The tomb had no name either, but judging from its scale alone, its master had clearly been no ordinary figure.
Beneath the Star Sand Soil stood a great gate made of Lihe Wood.
Lihe Wood came from the Acacia Tree, but such trees had gone extinct as early as the Barbaric Era.
Places where Lihe Wood could still be seen were likely limited to these ancient ruins.
Xu Zimo walked up to the great gate and saw an ancient image carved upon it.
It depicted a figure, though it had already become somewhat blurred.
The figure held a long halberd and wore a blue garment woven with golden sand threads. His eyes were hollow and devoid of light, while long blue hair spilled loose over his shoulders.
Just as Xu Zimo placed both hands upon the great gate, a powerful force flung him away.
Immediately afterward, the entire area around the tomb began to quake.
The earth split apart, the irregular tombs around them crumbled, and howling yin winds swept through the graveyard.
The Divine Emperor said calmly, "You have triggered the tomb's restriction."
"A restriction?" Xu Zimo asked.
"That's right. Every tomb here has its own restriction. It is a form of protection for the deceased."
The Divine Emperor explained, "To enter the tomb, you must first destroy its restriction."
Xu Zimo looked around.
He saw pairs of hands pushing aside the upper layer of soil atop the burial mounds, crawling out from underground.
This larger tomb was like the king of the land within a kilometer.
Once its restriction had been triggered, all the smaller tombs around it began to tremble as well.
The beings crawling out of those smaller tombs were all related to the cultivation they had possessed in life.
Those with low cultivation had now