In the game "Covering the Sky," I can create nine kinds of immortal gold.

"Bang"

"Click"

A tree as thick as a telephone pole was snapped in two with a single slap, followed by a pungent, fishy stench that nearly knocked Zhang Taichu unconscious.

"roar"

With its massive body, over three meters tall, enormous muscles, and black fur, this bear gave Zhang Taichu an immense sense of oppression.

"Holy crap~ Is this thing still a bear? It's practically a polar bear now, has it become a spirit?"

At this moment, the bear was less than three meters away from Zhang Taichu, and could smash him into mincemeat in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Taichu used the Devouring Technique, turning his entire right hand as black as ink, and then pressed it towards the bear.

Ink-like energy emanated from Zhang Taichu's palm and then pounced on the bear, with a faint dragon's roar even heard in the background.

The bear, as fierce as a speeding truck, collided with the water flow, its body instantly frozen in place, and its feet lifted off the ground, carried into the air by the current.

Zhang Taichu raised his jet-black right hand slightly, and a stream of black water, only as thick as his wrist, coiled around the bear's body three times like a water snake, before bursting forth with bursts of bloody light.

This was the first time Zhang Taichu had used it in actual combat. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that whenever a flash of blood appeared, the bear's aura would weaken, as if a portion of its strength had been drained away.

In just ten seconds, this giant bear, weighing over two thousand pounds, was transformed into dried jerky.

As the secret technique was dispelled, the bear's corpse fell to the ground. Zhang Taichu kicked it and found that it now weighed at most twenty pounds, a hundred times less than its original weight.

At the same time, a surge of vital energy entered the body and flowed into the sea of ​​suffering along the meridians.

A ripple stirred in the lifeless Bitter Sea. Zhang Taichu observed carefully and found that the volume of the Bitter Sea had increased by about 1%, and at the same time, the seawater seemed to have become more vibrant.

If I had to use a metaphor, the sea of ​​suffering used to be like a stagnant pool, but now it has become a flowing stream, giving people a completely different feeling.

"Is this what it means to open the sea of ​​suffering? I remember that in the original story, Ye Fan's sea of ​​suffering was not only golden, but also turbulent. Sure enough, I am just an ordinary mortal with no special physique."

After observing for a while, I found that the changes in the Sea of ​​Bitterness were nothing more than this.

"According to the original work, the so-called opening up of the sea of ​​suffering means expanding the volume of the sea of ​​suffering as much as possible, and then opening a channel in the center of the sea of ​​suffering to connect with the wheel of life, forming a spring. When energy gushes out from the spring and nourishes the wheel of life, it is considered to have reached the realm of the spring of life."

"However, this is only the most mediocre Life Spring Realm, which is usually used as a unit of combat power. Those aristocratic scions who cultivate the Great Emperor Scriptures have special changes in their Bitter Sea, not to mention things like the Bitter Sea Phenomena."

"However, all of that is still too far away for me. I don't even have any cultivation scriptures right now. I can only devour as many demonic beasts as possible to fill my sea of ​​suffering with massive amounts of life energy, and then try to join a sect or something."

After absorbing the life energy of an entire bear, Zhang Taichu felt full of power and didn't even feel hungry anymore, so he no longer had to worry about food.

In the following days, he went out into the wild to hunt during the day and returned to the city to sleep at night. He even hunted wild animals that he didn't want and carried them into the city to exchange for money, so that he no longer had to be a beggar.

After about a month, Zhang Taichu felt that his sea of ​​suffering had expanded to its limit. The seawater contained surging energy, but unfortunately he had no scriptures and had no idea how to open a passage in the sea of ​​suffering to connect with the wheel of life, so he could not enter the spring of life realm.

For the next period of time, he reduced the number of times he hunted and devoted more time to intelligence gathering.

As a result, they did find out about some cultivation sects. Although they were all small sects that were not mentioned in the original work, only on par with Lingxu Cave Heaven, they still had cultivation techniques no matter what.

Just as Zhang Taichu was about to set off, he received some exciting news from an old man who was about to die.

"The Tomb of the Fallen King? Mr. Li, are you sure?"

As he spoke, Zhang Taichu poured a glass of the best Baihua wine in the city for Master Li. Master Li stretched out his hand, which was covered with wrinkles like an old tree branch, and took it with trembling hands. He then drank it down in one gulp and showed a look of lingering enjoyment.

Seeing this, Zhang Taichu put a few more bites of food on his plate. After eating and drinking, Master Li showed a satisfied smile.

"You've got some sense, kid. Let me tell you something. More than 3,000 miles away from our Majiabao, there's a barren land where not a blade of grass grows. That's the legendary Tomb of the Fallen King."

"Legend has it that it was once the place where a god-king and a source master lived in seclusion in their later years. It was once a blessed land with beautiful mountains and clear waters, but for some reason, it turned into ruins overnight, and those two great figures never appeared again. What a pity."

After Li finished speaking, he started eating again, but Zhang Taichu had already basically confirmed that what he said was correct.

The so-called Tomb of the Fallen King appeared in the original novel. Ye Fan visited there during his travels in the Eastern Wilderness and even met Jiang Taixu there. At that time, Jiang Taixu was experiencing his second life in reverse, so he did not appear to meet Ye Fan.

As for the origin of the Tomb of the Fallen King, it is indeed similar to what Master Li said: it was the place of seclusion for a god-king and a source master.

To be more precise, the reason the two went into seclusion together was that the Yuan Tian Master's life was coming to an end and he was about to face an ominous end. The God King, whose strength had reached the Saint Realm, wanted to help him through the crisis, so the two found a secluded place to live in seclusion.

Unfortunately, although the Saint was powerful, the ominous events in the later years of the Source Master were caused by the Source God and Source Ghost of the Underworld. They were the Dark Sovereigns, and even a Quasi-Emperor would not be a match for them, let alone a Saint.

As a result, this God-King and the first-generation Source Master both perished. The aftermath of the battle turned the blessed land into ruins, which later became the Tomb of the Fallen King.

After obtaining the exact location of the Tomb of the Fallen King from Master Li, Zhang Taichu decided not to join any cultivation sects.

"Although that God King was not from an ancient family, he was able to cultivate to the level of a fourth-level Immortal Saint. Therefore, the cultivation technique he practiced was at least at the Saint level, and it might even be at the Saint King or Great Saint level. As for the Source Master, needless to say, he was the first generation Source Master. If you could obtain their inheritance, it would be far better than joining those small sects."

In the past month or so, Zhang Taichu has used the Primordial Qi to create all nine types of Immortal Metals, and naturally he has also comprehended the profound mysteries of the nine types of Immortal Metals.

This gave him a certain ability to protect himself, and ordinary monsters could no longer harm him.

"Before their deaths, that God-King and the first-generation Source Master must have discussed the Dao in the Tomb of the Fallen King. In other words, there are likely to be remnants of Dao traces there. If I use the profound mysteries of the Divine Mark Purple Gold to capture these Dao traces, I may very well obtain the inheritance of a sage and a Source Master."

After making the decision, Zhang Taichu spent all the money he had earned from hunting during this period on purchasing some basic reference books for cultivation.

Things like meridian charts and explanations of cultivation terminology are not considered cultivation methods, so they are very cheap and can be bought for a small amount of money.

Once everything was ready, Zhang Taichu strode out of the city and headed towards the tomb of the fallen king.