Everything around him was pitch black.
Gu Qing Shan laid down in the cramped space and opened his eyes.
— — -half an arm's length away from him was a wooden plank that blocked his line of sight.
A coffin.
So I'm lying in a coffin right now.
"The No Turning Ground …"
Gu Qing Shan's expression was unprecedentedly serious.
The Apocalypses had surrounded the entire stone path, making it impossible to escape.
Even the Dragon God and Emperor Heaven were caught by the demon body's secret control technique and were captured.
The No Turning Ground was the only place he could escape to.
— — -even the power of the flame spirit pendant was suppressed, so Gu Qing Shan wasn't sure what would happen to him if he took out the Key of the Wind.
Not to mention, as soon as the Key of the Wind appeared, his identity would be exposed in the eyes of those monsters.
As Gu Qing Shan was about to stand up, something suddenly flew out from his chest.
— — -the jasper ring.
The jasper ring quickly danced in front of his eyes and drew a line of human text:
[Danger, don't move]
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly, quickly retracted his presence, and laid down still.
This ring came from the Asura world, an inheritance of the Samsara, and was recognized by the spirits on the stone path, so it was trustworthy.
Gu Qing Shan lay still in the darkness, eventually even holding his breath.
Just like a corpse, he cut off all signs of life and silently waited for what would happen next.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
From the depths of the darkness, some sort of sound seemed to be coming.
A series of creaking sounds came from afar, rising and falling like waves crashing against the shore.
Thinking about how the entire world was filled with coffins, Gu Qing Shan quickly understood his current situation.
— — -something was slowly climbing over the countless coffins.
It was heading towards him.
He stayed where he was without moving …
Wouldn't that be the same as waiting for death?
While he was thinking that, the jasper ring was lightly pressed against the coffin.
Layers of grey mist came from the ring.
This mist gave off a sense of coldness, filth, and wickedness that was quickly spreading inside the coffin.
Was this some kind of disguise?
Gu Qing Shan silently pondered, but then she saw the grey mist engulfing her body.
Two rows of scarlet words quickly appeared:
"You've been disguised as some kind of evil creature."
[Note: This disguise is only temporary. You still cannot stay here for more than a quarter of an hour. Otherwise, some kind of slumbering existence will awaken, and you will never be able to leave again.]
Creak — Creak —
The sounds outside were getting closer and closer.
The unknown existence that was crawling on the many coffins had arrived near Gu Qing Shan's coffin.
A clanging sound rang out. It sounded like a coffin had been opened.
Gu Qing Shan listened attentively.
"Oh … Oh …"
A hoarse voice came from the coffin, as if the thing lying inside had awakened.
With a clang, the coffin was closed.
Creak — Creak —
The coffins creaked again, as if they couldn't bear the weight of something.
The unknown existence that was crawling on the many coffins began to move again.
Suddenly —
An intense tremor came from Gu Qing Shan's left side.
The coffin right next to him was opened by the unknown existence.
One breath.
Two breaths.
As if confirming the situation inside the coffin, the coffin closed again with a 'clang'.
The creaking sound continued for a few dozen seconds before it finally went away.
The world returned to silence.
A line of scarlet text appeared in the darkness:
[Remaining time: 09: 57]
[After this time, you will never be able to leave again]
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then lightly held the jasper ring and sent her voice: "Is there anything you need me to do?"
The jasper ring flew up from his hand, shook left and right, then displayed another line of glowing text:
[I'll take you away]
Gu Qing Shan sent her voice: "I'm here to find someone"
The jasper ring displayed a single word: [Who?]
"Human Realm, Bai Hua sect's disciple, Wang Lingxiu" Gu Qing Shan sent her voice.
— — Wang Lingxiu was Xiu Xiu's full name, but since she was the junior sister, everyone called her by her nickname to show their closeness.
The jasper ring displayed another line of text in the void of space:
[If you go to save her, you won't have enough time to leave]
After reading through it, Gu Qing Shan sent her voice: "It's fine, I have a way to leave, you only need to take me to save her"
The jasper ring hesitated for a bit, then lightly knocked against the right side of the coffin.
Knock knock knock — — -
After knocking four times, the coffin collapsed on the other side.
The coffin next to it was empty, there was a deep cavern inside that led straight into the darkness below.
A cold gust of wind blew from the cavern, followed by the faint sound of millions of rustling noises that carried an indescribable evil.
Sensing some sort of danger, Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes, then opened them again.
He lightly clenched his fist, then slowly loosened it.
— — -no.
This isn't the time to use Sacred Wish Offering.
Even if Sacred Wish Offering can destroy all disrespectful, sinful, and deserving objects, it might cause a huge commotion in this current situation.
He took a deep breath, turned around, and landed at the entrance of the cave, turning into an orange cat.
The orange cat opened his vertical pupils, glanced at the gust of wind, then uttered in a low voice:
"Meow — —"
A response resounded from the void of space: Xiu, xiu xiu!
The orange cat nodded, put the jasper ring away with his tail, then slowly disappeared.
Thaumaturgy — —
[Ghostly Shadow of Night], [Flawless Jade Jade]!
The orange cat turned invisible, spread his four paws, and continued to run forward.
It was unknown who created this path, but it was a combination of formations, spatial laws, Mysteries, and various other powers, allowing him to establish one foothold after another at the bottom of the sea of coffins.
After running for a while, the orange cat would land on one of the empty coffins, then continue flying into the void of darkness towards another coffin.
He silently moved forward for a few dozen seconds.
All of a sudden, the jasper ring began to shake intensely.
The orange cat immediately noticed it.
— — something's happening?
His body paused, carefully hovering in the void of darkness, then lightly opened his tail to release the jasper ring.
The ring fluttered in the air and displayed a line of text:
[We're almost there, but there's a demon guarding ahead, we can't get through]
The orange cat narrowed his eyes and sent his voice: "Are we still far from where Wang Lingxiu is?"
The ring then displayed another line of text: [We're less than 100 miles away from where Wang Lingxiu is sealed]
The orange cat nodded and put the ring away.
He shrunk his body and carefully moved forward in the void of darkness.
— — -as he slowed down, his flight gradually became silent.
At the very next moment.
The orange cat landed inside a coffin.
As soon as he landed, he carefully hid in a corner, then opened his eyes wide to look forward.
A monk with a sorrowful expression was lying inside this coffin.
The monk seemed to have been dead for a long time, but his body was constantly giving off golden light, accompanied by the sound of Buddhist chanting, clearly a powerful Buddhist cultivator.
— — -is this a demon?
The orange cat silently waited by the monk's feet for a few moments, then silently took a step forward with his paw.
In the blink of an eye, the monk abruptly opened his eyes, grew eight arms, and crawled forward like a monster.
"Flesh! There's flesh! "
He roared, then turned his body towards where the monk's feet were.
But as soon as he moved, the orange cat followed his crawling path and quickly moved to the other side of the coffin.
— — the entrance to the next coffin was right here.
But the entrance had already been blocked off, so there was no way to get through.
The orange cat crouched down with a contemplative look in his eyes.
If I open that cave, I'll definitely alert the monster.
The demons outside, as well as the slumbering unknown entities — — -
These entities were the ones who destroyed the previous incarnation of the Samsara and won against the world protected by the golden-armored man.
How would I be able to deal with them by myself?
But if I don't open that cave — — -
There are coffins all around me, I've already lost myself in this world of coffins, so I don't know how to save Xiu Xiu at all.
All of a sudden, a voice resounded:
"… Amitabha, could it be this monk's anger has been triggered? My sins, my sins "
The demon muttered while dripping gloomy saliva onto the coffin, giving off a sizzling sound.
The divine presence it exuded had completely vanished, replaced by a gloomy fog that lingered around it, similar to the aura that the jade ring gave off on Gu Qing Shan earlier.
Its arms had already turned into sharp claws, seemingly ready to attack at any moment.
The orange cat held his breath and crouched down without moving.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
The eight sharp claws retracted back into the monster's body.
The gloomy fog around the monster's body disappeared, once again turning into waves of solemn golden light.
It turned around and lay down again.
— — its head was right next to the orange cat, within reach at any moment.
The orange cat looked at the monster in front of him, then at the blocked cave.
A line of crimson text appeared again:
[Remaining time: 03: 47]
— — there were still three minutes left. But there was still over a hundred miles away from where Xiu Xiu was.
The orange cat felt anxious and couldn't help but lightly wave his tail.
He abruptly froze.
Damn it, after turning into a cat, I can't seem to control my tail.
The orange cat silently cursed.
The monster had opened its eyes, tilted its head, and was staring straight at where the orange cat was.
「 So you were hiding right next to me … you little thing that can turn invisible … 」
The monster's body began to change.
In the blink of an eye, the orange cat disappeared.
A blinding sword phantom erupted from the dark coffin.
A sword cultivator — —
[Solitary Swan Flying Heavenly]!
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