Xu Ying came over and rose onto his tiptoes to peer into the Jade Coffin. He could not help freezing in place.
There was no corpse of Di Xuan inside the Jade Coffin. There was only a wisp of burning Nirvana Heavenly Fire, and beneath it lay a human-shaped pile of ashes. The heavenly fire burned at the position of the heart.
This wisp of heavenly fire had burned for who knew how many billions of years, yet showed no sign of burning out.
Di Xuan had ultimately failed to withstand the Nirvana Tribulation of the Primordial Immortal Dynasty. He had perished in its place.
Only the spirit of the Primordial Immortal Emperor remained in the coffin.
The phenomena Xu Ying had just witnessed on the path to the end of the Dao had been an attack launched against him by Di Xuan's spirit.
"So, there are no immortal emperor corpses in the Imperial Coffins of the other Primordial Immortal Emperors either. Only Nirvana Heavenly Fire and undying spirits remain."
Xu Ying's gaze flickered as he thought, The Imperial Clan carried the Imperial Coffins here, intending to use the spirits of the emperors to suppress Di Chen? No, they intend to borrow the power of the Primordial Dao Heaven Seal to suppress Di Chen! Unfortunately, they don't know that the Primordial Dao Heaven Seal has already been destroyed. But...
He frowned slightly. Judging from the Dao Ash, Di Xuan should have been lying inside the Imperial Coffin and burned to ashes. The Nirvana Tribulation was certainly terrifying beyond compare, but would someone like Di Xuan, who had reached the end of the Great Dao, truly have offered no resistance at all?
Di Chen's voice came from behind him. "Daoist Xu, did you notice the position above Di Xuan's head?"
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