The Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

"How could there be a coffin here?"

"I don't know. This place... I came here thirty-something years ago. It was still a cave then. I found some scraps of broken metal here."

"What should we do? Should we open the coffin?"

As soon as the coffin appeared, Li Yaoqing had already summoned the entire Li Family.

Everyone stared at the coffin, unsure what to do.

Li Xiang was watching it all, too.

Unlike the others, who were bewildered, he felt a deep sense of unease!

He couldn't help rubbing the Storage Ring on his index finger. Inside was the Mysterious Spear Li Dalong had recovered!

That spear, which required a million Incense to unlock, was the treasure hidden among the scraps Li Dalong had found back then.

Only Li Xiang and Grandma Ling, who had unlocked the spear, knew its true value. Grandma Ling had even fallen out with Li Xiang over the thing!

"This is the former site of Wild Boar Forest. Maybe the coffin's owner was the owner of the Mysterious Spear!"

At the time, Li Xiang had thought it strange that a treasure like that would turn up in a place like this.

Now that this coffin had appeared, all his doubts were resolved.

It didn't take long.

Li Dalong had already opened the coffin.

Li Xiang had been intently wondering what might be inside the bronze coffin, but he froze when he saw that it was completely empty!

"What's going on?"

Li Xiang frowned, at a loss for an explanation.

In the crowd, Li Yaowen wheeled herself up to the coffin. "Father, there are words on the coffin!"

As everyone tried to decipher them,

a prompt appeared on Li Xiang's screen, too!

[Your clansmen opened the bronze coffin and discovered the tomb owner's final words—]

[The Eighth Year of Tianwu, Azure Dragon Immortal Domain. Chronicles of Godless.]

[...That year, the two Emperors fought, shattering the mountains and rivers. I was gravely wounded by the shockwaves. In the Great Vehicle Realm, I was no more than an ant. Thus, I returned to my homeland. Alas, I had spent my life pursuing the Dao; by the time I looked back on the brink of death, the world had changed beyond recognition. Everything was different, and I was left all alone.]

[This coffin contains everything I gained in my life. It forms a world of its own. Anyone with the fate to find it may take whatever they wish.]

"For nearly forty years, the opportunity was right here at the Li Family residence all along."

Li Xiang's eyes widened. He could've slapped himself. When he'd realized the spear was extraordinary, how had he not thought of this?

This was the legacy of a Great Vehicle cultivator!

Even in the real world, it would be an incredible treasure!

But the Li Family members were staring at the writing on the coffin, their faces full of confusion.

"I can't make sense of it. It's written in ancient script."

"The coffin's interior is built just like a Storage Ring. This coffin must contain a world of its own!"

"What kind of power could create something like this?"

Seeing that his clansmen couldn't understand the writing, Li Xiang immediately realized that apparently only the game interface could translate it.

He promptly summoned the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, which was resting in the ancestral hall.

"Hiss!"

The Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python appeared, and the Li Family members froze for a moment. But after all this time, they knew their ancestor was always protecting them. The ancestor must have noticed the coffin, too.

Li Xiang quickly entered everything he'd learned from the game interface into the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python's profile.

Li Dalong kowtowed repeatedly. "As expected of our ancestor! You even know ancient script like the back of your hand!"

Li Yaowen was clearly more learned. She exclaimed, "The Eighth Year of Tianwu, Azure Dragon Immortal Domain... Ancestor, I've read about this in the records! The Eighth Year of Tianwu was ten thousand years ago, before the current Era of the Azure Emperor. The old Azure Dragon Immortal Domain was where the Southern Barbarian Lands are today. Legend says the Azure Dragon Immortal Domain was destroyed that very year, but no one knows what happened!"

"This is the legacy of a Great Vehicle cultivator! The inheritance of one of the greatest experts in the world! Our Li Family is finally going to prosper!"

Li Dalong wept with joy.

Then,

the Li Family members hurriedly searched for a way to enter the coffin. Soon, they discovered that all they had to do was lie inside and close the lid.

Li Dalong climbed in.

[Your descendant Li Dalong is entering the treasure, the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!]

"A treasure!"

Li Xiang's eyes lit up. Weapons and equipment in this world were divided into artifacts, Spirit Artifacts, magical treasures, and Spirit Treasures.

Spirit Treasures were already the most powerful things in this world. This one was clearly a special kind: it contained its own space, much like a cave abode.

When he'd unlocked the Mysterious Spear and discovered it was a top-grade magical treasure, Li Xiang had been overjoyed.

He hadn't expected the coffin to be the real treasure!

Li Xiang quickly forced himself to calm down.

He clicked on Li Dalong's profile and followed Li Dalong's perspective into the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin.

"Hm?"

As soon as he entered the Heaven Coffin's space, Li Xiang frowned.

On the game screen, he saw a barren, lifeless space shrouded in mist.

Then he checked the map on the game interface—

[Death-Directing Space, First Layer]

[Description: The first layer of the relic left behind by Shen Wu, a cultivator at the peak of the Great Vehicle Realm. Gain the first layer's recognition to enter the second layer!]

Then,

red dots appeared across the map, closing in on Li Dalong, who stood there looking utterly lost.

It didn't take long for Li Xiang to make out what they were.

One dried corpse after another!

Their eyes glowed red, and their bodies radiated a bloodthirsty hunger. They seemed to sense that Li Dalong was the only living person on the first layer, and they charged at him like mad, trying to tear the flesh from his body!

"Hmph!"

As head of the Li Family, how could Li Dalong be frightened by a few dried corpses?

He snorted as a pair of artifact spears appeared in his hands. "Dead men should stay buried!"

In an instant, Li Dalong was locked in battle with the zombies.

The zombies kept coming. Li Xiang could clearly see the red dots appearing one after another on the map.

"What is this Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin?"

Li Xiang frowned. He'd expected Li Dalong to find treasures inside the coffin, but instead he'd found endless zombies.

Still, this was the first time Li Xiang had encountered a treasure of this level.

And the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin seemed to choose its own master. It hadn't acknowledged any member of the Li Family as its owner. There might be some special condition.

"Maybe you have to clear the layers of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin before it truly recognizes you as its master?"

Though he remained puzzled, Li Dalong didn't seem to be in any danger.

It also looked like Li Dalong could leave the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin on his own. Only then did Li Xiang exit Li Dalong's perspective, so he could see if anything strange was happening to the coffin.

Sure enough.

As soon as the game screen returned to the Spirit Herb Garden, Li Xiang saw all the Li Family members covering their mouths in astonishment.

"So much spiritual energy!"

"Father entered the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin. Did he get some kind of benefit?"

"May our ancestor bless the Li Family!"

Just then,

spiritual energy from across the land was gathering around the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

Li Xiang understood at once. "The zombies on the first layer aren't real. They're formed from the spiritual energy absorbed by the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin."

But there was no way to tell what other uses the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin had in such a short time.

So Li Xiang sped up time.

Two days seemed to pass in the game.

Li Dalong was still inside the coffin. When Li Xiang switched views, Li Dalong was still fighting the zombies on the first layer of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

The strange thing was,

after two days, Li Dalong's true energy hadn't diminished at all!

He'd even suffered a minor injury, but it healed in no time.

Li Xiang checked Li Dalong's personal information again.

[Basic Spearmanship: 82%]

[Gale Step: 62%]

[Roaming Dragon Spear Art: 16%]

[Lightning Attraction Technique: 12%]

[Dantian Fire in the Palm: 6%]

[...]

"This..."

Li Xiang's eyes widened. He'd checked Li Dalong's information before he went in, and now all his techniques had improved!

"So the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin can provide an unlimited supply of spiritual energy and continuously heal injuries, allowing cultivators to fight without stopping and practice their techniques and martial arts?!!"

No wonder Li Xiang was astonished.

For cultivators, battle experience was crucial. Their techniques and martial arts often improved in the heat of battle.

A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage could even challenge someone of a higher realm if they mastered a technique or martial art to the point of perfection.

Training on the brink of life and death could even bring enlightenment and help them break through.

"Is this the power of a top-tier Spirit Treasure?"

Even Li Xiang was tempted to take the treasure out and use it himself.

But he understood.

It was best to leave the Spirit Treasure with the Li Family, where it could help them gain battle experience.

Besides...

Li Xiang glanced at the techniques and martial arts of the Li Family members.

He casually clicked on Li Dalong's Gale Step.

[Would you like to learn the technique, Gale Step?]

[Spend 500 Incense to gain all of Li Dalong's current insights.]

He didn't need the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin at all!

This game let him bring out the treasures inside, and he could learn their techniques for himself without spending Incense.

He could even spend Incense to gain all his descendants' insights!

Techniques and martial arts were divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, and Common grades.

Li Xiang was no longer interested in Common- or Yellow-grade techniques and martial arts.

"Wonderful. I'll let the Li Family members keep training in the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin. With a treasure like this, the Li Family is sure to flourish."

As he was thinking,

the game screen displayed another prompt, leaving Li Xiang gaping.

[Your descendant Li Dalong fought continuously on the first layer of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, cutting his way to its far end.]

[The Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin has acknowledged Li Dalong as the master of the first layer!]

[You have received the Yellow-grade technique—Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Technique]

[Congratulations! Your descendant Li Dalong has obtained the profession—]

[Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driver!]

The bronze coffin opened.

Black light flickered in Li Dalong's eyes as he emerged. Amid the Li Family members' delighted expressions, he knelt before Li Xiang's memorial tablet.

"Ancestor, bless us! Your child has learned the secret of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin. The Li Family is going to prosper!"