Chapter 1183 Relief
At this moment, Ding Hao suddenly understood that the person in front of him was the mysterious person mentioned by Bright Moon Immortal. But this time, why didn’t he go to see her?
This also explained why among the Eight True Immortals, only Bright Moon Immortal could survive and remain in this state, while the other seven had been buried in the long history and turned into dust. They had already died.
Ding Hao had begun to believe the words of the strange-looking man on the black flame throne in front of him.
After all, everything he said made sense.
No one would have thought that there would be such a secret hidden in the chaos of the Immortal Period. The only exceptions might be the white-robed Immortal King and the black-robed Immortal King because before they died, the white-robed Immortal King had left a message saying that there would be someone waiting for Ding Hao.
Obviously, the person the white-robed Immortal King was referring to was the strange man on the black throne in front of Ding Hao.
He was also the legendary fire artificer.
From this, it could be seen that the so-called Hades True Immortal’s true identity wasn’t a fire artificer. Instead, he was Xuan Tianzong. Everyone from the Immortal Period had been deceived by this ancestor.
However, it was obvious that even the white-robed Immortal King only learned about it later. He should have learned from the strange man in front of Ding Hao about it. They had stayed in the burial ground of the immortals for such a long time and were all peerless figures. They must have communicated with each other. Unfortunately, it was too late when the white-robed Immortal King and the others knew about all of this.
“You actually know Bright Moon? Haha, that’s right. In order to protect her, I finally turned against Xuan Tianzong and regained control of my body. Xuan Tianzong was shocked and took over the body of another disciple, Cyan Wind Immortal. Then, he turned into a good person and began to stir up trouble in the name of Cyan Wind Immortal. He placed all the blames on me. However, I couldn’t explain myself…”
When the fire artificer talked about the past, his face was ferocious. Obviously, he hated Xuan Tianzong to the utmost.
Ding Hao could imagine that at this time, the fire artificer’s feelings for Xuan Tianzong had changed from gratitude to endless hatred. To him, nothing was sadder than the death of his love. The death of his beloved woman and the ruthlessness of Xuan Tianzong made him completely angry.
“In order to prevent Bright Moon from disappearing from this world, I was willing to degenerate and cultivate the dark methods. When Xuan Tianzong dominated this body in the past, I peeped into all his secrets, so I naturally knew the dark power like the back of my hand. I used the secret dark methods to find a strange place and set up a dark tactical deployment so that Bright Moon’s soul could get eternal life in that area!”
A gentle smile appeared on the fire artificer’s face.
This was a person with endless hatred and surging killing intent. However, whenever he spoke the words “Bright Moon”, he would become much gentler. It could be seen that Bright Moon Immortal was the one that could ease him the most.
However, Ding Hao did not know what Bright Moon Immortal thought of the fire artificer.
However, judging from her narration, she didn’t seem to know who saved her or who often came to take a look at her from the distance.
The fire artificer continued, “Xuan Tianzong deserved to be the ancestor of all immortals. I couldn’t defeat them in terms of cultivation methods, vision, or wisdom. In the end, I was schemed against by him and almost lost my body again. Haha, I will never be willing to be his pawn again. Even if I die, I will not allow my body to accommodate that crazy soul again, so…”
Speaking of this, the fire artificer looked down at his broken body and said, “So I simply destroyed this body. I cut off my legs, an eyeball, my nose, and my ears. My body is so powerful that even I couldn’t completely destroy myself. That’s why Xuan Tianzong chose me to be his eternal shell. But I know him too well. He pursues perfection to the extreme and can’t stand being ugly. So when I turned myself into this state, he was indeed very angry, but he was really no longer interested in my body because he couldn’t stand to become such a monster after he possessed me!”
When Ding Hao and the others heard this, they were shocked. Only then did they realize that the reason why the fire artificer had turned into such a miserable monster was not that he had been killed by the enemy, but that he had hurt himself.
He was really a tough guy.
“No one in the Immortal Period was a match for him. He killed countless people and was invincible in the world. All his opponents had already been defeated, killed, or become nourishment for him… The war between the immortals also caused the six paths to collapse and great changes to the world. The world was about to be extinguished because of this. Even people like Wang Yangming and Li Ru, who appeared later, were no match for him…
“However, to Xuan Tianzong, the result of the huge changes between heaven and earth was fatal. He hadn’t obtained eternity yet, so he would naturally decline with the changes in the world. Furthermore, as he was the No. 1 Expert in this world, the decline had the greatest impact on him. It can be said that he would be the first to bear the brunt of it. This is something he didn’t expect, so he set up a plan and directly buried the Immortal Period. All of the immortals in the Immortal Period failed to escape. He lured them into this dark place, completely buried them, and trapped them. In this way, even if he destroyed his cultivation and annihilated the Immortal Period, no one would be able to threaten him. As you can see, this burial ground of the immortals has been refined into a small world by him with great magical powers!”
“So that’s how it is.”
Ding Hao and the others looked at each other in dismay.
It turned out that the world in the small black coffin had this kind of origin.
But why did it appear in the Feather Clan’s divine hall?
Ding Hao asked this.
“The Feather Clan? Haha, it’s just a clan of traitors. In the Immortal Period, it was just a vassal clan. In those days, it was also the first clan to fall under the control of Xuan Tianzong. Not long ago, there was a boy from the Feather Clan who made a deal with Xuan Tianzong and obtained the power of a dark seed. Later, this poor guy was used by Xuan Tianzong and became a dark clay warrior. That’s him.” The fire artificer’s scarlet eye fell on the dark remnant of the birdman.
Ding Hao had already guessed all of this.
Although the fire artificer said that it happened not long ago, it probably had been a long time. That boy from the Feather Clan was probably the previous Feather Emperor.
“Senior, do you know where Xuan Tianzong is now?” Ding Hao asked. This was the most important question at the moment.
“Haha, the Immortal Period declined, and the world weakened. He reduced his cultivation and turned into thousands of people. He would use all kinds of faces to constantly appear in the broken world, controlling the creatures between heaven and earth. He has dark secret skills, so he could naturally prolong his life countless times. I have been staying in this burial ground of the immortals. Because of my physical body and dark secret skills, I would not die. Naturally, he was no longer my opponent and did not dare to come to this burial ground of the immortals again… But… haha…”
Speaking of this, the fire artificer laughed and said, “You should have felt the changes between heaven and earth. I’m afraid that Xuan Tianzong has already thought of countermeasures with his terrifying power. My doomsday is coming soon!”
When he said this, there was no awe or panic in his voice. Instead, there was a sense of relief.
There was one thing that the fire artificer didn’t say. With his completely dark body and Heaven Wasteland Battle Body, if he had stayed in the burial ground of the immortals all the time, he could have remained undead. It was just that he had regularly gone to see Bright Moon Immortal and walked out of the burial ground of the immortals, he had been weakened by the power of Heavenly Punishment, and his vitality had basically been completely cut off. He would die sooner or later.
Right now, he seemed to be incomparably powerful, but in reality, his essence had already dried up.
If he hadn’t absorbed the power of the Feather Emperor just now, he probably wouldn’t have been able to speak logically and clearly for such a long time. That was why he didn’t go to see Bright Moon Immortal this time. In his current state, he would turn into ashes the moment he walked out of the burial ground of the immortals.
After hearing what he said, everyone looked at each other and almost fully believed him.
The horrible massacre that happened a long time ago seemed to have happened again. It even ruined the world and destroyed reincarnation. It could be seen that it was miserable and horrible back then. Unfortunately, the fire artificer didn’t know where Xuan Tianzong was now. His purpose of coming here hadn’t been realized yet, and the Feather Emperor was dead, as well as some others. Dead men could tell no tales.
“Xuan Tianzong buried his shells, but he won’t give up his original body. Once he enters the Eternal Realm, he will return to his original body and appear as the ancestor of tens of thousands of immortals. He pursues perfection and doesn’t tolerate flaws. He is a perfectionist. This is his weakness. If he wants to obtain eternity, he has to find a body that is comparable to my former constitution. This is the only chance you have to find him…”
Hearing this, Ding Hao was lost in thought.
“That friend of yours probably hasn’t passed the Heaven Disaster and reached the Celestial Realm, right?” the fire artificer suddenly asked.
Ding Hao was stunned and realized that the fire artificer was referring to Zhang Fan, so he nodded at once.
“The Supreme Kung Fu Devoted by Ten Emperors is extremely mysterious. Back then, under the guidance of Xuan Tianzong, I was only able to achieve perfection and trigger the Heaven Disaster. If he doesn’t know the method, it will definitely be difficult for him to make any further progress in his cultivation.” As the fire artificer spoke, he was silent for a moment. Then, the mass of black flame slowly floated over when he raised his hand as if he had made a decision. He said, “This ball of black flame contains the ultimate mystery of the Supreme Kung fu Devoted by Ten Sovereign Emperors and the mystery of God’s tests. If you are capable enough to refine the dark power within, you can hand it over to your friend. This bloodline shall never be severed!”
Ding Hao controlled and sealed the cluster of black flame and saved it.
For Zhang Fan, it was really an opportunity.
The reason why he was able to cultivate the Supreme Kung Fu Devoted by Ten Emperors might be that he had the same constitution as the fire artificer. After the fire artificer went through God’s tests, he cultivated his strength to the extreme and was close to staying undead. Even Xuan Tianzong coveted his body, which showed the power of this cultivation method. If Zhang Fan could achieve this level, there would be one more important member fighting against Hades True Immortal.
“If one day he really does succeed in his cultivation, I’ll ask him to go see Bright Moon for me. He shall… ignite three incense sticks on my behalf! Alas… my life shall be over now!”
As soon as the fire artificer finished speaking.
With a boom, dark power surged, and he turned into a ball of dark fireball, which disappeared like lightning in the direction of the exit of the small world at an extremely fast speed.
“Bright Moon, I’m coming…”
He roared loudly, and there was a kind of relief and sorrow in his roar.
