"No!"

"Spare my life, please!"

"Help me!"

Inside the manor, hundreds of villagers felt as though they had plunged into an ice cavern. They were enveloped by a potent force of death, leaving them paralyzed with fear and trembling on the ground.

"No!"

In the Chen ancestral burial ground, the purple-robed cultivator, the green-skirted maiden, the blue-clothed late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and the red-robed peak-stage Nascent Soul cultivator all screamed in terror.

BOOM!

A thunderous explosion resounded. The thousands of coffins within the Chen ancestral burial ground all moved at once! In the blink of an eye, the purple-robed cultivator, the green-skirted maiden, the blue-clothed late-stage Nascent Soul expert, and the red-robed peak-stage Nascent Soul powerhouse were all crushed. Even their souls and Primordial Spirits were ground to dust, utterly obliterated.

GULP!

The villagers were dumbfounded. One by one, they gaped, the sound of them swallowing their saliva echoing continuously.

The Chen family ancestral burial ground consisted of five tombs in total. The first enshrined only a dry well, but the remaining four housed the bodies of the Chen Ancestors and the mortal remains of family members from throughout the generations. Now, the skeletons of those ancestors had unexpectedly awakened, a truly inconceivable event.

"The Chen Ancestor… could it be… he isn't dead?" a village woman couldn't help but ask after a moment of stunned silence.

WHOOSH!

As soon as her voice fell, the corpses within the thousands of coffins began to squirm, one after another. It was as if each one had come to life.

"Chen Zheng, you're finished!" the purple-robed cultivator's disembodied voice roared fiercely. "The bones of the Chen ancestors from generations past have all awakened. You're not even a member of the Chen family; you have no right to occupy the ancestral burial ground! Get out now, or this place will be your grave!"

"Hmph! Although these corpses are quite strong, they have all decayed. Do you really think they can harm you, Chen Zheng?" the green-skirted maiden's voice sneered spookily.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

All at once, thousands of corpses moved, every single one of them targeting Chen Zheng.

BOOM!

The next second, the densely packed bodies of the Chen ancestors shot out like cannonballs.

WHOOSH!

A gust of ghastly wind blasted them in the face.

"Hmph!" Chen Zheng smiled coldly. He casually raised his hand, and a vast surge of immortal light burst forth. With one sweep, the thousands of corpses were whisked away.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

In the blink of an eye, the corpses reverted to their original state.

"How is this possible…" the purple-robed cultivator's voice roared in shock.

SWISH!

The villagers all stared at Chen Zheng in fright.

"Chen Zheng, we admit defeat!" the green-skirted maiden's voice snarled. "Tell us what you want to spare our lives!"

"Spare you? Heh." Chen Zheng shook his head. "I've said it before: anyone who dares step into the ancestral burial ground will be slain. The three of you will not escape, not even as a shred of a lingering soul."

Before his voice had even faded, a brilliant beam of immortal light shot out.

RIP!

The ethereal forms of the purple-robed cultivator, the green-skirted maiden, and the blue-clothed late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator were instantly torn apart.

"No!"

"I cannot accept this!"

"Chen Zheng, you cur! I curse you to a life of loneliness!"

The three of them screamed in horror and fury.

"Master!" the little skeleton called out from the side.

"This all started because of me, so let me be the one to end it," Chen Zheng sighed.

WHOOSH!

He beckoned with his right hand, and a cloud of black mist billowed up from the ground.

"Ahhh!" Agonizing screams echoed from within the black mist.

"You… you are…" The voice in the mist abruptly stopped, as if it had been erased.

"This realm's spiritual veins are destroyed, but I still need to place a few treasures in this world. When your realm finally collapses, I will take you all and leave." Chen Zheng scanned the ancestral burial ground indifferently and turned to walk away.

"Hm?"

However, just as he took a step, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A thunderous noise erupted from the depths of the ancestral burial ground, and a massive stone door rose from the ground.

"Chen Zheng! Go in and probe what's inside!"

"Yes, yes! Go check it out!"

"Haha! That is one of the core mechanisms of the ancestral tomb. The moment you touch the mechanism, you're done for, Chen Zheng! Hehe! You mongrel, are you scared now? Too late!"

Seeing this, the remnants of the three cultivators cackled excitedly, urging Chen Zheng to charge through the stone door.

"Hmph." Chen Zheng simply smiled faintly, then casually pushed open the stone door and walked inside.

BOOM!

The stone door slammed shut. Silence fell.

"Haha! Hahaha! I knew it! That mongrel definitely went in to meet his death. He's doomed this time!"

"I've waited tens of thousands of years for this moment, for this very scene!"

"Hehe! That mongrel is definitely dead for good this time!"

The three cultivators' voices stared at the stone door, cackling with sinister glee.

WHOOSH!

But the next moment, the stone door slowly opened again, revealing a man in green robes standing inside.

HISS!

The joy in the cultivators' voices vanished instantly.

How did all the corpses of the Chen clan members in the ancestral tomb come back to life?! This… This is impossible!

"You should be thankful you are not native beings," Chen Zheng said nonchalantly, glancing at where their voices came from. "If a creature from this realm had entered the Chen ancestral burial ground, I wouldn't have minded killing a few more batches. As for that Saint Emperor back then, I only killed a few." He then lifted his right foot and stomped on a huge coffin.

CRACK!

The coffin instantly turned to dust. A piece of bone, as crystal-clear as white jade, flew out from the ruins.

"What is that?"

"That seems to be… the remains of the Chen Ancestor! His body hasn't decayed after all these years!"

"No, that's not right! The Ancestor's corpse hasn't just avoided decay! The bones… they're showing a reaction. The Chen Ancestor's skeleton seems to have gained consciousness! It's conscious!"

The Chen clan villagers stared at the crystalline bone, trembling with utter shock.

"This world is my, Chen Zheng's, homeland. Since you all wish to find the Chen Ancestor's inheritance, and your own ancestors sought the path to immortality, you can go wait for it on the road to the netherworld." Chen Zheng glanced at the crystalline white bone and reached out to grab it.

BOOM!

The crystalline bone shot into the air!

WHOOSH!

A ghostly light flared up from it.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

The ancestral burial ground shook violently! Corpse after corpse of Chen clan members rushed out of the stone chamber.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

In an instant, thousands of Chen clan members had gathered in the sky above the burial ground.

BOOM!

The next moment, a phantom materialized. It was an ancient skeleton.

A cold, low voice roared, "Chen Zheng, I am the Nine Nether Ancient Emperor, Chen Canglong! If you wish to obtain my inheritance, you must first defeat me! Defeat me, and you shall receive my legacy and achieve eternity!"

BOOM!

The phantom threw a punch at Chen Zheng.

BOOM!

Chen Zheng raised his fist and punched back.

The two figures collided. After a single breath, they separated. Chen Zheng still stood proudly in mid-air, but the Chen Ancestor's skeleton had turned to dust.

HISS!

The villagers gasped.

"Even the Ancestor's skeleton couldn't withstand a single punch from Chen Zheng! That's too absurd!"

"This… I feel like I was just dreaming!"

"Who in the world is this guy?!"

A commotion went through the villagers, their gazes all locked on Chen Zheng.

"The Ancestor of the Nine Nether Chen clan… he was once considered a Semi-Saint… What a pity you met me," Chen Zheng looked down from above and added indifferently, "An ant like you dares to call itself an emperor? You disgrace the title. And you even thought you could possess my body."

A mocking voice came from the dissipating dust of the skeleton, "Hmph! You are a peerless genius, a monstrous talent! So what? In the end, you are merely a mortal. No matter how peerless or heaven-defying you are, you will ultimately fall to the Heavenly Tribulation's lightning punishment! You are destined to perish!"

BOOM! BOOM!

Chen Zheng couldn't be bothered to waste words. He simply raised his hand and punched again.

BOOM! BOOM!

The lingering remnants of the Chen Ancestor's skeleton instantly disintegrated into nothing.

"This…"

The villagers were stunned.

"The Ancestor… could it be… that he was killed by the Heavenly Tribulation?"

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