Chapter 309: 【Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, Master of the Underworld】

Within the Wang family's ancestral shrine, a certain Heavenly Dao monster—alternating between madness and chaos—was slightly stunned: "If you are the Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi, then who am I?!"

In the past, the product of the Dao Venerable's attempt to prove the Dao fruit by "reducing to seek emptiness" was the Yellow Old Lord, the Huang Tiandi of that epoch.

When the epoch collapsed and the Huang Tiandi fell, the Yellow Old Lord did not escape this fate. Using the Dao Venerable's secret arts to flee, his remaining true spirit reincarnated as the Eastern Emperor, while his discarded shell gestated the "Heavenly Dao monster."

Later, the Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi and the Haotian God vied for the throne. The two Heavenly Emperors fought to the edge of the universe; with every gesture, it was as if the epoch were beginning anew, stars and rivers shattered, and the Great Dao itself was erased!

In the end, the Haotian God emerged victorious. The Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi's divine weapon, the Eastern Emperor Bell, was shattered, and most of the benefits—including the magic treasure, the Luo Shu—were obtained by the Wang family's progenitor.

Having obtained the Eastern Emperor's legacy, the Wang family's progenitor reached the realm of Creation. Ambitious, he refined the Ghost and God True Spirit Map, wishing to establish an Underworld and thereby ascend to the Other Shore.

Yet he did not expect that the Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi's remaining true spirit would choose to merge with his own past shell, the Heavenly Dao monster. Coupled with the schemes of other Other Shore existences, it turned the tables, causing the Wang family's ancestor to die miserably and taking control of the Wang family in return.

This was the source of the curse that had plagued the Wang family for two hundred thousand years!

Inside the shrine, rows of long tables were set out, covered in black-based spirit tablets. They were dense and numerous, like a long dragon of the netherworld strung together. Each tablet was like a scale, as if the dragon's body were covered in eyeballs, silently watching Lin Xian—eerie and ominous.

"Who speaks of ominousness? Who dares to mention a curse? There isn't even a single red hair here!"

Lin Xian shouted, offering up the Luo Shu. Black and white radiance flowed, immediately causing a change in the Wang family's ancestral shrine. Since the Wang family's ancestor had once hoped to ascend to the Other Shore, how could he have left without any contingency plans before his fall?

If there had been no suppression, the Wang family would not have been plagued by a curse; they would have been wiped out entirely.

In an instant, the ancestral shrine transformed. It was both the Wang family's shrine and a Cave Heaven, similar to the Ananda Pure Land behind the Shaolin Temple—it was one of the Wang family's ultimate foundations!

The original long tables for offerings turned into a massive mountain of graves. The mountain body was pitch black, consisting entirely of cliffs. On every precipice were caves housing coffins, all belonging to the ancestors of the Wang clan.

And on the highest peak stood a bronze ancient coffin that gave off an extremely heavy feeling. It was bound by nine purple-black chains, standing silently. On the lid was a black spirit tablet resembling the night sky, with the words "Progenitor of the Wang Clan" written in golden seal script.

Each chain was formed from the dragon Qi of the earth's veins, extending to the core of the earth, locking this Cave Heaven tight!

"Nine dragons pulling a coffin. Good fellow."

Lin Xian's eyes narrowed, and he sighed. This was no Wang family ancestral shrine; it was clearly a netherworld underworld.

In front of the Wang family progenitor's bronze coffin hung a Ghost and God True Spirit Map.

Its function was similar to the Investiture of the Gods.

"This map disappeared mysteriously back then, yet it suddenly reappeared on the second day of your arrival in Jiangdong."

Wang Wang Siyuan's sighing voice rang out. This was also one of the reasons he had made the decision to abandon the Luo Shu and let Daoist Qingyuan enter the Wang family.

The Ghost and God True Spirit Map was equivalent to the Underworld's Investiture of the Gods. Its appearance signaled the beginning of a great calamity.

The Investiture of the Gods calamity back then was so tragic; this time, it would likely be even more terrifying. The Wang family had to add bricks and tiles to it.

"Ominousness after death, nine dragons pulling a coffin, a Wang clan ancestor wishing to become the master of the Underworld."

"The Dao Venerable is truly terrifying..."

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes, having some terrifying guesses. Could it be that there were intersections between the Transcendent ones?

Above the Sacrificial Dao and the Dao Fruit, they collided at a certain moment!

While he was deep in thought, a book in Lin Xian's bosom suddenly seemed to sense something and flew out automatically, emitting countless rays of immortal light, illuminating the entire netherworld Cave Heaven.

"The Supreme Wonderful Scripture of Primordial Immeasurable Salvation!"

Lin Xian was shocked. This was the scripture he had obtained from the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation after completing his first reincarnation mission.

At first, he thought it was meant to deal with the corpse calamity of the Shrouding the Heavens universe, to be used together with the Lingbao Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun's Salvation Scripture.

Yet he did not expect it to be the answer to the Wang family's ominousness!

【Divine clouds illuminate the void. Brahma nets gather in the azure sky. Primordial drives the nine dragons. The Emperor presses the azure reins. Spiritual light gathers the ten thousand truths. Pearl scenery opens the vast yang. Reveal the Lingbao chapter. Fortune is thus summoned. The Cave Profound hides the high and strict. Jade sounds float on the cloud zither.】

Ethereal heavenly sounds rang out, warding off everything, saving everything, accomplishing everything. It was the sound of heavenly truth and nature; thus, chanting it leads to flying to the heavens, looking down upon the singing of the Huang Tiandi, and the worship of ten thousand gods.

Ominousness after death, corpse calamity becoming a disaster, Primordial is compassionate, saving immeasurably.

In an instant, the Wang clan's Cave Heaven was filled with ghosts wailing and wolves howling. Creaking sounds emerged from within the bronze coffin!

A sense of madness surfaced. The Heavenly Dao monster grinned hideously: "Since you call yourself the Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi, then merge with me."

"I've been guarding against you for a long time!"

Lin Xian chuckled and offered up the Luo Shu. His aura surged, casting water light. A River of Fate, overlapping and merging with the River of Time, became prominent, with black and white light spots floating within it.

The Luo Shu linked with the Wang family's array, countless divine weapons—this was the foundation the Wang family had accumulated over two hundred thousand years!

This was the power of "pay-to-win"!

The Heavenly Dao monster was stunned. As its gaze shifted toward Wang Wang Siyuan, it was full of ferocity.

You can even give away family heirlooms and clan-protecting divine weapons to outsiders? You brat are crazier than me!

"To give is to gain." Wang Wang Siyuan closed his eyes, shedding a stream of bloody tears, and muttered: "To be willing to be crazy is to exchange for peace..."

"NO!!!"

In the dark, countless ghosts and gods screamed in fear. It is difficult for the nether spirits of ten thousand calamities to become saints; how could they withstand the preaching of the Primordial Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun, which brought vast righteous Qi and endless divine might.

"Namo Amituopo Ye, Duotuoqietuo Ye..."

In a dreamlike world, holy Sanskrit sounds rang out to counter the Primordial true words. One of the behind-the-scenes great powers coveting the Wang family, the Fengdu Great Emperor, made his move.

He was one of the three corpses of the Other Shore existence, the Bodhi Ancient Buddha, and also the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

A black fist print struck, yet it was not terrifying; it was full of peace and tranquility. Extreme Yin gave birth to Yang, showing not a hint of evil.

But the most peculiar thing was that the fist had six fingers, which seemed to be six channels leading to different bridges of reincarnation, representing eternal reincarnation and slumber.

Compassion, auspiciousness, universal salvation, reincarnation, eternity, and immortality.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!"

With one punch, it was fated. The Wang clan Cave Heaven's array and weapons collapsed at this moment. The Fengdu Great Emperor not only wanted to take the Ghost and God True Spirit Map, but he also wanted the Luo Shu.

The Luo Shu, a peerless magic treasure, is known alongside the He Tu as the symbol of the Dao of Change. If the two are combined, they become completely perfect, an object of the Other Shore.

If two great Other Shore existences clash, whoever has one more Other Shore divine weapon can decide life, death, and victory.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist can be interpreted this way?"

At this moment, Lin Xian was also in the form of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. His gaze was burning as he stared intently at the punch thrown by the Great Emperor Fengdu. A great realization and clarity emerged in his heart, and his comprehension of the Six Paths Heavenly Art ascended to a higher level.

His guess was indeed correct; the two worlds were already interfering with each other.

The Fu Emperor headed to the Shrouded Heavens universe, and the Ancient Buddha Bodhi learned the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.

Just as the Great Emperor Fengdu was about to obtain the two treasures, the void suddenly rippled, and a head leaped out. Its appearance was refined, with hair entirely white, a pitch-black beard, and a deep sense of evil. Its eyes seemed to contain dark whirlpools, signaling the most primal and initial evil.

The Peerless Demon Lord, also one of the Masters of the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

"The Six Paths are having an internal strife; in the face of naked interests, the alliance has shattered."

Lin Xian whispered, wanting to take advantage of the chaotic battle to retrieve the Luo Shu.

But suddenly, a distorted aura struck again. The high sky turned dark red, and the clouds evolved into thousands of shapes, exhausting the possibilities of chaos. The Luo Shu actually flew toward it of its own accord.

It is not a Heavenly Dao monster; it is the half-mad Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi!

Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi is not unique. Back then, to escape a death tribulation, he voluntarily split himself. Part of him devoured and merged with the Heavenly Dao monster, part was suppressed on Golden Turtle Island by the Lingbao Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun using the Green Duckweed Sword, part merged with the founder of the Zhi Xu Sect, part transformed into an eerie blood peach, and another part was planted by the Haotian God with his own blood into the ancient Fusang tree.

Later, the ancient Fusang tree gave birth to the Green Emperor. Theoretically speaking, the Green Emperor is the son of Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi and the Haotian God.

Meng Qi is the Haotian God!

Therefore, Meng Qi and the Heavenly Dao monster have a son!

Why the Demon Saint turned love into hate—it was because she discovered this truth back then.

One after another, crazy memories surged forth, and wild histories flew about. Lin Xian was evidently influenced by Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi and was on the verge of going completely insane.

Just at the moment he was about to lose his sanity, suddenly, the Du Tian Zither flew out. The zither sound was leisurely, and the immortal aura was sparse.

A slender, beautiful, and fair finger reached out and began to play the Du Tian Zither. The greatest sound is silent, the greatest elegance has no melody, and the Great Dao has no strings. The vast aura of heaven and earth was all contained within that one finger.

The Du Tian Zither, specifically for crossing the Heavenly Dao, specifically for crossing the Huang Tiandi!

In the dark red high sky, the clouds shifted, and the chaos transformed into a whirlpool without patterns, generating a pair of terrifying, indifferent eyes.

The madness receded, and indifference emerged.

The Fu Emperor did not speak, playing the zither notes. The vast Great Dao spread out, telling of the loneliness and endings of the successive Heavenly Emperors and Sovereigns.

From the initial Huang Lao Jun, to the Haotian God, Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi, and then to the Fu Emperor of the end of the ancient era, none of them had a good ending.

Are you so willing to give up, are you willing to fall like this, are you willing to continue being this crazy?!

Eastern Emperor Dongfang Taiyi fell silent. It was not that he had regained his clarity, but that the desire to survive had overcome the madness.

The era collapses, the Huang Tiandi falls—like a curse, it entangles generation after generation of Heavenly Emperors. Even if the era changes, none of them have a good ending.

Look, several generations of Heavenly Emperors cannot even scrape together a single complete Other Shore; they are all old, weak, sick, and disabled.

"Fu Emperor!"

The Great Emperor Fengdu roared and lunged at the Fu Emperor. The Peerless Demon Lord followed closely behind, full of evil intent, capable of ruining things but not achieving them.

Since we cannot get the Luo Shu, then you shouldn't want it either.

"Clang."

Within the Profound Heaven Sect, the Daoist Shou Jing, who had been waiting for a long time, had an expressionless face and long, steady breathing. Holding the Time Blade, he slashed forward. It crossed time, crossed space, and killed toward the Jiangdong Wang family!

"Eliminating demons and defending the Dao starts today!"

Time is like a blade; every slash makes one grow old!

The Eastern Emperor Bell shattered, and the Haotian Mirror also broke. None of the divine weapons left behind by the successive Heavenly Emperors were spared.

The Time Blade is the Huang Tiandi, and the Huang Tiandi is the Time Blade. It represents the will of the Huang Tiandi and symbolizes a glimmer of life.

To get rid of the Huang Tiandi's curse, to live like a true Other Shore being, and not be subject to the layouts and designs of the old guys.

Then let the Heavenly Emperors of the past and present unite to carve out a path of life for the Emperors!

Living in ignominy is not what an Emperor does!

Boom—!

The force of the collision swept across heaven and earth, and the cave heaven collapsed and shrank rapidly.

The family business of the Wang family, accumulated over more than 200,000 years, was all burned to ashes and destroyed in an instant.

"It's over, it's over..."

The remaining strongmen of the Wang family who rushed over looked at the collapsed ancestral hall buildings and flying beams and stones. Their faces turned ashen, and they slumped to the ground, muttering: "A disaster star, truly a disaster star!!!"

"What kind of bullshit Wang Teng, what kind of Huang Tiandi reincarnation—it's clearly a disaster star descending to the mortal world!"

Two hundred thousand years in a dream; I saw him build the vermilion tower, and I saw the tower collapse.

The Jiangdong Wang family, with its ancient history, seemed to end at this moment.

Almost all the disciples of the Wang family had low morale, except for Wang Wang Siyuan, who laughed loudly and sang, clapping his hands: "To know if life is short, ask the past life; wealth in old age is truly a stroke of luck. Those who see through it escape into the empty gate; those who are obsessed throw away their lives in vain. It's just like birds returning to the forest when the food is gone, leaving behind a vast, white, and truly clean earth!"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

The Wang family was originally a bird in a cage, a fish in a pond. This collapse, this destruction, was like a bird soaring into the blue sky and a fish entering the vast ocean, no longer bound by anything!

At the same time, the list of the Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation changed quietly.

【Human Emperor Sword, forged by the Human Emperor, supreme in the Kingly Way, missing, exchange price: 900,000 merit points】

【Time Blade, forged by the Huang Tiandi, supreme in unpredictability, present, exchange price: 900,000 merit points】

【Luo Shu and He Tu, an Other Shore divine weapon, perfection in the Way of Change, present, exchange price: 900,000 merit points】

(End of chapter)