Nine-Layered Coffin
Zhou Tong stood quietly on this dead planet, his eyes reflecting the vastness of heaven and earth.
His Heaven-and-Earth Wheel Sea was responsible for the transformation and circulation of all life and death energies at the Gate of Potential, connecting every corner of the human body. Naturally, the scene of Heaven and Earth within his Wheel Sea also appeared in his eyes.
"I'm almost a saint... After creating the scripture, I've finally broken through this step. Next, I need to find a life star field to undergo tribulation!" Zhou Tong's eyes swept across the sky, and a surge of saintly power erupted from his body, like muffled thunder rolling across the sky, dispersing all the leaden clouds.
"Unfortunately, my self-created scripture is not yet able to demonstrate its advantages!" Zhou Tong shook his head.
The Heaven-and-Earth Wheel Sea he created governs the life and death energy of all the Gate of Potential in the body.
Life and death are interdependent, Heaven and Earth Intercourse, cycles and reincarnations make the Wheel Sea the mother land, the primordial land!
Currently, the scriptures for other secret realms have not yet been created, so strictly speaking, his Wheel Sea can hardly govern other secret realms. He can only govern his own small territory within his Wheel Sea and cannot unleash its corresponding power.
"Take it slow! It's about time to leave this planet. I remember this Star Scripture is not far from the Yongheng Star Domain, so it's considered part of the Yongheng Star Domain's territory."
"However, before leaving, I remember there is a treasure on this planet that contains the power of death— the Heart of the Death Realm!" Zhou Tong's body surged with purple light, disappearing thousands of miles underground, and arrived at the core.
Besides the magma, there was a sinister and terrifying aura, as if he had arrived at the source of death, making the hairs on his body stand on end.
Not far away, in the lava, there was a cracked stone the size of a millstone, containing black liquid inside, like melted black jade, with flowing dark light and speckled luster.
"This is it, the Heart of the Death Realm, with an extremely terrifying aura of death. Perhaps it can be of help to my Wheel Sea in the future."
Zhou Tong swept out a Seven-Colored Divine Light from the Vajra Ring in his hand and absorbed it into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings. Instantly, a small area of death appeared within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, filled with dense, impenetrable death energy.
After obtaining the items, Zhou Tong did not linger on this Star Scripture. After finding the Five-Colored Altar, he headed straight for his next destination.
After traversing the Void the Great and emerging from the Five-Colored Altar, Zhou Tong found himself in a desolate and bitterly cold land.
There are no plants, no water sources, only a few stars, the night is quiet and desolate, the land is empty, with only some mist swirling among the mountains.
"According to the description in the Azure Emperor's Ancient Scroll, we will need to teleport several more times to reach the Yongheng Star Domain." Zhou Tong took out an ancient scroll written by the Azure Emperor himself and looked at it.
This was a gift from Yan Ruyu, containing records of the Azure Emperor's experiences on the ancient road. Of course, the Azure Emperor traveled the ancient road of the Demon Clan. However, the distance before reaching the ancient roads of the Human Ancient Road and Demon Clan Ancient Road was actually quite similar, both passing through the Yongheng Star Domain.
"It seems that the Azure Emperor left something in the Yongheng Star Domain." Zhou Tong looked at some of the text on the ancient scroll and was also very curious.
Zhou Tong did not linger on this ancient star, but continued forward, once again embarking on the Ancient Starry Road.
Time flew by, and several months passed in the blink of an eye. Zhou Tong had completely swept through the journey, having already become Half-Saint, and he encountered no crisis whatsoever. Saints could usually resolve such situations in just a few moves.
He continued his journey alone through the cold universe.
However, just as he landed on a desolate planet, Zhou Tong's expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly looked up at the starry sky.
"This is... how could this thing be here? It shouldn't be!" Zhou Tong's expression changed slightly.
Before them appeared a massive fleet of ships, each one incredibly magnificent, the smallest over a thousand feet tall and the largest tens of thousands of feet tall, stretching across the sky, densely packed and covering the heavens and the earth!
However, these ships were devoid of any life, resembling a ghost ship drifting in space. The massive ghost ships, exuding an aura of death, swept past Zhou Tong's eyes in an overwhelming manner.
"This thing... I remember it should be somewhere between the Yongheng Star Domain and the Big Dipper, right? Why is it here?" Zhou Tong frowned. "No, maybe I'm wrong. If we follow the timeline of the original story, it's normal for this fleet to drift to that place seven or eight years later..."
"I never expected this fleet to appear before me." Zhou Tong looked at the fleet and sighed softly.
He recognized what it was.
Ten thousand years ago, the Yongheng Star Domain was incredibly powerful, giving birth to seven Great Sage in the same era—one of the most glorious periods in the Yongheng Star Domain. However, these Great Sage discovered a Nine-Layered Coffin, and four of Great Sage, along with Great Sage- level warship, went to capture Nine-Layered Coffin.
In the end, everyone was wiped out.
"The Nine-Layered Coffin... the coffin of the Void Great Emperor!"
Zhou Tong's gaze quickly locked onto the four largest warships among them.
Something was bound together between the four Great Sage ships with huge iron chains.
There was a mysterious fluctuation there, imperceptible to divine sense, but observable with the Heavenly Eye.
Zhou Tong could clearly see that it was a huge coffin.
Four Great Sage ships, each occupying a corner, are locked with a massive coffin and drift through the universe.
The coffin was made of some unknown material, neither gold nor stone nor wood, ancient and weathered. Four thick chains were tied to it, imprisoning it in the center of the four Great Sage Mother's ships, making it appear incredibly evil and defying the heavens!
Although the coffin was enormous, it appeared small compared to the four ancient ships of the Great Sage. However, it possessed a terrifying yet strange aura that made it immediately noticeable to everyone, as if it were the protagonist of heaven and earth.
Zhou Tong narrowed his eyes slightly, a glint in them, and suddenly he could see more clearly.
The coffin had nine layers in total, eight of which had already been opened, undoubtedly by the four Great Sage of the Yongheng Star Domain. However, the last layer of the coffin remained intact. The four Great Sage who opened the eighth layer of the coffin encountered an accident and perished there.
This coffin belongs to the Void Great Emperor.
The Void Great Emperor faked his death to lure out the two supreme beings in the Undying Mountain, and then dragged them together into the Nine-Layered Coffin.
Within this final coffin lies a decisive battle that has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years and is still at a stalemate.
"The Void Great Emperor's life is worthy of admiration, so I'll lend you a hand!" Zhou Tong pondered for a moment, then a mirror appeared in his palm with a flash of light.
This was a replica of the Void Mirror Zhou Tong had found on the body of the Ji Family Holy Lord after capturing countless Holy Lord of Holy Lands in the Big Dipper. Although its power was limited, it contained the Dao of the Void Great Emperor, enough to break the current stalemate.