Chapter 258

He approached and used a precious technique, intending to open the coffin!

Unexpectedly, the coffin remained motionless.

Using the strength of his physical body also failed!

It was as if some terrifying force was blocking him from opening the coffin!

Refusing to believe it, he exerted all his strength again; in the end, despite doing everything he could, he only managed to lift it one inch high, and then nothing more happened!

Inside, thousands of auspicious clouds erupted with immortal light swirling around, but finally, that sinister force burst forth, and the coffin lid slammed shut once more!

"Open again!" Shi Hao roared explosively, yet this time, he heard a series of majestic, trembling sounds!

Countless cries of battle rang out.

Scene after scene appeared before his eyes!

It was the slaughter of endless living beings, as if the Great Thousand World itself had been shattered.

Countless corpses fell!

The crucial point was that these people were simply too powerful; they ranged across heaven and earth, surging up to the nine heavens and plunging down to the nine netherworlds, killing to the ends of the earth and the corners of the sea, causing the heavens to collapse and the earth to crack.

Shi Hao's scalp went numb.

What level of experts were these, exactly?

He could not figure it out.

Then, he saw the bronze coffin being pulled by nine dragons, breaking free from that terrifying world...

The bronze coffin crossed the Changhe, stirring up towering waves!

And that Changhe...

Shi Hao's eyelid twitched; he felt only that it resembled the River of Time itself.

He did not know what river that was; anyway, in the end, everything vanished, leaving behind endless mysteries!

"From what era was that? Where did it happen?" Shi Hao's heart trembled, feeling it was inconceivable...

Then, in a trance, he seemed to think of something...

His pupils constricted: "Did I seem to... see the Willow Deity?"

Regarding the Willow Deity, he was far too familiar; whether it was the Willow Deity's Dharma image or the Willow Deity's true form, he was simply too familiar with them.

He suspected he had seen the Willow Deity fighting in that world war.

But exactly what it was, he was not very clear.

Finally, he exhaled a long breath; he knew that this coffin harbored an earth-shattering great secret, and if opened, it would absolutely shock the Three Thousand States!

Shi Hao tried many more times, wanting to take this coffin away.

But in the end, he gave up.

This thing, he simply could not take away; it was crushingly heavy, as if it contained an enlarged world within!

He then looked at those dragon bones, wanting to take them away, hoping to boil out dragon marrow from these dragon bones.

But before he could even take action, he saw a ball of fire!

He did not know if this was Chaotic Flame; he only knew that this flame possessed its own consciousness and held hostility toward him...

At the same time, another ball of fire appeared beside the coffin!

The flame that held hostility toward him was the fire of the Green Snake.

And the flame beside the coffin was a bright fire, pure and akin to moonlight.

That fire frightened the green fire into retreating, while Shi Hao stood even more dumbfounded!

Finally, under the mutual collision of these two balls of fire, it seemed like humans engaging in magical combat; after the collision, both sides disappeared without a trace.

Shi Hao felt somewhat numb; after standing dazed for a while, he finally looked back at those dragon bones...

He was still preoccupied with dragon bone soup, wanting to boil out the marrow from those dragon bones...

There was indeed dragon marrow, but it simply could not be extracted!

Biting with his teeth, he gnashed until his teeth chattered, tears nearly falling.

Using precious techniques was useless, and using precious tools was also useless!

He could not return empty-handed; either he had to take this coffin away, or he had to take these dragon bones away...

But this thing was too massive; spatial tools failed.

And when he tried to carry it on his shoulders, he felt this coffin was as heavy as a mountain range.

Carrying it was possible, but that was only barely managing; even Shi Hao felt it was strenuous.

Finally, Shi Hao searched everywhere again and found a damaged World Treasure Box; the World Treasure Box exploded, bursting out countless treasures!

Upon seeing this, Shi Hao felt immense heartache.

All those treasures had shattered, destroyed by the force of that void explosion.

Only one piece of blackish stone material remained undamaged, perfectly intact; a small piece weighed one hundred thousand jin!

He carefully stored it away, then looked at the rest...

Finally, he managed to find two Space-Breaking Talismans.

With these things, he felt he could finally drag away this dragon corpse coffin!

As expected, he used the Space-Breaking Talismans, controlled the direction, and took the bronze coffin along with the nine skeletons, instantly vanishing from this place and sinking into the deep underground a hundred thousand li away...

He placed the bronze coffin properly, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and only then left this place.

Immediately, the scene shifted...

After Shi Hao left the Deep Abyss 1.1, he heard that passing the heavenly ladder of the Heavenly Immortal Academy would grant qualification for absorption, and Shi Hao was overjoyed.

He was just planning to absorb the Golden Bodhi Fruit; if he could undergo baptism, the success rate would surely increase!

Thus, Shi Hao forcefully charged through the trials...

At the second-to-last trial, Shi Hao faced a green lamp, standing opposite it...

A voice emanated from the green lamp, deafening and soul-shaking!

"What is the Dao?"

Shi Hao fell silent for a moment, then spoke: "Without roots or stems, without leaves or blossoms. All things are born by it, all things are completed by it; this is called the Dao."

"What is the Dao?" The same question came from the green lamp again.

"Born before heaven and earth, silent and void, standing alone without change, circulating everywhere without peril, it can be regarded as the mother of all under heaven; this may be called the Dao," Shi Hao answered again.

"What can be the Dao?"

"The Great Dao is vast indeed; it can be found on the left and on the right."

"What is the Dao?"

"One Yin and one Yang; this is called the Dao."

"What is the Dao?"

At this moment, Shi Hao and the green lamp engaged in a cycle of question and answer...

What is the Dao?

This question was too vast.

Everyone holds a different understanding of the Dao.

Even though Shi Hao could speak with flowing eloquence and debate spirits and ghosts, he had no way to answer it.

Even if those supreme giants came and spoke for days and nights, their answers might not necessarily satisfy this green lamp...

"What is the Dao?" At this moment, the green lamp asked again...

Shi Hao grew annoyed; without a second word, he stood up directly, kicked the green lamp over with one foot, snorted coldly, and said: "This is the Dao!"

At this moment, countless people witnessed this scene; they were stunned, staring at Shi Hao with faces full of bewilderment!

Immediately afterward, one by one, they began to sneer...

Simply powerless!

This kid is likely about to be expelled!

However, a dumbfounding scene unfolded...

Because Shi Hao directly entered the final trial!

That green lamp had actually allowed Shi Hao to pass!

Everyone was dumbstruck!

It felt inconceivable.

Just then, an old man appeared before Shi Hao!

And this person was Qi Daolin!