Chapter 611: Demon Lord Unsealed
Just yesterday, while Jiang Li was preparing for the Myriad Worlds Exploration Festival and got kicked out by Commander Liu for being in the way, he received a system task.
[New Task Issued: Under Sword Sovereign’s guidance, you have found a hidden tomb left behind by the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox ten thousand years ago, containing the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s inheritance. The inheritance is placed within the coffin deep inside the tomb. Please explore the Tribulation Transcendence Stage tomb and open the coffin]
[This task can be abandoned]
[Task Rewards: One set of “Heavenly Fox Nine Transformations,” one random immortal’s personal notes, and activation of new function “Illusion Immunity”]
Jiang Li remembered the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s tomb. Previously, when helping Sword Sovereign escape from the Sword Tomb, Sword Sovereign had celebrated his freedom by seeing the little white fox on Qin Luan’s shoulder and gifted the location of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s tomb to the little white fox.
Jiang Li wasn’t particularly interested in the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s tomb. Seeing this task reminded him that Bai Hongtu had gone missing inside a coffin deep within a mountain cave in the Great Wei Dynasty.
Out of concern for his friend, he decided to go look for Bai Hongtu.
After all, the festival was about to begin.
This tomb was completed through the joint efforts of Jiang Li and Yu Yin – Jiang Li was responsible for finding the location, while Yu Yin handled the arrangements.
Worried that Bai Hongtu might feel lonely inside the coffin, Yu Yin drew some immortal beasts and created some terracotta soldiers to keep him company.
After arriving at the tomb, Jiang Li encountered two young cultivators digging around and decided to give them some opportunities.
Since they were participating in the important event of digging up Bai Hongtu, they deserved some rewards.
“Brother Mo Li, are you going to participate in the Myriad Worlds Exploration Festival?” The junior and senior disciples followed behind Jiang Li, feeling an inexplicable sense of security that made them let their guard down and discuss the major events happening in the Nine Provinces recently.
Everyone knew that Human Sovereign Jiang had obtained coordinates to the myriad heavens and worlds, allowing Nine Provinces cultivators to freely travel to other worlds, explore them, save them, and develop connections in other worlds.
Some smaller sects were eager to try – their highest cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul stage, giving them little presence in the Nine Provinces. This was a perfect opportunity to go to other worlds, spread their teachings, recruit good disciples, and strengthen their sects. If they could save a world or establish connections between another world and the Nine Provinces, the Human Sovereign Hall would even give them rewards.
Going to other worlds meant the unknown, meant opportunities – everyone was excited.
Even these junior disciples planned to follow their sect’s stewards on adventures to other worlds.
“Even if I don’t go, someone will probably force me to participate.” Jiang Li had a clear understanding of Commander Liu’s methods.
“What gains has your Corpse Driving Sect made in the Zombie World?”
At this question, the junior and senior disciples became animated: “We’ve gained tremendously! We no longer have to worry about corpse shortages, and we won’t have situations where several disciples share one corpse. The sect leader and elders have brought back several sixth-stage zombies, nearly doubling our sect’s top-tier combat power.”
“Right now, the sect leader and elders are organizing the things left behind by those interstellar civilizations as proof that these civilizations once existed.”
In the Zombie World, only the planet where Luo Ying and Luo Zhu resided had survived unscathed, while all other planets had fallen to the zombie crisis.
Suddenly, music began playing, like a song from the highest heavens, distant and lingering. At the same time, light appeared beneath their feet.
“Be careful, this is a trap left by the female demon. She excels in musical arts. Only by stepping on the lights according to the rhythm will we be safe.”
“If we miss the steps, we’ll suffer attacks of ten thousand arrows piercing our hearts.”
The three danced along with the music, hopping and skipping, passing through the trap with fright but no harm.
“What a vicious female demon.” The senior disciple panted heavily from jumping. A few jumps weren’t particularly strenuous, but he feared making mistakes and getting pierced by ten thousand arrows.
He was panting from fear.
“Indeed vicious.” Jiang Li agreed, though there was actually no trap at all – he was just teasing the two youngsters. He had deliberately missed several steps, but nothing happened.
Under Jiang Li’s leadership, what was originally a safe tomb became extremely thrilling. The junior and senior disciples tread as if on thin ice, fearing that one careless move would cost them their lives.
“Be careful, this is the female demon’s method…”
“Be careful, this is the male demon’s method…”
“Be careful, this is the aftermath of the male and female demons battling…”
The junior and senior disciples were like birds startled by the mere twang of a bow, even worrying that a random rock might have explosive runes left by the male demon.
“Stop!” Jiang Li halted the two.
“Another trap?”
“No, this should be an opportunity.”
At the entrance to the innermost chamber of the tomb rested a treasure chest.
With a grave expression, Jiang Li carefully opened the treasure chest and retrieved the treasure.
The junior and senior disciples curiously peered over and exclaimed in surprise: “It’s actually the long-lost Qi Observation Technique!”
“And cultivation methods!”
Jiang Li flipped through the methods and said seriously: “These are complementary cultivation methods for the Qi Observation Technique, allowing cultivation up to the Unity Stage. The Qi Observation Technique and these methods should be used together. Why don’t you two take these treasures?”
Although the junior and senior disciples wanted the treasures, they knew this was Jiang Li’s accomplishment: “Brother Mo Li, if not for you on this journey, we would have died in the traps long ago. By all rights, these treasures should go to you.”
Jiang Li thought for a moment and said: “How about this – there should be more treasures ahead. You two take these two treasures, and if we encounter more later, they’ll go to me. How does that sound?”
“Agreed.”
The three pushed open the stone door and finally reached the deepest part of the tomb.
Seeing the coffin, the junior and senior disciples held their breath, unable to believe their eyes.
A coffin floated in mid-air, inhaling and exhaling chaos energy, ancient and mysterious, as if speaking of great secrets from antiquity, or complaining about the Heavenly Dao’s injustice, wondering why it had lost to that female demon.
Yellow talisman paper was pasted on the coffin, bearing the six characters: “Om, Ma, Ni, Pad, Me, Hum.”
Most crucially, the coffin’s appearance was that of Human Sovereign Jiang!
But how could this be? This was a twenty-thousand-year-old seal, placed by a female demon from the Immortal Realm – it shouldn’t have any connection to Human Sovereign Jiang.
Wait, could it be that Human Sovereign Jiang traveled back twenty thousand years to the Immortal Realm and helped the female demon seal the male demon?
Considering all the legends about Human Sovereign Jiang, the junior and senior disciples thought this was entirely possible.
Something as trivial as the River of Time posed no difficulty for Human Sovereign Jiang.
At that moment, a deep, demonic voice came from the coffin: “I am the Great White Heaven King, leader of the Demon Sect. Fated one, come forward and recite ‘Om Ma Ni Pad Me Hum’ with a devout heart to help me break this seal.”
“If you help me break the seal, I will appoint you as deputy leader of the Demon Sect.”
The voice carried a magical quality that made listeners instinctively feel he was lying.
The junior and senior disciples shuddered: “A body giving birth to spirit – the demon’s corpse has developed intelligence!”
Thinking of the female demon’s sturdy seal, they quickly lost their fear: “Release you to harm the world? Don’t even think about it!”
“Our Nine Provinces has Human Sovereign Jiang – the very image of the coffin sealing you! He dominates the world, even the Outer Realm Demons are no match for him. Even if you come out, your only fate will be suppression by Human Sovereign Jiang!”
The demon lord laughed coldly repeatedly: “Human Sovereign Jiang? A petty, scheming nobody – why should I fear him? Let him show himself and see me defeat him in one move!”
Seeing that the two youngsters wouldn’t help break the seal, the demon lord controlled the coffin, making it stand upright.
The coffin bore Jiang Li’s appearance, creating an indescribably bizarre scene.
“Hah, a defeated subordinate of Human Sovereign Jiang dares to be so arrogant.”
Jiang Li threw the two youngsters out, then strode forward toward the coffin: “I am from the Human Sovereign Hall, sent by Human Sovereign Jiang’s order to suppress the demon lord! This place is dangerous – you two leave first!”
The two were thrown outside the cave, extremely worried about Jiang Li’s safety.
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“I say, now that the two youngsters are gone, shouldn’t you help me open the lid?”
“You can’t open it yourself? I didn’t seal the coffin shut.” Jiang Li raised an eyebrow, looking completely unconcerned.
“Huh? Then why can’t I open it… Wait, I get it – you made the coffin with a sliding lid!”
Bai Hongtu felt his intelligence had been insulted. Furious, he slid the coffin lid open and climbed out.
“Whose idea was this?!”
…
Jiang Li emerged from the cave, looking exhausted as if after an intense battle: “The demon lord has been slain by me. I still need to handle cleanup. You two should go to the Human Sovereign Hall to participate in the festival first.”
The junior and senior disciples thanked Jiang Li profusely before hurrying to the Human Sovereign Hall.