Chapter 968: Chapter 995: This is called a silver lining! (Second release) Chapter 968: Chapter 995: This is called a silver lining! (Second release) Just as everyone had expected, the Nine Dragon Coffin took flight once again. Although it was controlled by the Great Nether Dynasty, it still attracted countless onlookers.

Most of these onlookers were practitioners from the Nether State continent. Despite the varying levels of their cultivation, their advantage lay in their numbers. They all followed behind the Nine Dragon Coffin, watching as the four Half-step Great Saints of the Great Nether Dynasty casually guarded the vicinity of the coffin, with no one daring to make a move.

“See that? Those four elders with auras as vast as the ocean are the four Half-step Great Saints of the Great Nether Dynasty. With them here, no one on the entire Nether State continent dares to lay a finger on the Nine Dragon Coffin.”

“It is indeed worthy of the practitioners from the Great Nether Dynasty, so imposing. However, I’ve heard that there are quite a few Half-step Great Saints that have come to the Nether State continent, so why hasn’t anyone tried to seize the Nine Dragon Coffin?”

“Yes, the Nine Dragon Coffin is an inheritance left by a saintly powerhouse, not something you come across every day. The behavior of these Half-step Great Saints really is unfathomable.”

Many people were discussing fervently. Although they didn’t dare to take action, they kept following, hoping that some Half-step Great Saints would appear and cause chaos, potentially giving even ordinary people an opportunity to take advantage.

At this moment, one practitioner suddenly said in a low voice, “Give up that thought, folks, the other Half-step Great Saints won’t be coming.”

Caught off guard, the crowd asked in surprise, “Why not? Are those Half-step Great Saints not interested in the saintly inheritance?”

That person sneered and said, “Though they are called Great Saints, the Half-step Great Saints are worlds apart from the true saintly powerhouses. How could they not be interested in an inheritance left by a saintly powerhouse? The reason they haven’t shown up is that the Great Nether Dynasty has detained them all.”

“What?”

The crowd was shocked, and someone else spoke up, “I remember now. Five days ago, the Great Nether Dynasty widely issued summonses, gathering a good number of Half-step Great Saints to the Sacred Land of the Great Nether Dynasty for a grand scheme.”

“Could it be… this is a conspiracy?”

“It’s not a conspiracy, it’s an open plot. The Great Nether Dynasty, powerful as it is, wouldn’t dare to commit such an outrage against the world. By controlling more than a dozen Half-step Great Saints, these saints aren’t showing up simply because they haven’t received the news.”

“Hiss, the Great Nether Dynasty really has some cunning tactics. With the Half-step Great Saints all gathered in the Sacred Land of the Great Nether Dynasty, by the time they hear about the Nine Dragon Coffin, it might already be inside the Sacred Land of the Great Nether Dynasty.”

Amidst their discussions, the vast majority of people held the Great Nether Dynasty in even higher regard and many harbored thoughts of joining the dynasty. With the dynasty’s doors wide open and its momentum high as the sky, its influence in the future was sure to be extraordinary.

…

Within the Coffin World.

Yang Zhen’s face showed a solemn expression, which caused the cheap cat to tremble with fear. Hesitating, it asked, “What, is it not possible?”

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, “The Nine Dragon Coffin, truly a creation of a saintly powerhouse, is far more domineering than I had imagined. Although it’s not that it can’t be refined, the problem is time… we don’t have much left.”

The cheap cat curled its lips and said, “Don’t worry. While you need time to refine the Nine Dragon Coffin, the Great Nether Dynasty also needs time to open it, and it’s certain to take them longer than it will take you.”

Yang Zhen sighed and cursed, “I’m not worried about the Great Nether Dynasty opening the Nine Dragon Coffin, but rather I’m worried about the Shangyuan Sect. Once the sect master and the others realize we’re missing, they’ll definitely go to meet up with the Great Elder. If they reach the western half of White Cloud Mountain and we haven’t succeeded in refining it, then we’ll have no choice but to go out and fight desperately against the Great Nether Dynasty.”

The cheap cat jumped in fright and said, “Kid, don’t be reckless. If you really have to go out and fight to the death, how certain are you that you’ll come out unscathed within the Sacred Land of the Great Nether Dynasty?”

Yang Zhen had never been so unsure before. After hesitating for a moment, he grimaced and said, “Less than 10%!”

“What the hell?”

The cheap cat was startled and shook its head like a rattle-drum, saying, “Kid, are you insane? A chance of less than 10%, that’s practically no different from seeking death.”

Yang Zhen glared and said, “But can this Sao Saint simply stand by and watch the Shangyuan Sect be completely wiped out by the Great Nether Dynasty?”

The cheap cat was at a loss for words, turned its mouth aside, and couldn’t speak.

Han Yan’er stood to one side, her expression fraught with worry as she tugged at the corner of Yang Zhen’s clothes and said, “Isn’t there any other way?”

Yang Zhen glanced at Han Yan’er and said, “The prohibitions on the Nine Dragons Coffin are extremely complex and terrifying, unless I can find a Heaven and Earth Treasure of utmost yin and coldness, otherwise…”

At this point, Yang Zhen turned and stared at the demonic cat, whose tail curled up in response: “Damn it, kid, why are you staring at this deity? I don’t have any yin-cold treasures on me… Seriously, I don’t. If I did, would this deity be so stingy?”

Yang Zhen shook his head. This damn cat was terrified of death to an extreme; if it had a Heaven and Earth Treasure of utmost yin and coldness on it, it would have produced it long ago. This bastard surely had no idea how many good things it had on it and wouldn’t miss just one.

As the three of them were at a loss, Yang Zhen suddenly lit up and burst into laughter.

The demonic cat’s eyes also sparkled with excitement as it asked, “Did you find a way?”

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, “It’s not that I found a way, but it suddenly occurred to me that I have just such a Heaven and Earth Treasure of utmost yin and coldness!”

“What?”

The demonic cat was astonished, pondered for a moment, then asked in surprise, “When did you have something of utmost yin and coldness?”

“That’s called no dead end under heaven!” Yang Zhen spread his hands open in front of them, and a lifelike lotus flower appeared, sending a cold chill through the surrounding atmosphere.

“Annihilation Heavenly Sky Lotus!”

The demonic cat shrieked, then cackled with laughter and sprang up saying, “Kid, how did we forget about this thing? With it here, what’s to worry about refining the Nine Dragons Coffin?”

Yang Zhen smiled wryly, his face taking on a solemn expression, as he said in a deep voice, “Even with the Annihilation Heavenly Sky Lotus, we can’t be careless. The prohibitions on the Nine Dragons Coffin are too terrifying, and if we’re not careful, instead of refining the Nine Dragons Coffin, we might end up successfully reviving the Nine Dragons Great Saint, and then we’d be completely done for.”

The demonic cat waved its hand and said, “I’m not worried about that. You always manage the impossible. If you think it can be refined successfully, then it surely can be.”

Han Yan’er’s smile bloomed like a flower as she hurriedly nodded in agreement with the demonic cat’s words.

Yang Zhen laughed heartily, with a smug look on his face: “Just wait, you two. Once this coffin is refined, we’ll cause quite the stir!”

Drawing in a deep breath, the demonic cat urged, “Hurry, hurry, we have no time to lose. Kid, start the refining process quickly; I can hardly wait.”

…

More and more practitioners clung to the rear of the Nine Dragons Coffin, all wearing strange expressions on their faces. They were getting closer to the Great Nether Dynasty, yet no other Half-step Great Saints had appeared.

“I wonder if Yang Zhen is still alive. Once the Nine Dragons Coffin enters the Sacred Land of the Great Nether Dynasty, even if he acquires the legacy of the Nine Dragons Coffin and emerges from it, he is doomed.”

“Not only is he doomed, but the legacy will also fall into the hands of the Great Nether Dynasty.”

“What?” Many people exclaimed in shock: “There’s someone inside the Nine Dragons Coffin? Yang Zhen? Yang Zhen is inside the Nine Dragons Coffin?”

Practitioners who had caught up later were all shocked, looking at the Nine Dragons Coffin radiating boundless prestige with peculiar expressions on their faces.

At that moment, a group of practitioners dressed in the Great Nether Dynasty disciple uniform approached and said something to Huo Lian and others. Huo Lian laughed heartily and with a grand wave of his hand, the Nine Dragons Coffin slowly turned in a different direction.

“This… this direction, it seems to be heading towards the Shangyuan Sect.”

Most people showed a look of astonishment on their faces behind the Nine Dragons Coffin.

Huo Lian exchanged a glance with Valley Granny, who smiled and said, “I didn’t expect that there were still people from the Shangyuan Sect outside. This is good, so we can snare them all in one fell swoop.”