Full-time Creation Master

"Buzz~~~~"

The dragon pearl that the Qin family had been worshipping flew out on its own, its azure light illuminating the entire palace!

Chu Ming and Jiu You followed the direction of the dragon pearl and found a fountain-shaped stone platform in the center of the palace.

The River Styx, formed from the Sacred Spring, flowed quietly through the waterway of the stone platform, upon which rested a crystal-clear demonic lotus.

It was planted in the deep blue river, where it was shimmering with ripples of blue light.

As you approach it, it even emits a captivating fragrance.

The front palace was completely sealed off, with no way to go any further. Now, apart from the slightly suspicious runes on the pillars, the only thing that stood out in the entire front palace was the demonic lotus resting on the stone platform.

"Senior Azure Dragon!" Empress Jiuyou bowed respectfully to the Dragon Pearl, seemingly quite familiar with it!

Oh~~~~

"Is this the Eternal Demon Lotus?" Chu Ming released his spiritual power to carefully sense the Eternal Demon Lotus being refined by the Dragon Ball, wanting to see what its origins were!

Immortality!

Even semi-immortality is quite remarkable!

It was probably the Immortal Chain, which had been extinct for over a thousand years. It was said to be a divine object that even super-level magic could not kill. In ancient times, a forbidden spell mage tried to destroy it... but it seemed to have taken a lot of effort.

"It's said that even if you bombard it with high-level magic, it can grow back to its original shape?"

Chu Ming asked Jiu Youhou, this living fossil of history, out of curiosity, hoping to get some answers!

"Hmm! The Immortal Lotus does indeed possess a trace of immortality for humans!"

"Unless an emperor-level being uses the laws to crush it, it truly is 'immortal'!"

"However, the drawback is that the person who takes it can only stay near the lotus root forever and cannot leave!"

"I see!" Chu Ming didn't ask why the initial emperor didn't take the Eternal Life Demon Lotus!

For a person of great talent and ambition, that would be like weaving a cocoon around their own head!

"Do you know how to cultivate the Immortal Lotus?"

Chu Ming was curious. This thing was a rare and precious material, but he didn't use it, yet his subordinates could!

"I'm not too sure about that either!" Jiuyouhou shook her head, biting her lip lightly. "The lotus seeds were brought back by the King during his expedition to Tianshan. At that time, most of the Tianshan snow lotuses and other rare varieties had been used up, and only these lotus seeds with similar rare attributes were left behind!"

"I wonder which lotus seed this immortal demon lotus mutated from?!"

"Anyway, I'm not quite sure!"

The Nine Netherworld Queen knew nothing about it, after all, the so-called Immortal Lotus was of no use to her!

A ghost can live for at least ten thousand years, so there's no need for the demon lotus!

As for comprehending the laws of the Emperor level?

The First Emperor had set up many enlightenment chambers in the underground palace; why would he need one?

Palace in front of the tomb.

The Dragon Ball, seemingly having had a full meal, shone even brighter, its radiance almost illuminating the entire former palace, making the pale palace suddenly much brighter...

The enchanting lotus still blooms quietly there, only swaying more alluringly, like a delicate young girl!

It has existed for countless years, seemingly unshaken by the changing of the sun and moon or the transformation of the sea and the mulberry fields. It has always been there, fragrant and eternal!

The Dragon Ball, having eaten and drunk its fill, didn't return to Chu Ming. Instead, it spun around and then vanished through the void...

........

Continuing forward, what appeared ahead was a jade platform that gradually narrowed, with both sides turning into empty darkness.

It felt like I was gradually walking down a slope towards a cliff.

"Huff h ...

The black gale howled, swirling incessantly on both sides of the stone platform cliff, as if anyone who strayed even slightly from the ground would be swept into the abyss.

"What kind of wind is this? It can't even transmit my thoughts. I reckon even a monarch-level monster would be torn to shreds!"

Chu Ming was curious, knowing that his willpower was not weak, yet it was targeted and completely destroyed.

"It's the forbidden wind His Majesty retrieved from the heavens!" Empress Jiuyou said. "There are so many fierce winds in the heavens that they don't really have names. But since this wind is mainly for ensuring the tranquility and secrecy of the palace, it's called the Forbidden Wind!"

After hearing Jiuyou's explanation, Chu Ming held back for a long time before finally saying, "No problem!!!"

No problem!

The ancient king was Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, whose cultivation reached the peak of the five forbidden spells. He was the creator of Eastern necromancy, the progenitor of earth magic, a forbidden spell master of space and chaos magic, and the guardian of the sacred totem Azure Dragon...

After his death, he ruled the Chinese Undead Empire, with eight undead rulers under his command: the Corpse of the Mountain Peak, the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds, the Commander of the Mist Ghosts, the Skeleton Dragon, the Ghost King, the Red Skull Demon Lord, the Agate Corpse King, and the White Corpse King. So it's normal for him to go to the Nine Heavens to retrieve some resources.

The black wind howled fiercely, making it look as if tens of thousands of black scythes were dancing wildly overhead and on both sides. If it was really as terrifying as Jiuyouhou said, apart from the stone platform and cliff where one could stand, the rest of the empty darkness was a dead zone!

There was no road, and the surrounding area was filled with deadly winds. If no bridge appeared, they would really be helpless. Fortunately, an arched bridge appeared at the end of the stone platform cliff. They didn't know why they couldn't see these white, fluttering arched bridges when they came over earlier!

The arch bridge is not the kind of small bridge over a stream, but a magnificent and imposing flying arch bridge. Its gray-white bridge body is like a dragon soaring and disappearing into the deeper darkness.

There are ten dragon arch bridges in total, stretching as far as the eye can see. Although the deadly winds that Zhang Xiaohou mentioned earlier were swirling like scythes, the dragon arch bridges seemed unaffected by this force...

In other words, if you want to continue forward, you must cross this dragon arch bridge.

Gazing at these ten soaring dragon-shaped arch bridges, it's as if trying to discern some clues from their differences, but in reality, these arch bridges are all exactly the same, as if the destinations they lead to are also identical.

The bridge was pitch black, and the further we walked, the more unsettling it became.

The worst part is that Mo Fan and the others still don't know whether this is the Bridge of Life or the Bridge of Death, and it seems like they'll just keep walking like this without end.

"Let's go. There's no black wind on the bridge, so we can reach the Blood Throne Altar safely." Jiuyou led the way. Here, she became the most obedient ghost, not for any other reason than that forbidden wind is the most effective against ghosts!

"I think I roughly understand the layout of the First Emperor's Mausoleum!"

Chu Ming said, "It's like a replica of the Qin Palace, except that all the palace gates, palaces, and steps have been turned into ghosts!"

"Let's go. If I'm not mistaken, all that's left are the steps before His Majesty!"

Seeing that Chu Ming also wanted to leave, Jiuyou Queen explained, "Your Majesty's steps are also known as the Bridge of Nine Deaths and One Life!!!"

"Ministers and commoners cannot look directly at the First Emperor and address him directly; therefore, they often use the steps beneath the First Emperor's feet, which come into view when kneeling in worship, as a substitute for 'Your Majesty'!"

"To reach the Blood Throne altar, one must cross this bridge of life and death."

The name alone is misleading. There are ten bridges in total, meaning that only one of them truly leads to the Blood Throne Altar; the other nine are all dead ends!