"Here!"
The old man in the gray-white tall hat took out an ancient silk book from his embrace, dotted with starlight, appearing quite ancient.
"What is this?"
Hu Yan Zan reached out to take it, and their gazes lingered on the ancient silk book, unable to calm down for a long time.
"Indeed!"
"This is the cultivation method of the supreme true god, for whom billions of beings in the vast domain have gone mad!"
"However, this one is the complete path of the silk book. That year, hehe! That young man was as stubborn as you, unwilling to admit defeat, nor his own mediocrity!"
"To be honest, in this world, the most astute and the most helpless thing is the same matter!"
"What?"
Shang Shi Tu looked up.
"Accept who you are, and know your limits!"
The old man said with considerable ease: "That kid, relying on his ordinary divine fire extreme realm, ventured deep into the ancient battlefield. Stubbornly, he refused to turn back, determined to traverse this place of blood sea and hanging coffins. He, alas, was not like you. By the time he reached the ancient battlefield, his primordial spirit had already begun to dissipate."
"I was bored, guarding this place for several epochs. I've seen countless stubborn, unyielding beings, but never one like him. Alas! Out of pity, I passed him a portion of this method."
"He was also a man of great perseverance. Relying on the incomplete text, he stepped into the ranks of true gods, sweeping away the prodigies of his generation."
"What a pity!"
"Perhaps he was impoverished, embarking on the path of cultivation without the aid of heavenly treasures. Even for some ordinary pills, he had to pay a bloody price to obtain them!"
"He hated!"
"He hated the injustice of this world!"
"He hated those who were born with endless heavenly treasures, he hated those who could enjoy the origins of lower planes, and he hated those who could naturally enjoy top-tier cultivation methods without paying a bloody price!"
"Perhaps it was the difficulty of his journey, especially after he reached the rank of true god and possessed the supreme divine power to suppress his generation. These external forces turned his original intention into hatred!"
"He began to occupy unclaimed secret realms and harvest heavenly treasures for cultivation!"
"You know what happened later. He offended the overlord of this domain, the Gate of Creation, and was forced to touch the seal of the blood sea and hanging coffins, perishing outside this place!"
"Pitiable!"
The old man's face was full of sorrow. It was evident that he greatly admired the unyielding spirit of that being, and even more so his courage to contend against the injustice of this world.
What a pity!
He couldn't even get out of a mere domain.
"He didn't know how to endure!"
"Perhaps he lacked a good guide!"
The old man sat down cross-legged.
Shang Shi Tu and Hu Yan Zan remained silent for a long time. If only that being could have lived in this era. The vastness of the Han Dynasty would have been enough to shield him and allow him to ascend to the peak with his own strength!
"Alright!"
"This cultivation method is useless to me. Consider it a good deed!"
"Come!"
The old man extended his palm and beckoned towards the thousand-zhang blood coffin. Nine wisps of冥火 (ming huo - netherflame) flew out from the thousands of netherflames surrounding the coffin.
"This netherflame absorbed a lot of chaos blood, but it was worn down by the seal of this realm for several epochs. Most of its divine power has vanished. Fortunately, your current void god bodies are sufficient to bear and absorb it."
"Each of these netherflames is precious and rare. The divine power nurtured in each one is enough for a being in the void god realm to achieve divinity and step into the ranks of true gods in one go!"
"Alright!"
The old man stood up: "I still have to inspect the blood sea and hanging coffins, so I won't bore you any longer!"
"Remember my words, do not disturb anything here. It is not something you can contend with. Also, if your Great Han can rise and dominate an area, be extremely cautious of the eight great families in the center of the Three Thousand Domains!"
"Remember!"
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Hu Yan Zan and Shang Shi Tu felt the surrounding world suddenly shake, and then they lost consciousness.
"General Hu!"
"General Shang!!"
"General Hu!"
"General Shang!!"
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Outside the blood sea and hanging coffins, Huang Zhong watched their primordial spirits return to their bodies unconsciously and rushed to call out.
A few breaths later, Hu Yan Zan and Shang Shi Tu slowly regained clarity, looking around the blood sea and hanging coffins.
"What a powerful senior!"
Hu Yan Zan shivered, recalling the gray-white tall-hatted old man. He was definitely a powerhouse from the same era as the one suppressed within the thousand-zhang blood coffin.
"What happened inside?"
Huang Zhong helped them up.
Alas!
Hu Yan Zan looked at the silk book and the nine wisps of netherflame in his hands and then recounted in detail what had happened within the blood sea and hanging coffins to Huang Zhong.
"As expected!"
"From the moment I saw him that day, I felt he was no ordinary person, especially those divine eyes that could see through all things!"
Huang Zhong's expression changed.
"The matter of the blood sea and hanging coffins can only end here. Let's go back!"
Shang Shi Tu put away the nine netherflames and the silk book. Looking at Huang Zhong and Hu Yan Zan, he knew that the matter of the blood sea and hanging coffins had to end there. They lacked the ability and should not delve any deeper.
"Let's go!!"
As the three were about to step forward, they saw a blue spiritual light and a vortex, several feet high, rising about a hundred feet away from them.
"Teleportation array?"
"Who?"
Shang Shi Tu hurried forward, staring intently at the gradually forming teleportation array. The domain was undergoing drastic changes, but Huang Zhong and the other two were unaware. After the cultivation method of the supreme true god appeared, the beings gathered outside the blood sea and hanging coffins had long since departed.
Who would come here for a casual stroll?
"General Huang! General Hu! General Shang!"
Yuan Tian Gang, dressed in the official attire of the Great Han Imperial Dynasty, emerged from the teleportation array with a smile, holding a whisk.
"Lord Yuan!"
"Why are you here? This is?"
The three were puzzled, as this place was the border of the Blood Yuan Dynasty, the Sword Bone lineage, and the Ancient Lion Kingdom.
"Haha!"
Yuan Tian Gang burst into laughter: "The domain is in turmoil. The An Yuan Dynasty and the Ling Xu Palace have joined forces to eliminate the Gate of Creation. Our Great Han Xuanwu Legion, White Tiger Legion, and Lie Tian Si Legion have already entered the domain. It is expected that in no long time, the Blood Yuan Dynasty, the Sword Bone lineage, and the Ancient Lion Kingdom will become Han territory!"
"Uh!"
"It has indeed erupted into chaos!"
Huang Zhong frowned, the scene from that day vivid in his mind. The Blood Yuan Dynasty, the Ancient Lion Kingdom, the Sword Bone lineage, and the Dragon Elephant Ancient Kingdom had joined forces to intercept the cultivation method of the supreme true god, even killing the disciples of the Gate of Creation.
Such a deep grudge, such a precious method, how could the Gate of Creation endure it!
"Generals, you have worked hard. Now that the matter of the blood sea and hanging coffins is settled, you should return to Chang'an to see the Emperor as soon as possible!"
"I still have to inspect the surroundings and set up some teleportation arrays!"
"In that case, thank you, Lord Yuan!"
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