The female pharaoh, Fatima

There was no towering surge of corpse miasma as he had expected, nor were there any traps.

The instant the coffin lid opened a crack, Chen Xia saw a woman lying in its center. She wore a golden crown, and her face was as peaceful as if she were asleep. It was the female pharaoh, Fatima.

A white pearl rested in her mouth, and her body had not decayed.

Her hands were folded over her chest, holding a dazzling golden staff.

A blue gemstone hung from her crown against the center of her forehead.

Chen Xia took a deep breath.

He knew this was presumptuous, but taking resources was perfectly normal in the cultivation world.

Chen Xia could tell at a glance that the staff in the female pharaoh's hands was no ordinary object. Neither was the blue gemstone on her forehead or the pearl in her mouth.

None of them were ordinary treasures.

Leaving them here would be a shame.

"Forgive me." Chen Xia reached out to take the staff from the female pharaoh's hands first.

But the instant he touched it, something changed!

Countless streams of light poured from the coffin and gathered into a vast curtain of light that swallowed his divine sense whole.

In that moment, he seemed to travel through time and witness events from history.

He saw with his own eyes Gulang's final battle, long buried by history.

A moment later, understanding dawned on Chen Xia.

So that was it.

The area around the Hanging Coffin Ancient Path had once belonged to the Gulang Kingdom, ten thousand years ago.

Within the curtain of light, Chen Xia saw a rift open above the Gulang Kingdom.

Dark beings poured from it in great numbers: the Devil Race.

The Gulang Kingdom called that rift the Void Eye.