He used a secret technique to avoid the natural hazardous restrictions and dormant ancient beasts in the sea, preventing outside attention from being drawn too early.
He continued deeper.
At last, he stopped before a seemingly ordinary underwater mountain range that actually corresponded to some ancient formation pattern.
"This is the place!
The terrain hides dragons, and the sea eye locks in qi. It looks utterly unremarkable from outside, but there must be another world within..."
Duan De chuckled and took out his shovel, an artifact almost worthy of being called an Imperial Dao divine weapon. Using a great divine ability, he began carefully "digging a hole."
His tomb-raiding tunnel was exceptionally professional, following the earth veins and avoiding any possible killing formations or restrictions as it silently advanced toward the depths of the mountain range.
At the same time, it drilled deeper toward the ocean floor.
An Emperor Formation covered this place, and this excavation lasted a full three years.
Three years later,
when Duan De's tunnel finally pierced through the last layer of indestructible ancient rock containing remnants of Emperor Dao Laws and reached the "main burial chamber" area he had deduced, he was dumbfounded.
Before him was not the grand underground palace or immortal spectacle he had imagined, nor were there any coffins or burial goods.
There was only an incomparably enormous hollowed-out space within the mountain.
Inside remained traces of a fierce battle. Dao laws were chaotic, spiritual qi was exhausted, and broken formation patterns and traces of dried divine liquid were everywhere.
At the center was a bottomless black hole.
The sea eye slowly rotated, emanating a palpitating force of devouring. Powerful sealing patterns remained around its edge.
Dragon-shaped Dao traces and Chaos Qi could vaguely be seen intertwining. After making a deduction, he concluded