"Be careful!"
Xu Xin said anxiously.
Xu Nian nodded and then walked towards the giant door.
The Spirit Talisman Key was the key to unlocking this door and also the voucher to enter the main hall.
Only the person holding the key could enter this great hall.
Thus, as Emperor Bai's phantom had said, only one person could enter this final main hall.
Xu Nian walked towards the giant door.
He spread out his hand, and the Spirit Talisman Key floated above his palm.
Xu Nian slowly moved the Spirit Talisman Key closer to the giant door.
"Buzz!"
The moment the Spirit Talisman Key touched the door, it emitted a strong beam of light.
The light shone on the door, instantly producing a humming sound.
Then, in front of everyone's eyes, the giant door slowly began to open.
However, the crowd could see nothing.
There was a sacred light shield on the door, blocking all lines of sight.
It was impossible to see clearly what was inside.
Looking at this holy light screen, Xu Nian knew it was a prohibition to block others.
Xu Nian waved to Xu Nian, then stepped through the light screen.
"Buzz!"
A ripple seemed to emanate, as if ripples danced upon the light screen.
Then Xu Nian passed through the light screen.
"We should leave this place too," Leng Cangfeng said. "Once Xu Nian truly obtains the dragon vein, this place will collapse."
Everyone nodded.
They followed the path they had taken earlier, heading towards the direction of the tomb's entrance.
Their current location was in the deepest part of the mountain belly.
Should it collapse, they would be buried alive.
They had to leave as quickly as possible.
The moment when the prohibitions broke was the best time for them to open the door and walk out of the tomb.
As the crowd left, Xu Nian also entered a huge space.
The deepest part of the tomb was completely different from what he had imagined.
This was no longer a grand palace, but rather a natural cave.
The cave was so vast that it seemed to hollow out the entire mountain peak.
And his standing spot was a cliff built of a huge rock.
Above was a hundred-zhang-tall mountain peak, and below was a chasm hundreds of zhang deep.
What should have been an utterly dark cave was now as bright as day.
And this light was coming from below the cliff's edge.
Xu Nian walked to the edge of the boulder, and when he looked down,
he was stunned by the sight before his eyes.
Below was a huge dragon nest, and on top of the nest lay a golden dragon.
The golden dragon was lifelike, its whole body emanating a strong golden light.
The golden scale armor seemed indestructible.
Furthermore, there emanated from it a strong dragon majesty.
This draconic might was so overwhelming that even Xu Nian felt a sense of oppression.
And this was when it was merely slumbering; who knew how terrifying it would be once awakened.
"Is this the Dragon Vein? It feels just like a True Dragon," Xu Nian exclaimed to himself in shock.
"Indeed, this is the Dragon Vein! Born from the Fortune of heaven and earth, it is the embodiment of a nation's destiny. He who obtains the Dragon Vein conquers the world; that's the principle," said an imposing voice that suddenly sounded.
Subsequently, Xu Nian saw a figure in white robes materialize in front of the void.
Yes, this was the apparition of Emperor Bai that Xu Nian had previously seen. Continue reading on Freewebnovel
Xu Nian was startled and then his expression turned grave.
He always felt that Emperor Bai had his own purpose for setting up such a tomb.
Otherwise, why bother putting so much effort into placing so many prohibitions and mechanisms?
"Are you doubting my purpose?" Emperor Bai seemed to perceive Xu Nian's thoughts and spoke with a smile.
"Could it be that the senior doesn't have his own objectives?" Xu Nian asked with a cold laugh.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Bai smiled and said, "Indeed, I set up this game for a purpose. I seized the Dragon Vein for the same reason, only to regretfully fail in the end."
"What purpose?" Xu Nian pressed eagerly.
"Don't rush; in due time, you shall know," Emperor Bai responded with a smile.
"In fact, although I had obtained this Dragon Vein, I failed to take control of it. Otherwise, this continent would no longer belong to your human kind," Emperor Bai said with a smile.
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Xu Nian remained silent.
However, the wariness in his eyes grew ever more intense.
It was clear that Emperor Bai coveted the Tianhen Continent.
"If you really think that I covet this world, then you are wrong. I do not care who rules over this realm, whether it is our Demon Clan or your humans; it is of no concern to me. What I truly wish to do is to kill Xia Tianhen and destroy the Tianhen Empire," Emperor Bai said, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.
"Xia Tianhen? The founding emperor of the Tianhen Empire?" Xu Nian was startled.
As he had suspected, Emperor Bai sought to oppose the founder of the Tianhen Empire, thus he had stolen the Tianhen Empire's Dragon Vein.
"Since the senior already obtained the Dragon Vein, why did you fail?" This was Xu Nian's biggest puzzle.
Emperor Bai clearly had control of the Dragon Vein but still lost in the end.
Hearing this, Emperor Bai's face revealed a bitter smile.
"The Dragon Vein chooses its master; not everyone can wield it. Only those with the Purple Star Life Chart can control the Dragon Vein, and I am not one," Emperor Bai explained.
"Purple Star Formation?" Xu Nian was taken aback.
The old servant who had followed Yann Xi had once mentioned that he was one with the Purple Star Life Chart.
"Xia Tianhen obtained the Dragon Vein and drew vast fortune from it, ultimately becoming the master of this continent. The Dragon Vein has since been suppressed under the Death Mountain Range to ensure the eternal prosperity of his Tianhen Empire."
"Hence I thought of this and came here to take the Dragon Vein. However, when I prepared to extract its vast fortune to confront Emperor Tianhen, I discovered that I couldn't control the power of the Dragon Vein at all," Emperor Bai revealed.
"What happened afterward?" Xu Nian asked eagerly.
"Unwilling to accept this, I severed the connection between the Dragon Vein and the Tianhen Empire using all my cultivation, but I was also injured by the Dragon Vein and my life reached its limit," said Emperor Bai.
Xu Nian was astonished.
Could it be that this is how Emperor Bai died?
"It's been a thousand years; Emperor Tianhen has likely died, or perhaps has left this continent, right?" Xu Nian asked, puzzled.
"Impossible, that man would never leave. His life chart is tied to the Dragon Vein. I severed his connection with the Dragon Vein, which is equivalent to damaging his foundation. He will never be able to improve his cultivation in this life, and with his cultivation at the Peak of Battle Emperor, he definitely has a lifespan of a thousand years," Emperor Bai said with a snort.
"What?" Xu Nian was surprised internally.
The Emperor Tianhen had already reached the Peak of Battle Emperor a thousand years ago?
"Humph, the prohibitions I set with all my life's cultivation are impenetrable even to him. He killed my wife and children, and even in death, I will not let him off easily," Emperor Bai said with a cold laugh.
In his heart, Xu Nian was filled with deep emotion.
He had not expected that there was such a deep grudge between Emperor Bai and Emperor Tianhen.
And this grudge had been at a stalemate for a full thousand years.