“What do I do?”“How can I wake them?”Alex scratched his bald head, frustrated and annoyed. He had tried many ways to wake them, yet it was all for naught. Suddenly, he remembered the mysterious ax in his mind. Perhaps, it could release the others’ consciousness with it.Just then, he noticed that he wasn't in control of the ax. It wouldn’t budge at all.He then felt something floating past from above his head. Lifting his gaze, he saw a person… They seemed to be covered in a layer of transparent energy, flying across the sky with lightning speed.“This is…” Alex was surprised. Yet, he only saw more rays of light when he turned around.One… Ten… Dozens of those rays shot through the skies… More and more appeared, making the light even denser. There seemed to be a person in every single ray.Alex could see this clearly now. These people were trialists that gathered this realm, all originating from different corners of the universe. They came to look for the grand opportunity
‘The Soul Collection Coffin?’Alex took quite a while to remember that he did, in fact, have such a treasure in his mind palace. It was one of the three treasures that he received from Ksitigarbha. However, that treasure seemed useless at this point. He had used it to store Anna’s body, as he hadn’t found a way to revive her yet.Thus, he could only explain the truth to Shelly.Shelly raised her head gently, looking towards the endless battle at the divine mountain. She then whispered, “So basically, this is a turning point in her cultivation. This is the Underworld, the best place for her to be revived. The Underworld Tomb certainly has a surplus of soul power.”“So you’re saying the Soul Collection Coffin could help them regain their consciousness. And it could possibly revive Anna?” Alex gasped.Shelly huffed softly, staring back at him cockily.“That’s a precious inheritance from the Buddha. Are you underestimating it a little too much? If it can’t even restore a mortal’s
Every trialist that went in was protected by some sort of bubble.The defense bubble the emperor had prepared explicitly for these trialists to prevent their deaths from the crossfire… He, on the other hand, didn’t have such protection.“As your guardian, so I won’t let you die!”“I’ll use myself to help you!”Shelly’s eyes were persistent, which made Alex notice a type of unwavering determination in her. She added, “The coffin hasn’t absorbed enough energy yet. If you’d like to revive your friend, you have to keep going. So are you going to do it or not?”“Okay then! I’ll do it with you!”“Hmph, don’t think I don’t know what you’re implying. You’re trying to harass me! I’m your guardian, kiddo; stay in your lane.”Boom—Shelly didn’t want to waste any more time, taking action immediately.On the shore, a large ancient bridge popped out of the middle of the sea. It was abnormally big, looming over the divine mountain. The other side of the bridge landed right on top of the
“The Soul Collection Coffin?”The emperor was really surprised to see Alex dragging a coffin over with one hand. He didn’t have such precious Buddhist treasure with him. Unlike him, Alex possessed two of such treasures.‘What in the… Who is the Bodhi here?’The golden fog that the emperor formed was utterly sucked up by the coffin, not leaving a single speck of dust. Under Shelly’s lead, Alex managed to reach the front of the tomb swiftly.He hadn’t been able to observe it from such a short distance, but now that he had, he was still somewhat terrified.The largest tombstone stood tall in the middle as if it were the core of this large graveyard. It was hundreds of feet tall, with tightly-packed symbols all over. None of them were legible, though, so Alex was sure they didn’t come from his location.However, each word and symbol looked as if they had a specific law power within them. Moreover, this large tombstone was surrounded by neatly-arranged graves.Every grave had a
The emperor was furious. “You’re too weak to lock me down!”Boom!A white ball of flames was ignited on every strand of hair. The flames then slid down and were directed towards the iron chains.The emperor clearly wanted to melt the chains of Persephone's Folly Bridge, killing both Alex and Shelly in the process.However, the current Shelly was obviously stronger than before.“Come to me, Five Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness!”Splash!A large amount of tea fell from the skies, landing on the emperor's flaming hair, instantly extinguishing the fireballs.Even his hair was starting to corrode, releasing green smoke as each strand evaporated into green smoke… The emperor had fairly strong hair; even the white flames couldn’t burn it off. Yet it stood no chance against the Five Flavoured Tea of Forgetfulness.Shelly was merely returning the favor, letting the tea corrode his hair.The emperor's eyes reddened, but could only cut his newly grown hair out of desperation.He howled
“Holy sh*t!”The sight of the deathly, utterly corroded white sword crashing down like a waterfall, made Alex scream in horror. Its pressure was so great that it could probably shake the entire Earth. Alex thought his skeleton was going to fall apart just from this.The difference between their cultivation skills was way too noticeable.Alex had the Ymir’s Divine Bone, Yin-Yang Chi, Yellow Obsidian Chi, the essence of the Five Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness, and the Ten-Point Forbidden Spell talismans to strengthen his skeleton.Since he already felt such uneasiness from the attack, then others would have died before the sword even reached them.“Dodge!” Shelly shouted at Alex, looking extremely concerned and panicked.Despite this, Alex was much quicker than her, grabbing Shelly by the shoulder as he backed away with lightning speed.At the very same time, the Corpse King’s sword slammed down harshly onto the stone railings of the bridge… Loud ringing filled the air as a large d
“Oh my god, he actually clocked that attack? Have his powers exceeded the gods? Is he Acro Divine now?!” Xerxes couldn’t help but blurt. He could not find the words to express his shock, knowing that he himself wouldn’t have been able to take that attack head-on.However, the others had no idea that Shelly was mocking Alex in his mind palace. “Look at you cowering. What are you even scared of?”Alex was furious. “What do you think? Can you not tell that this guy is at least five major stages stronger than me? Why don’t you have a turn then? Even if I’m Acro Divine, I still wouldn’t be able to fight this big guy here, right?”Shelly didn’t care. “That’s your problem.”Frustrated, he yelled at her out of rage. “Ugh, f*ck you!”Shelly was annoyed. “I’ll f*ck you, you coward!”“What?” Alex froze up.Nonetheless, his attention was drawn towards the Corpse King’s attack pattern. Since this was a tough battle, he couldn’t possibly let his guard down. He was putting his life on the line
The emperor jumped when he realized Alex could control a Chaos Tree.He thought what would happen if he were to receive recognition from the Chaos Tree.He then imagined this scenario but shook his head right after.‘Even if I did get the tree, it wouldn’t be of any use to me. It’s not aligned with my strong beliefs, so it would just lead me down another path.’‘As the Palatial, the Emperor of the Underworld was just a shell that I lent.’Everything he did was to bring the Siddhartha realm back up. It’s just that his journey was different from the old Buddhist ways.Hence, he calmed down but felt rather disappointed upon realization. He still insisted that Rachel chose wrongly.Alex possessed the Ten-Point Forbidden Spells and the ability to control the Chaos Tree. Even then, these powers would not be able to further his path in Buddhism.On the contrary, these powers would only distract him from his main path, which would turn into obstacles in the long term.‘Rachel, you sho