Chapter 407

【Thousand Illusion Tree】

【Status: Weakened Period】

【Realm: Life and Death Dao Domain Realm】

【Age: 895 Eras】

【Remaining Lifespan: 3 Eras】

【Innate Great Divine Ability: Eye of Thousand Illusions】

【Innate Great Divine Ability: Tree Heart Puppet】

"Only three eras of life left?" Zhao Xing's mind sank as he arrived in the origin space.

At this moment, the Thousand Illusion Tree was silent, and its leaves were somewhat wilted.

At its roots, there was a pale blue disc, the size of an ordinary person's palm, which was constantly glowing.

It was precisely the Water Origin Life Law Contract!

Countless threads derived from the law contract, spreading throughout the body of the Thousand Illusion Tree.

"In order to resist the Water Spirit Realm, the Thousand Illusion Tree has already risked its life; its origin was constantly consumed, and I have also worn it down for a full 100 years."

"Only in this state could the Water Origin Life Law Contract succeed."

"Otherwise, it would really be difficult to handle this old tree spirit."

Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Even in its weakened period, the Thousand Illusion Tree had not dropped in rank; it was still in the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm, which showed the tenacity of the vitality of large tree-type life forms.

If it had been a flower, bamboo, or other such unit type, after a hundred years of poisoning in the Water Spirit Realm and being struck by the Water Origin Life Law Contract, it would likely have dropped in realm by now.

"Thousand Illusion Tree, now that you have been controlled by me, let's discuss some terms," Zhao Xing said.

He had now transplanted the Thousand Illusion Tree into his origin space, but putting it away was very strenuous.

After all, it was a plant in the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm, and the Thousand Illusion Tree itself was a great burden to him.

The way the Water Origin Life Law Contract handled the Thousand Illusion Tree was by proxy control, meaning Zhao Xing controlled the body of the Thousand Illusion Tree through the 'law contract'.

But such control was not total control, meaning Zhao Xing could not make the Thousand Illusion Tree use its great divine abilities through the law contract.

If it were a player, they would discover that the Water Origin Life Law Contract could only control the current Thousand Illusion Tree to issue ordinary attacks; skills simply could not be used.

"What do you want to talk about?" The eyes on the trunk of the Thousand Illusion Tree opened, revealing a human figure.

Its eyes possessed a very intense hatred.

The Thousand Illusion Tree had not expected that it would just escape the cage only to fall into a fire pit.

And it was controlled by such a lowly human.

"Don't look at me like that," Zhao Xing said indifferently. "You want to kill me, and I want to control you; we are both just trying to survive."

"The weak are prey to the strong, survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle—you should understand this better than I do."

"Since things have reached this point, there is no need to act so angry; this is a useless emotion, it would be better to carefully consider what I have to say next."

The Thousand Illusion Tree calmed down; impotent rage was indeed meaningless.

Zhao Xing spoke: "You help me, and I help you."

"I will provide you with survival nutrients, and you will protect my path."

"I mean when I need you to fight, the kind where you fight seriously."

Considering the self-esteem of the Thousand Illusion Tree, Zhao Xing did not use words like 'enslavement' or 'service', but rather 'protecting the path'.

"Protect my path for five hundred thousand years, and I will set you free."

"Five hundred thousand years of time is very short for you, isn't it?"

"That's too long," the Thousand Illusion Tree shook its head. "I can only live for less than one era... ten thousand years, I will protect your path for ten thousand years."

Still lying... Zhao Xing sneered in his heart.

A Thousand Illusion Tree in the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm should be very clear about its own lifespan.

It clearly could still live for 3 eras, yet it claimed it had less than one era left.

"It seems you still don't know who I am," Zhao Xing said indifferently.

"Who are you?" the Thousand Illusion Tree asked with a hint of mockery.

"I am Emperor Brother Qing Yu! I am a powerhouse who has reincarnated for a hundred lifetimes."

Zhao Xing's aura changed, and a domineering spirit that looked down upon the world radiated out.

"I once controlled a vast ancient kingdom and dominated the entire Xuanling Star Domain!"

"I have sat and discussed the Dao with countless Reincarnation Realm powerhouses, and have even seen ancient gods."

"This is now my 101st reincarnation."

Rustle rustle rustle rustle rustle rustle~

The leaves of the Thousand Illusion Tree trembled, as if it had heard some huge joke.

Reincarnation Realm, Emperor Brother Qing Yu?

And reincarnated a hundred lifetimes? What a joke!

Great beings who have reincarnated more than a hundred times are usually peerless powerhouses in the Reincarnation Realm, the kind who have hope of attaining the Dao and becoming gods.

The Thousand Illusion Tree had mixed with preaching scholars before; it wasn't so easily deceived.

"You don't believe me?" Zhao Xing said indifferently. "I can see at a glance that you have lived for 895 eras, and your remaining lifespan is still three eras."

The leaves stopped trembling.

"That Divine Fire Turtle outside has lived for 993 eras, and still has 7 eras left to live."

"Divine Fire Turtles aren't necessarily all that long-lived; the one in the Heavy Water River is because it awakened the innate great divine ability 'Thousand Era Turtle Origin'."

"You want to kill it because you want to take its Turtle Origin to extend your lifespan. Am I right?"

The Thousand Illusion Tree could no longer laugh.

The eyes on its trunk widened, as if it had fallen into a stupor.

To judge life and death with a single word, to see through it and the old turtle with a single word—how could this be something a mere Origin Realm cultivator could do?

"Emperor Brother Qing Yu... could he really be a Reincarnation Realm powerhouse?" The Thousand Illusion Tree began to believe a little.

Its hatred for Zhao Xing was not as high as it was just a moment ago.

The strong are respected; being captured by an Origin Realm cultivator is a humiliation!

Being captured by a Reincarnation Realm powerhouse is an opportunity!

If what this Emperor Brother Qing Yu said was true, then having him, the Thousand Illusion Tree, protect his path was actually elevating him!

If it really put in the effort, would it be able to advance further in the future?

Even if it couldn't advance further, being able to extend its life was good!

"Consider it carefully," Zhao Xing said indifferently. "Opportunities like this don't come along just anytime."

Having said that, Zhao Xing did not wait for the Thousand Illusion Tree to answer, and his mental phantom disappeared from the origin space.

"Whether it believes it or not, it's helpless now anyway." Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

"If it doesn't believe it, it doesn't matter; it can still be used as a combat force in the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm."

After fooling the Thousand Illusion Tree, Zhao Xing lifted the Divine Turtle Transformation.

"The moon illuminates all directions, and the Great Dao also has its boundaries~"

The order to leave appeared again, and Zhao Xing's figure disappeared from the Shangluo Dao Academy.

At the same time, at the exploration base of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, the Tianji Star Continent, in the magnificent Tianji Mansion.

"King Tianji, you were originally the elder 'Reincarnation Emperor' of my Dongyan Ancient Clan. In the 570,000th year of the 3rd era before the Desolate Realm, one of our clan's strongholds was discovered by the Reincarnation Temple. To cover for your clansmen, you took the initiative to reincarnate."

A black-robed person sat opposite King Tianji, their tone melodious, seemingly possessing some kind of magic.

"You, you are Dongyan Hai?" King Tianji looked at the person in front of him with a frown; some 'past events' really did appear in his mind.

"Indeed." Dongyan Hai nodded.

"Why did I only awaken my reincarnation memories now?" King Tianji asked.

"Because your Reincarnation Dao Weapon was shattered by people from the Reincarnation Temple." Dongyan Hai reached out and brushed over the table, and a broken black spear appeared. "We only managed to snatch back a portion of your Dao Weapon fragments."

When the broken black spear appeared, the surrounding light seemed to distort; the tip of the spear was like a black hole, swallowing all light, including King Tianji's gaze.

"Hum~"

King Tianji's expression changed, because he felt a tremor from his soul, as if this weapon had truly been used by him before.

He subconsciously beckoned.

"Clang!"

The broken black spear landed in King Tianji's hand.

"It really is my treasure..."

King Tianji's eyes were dazed.

"Elder, what do you need me to do?" King Tianji asked.

A smile appeared on the corner of Dongyan Hai's mouth.

After spending two eras of time preparing, the famous King Tianji of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom had finally become 'one of us'.

"The Spirit Realm Dharma Assembly will be held in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom. At that time, the Yuanhai Sovereign will host a banquet for the Tianxing Pavilion Master, King Taiyue, and other Reincarnation Realm powerhouses from other ancient kingdoms. At that time..."

Dongyan Hai's voice became barely audible.

"Zhao Xing, you've come out." The scholar Du Wen looked at Zhao Xing, who was walking out of the cold pool area. "This time was a bit long."

"Yes, I encountered a bit of trouble," Zhao Xing said.

"Yu Yitian and Fan Qing have both come out; it seems you've gained quite a lot," Du Wen laughed.

"It was all thanks to the Mansion Master, the teacher, and the care of the exploration team," Zhao Xing said.

"Go ahead, the Mansion Master is in the usual place."

"Yes."

After Zhao Xing flew away, Fan Qing and Yu Yitian happened to come out of the Dao-Enlightenment Realm.

"The Mansion Master values Zhao Xing so much?" Yu Yitian was a bit puzzled. "The Mansion Master is meeting with distinguished guests."

Entering and leaving the Mansion Master's cultivation ground at will—ordinary guest ministers didn't have such treatment as Zhao Xing.

"The harvest this time was huge, so it's normal for the Mansion Master to be polite," Fan Qing said. "It really makes people envious."

Subduing the Thousand Illusion Tree took a hundred years; it was now the 1315th year of the Shixin era.

After Zhao Xing came out, he went directly to Du Yun's reception hall.

At this moment, besides Du Yun, there were two other people in the reception hall.

One of them was wearing very strange armor; the armor was covered in dense vines, numbering in the tens of thousands, as if they were clinging to his torso. His eyes glowed with a ghostly green light, and just by glancing at Zhao Xing, he made people's minds waver.

The other person was entirely silver, with blurred facial features, as if a mass of human-shaped liquid metal was sitting on the chair. Zhao Xing could vaguely see meteors streaking through the liquid, and lightning and flames flickering on the shoulders and head, as if the body contained a galaxy.

By comparison, Du Yun was normal; at least his expression looked like that of a person.

"The green-armored man on the left is a Si Nong of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, and the information on the person on the right can't be seen; that should be a mechanism clone," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Greetings, Mansion Master." In front of outsiders, Zhao Xing still called Du Yun Mansion Master.

"Zhao Xing, you've returned just in time."

Du Yun pointed to the silver liquid and introduced: "This is my Senior Brother Zhan Ze from the Origin Heavenly Palace."

"Senior Brother is skilled in artifact refining; my Origin Divine Treasure, the Twilight Cloud Armor, was crafted by Senior Brother Zhan Ze's teacher, and Senior Brother Zhan Ze also participated."

"Du Yun, you flatter me," Zhan Ze waved his hand. "I just helped out; I can't craft Origin Divine Treasures."

"Greetings, Senior Zhan Ze," Zhao Xing bowed.

"Hmm."

Du Yun pointed to the green-armored man and introduced: "This is Huan Feng from the Primordial Hill, a good friend of mine."

"Greetings, Senior Huan Feng."

Huan Feng nodded slightly.

Du Yun clearly had a very good relationship with these two; being able to call people to the Dao Treasury ground and share this secret—how could it be an ordinary relationship?

However, Zhao Xing did not understand what Du Yun meant by letting him see these two, as if they were specifically waiting for him.

"Zhao Xing, the Dao Treasury has been dug out by me almost entirely," Du Yun transmitted his voice secretly:

"It's about the same as the initial estimate, about 15 trillion Red Star Coins."

"Things are hard to sell off for a moment, and I can't take out 1.5 trillion Red Star Coins to give to you right now."

"If you have other needs, that would be best; if you want money, then you'll need to wait for a period of time."

1.5 trillion Red Star Coins could buy a lower-grade Origin Divine Treasure!

Du Yun didn't have that much money either, and to sell the treasures dug out from the Dao Treasury, those precious things couldn't be sold off immediately unless the price was lowered.

Although Du Yun was powerful, he wouldn't hoard that much cash.

Huan Feng from the Primordial Hill and Zhan Ze from the Origin Heavenly Palace were both called over by Du Yun to pay off the debt, because these two owed Du Yun favors.

"Although I can't let you join the Primordial Hill directly, I can let Huan Feng take you as a disciple. He is a Si Nong of the Earthly Branch of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm; if you are willing, he can take you immediately."

"Zhan Ze can customize a Dao Weapon for you; no matter what type you want, he can basically make it."

Zhao Xing was somewhat dumbfounded upon hearing this.

Little Du wasn't doing well either; he couldn't even take out 1.5 trillion Red Star Coins and had to use this method to pay off the debt?

"Mansion Master, I once bought the first layer of 'Extreme Continent', but I haven't cultivated it to completion yet. I do want to join the Primordial Hill, but not under the command of some member of the Primordial Hill."

This concept was completely different; of course, Huan Feng was indeed very good, and if it were someone else, they might have felt that this introduction was a great benefit.

"I don't have much need for a Dao Weapon for the time being," Zhao Xing transmitted. "However, thank you for your trouble, Mansion Master; I am willing to wait a while longer."

"Alright," Du Yun was somewhat helpless.

"Then you go and rest first, and I will notify you another day."

"Yes."

After Zhao Xing left, Du Yun looked at his two friends and shook his head.

"He doesn't have this need for the time being."

"Hahaha, Brother Du, I'm afraid you're going to be looked down upon by this kid," Huan Feng laughed. "He's probably thinking, you, a dignified Mansion Master, can't even take out 1.5 trillion Red Star Coins. You're nothing much after all."

"Getting a windfall and not spending it recklessly—he's a lucky little fellow," Zhan Ze's face rippled.

"Little Du isn't doing well; he can't even take out such a small amount of money."

"How can I lead him to do things in the future?"

After leaving the reception hall, Zhao Xing complained in his heart.

"It seems I can't take Little Du to play next time; he can't handle it."

In the final analysis, Du Yun was just a genius in the Great Divine Ability Realm; Zhao Xing had always treated him as if he were in the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, but Little Du was also young, and his foundation wasn't deep enough.

If another era or two passed, once he reached the Dao Domain Realm, perhaps it would be a little better.

"Since Little Du is a genius, he is still developing himself."

"I won't take him next time, so as not to cause him trouble," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Now that he had the Thousand Illusion Tree, he had the conditions to open tombs independently.

"If it really doesn't work, I can't give all the information to Du Yun; it's inevitable that problems will arise."

"Reporting information in shares—it's best if I choose different forces, report them separately, and it's best if they don't overlap."

"But I also have to choose those with a better reputation."

"If the reputation isn't good, not honoring the agreement is secondary; if things go wrong, they might even kill me to prevent the news from leaking," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Do one or two more jobs, and I should leave."

He couldn't finish eating the treasures of the Yueluo Mausoleum alone; that would take a lot of time.

The Chuanjie and this Dao Treasury were both considered relatively fast to explore.

Du Yun spent less than a hundred years to dig it all out.

Other types of tombs weren't so easy; sometimes just breaking the formation would take a thousand years. The main fear was that self-destruction would occur inside, and all efforts would be in vain.

"With the help of the Thousand Illusion Tree's strength, find two relatively easy Dao Domain Realm tombs and do two jobs."

"Gather enough 5 trillion, solve the trouble of the Three Gods Life Palace, and after that, my true self will set off for the Red Star Empire."

"I won't even leave the Giant Yang clone; I'll just leave."

The clone technique wasn't omnipotent; if he encountered a rare profession like Wei Jiu, who could capture his clone and curse it to death, even across a vast distance, there was a possibility of death.

After obtaining the Thousand Illusion Tree from the Scholar Dao Treasury, Zhao Xing stopped exploring and returned to the Hurui Star Continent quietly.

"At this time, the Nanluo No. 21 Star Continent group still doesn't have any major wars."

"I've stayed in the Hurui Star Continent for over 150 years and only encountered one invasion," Zhao Xing checked the records of the Hurui Star Continent.

Actually, this couldn't even be counted as a war; it was just a team of five Third Realm demon clans who got lost in the void turbulence and accidentally broke into the Hurui Star Continent.

Then they were bombarded and killed from a distance by the Youxu Army and the Nanhe Army.

It didn't even alarm the people farming on the star continent.

"What a bunch of unlucky ghosts."

Void stealth, using turbulence to accelerate—if you're not careful, you get swept to another place.

The void turbulence inside the Yueluo Mausoleum was much stronger than in other places.

The most common situation for cultivators exploring the Yueluo Mausoleum to die due to accidents was being disturbed by void turbulence during navigation and being swept into dangerous situations or the territory of hostile forces.

"Reporting information—I have to report five or six more Dao Domain Realm tombs, and also avoid trouble and waste. If I dig them myself, maybe one or two would be enough."

"At that time, I'll take an Origin Divine Treasure directly to Du Yun, let him invite someone, and the trouble of the Three Gods Life Palace can be temporarily suppressed, and then I can go to the Red Star Empire; otherwise, I'll never be able to leave."

Zhao Xing focused his mind and closed his eyes, and the star map of the entire Yueluo Mausoleum appeared in his mind.

"In my memory, there are a total of 109 tombs that explicitly produce Origin Divine Treasure-level items."

It sounds like very few, but after all, these are burial objects; generally, only those in the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm use Origin Divine Treasures, and unless it's a special profession, no one would bring such precious things into a tomb.

In addition, this is just what Zhao Xing knows; in reality, there will definitely be more.

"It's already the 1315th year of the Shixin era; I must act quickly. You're the one."

The star map in Zhao Xing's mind faded, leaving only one Yin and one Yang star.

"Boom!"

The Thousand Illusion Tree discovered that it had appeared outside the starry sky, and as soon as it opened its eyes, a fragment of a Taiyin star was smashing toward it.

"Wait, where did you bring me?!"

Before the Thousand Illusion Tree could react, it was struck by the Taiyin star fragment; leaves flew everywhere, and tens of thousands of branches were broken.

"Hum~"

The Thousand Illusion Tree was forced to activate its small divine ability—Thousand Leaf Dao Realm.

Ninety-nine thick branches and the 9.9 billion leaves on them all emitted light, and mysterious patterns suppressed the void, quickly forming a barrier.

The barrier absorbed the power of the Taiyin star fragment while protecting itself.

Behind it was a small boundary boat, on which a figure was watching it with lingering fear.

Thousand Illusion Tree: "..."

It's like this again; I knew it would be like this!

The Thousand Illusion Tree thought unwillingly in its heart.

Regardless of whether it agreed to cooperate, once it encountered a crisis, controlled by the Water Origin Life Law Contract, it had to come out to fight.

At this time, if it didn't use its divine ability, the Taiyin star fragment would have to injure its main body.

"Qianhuan, thanks."

Zhao Xing waved at the Thousand Illusion Tree.

"Emperor Brother Qing Yu, where are we now?" the Thousand Illusion Tree asked.

It was now the 1331st year of the Shixin era; in fifteen years, Zhao Xing had summoned it three times.

Each time was to deal with a sudden crisis.

The first time was encountering a Five-Element Dao Domain Realm 'Void Bone Fish' beast demon.

This time it wasn't very troublesome; as soon as the Thousand Illusion Tree appeared, the beast demon was scared away from afar.

The second time was when the boundary boat suddenly encountered a void turbulence explosion.

The Thousand Illusion Tree immediately suppressed it and spent a lot of effort to pull the boundary boat out of the void river.

The third time, it actually started encountering Taiyin star fragments!

The intensity of the crises dealt with was greater each time!

The Thousand Illusion Tree now firmly believed that Zhao Xing was Emperor Brother Qing Yu.

If he wasn't a reincarnated Reincarnation Realm powerhouse, who the hell would dare to take risks in such a place as an Origin Realm cultivator?

"A good place," Zhao Xing said indifferently. "It can allow me to obtain an Origin Divine Treasure."

"I see."

"Thank you for your hard work in protecting the path; you can rest now," Zhao Xing waved his hand.

"Yes." The Thousand Illusion Tree's mentality had changed; it didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Zhao Xing calling himself 'I', but instead felt that he was quite approachable.

"Put away!" Zhao Xing put away the Thousand Illusion Tree and smiled slightly: "The old tree spirit is easy to fool."

The first time it came out, the Thousand Illusion Tree's address was still Qing Qing Yu Zi.

The second time it became 'Fellow Daoist Brother Qing Yu'.

The third time, it directly called him 'Emperor Brother Qing Yu'! "Words and actions match; first I used words to deceive it, and then my actions didn't conform to the common sense of the Origin Realm at all; the old tree spirit had to believe it."

Zhao Xing patted his stomach and continued to drive the boundary boat forward.

In the 1382nd year of the Shixin era, Zhao Xing flew past one boundary star after another, one star continent after another, and finally arrived at his destination.

"This is it, Luoyi Boundary Star," Zhao Xing glanced at the coordinates: "It matches my memory."

There was no planet in front, but rather a patch of spiritual energy dust, with messy meteorite fragments occasionally shooting out.

Zhao Xing looked at the detector on the boundary boat and found that the spiritual energy index had dropped to about 5, while the chaos coefficient was as high as 200.

"The spiritual energy index isn't even as good as the period when the Xuanhuang Realm just revived, but the chaos coefficient is enough to crush the Origin Realm."

"To call it a bitter cold place in the Phantom Star System is exactly that."

"However, there is still spiritual energy in the universe space; the universe space of the Chenluo Desolate Realm can't absorb any spiritual energy at all... Mountain Cat."

"Meow." A mechanism cat jumped out of the boundary boat cockpit.

"Rush in," Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!"

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"Boom~"

The front part of the boundary boat, which looked like a cat's head, opened its big mouth and began to pull the void in front, pushing forward rapidly.

Mountain Cat was the name after Zhao Xing changed his vehicle; the boundary boat spirit was also named Mountain Cat.

Wandering in the universe is very lonely; Zhao Xing couldn't take Mountain Cat to act, so he customized the boundary boat and the spirit into the shape of a Mountain Cat.

The Meow Meow rushed into the universe dust like a mountain cat rushing into cotton candy.

However, the dust was not soft.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang~"

Countless meteorites were crazily hitting the boundary boat.

"Boom crack!"

Strong winds and lightning appeared in the misty void, and soon rose to the intensity of the Five-Element Dao Domain Realm.

Zhao Xing watched constantly; if there was an accident, he would immediately summon the Thousand Illusion Tree to fight.

"The Meow Meow is already at the peak Taiyin Dao Weapon level; it should be able to handle it," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

With money, he wouldn't treat himself badly; small boundary boats are convenient for activities, and the price of a peak Taiyin-level boundary boat wasn't cheap, costing Zhao Xing a full 8 billion Red Star Coins.

You get what you pay for; the Mountain Cat had no problem resisting such natural disasters.

After flying in the universe dust for 25 years.

"Stop!"

Zhao Xing immediately shouted to stop.

Because he received a coordinate prompt in his panel.

【You have entered the map 'Luoyi Boundary Star' periphery. (Coordinates)】

"Qianhuan."

Zhao Xing summoned the Thousand Illusion Tree again.

"Emperor Brother Qing Yu, what are your orders?"

"Help me find a boundary star nearby," Zhao Xing said.

He still couldn't see where the Luoyi Boundary Star was, even though he had already entered the peripheral area.

However, the surrounding universe dust still blocked the detection.

"Yes, Emperor." The Thousand Illusion Tree was very helpless; it had to do such a small thing, this Emperor Brother Qing Yu really treated it like a beast of burden.

Just as Zhao Xing was exploring in the Yueluo Mausoleum.

In the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, deep underground on an unattended mineral planet, a pyramid was floating quietly.

The pyramid was covered with rune formations and filled with all kinds of sacrifices.

But there was not a single person inside.

Above the altar, what was placed was not a spirit tablet or memorial tablet, but an ancient book and a crystal pen.

The ancient book with a dark black cover seemed to have experienced countless years, as if it had existed here since ancient times.

A river seemed to be hidden inside the crystal pen, with stars flowing up and down.

"Rustle rustle rustle~"

The crystal pen suddenly moved by itself, jumped onto the ancient book, and began to write.

【... Qing Qing Yu Zi, as a senior Reincarnation Realm powerhouse, finally, after three (crossed out), fifty years, could not help his curiosity and went to uncover the seal of the Dongyan Ancient Clan's holy object.】

The crystal pen wrote very slowly; as soon as each character was written, it immediately disappeared into the ancient book.

【... He seemed to be very far away from the holy object, but he finally took action, overcoming all dangers. After fifty-three years, he arrived at...】

The crystal pen paused again, as if it had encountered some great resistance.

After a long time, it started writing again.

【Qing Qing Yu Zi's state is very strange, as if he does not exist in the human world; he is indeed a senior reincarnator!】

【He finally arrived at a place called 'Luoyi Boundary Star' and met the Dongyan holy object!】

【After the third layer of the seal is broken, Qing Qing Yu Zi will be bound to the holy object, and will firmly seek another holy object that deeply attracts him.】

After writing this passage, the crystal pen seemed to have exhausted its strength; the river and stars inside no longer moved, as if it were dead.

The light of the pyramid became somewhat withered; a large amount of sacrifices were put into the altar, and the crystal pen and ancient book regained a glimmer of brilliance.

But it didn't write again after all.

"Clatter~"

The ancient book, which opened a single page for Qing Qing Yu Zi, closed, revealing four large characters on the cover: 【Game of Fate】.

Then the ancient book and crystal pen completely disappeared into the void, as if waiting for the next activation.

Ziyue Star System, Brother Qing Yu Boundary Star.

Deep in the center of the earth, Qing Qing Yu Zi's corpse was wrapped in a transparent crystal coffin.

Since it had been less than an era since Qing Qing Yu Zi died, and his corpse had been properly preserved, it still looked lifelike.

The tomb storing Qing Qing Yu Zi's corpse and relics was quiet.

The Ziyue Mansion Master loved this disciple very much, and even thought that there might be hope to resurrect his disciple in the future.

So he refused Zhao Zhao Yuanzi's proposal to let outsiders pay respects to Qing Qing Yu Zi's remains and buried him in the center of the Brother Qing Yu Boundary Star.

Qing Qing Yu Zi lay peacefully in the coffin with his eyes closed.

But at a certain moment, one of his hands suddenly propped up the coffin.

Qing Qing Yu Zi still had his eyes closed; he opened the coffin with an expressionless face, and a force began to revive in his body.

The next moment, he disappeared from where he was.

1430th year of the Shixin era, Luoyi Boundary Star.

Above a sea of spiritual energy.

"Clatter~"

Zhao Xing had been staring under the sea, looking forward to it.

"Qianhuan, have you finished yet?"

Under the sea, a big tree was looming.

Further down, there was a crystal palace.

"Emperor Brother Qing Yu, this is the tomb of a Qi-sect martial artist; his tomb is very hard, I still need a little more time."

"Alright," Zhao Xing shrugged.

Even the tomb of a Qi-sect martial artist is hard; he really carried hardness into every aspect of his life.

48 years ago, when Zhao Xing found this crystal palace, he discovered that it had no other characteristics, only hardness!

No formations, no mechanisms... none at all; it was just built into a palace using a very hard and heavy ancient material from the Yueluo Ancient Kingdom, used as a resting place after death.

Zhao Xing couldn't open it, and he couldn't move it away.

Even if the Mountain Cat pulled it, it wouldn't move.

The Mountain Cat was a peak Taiyin boundary boat; it could pull away a world, but it couldn't pull this crystal palace.

No way, the dignified Emperor Brother Qing Yu could only let the Thousand Illusion Tree take action again.

The Thousand Illusion Tree was a water-born species; the tomb was on the seabed, so of course it was more suitable for it to go in.

Anyway, there was no fear of destroying any mechanism formations; to get the treasures inside this tomb, on the contrary, violent destruction was needed!

"The Thousand Illusion Tree is skilled in illusions, but it is not very skilled in this kind of physical destruction."

"The Cloud Vine is suitable, but it's too weak; it only just entered the Great Divine Ability Realm this year," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Since the Cloud Vine is a void species, it goes through the Small Divine Ability Realm to the Great Divine Ability Realm stage.

Instead, it was the Thousand Illusion Tree, which jumped from the Small Divine Ability Realm to the Five-Element Dao Domain Realm.

It is said that the Imperial-quality Thousand Illusion Tree should be higher grade than the Cloud Vine, but the Cloud Vine is a void species; this is its characteristic.

"A little faster."

Two years later, Zhao Xing urged again.

"Bang!"

Suddenly the sea exploded, and something like a manhole cover flew into the sky with a swoosh, even piercing through the boundary wall and disappearing into the universe dust.

"Emperor, it's broken!" The Thousand Illusion Tree's voice came. "I finally opened a hole."

Not easy, not easy at all!

The Thousand Illusion Tree wasn't meant for this; to open it, it wore down millions of branches.

"Good, you did well."

The Thousand Illusion Tree almost wanted to cry; even so, Zhao Xing's tone was very perfunctory, clearly showing he thought it was slow.

"Swoosh~"

Zhao Xing immediately jumped down along the big hole.

The crystal palace was too big, because the corpse of the tomb owner inside was big enough.

After Zhao Xing entered, he increased his body size to ten million miles high, but it still couldn't compare to one of the person's toe bones.

"Such a huge body size, at least it's the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, possessing a Golden Body of the Sun Seventh Stage or higher," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Just this golden bone alone is worth the price of a Sun Dao Weapon."

Opening a mage's tomb, getting the corpse isn't worth money.

Opening a martial artist's tomb, the corpse is money!

"Put away!"

Zhao Xing grabbed the toe bone and took it away.

The whole space suddenly became vast.

Zhao Xing activated his Soul Heavenly Vision and scanned it once.

Then he rushed up with the spoils.

"Mountain Cat, take inventory."

Zhao Xing threw out everything except the bones.

"Yes."

The mechanism cat flew out immediately.

Its eyes were glowing, scanning piece by piece.

"Congratulations, Master, there is 1 lower-grade Origin Divine Treasure, 3 peak Sun Dao Weapons, and 10,000 Platinum Ancient Coins here," the mechanism cat reported.

"A lower-grade Origin Divine Treasure is worth at least 1 trillion Red Star Coins."

"3 peak Sun Dao Weapons, 10,000 Platinum Ancient Coins; there is a clear price here."

"Peak Sun Dao Weapons can sell for hundreds of billions of Red Star Coins without a problem."

"100,000 Platinum Ancient Coins also have 140 billion."

"The total value here might be close to 3 trillion Red Star Coins," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"It's already very close to the 5 trillion mark."

"Du Yun's 1.5 share, plus this harvest, it's not much different."

If it really doesn't work, ask Du Yun for help, haggle a bit.

Selling a bit more tomb information of the Great Divine Ability Realm to Starfire, gathering it up will be fast too.

"What I earn next will be my own."

"On the way back, I can also find two small tombs."

Zhao Xing turned around happily.

And then, he got a big scare.

Only to see a figure descending from the sky, rushing straight at him; this person was wearing star robes and holding a scepter in his hand. The equipment on his body was only Boundary Star Dao Weapons.

However, Zhao Xing was scared half to death.

Because this figure was Qing Qing Yu Zi!

"F*ck!"

Zhao Xing jumped away in a startle.

Qing Qing Yu Zi's momentum didn't diminish, and he slammed into the sea.

Just as he was about to fall into the sea, he turned again and rushed straight at Zhao Xing.

"You, you you..."

Zhao Xing was stunned.

No matter from which angle he looked, this was Qing Qing Yu Zi; he had kept his remains for so long, how could he be mistaken?

But how is this possible?

"Could it be that the Ziyue Mansion Master broke through to the Reincarnation Realm and resurrected Qing Qing Yu Zi? This is impossible! The Reincarnation Temple and the Ancient Kingdom Alliance have tense relations; where would there be a resurrection quota now?"

"What's more, how did Qing Qing Yu Zi find this place?!"

"Something's wrong! Something's very wrong!"

Zhao Xing's scalp went numb.

If Qing Qing Yu Zi were alive, he could accept it, but the Qing Qing Yu Zi in front of him was indeed just a corpse! And it was only a corpse of the Second Realm.

Not only did he become a zombie, but he crossed the endless starry sky and universe, ran to the Yueluo Mausoleum where people die all the time, and found him?

"Emperor, what's wrong with you?" The Thousand Illusion Tree felt it was very strange; it was just a corpse of the Second Realm falling from the sky.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

The Thousand Illusion Tree immediately shut its mouth.

Swish~

Zhao Xing dodged several times, only to find that Qing Qing Yu Zi's corpse was still rushing straight at him.

After observing several times, Zhao Xing stopped.

"Swoosh~"

Qing Qing Yu Zi appeared ten meters in front of him and stopped.

Qing Qing Yu Zi, who had always had his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and stared straight at Zhao Xing.

"Really f*cking scary..." Zhao Xing muttered.

But Qing Qing Yu Zi's eyes were turbid and full of deathly aura; there was no 'spirit' at all.

That is to say, this was indeed a corpse.

"But, why?"

Zhao Xing didn't understand at all.

He moved, and Qing Qing Yu Zi also moved.

Such mysterious things were beyond Master Zhao's understanding.

Zhao Xing took out a stack of Taoist underworld paper money and burned it: "Old Qing, do you have something you can't let go of after death? Also, how did you come here?"

Qing Qing Yu Zi remained indifferent.

Zhao Xing burning paper money was purely for self-comfort, because he couldn't see anything at all.

The panel detection couldn't detect Qing Qing Yu Zi's current state either; after all, Qing Qing Yu Zi was a dead person, and his detection requirement must be a living life.

"Seal!"

Zhao Xing used the Yuan Feng Law he hadn't used for a long time, controlling the Taiyin and Sun origins to form a closed barrier around Qing Qing Yu Zi.

Qing Qing Yu Zi didn't resist either, just letting Zhao Xing seal him.

"I've seen many supernatural events, but this is the first time I've seen such a thing."

Zhao Xing boasted of being well-informed, but this situation was indeed the first time he had seen it.

Qing Qing Yu Zi becoming a zombie and coming from so far away—this was simply incomprehensible!

"He's just a Second Realm cultivator; how could he fly over alone?"

"What is driving him?"

"He keeps looking at me; what exactly is he looking at?"

Many doubts arose in Zhao Xing's heart.

"Clatter~"

The rough sea kept surging; on the big tree, one person, one corpse, and one mechanism cat stood still, very eerie.

After thinking for three days, Zhao Xing suddenly waved his hand: "Put away!"

The Thousand Illusion Tree and Qing Qing Yu Zi were put away together.

"Mountain Cat, return immediately!"

"Yes!" The mechanism cat put away the treasures, and Zhao Xing entered the boundary boat.

"Boom~"

The cat-head boundary boat immediately broke the boundary wall and flew away.

In the cold and dark universe void, Zhao Xing looked quietly at Qing Qing Yu Zi in the boundary boat.

On the clean and smooth floor was a pile of 'old antiques': knives, spears, swords, halberds, bamboo horses, flying fish, dharma robes, crystal carvings...

These were all inherited from Qing Qing Yu Zi's legacy during the Xuanhuang Realm period.

Since knowing that the Dongyan Ancient Clan was looking for the holy object, Zhao Xing hadn't thrown away a single thing, including those in the national treasury, which were all stored together.

Now, he took them all out.

The reason was also very simple.

"The connection between me and Old Qing involves a third party, which is the mysterious Dongyan Ancient Clan."

"Old Qing suddenly becoming a zombie definitely has to do with the Dongyan Ancient Clan, but... I didn't feel the Dongyan Ancient Clan break their oath."

"That is to say, this is a layout from the Dongyan Ancient Clan's past. It doesn't involve the non-aggression treaty I signed with the Dongyan Elder Council later."

"Or, the Dongyan Ancient Clan used some method to violate it, or they don't know either..."

"In short, the Dongyan Ancient Clan's holy object is really on me, and Old Qing becoming a zombie is to find it."

After Zhao Xing poured everything out, he stepped back and opened the barrier: "Old Qing, everything is here!"

Qing Qing Yu Zi lowered his head and turned around, but still raised his head and stared straight at Zhao Xing.

"None?" Zhao Xing was stunned. "Everything is here; I didn't covet anything."

Qing Qing Yu Zi naturally couldn't respond.

Zhao Xing thought hard, and then as if he realized something, a purple short sword appeared in his hand.

It was at this moment that brilliance erupted in Qing Qing Yu Zi's eyes, and he reached out to grab the short sword.

"Boom~"

He was blocked by the barrier and trapped in place.

"Thunder Dharma Sword?" Zhao Xing's scalp felt a bit numb; this was once again beyond his expectations.

"The Thunder Dharma Sword was something I picked up from Ji Che's royal treasury; after the two layers of seals were broken, it was already a peak Boundary Star Dao Weapon. Could this thing be the Dongyan Ancient Clan's holy object?"

Zhao Xing suddenly had the urge to throw away the Thunder Dharma Sword.

But since things had reached this point, he understood that throwing it away was useless.

"I have already entered the game," Zhao Xing felt cold inside. "Since Qing Qing Yu Zi, Ziyue Mansion Master, and I would all forget it."

"Then, it is very likely that Qing Qing Yu Zi got this thing an era ago and also forgot it, disposing of it casually."

"Just like I casually threw the Kunyuan Hoe in the Xuanhuang Realm."

"And it eventually fell into the treasury of another unified dynasty, the 'Great Zhou'."

It's not impossible; the Great Dream Academy was originally a national treasure of the Great Li, but it also appeared in the Great Zhou's treasury.

"The tiny Xuanhuang Realm, the tiny Great Zhou, actually hid a super-version item; this game is too profound, I didn't understand it at all in my previous life..." Zhao Xing muttered to himself.

"Since that's the case, then this time, I'll play it clearly; even if I die, I'll die clearly."

"I want to see what exactly you are."

Zhao Xing grabbed the floating Thunder Dharma Sword with both hands and began to break its third seal.

(End of chapter)