novelraw Chapter 119 : Evolution of the Annihilation Heavenly Coffin, Cross-Realm Mission!
Chapter 119 : Evolution of the Annihilation Heavenly Coffin, Cross-Realm Mission!
Chapter 119: Evolution of the Annihilation Heavenly Coffin, Cross-Realm Mission!
Within the temporary space structured by the Little Celestial Ghost.
The precious principles of the Great Dao pursued by countless cultivators faded, once again becoming unreachable.
Only during moments of enlightenment could one glimpse a fraction.
The radiance enveloping the Coffin Spirit gradually dissipated, revealing its current appearance.
The coffin had expanded to seven meters. Its originally blood-jade-like material had turned into a black-red bronze coffin. The surface of the coffin was inscribed with numerous mysterious divine scripts, resembling hieroglyphs. These inscriptions spoke of reincarnation, the Six Paths, and ancient underworld deities—apparently numbering eleven—who governed all death.
Buzz!
These inscriptions were formed from Corpse-Dissolution Immortal Dust, radiating specks of light that formed halo-like rings resembling star-rings, slowly revolving around the coffin.
Upon approaching, one could hear mysterious chants of corpse-dissolution scriptures from within, governing all death and regulating the order of reincarnation, stepping into the final demise.
All things perish, all beings are annihilated.
Even Jiang Yan felt slight discomfort just by listening, indicating a suppressive effect on all living beings. In other words, the Coffin Spirit’s restraint over undead creatures had advanced to another level.
Moreover, around the corpse-dissolution scripts were vast rust marks shaped like dragon patterns, spread across the entire coffin, forming a mysterious dark sundial diagram. Though it no longer gleamed as before, it now carried a sense of ancient heaviness.
The white skeletal arm that had once firmly sealed the coffin lid had vanished, replaced by seven white bone coffin nails, arranged in an inverted Big Dipper formation, driven into the coffin.
The Southern Dipper governing "life" was on top, while the Northern Dipper governing "death" was below.
It seemingly symbolized that all life transformed into death would be buried by it!
"Roar?"
At that moment, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon curiously poked its head over. After all, it wished to usurp the position of eldest brother and was preparing to probe the Coffin Spirit’s strengths and weaknesses.
Know yourself and your enemy, and you shall be undefeated.
Yet the moment it approached, the coffin suddenly let out a loud bang, the seven coffin nails bounced up, and the lid burst open, revealing a dark nebula inside. Numerous tendrils exuding darkness and death reached out, interweaving through the void.
At the center of the nebula was a rust-red giant eye, composed of molten iron, corpse-dissolution light, and ash.
Coffin Guard Beasts such as Crimson Hannya and the Three-Faced Black Dragon orbited around it like planets, maintaining the stability of this dark starfield.
At that moment, the rust-red eye suddenly rotated and stared at the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.
Boom!
The latter trembled as if its life had reached its end, everything heading toward annihilation, briefly losing consciousness.
"A mere Three-Headed Flood Dragon, easily handled!"
The Coffin Spirit’s eye spun with pride.
"Roar!"
The Three-Headed Flood Dragon snapped back, all three heads roaring in discontent at the Coffin Spirit’s sneak attack.
Yet the Coffin Spirit spoke with earnest tone: "A true expert strikes in an instant. Don’t talk about being careless. On the battlefield, you wouldn’t even know how many times you’d have died already. And I’ve sworn—never to accept a challenge from a defeated opponent in this life!"
The Three-Headed Flood Dragon asked in confusion: "Roar?"
When did you swear that?
The Coffin Spirit shut the lid with a concise reply:
"Just now."
The Three-Headed Flood Dragon was stunned. It had never seen such a shameless Coffin Spirit.
It was about to brawl when the Coffin Spirit quickly dashed to its master and began reporting the results of its transformation.
Related information appeared before Jiang Yan.
【Annihilation Heavenly Coffin】
【Realm: Peak Foundation Establishment】
【Grade: Perfect】
【Description: Evolved from the Spirit of the Burial Coffin by devouring Corpse Mountain, Corpse-Dissolution Immortal Dust, and the bones of the Three-Faced Black Dragon.
Possesses strong suppressive power over all underworld beings and corpse-dissolution reborn. By mastering the lower power of the path of destruction—decay—and merging it with the power of burial, it has birthed the power of the annihilation path. It can annihilate all things and may evolve toward the higher path of 【End】.】
【Skills: Bone Commander (can freely manipulate the power of bones and blood, and can consume spiritual energy to revive corpses as puppets, unleashing a corpse tide.)
Hidden Corpse Mountain (growth skill: every buried being calms resentment and gains eternal peace. Each burial strengthens Hidden Corpse Mountain, which can be summoned to suppress enemies. The more buried, the stronger the corpse mountain.)
Touch of Annihilation (tentacles formed from annihilation power that disintegrate and obliterate whatever they touch.)
Corpse-Dissolution Eye (as the carrier of death and harbinger of the end, it intimidates all life, with double effect on underworld-path beings. Against corpse-dissolution beings, has a very low chance of triggering 【Corpse-Dissolution】 effect, initiating the Corpse-Dissolution Seven Calamities.)
Heavenly Coffin's Blessing (increases chance of birthing underworld treasures from buried beings, may additionally yield fate, fortune, and other intangible assets. Large-scale burial boosts wealth luck.)】
【Blessing from the Heavenly Officer? No, it's the Heavenly Coffin!】
Additionally, the Unborn Burial Coffin Foundation had expanded to 333 zhang.
Though still incomparable to Jiang Yan, it was enough to stir a sensation within the Bureau of Historical Revision, surpassing the “records.”
Jiang Yan clicked his tongue in amazement.
The current Coffin Spirit was terrifyingly powerful.
Compared to the Ash Lamp that fed on undead and was a superior predator, the Coffin Spirit was more like a nemesis.
It was unimaginable how powerful 【Hidden Corpse Mountain】 could become if it buried the entire Corpse-Dissolution Court.
Even the Heavenly Officials might steer clear.
The skill 【Corpse-Dissolution Eye】 could trigger the Corpse-Dissolution Seven Calamities. Though it sounded like a tribulation, ninety-nine percent would not survive it.
Essentially a one-hit kill against the corpse-dissolution path.
The only pity was the extremely low activation rate.
In response,
The Coffin Spirit patted its lid with its tentacles and confidently declared:
"Master, once I integrate multi-eye-type skills and grow thousands, even billions of eyes, staring at them all the time, I refuse to believe it won’t trigger!"
It's all about quantity leading to quality!
And once it advanced to Ancient Talisman level,
The mere Corpse-Dissolution Court would be easy to handle, right?
Oh, but there were shadows of Immortals and Gods behind the Corpse-Dissolution Court.
Its ruler had even slain a Heavenly Official…
The Coffin Spirit suddenly realized—it had no hands, only tentacles.
"Roar!"
The Three-Headed Flood Dragon snorted disdainfully from all three heads, mockingly.
Such a puny Coffin Spirit—how laughable.
If the Coffin Spirit had been a dragon, it would have been acceptable.
Too bad, this one’s title was 【Treasure Lion】.
As for the Little Celestial Ghost, it continued monitoring the Silver Dynasty.
With all matters settled, Jiang Yan opened the Bureau of Historical Revision’s internal marketplace app on his phone, submitted a deposit in the background, then listed four Law Seed attributes and capabilities in an anonymous post.
Though these four Law Seeds contained mid-grade Law-Qi, they required effort to purify and expel existing pollution. Thus, they were only suitable for practitioners on the same path and were priced with a discount.
Jiang Yan set the starting price at 1200 points, allowing free bidding, which typically resulted in a considerable markup.
He thought it would take time to attract attention, but within minutes, he received over a dozen private messages.
"Have I established my home online?"
Jiang Yan glanced over. Most messages asked if they could barter instead of paying points, or offered Tianxia Alliance currency.
Even without using supernatural powers for malicious competition, cultivators often ventured into Diseased Domains and returned with rare materials, technologies, medicine, or mechanical crafts—enough to establish companies and amass wealth.
But that was still mundane business. To trade in the supernatural world, one needed overwhelming strength.
Jiang Yan’s current issue was a short cultivation time. Once he advanced to the Law Seed stage, even a slight nod would attract minor factions lining up to throw money, houses, and women at him.
Unfortunately, while points could be exchanged for money, money couldn’t buy points. Not particularly meaningful.
Jiang Yan was a worldly man who enjoyed comfort, and 300 points could be exchanged for nine million in cash—enough for a wealthy life with his family.
Besides, taking in underlings wasn’t as simple as paying. They’d use his name to gain more benefits, and he’d occasionally have to provide protection or solve their problems.
So his stance was non-oppositional but selective, only choosing factions with clean backgrounds. Otherwise, he risked becoming a corrupt umbrella shielding villains in someone else’s protagonist story.
It wouldn’t just bring him trouble—it’d also hinder his cultivation progress.
Generally speaking, only Law Seed practitioners who had lost hope of advancement would run factions for opportunity.
As for bartering…
Most materials offered were mundane and relied on quantity. Sincere, yes, but not impressive.
After some thought, Jiang Yan replied that he would only accept points, ultra-grade Law Seeds, relevant intel, or materials related to the spatial, stellar, or karmic paths.
The latter could help the Little Celestial Ghost craft the 【Mirror of the Heaven-Stealing Ghost】, allowing more Diseased Domain deployments to harvest their origins.
However, once he sent the message, the other side left him on read—utter silence.
Probably cursing him for being too greedy.
Jiang Yan didn’t care. He casually updated the listing conditions and set notifications to silent mode.
Once someone won the auction and paid, the white worm he’d seen last time would transport the goods to an appraiser inside the Bureau. Only after verification would the points be credited.
Convenient, fast, legal, and compliant.
Holding to a policy of reading everything, Jiang Yan browsed the remaining messages. One in particular caught his eye.
The ID was 【Want to Be Chang’e’s Dog】.
“…What a name.”
Jiang Yan was momentarily speechless.
【Want to Be Chang’e’s Dog】: "Boss, interested in an exploration mission? I’ve got coordinates for a Congested-Level Diseased Domain. Want to conquer it before it moves. Already have four mid-stage Law Seed cultivators, including myself. We enter on the first of next month.
Reward: minimum 600 points. Distribution based on contribution. Shared domain resources. If a domain key is found, I’ll buy it at a premium."
Jiang Yan was intrigued.
Diseased Domain creatures were his ideal nourishment. But he had just conquered three in a row, and even the Historical Long River had granted him leave. There was no more calling.
First day of missing the Historical Long River.
Estimating the arrival of the next Diseased Domain, it might be over three months away, or more.
Even if his descendants went wild strengthening themselves and stirring up the real world, it’d still take at least a month and a half.
Unless… he caused serious destruction.
He couldn’t just go mess with White Sakura, could he?
Might as well explore someone else’s Diseased Domain in the meantime. Compare domestic and foreign flowers.
Moreover, a 【Congested-Level】 Diseased Domain had a chance to yield ultra-grade Law-Qi.
He still lacked nine of the Ten Heavenly Stems.
The Little Celestial Ghost, Three-Headed Flood Dragon, and Coffin Spirit all needed ultra-grade Law-Qi. Fortunately, the Shadow-Eating Serpent was symbiotic, saving him one.
What he thought would be a windfall was actually poverty’s sneer.
The other party sent another message.
【Want to Be Chang’e’s Dog】: "Boss, can you bear to watch your precious treasure lost in a Diseased Domain and not retrieve it?"
Jiang Yan froze, then realized—
This guy… was a real talent!