Refining the Old Body into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar

Boundless Heavenly Venerable left, generously giving both the Myriad Dragon Nest and the Chaotic Dragon Nest to Li Ming.

Even the coffin Desolate Heavenly Emperor had refined for the eight hundred veteran soldiers, he generously gifted to Li Ming as well.

With a thunderous boom, Li Ming opened the lid of that mysterious coffin.

Inside was an incomparably vast universe, containing countless stars and even innumerable small worlds floating within it.

He flew inside and saw stretches upon stretches of starry rivers, as well as astonishingly vast continents.

Following the information Boundless Heavenly Venerable had left him, Li Ming searched this place carefully.

Following that familiar aura, he lightly tore through the void.

With a boom, the void shattered. A Yellow Springs River surged and roared forth from the void, then flowed back into it.

The Yellow Springs River carried the purest death energy.

In another direction, a blazing flame as fierce as the sun burned fiercely.

One yin and one yang, mutually generating and restraining each other, complementing one another as they wound around that world.

Li Ming looked at the Yellow Springs River and the blazing Netherfire within that world.

Though Netherfire was an object of utmost yang, it was black as ink as it raged.

Using the Yellow Springs River and Netherfire as his reference points, Li Ming watched closely and examined everything carefully.

The terrain of this world appeared somewhat ruined and lifeless, yet it was actually ceaselessly drawing in the essence of the entire universe.

This place seemed to be a death ground, yet life flourished amid death, containing incomparably dense vitality.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor had truly treated those eight hundred veteran soldiers well. To refine coffins that could revive them, he had even refined an entire world into them. Perhaps he had personally opened up this world for them.

These dozens of immense continents, each like a starry river, nurtured incomparably dense vitality that all flowed toward the center.

The Yellow Springs River and Netherfire connected with one another, forming a Yin-Yang Gate.

That incomparably dense vitality flowed into the Yin-Yang Gate.

From life came death, and from death came life. It was truly a cycle of life and death.

This was a place where dragons could soar and ascend to immortality, one that was difficult to find even in eternity.

It seized the Fortune of heaven and earth.

It was absolutely a place for immortal burial, or a place of Nirvana and rebirth.

Perhaps only Desolate Heavenly Emperor could be so extravagant, arranging such astonishing terrain regardless of cost.

Li Ming recited a mysterious incantation that Boundless Heavenly Venerable had taught him.

He flew inside.

Space-time became chaotic, the years flowed, and it felt as though he had passed through a strange passage.

Once all the strange phenomena vanished, Li Ming arrived in a mysterious world.

Endless Chaos Thunder flickered, while Nine-Colored Divine Thunder rumbled.

Yin-Yang lightning flashed, earth, fire, wind, and water boiled, and the entire world seemed to have triggered a heavenly tribulation.

Everything here matched Boundless Heavenly Venerable's description.

This was a place of utmost splendor and brilliance, but also a place of destruction.

Life and death hung on a single thought.

This place was densely covered in mysterious Great Dao runes. Some even appeared to be Immortal King-level runes.

Unfortunately, they had long since been worn away. Especially after falling into this world, many Immortal Dao Runes had also been erased.

It could be said that the immortal Dao formations here had already been suppressed and destroyed by this world.

No wonder Boundless Heavenly Venerable had so generously given this world to Li Ming.

At most, it could probably allow Li Ming to undergo one transformation. In another few tens of thousands of years, it would truly be destroyed.

All of the Immortal Dao Runes might be wiped out.

The suppression suffered by Immortal Dao Runes from the Immortal Domain in this world was astonishing.

Even so, Li Ming remained very satisfied.

He did not care whether this world and its benefits could last forever. As long as it could help him complete one transformation, that would be his greatest gain.

Besides, Boundless Heavenly Venerable had already imprinted a copy of the Immortal Dao Runes here for him.

Though he had only copied a small portion, it had already benefited Li Ming immensely.

In such a place of immortal burial, many formation patterns and Great Dao runes were extremely strange. They clearly did not belong to this world's style.

After examining it carefully, Li Ming found that the formations in this world had long been damaged and could no longer block his divine sense.

He could sense mysterious auras flowing here, especially vigorous life force that seemed to be gathering in a certain location.

Following Boundless Heavenly Venerable's guidance, Li Ming advanced while comprehending the mysteries around him.

Before long, he reached a mysterious place.

In the sky, more than ten thousand enormous dragons were actually flying, surging, and roaring.

Every single one was lifelike.

At intervals, these True Dragons would open their mouths and spray dragon saliva like waterfalls toward the mysterious place at the center.

Like vast silver waterfalls, it submerged the coffin at the center.

The coffin at the center absorbed it.

No wonder Boundless Heavenly Venerable had attempted to live out a new Lifetime here.

With such an astonishing arrangement, unless one was stupid beyond belief, there was a high chance of living out a new Lifetime.

Look at that endless immortal essence, nourishing the flesh and primordial spirit, bringing life from death. This truly was a treasure land bestowed by heaven.

There were more than ten thousand True Dragons here. They were not actual members of the Dragon Race, but transformations of Dragon Veins.

Li Ming stared intensely at the mysterious coffin in the center.

It rose and fell there like a star.

The coffin merely lay there, yet it made him feel an astonishing life force within it.

"No wonder even a True Dragon at the Immortal King level tried to revive within this coffin!"

"Even after the heavenly Dao formation was completely destroyed and the Immortal Dao Runes were almost entirely erased, it still possesses such astonishingly dense life force. This is unbelievable."

Li Ming proceeded onward without encountering any traps.

He went straight to the mysterious coffin.

It was actually an ancient, weathered coffin made of yellow clay.

Other than the occasional gleam passing across it, making it seem as though stars were shining, it looked utterly ordinary when no light shone from it, like a common yellow clay coffin.

It was difficult to believe that this was a treasure personally refined by Desolate Heavenly Emperor and left to the eight hundred veteran soldiers.

"A yellow clay coffin may appear ordinary, but it contains the power of heaven and earth. It harmonizes with heaven and earth, seizing all their Fortune. It can be called a true ancient divine coffin!"

Li Ming waved his hand and opened the coffin lid.

Rumble.

Inside the coffin was another real world.

Endless chaos surged, and the power of countless suns, moons, and stars glittered.

All of it was firmly restrained inside the coffin by mysterious power.

Once the aura inside stabilized, Li Ming looked at the densely packed mysterious runes on the coffin.

They were actually Boundless Heavenly Venerable's Boundless Heavenly Art.

He had not expected Boundless Heavenly Venerable to be so thoughtful, leaving behind benefits even after receiving them.

Li Ming also saw some mysterious dragon patterns, clearly Immortal Dao Runes.

However, many had already become blurred.

Clearly, the Dragon Race would not casually pass down its inheritance to other races.

To prevent other races from coveting it, those without Dragon Race bloodlines could not obtain these core dragon runes.

Even Boundless Heavenly Venerable, using his divine sense to examine them, had only passed a portion on to Li Ming.

Fortunately, Netherworld Venerable was still buried in the ground. If he had been alive, he would have followed the scent here long ago to dig up this coffin.

Everything related to Desolate Heavenly Emperor interested him.

He would definitely have been interested in this coffin refined by Desolate Heavenly Emperor.

How did Li Ming know this was a coffin refined by Desolate Heavenly Emperor? Boundless Heavenly Venerable had naturally told him.

Boundless Heavenly Venerable had successfully transformed here, so how could he possibly not know the coffin's origins?

Moreover, the large coffin outside bore the mark of the Desolate Pagoda. Was that not obviously Desolate Heavenly Emperor's mark?

Li Ming entered the yellow clay coffin and quickly found a space within it.

With a casual reach, he actually pulled out countless heavenly treasures and earthly materials.

The mountain-like pile of treasures stunned even Li Ming.

Besides the Nine Immortal Metals, there were many rare materials he had never heard of or seen before, seemingly produced in the Immortal Domain.

All of them glittered brilliantly, radiating mysterious light.

These materials were more than sufficient for crafting Immortal Weapons, let alone Extreme Dao Weapons.

Li Ming had truly not expected to obtain so many treasures.

It seemed this was also deliberately left behind for him by Boundless Heavenly Venerable.

Boundless Heavenly Venerable had stayed in this coffin for so long. How could he possibly not know there were so many treasures here?

Li Ming nodded, feeling that Boundless Heavenly Venerable was not a bad person and was worth befriending.

At the bottom of the yellow clay coffin, Li Ming soon found a mysterious Great Dao diagram.

The pattern was extremely clear. It depicted a True Dragon coiled into a diagram.

Li Ming cautiously extended his divine sense into it and soon heard an incomparably majestic voice.

"Darkness has invaded, the Immortal Domain has shattered, and countless living beings of the Immortal Domain have suffered grievous casualties..."

"I am an Immortal King from the Immortal Domain. Gravely injured, I have spent many years healing within this coffin, yet there has been no improvement."

"If I succeed, I will emerge through Nirvana and become an Immortal King once more."

"If I fail, then all will be over."

"My remains and these treasures may all be taken, but this inheritance imprint of the Dragon Race must be delivered to the Dragon Race in the Immortal Domain."

Li Ming was startled after reading it.

Could this Dragon Race Immortal King be Red Dragon Ge Gu's father, or one of Red Dragon Ge Gu's descendants?

Who knew how many tens of thousands of years had passed since Desolate Heavenly Emperor's era? The passage of time was impossible to calculate.

Yet Li Ming remembered that Red Dragon Ge Gu was a direct descendant of the True Dragon Immortal King and also Desolate Heavenly Emperor's nominal disciple.

Then it would not be strange for Desolate Heavenly Emperor to refine this coffin for Red Dragon Ge Gu or his descendants.

When Boundless Heavenly Venerable was here, he must have heard this final message as well.

Why had Boundless Heavenly Venerable not reminded Li Ming about it?

In any case, if he could enter the Immortal Domain in the future, he could hand it to Red Dragon Ge Gu's descendants.

If he could not enter, then he simply would not concern himself with it.

Li Ming thought that as long as he could live out a new Lifetime here, there was no need to think too much about anything else for now.

After all, the Myriad Dragon Nest was under Li Ming's control from this day onward. No one could take it from him.

The Dragon Race's Myriad Dragon Emperor could forget about taking the Myriad Dragon Nest from Li Ming in the future.

He could go find himself another dragon nest somewhere else.

If one reasoned from this, then Myriad Dragon Emperor and Dragon Maiden might indeed be among Red Dragon Ge Gu's descendants. Their bloodlines had merely become diluted and mixed after too many generations, and after being stranded in this world, their bloodlines had been suppressed as well.

Li Ming shook his head and did not continue speculating.

There was no need to determine too clearly whether Myriad Dragon Emperor and Dragon Maiden were Red Dragon Ge Gu's descendants.

Even if they truly were descendants, they were separated by an unknown number of generations, and their bloodlines were thin.

Moreover, Myriad Dragon Emperor and Dragon Maiden played the roles of Ye Fan's enemies and villains in Shrouding the Heavens.

As for whether they were worth saving, Li Ming did not think that far ahead. He would decide when the time came.

After Myriad Dragon Emperor attained the Dao and became emperor, he never launched a Dark Turmoil throughout his life. Judging from that alone, his character was worthy of praise.

In the original work, Li Ming had found it somewhat regrettable that Myriad Dragon Emperor and Qilin Ancient Emperor, those two Ancient Emperors who had not launched a Dark Turmoil, had simply died.

Now that Li Ming had transformed into a Chaotic Body, his lifespan was abundant, and he had ample time to comprehend how to live out a new Lifetime.

He gained a little insight here, then immediately left.

Countless heavenly treasures and earthly materials shone brilliantly. There were treasures from this world as well as treasures from the Immortal Domain.

So many rare materials were truly priceless.

Moreover, they belonged to a Dragon Race Immortal King, so they were certainly extraordinary.

Among the treasures, Li Ming even saw a Divine Spring Water Vein shaped like a True Dragon. It radiated mysterious purple divine light, and the spring water flowing from it was even better than the water from the tenth level of Yaochi Holy Land.

Judging by the life force it emitted, it was even close to the medicinal liquid of an Ancient Medicine King, or perhaps the liquid of a half-divine medicine.

Li Ming also discovered a mysterious white jade, crystalline and translucent like ice and snow. He did not know what kind of mysterious material it was, but since it came from the Immortal Domain, it could not be inferior to the Nine Immortal Metals.

While sorting through these treasures, Li Ming discovered a mysterious scroll in surprise.

That mysterious immortal treasure firmly drew his gaze.

Li Ming waved his hand and grabbed it.

It was a mysterious scroll, crystal-clear and resplendent, as though condensed from the light of the sun, moon, and stars, radiating a sacred aura.

It was actually the Immortal Treasure Map from the original work!

The instant Li Ming grasped it, he immediately understood what an astonishing treasure it was.

Li Ming injected a trace of divine power into it, and the ancient scroll immediately underwent an astonishing change.

Starlike coordinates appeared on it. They were actually the coordinates of the Immortal Domain and the Strange World, along with terrain maps and a diagram of the Immortal Domain's entrance.

On the other side was a mysterious map of mountainous terrain.

More than ten thousand great dragons wound around a divine mountain, guarding it as though it were about to ascend to immortality.

It was actually Kunlun Mountain and a diagram of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.

Li Ming was startled.

"The Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains of Kunlun Mountain do not even exist yet. There is only Kunlun Mountain, yet the Immortal Treasure Map already depicts the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains!"

"Could it be that Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable deduced the design from this Immortal Treasure Map and recreated Kunlun Mountain's true appearance?"

The true Kunlun Mountain was actually joined with the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains to form the real Kunlun Mountain?

In the original text, this ancient scroll recorded the coordinates of the major universes in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, as well as the spatial coordinates of the Immortal Domain.

No matter what, he had never expected that such a topographical map had existed even before the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains appeared.

Moreover, this map seemingly came from the Immortal Domain.

Could it be that this map later fell into the hands of Emperor Zun or the Netherworld Venerable?

If I'm not mistaken, after Netherworld Emperor Duan De was resurrected, he should have attained the Dao and become supreme through Source Arts.

That mysterious Source Heaven Book should have been created during that Lifetime of his!

Only by understanding formations and the terrain of heaven and earth to a certain extent could one possibly create something so groundbreaking.

Other than Emperor Zun and the Netherworld Venerable, it was hard to imagine anyone else capable of creating such a thing.

Furthermore, the original text stated it very clearly: Emperor Zun and Duan De had jointly refined the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, causing countless life-bearing planets to become damaged and broken. The Great Dao became imperceptible, and some planets even became unsuitable for life.

Just like Mars, which had been destroyed and turned into a red desert.

Li Ming had yet to become an immortal, so the Immortal Treasure Map did not seem particularly useful to him.

Now that this thing had fallen into Li Ming's hands, would Kunlun Mountain still have the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains?

Would Emperor Zun and the Netherworld Venerable still join forces to create the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains?

After thinking it over, Li Ming carefully stored away the Immortal Treasure Map.

Perhaps it would come in handy someday.

When the time came, he might even be able to exchange it with Emperor Zun and the Netherworld Venerable for some strange but useful things.

After putting away the Immortal Treasure Map, Li Ming temporarily stored the yellow clay coffin as well.

Since he intended to use this thing for a future transformation, he had to keep a close watch on it.

If he left it here, the awakened Netherworld Venerable might steal it one day.

The terrain here was certainly important, but this coffin was the most crucial thing for the transformation.

Then Li Ming looked toward those heavenly treasures and earthly materials.

Looking at the mountain of treasures piled before him, Li Ming felt it was necessary to forge another weapon.

A supreme heavy weapon capable of shaking heaven and earth.

His gaze fell upon the old body stored within the Bronze Immortal Hall.

Ever since this old body had been placed inside the Bronze Immortal Hall and continuously received the mysterious baptism of the immortal path, Li Ming had paid it no attention.

Now, looking at the lifelike old body, after careful deliberation and deduction, he abandoned the idea of using Corpse Spirit Awakening on it.

Like Empress Numinous Treasure in the original text, he decided to refine this transformed old body into a Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.

When the original text described the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, it said that the old body of the Ruthless Empress had been used as clay, supplemented with countless rare materials, to forge the supreme Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.

Looking at the mountain of materials, Li Ming planned to fuse them with his own old body and forge them into a supreme Devouring Heaven Demon Jar as well.

A Devouring Heaven Demon Jar that belonged solely to Li Ming.

He acted as soon as he made up his mind.

Li Ming arrived at the Chaotic Dragon Nest. He intended to use the Nine-Colored Immortal Dao Divine Thunder here to forge the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.

With a thunderous boom, Li Ming's old body was taken out. Endless chaotic divine radiance bloomed from it, vigorous life force flowed through it, and immortal brilliance streamed forth.

The supreme power and Great Dao law and order contained within the Myriad Dragon Nest were drawn over by Li Ming and used as Great Dao Flame to temper those heavenly treasures and earthly materials, along with Li Ming's old body.

He would fuse them into one and transform them into a true Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.