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With a crisp shattering sound, Lai Chunshan's protective divine light shattered instantly, his close-fitting defensive armor tore apart, his physical meridians suffered severe damage, and his combat power plummeted.

In just a few exchanges, Lai Chunshan's eagle-like divine form collapsed completely, his Martial Emperor divine embryo exploded, and his vast and boundless life essence, unsurprisingly, once again rapidly converged towards the central platform.

On the battlefield, only a faint wisp of human divine fire and a few scattered storage treasures and protective items remained.

Su Mu glanced at the two balls of divine fire from the Martial Emperor of the Wulong Continent, his expression completely calm, showing no intention of taking them.

These two Martial Emperor Divine Flames are rooted in the rules of the outer realm, making it impossible for Chai Min and others to absorb and refine them. Forcibly fusing them would only result in a backlash from the outer realm's laws, damaging their own origins.

Furthermore, all of Su Mu's subordinates rely on the Qianling Divine Fire Pill to condense their own divine fire, and the quality of their divine fire far surpasses that of the extraterrestrial Martial Emperor's divine fire, so there is no need to choose or replace them.

Although the two divine flames could be used to refine puppets, talismans, or offensive and defensive magical artifacts, Su Mu was not proficient in the art of artifact refining, so keeping them was of no use.

After a moment's thought, Su Mu simply gave up on collecting them, letting the two balls of divine fire slowly dissipate into the water and fire space.

Thus, the four formidable enemies—Sea Turtle Dai Jian, Fire Phoenix Chi Yu, Xing Yan, and Lai Chunshan—were all defeated and killed.

The battlefield fell completely silent, leaving Su Mu all alone in the entire secret realm.

He looked up at the strange platform in the center that seemed to absorb the life essence of all the powerful beings, his expression solemn, and he did not rush forward.

This high platform is eerie in every way. Even if it contains unparalleled opportunities left behind by the God of War, it is bound to be accompanied by deadly dangers.

Now that there are no enemies left on the field, he has no need to be hasty or reckless; acting prudently is the best course of action.

Su Mu sat down cross-legged on the spot, calmly healing his injuries and easing the internal injuries caused by the shockwave of the self-destruction of his inner core, while patiently waiting for the Purple-Gold Divine Fire to completely devour and merge with the Phoenix Divine Fire.

During his healing process, he keenly sensed the anomalies in the secret realm: the Kunling Divine Fire surging underground and the blue raging sea covering the entire area above were both shrinking in tandem, but the spatial pressure generated by their superposition was increasing wildly and relentlessly.

Fortunately, the Imperial Body's self-healing ability is unparalleled among its peers, and since the injuries were not fatal, Su Mu's injuries were completely healed after half an hour, and his physical body, divine fire, and cultivation all returned to their peak state.

Two more hours passed, and the two primordial divine fires that had been entangled for so long finally merged into one.

The Purple-Gold Divine Fire completely absorbed the Phoenix Divine Fire, retaining its original purple-gold color, while also acquiring the phoenix's indestructible regeneration properties. The power, endurance, and self-healing ability of the divine fire all increased dramatically.

While waiting for the divine fire to fuse, Su Mu casually opened Lai Chunshan and Xing Yan's storage magic treasures and took stock of all their treasures.

After taking stock, Su Mu couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.

The two storage spaces contained neither top-tier rare and precious materials nor high-grade spirit stones; they mostly contained common healing pills and qi-restoring pills. There were only a few mid-grade Heaven-rank offensive and defensive talismans, which had some practical value in combat.

Su Mu quickly figured out the reason: the two came from the Wulong Continent outside the domain, and crossed the dangerous black mist area to come to the secret realm of Tianyuan Continent. Along the way, they had to face the siege of the Ghost Clan, and their fate was unknown.

The two had already prepared for their demise here, so they left all their valuables and treasures with relatives and friends on the mainland and did not take them with them.

In contrast, Elder Songhe and his fellow Martial Emperors had long since lost any desire to return to their homeland. With no more attachments to the continent, they carried all their belongings with them.

At this moment, the secret realm space underwent another dramatic change. The Kunling Divine Fire and the blue ocean above were now only ten thousand feet in diameter. The terrifying pressure from the superposition of the two domains made even Su Mu, who was in full-on strength, feel a real sense of oppression, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

Su Mu gripped the Seven Star Dragon Slayer Sword tightly, preparing to set off to explore the mysteries of the high platform, when the entire platform beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently, with stone chips flying everywhere and the earth shaking.

Su Mu's eyes sharpened, and he understood: it had finally come.

To ensure his safety, Su Mu secretly gripped the Great Shifting Order in his left hand, reserving a trump card for escape; in his right hand, he held the Seven Star Dragon Slayer Sword tightly, divine fire slowly flowing around his body, ready to activate the full set of the Imperial Set and the Golden Dragon Possession at any time.

The platform trembled more violently, and within the secret realm, the two primal energies of water and fire surged wildly, causing the oppressive force to rise once more.

Su Mu frowned and stared intently. At the very top of the platform, a heavy, black stone coffin slowly emerged from the ground.

First, the cold coffin lid revealed its outline. A moment later, the entire giant black coffin, ten zhang long, three zhang wide, and two zhang high, was completely exposed to the air. The patterns on the coffin were ancient and weathered, exuding an aura of ancient death.

The moment the black coffin appeared, the platform immediately stopped trembling, and the water and fire pressure of the entire secret realm reached its peak and stopped rising.

An incredibly heavy pressure poured down, and even Su Mu, who had cultivated the Imperial Body, felt a heaviness in his limbs, his knees went numb, and he almost couldn't stand up.

Su Mu patiently observed for a long time, but the black coffin remained silent and motionless, with no further unusual activity.

Many questions arose in Su Mu's mind: Could it be that the life essence of the four powerful figures who had fallen earlier had all flowed into this black coffin?

Who exactly is the person sleeping in the coffin, and why does he/she need a massive amount of pure life essence to nourish himself/herself?

The high platform and the black coffin remained completely silent. Were they luring intruders to their deaths?

A sense of foreboding rose in Su Mu's mind. He knew that danger lurked beneath the surface and he would never rashly climb the platform to approach the black coffin.

However, passively waiting is by no means a good strategy.

After a moment's thought, Su Mu released two intact, high-grade Heavenly Rank Qianjin puppets. These two puppets possessed formidable physical bodies, unfazed by the terrifying pressure of this place, making them the perfect scouts.

Under the control of the divine soul, the two puppets steadily stepped onto the high platform, remaining unharmed throughout and without triggering any deadly restrictions.

The two puppets then worked together to push the coffin lid, but the dark coffin patterns contained a strange sealing power, and no matter how hard the puppets tried, the coffin lid did not budge.

Su Mu pondered for a moment, first swallowing an Extreme Dragon Essence Pill to fully restore his condition, then taking out a mid-grade Heaven-rank clone talisman and igniting it directly.

As the light converged, a clone possessing 80% of Su Mu's combat power condensed and took shape. It stepped onto the high platform and joined forces with the two puppets to push the coffin.

Despite being formed by relying on talismans, the clone itself inherits Su Mu's complete divine fire and domineering body foundation, making its true combat power far superior to the Qianjin Puppet.

At this moment, Su Mu's divine fire has been fully fused, and his body has been enhanced by the pills, causing his clone's combat power to rise in tandem.

With the addition of a powerful combatant, the heavy coffin lid finally moved slightly, but the sealing power remained strong. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the coffin lid had only shifted by half an inch.

Still too slow, Su Mu stopped holding back and directly ignited the second mid-grade Heaven-rank clone talisman, creating a second powerful clone.

On the high platform, the two puppets and two clones worked together from all directions, suddenly increasing the speed, and the heavy coffin lid slowly slid to one side.

While waiting for the coffin to be opened, Su Mu focused his mind and used the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fire he had fused with to continuously refine the Nirvana Divine Feather he had previously collected, completely refining the remaining Fire Phoenix Will within it, making this treasure completely obedient to him.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. With a dull thud, the entire coffin lid was pushed open, revealing the interior of the black coffin.

Through his clone's vision, Su Mu saw the scene inside the coffin and couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.

Inside the coffin lay a perfectly intact humanoid corpse, but this corpse was neither human nor any of the known barbarian, witch, or demon races of the Tianyuan Continent.

They were neither human cultivators nor demonic beasts in human form; they were a strange race that Su Mu had never seen in ancient records.

The corpse was eight zhang tall, with a robust and muscular body. Its skin was as black as ink, and it was completely hairless. A vertical eye grew from the center of its forehead, making a total of three eyes, including the two others.

In addition, this person has four arms, but his lower limbs are still two legs, making his appearance extremely bizarre.

Having read countless ancient books from various sects and illustrated guides to other worlds, Su Mu was certain that such a peculiar race with three eyes and four arms had never appeared on the Tianyuan Continent from ancient times to the present.

The most bizarre thing is that this corpse has been sleeping for countless years, and its body shows no signs of decay or drying out. It always exudes a terrifying, dormant divine power that remains hidden deep within.

Just as Su Mu was carefully examining the details of the corpse through his clone, a sudden change occurred!

The alien corpse, which had been lying flat and motionless, suddenly sat up straight, and its four long arms shot out at the same time, accurately grabbing two clones and two golden puppets with its left and right hands respectively.

The change was sudden and unexpected, and the opponent's speed was extremely fast, so the clones and puppets had no chance to dodge or counterattack.