Chapter 123: Barge Into Forbidden Zone, The Old Man’s Conditions

The Volcano of No Death.

This was where the ancient phoenix line lived.

The man barged into the fiery hot lava and faced the golden phoenix resting on the Chinese parasol tree.

He spoke softly, “I seek the phoenix clan’s true rebirth technique.”

A battle to the death began.

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Along the shore of the ancient galaxy.

The man came to a place among the ancient planets. He faced the middle-aged man whose might reached the heavens and spoke calmly.

“I seek the unfading spiritual light of the stars.”

A battle to the death began.

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The Northern Undead Barbarian Clan.

A woman with unparalleled beauty stood before the man.

“I see the secret youthfulness technique of the Undead Clan.”

A battle to the death began.

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In the immortal grounds in the midst of the long river of time.

An old Daoist with the aura of an immortal stood in front of the man.

“I’ve come to take away that spiritual root that has always grown in these immortal grounds.”

A battle to the death began.

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Scene after scene flashed in the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

Each time a new scene appeared, Gu Changqing’s facial hair would grow denser.

He looked very disheveled, nothing like the man who would eventually become the mighty Heavenly Emperor who could suppress the world.

Only those eyes of his remained as resolutely bright as ever.

He carried that bronze coffin and kept traversing the world. He walked into forbidden areas, barged into immortal grounds, searched for hidden powerful clans…

Time flew by and nobody knew how long it had been…

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Outside the mirror.

The cultivators stared at the man in the mirror with moved expressions on their faces.

“That sort of bronze is able to ensure that a body does not rot, but it’s very hard to find any.”

“There is a bronze ancient coffin in this world, but I didn’t know that it was actually made by the Heavenly Emperor back then.”

A cultivator sighed quietly, “I did hear about the legend of the man who carried a coffin on his back, but it never crossed my mind that the person traversing the world with that coffin would turn out to be the Heavenly Emperor.”

“I’ve heard of that legend before too. The man who carried the coffin traveled a lot of places.”

“Inside that coffin was the woman he loved. He traveled the world searching for a way to bring her back to life.”

“Legend has it that this man barged into a lot of forbidden zones and immortal grounds, taking away a lot of powerful immortal clans’ divine medicine and herbs that were very important to them.”

“And that’s why a lot of these powerful clans hate this man so much.”

“But it was too bad. This man was extremely capable and mighty, so he was able to steamroll these families and made it hard for them to even raise their heads!”

“The legend of the man who carried a coffin was no secret among a lot of these families. The man became famous for a while, but later on, nobody heard anything about him anymore.”

“Some said that he found a way to revive his beloved. Others said that he died in a dangerous forbidden zone.”

“Either way, I would never have thought that the man who was famous during that time, the man who made it hard for those powerful clans to even lift their heads, the man who carried that coffin on his back – I would have never thought it was the Heavenly Emperor.”

“And the woman in that coffin actually turned out to be the Unorthodox Empress.”

Several cultivators were moved by this story.

The man who carried a coffin on his back at that time was a man full of sentimentalism and loyalty. For the sake of his beloved, he traveled all over the world.

Even though many clans and immortal lands came to hate him greatly, in reality, many of them also admired this man.

But the Heavenly Emperor was someone who massacred whole groups and was a cruel, violent and unfeeling man.

Everyone found it really hard to put these two characters together.

The face of the man blessed by the heavens, Ye Chen, was grim.

He didn’t expect the legendary man who carried that coffin to be the Heavenly Emperor.

Those forbidden zones, those immortal grounds, were extremely perilous. So many ancient, powerful beings lurked in there, accumulating power since time immemorial.

Even he wouldn’t dare to barge into forbidden zones at his current stage. He was afraid he would suffer curses.

But the Heavenly Emperor had barged into countless forbidden zones and immortal grounds…

Compared to what the Heavenly Emperor had done, the man blessed by the heavens that led an alliance of thousands of clans to defeat the Heavenly Emperor seemed to be worth even less than a dog.

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Inside the mirror.

Gu Changqing barged into the core of yet another forbidden zone.

Within the spiritual fog that wafted calmly around him, what was awaiting him was not another terrifying battle to the death.

Instead, it was the remnant of a soul.

It was an old man. His body floated, as though he was about to disappear into the universe.

Except that the surroundings of this remnant was filled with a terrifying aura.

It was clear that before he turned into a remnant of a soul, this old man had been an extremely terrifying being.

“This forbidden zone does not contain what you want.”

The old man spoke calmly as he stood proudly between the mountain peaks surrounded by spiritual fog.

His gaze carried some helplessness and pain.

Gu Changqing had swept through countless forbidden zones and so many precious items and resources had been taken by force within moments. So even though this old man was hidden in such a secluded place and never left or had contact with the outside world, he had clearly also heard about how terrifying this man with a coffin on his back was.

The old man was an ancient being who used to defeat countless powerful enemies, a forbidden zone divine soul that made even the mightiest cultivators avoid fighting. Yet he seemed so meek in front of a junior.

“When I barged into this ancient forbidden zone back then, I was able to crush all my mighty foes. Unfortunately I also ended up getting injured in the process and had to lose my physical body.”

“Over these millennia, I’m only left with this remnant of my soul. It’s only kept alive by staying in this place filled with spiritual qi. I have to keep drinking and absorbing the thick qi and resources of this zone to make sure the remnant doesn’t die.”

“But now, I’ve consumed all the resources here. I will also disappear from this place soon.”

As if he sensed that this young man didn’t believe him, the old man moved aside and explained, “If you don’t believe me, you can look around. Any resources that were here have all been consumed by me.”

Gu Changqing ignored the old man and just stood there as he quietly stared at the remnant of a soul.

The old man continued, “I’ve heard about you. This forbidden zone really doesn’t have what you want. But I can tell you where to find what you want.”

Gu Changqing’s eyes immediately blazed with a divine glow.

He still remained silent as he stared fixedly at the old man.

“But.”

The old man went on, “I want three parts of your heart’s refined blood. That’s the only way I won’t end up disappearing in no time.”

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Outside the mirror.

The expressions of the cultivators shifted dramatically.

When they heard that the old man knew where to find something that could revive Bai Qing’er, their eyes lit up.

But when they heard the old man also say that he wanted the Heavenly Emperor’s blood, they immediately started cursing and swearing.

“His heart’s refined blood! That’s the foundation of a cultivator! Even a drop of that will cause a huge fall in one’s vigor and aura, and will take many years off one’s life, never mind three parts!”