After giving up on stripping the corpse, Hao Shuai turned to look above the main tomb chamber. There, enveloping the entire chamber and radiating an incredibly dense Aura of the Human Emperor, was a divine talisman the size of a washbasin.
This was the Sacred Mausoleum Divine Talisman that suppressed the entire Imperial Mausoleum, also known as the Xuanyuan Spirit Talisman. It was the foundation of the mausoleum's protections and a top-tier Imperial Dao Spirit Treasure. In the hands of an emperor who cultivated the Human Emperor's path, its power surpassed that of an ordinary treasure.
Unfortunately, although Hao Shuai was an emperor in several worlds, he hadn't specialized in the Human Emperor's path, so the Sacred Mausoleum Divine Talisman wasn't much use to him.
He walked over to the bronze table before him, took three sacrificial offerings from his storage space, and arranged them on the table alongside the Xuanyuan Sword.
Taking out three thick sticks of incense, he lit them with a wave of his hand and silently prayed toward the tomb. "Sage Emperor, please accept the respects of your descendant, the human emperor Hao Shuai. I have come to the Sage Emperor's Mausoleum by fate, hoping to take a few treasures to slay demons and evil spirits. I ask for your understanding!"
After bowing three times, he gathered earth into a makeshift incense burner and planted the sticks inside.
Just as Hao Shuai finished placing the incense, the coffin of Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan opened by itself. A powerful aura of an emperor shot out from within and swiftly flowed into the Xuanyuan Sword.
A dazzling radiance then shone from the sword. To Hao Shuai's astonishment, the Xuanyuan Sword rose directly from an ordinary immortal artifact to a top-grade immortal artifact, rivaling the upgraded Mysterious Fire Mirror.