The Rebirth of the Immortal Emperor: I am the Lord

In the scorching desert, Ye Tian's eyes gradually adapted to the dazzling light in the desert. He slowly stood up and looked around. He found that there was no sign of life in the desert except for the continuous sand dunes. The sand dunes were shining brightly under the scorching sun, like an endless golden ocean.

"No - that's not right!" Ye Tian's eyes showed shock, "What - what is that?" His pupils suddenly widened, as if he had seen the most shocking and terrifying thing in the world.

In the center of the desert, Ye Tian found nine thick iron chains reaching up to the sky. The nine iron chains were made of something unknown. They emitted a dark light and penetrated deep into the ground in the positions of the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams. The other end of the iron chain was like a vine growing from the ground, rising straight up, and the end disappeared into the clouds, as if connecting the sky and the earth.

On the iron chains, mysterious and powerful runes flashed from time to time. These runes emitted a lightning-like light, and seemed to contain some ancient and powerful power. Ye Tian's heart was shocked. He could feel that these iron chains were not formed naturally, but were cast from some kind of meteorite iron locks. Their toughness was probably above that of immortal weapons, and they were endowed with powerful mysterious runes. Their purpose was by no means ordinary.

Ye Tian's heart was beating violently, and he could clearly feel the powerful force contained in these chains, as if they were suppressing and imprisoning some mysterious and powerful existence.

Following the iron chain, Ye Tian's sight moved upwards step by step. Suddenly, at an altitude of 10,000 meters, a huge ancient sarcophagus appeared before his eyes.

The huge sarcophagus was suspended high in the air, dragging its iron chains with a creaking sound, as if it could break free of the chains and fly away with the wind at any time...!

"Fuck! Who can tell me what's going on?"

Ye Tian's breathing became rapid, and even his eyes narrowed. Even in this extremely hot space, he felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to his forehead. He had never seen such a strange sight. The surface of the ancient coffin was covered with traces of time, with complex patterns and symbols carved on it. Ancient runes were looming on it, as if telling a dusty history.

Those patterns and symbols seemed to have life, slowly wriggling under the strong light, releasing an ancient and ferocious breath, which made Ye Tian feel an unprecedented fear. Every inch of the ancient coffin seemed to reveal unparalleled vicissitudes and horror, as if carrying endless secrets.

Ye Tian held his breath. He could feel an awesome power sleeping in the sarcophagus. This power was enough to shake the world and make people feel terrified. He had an inexplicable urge to uncover the secret of the sarcophagus, but at the same time, he had an intuition that told him that this might release an unpredictable disaster.

"What kind of existence is inside the sarcophagus? Who imprisoned it here?" Ye Tian's thoughts were churning in his mind, and he tried to find any clues related to the ancient coffin from his memory. However, no matter how hard he tried, the mysterious patterns and symbols could not match any history or legends he knew.

What made Ye Tian feel even more incredible was that, logically speaking, no matter what world it was, the dead were the most important and should be buried in peace, and coffins were usually buried deep underground. However, this sarcophagus was suspended in the void, and if it were not for the nine iron chains pulling it tightly, it would have escaped at any time.

"What kind of horrible existence is inside that sarcophagus?" Ye Tian thought to himself. This ancient coffin was by no means an ordinary thing. The secrets it contained might be far beyond his imagination.

Ye Tian took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. He looked around and found that apart from himself and the mysterious ancient coffin bound by nine iron chains, there was no other sign of life in the desert. Even the five strange beasts, Yinglong, Dahuang and others, who were sucked into the vortex with him, were nowhere to be found. Even when he used his soul power to communicate, there was no response. Fortunately, these five strange beasts were controlled by the rune seeds and were connected to his soul, so Ye Tian did not sense their death.

He calmed his mind for the moment. He knew that at this moment, even if the five strange beasts were in danger, he would be helpless and could only rely on themselves.

Looking up at the huge sarcophagus bound by nine thick iron chains, his brows were almost wrinkled into a "川" shape at the sight of such an incredible scene. His eyes of perspective seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, and he could not see through the sarcophagus at all. However, according to his feeling, the things imprisoned in the sarcophagus were definitely not simple, and even exceeded his imagination.

Ye Tian felt that this sarcophagus was not only full of weirdness, but also very dangerous. It even gave him a trembling feeling. He didn't know whether everything that happened in the ruins was related to this sarcophagus, but he knew it well. He had a hunch that with his current realm and strength, it would be difficult to shake the things in the sarcophagus. Therefore, he thought that if it was not necessary, it would be better not to touch the sarcophagus as much as possible to avoid unnecessary disasters.

"Let's take a closer look to see if there are any other abnormalities or ways out!" Ye Tian slowly withdrew his gaze from the sarcophagus and released his eyes of perspective again. However, as far as he could see, he still saw the hot yellow sand everywhere, the light was dazzling, and it was extremely hot... There was nothing unusual at all.

In the distance, clusters of flames jumped among the sand dunes like will-o'-the-wisp fire, flickering. Although under the scorching sun, they made people feel even more eerie and strange, as if exuding some extremely ominous aura.

Suddenly, Ye Tian felt the strange fire in his soul sea tremble violently, as if attracted by something, and seemed to reveal a hint of desire.

"This...?" Ye Tian showed a trace of doubt in his heart. Although the earth burning flame in his soul sea was extremely terrifying, even in the Hongyu Immortal Realm of his previous life, this kind of strange fire was ranked thirteenth, very high. However, he knew that the earth burning flame in his soul sea did not have spiritual intelligence.

"How could it be? Could it be...?" Feeling the movement of the Earth Burning Flame in the soul sea, Ye Tian's heart suddenly became happy. As a former Immortal Emperor, and an Immortal Emperor of both elixirs and weapons, he himself controlled a kind of strange fire. Although the ranking of that strange fire was far less than one ten-thousandth of the Earth Burning Flame, he was still a frequent user of strange fire. Although he could not say that he knew all the strange fires, he was well aware of the characteristics and power of various strange fires. Therefore, when he felt the trembling and emotions of the Earth Burning Flame, he knew. This might not just be that the strange fire discovered or sensed something useful to it, but it was very likely that it had developed a trace of spiritual intelligence.

"Intelligence represents life. The Earth Burning Flame has developed intelligence, which means it has its own consciousness, thoughts and wisdom. It means it is about to enter a new stage, which is a sign of its evolution!" Ye Tian's heart was filled with surprise. He knew that once the strange fire developed intelligence, it meant that its power would undergo a qualitative leap, not only being able to communicate better with its master, but also being able to exert even more amazing power in battle.

Ye Tian took a deep breath and tried to calm his excitement. He knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and he had to seize it to make the Earth Burning Flame evolve smoothly and thus increase his own strength.

He once again cast his gaze towards those strange flames, wondering in his heart: "Could it be that these flames contain some mysterious power that can inspire the wisdom or quality of the Earth Burning Flame?"

In order to verify his idea, Ye Tian decided to ignore the sarcophagus for the time being. He knew very well that although the Earth Burning Flame ranked high and its power was self-evident, the difference between having intelligence and not having intelligence was quite large. With intelligence, the power of the Earth Burning Flame would become even stronger and its quality would be greatly improved. Of course, its benefits were far more than that...

Ye Tian approached the flames cautiously, observing them carefully with his eyes of perspective. As the distance got closer, he felt the earth burning in his soul sea tremble more and more violently, as if it was about to break free and rush towards the flames at any time.

However, at this moment, a low and long humming sounded from inside the sarcophagus, like the breath of an ancient beast, or a call from the abyss, shaking Ye Tian's mind. This sound seemed to have traveled through time and space, carrying endless resentment and ferocity, making Ye Tian instantly feel an unprecedented breath of danger. He stopped, tensed up, staring at the sarcophagus, trying to stay calm, but beads of sweat had already seeped out of his forehead without him noticing.