Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

"Why is there a coffin here?"

"I don't know. I came to this spot thirty-some years ago, and it was just a cave where I found some scrap metal."

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

The moment the coffin appeared, Li Yaoqing had gathered the entire family.

The crowd stared at the coffin, at a loss for what to do.

Li Xiang was also watching all of this.

Unlike the confusion felt by the others, his expression was one of deep gravity!

He couldn't help but rub the Storage Ring on his index finger, which contained the Mysterious Spear that Li Dalong had brought back!

And this spear, which required a million Incense to unseal, was the very treasure found among the scrap metal Li Dalong had discovered back then.

Only Li Xiang and Grandma Ling, who had unsealed the spear, knew its true value; Grandma Ling had even had a falling out with Li Xiang specifically because of this item!

"This is the old site of the Wild Boar Forest. Perhaps the owner of the coffin is the same person who owned the Mysterious Spear!"

Back then, Li Xiang had found it strange that such a treasure would appear in a place like this.

Now that this coffin had appeared, all of Li Xiang's doubts were resolved.

A moment later.

Li Dalong had already pried the coffin open.

Li Xiang, who had been focusing intently to see what was inside the bronze coffin, was stunned—it was completely empty!

"What is going on?"

Li Xiang frowned, and just as he was struggling to make sense of it.

Li Yaowen, who was in the crowd, pushed her wheelchair up to the front of the coffin. "Father, there are words on the sarcophagus!"

As the others began to decipher them.

A prompt box appeared on Li Xiang's screen!

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

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

[...In that year, the two Emperors clashed, shattering the mountains and rivers. I was unfortunately severely wounded by the aftershocks; at the Great Vehicle Realm, one is but an ant. Thus, I returned to my homeland. Alas, having pursued the Dao my entire life, I look back upon my deathbed to find the world transformed, people gone, and myself left in solitude.]

[This coffin contains all I have gained in my life, forming a world of its own. May those fated take what they will.]

"It's been nearly forty years. The opportunity was in the Li Family territory all along."

Li Xiang's eyes widened, and he wanted to slap himself. When he realized the spear was extraordinary back then, why hadn't he thought of this?

This was a treasure from the Great Vehicle Realm!

Even in the real world, this was an incredible item!

Meanwhile, the members of the Li Family were looking at the words on the sarcophagus with confused expressions.

"I can't understand it at all; these are ancient characters."

"The structure inside the sarcophagus is no different from a Storage Ring. I fear this coffin forms a world of its own!"

"What kind of power could achieve this?"

Seeing that his clansmen couldn't understand, Li Xiang immediately realized that this seemed to be something only the game interface could translate.

He immediately ordered the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, which was resting in the ancestral hall, to come over.

"Hiss!"

With the appearance of the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, the Li Family members were startled for a moment. However, after all this time, they knew their ancestor was always watching over them, and they assumed the ancestor had discovered the coffin as well.

Soon.

Li Xiang input everything he knew from the game interface into the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python's avatar.

Li Dalong kowtowed repeatedly. "As expected of our ancestor, even ancient characters are known to you!"

Li Yaowen, clearly more learned, exclaimed, "Eighth Year of Tianwu, Azure Dragon Immortal Domain... Ancestor, I have read about this in the classics! The Eighth Year of Tianwu was ten thousand years before the current Era of the Azure Emperor. The former Azure Dragon Immortal Domain was located in what is now the Southern Barbarian Lands. It is rumored that in that very year, the Azure Dragon Immortal Domain was destroyed in an instant; no one knows what happened!"

"This is the Great Vehicle Realm! The legacy of a top-tier expert of the world—our Li Family is truly going to strike it rich now!"

Li Dalong wept with joy.

Immediately.

The Li Family members scrambled to find the way to truly enter the coffin, and they soon discovered that to enter the space within, one simply had to lie inside and close the lid.

Li Dalong lay down inside.

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

"A treasure!"

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

Spirit treasures are already the most powerful existences in this world, and this particular spirit treasure is clearly of a special type, forming its own space no different from a cave dwelling.

When Li Xiang first unsealed the Mysterious Spear he had obtained, he was already ecstatic to discover it was a top-grade magic treasure.

He never expected that this coffin was the true treasure!

Li Xiang hurriedly suppressed his excitement.

He clicked on the avatar of Li Dalong and, following Li Dalong's perspective, entered the scene within the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he entered the space of the Heavenly Coffin, Li Xiang frowned.

In the game screen, he saw a desolate and deathly silent space, shrouded in mist.

He looked at the map on the game interface—

[Death-Directing Space: First Level]

[Description: The first level of the relic left behind by the Mahayana-peak cultivator Shen Wu. Gain the recognition of the first level to enter the second!]

Immediately after.

Red dots appeared on the map, surrounding Li Dalong, who was standing there in a daze.

It didn't take long for Li Xiang to see the true face of those things.

They were dried corpses!

Their eyes were blood-red, and their entire bodies radiated a bloodthirsty desire. Seeming to sense that Li Dalong was the only living person on the first level, they lunged at him like madmen, wanting to devour the flesh and blood from his body!

"Hmph!"

As the head of the Li Family, how could Li Dalong be intimidated by these dried corpses?

He let out a cold snort, and a pair of magic spears appeared in his hands. "Dead corpses should just stay buried in the ground!"

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

These zombies were endless, and Li Xiang could clearly see the red dots on the map appearing one after another.

"What exactly is this Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin?"

Seeing Li Dalong enter the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin only to find endless zombies instead of the treasures he had imagined, Li Xiang furrowed his brows.

However, this was also Li Xiang's first time encountering a treasure of this grade.

Moreover, the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin seemed to require a master, and since it hadn't acknowledged the Li Family members as its masters, perhaps it had some unique properties.

"Maybe I need to clear the levels of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin to truly gain its recognition?"

Holding onto his confusion, he saw that Li Dalong was in no immediate danger.

It seemed Li Dalong could also exit the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin on his own, so Li Xiang exited Li Dalong's perspective to see if there was anything unusual about the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin itself.

Sure enough.

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

"So much spiritual energy!"

"Father entered the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin; did he obtain some kind of benefit?"

"May the ancestors bless our Li Family!"

He saw that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was actually converging toward the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

Li Xiang understood in an instant, "The zombies on the first level aren't real; they are formed by the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

However, he couldn't discern any other uses for the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin in such a short time.

Li Xiang accelerated the flow of time.

Two days seemed to have passed in the game.

Li Dalong was still inside the coffin, and switching the view showed that Li Dalong was still fighting the zombies on the first level of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin!

What was strange was that after two days, Li Dalong's true energy hadn't been depleted in the slightest!

Even when Li Dalong sustained minor injuries, they healed in no time at all.

He checked Li Dalong's personal information again.

[Basic Spear Technique: 82%]

[Gale Step: 62%]

[Roaming Dragon Spear Art: 16%]

[Lightning Attraction Technique: 12%]

[Dantian Fire in Palm: 6%]

[...]

"This..."

Li Xiang widened his eyes. Before Li Dalong had entered, Li Xiang had already checked Li Dalong's personal information, and now, all of Li Dalong's techniques had improved!

"In other words, the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin is a treasure that can provide unlimited spiritual energy, constantly heal wounds, and allow cultivators to fight endlessly to train their techniques and martial arts?!!"

Li Xiang couldn't help but be astonished.

For cultivators, combat experience is crucial; often, their techniques and martial arts will make progress during battle.

If a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage trains a certain martial art or technique to the 100% perfection level, they might even be able to challenge those at higher realms.

Training between life and death might even lead them to insights, and subsequently, breakthroughs.

"Is this the power of a top-tier spiritual treasure?"

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

However, Li Xiang also understood.

It was best to leave this spiritual treasure for the Li Family, as it could increase their combat experience.

Furthermore...

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

He casually clicked on Li Dalong's technique, Gale Step!

[Do you wish to learn the technique, Gale Step?]

[Consume 500 points of Incense to obtain all the insights currently learned by Li Dalong.]

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

This game not only allowed him to bring out the treasures within, but he could also learn the techniques inside autonomously without consuming Incense points.

He could even consume Incense to obtain all the insights of his descendants!

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

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

"It's truly great. Let the Li Family members slowly train through the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin. With this treasure, the development of the Li Family will surely be rapid."

Just as he was pondering this.

The game screen gave another prompt, making Li Xiang's jaw drop.

[Your descendant, Li Dalong, fought continuously on the first floor of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, charging and killing his way to the end of the first floor.]

[The Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin has acknowledged Li Dalong's status as the Master of the first floor!]

[Bestowed 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.

Li Dalong, who walked out of the coffin, had black light flashing in his eyes. Under the joyful expressions of the Li Family members, he knelt and bowed toward Li Xiang's memorial tablet.

"Ancestral Patriarch, bless us. Your child has discovered the secret of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin; our Li Family is going to prosper!"