Kunlun Within the Otherworldly Coffin

Having all come from Earth, we share a unique bond.

Five years have passed, and even those who cultivated in the Jiu Li Divine Hall have experienced different circumstances.

Because of differences in cultivation level and social status, their mentality cannot return to what it used to be, and there is still some degree of flattery and awe. However, compared to other cultivators in this world, at least everyone can sit down and talk about the past, about that world, and laugh and confide in each other.

The distance quickly closed.

Even Cai Yutong, a shut-in who is completely absorbed in research and cultivation, couldn't help but smile during the conversation.

Afternoon.

The Jiu Li Divine Hall, shrouded in tranquility, suddenly burst into a cacophony of sounds—like a pot of boiling oil being plunged into cold water—amidst the crackling of conch shells, drums, gongs, and bells, with wave after wave of noise.

Urged on by the three priests who remained, everyone in the temple rushed outside to welcome the leader back.

Meanwhile, Li Weiyi and Li Songgu were already on their way to the Yao Li Tribe in a Departed Spirit Chariot.

The bottom of the vehicle is reinforced with arrays, allowing it to fly off the ground as if lifted by clouds.

It consumes a lot of blood crystals.

Normally, when traveling, the formation is not activated.

In the past two years, Li Songgu has also refined the Dragon Soul Origin Light, and his martial arts cultivation has reached the peak of the First Realm. According to him, it will take at least eight or nine more years to find and break the second Longevity Lock.

In fact, Li Songgu is not old; he just doesn't care about looking young. His real age is very young.

He's younger than Mo Duanfeng.

Mo Duanfeng was among the younger generation of immortals, only in his early seventies before entering the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin. Compared to his three hundred and sixty years of lifespan at the Fourth Realm of cultivation, he was practically like a twenty-year-old mortal.

To Li Weiyi's disbelief, Li Songgu's mental power cultivation had actually broken through to the Second Realm.

Li Songgu rummaged in his pouch at his waist for a moment, then took out a seven-colored incense stick about a foot long, saying, "The Rainbow Incense from the Otherworldly Coffin can help Saint Mind Master condense and fuse their souls."

The most time-consuming parts of cultivating to the Saint Mind Master Realm are condensing the Psychic Power Stars and condensing the Ten Souls.

Li Weiyi's mental power is currently at the Peak Third Realm, with thirty-nine stars, reaching the critical point of this realm and in the stage of condensing the fourth soul, "Li Po".

Rainbow Incense emits seven concentric rings of light of different colors; its scent is very faint, similar to sandalwood.

A gentle sniff instantly calms the mind and spirit; it's truly magical.

Li Weiyi took the Rainbow Incense from Li Songgu and used his Psychic Power Spiritual Light to perceive it.

Li Songgu lashed out at the Departed Spirit Soul Beast with his whip, then chuckled, "According to the ancient texts in the coffin, the soil around a highly accomplished monk after his passing will undergo rainbow transformation, turning into seven-colored rainbow soil."

"Rainbow Incense is made from rainbow soil and some spiritual herbs and plants. This one is for you; use it sparingly."

Li Weiyi accepted it without hesitation. His relationship with Li Songgu was already that of a teacher, a father, an elder brother, and a close friend.

Then, he took out a bottle of Extreme Day True Pill and a bottle of Netherworld Soul Divine Marrow.

Ten true pills, thirty drops of divine essence.

"What is it?"

Li Songgu placed the whip on his lap, took the two jade bottles, opened them one by one, smelled and studied them, then his expression changed drastically, and he immediately closed the lids and sealed them.

He knew his stuff. "This bottle of Extreme Day True Pill of yours is extraordinary. Even the Extreme Day True Pill refined by the Du'e Temple can't compare. It's like ten stars are contained inside. Where did you get such a windfall?"

Li Songgu had assessed the value of these ten Extreme Day True Pills and knew their weight.

"I refined it." Li Weiyi leaned back against the car door, smiling broadly, his face radiant with youthful pride.

"Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony! It would be a waste for me to consume this; leaving it for Li Ling will be enough to help her quickly cultivate to the Nine-Star Mind Master."

Li Songgu was in high spirits. He put the pill bottle into his storage bag and squinted at the road ahead. In his mind, he imagined Li Ling becoming Saint Mind Master. How proud and glorious he would be then!

Having children who are all outstanding and whose Hidden Person and transcendence?

The transcendent is too ethereal and elusive; it is a dream that requires hundreds of years of arduous cultivation to pursue, too arduous and too perilous.

Li Weiyi shook his head slightly. Old Li was not a strong person by nature, but he was definitely an excellent family head and teacher. Yao Qingxuan was the one with the personality of a strong person.

"Old Li, you're familiar with Otherworldly Coffin and ancient texts, how about telling me about Kunlun?"

Li Weiyi still remembers the first time he met Li Songgu, in a mansion in Yao Pass. At that time, he was preparing to open the Otherworldly Coffin.

That Otherworldly Coffin is said to have come from Kunlun, and is made of divine wood.

Each pound of wood used for the coffin is comparable to a pound of Thousand-Year Elixir.

At that time, Li Songgu dared not open the coffin, saying that the ancestors of the Jiu Li Tribe had once opened a sacred wooden coffin from Kunlun, and it seemed that something had happened. He was very apprehensive in his words.

When asked about his area of expertise, Li Songgu immediately became very talkative, saying, "You should know about the mystery and horror of the Blood Sea Coffin Dock, right?"

Li Weiyi nodded slightly, recalling what he had seen and experienced on the Bronze Ship, feeling that he might understand the incredible Blood Sea Coffin Dock better than Li Songgu.

Li Songgu said, "The Sea of Blood is boundless, vast, and dangerous. It is said that the King Cang once went out to sea alone to explore what lay deep within the Sea of Blood, whether there was another land there, and where the Otherworldly Coffin came from."

"He returned from his voyage several years later, having become completely silent. It is unknown whether he was afflicted by some evil influence, but he died young not long after. On his deathbed, he instructed his descendants never to go to sea."

"Perhaps those Martial Path Son of Heaven who have traveled overseas know some of the truth, but none of them have spoken of what happened overseas. Our exploration of the origins of the Otherworldly Coffin can only rely on deciphering the scriptures inside the coffin."

"The so-called Otherworldly Coffin is naturally not a coffin from our world. It is merely a collection of ancient texts from hundreds of worlds or inhabited planets, collected by the Jiu Li Tribe."

"These ancient texts depict one real world after another, captivating the soul and making one yearn to abandon everything, set sail, and search for them."

"The world called Kunlun must be a great realm, where many coffins drifted into the Blood Sea Coffin Dock."

He continued, in high spirits, "You know Peach Plum Mountain of Zuoqiu Courtyard, right? The peach pit from that Pan Peach tree deep in the space-time of Peach Plum Mountain came from an Otherworldly Coffin from Kunlun."

"The Peach Wood Staff I gave you on Moon Dragon Island was also crafted from a small branch of Pan Peach tree from that Otherworldly Coffin; it is divine wood."

"That Otherworldly Coffin was opened together by the leader and the patriarch of the Zuoqiu Courtyard. The Zuoqiu Courtyard took the peach pit, and the Jiu Li Tribe obtained the branch of the divine tree."

Li Weiyi listened intently, then froze. "Why didn't you say something so important sooner? The Peach Wood Staff is still with Hongting. I thought it was just a decent staff."

Li Weiyi knew all too well the significance of "Kunlun" and the "Pan Peach Tree of Immortality"—didn't this make perfect sense?

Most of them are related to Earth's myths and legends.

Li Songgu rolled his eyes at him. "You lent it out, go and get it back yourself. The Jiu Li Tribe doesn't lack such a staff; if you get it back, it's yours."

Li Weiyi looked at him with a surprised expression. "Just how many good things did you guys get out of that Otherworldly Coffin? The Divine Wood Staff, Old Li, do you know what you're saying?"

Li Songgu, unconcerned, sighed about something else entirely, "Of course, many treasures were unearthed from the Otherworldly Coffin, but the vast majority were left behind by the King Cang and his people four thousand years ago, or unearthed by the leader and his generation a thousand years ago."

"Besides the lost, the most exquisite treasures, the Jiu Li Tribe probably has more than ten other items, all stored in the temple's treasury or the Ancestral Mountain of various tribes. These treasures were sealed away by the methods of our Old Ancestor, either pressed into the earth's veins or sealed inside spatial rifts. They can only be opened using the Nine Emperor Banner, so we simply cannot retrieve them."

"I will only dare to reveal this secret after the leader returns; otherwise, if word gets out, it could lead to the Calamity of Clan Annihilation."

"You think you can hide it? The Otherworldly Coffin are being sold one after another. Who wouldn't guess your wealth?" Li Weiyi shook his head slightly, not believing that they had kept the secret for thousands of years. There must be another reason.

Li Songgu said, "Those sold were all Ming coffins and ominous coffins. The Otherworldly Coffin that might actually contain valuable treasures were all sent to the Jiu Li Ancestral Realm for safekeeping."

Li Weiyi had visited the ancestral realm where the God of Jiu Li and the tombs of the Nine Kings were located. Indeed, he saw many rare and Otherworldly Coffin in the square in front of the Cang King's Tomb.

"Since you know it's rare, why don't you open it?" Li Weiyi asked curiously.

"Dare you open it? The more precious the coffin, the greater the potential for unleashing disaster. A slight misstep could lead to annihilation. These are the words of the leader back then."

Li Songgu continued, "A thousand years ago, the leader disappeared, and several transcendent beings of the Jiu Li Tribe perished in the Nether Realm Great Tribulation. Without transcendent beings to oversee things, we dare to open very few top-tier Otherworldly Coffin."

Li Weiyi was still deep in thought. How did the Jiu Li Tribe manage to protect the treasure? This was highly unusual.

Surrounding Lizhou are transcendent beings like the Coffin Mountain Taboo, the Four Extremes Ape King, and the Li Longshu. It's impossible that they wouldn't covet the Jiu Li Tribe, yet they haven't taken any real action. All their past actions seem to have been probing, testing the limits of some unknown entity.

Could it be related to those spirits worshipped in the underworld?

Li Weiyi's heart skipped a beat, his eyes lit up, and he stroked his chin. "Doesn't that mean that after the leader returns, the rare treasures from the Jiu Li Divine Hall and the Ancestral Mountain of the Nine Great Tribes can be brought out?"

Li Songgu stroked his beard and laughed, "Otherwise, why did the Red Priest claim last night that he had divined an auspicious omen? After the leader returns, many things can be activated, and many Otherworldly Coffin can be tried to be opened. Isn't that auspicious?"

The two then returned to talking about Kunlun.

According to the records in the scrolls in the coffin, Li Songgu described a magnificent and prosperous otherworld, where gods and saints were said to exist, the land was vast, and all kinds of laws coexisted, inspiring endless imagination.

The Old Ancestor of the Yao Li Tribe, the Medicine King, practiced Fundamental Martial Art called "Heavenly Wind Palm Technique".

To reach a certain level in the Heavenly Wind Palm Technique, one needs to cultivate the Laogong Spring Eye the palms of both hands, creating two internal worlds like Qi Sea to store wind energy.

Wind-related evil spirits are formed by the condensation of wind.

It can be cultivated through techniques or Daoist arts.

In some special regions, one can also detect the wind evil nurtured by nature.

Tianchi Peak, the home of the Yao Li Tribe, is such a place.