422: Demigod Fall

Xiao Shi's mind was greatly shaken.

At the same time, he pondered the current state of the Demigod in the black coffin.

One thing was certain: the Demigod in the black coffin was not dead.

The specific situation remained unknown for now.

However, this Demigod's consciousness had always been incomplete.

Especially when Xiao Shi had fought against the Great Wu Crown Prince in the Great Wu Dynasty, he had borrowed the power of this Demigod, which caused the Demigod's consciousness to fall into slumber once again.

He could not communicate with him.

"From the current situation, if I want to obtain the rules of heaven and earth to step into Demigodhood, I can only start with the Demigod within me…"

Although currently, besides the Demigod in the black coffin, there was another mysterious Demigod on the Tianwu Continent who had not yet appeared.

But with Xiao Shi's cultivation level,

he could only deduce information and clues about one of the Demigods.

He couldn't deduce information about the other Demigod.

He could only start with this Demigod.

However, under the current circumstances where communication was impossible,

Xiao Shi could only try to find a way to revive him based on the information he had previously obtained from the Demigod in the black coffin.

He knew that the Demigod in the black coffin had some connection with the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

The Demigod in the black coffin had once stated that the reason he chose Xiao Shi was because he felt the aura of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect on Xiao Shi.

He also said that the power of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect could revive him.

However, with Xiao Shi's current understanding of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect,

he had no idea how the power of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect could revive the Demigod in the black coffin… even though he now possessed the Four Vein Power.

But among this Four Vein Power, there was no power that could revive someone.

This was what Xiao Shi had always been most confused about.

Clearly, there were still some secrets about the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect that he did not know.

Xiao Shi couldn't help but think of the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect!

When he first heard about the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, he already knew that there was an Altar within the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

This Altar was incredibly mysterious!

To this day, no one had been able to find it.

It was said that to find the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, one must first comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

This was also the important reason why the former Star Luo Territory Lord had imprisoned the members of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect in the Star Luo Territory.

However, ever since Xiao Shi left the Star Luo Territory, he had not heard anything about the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

At that time, Xiao Shi had intended to inquire through Xiang Zizhen to Chen Yuan, but before he could act, the appearance of the domain created by the Martial Emperor deprived him of the opportunity to learn.

Now Chen Yuan was gone.

Xiao Shi could only find a way to explore matters related to the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect himself.

Whether it was to revive the Demigod in the black coffin, or as the master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, Xiao Shi felt that he needed to uncover the ultimate secret of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect!

He could vaguely sense that the ultimate secret of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect might have an inseparable and significant connection with the Demigod in the black coffin.

"If it's truly as rumored, that to find the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, one must first comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets…"

"Then in this world, I should be the only one who can comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets."

Previously, Xiao Shi only had the power of the Crimson Tiger Lineage.

It was clearly unrealistic to try and comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets.

But ever since Chen Yuan gave him the heart that controlled the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, through this heart, he had already mastered the Four Vein Power.

However, based on his knowledge and understanding of the Four Vein Power,

he didn't feel that there were any Four Symbols Profound Secrets within the Four Vein Power… "Since the Four Symbols Profound Secrets are the key to opening the Altar, then this mystery must not be something that ordinary members of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect can comprehend."

"If the members of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect could comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets, then the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect would not have remained unfound for so many years."

"In other words…"

"Ordinary members definitely cannot comprehend the Four Symbols Profound Secrets."

"The only one who can comprehend and unravel the Four Symbols Profound Secrets is the master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect who simultaneously possesses the Four Vein Power!"

Xiao Shi's eyes flashed.

He connected the crucial points.

He immediately focused his attention on the heart within his body.

This heart could be said to be the most core item of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

Historically, only the master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect could possess this heart.

When Xiao Shi first integrated the heart, he had already vaguely felt that there were deeper things contained within it.

However, with his cultivation at the time, he couldn't explore it in depth.

Xiao Shi now had a premonition.

He felt that the deeper things within the heart… were very likely the Four Symbols Profound Secrets!

At the same time, he also recalled that when he took this heart from Chen Yuan's hand,

he felt that the black coffin had the same pulsating rhythm and frequency as this heart.

This made him even more certain that there was an inseparable connection between the Demigod in the black coffin and the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

Now, all the keys were clearly in the heart within his body!

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi immediately began to explore the heart in depth.

He discovered that within the heart, there was indeed an unknown area.

However, this unknown area seemed to be sealed.

This seal had to be unlocked first before he could see what was inside this unknown area.

After careful observation,

Xiao Shi found that this seal required the Four Vein Power to break.

When he unleashed his Four Vein Power,

four distinctly different powers immediately spread along the surface of his heart, like four meridians, all permeating deep into the core of the heart.

This caused a series of clicking sounds, like unlocking, to reverberate in Xiao Shi's mind.

He could feel that the seal within the heart was being continuously opened, but to open it completely would clearly not be something that could be done in a short while; it would take several days.

Xiao Shi was not in a hurry.

If the Four Symbols Profound Secrets truly existed within this heart, then he would be able to find the Altar of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect through the Four Symbols Profound Secrets.

There… perhaps lay the method to revive the Demigod inside the black coffin!

At the same time, it would also allow him to understand the most core secret of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

And so,

as Xiao Shi waited,

a few days later,

Xiao Shi could once again generate a batch of heavenly secret boxes through the tianji beast head in Tianji Hall.

This made him extremely excited.

Especially after he learned from Demigod Yao Xi that there were also rule-type heavenly secret boxes, he developed a strong curiosity about these rule-type heavenly secret boxes.

After all, heavenly secret boxes that could make Demigod Yao Xi willing to exchange two Dao Lord Level items for them must not be simple.

Soon,

one heavenly secret box after another continuously spewed out from the mouth of the tianji beast head.

Just like last time,

the tianji beast head generated a total of over a hundred heavenly secret boxes.

Now, as Xiao Shi used the heavenly secret boxes as a reward for Tianji Hall members, all Tianji Hall members were greatly motivated.

This made the development of Tianji Hall even more rapid.

As a result, the number of heavenly secret boxes generated this time was several more than the last time.

Xiao Shi pondered that if this momentum continued,

he believed that the heavenly secret boxes he would generate in the future would become more and more numerous.

After the tianji beast head successfully generated many heavenly secret boxes, Xiao Shi began to categorize the types of these heavenly secret boxes.

He was delighted to discover that among the heavenly secret boxes generated this time, there was indeed one rule-type heavenly secret box.

Information regarding this rule-type heavenly secret box immediately appeared in his sight.

[Name: heavenly secret box with rules]

[Type: Box]

[Grade: Martial Soul Grade]

[Description: A special box, no one knows its origin, no one knows how it was formed, and no one knows what is inside the box.]

[Note 1: This is entirely a box of luck. Perhaps you can obtain a peerless secret technique from the box, or you might obtain a peerless elixir from the box, or there might be nothing inside. As the saying goes, heavenly secrets are unfathomable. Before opening it, no one can know what is truly inside the box.]

[Note 2: Different heavenly secret boxes will contain different items. The type of this heavenly secret box is 'rule', so it needs to be opened with a rule.]

[Note 3: Opening the heavenly secret box will incur a cost, but this cost is not fixed and will appear randomly.]

… "Can only be opened with a rule?"

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

That is to say,

rule-type heavenly secret boxes could only be opened by beings above Demigod Level!

If one was not a Demigod, even if they had a rule-type heavenly secret box in hand, they could only look at it.

This alone

already determined that the items that could be opened from a rule-type heavenly secret box must be extremely extraordinary!

At the same time, this type of heavenly secret box was also the rarest in terms of quantity.

Xiao Shi had generated a total of over two hundred heavenly secret boxes before and after, and only one rule-type heavenly secret box had appeared.

This was enough to show the rarity and preciousness of rule-type heavenly secret boxes.

This made him hesitate whether to use this rule-type heavenly secret box to exchange for two Dao Lord Level items from Demigod Yao Xi.

If the rule-type heavenly secret box could open a Demigod Level treasure… such a transaction would clearly be a loss.

However, after careful consideration, Xiao Shi

felt that exchanging for two Dao Lord Level items would be more beneficial to his current self.

After all, even if this rule-type heavenly secret box remained in his hands, he wouldn't be able to open it.

Rather than that,

it would be better to exchange the heavenly secret box for Dao Lord Level treasures that could bring him improvement.

Anyway, as long as Tianji Hall's influence on the Tianwu Continent grew larger,

he would only generate more and more heavenly secret boxes in the future.

Even if rule-type heavenly secret boxes were rare,

there would always be a chance for them to be generated.

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi immediately stopped hesitating.

He immediately contacted Demigod Yao Xi through the heavens secret mask to conduct the transaction.

Currently, Dao Lord Level items were most useful to him.

They were the items he needed most at the moment.

Just like the four Dao Lord Level items dropped this time, they directly brought Xiao Shi great improvement and enhancement.

Although the Dao Lord Level items that could be exchanged from Demigod Yao Xi would certainly not be as good as the items he dropped himself,

they would still play a certain role for him.

After all, among all Dao Lord Level items, there were no bad ones.

However, when Xiao Shi contacted Demigod Yao Xi,

he found that Demigod Yao Xi did not respond at all.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Shi was a little confused.

Logically speaking,

given Demigod Yao Xi's previous demonstrated Pay attention to of rule-type heavenly secret boxes, now that she knew he had generated a rule-type heavenly secret box, she should have been eager to trade with him… But now, Demigod Yao Xi didn't even reply.

This made Xiao Shi feel that something was abnormal.

However, he speculated that as a Demigod,

she might have some important matters to deal with.

Xiao Shi did not urge her.

He waited quietly.

However, after waiting for several days in a row,

Demigod Yao Xi still did not respond.

Just as Xiao Shi's confusion grew deeper,

he suddenly felt that Demigod Yao Xi's heavens secret mask, at this moment, had actually returned to Tianji Hall!!

Xiao Shi's mind was violently shaken.

A huge wave instantly surged in his mind, as if countless bolts of lightning had exploded simultaneously!

As the Hall Master of Tianji Hall,

he knew that the heavens secret masks he issued would usually only return to Tianji Hall under two circumstances.

One was when he actively recalled the other party's heavens secret mask, stripping them of their identity as a Tianji Hall member.

The other was the other party's death!!

Now, Xiao Shi had not actively recalled Demigod Yao Xi's heavens secret mask, yet Demigod Yao Xi's heavens secret mask had actively returned to Tianji Hall, which already indicated that Demigod Yao Xi… had fallen!

"No…"

"This is impossible!!"

However, Xiao Shi felt that this matter was too absurd.

The other party was a Demigod!!

In this world, no one could kill a Demigod!!

But now, besides Demigod Yao Xi's demise, he couldn't find any other reason to explain why Demigod Yao Xi's heavens secret mask would return to Tianji Hall.

And it wasn't just Demigod Yao Xi's heavens secret mask that returned to Tianji Hall at this time.

Xiao Shi also clearly felt that the entire influence of Tianji Hall, at this moment, had significantly weakened!

The influence of Tianji Hall depended on the prosperity of Heavenly Secret City, the number of Tianji Hall members, and the strength of its members.

The current weakening… was clearly due to the weakening caused by the members' strength!

As a Demigod, Demigod Yao Xi had greatly boosted Tianji Hall's influence after becoming a Tianji Hall member.

The current weakening of Tianji Hall's influence

further confirmed the fact that Demigod Yao Xi had fallen.

However, Xiao Shi still found it somewhat unbelievable.

Just then,

he received a voice transmission from Wu Muzhen.

Wu Muzhen's entire voice was trembling, filled with intense disbelief.

"Hall Master, something has happened!!"

"For some unknown reason, just now, the Yaoxi Great Territory… actually began to collapse!!"

"Now the entire Yaoxi Great Territory is in chaos!"

"Demigod Yao Xi is nowhere to be found!"