Chapter 138: with translation of chapter title

Each dragon corpse stretches for tens of thousands of li, its massive body like an unending black mountain range, spanning across the cold universe.

Their scales have long lost their luster, becoming dim and dull, covered with the mottled marks of age.

Their dragon horns are broken, claws maimed, and the massive bodies are riddled with horrific wounds deep enough to see the bones.

They have been dead for endless ages.

Yet the indomitable dragon might still lingers on them, as if telling this dead, silent universe of their former supreme glory.

Nine massive dragon corpses are each bound with black iron chains as thick as water buckets.

The other ends of the chains are attached to an ancient, hefty, bronze coffin steeped in the aura of ages!

That coffin, whose length and width are unknowable, floats silently behind the nine dragon corpses, its whole body a bluish‑gray hue, etched with indistinct ancient patterns.

It drifts there quietly, pulled by the nine massive dragon corpses.

In this cold, dead universe, an eternal drift unfolds.

The moment the scene becomes clear.

Even Gu Yuan is somewhat stunned.

W‑what… what is this?

The aura of those true dragons… seems stronger than the ones back home!

"Each, in life, was at least at the Heavenly Emperor Realm."

Gu Cangsheng's voice softly confirms his conjecture, yet the weight in his tone exceeds Gu Yuan's expectation.

"Even… perhaps higher."

Higher?

Gu Yuan's pupils suddenly contract.

Above the Heavenly Emperor lies the True Immortal!

Using nine True Immortal‑level dragon corpses to pull a coffin?

"Grandpa, that coffin…"

Gu Cangsheng does not answer immediately.

His deep eyes stare fixedly at the ancient coffin, as if trying to see through it completely.

After a long while, he slowly exhales a puff of turbid breath, his tone carrying a hint of shock even he had not sensed.

"That coffin… is an extraordinary treasure."

"A… supreme relic not inferior to an Immortal King Artifact!"

Immortal King Artifact!

Another Immortal King Artifact!

Coming to his senses, Gu Yuan curses under his breath.

Just as I thought, the system can't be trusted.

It was promised a world only up to the 18th realm, yet the moment we entered, an Immortal King‑level weapon appeared!

Does that make sense?

"This… this Burial Emperor Star Realm is too rich, isn't it? Step outside and get gifted an Immortal King Artifact?"

He subconsciously assumes that these nine dragons pulling the coffin belong to the Burial Emperor Star Realm.

However, Gu Cangsheng shakes his head.

"No, this thing has nothing to do with that Burial Emperor Star Realm."

"It does not belong to any world; it… is part of this void, coming from a distant unknown, destined for a distant unknown."

"It… just happens to pass through here, as if searching for someone."

Gu Yuan is stunned.

Passing through?

What a coincidence?

Just as he and his grandfather stepped out, they encounter a passing Immortal King Artifact?

This luck… isn't it a bit too good?

He watches the massive funeral procession drawing nearer, and a bold thought suddenly rises in his mind.

"Grandpa, that… that we…"

Before he finishes, Gu Cangsheng seems to know what he will say, turns his head, and gives him a meaning‑laden smile.

"My dear grandson, what do you think, an ownerless Immortal King Artifact drifting so grandly right before the two of us, grandfather and grandson?"

"Should we greet it and wish it a smooth journey?"

"Letting a treasure go free freely does not fit the Gu Family style."

Gu Yuan's eyes instantly brighten.

"Grandpa, I think… it has a fate with our Gu Family!"

"Hahaha, well said!"

Gu Cangsheng bursts into loud laughter, his chuckle filled with undeniable dominance.

"This object is fated to the Gu Family!"

He steps forward, and his plain teal Dao robe, at that moment, seems to beat itself without wind!

A terrifying aura belonging to a Half‑Step Immortal King erupts with a boom!

"Today, I, Gu Cangsheng, will see what secret lies behind these nine dragons pulling the coffin!"

Boom!

When Gu Cangsheng's Half‑Step Immortal King aura is released without reservation, this cold universe, dead and silent for billions of years, seems instantly ignited!

Centered on him, visible ripples of law spread wildly in all directions.

The surrounding void, before this terrifying aura, shattered like fragile glass, piece by piece, revealing pitch‑black, deep spatial fissures.

Gu Yuan stood behind his grandfather, shielded by a gentle force, and was not affected at all.

But as he watched the scene before him, his heart was still utterly shocked.

Is this the might of a Half‑step Immortal King?

Just by releasing his aura, he can make the cosmic void collapse!

"Grandfather is mighty!"

Gu Yuan silently gave his own ancestor a thumbs‑up in his heart.

And in the distance, that massive and deathly silent funeral procession.

After sensing Gu Cangsheng's aura, it finally showed a faint response.

Buzz—

In the nine dragon corpses as massive as mountain ranges, their huge dragon eyes—long since devoid of divine perception—suddenly each lit up with a speck of crimson light!

They seemed to awaken from an eternal slumber, becoming unparalleled ferocious beasts guarding something!

Roar!!!

Nine silent roars rang out in the void.

It was not a true sound, but a mental shock formed from pure murderous will!

This mental shock could instantly tear apart a supreme divine soul!

Yet, faced with this world‑shattering mental roar, Gu Cangsheng's expression did not change at all.

"Hmph, a bunch of things dead for countless ten‑thousands of years still dare to act brazenly before me?"

He snorted coldly, and in his deep eyes seemed billions of star rivers flickering.

He made no extra movements, simply raised his right hand and, in mid‑air, grasped the nine massive dragon corpses.

"Suppress!"

A rustic syllable slipped from his mouth.

Words spoken, law follows!

In an instant, the entire cosmic void seemed seized by an invisible giant hand!

Those nine roars capable of ripping a true immortal's divine soul.

Even ten thousand li away from Gu Cangsheng, an irresistible great force forcibly compressed them into nothingness!

Immediately, the lingering great force, undiminished, acted directly upon the nine massive dragon corpses.

Crack! Crack!

A series of bone‑cracking sounds that made teeth ache rang through the dead silent universe.

Those nine dragon corpses as massive as mountain ranges.

Under that single grasp, they were forcibly compressed inward, their supposedly indestructible dragon bones emitting a strained wail!

Their crimson dragon eyes, which had just lit up, instantly dimmed, returning to deathly silence.

Just one move!

The nine dragon corpses, seemingly Immortal King‑level, were completely suppressed!

Gu Yuan watched from the side, mouth agape, his heart surging.

Too strong!

Grandfather is truly too strong!

Is this the power of a Half‑step Immortal King?

With a gesture, he suppresses nine true‑immortal‑level dragon corpses!

"Just a bunch of puppets without divine intellect, all show and no use."

Gu Cangsheng withdrew his hand, his tone flat, as if he had done something trivial.

He knows that those nine dragon corpses were powerful in life.

Even before his own breakthrough, he would have needed to exert effort.

But after death, all their divine abilities have long vanished, leaving only an indestructible flesh body and a sliver of undying resolve.

Dealing with them doesn't even require Immortal King methods.

After suppressing the nine dragon corpses.

Gu Cangsheng's gaze finally fell upon that simple bronze ancient coffin.

From beginning to end, the coffin gave no response.

No matter how strong Gu Cangsheng's aura erupted, no matter how the nine dragon corpses roared.

It simply floated there quietly, as if transcendent, untouched by all laws.

"Interesting."

Gu Cangsheng touched his chin, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

He could feel that this coffin was the true core.

Those nine dragon corpses were merely its accompaniment, its guardians.

A treasure guarded by nine‑headed true‑immortal dragon corpses... very exciting!