Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

"This is a mausoleum?"

A look of horror also flashed through Gai Shi’s eyes. His pupils were a brilliant gold, as if flames burned within them.

This pair of eyes could see through many things!

Let alone mere clouds...

He could even see through an entire mountain peak.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled. He gave Gai Shi’s eyes a deep look before nodding. "It is indeed a mausoleum. A mausoleum that exists above the clouds!"

Cloud Summit Mausoleum!

It existed atop an unknown height of clouds, hidden at the peak of a vast, boundless sea of clouds.

As this mausoleum above the clouds slowly descended, fierce gales suddenly whipped up on the peak of the Celestial Burial Holy Mountain.

The howling winds shrieked, making one’s scalp tingle and body turn cold.

Flurries of white snow drifted between heaven and earth.

A bone-chilling cold current swept over them.

"The moment this Cloud Summit Mausoleum appeared, it was like the end of the world. This is just too terrifying!" an expert gulped frantically.

"The Icefield Race..." Another expert, trembling all over, shouted, "What in the world is this Cloud Summit Mausoleum? How can something so horrifying exist...?"

Faced with the Cloud Summit Mausoleum, many experts couldn’t help but feel their very souls tremble.

It was as if, facing this mysterious mausoleum, they were stripped bare, utterly exposed, and seen through completely.

Everyone turned to look at Zifeng Jun and Purple Wind Frost.

The Cloud Summit Mausoleum had already stopped in the Celestial Vault a hundred meters above the Holy Mountain. It was incomparably huge, its length and width both exceeding a hundred kilometers. Majestic and solemn, vast and mighty, it hung high in the sky like a Divine Island, looking down upon all living beings.

"Zifeng Jun, do you know the origin of this mausoleum?" Jiang Chen asked.

Purple Wind Frost’s pretty face turned pale. "I don’t know... I’ve never even heard of it..."

"The Cloud Summit Ancient Tomb... to think this thing actually exists!" Zifeng Jun muttered to himself, looking up at the behemoth. A horrified light flickered in his eyes.

Everyone looked toward Zifeng Jun.

This Cloud Summit Ancient Tomb was simply too bizarre.

Zifeng Jun took a deep breath, an uncertain and shocked expression in his eyes, and began to speak. "Back when my grandfather was still alive, I vaguely heard him mention... that in the Ancestral Land of our Icefield Race, there is a mausoleum that buries Divine Spirits. The Celestial Burial Divine Birds live in this mausoleum. They feed on the bodies of Divine Spirits and, protected by the glory of the gods, can guide the souls of the dead to ascend to the Nine Heavens. I thought it was just a legend back then, but I never expected it to be real..."

Everyone gasped.

’A mausoleum that buries Divine Spirits?’

’And the Celestial Burial Divine Birds actually feed on the bodies of Divine Spirits?’

What a terrifying existence!

RUMBLE!

As the ancient mausoleum continued its slow descent, expressions of shock, awe, and gravity appeared on everyone’s faces.

The aura emanating from the mausoleum was too immense and terrifying!

Even the Human King had to clench his teeth, unable to stop the True Essence in his body from surging wildly.

The Black Emperor in Jiang Chen’s arms clenched its fleshy wings, its eyes burning with greed. It trembled with excitement. "Jiang Chen, we have to get into that mausoleum! We must get inside!"

"Go inside?"

Jiang Chen was taken aback. "What’s in there?"

"I don’t know."

The Black Emperor swallowed hard, then said, "But this Emperor can feel that there’s a great opportunity hidden inside. As long as we get in, the rewards will definitely not be small. There’s an aura in there that excites this Emperor. I have a feeling that if I can obtain it, this Emperor can even recover to the Tier Five Beast King realm!"

"Tier Five Beast King?"

A glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

The Black Emperor never took the initiative to attack, but that didn’t stop Jiang Chen from knowing its power.

Back when it was merely at the Tier Two Demon Beast realm, it had used a Secret Technique to scare the Heavenly Destiny Realm Yun Jianshen into a panicked retreat.

And then there was that strange Devouring Space!

’If it recovers to the Tier Five Beast King realm, it will definitely be a great help to me!’

"Alright, I’ll find a way to get on that ancient mausoleum!" Jiang Chen said in a low voice.

"Mm!"

The Black Emperor’s eyes were filled with fervent heat.

It took a full three double-hours for the enormous ancient mausoleum to emerge completely from the pitch-black clouds. It was so vast that one couldn’t see its end.

One only knew that it lay sprawled across the Celestial Vault.

The bottom alone, which was all Jiang Chen and the others could see, was already as vast as an Imperial Capital capable of housing ten million people.

"It’s finally stopped!"

"Should we go up and take a look? There might be treasures!"

"Let’s go..."

A few experts licked their lips, their faces full of greed, as they soared into the air and flew toward the ancient mausoleum.

However, just as they neared the mausoleum, gray vines suddenly shot out from its underside. Each vine had a ferocious human face on it, baring its teeth. With the speed of a lightning strike, they wrapped around the few experts who were trying to fly toward the ancient mausoleum.

HISS!

With a slight twitch of the gray vines and a flash of bloody light, the experts’ blood and qi were completely devoured.

They were turned into desiccated corpses and fell from the sky.

"Hiss!"

Everyone gasped.

Among those few, the weakest had a cultivation of Union Palace Realm Third Stage, and the strongest was even at the Union Palace Realm Seventh Stage. Outside, they were all hegemons who dominated their own territories.

But before these gray vines, they were sucked dry in an instant.

Everyone’s gaze toward the massive mausoleum now held a deeper sense of awe. No one dared to cross the line again.

"How are we supposed to get up there now?"

"It seems the only way is to cooperate and resist those gray vines together!"

"That’s the only way!"

Immediately, the experts began to look for teammates to cooperate with.

Gai Shi looked at Jiang Chen. "Together?"

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have three friends with me!"

Gai Shi paused, glanced at Zhao Hongluan and the other two behind Jiang Chen, then nodded. "Then I’ll go on ahead!"

"Be careful!"

Jiang Chen warned.

Gai Shi nodded. Bathed in brilliant golden light, he shot up toward the sky, straight for the massive mausoleum that had descended through the clouds.

His speed was extremely fast. The Profound Weapon he used was a pair of knuckle dusters, and with each punch he threw, the void itself trembled.

The gray vines were completely unable to block his path!

Jiang Chen looked at Zifeng Jun and the other two, smiling. "Let’s set off as well!"

"Okay!"

The three of them nodded.

The group of four, plus the Black Emperor, flew toward the massive mausoleum in the void under Jiang Chen’s lead. Golden wings spread out from Jiang Chen’s back. As he flapped them, his speed was so astonishingly fast that it was even a notch quicker than Gai Shi’s.

RUSTLE!

Countless vines squirmed and lashed out toward Jiang Chen.

With a calm expression, Jiang Chen swung his Spirit-Slaying Sword through the air. A black Sword Aura, like a river of stars, hung across the sky.

Wherever the Sword Aura passed, the gray vines continuously burst apart.

Jiang Chen had forcefully carved a path with a single sword strike!

Jiang Chen grabbed Zhao Hongluan and the others, accelerating toward the top of the mausoleum.

After flying for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Jiang Chen finally passed through the barrier of gray vines and arrived at the ancient mausoleum that had emerged from the clouds.

The moment he landed on the ancient mausoleum, a vast and ancient aura washed over him from ahead, as if it came from time immemorial.

In the very center of the mausoleum was a massive stone stele.

The stele was pitch-black all over. On it were written four large, blood-red words, dripping with blood—Celestial Burial Demon Mausoleum!