Chapter 150: The Immortal Mausoleum
Seeing this, Li Changsheng did not linger any longer. After returning the Path-Extinction Monument to Li Yue, he headed straight to the location where the seven inheritors of the Li family resided.
Through a series of operations, Li Changsheng gained seven additional Underworld Slaves.
Having made all the arrangements, he subsequently departed from the Li family.
His destination this time was the Immortal Tomb, one of the Three Tombs and Six Seas of the Qingling Realm!
The Chu Tomb had the Tianyuan Winery, so it was entirely possible that the Immortal Tomb possessed a similar establishment.
While layouts were temporarily set within the Li family, the rest still needed to be explored from the outside world.
The only places available for exploration in the Qingling Realm were the profoundly mysterious Three Tombs and Six Seas:
The Chu Tomb, the Immortal Tomb, and the Dao Tomb.
The region of the Chu Tomb held the inheritance of the Demon Ancestor.
Would the region of the Immortal Tomb also contain the inheritance of an ancient Immortal Venerable?
As he pondered this inwardly, a mere moment later, Li Changsheng arrived at the Immortal Tomb.
Standing suspended in mid-air, his divine sense swept across the entire Immortal Tomb!
The entire Qingling Realm trembled slightly, and the void above Li Changsheng shattered without warning!
A gloomy and eerie river, resembling the reincarnation grounds of the mortal world, emerged.
As a dense aura of karma permeated the air, tens of thousands of karmic threads abruptly surfaced across the entire Chu Tomb region!
Whether it was mortal capitals or aristocratic sects, countless intricate karmic threads had nowhere to hide!
They were all fully revealed!
"Indeed!"
As Li Changsheng swept his divine sense across the expanse, he instantly spotted an unusual anomaly among the endless karmic threads!
In the northern region of the Immortal Tomb, there was a cold lake!
Beneath the lake lay an exceptionally powerful thread of karma!
The immortal Qi along this thread was dense, something that definitely should not exist in this realm!
A brilliant light flashed deep within his eyes, and with a single step, Li Changsheng instantly shifted through space and vanished!
A few breaths later, he had arrived directly beneath this location, at the exact spot indicated by the karma!
An altar stood here.
Pitch black in its entirety, covered in bizarre, winding patterns.
Above it, it was completely empty.
Clearly, the fortuitous opportunity within had already been seized by someone else ahead of time.
"Underworld River."
Li Changsheng's heart sank, a cold glint flashed deep within his eyes, and he chanted silently in his mind.
As his eyes were suffused with a purple hue, beneath the karmic thread imbued with dense immortal Qi, an illusory karmic thread that was on the verge of completely dissipating also emerged!
Following the thread of karma, an image appeared in Li Changsheng's soul!
Within the vision, a handsome figure dressed in light blue robes, looking exceptionally arrogant, sat cross-legged!
Zhao Ritian!
"You bastard..."
With a profound glint flickering in his eyes, Li Changsheng felt somewhat annoyed at heart.
The ancient Immortal Venerable had sent his disciple to the Ultimate Immortal Land and left his inheritance here; the layout was perhaps a bit too vast.
This time, due to a slight oversight, he had actually been outmaneuvered by him.
This Zhao Ritian probably could not be left alive until Yun Chen's cultivation level improved before slaughtering him.
He could not let this go on... he could not allow this to continue...
Li Changsheng thought to himself quietly, the profound gleam deep within his eyes growing even more intense.
A budding murderous intent arose faintly in his heart...
"I truly cannot keep you alive."
As he muttered softly to himself, an illusory force manifested around Li Changsheng, and following the thread of karma, he instantly shifted away!
Meanwhile, on the summit of a mountain roughly a thousand miles away,
Zhao Ritian, sitting cross-legged, was already laughing so hard internally that he squealed like a pig.
Ever since he was expelled by the Zhao family, he could be described as a stray dog with nowhere to go.
Utterly miserable.
However, heaven never cuts off all avenues; after inadvertently straying into the cold lake earlier, he had actually obtained the inheritance of an ancient Immortal Venerable!
That ancient Immortal Venerable was an absolute powerhouse, someone who had suppressed an entire era single-handedly!
He even possessed the feat of slaughtering gods!
Now that he had obtained his inheritance, wouldn't he also reach the level of an ancient Immortal Venerable in the future?
Tsk...
When the time came for him to return to the Zhao family, that sycophant Zhao Hao would surely bow his head to him, completely submissive and obedient in every way.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ritian felt himself swelling with pride.
He even had the sensation of laughing out loud in his dreams.
Whoosh...
Suddenly, a cold breeze swept by without warning.
Zhao Ritian's entire body shuddered violently!
As a strong sense of unease rose in his heart, a look of shock and suspicion flashed across his eyes!
He raised his head to look—in front of him, there was nothing at all.
After a slight pause, Zhao Ritian turned his head cautiously.
!!!
When he clearly saw the noble figure clad in black-and-gold embroidered robes standing behind him, every hair on Zhao Ritian's body stood on end!
He blasted backward at extreme speed in an instant!
"What is senior doing here?"
A look of shocked suspicion flashed through his eyes. Forcibly suppressing the unease in his heart, Zhao Ritian wore a grave expression.
That mortal's master!
Why has he come to find me?
It definitely isn't for anything good. I need to be on guard...
Zhao Ritian's heart was pounding like a frightened rabbit, and he remained suspended in the void, not daring to move a fraction of an inch.
Even if this person did nothing at all, the oppressive feeling he exerted was still this intense!
He is an absolute ruthless entity!
Without a doubt...
"Ding~ Host's aura of superiority has increased, granting an extra reward of 5,000 Destiny Points."
"Hmph..."
As the system's voice rang out, Li Changsheng sneered. With a flicker of his figure, he shot straight toward Zhao Ritian's dantian, pointing a finger at it!
You little bastard.
This seat wants to see—once you are crippled, what use will the ancient Immortal Venerable have for you?
Sneering inwardly, Li Changsheng had already closed in!
Before he knew it, a droplet of dark purple water miraculously materialized in his palm!
It flew straight toward Zhao Ritian's dantian!
Bang!
Immediately afterward, a muffled sound echoed!
As Li Changsheng's palm descended, all the meridians throughout Zhao Ritian's body shattered abruptly!
Even his soul showed signs of withering!
As a faint light flickered over the dark purple water droplet, an immensely powerful force of decay radiated outward!
Clearly, it intended to completely obliterate Zhao Ritian right here and now!
"You villain!! You go too far!!"
Feeling the heart-rending agony within his body, Zhao Ritian's eyes were suffused with a dense web of bloodshot veins!
Noticing that his soul was also rapidly withering under the influence of the dark purple water droplet,
The terror in Zhao Ritian's heart reached an unsurpassable peak!
Why are this person's arts so bizarre?!
Why does he want to kill me?!
Yun Chen!!!
It is definitely Yun Chen!!!
That cheap spawn!!!
That worthless mortal spawn!!!
At this moment, Zhao Ritian's hatred for Yun Chen reached an unprecedentedly intense degree!
He wished he could eat his flesh and sleep on his hide.
As for Li Changsheng, Zhao Ritian could not afford to provoke him.
He didn't even dare to harbor the slightest thought of taking revenge on Li Changsheng.
"Immortal Art!! Escaping Heaven!"
As thoughts raced wildly through his mind, Zhao Ritian did not dare to delay!
Exerting every ounce of the remaining vitality in his body, he endured the thousand-cuts-like tearing agony within his soul.
He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!
As an intensely concentrated immortal aura radiated from his entire body, his figure vanished abruptly!
"Hmph..."
Looking at the empty space in front of him that had vanished in an instant, a profound glint flashed in Li Changsheng's eyes as he let out an involuntary sneer.
A Son of Fortune forcing out an immortal art while still in the Qi-Accessing Realm?
Even if he doesn't die from this trauma, he will lose more than half his life.
Furthermore, once Underworld River water enters the body, do you still expect to retain a shred of spiritual Qi?
Impossible.
Besides,
no matter how powerful your fortuitous opportunities are, and no matter if your cultivation recovers once more,
at worst, he could simply follow the thread of karma and cripple you all over again.
This seat wants to see just how resilient you can be.
After a brief pause, Li Changsheng did not linger; he turned around and left!
Zhao Ritian was no different from the likes of Lin Hao—a brainless idiot.
The most urgent task at hand was still to head to the other locations among the Three Tombs and Six Seas to investigate.
As it happened, the sea he knew of that was closest to his current location was none other than the Evil Bone Sea.
The Evil Bone Sea, much like the Demonic Cultivation Sea, was laden with fierce evil Qi.
The Demonic Cultivation Sea produced demonic cultivators, but what the Evil Bone Sea produced were evil cultivators.
Though separated by only a single character, demonic nature was violent,
while evil nature sought to defy the heavens.
Evil—the entire sea was pure, unadulterated evil.
A moment later, Li Changsheng stepped out from the void.
With profound flickers in his eyes, he continuously surveyed the scene before him.
Within a radius of ten thousand miles in this place, there was nothing but a boundless expanse of white bones!
The bones rose and fell in undulating waves, resembling a deep, vast sea of bones!
Yet, upon closer observation, one would realize that the surface of the sea was merely a thick layer of floating bones.
Beneath them, there was still actual seawater.
However, the seawater was a deep blue tinged with red, and from within it emanated an inherent evil nature.
Anyone whose divine sense swept across it could not help but feel an uneasy ripple in their heart.
The scenery here was bizarre in the extreme, and the surroundings were completely devoid of human presence.
After all, no one would run into such a bizarre place for no reason.
Encountering an ominous entity was a minor issue; losing one's life would be far from ideal.
Aside from a few desperadoes who occasionally lingered here, few people had haunted this place for tens of thousands of years in the Qingling Realm.
While the Demonic Cultivation Sea still had fish and shrimp surviving within it, this place was completely ethereal.
It resembled a dead and desolate realm, devoid of any vitality!
The surface alone—ten thousand miles of floating bones—was enough to make most people recoil in hesitation.
However, after a brief pause, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in Li Changsheng's eyes!
Although this place was evil, if an ancient Immortal Venerable had intentionally laid out a scheme here, this place would also be an exceptional location!
"I need to go down and investigate..."
After some deliberation, a profound look appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes, and he waved his hand to flick aside a massive swath of floating bones.
With a flicker of his figure, he plunged directly in!
In an instant, Li Changsheng felt as though he had entered an extremely peculiar realm!
The entire world fell instantly silent!
Even the thoughts within his mind became exceptionally clear!
This was an extremely bizarre phenomenon!
While the upper layers of this place looked immensely ferocious and terrifying, entering it felt like arriving at a cultivation grotto-heaven!
It simply didn't make sense.
Moreover, over the tens of thousands of years in the Qingling Realm, there had been no shortage of people with startling courage.
If this place were truly suitable for cultivation and enlightenment, word of it would have spread long ago.
Could it be that there were other hidden anomalies that he had yet to perceive?
"Come..."
"Young man, come..."
"This seat..."
"Bestow upon you a... fortune..."
Suddenly, an ethereal, hoarse voice echoed.
It sounded like a twilight-years elder, eagerly wishing to find a successor to inherit his orthodox lineage.
There seemed to be a peculiar force within the voice that could influence one's mind and spirit.
Even given Li Changsheng's current level, an urge suddenly arose in his heart at the moment the voice rang out.
It felt as though he desired to become that old man's successor...
"Interesting..."
Muttering inwardly, Li Changsheng's gaze grew profound.
After a slight pause, he headed straight in the direction from which the voice originated!
Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, half an hour had elapsed.
Yet, after half an hour, Li Changsheng had not found a single thing!
Even though he had kept searching in the direction of the sea floor, it remained exceedingly difficult to find any trace of it at all!
This matter was far too bizarre...
Influenced by the dead and ethereal atmosphere of this place, Li Changsheng's mind was clearer than ever before!
Yet, under these exact circumstances, with his speed, he still hadn't reached the ocean floor after half an hour!
It was simply mind-boggling!
Soon, however, Li Changsheng raised an eyebrow, and a strange sensation abruptly welled up in his heart!
A sense of familiarity inexplicably arose within him!
This feeling...
Hiss...
Bu Yuzi!!!
When he had first encountered Bu Yuzi back then, it was precisely this feeling!!
"Underworld River."
Chanting silently in his mind, Li Changsheng poured his divine sense into the Underworld River, searching beneath his current location, and discovered something:
Not far from him, near a deep-sea reef, there lay a skeleton radiating a faint, divine aura...
This skeleton seemed...
Rather exquisite, actually...
Through the Underworld River, Li Changsheng also sensed that within this broken pile of bones, a wisp of a remnant soul was dangling.
That remnant soul, the look it gave him...
Tsk...
You bastard.
That greedy gaze couldn't help but give Li Changsheng the urge to swat him to death with a wave of his hand.
Yet, considering the purpose of his trip, Li Changsheng paused slightly and held back.
As a terrifying aura slowly circulated around his body, every single immortal meridian within him instantly surged to its absolute peak!
As his one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight immortal meridians rapidly revolved, an immensely terrifying pressure radiated outward!
Hum...
As a heavy humming sound resonated, the entire Evil Bone Sea trembled abruptly!
A massive amount of rough waves surged across the surface of the sea!
A divine beam of light swept across the void above, revealing the corner of a holy and peerless immortal palace sanctuary!
It was precisely that Ultimate Immortal Land!
Meanwhile, beneath the Evil Bone Sea, right behind Li Changsheng,
an identical, holy phantom of an immortal palace abruptly manifested!
One by one, immortal meridians transformed into immortal dragons, spiraling around the immortal palace sanctuary.
At the same time, an extremely gloomy and terrifying river instantly replaced the river within the phantom of the Ultimate Immortal Land!
Under the reinforcement of several layers, as the entire Ultimate Immortal Land continuously quaked, it burst open violently!
As the phantom expanded rapidly, it instantly enshrouded the entire Evil Bone Sea!
All of this sounded lengthy, but it occurred in the flash of a spark, in the blink of an eye!
The remnant soul dangling on the skeleton hidden in the corner was instantly dumbfounded!
"Underworld Slave, manifest yourself at once!"
Li Changsheng's gaze was like lightning, his boundless aura spreading outward!
His voice was laden with infinite majesty!
"Under..."
Seeing this, the remnant soul atop the skeleton shuddered violently.
As intricate rune imprints between its brows flickered incessantly, a trace of hesitation flashed deep within its eyes.
Yet, the moment that trace of hesitation appeared, the expression of the remnant soul changed drastically!
Before it knew it, a colossal force had already closed in!
Sweeping it up, it dragged it straight toward the noble figure clad in black-and-gold embroidered robes!
"What is it? Still thinking of turning on your master?"
Noticing the imperceptible, ferocious aura emanating from the skeleton beside him, Li Changsheng raised an eyebrow, his voice cold.
"This... slave dares not..."
At this moment, where else did the remnant soul dare to harbor the slightest bit of defiance!
In front of this person, it was no different from an ant.
His little tricks could be seen through at a single glance by this person, let alone the fact that this person was the Underworld Lord!!
A single thought from him governed its life and death!
Resistance?
How could it possibly resist?
"The master possesses divine might; this slave is guilty..."
"I am willing to accept the master's punishment..."
The skeleton no longer dared to harbor any other thoughts; it hurriedly knelt down respectfully, its entire frame shaking continuously.
The pressure Li Changsheng inflicted upon it was far too intense...
"Knowing your mistake is good enough."
Noticing this, Li Changsheng's expression remained completely unchanged, though he sneered inwardly.
Responding indifferently, a brilliant glint flashed deep within his eyes.
Forming a hand seal with a finger, he thrust it abruptly toward the center of the skeleton's brows!
Soul-searching!
Since it knew its mistake and was willing to accept punishment,
that was for the best!
It harbored greed and still wanted to cling to life?
Li Changsheng asked himself, he hadn't lost his mind.
A servant like this would only be a hazard if left alive!
"Master, you..."
Seeing this, the remnant soul within the skeleton also felt a shock in its heart!
As a strong sense of imminent mortal peril welled up, its entire body shook incessantly, producing the rattling sound of bones colliding.
Yet, trying to dodge at this moment was already too late.
In the time it took for that single dazed instant to pass, Li Changsheng's finger had already descended!