Volume 10: The Immortal Emperor's Thousand-Layered Palace Gates

Bai Qiuran piloted the Flying Shuttle, and it flew in the sky for several more days.

Using his True Essence to propel the Flying Shuttle, in just a few days they had flown from True Yang City, the very center of the Yang Heaven Continent, to the northwestern edge of the continent.

Only after they could see the churning sea of clouds on the horizon did Bai Qiuran stop the Flying Shuttle, and then led the group into a nearby mountain range.

He learned this location from a passerby who casually told him it after he left True Yang City and sent the signal.

Although it could be a hoax set up by other forces, or simply a coincidence, Bai Qiuran's intuition told him that this was the real location.

Besides, even if it were a trap, he wouldn't be afraid.

The group ventured deeper into the mountains, and as they approached their designated location, they suddenly heard the sound of digging.

They quickened their pace, emerging from the lush woods, and then saw a Grave Hill standing in the clearing before them. At the very front of these Tomb stood an Old Man dressed in linen clothes, his sleeves and trousers rolled up high, wielding a shovel and digging in the ground.

He was very strong; with each strike, he dug out a small pile of soil from the ground. Soon, he had dug out a large, human-shaped pit.

Then, the Old Man put down his shovel, picked up a coffin from the side, put it into the soil, buried the coffin with soil, and then used the stones next to him to quickly carve out an exquisite tombstone.

Finally, he used a chisel to carve a line of words on the tombstone.

"The Eastern Immortal Realm, the Tomb of Wang Cheng".

After doing all this, the old man dragged his belongings to a nearby open space, wielded his shovel again, and began digging another large pit.

"How dare this old man be so bold."

Seeing this, Qingmingzi shook his head.

What's wrong with digging up a grave?

Bai Qiuran asked.

"Wang Cheng is the name of the Grand Tutor under the Azure Emperor."

Liu Shi explained.

The group looked around and noticed that names were engraved on the tombstones.

"They are all well-known figures within the Azure Emperor's faction."

Qingmingzi suddenly pointed in a direction and exclaimed in surprise, "There's even the grave of the Azure Emperor himself!"

Bai Qiuran and the others looked over and discovered that the name engraved on it was "Nie Qingyun".

"The royal family of the Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty is surnamed Nie, and Nie Qingyun is indeed the name of the last Saint Martial Azure Emperor."

Wisdom Immortal, who had been pretending to be dead for a long time and was hanging around Bai Qiuran's waist, couldn't help but whisper to him.

However, perhaps because they were too shocked, Qingmingzi and Liu Shi did not hear what he said.

"Old man."

Li Jinyao couldn't help but clasp her hands in a fist salute to the old man who was digging the grave and say, "I once had an old friend whose penis resembled yours, but now his grave is covered with green grass."

"You're being way too arrogant."

Tang Ruowei couldn't help but say, "This is the Eastern Immortal Realm! How dare you dig up the grave of Immortal Emperor of the Eastern Immortal Realm?"

"Hmph, everyone must die eventually. The Immortal Emperor is also a human being, so why can't we dig up a grave for him?"

The Old Man stopped what he was doing, gripped his shovel, and planted it aside. He sneered, "The Eastern Immortal Realm is full of idiots these days. I'm doing them a favor by digging their graves. These good-for-nothings should just lie dead in the Wilderness."

The old man's words were so sharp and direct that Qingmingzi and Liu Shi couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement.

"Enough with the nonsense, what exactly are you here for?"

The old man paused for only a moment before immediately becoming impatient.

"Those who have gotten lost, please turn back. If it's not important, don't bother me. I still need to dig a grave for the remaining fools in the Three Heavens."

"Of course something's wrong."

Bai Qiuran said to him, "We were guided here after sending out a signal. We would like to ask the old man to take us to the Central Immortal Realm."

"Want to go to the Central Immortal Realm?"

The old man laughed and pointed to the side, saying, "Alright, you jump in, and I'll take you there."

The crowd followed his finger and saw that the old man was pointing to a pile of empty coffins.

"Anyway, the Central Immortal Realm is now full of cowardly dead men. They won't fight back no matter how much they're beaten, and they won't talk back no matter how much they're insulted. The idiots from the Four Directions Immortal Realm can ride roughshod over them at any time, and they can't even handle the younger generation."

He shouted, "If you want to go to the world of the dead, you must become dead yourself."

That's incorrect.

The Puppet Venerable said, "The world of the dead is clearly the Underworld Ghost Realm, what does it have to do with the Central Immortal Realm?"

"Hmph, that's a world of the dead too."

The Old Man sneered.

"They let the Immortal Emperor ride roughshod over them, and the Ghost Emperor has been inactive for over 300,000 years, only recently spoke up—he's just a dead man who's come back to life!"

"You!"

An angry expression appeared on the Puppet Venerable's face, but Bai Qiuran stopped him.

"The old gentleman is right."

Bai Qiuran shook his head and said, "A skilled warrior has no illustrious achievements, a loyal heart has no boastful words, and a skilled healer has no glorious name. What he said is harsh, but it is indeed the truth. Li Du and I are both to blame for what happened in the Ghost Realm. We let you run wild for over 300,000 years, and there's nothing to argue about."

"And the Central Immortal Emperor is the same. Having lost his master, he's like a child without a mother, crying and whining, timid and cowardly, looking utterly pathetic."

The old man pointed and said, somewhat agitated, "A coward is better off dead!"

How dare you say that?

Finally, the Puppet Venerable couldn't hold back any longer and retorted, "If you're so powerful, why don't you take a shovel and go kill these idiots one by one, drag them back, and bury them? Instead, you're just whining and complaining here. You're a coward too!"

"Bullshit!"

Upon hearing the Puppet Venerable's words, the old man immediately stood up and dropped the shovel in his hand.

He rolled up his sleeves, ready to argue with the Puppet Venerable, but when he opened his mouth, he suddenly found himself speechless.

He slumped back down, sitting on the edge of the pit he had dug himself, staring blankly at the sky for a while, then suddenly covered his face and burst into tears.

"You're right, I can't beat an idiot, I'm too scared to go out, I'm a coward too, I'm a coward too..."

He cried for a while, then suddenly laughed, his laughter filled with self-mockery.

"Master."

Tang Ruowei couldn't help but tug at Bai Qiuran's sleeve.

"This old man is crying and laughing at the same time, could he be crazy?"

Bai Qiuran shook his head, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the old man, and asked, "Old man, once I'm in the coffin, will I be able to reach the Central Immortal Realm?"

"Of course the dead can go to the world of the dead."

The Old Man pointed to the sky and gestured wildly, his face streaked with tears and snot, muttering incoherently, "This is the way of Heaven—"

"Okay."

Bai Qiuran looked at Qingmingzi and Liu Shi.

"Master, Liu..."

"Just call me Master's Wife."

Liu Shi smiled gently.

"Master Master's Wife, please bear with us for a moment."

Bai Qiuran said apologetically.

"Fine."

Qingmingzi waved his hand and said, "I've never slept in a coffin in my life, so this is quite an interesting experience."

"That's fine."

Bai Qiuran looked at Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei. Tang Ruowei shrugged at him, looking indifferent, while Li Jinyao seized the opportunity to say, "I don't want to sleep in a coffin unless you, senior, come with me."

Too lazy to dawdle, Bai Qiuran nodded in agreement, and so the group each chose a coffin they liked and lay down inside. Li Jinyao and Bai Qiuran lay in the same coffin.

After everyone lay down, the coffin closed immediately, and then, along with everyone else, it fell into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

The old man remained seated, muttering the self-deprecating words he had just spoken. After a moment, a figure suddenly flew down from the sky and landed on the ground.

This man had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, a handsome appearance, and a tall and straight figure. A halo slowly rotated behind his head, making him seem extraordinary.

"Old man."

He looked around and asked the old man, "I am Kui Immortal Venerable, a subordinate of His Majesty the Azure Emperor. Have you seen two men and three women recently come to this area?"

The old man sat in the pit, muttering to himself, ignoring him.

"Old man?"

Kui Immortal Venerable frowned and said angrily, "I'm asking you a question."

"I'm not a coward, I'm definitely not a coward..."

The old man suddenly stood up slowly, gripped the shovel, muttered something under his breath, and looked at Kui Immortal Venerable with a sinister gaze.

"I'm not a coward. I'll kill a fool right now and bury him for you to see!"