Chapter 1250: The Coffin of World Burial Actually Only Sealed His Will (Please Subscribe)
"It shouldn't be a mistake. These remnant clans, both on their persons and within their bloodlines, bear the mark left by the Coffin of World Burial. Unless they perish from all realms, there is simply no way to escape its pursuit. The terrifying sounds and shadows you heard earlier are likely all related to the Coffin of World Burial..."
Fairy Qing nodded lightly and continued her quiet explanation.
"The Coffin of World Burial?"
Ling Yuling was once again stunned, finding it somewhat hard to believe. "How could it be related to the Coffin of World Burial? Wasn't this Supreme Treasure of the First Civilization in the hands of that ancient sage? In that battle back then, this civilization's treasure performed immense deeds."
"The Coffin of World Burial possesses unfathomable, ghostly abilities. But as for why its master, an ally of my mother's back then, would ultimately use it to hunt down the remnant clans of various civilizations... that, I do not know. My mother never explained these matters to me before her passing from illness," Fairy Qing shook her head.
These remnant clans were basically descendants of those supreme existences from various orthodoxies, powers, civilizations, and kingdoms who participated in besieging the Lord of the Dark Calamity and destroying the Heaven's Proxy Organization back in the day.
Ling Yuling's expression turned grave as she suddenly guessed at a possibility.
Could it be that, like the Gate of Eternal Life, the Coffin of World Burial was also corrupted and tainted by dark aura, developing a major flaw? After sealing the Lord of the Dark Calamity, these Supreme Treasures of the First Civilization should have, in principle, returned to their respective masters. Could it be that an accident occurred during that period, and some of these treasures did not return to their original owners?
"From some journals and notes my mother left behind, I have also formed some guesses and made discoveries. After that battle, my mother and your side indeed won, successfully sealing that existence. But what was sealed was actually only his will."
"His physical body remained within the Coffin of World Burial. It's possible that some of the allies back then coveted his power and wanted to seize his body, but overestimated themselves, suffered a backlash, and were corrupted by his power. Of course, it's also possible that the Heaven's Proxy Organization was not completely annihilated. Its remnants seized the Coffin of World Burial, wanting to resurrect the Lord of the Dark Calamity and bring about his return."
"You surely understand how fanatical and pathological that organization's devotion to the Lord of the Dark Calamity had become," Fairy Qing continued in her clear, cool voice, though her pure eyes now held a glint of wisdom.
This time, Ling Yuling was utterly dumbfounded, even unable to believe her own ears. "How is that possible?" she murmured.
As they conversed, the two had already arrived at the mountain peak where Fairy Qing cultivated in seclusion. Fairy Qing dismounted the crane, took light steps, fetched plain-colored teacups, and gently poured tea for her guest.
Ling Yuling, however, remained immersed in Fairy Qing's words. The more she pondered, the more terrifying it became. A chilling dread crept up her spine, making her shudder. Could this matter be the very root of the great calamity now facing the Prime-Origin Civilization?
In the shadows, unseen by all, could a terrifying force similar to the Heaven's Proxy Organization have long been lying in wait, anticipating the return of the Lord of the Dark Calamity? And have they been taking revenge, exterminating the descendants of those ancient sages all along? A complete purge?
After a long while, Ling Yuling finally let out a slight, bitter laugh and regained her composure.
She also began recounting how she met Fairy Qing's mother, Nan Zun, and some events from that era.
"I never experienced my mother's era. When she gave birth to me, the passing of that era was already long, long ago..." A trace of curiosity appeared on Fairy Qing's face.
Her mother had never spoken to her about that era, believing it to be too terrifying and dark, filled with endless blood and chaos. If that era had perished, then the memories of it should perish with it.
By the time Fairy Qing later wished to know, her mother had already passed away from illness.
"If you're curious, then I'll tell you..."
Facing the biological daughter of her old friend, Ling Yuling felt an indescribable sense of closeness, as if she herself were an elder. These were things she didn't really want to recall either, but since Fairy Qing was curious, she began to narrate.
Back then, it was the time when the Heaven's Proxy Organization emerged. 'Acting for Heaven, Delivering the Dao' — their intent was to control the entire Vast Expanse. The leader of this organization was that immensely mysterious Lord of the Dark Calamity.
Of course, back then, that Lord of the Dark Calamity was not yet known by that title.
Many cultivators and beings called him the Lord of Heaven's Proxy, as he was the leader of the Heaven's Proxy Organization. No one knew his origins or identity, only that he was Innately Born and Innately Knowing, omnipotent, with unfathomable cultivation that had long surpassed any being in all realms.
His subordinates were like clouds of powerful experts; even those at the End of the Path level, those who had achieved Supreme Shattering, submitted to him and willingly served. The Heaven's Proxy Organization was undoubtedly the most massive and terrifying force in the entire Vast Expanse at that time, bar none.
They could even meddle with the authority of the Heavenly Dao, manipulate Cataclysmic Tribulations, act as Heaven's enforcers, and had the capital to clash and challenge the Land of Truth.
Due to the emergence of the Heaven's Proxy Organization, the order of the entire Vast Expanse shattered, the functioning Heavenly Dao cracked. Countless universes, Great Worlds, and civilizations saw their heavenly mandates wither; living beings existed in endless darkness and fear, ruled and enslaved, suffering immense oppression.
Any resistance was met with slaughter. Powerful cultivators were captured and taken to minor worlds to be 'converted', chanting ancient scriptures day and night, becoming tools for accumulating wishful faith power... Nominally acting for Heaven, the Heaven's Proxy Organization's true purpose was to rule the Vast Expanse. Its existence disregarded natural law, destroyed morality, and was intolerable to all realms.
There were also many theories that the Lord of Heaven's Proxy actually wanted to unify the entire Vast Expanse, turn it into his nourishment, and then attack and replace the sole Heavenly Dao, achieving the state of Transcendence, eternal life, and deathlessness...
No one had ever seen the true form of the Lord of Heaven's Proxy, not even the higher-ups of the Heaven-Slaying Alliance.
Some speculated that he was already within the Land of Truth, his true body entangled in battle with unimaginable existences there, while the authority of the Heavenly Dao in the Vast Expanse had long been seized and controlled by him.
Thus, with a single thought, he could easily decide the life and death of billions of beings, billions of spacetimes and universes. Such theories only deepened the fear all living beings felt towards that Lord of Heaven's Proxy.
That era, later known as the Black Calamity Era, was one that would cause trembling hearts, fear, and terror even when mentioned by later generations.
At that time, Ling Yuling and her sister Ling Yuxian were actually just a pair of rogue cultivators. They practiced in a secluded cavern dwelling within a forbidden zone of the Prime-Origin Civilization, detached from the mundane world. The two sisters were solely devoted to the Dao, never concerning themselves with outside affairs.
It was only after being invited out by a group of senior sages from the Prime-Origin Civilization that they learned about the Black Calamity sweeping through the Vast Expanse. The terror of the Heaven's Proxy Organization made the entire Vast Expanse tremble.
Especially that seemingly omnipotent, deathless Lord of Heaven's Proxy made people dare not even entertain thoughts of resistance. Facing such a situation, there was only despair. At that time, no orthodoxy, power, civilization, or kingdom dared to resist; they could only act servilely, clinging to a wretched existence.
Even private thoughts of rebellion might be detected by him.
Immeasurable living beings, billions of universes, lived in trembling and fear, treading carefully as if on thin ice.
Everyone thought such an era would continue indefinitely, until perhaps some new force emerged in the future to resist and overthrow the Heaven's Proxy Organization. Or perhaps... such a future might never arrive at all.
After all, if the Lord of Heaven's Proxy perceived such a future, he could shatter it with a mere wave of his hand.
However, just as tides ebb and flow, all things have their rises and falls. A turning point suddenly appeared one day.
A blueprint, originating from the Land of Truth, for some reason unexpectedly fell into the Vast Expanse.
That blueprint recorded the forging methods for a total of six supreme treasures.
Those six treasures possessed unfathomable divine might, far exceeding the understanding of anyone at that time. And as long as these six treasures were jointly forged, they could seal, and possibly even kill, the Lord of Heaven's Proxy, completely purify the Heavenly Dao, and restore peace and tranquility to the entire Vast Expanse.
The appearance of that blueprint suddenly gave the despairing beings of the Vast Expanse a glimpse of hope, making them feel that the Land of Truth was sheltering their side.
Perhaps the existence of the Lord of Heaven's Proxy had truly threatened some beings within the Land of Truth, prompting them to bestow the blueprint, intending to seal, or perhaps utterly destroy him.