bridge.

Proceeding with extreme caution, she crossed the Cold Bridge without incident.

The most terrifying aspect of the Cold Abyss were the cold air and the two Giant Spirit Yan Jin Guards.

The cold air posed no threat to Ming Meng, who had a protective treasure, and the two Giant Spirit Yan Jin Guards had been taken away by Chu Ming, so her passage was relatively smooth.

Ming Meng reached the other side of the Cold Abyss, standing at the entrance of the underground palace.

"It seems that this is the underground mausoleum..."

She pointed into the void, summoning an unknown treasure, which flew above the underground palace, emitting a red glow that enveloped the entire palace.

In the next moment.

"Hmm?"

"Nine Heavens Alliance, Nine Heavens Guide!!"

"It’s over there!"

Ming Meng flipped her hand again, taking out a communication treasure.

"Senior brother Ming Feng, the Nine Heavens Alliance and Nine Heavens Guide have appeared in the Yan Imperial Mausoleum!"

After sending the message, she leapt into the mausoleum, heading straight for the place she sensed.

Meanwhile.

Deep within the palace, in the Void Space.

Chu Ming stood in mid-air, looking at the man in black ahead, then frowning at the cracks spanning the sky and earth.

He knew that with one more strike, this space would collapse.

But precisely because he knew that, he didn’t strike.

The reason was simple: there was a major problem with this space.

"This piece of Void Space doesn’t seem to be part of the original mausoleum, and the Core Stone Tablet didn’t mention this space..."

Swoosh!

The man in black swung a sword, but Chu Ming easily dodged and continued pondering.

"According to the ancient texts I’ve previously reviewed, the reason a common sword strike from the man in black has such formidable power is because the sword strike contains... True Intent!"

"True Intent..." His deep eyes slightly glowed, looking at the Golden Light Dragon Slayer Saber in his hand.

Between heaven and earth, there are intrinsic rules at play, and True Intent is the manifestation of these rules.

Even the most ordinary move, without any added force, without Qi Blood driving it, once infused with True Intent, would undergo a monumental transformation in power.

True Intent is divided into nine layers, each layer superior to the last, and at the Ninth Layer, with True Intent Perfection, one wields the force of the universe with every move.

Various information about True Intent flashed through Chu Ming’s mind.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The man in black slashed several more times, but not a single strike touched Chu Ming.

"The black-clothed man’s True Intent is probably only a bit stronger than entry-level, and I am also at entry-level..."

"If I can’t comprehend it, and if I didn’t have the Book and Painting Realm, I would always be stuck here; but if I could comprehend, I could use True Intent to break through the Void Space."

"This place seems more like a space guiding True Intent or rather a space testing True Intent."

Upon thinking this, Chu Ming thought of two people, Old Man Shi and the silver-haired elder at the foot of Yan Mountain, in Rock Concealment Village.

Reflecting on the past, it seemed the two were guiding him with something.

Linking it to this place, he had a hunch that this True Intent Space was possibly related to the two, perhaps even deliberately arranged by them.

"Guiding me into the True Intent Space...?"

Chu Ming’s face was serious, Qi Rhythm White Light spread out, shattering illusions.

With one step, the scenery changed, and he returned to reality.

He could have used True Intent to break through the void, but he didn’t, because he didn’t want to be dragged into the unknown, and Old Man Shi and the silver-haired elder were that unknown.

As he stepped out of the void, the Yan Hanling had a reaction.

"Could the last hidden legacy be up ahead?"

Chu Ming took out the Yan Hanling, sensing that it seemed to be pointing towards a golden wall ahead.

Approaching with the order.

Rumbling...

The golden wall automatically sank, and golden light shone out.

Chu Ming flashed in, entering it.

Behind the golden wall was a small space, containing only one item: a jade-colored ring similar to the one obtained from Yan Huan.

Upon obtaining the ring, a connection immediately arose with Yan Huan’s ring.

With a shift of his heart, Chu Ming channeled his Qi Blood into the two jade-colored rings simultaneously.

Buzz!

Jade light burst forth, the two rings began to blur and pull, merging into one.

As the blinding light faded, Chu Ming held a mysterious jade ring in his hand.

"The Ring of the Dark Flame Monarch..."

Connected in spirit, he learned its name.

Chu Ming’s eyes gleamed with joy spreading across his brow.