My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1264

Chapter 1264: The Corpse in the Coffin

 

Qingfeng Li stepped on the ground lightly, afraid that he might make noise that the people in front of him would hear.

Qingfeng Li took his crew to move forward quickly, and arrived to where the fight was taking place in a short moment.

A large expanse of empty ground appeared in the front, more than ten thousands meters squared in area.

In the middle of the empty ground lied a coffin. The coffin was black, three meters long, and one meter wide.

On the cover of the black coffin, there were different patterns engraved. There were demonic beasts, mountains, plants, and a variety of black textures, which appeared rather evil and strange.

Many self-cultivator gathered around the coffin, including Linger Yao, the Old Monster of the North Sea, the South Pole Spirit King, White-Brow Daoist Master, the Void Monk, and many other self-cultivators. As many as two hundreds people filled the entire space.

The sound of battling from earlier, was from the fight between Linger Yao and the Void Monk.

“Demonic woman, the coffin belongs to us, the Orthodox forces. It has nothing to do with you unorthodox cultivators,” the Void Monk smirked while carrying his Demon-suppressing Bowl.

Linger Yao’s mouth twitched and she said, “Who said that the person inside the coffin was a orthodox self-cultivator? He might have been a unorthodox self-cultivator, or maybe he was a demonic emperor.”

Linger Yao and the Void Monk were arguing against each other, and no one could be persuaded by the other.

In another direction, the Old Monster of the North Sea, the South Pole Spirit King, and White-Brow Daoist Master were also fighting over the right of control of the coffin.

This coffin belonged to a Spirit Emperor Realm Master, and his life’s treasures were hidden in the coffin, along with a Spirit Emperor Level Technique.

Qingfeng Li had sharp and accurate senses, and he could slightly feel the peculiarity of the coffin.

Think about it, here was the Spirit Emperor Cave, if there was a corpse of a Spirit Emperor Realm Master, then he would certainly cared about his “bone burying ground” very much (where they buried his body). Why would he let people easily find his coffin, everything was going too smoothly…

“Let’s back off for now, stand away,” Qingfeng Li said to Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin, and they both backed off.

“Big Brother Li, why aren’t we fighting for the treasure inside,” Flower Fairy frowned and asked Qingfeng.

Qingfeng explained, “Something’s wrong about this coffin. It might not be the Spirit Emperor Realm Master that was buried inside. It’s better for us to stay away from it.”

Black Puppy nodded, “I also detect a sense of danger from inside the coffin.”

All the other self-cultivators were fighting over the black coffin, everyone attacked each other. Long swords, giant blades, and steel maces collided with each other in the air and created ferocious sparks.

Cracks appeared in the surroundings, all formed due to the strong vital essence energy colliding around it.

Even though everyone’s attacks were powerful, it was as if there was a protective light veil over the cave to prevent the energies from being released to the outside. The cave was not actually being destroyed.

While everyone was fighting, the lid of the black coffin moved slightly, very lightly that only Qingfeng Li noticed it.

That was because Qingfeng Li had been observing the black coffin while no one else was.

There were movements in the coffin?

Qingfeng Li frowned, and a surprised look appeared in his eyes.

Only dead people would be buried in coffins, so there should not be any movement.

But the lid of the coffin just moved, which meant there was a living being inside.

Pzi!

Once again, the black lid on top of the coffin moved a little to the side, the distance it moved was longer than last time, as far as one finger.

Qingfeng Li held his breath, and stared at the lid of the black coffin.

A purplish black finger stretched out from the gap of the black coffin.

This black finger was as black as ink, with a long fingernail, and it gave off a cold and deep light. It was obviously a legendary evil monster.

“Puppy, can you tell what that is?” Qingfeng Li stood in the back, looking serious, and asked Black Puppy beside him.

Black Puppy nodded, “Qingfeng Li, if I’m not mistaken, it should be an zombie emperor; an undead corpse that was formed after a Spirit Emperor Realm master died.”

Upon hearing the black puppy’s words, Qingfeng Li’s face changed greatly, and shock flashed across his eyes. A zombie emperor had appeared.

He knew that some powerful self-cultivators did not want to accept their fate after dying, so they would save their last breath, and make their corpse mutate so that they could have a chance of coming back to life in the future.

Of course, the resurrected self-cultivators were no longer their old selves; they became zombie cultivators, which were in between life and death.

“Linger Yao, back off. It is dangerous around the coffin,” Qingfeng Li’s face changed, and he yelled at Linger Yao, who was fighting in the front.

Upon hearing Qingfeng Li’s words, Linger Yao’s face changed. She stomped on the ground, backed off as fast as a lighting bolt, and left the coffin area in a moment.

Linger Yao had an instinctive trust to Qingfeng Li, since this man was acknowledged by the Demonic Peacock Empress.

Think about it, a man that was acknowledged by the Demonic Peacock Express must have something extraordinary about him.

Boom!

As soon as Linger Yao left the coffin area, there was a thud, and the lid on the coffin was opened. A black man sat up in the coffin.

To be specific he was not a man, but a corpse, and indeed a black corpse.

The black corpse had a similar appearance to a human, but his whole body was as black as ink, with long and thin fingernails. His face looked gloomy, and his eyes gave off a dark light, which was different from normal human.

“A zombie emperor! A zombie emperor that resurrected!” Upon seeing this corpse, Linger Yao’s face changed greatly, and she said with a shocked voice.

Even though Linger Yao was strong, she was only a half-step King Realm master, which was very different from an actual King Realm master.

Upon seeing the corpse that sat up in the coffin, the self-cultivators around all changed their faces, they backed off and tried to escape.

But it was too late. The zombie emperor would certainly not let them to escape.

The right claw of the zombie emperor suddenly swung forward, with changed into a giant black claw engulfed in a dark black light, and clawed onto more than ten self-cultivators. The attack was so powerful that the bodies of those self-cultivators exploded and disappear into pieces.

These normal self-cultivators were no match for the zombie emperor.

The Old Monster of the North Sea’s face changed and he wanted to run, but the zombie emperor stretched out his right hand and smacked him, which broke one arm of the Old Monster of the North Sea right away.

The Old Monster of the North Sea was sent into the air, letting out a scream and spitting out some blood.

Fortunately, the zombie emperor was sitting inside the coffin instead of standing, or else the Old Monster of the North Sea would have been dead by now.

“Qingfeng Li, thank you so much. If it wasn’t for you, then I would be in danger now,” upon seeing the Old Monster of the North Sea so severely injured, Linger Yao said to Qingfeng Li.

Linger Yao was standing beside the Old Monster of the North Sea, and she was the closest to the coffin. If Qingfeng Li did not tell her to back off, the one that was severely injured now would have been her.

Chapter 1265: The Powerful Zombie Emperor

 

“You are welcome. The Zombie Emperor is powerful, and you must be careful,” Qingfeng said to Linger Yao with a wave of his hand.

Puchi, puchi, puchi…

The Zombie Emperor raised his right hand, which transformed into a black claw and killed all the surrounding self-cultivators within a few moments.

The blood flowed from the bodies of the self-cultivators into the coffin and was absorbed by the Zombie Emperor.

The Zombie Emperor grew stronger after absorbing all the black blood and stood up slowly.

His lower body had been rotten, but it grew new flesh with the energy it absorbed from the self-cultivators’ blood.

The 200 lower level self-cultivators nearby were all slaughtered by the Zombie Emperor, who then sucked all the blood from their bodies. It was a terrifying sight.

Only the Old Monster of the North Sea, the South Pole Spirit King, White-Brow Daoist master and the Void Monk remained alive since they were half-step Spirit Emperor Realm Masters.

Of course, Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy, Xianzhi Qin and Black Puppy were also among the survivors.

With a frown, Qingfeng Li found the Zombie Emperor looked the same as the fierce thing in the stone wall.

It meant that the evil monster it had just killed was a clone of the Zombie Emperor.

Qingfeng Li’s expression changed sharply at the thought. He knew that the Zombie Emperor would not forgive him for killing his clone.

As he predicted, the Zombie Emperor looked toward Qingfeng Li, eyes full of the thirst for blood and murderous thoughts.

The Zombie Emperor had recognized Qingfeng Li through the eyes of his clone that had just been killed.

“You dared to kill my clone? I will kill you today,” the Zombie Emperor sneered, a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

He whipped out his right hand abruptly, which transformed into a huge black claw and slammed toward Qingfeng Li. Shattering the air wherever it went, the claw was upon Qinfeng Li’s head instantly.

The Zombie Emperor was so quick that Qingfeng Li had absolutely no time to react.

At this critical moment, Linger Yao at his side pushed out her right hand abruptly which turned into a huge palm and collided with the black claw of the Zombie Emperor.

The collision formed a black vortex above Qingfeng Li’s head.

Qingfeng Li could feel the energy of the vortex spreading outward and leaving countless spiderweb-like cracks on its way.

The ground collapsed while the rocks on it were shattered.

The ground where Qingfeng Li stood on had sunken so much that both his knees had been implanted into the earth.

The force from the collision of the two strong fighters suppressed his body so much that he couldn’t even lift his head.

Qingfeng Li circulated the |Mortal Purgatory Body Technique and formed a strong energy wave which turned his skin golden. It helped him withstand the pressure from the Spirt Emperor Realm super fighters.

Qingfeng Li’s skin was as hard as metal and even blades and swords couldn’t pierce it.

But some cracks appeared in his skin under the powerful pressure of the Spirit Emperor Realm level master. Blood oozed from the cracks and covered his whole body in red.

Pale-faced, Qingfeng Li grimaced at the sharp pains in his body. It felt as if he was being sliced by thousands of blades.

It was fortunate for Qingfeng Li that Linger Yao had blocked the attack from the Zombie Emperor for him. Otherwise he would have been shattered by the strike.

Deng! Deng! Deng! Deng!

Linger Yao retreated four steps. Pale-faced, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

As a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter, Linger Yao was absolutely no match for the Zombie Emperor.

At this sight, the Old Monster of the North Sea, the South Pole Spirit King, the Void Monk, and White-Brow Daoist Master turned and ran out of the cave. They obviously didn’t want to die here.

Seeing their escape, Qingfeng Li was speechless. The so-called seniors in the self-cultivation world now ran faster than rabbits in the face of danger.

Qingfeng Li wanted to run, too, but he couldn’t since he had been targeted by the Zombie Emperor, who had placed him on the first of his killing list.

“Linger Yao, you’d better run. You are no match of the Zombie Emperor,” Qingfeng Li said to Linger Yao standing at his side.

Qingfeng Li was grateful to Linger Yao since she had saved him several times. He didn’t want Linger Yao to be killed by the Zombie Emperor all because of him.

Linger Yao shook her head and said, “I won’t go. You were selected by the Demonic Peacock Empress and I won’t let you die here.”

Qingfeng Li didn’t know that the Demonic Peacock Empress was the pillar of the Demonic Dao and was revered by all self-cultivators.

Since the young man was acknowledged by the Demonic Peacock Empress, Linger Yao will try her best to protect him.

When Qingfeng Li saw that Linger Yao wouldn’t leave, he didn’t pursue the topic. He then turned to his people and said, “Flower Fairy, Xianzhi Qin, Black Puppy, you get out of the cave now.”

“Big Brother Li, we won’t leave. We will stick with you,” Flower Fairy said with determination.

She had decided to be with Qingfeng Li, even in death. On her side, Xianzhi Qin nodded her head and shared Flower Fairy’s determination.

Even Black Puppy was unusually loyal by saying, “I won’t leave either. Don’t worry, I will deal with the Zombie Emperor together with Linger Yao.”

With that said, Black Puppy stepped forward and whipped out its right paw which transformed into a huge black paw and crashed towards the Zombie Emperor.

Black Puppy initiated the attack with the purpose to test the combat power of the Zombie Emperor.

“A mere dog should not have dared to attack me. You don’t know your place.” With a sneer, the Zombie Emperor slammed out his right palm which collided with the paw of Black Puppy with an earth-shaking sound.

Deng! Deng! Deng! Deng!

Black Puppy also retreated four steps.

“Such powerful strength.” Black Puppy frowned, a trace of grimness in its eyes.

The combat ability of Black Puppy was equivalent to that of a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm Master. Weaker than the Zombie Emperor, Black Puppy was not his match.

The Zombie Emperor looked at Qingfeng Li with killing intent in his eyes.

“You can die now,” the Zombie Emperor roared. He slammed his right hand toward Qingfeng Li with unrivaled force, intending to kill him on spot.

Linger Yao and Black Puppy both stepped forward and raised a hand and a paw,

And the attacks collided with the Zombie Emperor’s palm in midair.

Chapter 1266: Qingfeng in Danger

 

Boom!

With a huge bang, Black Puppy’s paw, Linger Yao’s hand and the palm of the Zombie Emperor collided in the air, creating a giant black vortex which released energy outwards like a star in outer space.

Standing right below the black vortex, Qingfeng Li sensed keenly that the black hol was actually made up of huge amounts of energy.

The collision of the attacks from the two half-step Spirit Emperor Realm Fighters and one Spirit Emperor Realm Master exploded the air and space, creating a dimentional vortex which gave off huge amounts of energy and shattered everything around it.

Crack, crack, crack…

Tiny cracks formed on Qingfeng Li’s skin and blood splashed out of the cracks, dying his whole body red.

“So painful.” Pale-faced, Qingfeng Li felt acute pricks of pain all over.

This time, the pain was more intense and the cracks in his skin were so deep that the bones inside could be seen.

The energy wave was so powerful and Qingfeng Li was so close to it that his body was seriously damaged.

Qingfeng Li was lucky that he had a great physique. If he had been an ordinary Spirit King Realm Master, he would have been cut up into a meat pie already.

“Little brat, use the pressure from that fight to toughen up your body and to cultivate the Mortal Purgatory Body Technique,” the voice of Dark Night Emperor sounded in Qingfeng Li’s head.

A flash of exhilaration appeared in his eyes when he heard the words of Dark Night Emperor.

With a super powerful master like Dark Night Emperor at his side, Qingfeng Li had access to his help anytime. Now he showed his expertise as Qingfeng Li’s most powerful master and offered a piece of excellent advice to Qingfeng Li.

The energy wave caused great damage to Qingfeng, but it could also be used to toughen his body.

The Mortal Purgatory Body needed severe conditions to cultivate.

Qingfeng Li channeled the Mortal Purgatory Body Technique and a trace of black energy was released from his Dantian.

Through his meridians, the black energy flowed from his Dantian up to his stomach, chest, neck, head, and then back down through his neck, back, waist, legs, and feet. He was full of energy.

Like a surging black flood, the black energy coursed through Qingfeng Li’s meridians and its miraculous force began healing his damaged body.

The energy of the Spirit Emperor Realm had caused him great damage, but his wounds were all healed by the black energy of the Mortal Purgatory Body.

Shortly after, Qingfeng Li’s skin recovered its original appearance, smooth and intact.

He knew that time was limited and valuable to him.

He continued to channel the Mortal Purgatory Body and then also began channeling his Devourer Bloodline.

Qingfeng Li had a bold idea. He wanted to swallow the energy in the air and turn it into his vital essence.

The idea was so crazy that it would have frightened anybody that he mentioned it to. The craziness lied in the fact that an ordinary person would be shattered from inside out by such powerful energy.

While channeling the Mortal Purgatory Body, Qingfeng Li released his Devourer Bloodline, which formed a black vortex.

The Devourer Vortex was much more powerful than the energy from the Zombie Emperor. With greater force, little by little the Devourer Vortex pulled the energy in the black vortex over before eating it and storing it in Qingfeng Li’s body.

But the moment the energy from the Zombie Emperor’s black vortex entered Qingfeng Li’s body, his eyes turned black and then his face, chest, arms and legs were all covered in a black presence.

The black presence was corpse energy. Although Qingfeng Li could swallow energy, he forgot the fact that the energy of the Zombie Emperor had come from dead bodies and thus could erode a living body.

Qingfeng Li’s whole body and even his internal organs experienced sharp pains and his face paled and withered instantly.

“Damn it! I wouldn’t have swallowed the energy if I had known the effects,” Qingfeng Li muttered regretfully.

He just remembered that important fact that the Zombie Emperor was actually a dead body. But it was too late for him.

His whole body, his meridians, internal organs, blood, and bones were all being eroded and if it continued, he would also turned into something like the Zombie Emperor.

Black Puppy and Linger Yao had seen the changes in Qingfeng Li. They were both worried.

“Qingfeng Li, are you okay?” Linger Yao asked Qingfeng Li in a loud voice.

Qingfeng Li heard Linger Yao but couldn’t answer her. He felt that he was turning into a corpse.

Seeing the changes in Qingfeng Li, a trace of anxiety appeared in Black Puppy’s eyes. It knew that Qingfeng Li was being eroded by corpse energy and was turning into a corpse.

“Hahahaha! You idiot shouldn’t have absorbed my energy. You overestimated yourself! Don’t you know that I’m full of corpse energy?”

“You are a jerk. I will kill you.” Enraged, Black Puppy opened its mouth and shot a beam of black light at the Zombie Emperor.

Black Puppy was so furious at the Zombie Emperor that it used its super power.

The extremely powerful black light beam tore open the space and was upon the Zombie Emperor in a blink of an eye.

The Zombie Emperor pushed out his right palm which transformed into a huge black palm. It slammed onto the black light beam but didn’t shatter it.

Although Black Puppy was only a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter, its super power contained unrivaled energy which was equivalent to that of a Spirit Emperor Realm fighter.

The Zombie Emperor’s expression changed slightly. He took out a black bottle which was a spirit emperor level spiritual treasure.

The bottle was 40 centimeters long with a small opening on the top and a base at the bottom. Totally black, the bottle released black flowing lights. It was terrifying just looking at it.

The Zombie Emperor lifted the bottle and blocked the super powerful attack from Black Puppy.

The black light beam shot onto the bottle with a huge booming sound and dented the surface of the bottle. But the bottle quickly recovered to its original state, as if nothing happened.

From the side, Linger Yao drew out a purple long sword. It was called the Purple Thunder Sword, and lightning flickered on its surface.

At the sight of Purple Thunder Sword, a flash of fear entered the eyes of the Zombie Emperor.

“Damn it! How did the demonic woman get the Purple Thunder Sword?” the Zombie Emperor’s face turned gloomy because the things that he most feared was thunder and lightning.

Chapter 1267: Breaking Through into the Seventh Level of the Spirit King Realm

 

“Ha!”

With a yell, Linger Yao hacked her Purple Thunder Sword forward, unleashing a bolt of purple lightning and slashing toward the Zombie Emperor with great force.

The lightning bolt was so fast that it was upon the Zombie Emperor before he could react.

Crack!

The purple lightning hacked into his arm and shattered it. His flesh turned black and even the black bone inside was exposed to the air. It was a pathetic sight.

It was so painful that the Zombie Emperor turned white and trembled all over. Although he was very powerful and was invincible in front of any blades or swords, he was most vulnerable to the lightning attacks.

“Demonic woman, how dare you attack me with lightning! I will kill you for it!” The Zombie Emperor’s face turned dark and a flash of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

He lifted the lid of the black bottle and circulated his corpse energy. A beam of black light shot out of the bottle.

The light beam was so fast that it shot into Linger Yao’s arm instantly, punching a black hole in her arm and causing blood to gush from it.

With a grunt, Linger Yao’s face turned white.

Qingfeng Li was lying on the ground and his whole body was blackened with corpse energy.

He felt he was dying or was turning into a corpse since his body had been completely engulfed by the that poisonous energy.

The energy eroded his body and brain and left his body in tatters.

At this critical moment, the golden flame in his body appeared suddenly and, spreading from his Dantian, it began to burn off the corpse energy in his body.

The golden flame was as hot as 5,000 degrees and the black corpse energy was burned into nothing by the fire.

The golden flame started from his Dantian and travelled to his belly, chest, head, neck, back, waist, legs and feet. It burned all the deadly energy in his body.

Although the corpse presence was burned off, the energy it contained didn’t vanish with it, instead entering Qingfeng Li’s Dantian and providing him with great amounts of vital essence.

The spirit nucleus within Qingfeng Li’s Dantian experienced a transformation and the number of marks on the spirit nucleus became six instead of five.

Six marks was the symbol of the breakthrough into the sixth level of the Spirit King Realm.

After the breakthrough into the sixth level of Spirit King Realm, the huge amounts of energy continued to surge into the spirit nucleus and transformed the egg-sized spirit nucleus once again.

One more mark appeared on the spirit nucleus and seven marks, the symbol of a breakthrough into the seventh level of Spirit King Realm, appeared.

In a short moment, Qingfeng Li had broken through two levels and reached the seventh level of the Spirit King Realm. It was considerably fast.

Of course, the fast speed of his breakthroughs was the result of the powerful energy that Qingfeng Li had absorbed from the Zombie Emperor.

“Hahaha, I broke through!” Qingfeng Li burst into laughter, his face full of excitement.

With the breakthrough of his strength, Qingfeng Li’s spiritual energy had also increased.

Before this, Qingfeng Li could only use the golden flame twice every 12 hours due to his limited mana energy and strength.

But now, he could use the golden flame three time, which meant he could use it against the Zombie Emperor.

Seeing Qingfeng Li jump up from the ground, the Zombie Emperor was surprised.

He didn’t understand how the young man could suddenly recover after being eroded by his corpse aura. It was astonishing.

Black Puppy was stunned, too, having not expected that Qingfeng Li would have dissolved the corpse aura in his body and even increased his strength.

Qingfeng Li stood up from the ground, his muscles and bones crackling with power. He was full of energy and wanted to jump into a good fight.

Suddenly, his eyes turned grim when he saw Linger Yao was wounded in her arm. The black corpse energy in the bloody hole was eroding her arm and then the rest of her body.

Strong as she was, Linger Yao didn’t have the golden flame to dissolve the corpse aura and could only circulate her cultivation techniques to stall the eroding progress.

Qingfeng Li’s body shifted and, as fast as lightning, he arrived beside Linger Yao instantly. His right hand reached out and grabbed her arm.

“What are you doing?” A flash of anger appeared in Linger Yao’s eyes when Qingfeng Li grabbed her arm.

As a woman, Linger Yao hated to be touched by a man, even when the man was Qingfeng Li.

Shaking his head, Qingfeng Li explained, “You’re seriously wounded. Let me dissolve the corpse energy for you.”

A trace of surprise appeared in Linger Yao’s eyes. She asked doubtfully, “Can you really do that?”

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly and said, “You saw that I was also attacked by the corpse energy from the Zombie Emperor, but now it is all gone.”

Qingfeng Li extended his palm for her inspection.

His palm was very healthy without a trace of the poisonous corpse energy, and so was the rest of his body.

Qingfeng Li channelled the golden flame in his body and extracted a wisp of it, containing great heat. He shot it onto Linger Yao’s arm.

The fire expelled all the corpse aura in her arm and burnt off the rotten flesh around the black wound. After the healing was finished, Qingfeng Li put the Golden Flame back into his body.

With a cold smile, Qingfeng Li walked towards the Zombie Emperor with strong murderous intent in his eyes. the Zombie Emperor had almost killed him and now he would pay it back.

“Fellow, you dare to stay here after your narrow escape. Do you want me to kill you again?” Looking at Qingfeng Li, the Zombie Emperor’s eyes were full of killing intent.

Qingfeng Li was calm at the Zombie Emperor’s threat. He said coldly, “Today I will kill you, so you can’t harm people anymore.”

In his opinion, the Zombie Emperor was even more evil that the unorthodox self-cultivators. Just a little while before, the Zombie Emperor had killed over a hundred self-cultivators in the cave before drinking their blood dry. Only a few had escaped this pathetic fate.

If the Zombie Emperor had not focused his attention on killing Qingfeng Li, those surviving half-step Spirit Emperor Realm self-cultivators would have been dead, too.

“Hahahaha, this is hilarious. As a mere Spirit King Realm fighter, you dare to declare your intention to kill me. Who do you think you are, reckless man?” The Zombie Emperor looked at Qingfeng Li with disdain and irony in his eyes.

Although the Zombie Emperor had turned into a corpse, he still remembered the difference between the Spirit King Realm and the Spirt Emperor Realm. He knew that even the combined forces of ten Spirit King Realm masters was no match for one Spirit Emperor Realm master.

Chapter 1268: Killing the Zombie Emperor

 

“Zombie Emperor, I’m going to smack you back into your sh*tty coffin today.” Qingfeng Li looked at the Zombie Emperor, intense killing intent in his eyes.

“You don’t know your place! As a mere Spirit King Realm fighter, you’re overestimating yourself if you think you can kill me.” With the black bottle in hand, the Zombie Emperor looked at him with disdain.

Swoosh!

He aimed the bottle opening at Qingfeng Li and shot out a beam of black light.

Qingfeng Li’s right hand pushed forward and shot out a gold flame which burned the black light beam into nothing.

“What?! You burned the light from my black bottle spiritual treasure.” The Zombie Emperor’s expression changed to astonishment.

The fact was that ordinary fires were useless against the Zombie Emperor and it was natural for him to be astonished when his powerful spiritual treasure attack was blocked by the fire from Qingfeng Li.

“Such powerful fire.” A trace of amazement appeared on Linger Yao’s charming face.

The golden flame continued its course, and, like a golden lightning bolt, it scorched a big hole in the chest of the Zombie Emperor in a blink of an eye.

Ahh!

The Zombie Emperor screamed pathetically, eyes full of pain. He couldn’t withstand the extremely high heat in the golden flame.

“Damn it! It is the flame of the Golden Saint. How did you get it?” the Zombie Emperor was stunned when he recognized the flame.

The golden flame was very famous on Earth as one of the top 100 powerful flames in the universe. Its name had awed the whole Earth during the ancient era, and many powerful self-cultivators had heard about it.

The Zombie Emperor had heard about the fire and even read a detailed introduction of it in an ancient book.

The golden flame didn’t go out, instead spreading from the Zombie Emperor’s chest to his belly, neck, head, and four limbs until nothing was left.

The unrivalled cultivator, the Zombie Emperor, met his natural enemy in the golden flame, against which he had absolutely no resistance. He was burned into a pile of ash.

With a thought, Qingfeng Li retrieved the golden flame back into his body.

At this time, Black Puppy walked over and said, “This is the Spirit Emperor Cave but why didn’t we find any treasures here?”

Linger Yao walked over, her charming face also full of bafflement.

As a supreme existence and the unrivaled figure in the self-cultivation world, the Spirit Emperor Cave was supposed to have many treasures. But besides the Zombie Emperor and a black coffin, nothing was in there. It was truly unbelievable.

Qingfeng Li was deep in thought. He didn’t think there would only be a coffin in the tomb of a Spirit Emperor Realm master.

And, he had a feeling that the Zombie Emperor was not the real Spirit Emperor Realm master or the owner of the cave. The owner must have been someone else.

Ignoring the pile of ash which was the remains of the Zombie Emperor, Qingfeng Li walked towards the black coffin.

He thought it was not a simple black coffin since he sensed a special presence from it. He extended his right hand and felt the surface of the coffin.

It was almost the same as an ordinary coffin except it was longer and bigger. Besides, it was made with special meteorite and on the surface of it was engraved many complex and mysterious patterns of demonic beasts and plants.

When his fingers touched the patterns, Qingfeng Li was surprised to sense vital essence fluctuations. The coffin was very unusual.

Flower Fairy asked, “Big Brother Li, did you find anything?”

Qingfeng Li nodded, saying, “There are vital essence fluctuations in the coffin. I suspect there is some trick hidden inside this coffin and there is more in the cave.”

Qingfeng Li had this suspicion because he thought it was not the burial tradition for a Spirit Emperor Realm strong master to have nothing in the coffin.

Like the ancient emperors, a Spirit Emperor Realm master would put many treasures in his coffin. While the burial objects for the emperors were pearls, jade, and gold, a Spirit Emperor Realm master would have cultivation technique scrolls, spiritual treasures, and spiritual devices buried with him.

Qingfeng Li had a feeling that the Zombie Emperor was not the owner of the cave abode but a self-cultivator who had turned into a corpse and absorbed vital essence here. The burial place of the true Spirit Emperor Realm master should be somewhere else.

Black Puppy walked over and nodded. It agreed with Qingfeng Li and found the place quite unusual too.

Qingfeng Li and the others surrounded the coffin, touching its surface carefully with their hands, trying to find a clue.

Xianzhi Qin frowned slightly at the patterns on the black coffin. She felt she had seen them somewhere but couldn’t remember where.

Qingfeng Li noticed her puzzlement and asked, “Miss Qin, what did you find?”

After a moment’s consideration, Xianzhi Qin said, “I find the patterns on the coffin quite familiar but can’t understand why.”

At her words, Qingfeng Li looked at where she was staring at.

On the front and back of the coffin engraved many patterns of demon beasts, plants, mountains and rivers, just like the pictures one saw on Earth. It was quite natural that Xianzhi Qin had seen them before.

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li’s eyes sharpened. He looked closely at one pattern of mountains and river and found it similar to the scenery of Tai Mountain.

Among the eight famous mountains in Huaxia, Tai Mountain was the most well-known one.

In the ancient times, that was the place where powerful and able emperors worshipped and offered sacrifices to the heaven.

Tai Mountain was a symbol of Huaxia and there were many myths and legends related to it.

In the ancient times, some immortals lived and cultivated there while some emperors set up sacrificial altars there to worship the heavens.

And it was natural for Qingfeng Li to be astonished that a picture of Tai Mountain had been engraved on the surface of a black coffin.

Black Puppy walked to Qingfeng Li and asked, “What did you find?”

Qingfeng Li pointed at the picture on the coffin, saying, “The mountain picture on it is the same as Tai Mountain.

Black Puppy took a good look of it and a trace of surprise appeared in its eyes. It found the mountain picture was indeed the same as Tai Mountain since it had been there before.

Chapter 1269: The True Cave of the Spirit Emperor

 

Flower Fairy, Xianzhi Qin, and Linger Yao were also amazed since they all hailed from Huaxia and had been to Tai Mountain before.

It was truly amazing that a picture of Tai Mountain was engraved on the coffin.

It was unthinkable that this coffin and Tai mountain, two seemingly unrelated things, were linked.

“Brother Li, why do you think there is a pattern of Tai Mountain on the surface of the coffin?” Flower Fairy pointed her slim finger at the black coffin and asked.

After a moment’s consideration, Qingfeng Li said, “If I’m right, the true cave of the Spirit Emperor is concealed in the picture of Tai Mountain.”

Then he touched the picture on the coffin.

His fingers traced from the top of the mountain to the bottom.

And at the lowest right corner, Qingfeng Li found a bulge.

This spot was higher than the other parts of the coffin, and it was shaped like a tombstone.

Qingfeng Li had seen a tombstone at the foot of Tai Mountain when he toured the mountain. Made with meteorite, the tombstone was intact after standing there for a thousand years.

At that time, Qingfeng Li already knew that the tombstone was not an ordinary tombstone but was made by some self-cultivator.

Qingfeng Li put his hand on the coffin and moved to the spot of the tombstone.

The pattern of the tombstone in the picture was very small, just a little bigger than a needle point; it would be unnoticeable if one wasn’t looking closely.

Among the group of people here, only Qingfeng Li found the spot.

He channeled his vital essence and directed it along the meridian to his right forefinger. His forefinger pressed hard at the spot and send vital essence into the pattern of tombstone.

Kacha!

With a sound, the coffin floated up before everyone’s stunned eyes.

Yeah, the coffin indeed floated up and hovered above their heads.

On the ground below the coffin, a round cave opening appeared. While the coffin was black, the inside of the cave opening was covered with a white thin film.

Qingfeng Li knew that the thin film was a protective veil and that there was a protective array funder it protecting the inside of the cave.

Swoosh!

From the white thin film shot out a beam of white light. The white light beam contained such strong suction force that Qingfeng Li was suddenly sucked in there and vanished instantly.

Boom!

With a huge sound, the coffin dropped down and the opening was blocked.

“No! Brother Li was sucked in there.” Flower Fairy’s expression changed sharply.

Linger Yao, Black Puppy, and Xianzhi Qin all came to the side of the coffin anxiously and pressed on it with their palms, trying to activate it and make it float up again.

But the coffin remained where it was despite their many attempts.

And since the black coffin was a spiritual treasure of a Spirit Emperor, it was too heavy for them to lift.

Black Puppy extended its paw and pressed on the spot of the tombstone pattern because it had seen Qingfeng Li press the spot.

But the coffin showed no response at Black Puppy’s pressing, even after it transferred vital essence into the coffin.

Flower Fairy asked Black Puppy to step aside. She pressed her finger on the spot and transferred vital essence into it, but the result was the same.

Only Qingfeng Li could make the coffin float up by pressing the tombstone button.

“Puppy, what do we do?” Flower Fairy asked Black Puppy.

Among the group, Black Puppy was the most powerful and knowledgeable, so everyone turned to it under such situations.

Black Puppy wagged its tail and said, “I don’t know. We can do nothing but wait.”

Everyone sighed, eyes full of worry and anxiety. They waited silently around the coffin and were at a loss for what to do next.

Seeing them at a loss, Linger Yao walked over. As the strongest cultivator of the Demonic Dao, she knew a lot about the things that had happened during the ancient era.

More importantly, she had also read about the method of opening a similar coffin in another Spirit Emperor Tomb from one ancient book left by the Demonic Peacock Empress.

Linger Yao extended her right forefinger and, following the instruction left by Peacock Demon Empress, she channeled some vital essence into the coffin.

Under the influence of Demonic Peacock Empress’s spell, the coffin was forced to float up and reveal the white cave opening under it.

A beam of white light shot out and the strong force sucked Linger Yao inside.

“Big Brother Li will be fine since Linger Yao is in there now too.” Seeing Linger Yao enter the cave, Flower Fairy was joyous.

They knew the great power of Linger Yao and believed Qingfeng Li would be fine if she was accompanying him.

At the same time, Qingfeng Li was falling downward after being engulfed by the white light.

It was a very deep cave under the protection of an energy array formation.

Qingfeng Li didn’t know how much time passed before he finally landed in a palace.

It was a huge palace with an area of at least 10,000 square meters. Around the palace were a valley, a mountain, and a river.

Looking around, Qingfeng Li was full of curiosity and amazement.

He knew that he was not in the cave or the hole under the coffin. He had been sent out of the cave and separated from his people, arriving at this mysterious place.

The voice of Dark Night Emperor sounded in Qingfeng Li’s mind, “Qingfeng Li, this is not a real place, but a mystic realm created by the Spirit Emperor Realm master.”

“Mystic realm.” Hearing the words of Dark Night Emperor, a flash of astonishment appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes.

As a cultivator, Qingfeng Li naturally knew what a mystic realm represented.

Mystic realms were small spaces not continuous with Earth, which only powerful self-cultivators could create.

Qingfeng Li had read from the ancient books that self-cultivators must reach the Spirit Emperor Realm before they could create mystic realms, and then, only one out of ten-thousand Spirit Emperor Realm Masters could create them.

Out of 10,000 Spirit Emperor Realm masters, only one was able to create the mystic realm, which showed the great power and the rarity of such a dimension. And it was a wonder that Qingfeng Li encountered one.

Qingfeng Li knew that the owner of the mystic realm was the real owner of the Spirit Emperor Realm cave.

Chapter 1270: The Red Coffin

 

Qingfeng Li looked up at the huge palace which was magnificently built with golden bricks and blue tiles.

The top of the palace was covered with gold and jade, more majestic than even a royal palace.
Inside the palace, the ground was paved with meteorite rocks, a feat that only a Spirit Emperor Realm Master could accomplish since it was difficult for an ordinary self-cultivator to acquire even one meteorite rock, not to mention hundreds of them.

In front of the palace stood a huge plaque, on which were written three big characters: Spirit Emperor Palace.

The calligraphy of the characters was lively, vigorous, bold, and strong. It contained a mysterious and powerful presence.

While Qingfeng Li was looking at the Spirit Emperor Palace, he heard some sounds from behind. He turned his head, only to see Linger Yao falling from the sky.

“How did you come in here?” Qingfeng Li was surprised at the sight of Linger Yao.

He knew that he got in because he had channeled the Heavenly Immortal Chant and broke the sealing stamp of the tombstone on the coffin with his vital essence.

What method did Linger Yao use to enter here?

With a slight smile, Linger Yao explained, “Us cultivators of the Demonic Dao have a page left by the Demonic Peacock Empress. It describes a method of entering a mystic space and I just followed the instructions written on it.”

Qingfeng Li nodded as he suddenly understood…

The Demonic Peacock Empress was the first demon empress and the most powerful cultivator of the Demonic Dao. It was understandable that one would be able to enter a mystic space with her instructions.

If it had been another self-cultivator entering the space, Qingfeng Li would have been very worried and fearful.

But he was relieved that it was Linger Yao who was his friend.

“Let’s go in the Spirit Emperor Palace and have a look.” With a slight smile, he walked into the palace with Linger Yao.

In the palace, there were all kinds of treasures, and each of them would cause a fight among countless self-cultivators.

Qingfeng Li didn’t pay much attention to the precious treasures, only casting a glance at them before fixating his look at the center of the palace.

In the center of the palace stood a red coffin.

Red coffin?

Qingfeng Li frowned, and a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Usually, a coffin was black, never red.

The red coffin was like a blazing fire, and one could feel its extremely high temperature just by looking at it.

“The coffin of the Fire Emperor. It’s the Fire Emperor who is buried in that coffin,” Linger Yao said as her expression changed.

She recognized the owner of the coffin and the Spirit Emperor Cave.

Qingfeng Li frowned and asked, “Who is the Fire Emperor?”

He knew little about the absolute masters in the self-cultivation world.

After a moment’s consideration, Linger Yao said, “The Fire Emperor was an absolute master five hundred years ago, and he was recognized as a top-tier emperor in Huaxia’s self-cultivation world.
The most important set of cultivation techniques possessed by the Fire Emperor is the Fire Emperor Sutra. After cultivating this powerful set of techniques, one can attack with fire.”

Fire Emperor Sutra!

A flash of exhilaration appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes when he heard this name.

He practiced fire-style cultivation techniques, had gained insight in the Inferno Realm, and even had the Golden Flame. He had a strong desire for the Fire Emperor Sutra.

“Qingfeng Li, if I’m not mistaken, Fire Emperor Sutra is in the red coffin.” Linger Yao told Qingfeng Li.
Qingfeng Li nodded and walked forward. He reached out his right hand and tried to push open the coffin.

But the lid of the red coffin felt like it was heavier than a few hundred thousand kilograms.

Qingfeng Li couldn’t open it with his hands, but he didn’t admit defeat. He channeled the Mortal Purgatory Body and pushed at the lid with unrivaled strength.

But the lid didn’t even move an inch, and the coffin remained tightly shut.

“What should I do? Why can’t I open it?” Qingfeng Li asked Linger Yao.

Linger Yao, smiling slightly, said, “The real Fire Emperor lies in there so it makes sense that you can’t open it easily. Let me try it.”

Linger Yao reached out her right hand. Channeling the huge amounts of vital essence in her body, she pushed hard at the lid of the red coffin.

But the lid didn’t budge under the great force exerted by Linger Yao, a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm Master.

“The coffin is so tightly closed that there must be some sort of array formation here. Besides, the coffin is made with a special material. I can’t open it as well,” shaking her head, Linger Yao said regretfully.

It was quite frustrating for them since they knew the Fire Emperor Sutra and some other treasures were hidden in the red coffin, but they just couldn’t open it.

Qingfeng Li studied the surface of the coffin trying to find some clues. On the surface of the coffin were engraved many patterns of red flames.

He counted them and found that, altogether, there were 99 red flames covering the whole surface of the coffin, like 99 red lightning bolts. It gave an unrivaled presence to the coffin.

Qingfeng Li began to review in his mind the array formation knowledge taught by Dark Night Emperor, trying to see if there was an array formation on the coffin.

He studied the patterns for a moment and found that the 99 flames were placed in a certain order.
Was it an emperor-grade fire array formation?

Qingfeng Li’s expression changed at this thought, astonishment, and joy in his eyes.

He was astonished that there was actually an emperor-grade array formation on it, since this array formation was very powerful and also very difficult to crack.

He was also pleased that he was able to identify the name of the array formation and that Emperor Night had taught him how to crack it.

Qingfeng Li was sure he could crack the fire array formation with the method taught by Dark Night Emperor.

Linger Yao asked, “Qingfeng Li, what did you find?”

Qingfeng Li smiled, saying, “There are 99 flames on the surface of the coffin and they form the fire array formation.”

“You’re highly talented, even knowing about array formations!” Linger Yao complimented him and gave him a thumbs-up.

Outside the Spirit Emperor Cave, it was Qingfeng Li who had cracked the defense array formation and found the first flag of the nine array flags before everyone could enter the cave.

Now again he had identified the array formation on the red coffin. He was such a genius!

Chapter 1271: Devouring the Flame

 

Proud and happy, Qingfeng Li smiled at Linger Yao. This was the first time this demon complimented him.

“Qingfeng, can you break this array formation?” Linger Yao asked him.

After a moment’s thought, Qingfeng Li replied, “I’ll give it a try.”

Qingfeng Li could already tell that the fire array formation on this red coffin was very different from the nine array flag formations outside the Spirit Emperor Cave.

Using the knowledge in his mind, he observed the red fire array formation carefully.

The red fire array formation was made of 99 flame flowers, each with five pedals in the shape of a heart.

A reddish glow was circling these five-pedal flowers like rays of red light.

The defense powers of this array formation were astounding.

Still in awe, Qingfeng Li put his palm on top of the flames and felt its high temperature. It was at least a couple thousand degrees Celsius.

Qingfeng Li’s steel-like Mortal Purgatory Body and Golden Flames helped him withstand this incredibly high temperature.

Other self-cultivators would have burnt their hands off if they even dared to place their palms on top of this coffin.

Swoop!

Red flames shot out of the coffin right at Qingfeng Li.

It was the true flames of the fire array formation; the red bolt of flames carried great power.

Qingfeng Li reached out his right palm and caught the red flames. Grasping it in his hand, he crushed it into pieces, burning out the flames.

These flames were very hot, but they were nothing for him. He extinguished it with a small clench of his hand.

Swoop, swoop, swoop, swoop…

Dozens of red flames shot out of the coffin; the flames transformed into burning pillars and sped towards at Qingfeng Li.

It was like Qingfeng Li had punched a hole in a beehive, and now they were all coming after him, hot and angry.

These flames were bloody red and immensely powerful, shocking anyone who laid eyes on them.

Qingfeng Li channeled the energy in his body to create a golden protective veil around his body, hoping to stop the attack of the flames.

These flames belonged to an emperor-level array formation – they easily crushed Qingfeng Li’s golden light veil and aimed themselves directly at his body.

Just as Qingfeng Li was about to use his fist techniques to stop the attack, the Golden Flame in his body became restless, as if it wanted to swallow the flames up.

Shocked, Qingfeng Li wondered what was wrong with his Golden Flame. Was it hungry?

Releasing it from his body and placing it on his right palm, he created a streak of golden flames.

Like a giant monster, it opened its mouth and swallowed the red flames in the blink of an eye.

All the flames disappeared into the Golden Flame’s “body.”

Qingfeng Li could feel that the Golden Flame’s temperature and powers increased significantly as if some mysterious power was awakening. He felt all these changes in his body.

Linger Yao’s expression turned into surprise upon seeing Qingfeng Li swallowing the red flames.

Qingfeng Li’s flames swallowed the flames of emperor-level array formation – this was equivalent to a Spirit-Emperor Realm attack, and not everyone could manage it.

Controlling the Golden Flame in his right palm, he approached the red coffin.

Placing it on top of the coffin so that it could absorb all the energy, the Golden Flame then swallowed the rest of the red flames.

Although the array formation atop the red coffin was emperor-leveled and discharged flames similar in strength to Spirit Emperor Realm Attacks, it became defenseless in front of the golden flame, like an ant that crossed paths with an elephant. It could do nothing but be swallowed by the Golden Flames.

The Golden Flame was one of the top 100 flames in the universe. With boundless energy, it was the flames of the Golden Saint and easily swallowed any red flames.

After swallowing the flames on the coffin, it transformed it into energy for itself.

The temperature of the Golden Flame rose again, and Qingfeng Li felt the flames become more accustomed to him, making it easier to control.

“Qingfeng Li, you’re so powerful! I can’t believe you cultivated and absorbed an emperor-level array formation,” Linger Yao exclaimed in surprise. This was the second time Linger Yao praised Qingfeng Li.

As the number one cultivator of the Demonic Dao, Linger Yao was the absolute authority and power of her faction.

But now, Linger Yao admired Qingfeng Li from the bottom of her heart.

Qingfeng Li smiled faintly, “I’ve devoured the fire array formation on the red coffin, so you’ll probably be able to open it now.”

“Great, let me try.” Linger Yao smiled back at him. Holding out a right palm, Linger Yao pushed hard at the coffin lid.

Ka!

With a loud crack, the red coffin’s lid fell onto the ground at Linger Yao’s touch, revealing its insides.

Qingfeng Li and Linger Yao peered into the coffin and saw a red skeleton.

A red skeleton?

They exchanged glances, seeing the surprise in the other person’s eyes.

Dead people’s skeletons were white, turning grey after oxidization, and black after cremation. No one had ever seen red bones before.

Linger Yao reacted first, “Qingfeng Li, I wonder if the Fire Emperor wasn’t a self-cultivator, nor that of Earth. He might be a self-cultivator of another planet.”

Qingfeng Li said with a frown on his face, “What gave you such an idea?”

Linger Yao answered, “I once read an ancient book that belonged to the Demonic Peacock Empress. The book said that some self-cultivators from outer space had red bones, just like this one.”

Qingfeng Li nodded, he knew how big this universe was – Earth was just one of a billion stars.

The bones of dead people on Earth were white, but other extraterrestrial humanoid beings may have red, black, or even gold bones. Different colors symbolized different characteristics.

Why would an emperor-level powerhouse come to Earth? What were his intentions?

Qingfeng Li and Linger Yao would never find out. Their only target, for now, was the treasure inside the coffin.

Chapter 1272: The Fire Emperor’s Sutra

 

Pointing at the red skull, Linger Yao suddenly exclaimed, “Look! It’s the Fire Emperor’s Sutra!”

The Fire Emperor’s Sutra?

Qingfeng Li’s anxiousness changed to a pleasant surprise upon hearing these words.

Next to the red bones was a red book with “Fire Emperor’s Sutra” written on the cover.

The Fire Emperor was the most powerful of the Spirit Emperors, and the book taught people how to control and use flames, a technique that Qingfeng Li lacked the most.

Although Qingfeng Li understood the Inferno Realm and possessed the Golden Flame, he was unaware of precise flame-control techniques. When he attacked with the Golden Flame, he also wasted a great deal.

He knew that if he had the Fire Emperor’s Sutra, he would be able to use the Golden Flame more, and its attacks would become stronger. He really needed that book.

Aside from the Fire Emperor’s Sutra, there was also a bead by the red skeleton.

A blood-red bead the size of an egg, it emitted red light, striking fear in their hearts.

The Spirit Emperor Bead!

Linger Yao exclaimed in happiness upon seeing this red bead.

The wasn’t an ordinary red bead – it contained the essence of the Spirit Emperor’s powers. Anyone who cultivated it would be able to advance to Spirit Emperor Realm. It was a one-of-a-kind treasure, but there were two more inside the coffin.

The Fire Emperor Sword, an offensive longsword, and the Emperor-Level red armor.

“Qingfeng Li, there’re four treasures in here. I’ll take two and you’ll take two.” Linger Yao pointed at the treasures inside the coffin.

Qingfeng Li nodded in agreement.

They found the Spirit Emperor Palace together, came in together, and opened this red coffin together. Of course, they should split the treasures.

“I want the Fire Emperor’s Sutra and the long sword, you can have the other two.” Qingfeng Li opened his mouth to say.

The Spirit Emperor Bead was important in that it would help Qingfeng Li reach Spirit-Emperor Realm, but to Qingfeng Li, getting the Fire Emperor’s Sutra was top priority.

The Fire Emperor’s Sutra will allow Qingfeng Li to control the Golden Flames. As long as he could use it, Qingfeng Li would even be able to kill any person of the Spiritual Emperor Realm.

Qingfeng Li was relieved that he came into the Spirit King Palace with Linger Yao. If it were any other powerful self-cultivator, they would have to fight to the death for the treasure.

Qingfeng Li reached out his right hand to take the Fire Emperor’s Sutra and Linger Yao did the same for the Spirit Emperor Bead.

However, as soon as her right hand touched the Spirit Emperor Bead, it began exuding a heavy red fog, permeating the entire coffin and the space around it.

Unprepared, Qingfeng Li and Linger Yao inhaled the red gas.

“Be careful, this red gas is poisonous! You’ll have to force it out!” she reminded Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li nodded, and the duo quickly sat down with their legs crossed. Putting the treasures inside the red coffin on the back burner, they began channeling their vital essence to expel the red fog out of their bodies.

If this red fog was poisonous, they would be dead if they didn’t act fast.

Cautious, Qingfeng Li immediately began circulating the Heavenly Immortal Chant in his body.

The Heavenly Immortal Chant was an immortal-level technique, and much more powerful than normal techniques. However, it failed to expel the red fog from his body.

“What’s happening, why isn’t it working?” Qingfeng Li said with a confused expression.

The Heavenly Immortal Chant was usually very powerful, and it would have worked for any other type of poison.

However, it was like the red gas had become a part of him.

Qingfeng Li’s breathing became uneven, his face turned red, and his heart began beating fast.

He looked up and saw Linger Yao the same way.

Damn, this wasn’t poison, it was aphrodisiac! Qingfeng Li thought as he came to his senses.

He was shocked that there would be aphrodisiac inside this red coffin.

Qingfeng Li was a skilled doctor and an alchemy master, but he didn’t have any antidotes for this.

No longer able to control the heat burning in his body, he stood up and wobbled towards Linger Yao.

She had realized what the red fog was and failed to force it out of her body as well. Her body burned when she looked towards Qingfeng Li.

“Qingfeng Li, what are you doing?” Linger Yao’s face went pale when she saw Qingfeng Li walk towards her, his face red from lust and desire.

His mind and body were completely controlled by the red fog; he instinctively threw his body onto Linger Yao’s.

She wanted to protest, but the red fog had clouded her vital essence. Her body was soft and helpless.

Finally, she was completely absorbed by lust, and they made love next to the red coffin.

After a long while, Linger Yao came to her senses. She looked Qingfeng Li, who was still fainted, with a complicated expression on her face.

This man had taken her virginity, and that gave her mixed emotions.

Her expression began to change, and at one point she felt murderous; putting her right hand on Qingfeng Li’s heart, she wondered if she should just kill him.

However, she didn’t have the heart to do so. Tears welled up in her eyes as she stood up and took out some clothes out from her interspatial ring.

Then, she went to the red coffin and took the Spirit Emperor Bead and red armor. After putting the two treasures in her interspatial ring, she turned around and left.

Qingfeng Li wasn’t as powerful as Linger Yao, so he didn’t wake up until long after she had left. His expression became complicated when he remembered what happened.

He looked around for Linger Yao but didn’t see her anywhere. She was gone.

Sighing, he went to the red coffin and found the Fire Emperor’s Sutra and sword still sitting inside it. Linger Yao didn’t take the treasures he wanted; she left them here for him.

Chapter 1273: Practicing the Fire Emperor’s Sutra

 

Qingfeng Li reached out for the Fire Emperor’s Sutra and became excited as he touched it.

The first page of the book said, “Of all existences and the five elements, fire is the most powerful, and it can purify anything and everything…”

Fire held a high position in our galaxy, as it is one of the original sources of energy.

Suddenly, a red human-shaped shadow appeared from the Fire Emperor’s Sutra. He was middle-aged, tall and fit, with red hair and red skin.

A red-skinned human!

Qingfeng Li’s brows furrowed in surprise.

There were 4 general types of people on this Earth, that of yellow, white, brown, and black skin. He had never seen anyone with red skin; this man was definitely not from Earth.

Qingfeng Li also noticed that the man in front of him was just a spirit that existed long after death. The person who died must have been very powerful, and therefore his spirit lingered inside the Fire Emperor’s Sutra.

Opening the book gave the red-skinned person a chance to come out.

“Who are you, and why are you inside the Fire Emperor’s Sutra?” Qingfeng Li asked the middle-aged man standing in front of him.

The man smiled faintly back at him, “Who do you think I am? I am the Fire Emperor, the owner of this coffin.”

Never would Qingfeng have guessed that the spirit inside the Fire Emperor’s Sutra was the Fire Emperor. Remembering that Qingfeng Li had just opened his coffin and looted his treasures, his face reddened from embarrassment.

“Young man, don’t be embarrassed, I left my coffin here in hopes to encounter the destined one. You can only obtain the treasures once you open the coffin.” The Fire Emperor smiled.

Qingfeng Li was previously afraid that the Fire Emperor would make things difficult for him, but after hearing what the spirit said, he let out a deep breath.

However, Qingfeng Li was unhappy about the fog inside the red coffin. Frowning, he asked, “What’s with the red fog inside the coffin?”

The Fire Emperor replied with a smile, “Come on, you benefited. You took her, didn’t you?” Qingfeng Li became shy at this comment.

What he said was true. If it weren’t for the red fog inside the coffin, he and Linger Yao would have never made love. Was he then supposed to thank the red fog?

Changing the subject, the Fire Emperor said, “My spirit has been in here for 500 years. I’m weak and will disappear soon, and you have to promise me one thing.”

“I’ll try my best to keep whatever promise you ask from me.” Qingfeng Li nodded.

He knew that he had obtained the Fire Emperor’s techniques and legacy. Of course, he would try to fulfill any request the Fire Emperor had.

The Fire Emperor opened his mouth, “I hope that if you go to Mars one day, you can bring my body with you. Bring it to the Gates of Mars and give it to Linglong Huo and tell her that I was killed by Wuya Tie.”

Mars?!

Qingfeng Li’s brows furrowed when he heard Mars. He knew that Mars belongs to a high-level dimension, and was much more powerful than Earth.

He didn’t know if he could ever go to Mars, so he replied, “I’m on Earth right now; there’s no way I’ll ever go to Mars.”

The Fire Emperor shook his head, “I can feel that you are the destined person. If you ever decide to leave Earth and journey the galaxy, you’ll have to pass through Mars. Anyways, I hope you can give my body to Linglong Huo.”

Qingfeng Li was surprised at the Fire Emperor’s remarks. His spirit could actually tell that Qingfeng Li was a destined person? Remarkable.

“Okay, I promise. If I ever leave Earth to go to Mars, I will give your remains to Linglong Huo.” Qingfeng Li smiled faintly.

Qingfeng Li made a promise to the Fire Emperor and will definitely carry it through.

“Thank you. The Fire Emperor’s Sutra contains my experiences and insights from a life of cultivating, and it will help you control any flame.” Then, the Fire Emperor’s spirit slowly began to disappear.

The next moment, he had vanished in thin air.

Qingfeng Li bowed down towards the place where the Fire Emperor vanished.

Afterwards, he walked to the red coffin. Taking out a black box, he carefully placed the red bones inside and placed it in his interspatial ring.

He stood by the red coffin for a while, staring at its remains. Then, he carried the Fire Emperor Sutra to the side.

In no rush to leave the palace, Qingfeng Li began flipping through the pages of the book.

The Fire Emperor Sutra had detailed methods of controlling flames. Most of Mars was filled with flames, volcanoes, and lava. Therefore, everyone cultivated fire techniques.

Thus, self-cultivators on Mars all became extremely skilled at controlling and using flames.

Qingfeng Li was in awe after just reading the first line of the book. It talked about countless flame streaks, rather than just one ball of flame.

Countless streaks were merely concepts – it allows a person to divide flames into ten streaks, a hundred streaks, a thousand streaks, so on and so forth. The stronger the cultivator, the more flames they would be able to control. The more streaks they created, the more powerful the attack. However, it was extremely difficult to cultivate such power.

Flames are everchanging and could transform into shapes of creatures, plants, weapons, rivers, mountains, and many more.

The Golden Flame inside Qingfeng Li was as hot as 5500 degrees Celsius and was strong enough to melt metal, rivers, mountains, trees, and rocks.

Circulating the vital essence inside his body, Qingfeng Li released the flame onto his fingers per instructions on the script.

He tried to divide the flame by his forefinger and middle finger. At first, it was just one ball and could not be separated.

Using his determination and spirit energy, he tried to pry the flame with his fingers, but it was unbalanced, with one side bigger than the other.

As he tried to control the flame, it either went out, combined back together, or remained unbalanced until the bigger flame swallowed the smaller one.