"Your Majesty, Generals Huang Zhong and Shang Shitu are requesting an audience outside the palace!"
Wei Zhongxian said, his hands clasped as he carefully entered the hall. He paused for a moment, observing Yang Hao, who was cultivating, before speaking.
Generals Huang Zhong and Shang Shitu had departed from the Great Han Imperial Dynasty and, by this time, had been away for mere hours. Excluding travel time, their subjugation of Water Moon Heaven and Long River Sect had taken only tens of breaths, perhaps even less.
However, since Xu Chu, Shang Shitu, and Huang Zhong had gazed upon the Nine Cauldrons divine artifacts within the ancestral temple and perfected the Divine Fire extreme realm, not only had they reaped immense fortune, but even Wei Zhongxian himself had experienced minor breakthroughs.
Even with his newfound ability to fight against opponents a major realm higher, Wei Zhongxian calmed his thoughts.
Yang Hao opened his eyes, glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and nodded gently.
"Your subject Huang Zhong and Shang Shitu greet Your Majesty!"
Huang Zhong and Shang Shitu entered the grand hall and paid their respects to Yang Hao. Afterward, Shang Shitu presented a map of the domain and its various prefectures.
"What place is this?"
Yang Hao inquired, his gaze fixed on the map. The divisions of power and sectarian influences were detailed. However, at the junction of the Jian Gu lineage, the Blood Origin Heavenly Dynasty, and the Ancient Lion Kingdom, there was a blood-red marking. It was not large, appearing to be a city.
The blood-red marker also bore a "highly dangerous" signal from its annotator.
"This is the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin, a perilous region within the Domain Prefectures. Legend has it that the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin is a place abandoned by the Great Dao of this realm. It is surrounded by a terrifying prohibition; any being above the Virtual God realm who touches it will be instantly reduced to ashes."
Shang Shitu said with a solemn expression.
The Blood Sea Suspended Coffin!
What a strange name!
Yang Hao was slightly shaken. A place abandoned by the Great Dao possessed the power to annihilate beings above the Virtual God realm!
"It seems this Domain Prefecture is not as simple as it appears!" Yang Hao murmured, his brow furrowed. His gaze shifted from the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin to the true ruler of this Domain Prefecture – the Gate of Fortune.
A sectarian power, the true master of the Domain Prefectures! Positioned high above, beyond the reach of powers like the Blood Origin Heavenly Dynasty and Jian Gu.
Beneath the Gate of Fortune lay five supreme powers: the Blood Origin Heavenly Dynasty, the Jian Gu lineage, the Ancient Lion Kingdom, the Crimson Sun Heavenly Dynasty, and the Dragon Elephant Ancient Kingdom. Each of these five powers possessed True God cultivators. It was likely that the Gate of Fortune also had cultivators beyond the True God realm, even Heavenly Gods.
Currently, the countless ancient heroes of the Great Han Imperial Dynasty each possessed combat power terrifyingly superior to their own by a major realm. Forget Virtual Gods; even True Gods were no longer a threat to the Great Han Imperial Dynasty.
However, when it came to beings above the True God realm, Yang Hao had to tread carefully.
"Did you two investigate what the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin is and its mysteries during your time in Water Moon Heaven and Long River Sect?"
Yang Hao regained his focus and asked again.
A place abandoned by the Great Dao in this world, possessing terrifying and mysterious power that could annihilate beings above the Virtual God realm. Danger and opportunity often went hand in hand. If it were not for something the Great Dao did not wish to see, this land would not have been abandoned. Furthermore, the terrifying seals surrounding it, reinforced by mysterious supreme powerhouses, were undoubtedly to protect something!
"Your Majesty, based on the information gathered so far, the true details behind the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin have been deliberately concealed by powerful beings of mysterious forces. All that remains for the world to see is a cultivation method for a peerless True God, a forbidden art!"
"Concealed?"
Yang Hao reached out and touched the area marked as highly dangerous, lost in thought. What were the supreme powers of this world hiding? Why did the Great Dao abandon this place?
Perhaps the two were related – either seeking to protect the same thing, or something akin to it!
"Continue,"
Yang Hao said softly.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Within the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin lies buried a peerless True God, one who dominated the True God ranks of the Domain Prefectures for over five million years. He was revered by countless beings in the Domain Prefectures as: 'While the Heavenly Gods are absent, I am the invincible True God!'"
"This peerless True God broke the conventions of this realm with nine Divine Fires, stepping into the True God realm."
Huang Zhong frowned, a hint of admiration in his eyes as he spoke of this peerless True God. He had experienced the struggle for the ultimate Dao and knew the difficulty of becoming a True God. To step into the True God realm with nine Divine Fires showed that this True God was also an exceptional prodigy!
Across the Domain Prefectures, there were likely dozens of True God cultivators, each a genius who achieved True God status with twelve Divine Fires. To open the Baihui acupoint from the Divine Fire realm was already a feat for the elite among hundreds of thousands of Divine Fire cultivators.
A being who relied on the peak of ordinary Divine Fires, to contend with this realm's Great Dao for a True God position, and to dominate the Virtual Gods of the entire Domain Prefecture, with their twelve Divine Fires, for a million years, demonstrated his terror.
Such a being was rare, perhaps appearing only once in an epoch!
"Nine Divine Fires? Suppressing numerous True Gods?"
Yang Hao slightly raised his head, looking at their faces, deep in thought. Receiving their confirmation, Yang Hao was quite shocked.
Back then, Xu Chu and the other two contended for the Divine Fire extreme path and perfected the Divine Fire realm, clashing with the Great Dao. It was only through Yang Hao mobilizing the national destiny of the Great Han Imperial Dynasty, and the combined might of countless ancient heroes and legions, that the Great Dao was repelled, opening up the Divine Fire extreme realm unique to the ancient heroes of Huaxia!
How could this True God, with his ordinary Divine Fires, have achieved such a height that ordinary Divine Fire cultivators could not reach, wresting it from the hands of the Great Dao!
Furthermore, he used nine Divine Fires to suppress a multitude of True Gods, each with twelve Divine Fires, for a million years!
"Your Majesty, according to ancient texts from Water Moon Heaven and Long River Sect, this peerless True God later offended the Gate of Fortune, killing many Virtual God cultivators they had meticulously nurtured!"
"Enraged, the Gate of Fortune dispatched a Heavenly God, who pursued him for tens of thousands of miles but failed to apprehend him. The peerless True God escaped multiple times, eventually arriving at the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin. With nowhere left to retreat, he charged into the seal outside the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin and died on the spot. However, a trace of his soul, carrying his cultivation method, fell into the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin!"
"For this reason, every five million years, the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin opens, attracting Virtual God cultivators from across the Domain Prefectures, all vying to enter and seize that cultivation method to ascend to the True God realm!"
"Even beings who achieved the Virtual God realm with twelve Divine Fires are rushing to enter the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin. The Blood Origin Heavenly Dynasty, Ancient Lion Kingdom, Crimson Sun Heavenly Dynasty, Dragon Elephant Ancient Kingdom, and Jian Gu lineage, and even the Gate of Fortune itself, are secretly nurturing Virtual God cultivators as death warriors, desperately trying to obtain the peerless True God's cultivation method. Now, after tens of millions of years, countless Virtual God cultivators have perished within the Blood Sea Suspended Coffin!"