Immortal Martial Emperor

Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin!

A grand burial method that existed only in legends.

Generally speaking, only Heaven and Earth Venerables, invincible experts, were worthy of a Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin burial.

After all, the Dragon Race was incredibly powerful and an exceptionally unified people. Ordinarily, anyone who dared to use any part of a powerful Dragon Race member for the Refining of a Primordial Weapon would be hunted down by the entire Dragon Race.

Therefore...

To slay nine members of the Dragon Race and refine them into puppets to pull a coffin, one needed the power to make the Dragon Race not dare to retaliate.

Such power could only be possessed by an expert who was a true Demon Fiend!

Clearly, the one lying within this Ice Blue Copper Coffin was an absolute peak expert, stronger than anyone Hong Yu had ever seen before!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Ice Blue Copper Coffin shook the heavens and the earth. Wherever it passed, the void shattered.

The rumbling sound was nearly comparable to Thunder.

Streams of the Great Dao’s power gathered, forming a Dao melody so powerful it made one’s heart tremble. It echoed between heaven and earth, surging violently and shaking one’s Heart Spirit.

With the appearance of the Ice Blue Copper Coffin, a sky-piercing melody seemed to play throughout the world.

The Dao trembled, the Origin went mad.

All things in the universe seemed to be cheering and celebrating.

BUZZ!

The nine Cold Ice Nether Dragons were stiff, but their hollow, blood-red eyes emanated an icy aura. Their sharp, fearsome Tusks were even more terrifying.

Their claws, like forged steel, were comparable to the highest-grade Primordial Weapons.

The nine Cold Ice Nether Dragons, each over two hundred meters long, slowly flew up. But instead of pulling the Ice Blue Copper Coffin away through the void, they brought it to a slow halt right in front of Hong Yu and Xu Wudi.

It hovered in midair.

HISS!

Xu Wudi sucked in a sharp breath, his body frozen stiff.

Hong Yu was slightly better off. After all, with the Shelter of his Infinite Golden Core and Star River Spirit Bone, his resistance to this oppressive might was much stronger.

Even so, Hong Yu nearly fell into a daze.

He bit the tip of his tongue, using the sharp pain to keep himself one hundred percent clear-headed and vigilant.

’To actually encounter something as terrifying as the legendary Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin... I don’t know if I should be celebrating my luck or cursing my misfortune!’

Huhu, on the other hand, was the most direct of them all.

With a flash, it dove straight into the Profound Celestial Tower.

Inside the tower’s space, Little One was lounging on a recliner, fiddling with his Big Smoking Pipe.

Suddenly seeing Huhu scramble back in a panic, whooshing over to him and clinging tightly to his leg, Little One was stunned. He then glared and snapped, "Damn it, who bullied you? Tell me, and I... I’ll have Hong Yu get even for you!"

Although Huhu was always trying to steal his things, for Little One, who had been lonely for countless ages, it added a certain spice to life.

The two of them were actually incredibly close!

Seeing Huhu looking so terrified, he immediately asked what was wrong.

Huhu hugged Little One’s leg and refused to let go, burying its head against his thigh and pointing a furry paw outside.

"Outside?"

Little One paused, took a puff from his Smoking Pipe, and exhaled a plume of smoke that coalesced into a mirror-like image.

When he saw the massive scene of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, even the worldly and knowledgeable Little One was stunned for a moment. "Holy crap, Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin? Ma Le Gobi! Someone in this world actually still dares to use such a taboo burial method?"

Little One’s gaze swept right past the nine Cold Ice Nether Dragons.

In his own words: ’I don’t even give a damn about Celestial Dragons, so why would I care about these Sub-dragons that just have a bit of Dragon Race bloodline?’

The image in the mirror settled on the Ice Blue Copper Coffin.

Little One’s expression faltered. "An Ice Blue Copper Coffin? Th-this is an Ice Blue Copper Coffin? My heavens, how can something like this exist? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible... My master once said that in this world, only the Ice and Snow Goddess Clan could create an Ice Blue Copper Coffin. Could this be the Ice and Snow Goddess?"

Realization dawned on Little One. "That’s it, it must be. Back then, it was rumored that the entire Ice and Snow Goddess Clan was annihilated. But some powerful experts also claimed that, like some other vanished races, the Ice and Snow Goddess Clan was taken by a mysterious expert and sealed within a Treasure for Refining."

"Does that mean this Ice Tower is that Treasure? But if that’s true, how did the Ice Tower end up here?"

"I don’t get it, I just don’t understand..."

Extremely vexed, Little One sent a mental transmission to Hong Yu. "Hong Yu, find a way to get inside that Ice Blue Copper Coffin!"

Hong Yu, who was in the middle of his dilemma, was taken aback when he suddenly heard Little One’s words. He replied in frustration, "You want me to go in there? We don’t even know what’s inside..."

"Young man, fortune favors the bold! This Ice Blue Copper Coffin might be connected to the secret of a powerful race’s destruction! Besides, if it wanted to harm you, it would have crushed you to death the moment it arrived!"

Little One cajoled, "Don’t blame me for not telling you, but since they had the ability to create a Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, there’s bound to be plenty of burial goods inside that Ice Blue Copper Coffin. The greatest Treasure in the first seven layers of the entire Ice Tower is most likely inside that coffin!"

Hong Yu was taken aback.

’What do I need most right now?’

’Besides time, it’s increasing my strength as quickly as possible.’

’And the best way to increase my strength is, naturally, to obtain more resources and Treasures!’

"Fortune favors the bold. I’ll risk it!"

Hong Yu nodded fiercely.

Almost at the exact moment the thought of entering the Ice Blue Copper Coffin formed in his mind, a ripple-like blue halo suddenly emanated from it. The halo instantly enveloped Hong Yu and Xu Wudi, and the two of them vanished from where they stood.

The next moment, they found themselves inside the Ice Blue Copper Coffin.

Compared to its ancient and heavy appearance from the outside, the inside of the Ice Blue Copper Coffin was incredibly warm. The space wasn’t particularly large, measuring thirty-six meters in length and width, but its height was a full forty-nine meters!

It secretly corresponded to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang and the great Dao truth of the Great Divination Number fifty, lacking one!

"Look, there are some murals here!" Xu Wudi tugged on Hong Yu’s sleeve.

Glancing to the side, he saw that there were indeed many murals on the surrounding walls. At the beginning, the murals were very crisp and clean. But further on, the brushstrokes and every engraved line became hesitant and stagnant, filled with a sense of despair and unwillingness.

Without even looking at the content, one could feel the artist’s initial anger and fury transform into final helplessness and despair just from the style of the paintings.

After a quick scan, Hong Yu began to study them carefully, starting from the first mural.

As he focused, Hong Yu found himself unknowingly immersed in the story depicted in the murals. Everything around him underwent a miraculous change.

He was no longer inside the Ice Blue Copper Coffin, but in a strange land.

Here, birds sang and flowers bloomed. It was exceptionally prosperous, with towering and majestic cities.

In the center of the city, an exceptionally huge palace stood upon the land, like a towering peak that had descended from the heavens, or like a Celestial Palace of the Deities that had fallen to the mortal world.

In a quiet courtyard, a beautiful woman in fine clothes stood silently. Her belly was slightly swollen; she was clearly pregnant.

Not far in front of her, a stately man in Golden Battle Armor approached with a Dragon Walk and Tiger Stride.

The stately man carried a powerful Evil Qi, as if a single glance from him could take countless lives. But as he approached the beautiful woman, his aura rapidly retracted. By the time he stood before her, he had become plain and ordinary.

No longer a Commander, no longer a king, no longer a merciless Demon who killed without batting an eye.

The two of them were talking, but it was impossible to know what they were saying.

However, it was clear that they seemed to be having a dispute.

After a long time, the man flicked his sleeves and departed.

He had once again resumed his cold demeanor. Clad in his Golden Armor, he tore through the void to leave, where an army of tens of millions waited outside the city.

As the man in Golden Armor departed via Void Escape.

The beautiful woman watched the vast army depart, her eyes filled with helplessness and bitterness, as if resentful that the man had abandoned her.

Here, the scene changed abruptly. Even within the Illusion Realm, it was still filled with frenzied anger and resentment.

In the void...

The beautiful woman was standing in the sunlight, gently stroking her swollen belly.

At that moment, the void suddenly shattered, and a head tumbled down. The beautiful woman stared, dumbfounded. It was her husband’s severed head.

The beautiful woman looked into the distance with fury. A dense horde of powerful experts descended from the sky—there were members of the Snow Ape Race, the Flame Race, and many other powerful races and experts.

It was the powerful members of the races from the first to the sixth layers, launching a counterattack.

Having lost the middle-aged man in Golden Armor, the beautiful woman became the leader of this Seventh Layer. She led her people to counterattack, defend, and resist the attacks and slaughter from the experts of the first six layers.

There was no telling how long this battle lasted.

It continued until the beautiful woman was utterly exhausted. At that point, the six strongest experts on the enemy side challenged her to a final, decisive battle.

The beautiful woman looked down at her unborn child, at the ruined city, and at her people, of whom not even one in ten thousand remained. Her eyes revealed despair and ferocity.

Looking down at her high, swollen belly, the beautiful woman’s voice was surprisingly joyous and light, her gaze filled with tenderness as she whispered, "My poor child, you have lost your father before you were even born. Now, our entire race is on the verge of extinction. I don’t want you to suffer the same fate. Even if you were born now, you would not be able to escape death."

"But don’t you worry. Mother will absolutely not let anyone harm you!"

"Even if the heavens and earth collapse, even if a Venerable descends, no one will be able to harm you!"

The beautiful woman sighed faintly and slowly turned to enter the depths of the palace.

The final, decisive battle finally began...

A sword-wielding expert was mercilessly slaughtering her people. The beautiful woman, besieged by the six great experts, struck out with a palm filled with rage. It shattered the sky, collapsed the earth, and obliterated the sword-wielding expert.

But she herself was also gravely injured. At the brink of life and death, the beautiful woman suddenly plunged into an emerald lake.

From the lake, nine Cold Ice Nether Dragons burst forth, pulling a massive Ice Blue Copper Coffin as they soared into the sky. The beautiful woman was covered in blood, grievously wounded and on the verge of death.

She swept her cold gaze over all her enemies, took a deep breath, and a voice filled with venomous hatred echoed through the world: "You want to kill my husband and me, and I have no objection, because it was my husband who invaded you first. However, you refuse to give my child a chance to live. In that case, don’t blame me for what I’m about to do!"

The moment her voice fell, the beautiful woman suddenly rushed into the Ice Blue Copper Coffin.

An immense blue light erupted, obscuring the entire sky.

Within this blue light, all the experts were annihilated, their Souls shattered, and they were ultimately devoured by the Ice Blue Copper Coffin.

BOOM!

The Illusion Realm shattered, and everything returned to calm.

Hong Yu exchanged a complicated look with Xu Wudi.

Xu Wudi’s eyes were already filled with tears. "That woman... how pitiful!"

"She was great!"

Hong Yu took a deep breath. A mother’s love knows no bounds. This woman had fought against powerful enemies for her husband and her people.

But for her child, she was willing to sacrifice her own people!

This love was selfish, yet it was also infinite, boundless, and without end!

"In this world, perhaps only a mother’s or father’s love is given to their children with no expectation of reward," Hong Yu sighed softly. "It’s just a pity that her child’s final fate was to be annihilated along with her in the long river of time."

As if in response to Hong Yu’s words, which had touched upon some kind of taboo.

From within the Ice Blue Copper Coffin, two cold, sharp gazes that could pierce a person’s heart suddenly shot out...