Chapter 139: Fate with My Grandson

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly arrived atop the bronze ancient coffin.

Compared to this coffin, enormous to the point of being unimaginable, even Gu Cangsheng, a half-step Immortal King, appeared incredibly tiny.

He reached out his hand, gently, and touched the icy coffin surface.

There was no imagined energy rebound, nor any law of repulsion.

At the point of contact, there was only a cold, hard, ancient feeling, as if it had endured countless ages of vicissitudes.

Gu Cangsheng closed his eyes, and slowly extended his vast, smoke‑sea‑like divine sense into the coffin.

He wanted to see what exactly was hidden inside this mysterious ancient coffin.

But the next moment, a hint of surprise appeared on his previously calm face.

His divine sense, upon contacting the coffin, vanished like a mud ox entering the sea, leaving no trace.

An intangible yet impregnable barrier blocked all of his probing from the outside.

"Huh? There's actually a seal?"

Gu Cangsheng opened his eyes, his eyebrows slightly twitching.

He was a bit unwilling to accept it, and increased the output of his divine sense once more.

This time, he even used a trace of Immortal King's power!

Boom!

The vast divine sense, like a flood bursting a dam, frantically struck that intangible barrier!

Yet that barrier remained utterly unmoving, solid to the point of making one's hair stand on end.

No matter how Gu Cangsheng's divine sense struck, it could not shift it in the slightest.

"Interesting, truly interesting."

The two consecutive failures not only did not discourage Gu Cangsheng, but instead made his interest grow even stronger.

He could feel that the seal's level was extremely high, far beyond his current realm.

It was a power more ancient, more primal, and closer to the ultimate end of the Dao.

"Looks like, if I don't open you, I won't see the scenery inside."

Gu Cangsheng withdrew his divine sense.

He looked at the huge bronze ancient coffin before him, a flash of fighting spirit appearing in his eyes.

He decided to use martial force to forcibly break open this coffin!

He drew a deep breath, and the half-step Immortal King power within his body began to run wildly!

Behind him, the illusory Immortal King's spine that pierces heaven and earth once again slowly emerged!

A terrifying Dao aura that suppresses myriad ages and is eternal and indestructible surged upward from his body!

"Let me see just how hard you are!"

Gu Cangsheng shouted furiously, gathering all his strength into his right fist, and slammed it hard onto the bronze ancient coffin!

This punch could shatter the star river and collapse the Immortal Realm!

It was a full‑power strike of a half‑step Immortal King!

Boom—!

When Gu Cangsheng's punch, which had gathered the full power of a half‑step Immortal King, struck the bronze ancient coffin solidly, an extremely deep, thunderous roar exploded in the silent universe!

That sound seemed not to come from the outside.

But rather rang directly deep within a person's soul, shaking Gu Yuan's qi and blood to surge, nearly causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, Gu Cangsheng had prepared beforehand; a gentle force promptly protected him, preventing him from fainting on the spot.

He saw the center of the collision.

He saw a visible terrifying shockwave, centered at the point where fist met coffin, expanding wildly in all directions in a ring!

Where the shockwave passed, space resembled a lake struck by stones, violently twisting and folding, then shattering with a roar, revealing vast expanses of dark void abyss!

Even those nine dragon corpses, huge as mountain ranges, were flung away by this terrifying shockwave, unknown where they drifted.

However, in this heaven‑shattering, earth‑destroying terrifying collision,

the bronze ancient coffin… remained completely unmoved!

Not even the slightest tremor!

Under Gu Cangsheng's punch, capable of shattering the star river, it still hovered there silently, its ancient coffin surface bearing not even a white mark.

"How is this possible!"

Gu Yuan's eyes were about to pop out.

He had just personally witnessed how terrifying his grandfather's punch was!

This was absolutely the strongest strike he had ever seen!

Yet such a strike could not even break the defense of a mere coffin!

What material is this coffin made of, exactly?

It's just too hard!

"Hiss..."

His punch landed in empty air, and Gu Cangsheng couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

He shook his slightly numb fist, looking at the intact bronze ancient coffin, his face full of shock.

He knew the coffin was hard, but he never imagined it could be this hard!

His full‑power strike couldn't even count as tickling it!

"This thing… probably isn't as simple as an Immortal King artifact." Gu Cangsheng lowered his fist, his expression becoming unprecedentedly solemn.

He now suspected that this coffin might be something once used by the legendary, illusory Immortal Emperor.

Otherwise, how could it possibly be so solid to such an absurd degree?

This world…… isn't that simple after all!

Thinking of this, Gu Cangsheng felt a bit embarrassed.

He lost face in front of his grandson—how should this end?

"Grandfather, then… what should we do now?" Gu Yuan flew to his grandfather's side and asked cautiously.

Even Grandfather can't open it—then aren't they just working for nothing?

"What should we do?"

Gu Cangsheng glanced at the ancient coffin, then at his own fist, and suddenly broke into a smile.

"If we can't open it, then we won't."

"Huh?" Gu Yuan froze, then said, "Then… are we just leaving like that?"

"Leave? Why would we leave?"

Gu Cangsheng's eyes widened, and he said, "After finally coming across such a treasure, even if we can't open it, we still have to bring it home!"

"If we can't open it, we'll just study it slowly! I refuse to believe that even with the Gu family's full strength, we still can't figure out this broken coffin!"

Saying that, he prepared to step forward again, ready to use great magical power to forcibly move this huge ancient coffin.

However, just then he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and with a strange gaze, sized Gu Yuan up and down.

Being looked at like that by his own grandfather, Gu Yuan instantly felt a creepy sensation in his heart.

"Grand… grandfather, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Yuan'er." Gu Cangsheng stroked his chin, walked a circle around Gu Yuan, and clicked his tongue in wonder, "I suddenly thought of a question."

"You say, this coffin—even I, a Half-Step Immortal King, can't open it, nor can I budge it."

"But it just happened to appear before us, grandfather and grandson."

"You say, does this mean that this thing is actually… fated with you, kid?"

Gu Yuan was completely bewildered.

"Fated with me?"

"Exactly!" Gu Cangsheng slapped his thigh,

"You kid, your fortune is heaven-defying—wherever you go, treasures fly to you. Last time it was that Chaos Immortal Bell, and this time this bronze ancient coffin might have come for you!"

"I can't open it—maybe… you can?"

Gu Yuan heard this and could only laugh and cry.

"Let alone anything else, how could he not know the origins of the Chaos Immortal Bell?"

"Grandfather, please stop joking with me. You can't open it, and I'm just a Seventh Realm cultivator—how could I possibly open it?"

"Just give it a try—trying costs nothing." Gu Cangsheng, without another word, pulled Gu Yuan over to the bronze ancient coffin.

"Come, good grandson, place your hand on it and feel it carefully."

Gu Yuan, helpless, could only obey, lightly placing his hand on the cold coffin surface.

However, at the very instant his palm touched the coffin.

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred!

Hum——

That bronze ancient coffin, which had shown no reaction from beginning to end, suddenly shuddered violently!

Immediately after, a faint, barely perceptible green light flashed from the spot where Gu Yuan's hand touched the coffin and then vanished!

"There's a reaction!" Gu Cangsheng's eyes burst with unprecedented brilliance!

He guessed correctly!

This thing, indeed, is fated with his precious grandson!