The Immortal-Level Coffin
One month later, near the Primordial Forbidden Land.
Zhou Tong sat quietly at the foot of the mountain.
His eyes were closed, giving him an ethereal air.
In his Immortal Platform, the Hegemonic Bell radiates a brilliant purple light, flawless and dazzling, with an overwhelming divine aura; every image on the bell's surface contains divine traces from the World Creation, each a most splendid scripture.
"612 Saint Imprint, 201 Saint King Marks, 78 Great Sage Marks, and 15 Quasi-Emperor Marks. A total of 906; in this month, 161 more marks have been added, but the speed is still a bit too slow... Moreover, among these marks, 115 were imprinted in the Jade Pool Ruins..."
"The next thing must succeed. If it does, I'll have enough Dao Imprints for myself," Zhou Tong thought to himself.
Just then, Zhou Tong suddenly turned his head and looked at the distance.
Ye Fan and Pang Bo walked over with the Xiao Nannan.
"Zhou Tong, why do we need to meet here?" Ye Fan couldn't help but ask as soon as he saw Zhou Tong.
"What's coming next might be a big deal, and I'm afraid I can't handle it. Could you please go to the Primordial Forbidden Land and retrieve that small coffin?" Zhou Tong smiled, broke off a Bodhi Tree, and handed it to Ye Fan.
"Zhou Tong, do you want to kill Ye Fan?" Pang Bo was furious.
Faced with Pang Bo's questioning, Zhou Tong remained calm. "The Primordial Forbidden Land is Forbidden Zone of Eastern Wasteland, and no one can approach it. In history, only a handful of people have been able to enter the Primordial Forbidden Land and bring out the Sacred Fruit. Moreover, afterward, those people were basically at the end of their lives."
"But Ye Fan, you've entered the Primordial Forbidden Land time and time again, and not only have you escaped unscathed, you've also gained tremendous Fortune. Do you really think this is just good luck?"
"Do you know why?" Ye Fan asked.
"The Forbidden Zone of the Primordial Forbidden Land was originally established by a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body!" Zhou Tong didn't say much, only revealing this information.
"What?! The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body!!" Ye Fan's pupils shrank, revealing a look of shock.
"The Primordial Forbidden Land established by the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, no wonder Xiao Ye Zi was able to enter and exit it several times..." Pang Bo also revealed a thoughtful expression.
"I'll lend you one more thing!" Zhou Tong pondered for a moment, then took out a piece of jade.
"This is..." Upon receiving the precious jade, Ye Fan immediately sensed a different kind of energy.
"This is a token of the Wu Shi the Great; it might be able to help you in a crucial moment!" Zhou Tong said softly.
"Okay, I'll trust you one more time!" Ye Fan pondered for a moment, then made up his mind.
He decisively took a section of Bodhi Tree and a piece of Emperor Jade and went directly into the Primordial Forbidden Land.
"Is Xiao Ye Zi alright?" Pang Bo was still a little worried.
"Don't worry, he's fine. The Primordial Forbidden Land is like home to him!" Zhou Tong glanced at Pang Bo indifferently, then looked at the Xiao Nannan.
The Xiao Nannan's pure, big eyes were filled with worry.
Just you wait!
Zhou Tong said something indifferently, then closed his eyes and continued to sit cross-legged to the side, refining his Hegemonic Bell.
He only cultivated a wisp of Immortal Qi to refine the Hegemonic Bell, allowing the profound meaning of the Divine Mark Purple Gold to fully awaken. It was still a bit slow, and he had to refine it constantly.
Time passed by, and Pang Bo and Xiao Nannan waited anxiously for Ye Fan's return, while Zhou Tong remained calmly sitting cross-legged.
"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"...
Suddenly, heavy footsteps sounded. Zhou Tong opened his eyes and saw Ye Fan carrying a bronze coffin as he walked out of the Primordial Forbidden Land.
Zhou Tong looked at the coffin with a hint of excitement in his eyes. This coffin had fallen into the deepest part of the Primordial Forbidden Land, but now it had reappeared. What did that mean?
The description includes an extra rare item— the Dao Integration Flower!
"It's such a pity that we can see it but not take it!" Zhou Tong said helplessly.
He believed that as long as he took the flower out of the coffin, the Ruthless Great Emperor might just rush out of the Primordial Forbidden Land.
This is by no means an exaggeration. The things that the Ruthless Great Emperor meticulously prepared for Ye Fan are something that anyone else who dares to touch will definitely provoke Ruthless Great Emperor. In the original story, even when the Ruthless Great Emperor was in a state of confusion, she sensed that the Xuanhuang Qi she prepared for Ye Fan might be taken away by the Ancestor King of the Ancient Races, so she directly emerged and annihilated the Ancestor King.
"And the Dao Integration Flower..." Zhou Tong sighed inwardly.
If we could produce this flower, what would the future Dark Turmoil be? Just give this flower to either the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body of the Primordial Forbidden Land or the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body of the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star, and none of these problems would arise.
With the strength of the Primordial Sacred Body and the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, once they consume the Dao Integration Flower and become Emperors, their power is unimaginable. Especially after they consume the Dao Integration Flower, they will become the Great Emperor of the world, and quelling the Dark Turmoil will not be much of a problem.
"Unfortunately, the Ruthless Great Emperor seems to have never cared much about the common people. It seems that she only cares about her brother and doesn't care about anything else..." Zhou Tong said thoughtfully.
The time it took for the Ruthless Great Emperor to forge the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron for Yaoguang was already very close to the time when the Wu Shi the Great attained enlightenment.
In other words, when the Void Great Emperor was alive, and when the nine Saint Body were struggling against the Forbidden Zone Supreme, the Ruthless Great Emperor's transformation went smoothly, and she maintained her sanity perfectly intact.
Facing the Forbidden Zone Supreme, she did not make a move, but instead watched as darkness descended and ravaged the world.
"Is it a responsibility, a bottom line, or a principle?" Zhou Tong was somewhat confused by the Ruthless Great Emperor.
When she merged with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, she was indeed fighting against the Dark Supreme, such as sweeping away the ancient and famous Forbidden Zone of the Holy Spirit Ancestral Land, and suppressing the Imperial Fire Spirit... However, after she abandoned the Heavenly Heart Imprint, she no longer cared about any Dark Turmoil.
Is it because she views the Heavenly Heart Imprint as a duty? When she no longer possesses the Heavenly Heart Imprint, does she cease fulfilling the duties of the current Great Emperor and pass it on to future generations?
"When!"
With a crisp metallic clang, Ye Fan placed the Bronze Coffin on the ground, causing the entire earth to collapse.
"How heavy is this thing?!"
Pang Bo's eye twitched violently. If Ye Fan hadn't intervened, he probably wouldn't have been able to lift or move this thing.
"Never mind how heavy it is, we still have a place to go next!" Zhou Tong swiped his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and the Bronze Coffin immediately fell into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
"Ugh!!"
In an instant, Zhou Tong let out a muffled groan.
When the Bronze Coffin entered the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, Zhou Tong felt that his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings could no longer operate.
Simply by staying there, without even unleashing its power, it completely suppressed his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
As expected of a coffin passed down from the Era of the Fallen Emperor, and as expected of something representing the power of the True Immortal Realm, it is truly terrifying!
The three coffins of the Three Lives Bronze Coffin represent three levels of power. The outermost large coffin represents the mortal level of power, the second-layered small coffin represents the True Immortal Realm level of power, and the innermost coffin represents the Immortal Emperor level of power.
"If it's the innermost coffin, representing the power of Immortal Emperor, I'm afraid I can't even touch it. I might even get into trouble if I just glance at it!" Zhou Tong thought to himself with some emotion.
"Are you alright?" Ye Fan asked.
"Little Tyrant, where did you put the coffin?" Pang Bo asked as well.
"It's nothing, let's take a trip to the Undying Mountain first, there's one more thing we need to get!" Zhou Tong took a deep breath, a serious look appearing in his eyes.
"Undying Mountain? Are you crazy?" Pang Bo's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
In Pang Bo's view, Zhou Tong was simply courting death by deliberately venturing into the Forbidden Zone.
"Little Tyrant, you've already been to the Sacred Cliff and the Primordial Forbidden Land, and now you're going to the Undying Mountain. Are you really going to explore every Forbidden Zone in the Eastern Wasteland? When are you planning to go to the Immortal Mausoleum, the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Sea of Reincarnation, the Divine Ruins, and the High Heaven?"
"Immortal Mausoleum Tomb is a one-way street, so it's impossible to go there; the Divine Ruins have the Undying Peach Tree, so it's not the most dangerous; I don't care about the things in the Sea of Reincarnation; the location of the Heaven Forbidden Zone is hard to find. As for the Primordial Ancient Mine, I've already been there!" Zhou Tong chuckled as he commented on each Forbidden Zone.
"When did you go to the Primordial Ancient Mine?" Pang Bo asked in surprise.
"It's been a long time; I went there before I even went to rescue you!"
"Is this what happened after we left the Jiang Family and parted ways?" Ye Fan was also surprised. He didn't expect that Zhou Tong would actually take a trip to the Primordial Ancient Mine after that separation!
"Let's not dwell on the past. Let's think about entering the Undying Mountain first!" Zhou Tong said softly.
Ye Fan then asked, "It took us a year to get to Sacred Cliff last time, and Sacred Cliff is only a small part of Undying Mountain. How long will it take to get to Undying Mountain? Could it be that by the time we get out, Wang Teng and Ji Ziyue's affairs will have been settled?"
"It's alright, I know what I'm doing! But Ye Fan, you're so worried about Ji Ziyue, could it be that you've taken a liking to her?!" Zhou Tong's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of surprise.
With so many things no longer going on, why does Ye Fan still value Ji Ziyue so much? They can hardly be considered as having gone through thick and thin together now!
"Could it be due to the Ruthless Great Emperor?"
Zhou Tong also had some doubts, wondering if the Ruthless Great Emperor was behind it all. After all, the Ruthless Great Emperor's most precious treasure, the Bronze Ring made by her brother, was in Ji Ziyue's possession.
"Screw you! We just walked through the Bronze Immortal Palace together, so we've become acquainted. I can't bear to see her being ruined by Wang Teng like this!" Ye Fan was speechless.
"Marrying Wang Teng was a waste of her time?" Zhou Tong glanced at Ye Fan sideways, somewhat speechless.
Wang Teng is now top-tier in the entire Big Dipper in terms of status, talent, backing, and combat power. Countless Saintess and goddesses want to marry him.
Zhou Tong didn't continue gossiping about Ye Fan, and said directly, "Don't worry, Ji Ziyue will be fine. The Array Patterns on the Sacred Cliff are set up by the Wu Shi the Great, but the Undying Mountain is covered with Array Patterns by the Void Great Emperor. The two Array Patterns are different. The Array Patterns of the Void Great Emperor are actually for guiding those who come later, and there is not that much danger."
"What exactly is inside the Undying Mountain?" Pang Bo asked.
"It's nothing, I just need a mark!" Zhou Tong said calmly, then ignored Ye Fan and Pang Bo, activated the Mysterious Jade Platform, and brought them to the vicinity of the Undying Mountain.