The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

Embedded in the palace walls are countless human skins, each covered with colorful paintings. A cursory glance reveals that the paintings on the human skins record the ancient calendar of the Demon Kingdom, which is the entire Demon Kingdom's tomb-guarding genealogy.

Deep inside the main hall, there are also some female statues and a row of large sacrificial vessels arranged in a circle.

The ritual objects themselves were fine, but the female statues looked very strange. Each one was naked, with her eyes closed, her face contorted in a ferocious expression, and she was drawing something on the ritual objects with her hands.

Within the circle of sacrificial vessels, there was a white crystal, upon which lay a blurry human figure drawn with human blood.

"Candidate for Demon Mother 19...Mahakala Strike Thunder Mountain"

Upon seeing the female statues and white crystals, Fang Yun narrowed his eyes and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

The sinking of the Demon Kingdom's main city was caused by an earthquake, but that earthquake was not caused by tectonic movement at all.

The earthquake was caused by the crystal tremor power released by the Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain. The crystal tremor power cracked the entire glacier, causing the Demon Kingdom to sink into the abyss.

On the way to the final altar, there is a white tunnel made entirely of white crystals, which contain a kind of crystalline tremor power.

Crystal Tremor Power is a type of natural force, but it is also similar to wind and fire. It can be artificially created. When worshipping the snake god, Crystal Tremor Power can also absorb the power of the ghost cave to strengthen itself.

The Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain is a creature that lives in white crystals; it is a naturally formed stone that can control the power of crystal tremors.

Mount Mahakala is the guardian of the altar. If someone enters the altar without performing a sacrificial ceremony, Mount Mahakala will use its crystal tremor power to kill the person who entered the altar.

The power of crystal tremor is, after all, a vibrational force. If used repeatedly, it will inevitably cause the crystal tunnel to shatter and collapse, triggering the collapse of the entire earth vein.

Of course, the people of the Demon Kingdom are experts in this area. They have successfully completed the sacrifices countless times, and the Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain has never used the power of crystal tremors to kill anyone.

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This resulted in the crystal tremor power having nowhere to be released, accumulating in the white crystal veins beneath the glacier for thousands of years.

As the power of the crystal tremor continued to accumulate and brew, the Demon Kingdom was still frantically holding sacrificial ceremonies.

Because the Demon Mother and the Demon Eye had not yet appeared in that generation, the Demon Kingdom's worship of the Snake God became even more fanatical.

They believed that as long as they continued to worship the snake god, the snake god would grant them divine power as soon as possible, allowing a new ghost mother to be born, or rather, allowing the ghost mother to reincarnate more quickly.

Therefore, they selected many young girls from the Demon Kingdom and listed them as candidates for Demon Mother. At the same time, they sacrificed a large number of Tibetan residents to the Snake God, hoping that the Snake God could select a candidate for Demon Mother and grant her the power of the Demon Eye.

It was at this time that the snow-covered kingdoms, unable to endure the oppression of the Demon Kingdom, began to rebel against it.

Over time, the Demon Kingdom became the target of everyone's hatred.

Within the Demon Kingdom, divisions have also emerged. The sacrifices and rituals have become so fervent, yet the serpent god has not yet bestowed any gifts, leading to a certain degree of collapse in faith within the Demon Kingdom.

But at that time, the Demon Kingdom's high-ranking officials still held power in the country. They suppressed all opposition and became increasingly frenzied, even killing all the Ghost Mother candidates who had not received the Snake God's gift.

After countless sacrifices, these candidates for the Ghost Mother failed to awaken. The higher-ups of the Demon Kingdom believed that these candidates were all wrong and unqualified to become Ghost Mothers. They also believed that new candidates for Ghost Mothers needed to be selected.

These candidates for the Demon Mother completely lost their faith just before they were about to be killed. They had given everything for the Demon Kingdom, only to be abandoned by it in the end. In their resentment and despair, they left behind a curse on the city of Evil Luohai.

The curse was applied to the mountain struck by lightning by Mahakala.

To be precise, it wasn't really a curse, but more like a berserk spell that simply awakened and triggered the Great Black Heaven's Thunder Mountain.

Just before King Baozhu was about to lead the Snowfield Alliance and the Demon Kingdom in their final battle, Mount Daheitian, the Thunder Mountain, finally awoke and erupted.

The crystal tremor power that had been suppressed for thousands of years erupted, directly shaking the entire mountain range and creating a deep abyss. The Evil Luo Sea City, located in the center of the mountain range, sank directly into the abyss.

Along with the destruction of Evil Luo Sea City, the faith of a large number of the Demon Kingdom's high-ranking officials and residents was also destroyed.

Finally, King Baozhu led the Snowfield Alliance to defeat the leaderless and faithless Demon Kingdom army, turning everything in the Demon Kingdom into history, and sealing the Gate of Disaster leading to the Demon Kingdom's main city in the Great Abyss.

If the Demon Kingdom had not oppressed the people of the Snow Region, treating them as beasts and sacrifices, and using them to worship the evil god.

Then the Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain wouldn't have accumulated so much crystal tremor power, the faith within the Demon Kingdom wouldn't have collapsed, those Ghost Mother candidates wouldn't have died, and naturally wouldn't have left behind their own curse.

It can be said that the destruction of the Demon Kingdom was their own doing; it was the death retaliatory strikes of the people of the Snow Region and those candidates for the Ghost Mother that defeated the Demon Kingdom over countless years.

"Destiny and karma..."

Fang Yun murmured to himself and shook his head.

The concept of cause and effect, or destiny, does exist, but he's not yet capable of handling such advanced manipulations.

When they came to their senses, they saw that Partridge Whistle, the old foreigner, and Hua were gathered around the palace wall, carefully examining the information recorded on the painted human skin.

Fang Yun took two steps forward, walked to Partridge Whistle's side, and asked in a low voice:

"So, did you find anything?"

“A huge harvest!”

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle nodded, his eyes gleaming.

“Brother Fang, although I cannot understand the cryptic text on this painted human skin, I can understand most of the content of this painting by combining the content of the Epic of King Gesar with the engravings and markings on the painting.”

"This contains records of several major events in the Demon Kingdom, even in more detail than what Brother Fang mentioned earlier."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Yun became curious and looked at the painted surface.

He had long forgotten this part of the story and had no idea what the painting actually depicted.

Chapter 132 Underwater Passage!

These human skin paintings feature mostly patterns and markings, with relatively few Demon Kingdom ciphers.

Fang Yun couldn't understand the Demon Kingdom's cryptic text, but the patterns and symbols were easier to understand. Combined with the content of the Epic of King Gesar, these patterns and symbols could be interpreted as stories.

The record states that at its peak, the Demon Kingdom ruled over the entire region surrounding Kunlun Mountain, and that there was no emperor in the Demon Kingdom; it was directly ruled by the 'remains of the Serpent God'.

All major decisions are made by the priests of the Demon Kingdom through divination after consulting with the Snake God priest.

This is why there is no royal palace in Evil Luo Sea City, only a few priest temples. Apart from the Ghost Mother and a group of priests, everyone in the Demon Kingdom is equal.

In the Demon Kingdom's value system, the serpent god's corpse is the supreme deity, the Ghost Cave is the god's abode, and the black serpent with the giant eye on its head is the god's guardian.

However, these black snakes are not ordinary black snakes of the Pure Vision Āgama, but rather the progenitor of black snakes with bodies tens of meters long, one male and one female.

If I remember correctly... those two giant snakes were killed by a saint from the Zagrama tribe.

Further down, you can see the evil magic of the Demon Kingdom, including spells like those of the Demon King, the Demon King's Demon King, and the Demon King's Demon King.

There were also the nineteen male corpses found inside the nine-story demon tower. They were priests of the demon kingdom in life, and only the priests of the Ghost Mother were qualified to be buried inside the nine-story demon tower.

The four of them had previously encountered the Dapu Ghost Insect and the White Wolf, who were considered lowly demon servants in the eyes of the Demon Kingdom. Only the White Wolf King, who was once known as the Wolf God, held a slightly higher position.

By combining this information with the stories in the Epic of King Gesar, one can gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire Demon Kingdom.

The text even records the whereabouts of the Serpent God's remains. One ritual illustration describes a treasure cave in the far north of Kunlun Mountain, where the Serpent God's remains are hidden. It was taken from a ghost cave by the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom.

Of course, the Muchen Pearl was eventually taken away by the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom, and only the Snake God's Brain and Snake God's Bones remained in that treasure cave.

At the end of the ceremony, there were even painted decorations added by the members of the Samsara Sect, which clearly recorded how they returned to Kunlun and how they manifested the City of Evil Luo Sea.

Having read this far, the origin of the Muchen Pearl is now completely clear.

If there's anything still unclear, it's what exactly the Snake God is, but no one can say for sure.

Fang Yun wasn't interested in these things, but he still made a mental note of it.

North of Kunlun, there's a treasure cave, the remains of a serpent god... who knows when that might come in handy!

By this time, the three brothers, including Partridge Whistle, had also finished looking at these painted human skins, and each of them showed an expression of amazement.

"The remains of the serpent god and the Muchen Pearl were indeed taken from the Ghost Cave."

"And this city of form... it can be conjured up using only a human brain and eyes... the power of that serpent god is truly terrifying."

The old foreigner sighed deeply.

After seeing these paintings, he could only say that the Zaglama tribe was unlucky to have encountered such a terrifying power.

The power that can conjure up even cities is something that human beings simply cannot contend with.

"No matter what that serpent god is or how powerful it is, that's not something we need to worry about. We should just focus on doing our own thing."

"This is already the lowest level of Evil Luo Sea City, but there are no traces of secret passages around. I think we missed the secret passage."

"According to the records on this painted human skin, there is indeed an altar here for worshipping the snake god."

Partridge Whistle interrupted the old foreigner's reminiscences and calmly encouraged the team.

These paintings clearly depict an altar, which they haven't seen yet, not because the altar doesn't exist, but because they haven't found it yet.

This Evil Luo Sea City is a manifestation; according to the rules of manifestation, any object in the city without a soul will be manifested.

The fact that there is no altar in this manifested city means that the altar is not in the real Evil Luo Sea City either, otherwise the altar would have been manifested.

This indicates that the altar is located outside the city, and that the altar is very important and holds a high position in the Demon Kingdom. Therefore, the altar would not be too far from Evil Luo Sea City, and it would be hidden in a location with the lowest terrain.

Soon, Partridge Whistle shared his conjecture with everyone.

Upon hearing Partridge Whistle's conjecture, Fang Yun smiled and pointed to the spot beneath his feet, saying:

"If it's not in the sky, and it's not on the ground, then it can only be underground."

"That altar is definitely of a higher status than the main city of the Demon Kingdom. According to the values ​​of the Demon Kingdom, the altar must be hidden deep underground."

"A wind-eroded lake?!"

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered the Wind-Eroded Lake.

"The altar must be hidden beneath the wind-eroded lake!"

"According to the Epic of King Gesar, the city of Eroha is located behind the Gate of Calamity. After passing through the Gate of Calamity, the first thing you will see is that wind-eroded lake, which is also directly below the abyss!"