The Tomb of a Human King

"Strange, judging by the time, Master should have arrived long ago..."

In the Chongming Hall of the Eastern Sea Academy, Yuexi was meditating and cultivating, surrounded by wisps of nine-colored True Qi.

She did some quick calculations with her fingers, her Liu Mei furrowing.

According to Sword Maiden Qiongxiao's plan, she should have arrived at the Eastern Sea Academy three days ago.

There are only two possibilities for why Sword Maiden Qiongxiao didn't arrive on time: either the plan changed, or she was delayed on the way.

"If the plan had changed, Master should have sent someone to inform me. So there's only the second possibility. With Master's cultivation level, how could he have been delayed on the way? What could have happened?"

Yuexi felt increasingly uneasy.

Qiongxiao Sword Maiden is already the third most powerful woman in the Profound Maiden Palace. With her cultivation level, not many people can intercept her midway.

If someone actually does that, it means there must be a conspiracy.

Rumble.

Suddenly, an invisible force emanated from the ground, causing the earth to shake violently.

With a thought, Yuexi arrived above the Chongming Hall in the next instant.

Like Yuexi, the members of the Profound Maiden Palace appeared one after another.

Yuexi looked around and saw that Lu Changsheng and his disciples, as well as the Confucian Scholars of the Eastern Sea Academy, were also alarmed by this sudden turn of events.

A crack stretching for ten thousand meters appeared in the main hall square of the Eastern Sea Academy. Looking down along the crack, one could see the deep abyss at the bottom of the sea.

With Lu Changsheng and Yuexi's Dao cultivation, they couldn't even see the end of it at a glance.

"The seabed contains Extremely Cold Heavy Water and Barriers that obstruct our view."

Lu Changsheng could easily imagine that the tomb that the Eastern Sea Academy was guarding was located in the endless seabed beneath Eastern Sea Island, protected by Barrier.

The High Antiquity powerful being who founded the Eastern Sea Academy was also a ruthless person. He built an academy on someone else's grave, and it has been passed down for hundreds of millions of years. Now it is guarded by Yan Ruxue Confucian Sect Heavenly Prodigy.

The High Antiquity powerful beings who established the Eastern Sea Academy either had a grudge against the beings in the tomb, or they wanted the Eastern Sea Academy to guard the tomb for generations.

They even established a sect specifically to guard the tombs, and this sect quickly rose to become a second-tier Confucian Sect, second only to the Nine Great Confucian Sects. Few people could accomplish such a grand undertaking.

Saint Zheng's expression changed. "The commotion just now came from the seabed. Could it be that the Blood Sea Hall and the Evil Extremity Sect have already broken into the tomb? Let's quickly check if the Barrier is damaged!"

After speaking, Saint Zheng transformed into a golden ray of light and flew towards the tomb deep within the crack.

Yan Ruxue looked at Saint Duanmu: "Uncle Duanmu, you and the other Confucian Scholars stay here to guard the Barrier."

Saint Duanmu nodded. "I will certainly not fail in my mission."

Yan Ruxue then transformed into a beam of white light and rushed down to check the situation at the entrance of the tomb.

"Our Eastern Sea Academy has guarded the tomb for generations; it must not be lost."

Saint Zou and Saint Zeng exchanged a brief glance, then transformed into streaks of light and went to inspect the underwater tomb.

"The precious treasure in the tomb also has a connection with our Profound Maiden Palace; it must not Demonic Fall."

After a moment's thought, Yuexi led the people from the Profound Maiden Palace downstairs.

"Master, what should we do?"

Xu Jing looked at his master, Lu Changsheng.

Master is usually quick, but this time he fell behind.

"This Spirit-Communicating Pill should not be used unless absolutely necessary."

Lu Changsheng flicked his finger, and the extremely rare Spirit-Communicating Pill fell into Xu Jing's hand.

"This is..."

Xu Jing could sense the astonishing Netherworld power contained within this Medicinal Pills.

Such astonishing Netherworld power can only be found in the Nine Serenities Forbidden Lands, the depths of the Netherworld Sea, and the Netherworld Realm.

"This disciple understands."

Xu Jing asked no further questions and accepted the Spirit-Communicating Pill.

"Let's go down and take a look."

Lu Changsheng left a contingency plan behind before leading his Disciples downstairs.

The Eastern Sea Academy exists solely to guard the tomb.

The loss of the tomb's most precious treasures might affect the balance of power within the Three Realms.

As for what the treasures inside the tomb are, the Eastern Sea Academy has never mentioned it.

That's normal.

The Eastern Sea Academy has existed for hundreds of millions of years precisely to guard the tomb and its treasures, ensuring that they are not easily known to outsiders, otherwise, endless troubles will ensue.

With the Dao cultivation of Yan Ruxue, Yuexi, Lu Changsheng, and others, their True Qi could easily separate the seawater.

The pressure increases the further you go into the ocean.

Beneath the 30,000-foot-deep waters of the Eastern Sea lies Extremely Cold Heavy Water, not only chilling to the bone but also incredibly dense. Even powerful beings would be slowed down if they ventured in.

Staying inside for too long will cause your internal True Qi to dissipate.

Extremely Cold Heavy Water can be considered the First Stage protection for the tomb.

The Extremely Cold Heavy Water alone was enough to prevent Xiuzhenzhe below the God King Realm from disturbing the tomb.

The Extremely Cold Heavy Water here is thousands of feet deep, and the pressure and cold become more terrifying the deeper you go.

Tang Ling’er, Wu Wan'er, Daoist Tuquan, Huowen, Xiaojin, and others were not Lu Changsheng's Personal Disciples and their cultivation was relatively weak. At this moment, they needed to exert all their strength to resist the pressure and cold of the Extremely Cold Heavy Water.

If they went another thousand feet down, their True Qi would probably be exhausted.

"Arrive."

Lu Changsheng pierced through 30,000 zhang of seawater and 10,000 zhang of Extremely Cold Heavy Water before finally arriving above the tomb.

A magnificent Barrier separated the interior from the Extremely Cold Heavy Waters outside.

The terrifying pressure of the Extremely Cold Heavy Water had absolutely Shadowless on the Barrier.

Inside the Barrier were countless Palaces, resplendent in gold and jade, with pavilions, terraces, and stages for dancing and singing, resembling a world unto itself.

Chen Yao examined the Barrier, seemingly able to see the subtle flow of True Qi within. "The grand array constructing the Barrier continuously drawing upon the power of the Earth’s Core Fire, forming a delicate balance with the Extremely Cold Heavy Water outside."

"Truly breathtaking."

Lu Changsheng couldn't help but marvel at the grand scale of the people who built this tomb in High Antiquity times. They had managed to construct such a magnificent tomb on the seabed, and even set up Peerless Grand Formation to preserve it for hundreds of millions of years.

The Palaces on the surface may simply be imitations of the Dao Field the deceased performed during their lifetime, while the coffin is more likely located deeper underground.

The power of the tomb-guarding formation is a hundred times that of the Eastern Sea Island Barrier.

If the Mnemonic to open the Barrier is not known, then even with Lu Changsheng's cultivation level, he would not be able to force his way into the tomb.

"Oh no! There's a breach in the Barrier!"

The first to arrive, Saint Zheng, discovered a crack in the Barrier.

The crack is now less than three inches long and is healing rapidly.

Saint Zou frowned. "Has someone already broken in?"

Saint Zeng pleaded with Yan Ruxue, "Palace Master, if any villains enter the tomb, obtain the Law Treasures inside, and use them for unorthodox purposes, it could cause widespread suffering. Please, Palace Master, join forces with us to open the Barrier and search inside."

Yan Ruxue pondered for a moment, then finally nodded slowly.

Seeing Yan Ruxue's seriousness, Lu Changsheng looked at Yuexi and asked, "Whose tomb is this?"

Yuexi replied, "The Black Emperor, one of the five Great Emperors of the Human Race, had nine Remote Antiquity powerhouses under his command. They distinguished themselves in the great war between the Human Race and the Demon Race and were thus bestowed the Human King. The owner of this tomb is the Azure King, one of the nine Human Kings."

"So it was this Remote Antiquity powerhouse..."

Lu Changsheng's heart was surging with emotion.

In Remote Antiquity times, the strongest Human Race revered the five Human Race Great Emperors.

The Nine Human Kings ' strength is second only to the Human Race Great Emperor.

One of the Human Kings was buried in this place.