The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 498 Arranging the Mortal Transformation Curse

Suddenly, several black dots appeared in the sky, which gradually grew larger, accompanied by the sounds of wind and thunder.

Nine enormous creatures descended from the sky, like nine long black rivers falling down. At that moment, everyone on Mount Tai froze in astonishment, staring at each other in disbelief.

It turned out to be nine enormous dragon corpses, pulling a bronze coffin, pressing down towards the summit of Mount Tai.

The Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai was smashed open, revealing the buried five-colored altar. Ye Fan and his group fell onto it and were eventually carried away by a bronze coffin pulled by nine enormous dragon corpses, heading towards the other side of deep space.

"Have a safe journey! Have a pleasant trip!" Li Daoming, who lived next door to Ye Fan, seemed to sense something and glanced over with a look of anticipation.

In the original work, the Human Emperor and the Holy Body took over almost seamlessly to resist the forbidden zones of life. This caused many supreme beings to be unable to withstand the pressure and launch the Dark Turmoil, leaving them with no choice but to emerge and fight to the death. There was also the heaven-defying being Wushi, who also possessed the bloodline of the Holy Body and killed many supreme beings in the forbidden zones, causing the supreme beings in the forbidden zones of life to harbor extreme hatred towards the Holy Body lineage.

Moreover, fearing they wouldn't be able to endure it and would be unable to launch a dark upheaval upon their birth, without the Great Accomplished Holy Body to stop them, they very much wanted to annihilate the Holy Body lineage.

However, the first Holy Body was randomly born in the universe, which they could not predict at all, and they could not eradicate the Holy Body.

Left with no other choice, they could only resort to the next best thing: using the Tongtian Mingbao, a celestial artifact, to influence the rules of heaven and earth when the ancient era ended and the world underwent great changes, imprinting a curse into the world in an attempt to sever the path of cultivation for the Holy Body.

This not only makes cultivation of the Sacred Body difficult, but also makes breaking through the Four Extremes Secret Realm a deadly challenge, as one will face the ultimate attack of the Innate Dao Diagram.

But in this life, with Li Daoming protecting the world, the forbidden zones of life are either destroyed or flee, hiding and afraid to come out.

For them, the biggest threat is Li Daoming and the Wuji Holy Court. The Holy Body is not important at all, so they will not spend so much energy and effort to delve into the cursed Holy Body.

Of course, the curse on the Holy Body still exists, and since they haven't lifted it, the Holy Body will still grow golden hair and cause misfortune in his old age.

However, that's not important. What's important is the Sacred Body. In this era, it's not a useless body that can't be cultivated, but rather a peerless physique with a high probability of becoming a powerful individual.

If Ye Fan were to descend upon the ancient star of Beidou, he would not be universally hated as in the original story. On the contrary, many powerful forces would compete to invest in him, hoping that he could achieve great success in his Holy Body, or even attain Dao in an unconventional way, becoming a dominant force in the universe and bringing them substantial benefits.

But could Li Daoming really make him live so comfortably?

Certainly not!

Ye Fan in the original novel was able to achieve such great success largely due to the many trials and tribulations he experienced.

Without the rigorous training and the combined efforts of numerous powerful forces to nurture him, Ye Fan would likely have taken much longer to mature, even if he didn't end up like the previous first-generation Holy Body.

So his first arrangement for Ye Fan was to place a curse on him when he cultivated to the other shore or the secret realm of the Dao Palace and came out to train.

This curse was a transformation curse he devised specifically for Ye Fan, based on the legendary Immortal-Breaking Curse.

Once someone is afflicted by the Mortal Transformation Curse, the curse will absorb and erode their cultivation and physical essence, causing their foundation to collapse, ultimately turning them into an ordinary, completely mortal person before it stops taking effect.

Moreover, this curse has another characteristic: it will not destroy a person all at once, but will slowly absorb and wear them down. As more and more is absorbed and worn down, the curse will become stronger, eventually completely destroying a person's cultivation, physique, and origin within a year.

To stop it, one could either continuously absorb a large amount of precious natural treasures to restore one's original source, but this would only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and would be too costly, or cultivate the secret method he specially created to stimulate one's own original source to fight against the curse and continuously resist and suppress it.

Furthermore, he planned to have Wan Qing place a curse, so that unless one's strength surpassed Wan Qing's, the curse could not be broken by external force. He believed that with this curse, and other arrangements, Ye Fan would definitely experience the feeling of a genius's downfall and grow smoothly.

"Hehehe..." Li Daoming chuckled eerily.

"Big brother, your smile is so creepy!" Ye Liuxian nudged Li Daoming.

"What's creepy? Oh, right, your brother has already set off, and your parents will receive the news soon."

"Ah!" Ye Liuxian exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.

She knew Ye Fan would be fine; on the contrary, he would be able to embark on the path of cultivation and reach the peak, so she wasn't worried. But her parents didn't know that.

If the two of them knew that Ye Fan had been kidnapped by the Nine Dragons Coffin, they would be incredibly worried!
"Big brother, I want to tell them some things so they won't worry, and I also ask you to guide them onto the path of cultivation," Ye Liuxian said after thinking for a while.

“Alright!” Li Daoming nodded slightly: “After you leave, I will take them to the Wuji Holy Court and have someone guide them onto the path of cultivation.”

Having received Li Daoming's consent, Ye Liuxian was neither surprised nor polite to him.

She said hello and went home. She knew Li Daoming wouldn't refuse, and there was no need for formalities between them.

On the other side, the people inside the bronze coffin were counting off to confirm their numbers, but when they finished counting, they found that there were thirty people, one person extra, which sent chills down everyone's spines.

However, after some twists and turns, everyone confirmed that the extra person was their classmate Pang Bo.

Soon, amidst everyone's tension and worry, the bronze coffin suddenly trembled violently, as if it had been overturned, revealing a crack.

The group cheered and rushed out, but when they emerged from the bronze coffin, they were stunned to see the barren land stretching for miles outside.

After a moment of panic and confusion, the group began to explore forward and soon discovered a boulder with writing on it.

After several people examined it, they finally recognized it as the inscription "荧惑" (Yínghuò) on a bronze vessel.

Next, the group discovered the Great Thunderclap Temple, which had been reduced to ruins. After some exploration, Ye Fan, just like in the original story, obtained the Bodhi Seed and a copper lamp.

Soon, after Pang Bo removed the plaque of the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Crocodile Ancestor lost its last suppressing force and began to break free, sending out a group of small crocodile demons to hunt down the group.

"Fine, you're from Earth after all. Since you've caught my attention, I'll save your lives. At least let you see the splendor of the Big Dipper and experience the wonders of cultivation!" Li Daoming glanced at them, his words carrying the weight of heaven and earth, his pronouncements becoming law.

The one who perished in the original story, although his life was incredibly dangerous and he was injured, seemed to be blessed by the heavens and escaped death in various ways.

Faced with the attacks of the little crocodile demons, many people, having drawn blood, were roused by their own bloodlust and continued to attack the little crocodile demons, hoping to kill them to replenish the energy of the Five-Colored Altar, activate the altar, and escape from this place.

Soon, Crocodile Ancestor was finally able to spare some of his power to wipe out Ye Fan and his group.

(End of this chapter)