Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The cataclysmic storm in the Celestial Burial Valley lasted for 49 days.
It was like a perfect cycle of reincarnation.
This wasn’t an auspicious number, but it still demonstrated perfection, and it demonstrated that the Worldly Furnace’s work was completed.
During these 49 days, the murky wind blew mercilessly before it turned into a black mist.
The black mist was full of all kinds of noises that reverberated throughout many lands. These noises resembled ghosts’ wails and gods’ roars. It seemed as if innumerable departed spirits were wailing, bellowing, and shouting.
Even the departed spirits within the Worldly Furnace couldn’t escape from the sacrifice.
On the 42nd day, all the noise disappeared, and the Celestial Burial Valley was engulfed by black seawater. It seemed like a Sea of Death. It was ice-cold and filled with an aura of death!
Only on the 49th day did the Celestial Burial Valley recover its calm.
The Celestial Burial Valley had turned into a dry desert with no vegetation or water. Even its soil seemed dead. It was a land without even a wisp of life force.
“Ha this…has come to an end?” Duan Jiude looked at the Celestial Burial Valley that had changed beyond recognition. It was unbelievable!
He’d stood in front of the Celestial Burial Valley’s entrance for the past 49 days without ever leaving.
It was only the giant turtle that had left early and entered the sea. They hadn’t had any news about the turtle since then.
Mo Junchen, who was at the peak of the Golden Celestial stage with a first-rate Hell King’s Prison Suppression Physique, still couldn’t keep the turtle from leaving. He’d tried, but given up, and instead stayed to wait with Liu Jingning, Duan Jiude, and the others.
Now the sacrifice of the Worldly Furnace inside the Celestial Burial Valley had already ended, and the crowd was getting restless.
As they had all seen how the Celestial Burial Valley had turned out, they all wondered how could Xu Que and Buttface have survived?
“Hurry up and let’s go inside to take a look… F*ck! Wait, who remembers where that mountain is?” Duan Jiude shouted as he stood up. The whole Celestial Burial Valley looked like a desert, and he couldn’t find the mountain range.
“I remember,” Liu Jingning replied as she rushed into the valley ahead of the others.
“Wait!” Mo Junchen shouted, but it was already too late. Liu Jingning had rushed into the Celestial Burial Valley, heading toward the Spirit Core’s mountain range that Xu Que had pointed out to her previously.
Mo Junchen was worried that the sacrifice still hadn’t ended even though the Worldly Furnace had stopped working, and this was why he was worried about allowing Liu Jingning to go inside.
However, it was fortunate that Liu Jingning didn’t suffer any danger after she rushed inside, and he heaved a sigh of relief.
If Liu Jingning had suffered a mishap, then Mo Junchen was sure that even if Faction Leader Xu had turned into a ghost, he still wouldn’t let him off the hook.
“What are you waiting for? Let’s rush inside to see whether there are any Celestial Artifacts we can pick up. I have to inform you that I’m sure that that lad and dog have found many treasures,” Duan Jiude said before he too rushed inside.
Even though he’d talked about picking up Celestial Artifacts, everyone could tell that Duan Jiude was also worried about the safety of Xu Que and Buttface.
After all, everyone could see that the Worldly Furnace had sacrificed even the mountain ranges. So, how could it let off Celestial Artifacts?
SWOOSH!
They all rushed quickly into the valley and went toward the Spirit Core’s location that had been pointed out by Xu Que previously.
Everybody stood behind Liu Jingning, and they observed calmly the sand and rocks that were left here. They were dead silent!
“All members of the Exploding Heavens Faction, obey my orders and start excavating this land quickly,” Liu Jingning gritted her teeth and shouted.
No matter if Xu Que was dead or alive, she still must dig him out and take a look at him.
Upon hearing this, the Eight-Headed Serpent and the other members of the Exploding Heavens Faction responded with a hearty positive, before they took out their shovels without any hesitation. They started excavating.
However, soon a peculiar sight appeared.
After they had shoveled some of the sand and stones, the ground instantly went back to its previous appearance.
“This is…,” Duan Jiude was startled.
“This place is thoroughly dead,” Mo Junchen was also startled.
When one started digging sand and stones in the desert, other stones and sand would quickly fill any hole. This was a normal occurrence, but it would make one more nervous the more one dug.
However, what they had run across was a completely different situation.
After the crowd shoveled sand and stones, the sand and stones in the vicinity didn’t move at all, but the hole dug by them was quickly filled with sand and stones and recovered its previous appearance.
This demonstrated that the Celestial Burial Valley’s soil was already dead, and all the Spiritual Qi in the ground had been absorbed by the Worldly Furnace. This whole piece of land would forever have its current appearance, and its appearance wouldn’t change no matter if one took a part of its soil or added some soil to it.
HISS! “This is… We probably shouldn’t continue digging,” Duan Jiude sucked in a breath of air and shook his head as he spoke.
Liu Jingning clasped her hands together in anguish. She tried hard to repress her emotions and keep her calm.
She would only manage to come up with a solution by keeping her calm.
“Wait, we can go take a look at Xuanyuan Wanrong’s mountain range. If Xuanyuan Wanrong is still alive, then that lad won’t have died. But if… Just forget about it, and let’s go take a look before discussing this,” Duan Jiude made a proposal. After all, Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong’s lives were linked, and if one of them was still alive, then it was obvious the other also hadn’t died.
Since they couldn’t dig up the ground, they could only go take a look at Xuanyuan Wanrong. They would manage to learn about Xu Que’s situation through this.
“I remember the location.”
Liu Jingning moved promptly and rushed toward the location where Xuanyuan Wanrong’s mountain range had been situated.
The crowd followed her closely.
Liu Jingning landed on flat ground. The mountain range had also been sacrificed and turned into flat land, but the sacrificial altar still hadn’t collapsed.
Liu Jingning waved her fair hand and created a gust of wind that blew at the altar surface. The whole altar quickly emerged in front of their eyes. It was transparent like water and they could clearly see what was beneath it.
When the crowd took a look, their expressions stiffened.
The palace was already broken, and most of the ice coffin underground was also broken. The thing lying in it wasn’t Xuanyuan Wanrong, but a pile of black waste.
“…..”
Duan Jiude and his companions descended into a complete silence. They couldn’t utter a single word.
They didn’t have to say anything in this situation. Everyone had already gotten their answer.
Since the sacrificial altar hadn’t been broken, then it was obvious that the sealing restriction spells were still in play, and Xuanyuan Wanrong hadn’t come out. The black soil-like waste in the ice coffin was probably some ashes left behind after Xuanyuan Wanrong’s blood was sacrificed.
“Well? It seems like there is a name on this stone. What’s written on it…?” At this moment, a member of the Exploding Heavens Faction cried out in surprise as he looked at a rectangular stone next to his feet. He was instantly taken aback.
Upon hearing this, the crowd looked over, and soon they were all shocked.
Liu Jingning’s hands shook and her face stiffened. She felt as if she was going to faint.
Three big words were written clearly on the stone–Xu Que’s tomb.
It was in crooked handwriting, and it seemed as if it had been written carelessly. This conformed completely to Xu Que’s usual mode of conduct.
“Did that lad really…? That can’t be right, it doesn’t seem like it’s the case,” Duan Jiude found this unbelievable. He couldn’t understand why a tombstone had appeared here, on which the words were even written by Xu Que.
This didn’t conform to Xu Que’s character. If he really knew that he was going to die, he surely wouldn’t write three simple words on his tombstone.
Taking into consideration his character, he would at least write: The tomb of the most handsome youth in history, the most invincible and handsome Act-Tough King, the Exploding Heavens Faction Leader, Xu Que.”
Also, there was still Buttface. Since Xu Que had made a tombstone, then it would be strange for Buttface to not do the same. So why didn’t he also leave a tombstone?
As Duan Jiude thought about this, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
After all, they were all birds of a feather, and they understood one another.
He thought that there was only a single truth. The two tricksters Xu Que and Buttface surely wouldn’t die so easily.
BANG!
At this moment, a loud rumble echoed out suddenly.
It seemed as if the void had been torn apart, and a boundless aura emanated from the sky.
Everyone’s expressions changed drastically, and they turned around to take a look.
The turtle as big as a mountain had come back again. It possessed great power, and it hid the sky and the sun. Once again, it led an elite Sea Tribe Army with a million troops. It flew through the air and seemed super powerful.
“My Tribe’s Protector God will shortly emerge. Human Clan ants, get lost!” The giant turtle in the air cried sharply. Its shout reverberated in the land and it shocked the crowd.
Mo Junchen was still aggrieved about the death of Xu Que. He’d assumed that he wouldn’t be touched by this because he’d already expected this outcome long ago. After all, he’d lived for innumerable years and he didn’t take life and death seriously.
Now, when Mo Junchen saw the Sea Tribe’s turtle and the Sea Tribe Army with a million troops, he flew into a rage and he emitted a terrifying murderous aura as he rushed out.
“F*ck, I will kill all of you.”
Mo Junchen, who had always been refined and acted politely in front of the crowd, cursed before he turned into a light beam and soared into the sky.
