179: Chapter 179 The Heaven-Burial and Earth-Destroying Ancient and Modern Nine-Death Technique, a Strange Kung Fu Method That Leads to Death by Being Beaten.

A Peak Immortal Venerable pointed at the center of the yellow sand ruins and shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed. Sure enough, a massive stone stele stood in the middle of the yellow sand, reaching from the heavens to the earth, towering like a celestial pillar in the center of the desert.

The patterns on the stone stele were complex, but because too much time had passed, the originally deep engravings had been mostly worn away, making them barely discernible.

In the center of the stele, there was a deep mark that ran from top to bottom, piercing through the stone. Reincarnation power permeated and spread, accelerating the flow of time in the surroundings, causing the buildings of the entire ruin to weather into sand, turning it into a vast and boundless desert.

As the endless yellow sand blew gently, countless tiny grains of sand were swept up, striking the stone stele and continuing to grind down the already thin patterns.

Everyone present had no doubt that if they had arrived even half a day later, the patterns on the stele would have become incomplete, and the difficulty of comprehension would have multiplied hundreds or thousands of times.

"Fortunately, we arrived in time; otherwise, this Peak Immortal King's Legacy would have been completely destroyed!"

"Indeed, the heavens have eyes. This Senior's luck is also just right; he must have been a good person who accumulated virtue and performed good deeds during his lifetime!"

"Senior, please do not take offense. I am also sincerely seeking and hope to inherit Senior's mantle. That is why I trespassed here today. Please, Senior, show mercy and let us pass."

A group of Peak Immortal Venerables talked to themselves, each saying their own thing. Some were speaking well of the Revered Master of this place, while others were using some kind of spiritual secret technique to communicate with the vague remnant soul of the Peak Immortal King, attempting to increase their chances of comprehension.

Even the younger brother, Yun Jinghong, cut his own palm at this moment, swearing an oath with blood on the yellow sand while chanting under his breath. Scarlet and pitch-black power constantly intertwined in the depths of his eyes.

"Revered Master, today the sacrifice your Disciple brought..."

The brother's actions also caused confusion for his older sister, Yun Mengli: "Jinghong, what are you doing..."

After finishing the sacrificial ritual and receiving communication from the void, Yun Jinghong hid the abnormality in his eyes, revealed a sunny smile, and spoke calmly: "This is an ancient secret technique I found in the Family Legacy. It can communicate with the gods and increase the probability of comprehending Cultivation Techniques in secret lands. It's equivalent to a prayer for blessings."

Yun Mengli didn't believe this explanation in her heart, but since he was her brother, she didn't think too much of it.

"The blessing ceremony is over, right? Let's go once it's done. Everyone else has gone in; we can't fall behind!"

Having said that, this beautiful woman with no small amount of shrewdness took the lead, stepping into the yellow sand before her. Her feet were only an inch away from the sand as she walked suspended over the vast ocean of yellow sand.

Yun Jinghong hurried to keep up, following closely behind. 'Inadvertently,' he turned his head and glanced at the last figure, his gaze complex and sinister.

"Revered Master, are you sure you can deal with this mysterious top-tier Immortal King?"

"Don't worry. Even if this seat's strength is not even one ten-thousandth of what it was, dealing with a young top-tier Immortal King is simple. Such an ant can only become a meal for this seat!"

"Revered Master is mighty!"

...

Xu Jinhuan watched everything before him with a cold sneer. The communication between Yun Jinghong and that mysterious powerhouse's remnant soul was entirely monitored by him; all secrets had nowhere to hide.

"I didn't expect that I would actually encounter a remnant soul killed by the Reincarnation Immortal King. The Endless Immortal Domain doesn't seem as large as I imagined, and the strength of those two old fellows, Reincarnation and Fate, is even more terrifying than I thought."

The Pupils of Providence told him that the Revered Master of this place, the Peak Immortal King who fell in ancient times, was one of the souls who died at the hands of the Reincarnation Immortal King. He had been thoroughly suppressed and killed by the core Reincarnation power, almost resulting in his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Xu Jinhuan estimated that a wisp of the remnant soul must have luckily escaped and was obtained by Yun Jinghong, who bore a blood feud. The two then became Revered Master and Disciple.

"I reckon the Giant-level Immortal King who appeared here some time ago was also a disguise by this pair of Revered Master and Disciple. The purpose was to attract more powerhouses to become sacrifices and nourishment for that remnant soul's revival."

With his Physique Awakening to 79%, not only had Xu Jinhuan's talent and Comprehension Ability undergone earth-shaking changes, reaching a level that could be called Heaven-Defying among the Heaven-Defying, but his thinking had also become incredibly formidable. He could see the big picture from the smallest details and deduce countless secrets from a few clues.

Now, just by hearing a bit of the conversation between Yun Jinghong and his remnant soul Revered Master, he had guessed the truth almost entirely.

After deducing all this, a hint of seriousness finally appeared on Xu Jinhuan's originally relaxed face.

"But that's fine; a challenge like this is interesting. I'm also very curious whether my current self can deal with a Giant-level Immortal King."

The System can be deceptive, often misrepresenting combat power—specifically, understating it.

Xu Jinhuan had challenged existences stronger than the panel's [Limit Combat Power] many times and still swept through them. So, he was very curious about where his true limit lay.

Taking a step forward, he completely ignored the lingering prestige of the Peak Immortal King permeating the surroundings. With a Great Spatial Shift, he arrived at the massive stone stele split in two by the Reincarnation power, observing the inscriptions and symbols within to comprehend the Cultivation Technique.

With just one look, he extracted an ancient Cultivation Technique from it.

"“Ancient and Modern Nine Deaths Great Law of Burying Heaven and Destroying Earth”? This fellow's hobbies are quite unique; he just likes being beaten to death, doesn't he?!"

Reading the information in his mind, Xu Jinhuan's expression gradually became strange. This was a very perverted Cultivation Technique—not in terms of ability, but in its cultivation process.

To Cultivate this technique, one needed to keep getting beaten—the kind where you are beaten to death. However, the technique itself was very profound, allowing the practitioner to carry a wisp of their true spirit to possess an infant and be reborn.

After being beaten to death nine times, the massive life Origin energy of nine lifetimes could be gathered in the tenth life. By accumulating over a long period and then breaking out, one could shock the world and charge towards a powerful Realm.

Not only that,

According to the information on the stone carvings, Xu Jinhuan also learned that because of this sinister technique, many Cultivators in the ancient era specifically provoked factions where important figures were pregnant. After being beaten to death, they took the opportunity to possess their infants in exchange for a better background and deeper life Origin energy.

Later, it even reached the point where an outstanding descendant of an Immortal King Supreme was possessed.

In a fit of rage, the Immortal King Supreme severed the Karma and directly wiped out 99% of the practitioners. The Revered Master of this place had only accidentally obtained this technique in the Lower Realm and was later able to become a Peak Immortal King.

"I suspect that kid Yun Jinghong is a product of this technique, the tenth life of some old geezer," Xu Jinhuan thought to himself, seeing through everything clearly.

Shaking his head to drive these ancient era gossips out of his mind, he began to comprehend the technique and the Dao of this Peak Immortal King.

"This technique corresponds to Reincarnation and Life and Death. Life and Death can further be broken down into destruction and Vitality. It contains a total of three Daos and can even allow one to Cultivate the Reincarnation Dao to the Peak. No wonder the Reincarnation Immortal King personally took action to send the Revered Master of this place away."

"And the Revered Master of this place corresponded to the Dao of Destruction. Although he took a crooked path, he still brought about his own destruction."