Dark Coffin

When Li Yuan and Xiao Huo entered the red gate, in the Dark Mirror Forest, the cultivators of the Sun Empire continued to pour in.

Thousands of cultivators entered the forest, hoping to find opportunities to increase their cultivation, increase their strength and extend their lifespan.

Some of them belonged to the Sun Empire's forces, while others were casual cultivators that noticed the forces' movements.

At the same time, the number of casualties among the cultivators continued to increase.

Whether it is because of a fight between cultivators, an attack by monsters or even an attack projected by the Forbidden Area, with each passing minute, the number of dead cultivators slowly increased.

On top of a mountain of corpses, a middle aged man with golden hair and eyes was standing, looking at the corpses below.

His eyes alternated between indifference and madness and from time to time shone with a black sinister light.

Countless resentment emanated from his body and crying howling ghosts could be seen floating around him.

Clearly, this man had killed countless people, both innocent and not.

He was Emperor Wu.

After he was injured by Li Yuan, he didn't choose to recover on his own, but started killing people and devouring their souls using the Soul Devouring Technique that the transparent figure had previously taught him.

Not only had he recovered, but his cultivation had also increased.

The more souls he devoured, the more indifferent he became towards life.

Emperor Wu stared at the corpses expressionlessly and was about to continue his killing spree.

He had a hunch that he was close to breaking through the Soul Transformation Realm and realizing his dream.

Just then, a loud noise interrupted his actions.

Emperor Wu turned his head and stared at the source of the loud sound.

Even though he some distance away, he was able to see that in the sky far away, right above a huge mountain, a strange vision had appeared.

Strange red stars were shining above a massive golden river that exuded a sacred aura.

Each of these stars contained unimaginable power and the river seemed ready to flood the entire continent.

But next, the vision disappeared, as if it was simply an illusion.

However, Emperor Wu knew that this scene was not his own imagination, but was most likely the birth of a powerful treasure.

"Fellow Taoist, I can feel the existence of my body coming from there."

"It is likely that a person opened an inheritance space that contains my body."

A transparent figure flew out of Emperor Wu's body and stared at the mountain in the horizon with a solemn expression.

Because of his injuries, in the past, he had to abandon his body and escape with only his soul.

He didn't expect that one day he would be able to sense his body again.

Instantly, he made a decision.

"Fellow Taoist, don't forget our deal. You have to help me get my body back."

Emperor Wu looked at the transparent figure with a hint of cruelty in his eyes, but he was soon able to suppress his urge to devour it.

'Now is not right the time.', he thought.

The transparent figure noticed Emperor Wu's gaffe and sneered secretly.

He was the one that gave Emperor Wu the technique he practiced, how could he not guard against it?

But he didn't say anything.

Emperor Wu was a useful tool for now.

"Okay, let's go.", Emperor Wu nodded.

Secretly, the image of a young man with extraordinary bearing couldn't help but appear in his mind.

For some inexplicable reason, he felt that this vision should be related to him.

***

Just like Emperor Wu, every cultivator inside the Dark Mirror Forest noticed the majestic vision in the sky.

Even though most of them knew that it would attract many powerful cultivators, they were still tempted and could not control their greed.

Soon, countless cultivators flew towards the mountain, as if they had coordinated it beforehand.

Among these people were the figures of Liu Feng and Gu Ling'er, who had been looking for Xiao Huo.

"I don't know why, but I always have a very bad feeling.", Liu Feng shook his head and felt that he had made a mistake.

With his cultivation, who could threaten him in the current era?

***

Xiao Huo knew nothing about the vision outside, but Li Yuan's split soul, who shared perspective with his body, immediately noticed it.

However, he didn't care.

He was only a split soul and even if he encountered danger and died, it wouldn't hurt him at all.

As for Xiao Huo's safety?

Li Yuan felt that there was no reason to worry about him.

Even if the whole Xuan Continent was destroyed, Li Yuan felt that Xiao Huo would be the last person to die.

The moment the two of them were swallowed by the darkness behind the red gate, their vision went dark.

The next second, when they opened up their eyes again, they found themselves in a huge hall.

The hall was hundreds of meters in height, and even if thousands of people came here, it wouldn't feel crowded at all.

On each of the four sides of the hall, majestic stone statues stood against the walls.

Each stone statue exuded a powerful aura, faintly distorting the space around them.

There were hundreds of such statues, with each depicting a different figure.

These figures were of various races, whether it was humans, giants, dragons, phoenixes or any other mythical race.

At the center of the hall, an ordinary dark coffin floated in the air, right above a golden circle.

The circle's sacred aura was completely opposite to the sinister, dark aura that the dark coffin emanated.

Even if Li Yuan and Xiao Huo had already read information about it, they were still shocked.

There was a huge difference between reading something and seeing it in person.

"It deserves to be an inheritance space created by a Saint King.", Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

At the same time, he felt that his past way of showing off was quite lacking and he had many things to learn from this Saint King.

"Sure enough, we have to always keep an open mind and be open to learn from our predecessor's teachings.", his mind wandered unconsciously, thinking that he had learned a lot from this experience.

In the future, he would have an easier time pretending to be unfathomable.

"Pavilion Owner, are you sure that the information is correct?", Xiao Huo's uncertain voice woke Li Yuan up.

Li Yuan felt Xiao Huo's slight distrust and comforted him.

"Don't worry. This is the information that I personally deduced. How could I lie to you?"

Hearing this, Xiao Huo relaxed subsconsciously.

Stroking the necklace on his neck, Xiao Huo felt that it was really a pity that his master had fallen into deep sleep, otherwise he would also be able to admire such scenery.

"If you want to get the inheritance before other people get here, you should hurry up.", Li Yuan urged him when he saw that he was distracted.

Xiao Huo felt that it made sense and without any more hesitation, he stepped towards the dark coffin.

His steps were slow, but with his cultivation, he was soon able to arrive next to it.

Sensing the aura coming off from the dark coffin and the golden circle, Xiao Huo judged that the level of these two things was vaguely comparable to that of his master.

His mind went through the information he had previously memorized and without any expression on his face, he took out a magic weapon and cut his palm open.

Before the blood could drip on the ground, he controlled it and threw it to the coffin.

The moment his blood and the coffin came into contact, countless tiny black runes shone on its surface and it seemed as if something had woken up.

The black runes gathered at the top of the coffin and the next moment, its cover disappeared, as if it was never there.

Surprisingly, inside the coffin was neither a corpse nor the boundless darkness that one would expect, but a colorful miniature world.

According to the information, Li Yuan and Xiao Huo both knew that this colorful world was a space specially created by the Saint King that left this inheritance.

After looking around, Xiao Huo flew inside.

The moment he disappeared into the colorful world, the cover of the coffin reappeared, covering it back.

Silence returned to the huge hall filled with stone statues.

***

On the other side, after Liu Feng and Gu Ling'er arrived at the mountain and searched around for a bit, they were able to find the entrance.

They were about to step into the passage when a huge golden palm appeared out of nowhere and fell towards them, as if it wanted to slap them to death.

The palm looked simple, but at the same time, looked able to destroy the whole world.

"How dare you open my ancestor's inheritance?", an angry voice sounded.