Serpent Ancestor

Without needing Hai Teng to say anything, Xu Hei already knew it was extremely dangerous. Otherwise, how did those masters from ancient times turn into corpses? Some even left behind remnants of their consciousness to warn others.

”With my current strength, even if I go back into seclusion, I won’t improve much. The Wood Spirit Clan can’t offer me much help.”

”Besides, I’ve been away for too long. If I don’t return soon, who knows what might happen to the Divine Continent Star.”

”In the past, I lost too much because of my weakness. I don’t want to lose anything now that I’m strong.”

Many thoughts flashed through Xu Hei’s mind.

Then, with determination in his eyes, he said, ”From now on, no matter what danger we encounter, the three of us will face it together.”

”Han Te, I’ve obtained a lot of Supreme Spirit Stones from the Wood Spirit Clan’s mines, you know.”

Xu Hei glanced at Han Te, whose eyes sparkled as he laughed heartily, ”Mr. Xu, no need to be so formal. We share the same goal, helping each other is only natural. Talking about money would hurt our relationship.”

”If it hurts our relationship, why did you open your pocket?” Xu Hei was a bit speechless.

Han Te quickly coughed twice and said, ”Let’s get down to business first.”Xu Hei nodded.

He focused intently, directly entering the three-phase fusion state. Rock Crystal Guardian, dragon scales, spider silk armor... his entire body defense was maximized, and even the Demon God Cauldron appeared in his palm.

Hai Teng did the same, with two water droplets, one blue and one red, appearing in his palm, swirling around each other, creating a vortex-like water flow around him, generating an extremely strong repulsive force.

Han Te, on the other hand, carried a pot on his back, put on a coat, and wrapped himself up tightly.

”Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

The three of them almost simultaneously rushed into the passageway.

In an instant, the space changed, the stars shifted, and they clearly felt they had entered a different area.

This area was pitch black, so dark that they couldn’t see their hands in front of them. Fortunately, their senses weren’t hindered, and they felt gusts of cold wind coming from all directions.

”Be careful!” Xu Hei shouted.

”Clang, clang, clang...”

A series of piercing wind sounds arose, as if lonely souls and wild ghosts were howling, with numerous figures rapidly approaching.

Hai Teng immediately summoned a Water Moon Pagoda, which rose up, casting moonlight, and a phantom of a flood dragon appeared behind him, roaring to the sky, its dragon roar shaking the heavens and earth.

Without a word, Xu Hei punched forward.

”Boom!!”

With a thunderous explosion.

In an instant, the front became silent.

The previous wind sounds and the wailing of lonely souls and wild ghosts all vanished without a trace, cleared away with a single punch.

The group scanned with their Divine Sense and saw a large area of dead bodies lying in the direction Xu Hei had punched, scattered all over the ground, their bodies shattered. Judging by their aura, they were all ancient cultivators who had been dead for a long time, with Divine Transformation cultivation, from various races.

After their death, they reverted to their original forms, some were wood spirits, some stone spirits, some flesh and blood beings, some viscous liquids, and some energy-based forms, their races unknown.

”These people are just like the zombies we saw before,” Xu Hei said.

It was one thing to see a group outside, but there were more inside as well.

Suddenly, Han Te seemed to have discovered something. He took out a shovel and dug into the ground, revealing a large pit.

Inside the pit were many boxes, though aged, yellowed, and severely damaged, they could still be vaguely recognized as relics left by the cultivators of that time.

Xu Hei raised his hand and grabbed a wooden box, opening it to find a jade slip inside.

”Yin-Yang Mysterious Heaven Transformation.”

Xu Hei scanned it with his Divine Sense and recognized it as a cultivation technique.

Not knowing which predecessor left it, he put it away.

Although it wasn’t of high grade and he couldn’t use it, he could sell it later, fulfilling the wish of the one who left it.

”I know my life is nearing its end, so I leave my life’s work here for future generations. Whoever finds this jade slip, remember, leave this place, seal it, and never return.”

At the end of the cultivation technique, this person had added such a sentence.

Xu Hei shook his head and continued to check the next wooden box.

”Three-turn Divine Ability, Golden Radiance Annihilation Sword, a combination of the Law of Gold, Sword Dao Law, and Ripple Law...”

”......”

After some investigation, these boxes, without exception, were left by the cultivators who died here, either a cultivation technique or a divine ability, their proud creations in life, unwilling to let their inheritance be cut off.

However, they died too quickly, and in their haste, there wasn’t much content, some even stopped halfway.

The cultivators who died here generally had late-stage Divine Transformation cultivation, naturally not as useful as the White Emperor Sutra or the Heavenly Demon Technique Xu Hei had obtained, but the sheer number made it a considerable inheritance.

Even if Xu Hei didn’t cultivate them himself, he could give them away, sell them, or use them for reference.

Xu Hei couldn’t help but wonder.

What kind of change did the cultivators here encounter? Suddenly realizing their end was near, they left their inheritance, hidden underground?

”Huh?”

Suddenly, Xu Hei picked up a jade slip, and as his Divine Sense entered, a familiar voice came through.

”I am the Thousand-Eyed King. On this journey back, I will surely be trapped by XX, my days are numbered, so I leave this unparalleled inheritance for future generations.”

”This inheritance is neither a cultivation technique nor a divine ability, but a secret technique to forcibly infuse Spiritual Qi by opening nine apertures, breaking through cultivation, called... Nine Extremes Return to Origin!”

”Whoever obtains this technique, remember, without an absolutely strong physical body, do not cultivate this technique!”

A long familiar voice echoed in Xu Hei’s mind, it was the voice of the Thousand-Eyed King.

And the content of the jade slip was none other than the Nine Extremes Return to Origin he had been desperately searching for, a method for cultivators at the Great Perfection in Divine Transformation to break through to Void Shattering.

”It’s actually here!”

Xu Hei’s expression changed slightly, his heart filled with joy.

Originally, the trip to the extreme south yielded nothing, and Xu Hei had given up hope, but unexpectedly, he found the inheritance left by the Thousand-Eyed King here.

It was truly like finding a needle in a haystack.

From the content of the jade slip, it seemed the Thousand-Eyed King had also been here, but unlike the others who died here, the Thousand-Eyed King managed to escape with his formidable cultivation.

However, he left the inheritance jade slip behind.

This was Xu Hei’s hope for breaking through to Void Shattering.

The first sentence of the Thousand-Eyed King had two words obscured, which should be extraterrestrial demons. Information about extraterrestrial demons couldn’t be recorded, which seemed to be an ironclad rule.