152: The Immortal King tricked Gu Feng

Seeing his sincere attitude, the Desolate Bone Immortal King stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point: "This Immortal King is now only a wisp of a remnant soul. I need you to help me restore my Primordial Spirit."

"Furthermore, once your emperor bone undergoes Nirvana into an immortal bone, I will need to borrow it to help me reconsolidate my Physical Body."

After hearing the Desolate Bone Immortal King's words, Gu Feng spoke with a bitter smile: "Senior, you've seen my current situation."

"My consciousness is trapped in this tiny space, and I can't even move my Physical Body. I can barely protect myself; even if I wanted to help you, I lack the strength."

"As for the immortal bone you mentioned, it's even more of a fantasy. I can't even mobilize the power of my emperor bone right now, so where would an immortal bone come from?"

"Naturally, you don't have an immortal bone now," the Desolate Bone Immortal King explained. "But as long as your emperor bone undergoes Nirvana twice more, it can give birth to an immortal bone."

"But I can't even control my body right now, how can I undergo Nirvana?" Gu Feng's face was full of confusion and helplessness.

He really couldn't figure out how he could make the emperor bone undergo Nirvana under these circumstances where he couldn't even move.

"Your situation is indeed tricky, but it's not entirely hopeless." Just as the Desolate Bone Immortal King finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed a finger at the brow of Gu Feng's consciousness.

Gu Feng felt a warm current instantly surge into the depths of his consciousness.

Immediately after, countless profound words and cultivation diagrams flooded into his mind. He subconsciously closed his eyes, doing his best to digest this sudden influx of information.

A moment later.

The Desolate Bone Immortal King withdrew his finger. His originally solid figure had clearly become a bit more illusory, and even the aura around him had weakened significantly.

Gu Feng slowly opened his eyes, murmuring softly, his gaze filled with shock: "Nine Tribulations Nirvana Sutra... This Cultivation Technique can actually draw upon the power of the stars to nourish the emperor bone for Nirvana?"

"Correct." The Desolate Bone Immortal King nodded, his tone carrying a hint of reminiscence. "I obtained this Cultivation Technique in an ancient Immortal Emperor's ruin back then."

"Rumor has it that if one can complete the Nirvana of the emperor bone nine times, they can completely break through the shackles of an Immortal and reach a Realm that even Immortal Emperors find difficult to attain."

"Unfortunately, the difficulty of this technique is immense. The danger and hardship of each Nirvana are a hundred or a thousand times higher than the last."

"I spent ten thousand years and only barely managed to Cultivate to the sixth layer, allowing my emperor bone to complete six Nirvanas."

"Who would have thought that I would inadvertently provoke someone I shouldn't have and be insta-killed by a single move."

"Fortunately, this Nine Tribulations Nirvana Sutra has the ability to protect the soul, preserving a wisp of my remnant soul and allowing me to drift through billions of worlds, eventually finding you."

Gu Feng was greatly shocked and couldn't help but press for details:

"Senior, as the Desolate Bone Immortal King, with your emperor bone having completed six Nirvanas, your status in the Immortal Realm must have been extremely high. How could you be insta-killed in one move?"

A flash of fear crossed the Desolate Bone Immortal King's eyes, as if he had fallen into a memory.

He snapped back to his senses, looked at Gu Feng, and slowly spoke:

"Very well, I shall tell you about the dangers of the Immortal Realm."

"Three thousand years ago, a person ascended from the Lower Realm and happened to land in a mine under my jurisdiction."

"Who would have expected that after staying in the mine for ten years, he would somehow obtain some Heaven-Defying Opportunity and forcibly break the mine's Restriction to successfully escape."

"Since then, his path to rise became unstoppable."

"In just three thousand years, he counter-killed his pursuers at the Dragon Fall Abyss, killing eighteen Earth Immortals with a single sword strike, [Sea Divider], beginning to show his brilliance."

"When he entered the Myriad Laws Pavilion, he didn't take any Cultivation Technique, but only condensed a Sword Heart. After passing the trial, the Sword Heart soared straight to the Nine Heavens."

"At the Immortal Realm Grand Competition, he looked down upon all the geniuses. With just one sword strike, [Falling Star], he defeated all the Prodigies of various races, becoming famous in the region."

"For the sake of a beauty, he fought the ten billion troops of the Immortal Court alone, using three strikes of [Array Breaker] to trample their Immortal Tombs, his fierce name spreading far and wide."

"When debating the Dao with an established Immortal King, the Glacier Immortal King, he used one sword strike, [Eternal Frost], to freeze the other's King Domain for a thousand years, aweing the Immortal Realm."

"He went deep into the Demon Skeleton Forbidden Land to battle an Archfiend of the Primordial Era, using one sword strike, [Silence], to behead the Archfiend and hang the head at the Heavenly Gate for public display."

"Until ten years ago, he used one sword strike, [Dao Severing], to break the eternal shackles, slaying the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Emperor to become the new strongest Immortal Emperor, revered by all as—the Lingxiao Immortal Emperor."

"Only later did I learn that he was one of the slaves who had escaped from my mine back then."

A hint of bitterness was added to the Desolate Bone Immortal King's voice: "After learning the truth, I originally wanted to personally visit and apologize. But just as this thought arose in my heart, a sword light suddenly flashed before my eyes."

"When I woke up again, only this wisp of remnant soul remained."

Gu Feng asked curiously: "It was this Lingxiao Immortal Emperor who made the move?"

The Desolate Bone Immortal King nodded slowly, his tone carrying a hint of awe: "Indeed. For an Immortal Emperor, as long as the distance between you and him isn't too great, even if you just quietly think about him or scheme against him in your heart, the other party can sense your thoughts."

"This is the terror of an Immortal Emperor; wherever their intent reaches, they can know the movements hundreds of millions of miles away."

Gu Feng's heart was greatly shaken. This kind of means was simply terrifying to the extreme.

Suddenly, he realized something and asked tentatively: "Senior, our current communication... the Lingxiao Immortal Emperor wouldn't know about it, would he?"

The Desolate Bone Immortal King saw Gu Feng's panic and couldn't help but laugh: "You kid are quite clever."

"Rest assured, this is the Lower Realm, separated from the Immortal Realm by who knows how many hundreds of millions of miles, with countless plane barriers in between. No matter how strong the Lingxiao Immortal Emperor's perception is, it's impossible for him to sense the movements here."

Gu Feng finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tense body relaxed.

But then another thought occurred to him, and he immediately looked at the Desolate Bone Immortal King warily, his eyes filled with defensiveness.

"Senior, you don't want me to take revenge for you in the future, do you?"

"If that's the case, then I'm truly powerless."

He had seen many similar plots in storybooks before.

A powerful expert looks for a successor just so they can take revenge for their deep-seated blood feud.

The Lingxiao Immortal Emperor was so terrifying that he was unwilling to gamble with his own life.

Hearing this, the Desolate Bone Immortal King couldn't help but laugh out of spite:

"Kid, you think too highly of yourself."

"Your talent is indeed decent, but compared to me back then, it's only about the same."

"But with your current strength, wanting to catch the eye of the Lingxiao Immortal Emperor is simply a pipe dream."

"I'm looking for you only to have you help me restore my Primordial Spirit and Physical Body."

"As for revenge, this Immortal King isn't stupid enough to go and fight to the death with a supreme being who has the potential to surpass Immortals. That's not revenge; that's seeking death."

Hearing these words, Gu Feng finally felt completely at ease.

He changed the subject: "Since Senior has found me, I assume you have a way to get me out."

The Desolate Bone Immortal King nodded: "Correct, but if you want to get out, you can only rely on yourself."

"Please enlighten me, Senior," Gu Feng hurriedly pressed.

The Desolate Bone Immortal King said slowly: "A person's will possesses unimaginable power."

"There have been Mortals who, before death, relied on their will to hold on for three months just to see their grandson born with their own eyes."

"Some have relied on their will to break through their physical limits and lift weights a hundred times heavier than themselves."

"There are even experts who, after death, relied on their will to protect their clansmen for a million years before gradually dissipating."

Gu Feng realized something, his voice carrying a hint of excitement: "Senior, are you saying that as long as my will is strong enough, I can rely on my own strength to escape this tiny space?"

"Exactly." The Desolate Bone Immortal King nodded. "A living being's will is inherently a mysterious existence, with potential far beyond your imagination."

"There is even such a rumor in the Immortal Realm: if one can achieve an indestructible will, even if the Physical Body perishes and the Primordial Spirit turns into nothingness, one can still exist through their will, achieving true eternal life."

"Then what should I do?" Gu Feng asked urgently; he had already seen the hope of escape.

"Cultivate the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Sutra," the Desolate Bone Immortal King slowly gave the answer.

Gu Feng was stunned upon hearing this and asked in confusion: "But isn't the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Sutra only used to make the emperor bone undergo Nirvana?"

The Desolate Bone Immortal King nodded slightly and then pointed out: "If you treat your will as the emperor bone, then every time it undergoes Nirvana, won't your will become stronger?"

"When the time comes, won't breaking out of this tiny space be an easy task?"

Gu Feng lowered his head and began to think, pondering the feasibility of it.

The Desolate Bone Immortal King was already secretly wiping away sweat in his heart.

In fact, he had made those words up.

The Nine Tribulations Nirvana Sutra was a Cultivation Technique exclusive to the emperor bone and had to rely on the emperor bone to be cultivated.

But he had no other way now.

Because he had discovered a terrifying fact: he couldn't get out.

He was already bound to Gu Feng's consciousness, forming a relationship where they shared both glory and ruin.

Now, all hope was pinned on Gu Feng.

If Gu Feng could truly create a miracle, not only succeeding in the Nirvana of the emperor bone but also the Nirvana of his will...

Then even if he were just lying down, his cultivation would slowly grow stronger.

In that case, maybe he really could grow into a figure like the next Lingxiao Immortal Emperor.

If he failed, this wisp of remnant soul of his would also be completely annihilated along with the dissipation of Gu Feng's consciousness.