The Quest for Immortality

The origins of the Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram are truly grand.

During his travels, Mo Hua remembers his master once spoke much about the origins of the Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram. At that time, he was inexperienced and not deeply affected. Now, upon careful reflection, the more he thinks about it, the more alarmed he becomes.

What is called the Contemplation Map reflects the Divine Thought of others or some other type of existence.

In other words, what can be contemplated in the map is the ”Dao” of others, or perhaps the ”Dao” of some Non-Human existences...

Mo Hua, using Divine Sense to Prove the Dao, understands that the deeper one delves into Divine Sense, the more one realizes the profound mysteries it contains.

To date, none of the Contemplation Maps he has seen are simple.

Not to mention one of the largest sects in Kun State, the Earth Sect’s sect-protecting treasure, passed down for millennia—what it truly contains, no one knows.

Even the Earth Sect itself probably doesn’t fully understand.

It could be an ancient Taoist Meaning, or possibly some more horrifying unknown existence.

Mo Hua still remembers his master previously saying that this Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram, although the Earth Sect’s treasure, violates the Taoist Court’s taboo due to the words ”Emperor Heaven.”

No matter how large the Earth Sect is, it is only a sect in Kun State and can revere the ”Earth,” but cannot be termed ”Emperor Heaven.”

Therefore, this Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram was forcibly split by the old monsters of the Taoist Court into the ”Emperor Heaven Diagram” and the ”Earth Diagram.”

The ”Emperor Heaven Diagram” is enshrined in the Taoist Court, while the ”Earth Diagram” is hidden in the Earth Sect.

The Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram has been passed down for over ten thousand years, and the Taoist Meaning within is undoubtedly terrifying.

But within the Taoist Court, those old monsters, alive for tens of thousands of years with cultivation that reaches the heavens, are the truly terrifying ones...

Could the old monsters in the Taoist Court, with sky-high cultivation, be... beyond the Heaven Void?

Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart.

The waters of the Cultivation World are indeed too deep, and the heavens of the Cultivation World are equally too high. He doesn’t know if in this lifetime, he could ever cultivate to such a realm...

Moreover...

”I don’t know if I’ll ever have the chance to see the Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram. If I can’t see the Taoist Court’s Emperor Heaven Diagram, perhaps I could at least see the Earth Sect’s Earth Diagram if there’s a chance...”

As for the complete Emperor Heaven and Earth Diagram...

His master’s half-joking, meaningful words echoed in Mo Hua’s ears:

”One day, if you can make the Earth Sect bow their heads in submission, and contend equally with the Taoist Court, merging the Emperor Heaven Diagram and the Earth Diagram might not be impossible.”

Mo Hua shook his head.

These words, he used to listen to casually.

Now that he’s entered the Qianxue State Boundary and seen so many powerful cultivators, broadening his perspective, he feels this idea is really too arrogant, too disrespectful.

His master may joke, but he could never take it seriously.

Mo Hua set aside these thoughts and suddenly recalled Mr. Pi.

”So, this Mr. Pi should be a defector disciple of the Earth Sect?”

After all, a genuine Earth Sect disciple, no matter what, wouldn’t engage in tomb raiding.

Then why did he defect from the sect?

Was he expelled for wrongdoing, or... like Boss Jiang, did he steal some sort of inheritance?

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, and he immediately searched through his storage bag again, then sighed helplessly:

”I was thinking too much...”

He still held a faint hope that Mr. Pi defected because he stole the ”Earth Diagram” or at least some clues related to it.

Now it seems, indeed, it was wishful thinking.

The existence of the Earth Diagram is such that ordinary disciples probably don’t even have the eligibility to see it.

But without the Earth Diagram, Mo Hua discovered another peculiar item:

A talisman tooth.

This talisman tooth resembles a claw clad in dark gold and light silver, or a polished tooth.

The front end of the claw or tooth is sharp and translucent, emitting a faint fluorescence. The back end is inlaid with gold and silver and has two carved words:

Mo Jin.

”Mo Jin Talisman?”

Mo Hua’s heart skipped slightly, and then he carefully inspected this talisman tooth from all angles.

It’s a pity he doesn’t quite understand this field, unable to discern much about it, but he vaguely knows that this talisman tooth must be very valuable; otherwise, it wouldn’t be at the very bottom of Mr. Pi’s storage bag.

Without hesitation, Mo Hua directly placed this ancient Mo Jin Talisman into his Storage Ring.

Whatever its purpose, the item is his now anyway.

The remaining formation diagrams, formation books, a bronze pen, and so on, Mo Hua thought for a moment and ultimately didn’t touch them, placing everything back in Mr. Pi’s storage bag.

Time was short; he simply didn’t have the chance to examine everything carefully.

Sure enough, after a while, extremely light footsteps came from afar, barely audible, yet the auras were complex, as if a group of people had arrived.

Mo Hua was a bit surprised.

Did Mr. Pi’s so-called ”guests” comprise more than one person?

Does it require so many people to raid a tomb?

While puzzling over this, as the distant figures approached, a quick glance from Mo Hua revealed there were up to seven people.

Besides the three tomb raiders, including ”Mr. Hui,” there were four ”guests.”

These four guests were all draped in black robes.

Among them, two hulking men, tall and strong, had to lower their heads while walking through the corridor.

There was an elderly man.

And a young man.

All four were tightly clad in black robes, keeping their auras concealed; the only exception was the young cultivator.

Though he was wrapped in a black robe, his face was revealed—fair-skinned, handsome features, and a slightly arrogant demeanor, appearing to be a pampered young master from some family.

Yet Mo Hua had never seen him and had no particular impression of him.

As for these black-robed cultivators, despite the black robes blocking Divine Sense, Mo Hua instinctively judged them all to be Golden Core cultivators.

Four Golden Cores in total...

Mo Hua felt a slight heaviness in his heart, accompanied by some confusion.

These four ”guests” appeared peculiar in every way. He couldn’t quite grasp the relationship between them.