Chapter 1539: Black Coffin

When the Crystal Ice resonance came into being, Li Luo's resonant power began to grow rapidly, surging through his body like a tidal wave. In just a short span of time, he reached the upper third-grade. Furthermore, in the Absolute Resonance Halo, where the fourth resonant palace was, that particular location began to release a blinding light.

Now there were four resonant palaces and eight resonances!

Waterlight resonance! Woodearth resonance! Thunder Dragon resonance! Ice Crystal resonance! After many years of toiling, Li Luo had filled up his fourth resonant palace, so now he was comparable to the likes of Heavenly Emperors in terms of resonant palaces! Of course, this was only when it came to numbers...

The fire cauldron in the middle of the Absolute Resonance Halo began to blaze with flames, wrapping the entire wheel in a platinum inferno.

As the Greater Void Resonance Flame burned, the Absolute Resonance Halo began to grow and the primordial runes on it turned even more obscure and arcane.

The fourth resonance's birth had also caused the Absolute Resonance Seed to undergo a humongous change.

The Absolute Resonance Halo was approaching perfection, but that didn't mean it stopped coveting the Divine Fruit crystal resonance. On the contrary, it began to spin with greater speed, releasing a greater suction force that continuously captured the crystal energy. Li Luo had originally worried that the Absolute Resonance Halo might have bitten off more than it could chew, but to his utter delight, as the crystal energy surged into him, his recently born fourth resonance was quickly rising in grade. It was originally at the third-grade, but as the Absolute Resonance Halo continued to ravenously absorb the crystal resonance's energy, its grade continued to rise.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Fourth-grade!

Fifth-grade!

Sixth-grade!

In just a short span of time, Li Luo's Ice Crystal resonance had reached the sixth-grade and was showing no signs of stopping as it maintained its rate of evolution.

Li Luo, feeling ecstatic, shouted out in his heart, "Hurry and absorb it! Hurry! Absorb all of it!"

In the past, he had experienced how difficult and prohibitively expensive it was to nurture one's resonances with spirit liquids and purifying lights. It was a miserable time, and yet in front of him was the opportunity to rise to the skies in a single step. Just how much time and treasures could he save?

Thus, no matter the danger, he would do his best!

The Absolute Resonance Halo seemed to have been inspired by Li Luo's enthusiasm and began to spin with redoubled speed. The platinum Greater Void Resonance Flame began to burn with renewed fervor, and more and more of the crystal resonance's energy was absorbed. It wasn't just Li Luo—Jiang Qing'e and Lu Qing'er had also started to benefit from the crystal resonance energy. Although they couldn't directly absorb the energy itself, some of the remnant power was capable of feeding their thirsty resonances. Thus, they too began to absorb the excess energy. However, their resonance grades were already high. Lu Qing'er had an upper ninth-grade resonance and Jiang Qing'e had triple middle ninth-grade resonances, which meant that they wouldn't be rising by leaps and bounds like Li Luo's.

Even so, this was a remarkable gain as usually speaking, making any sort of progress would require a monstrous amount of resources and time, yet these benefits had literally fallen out of the void for them. Thus, the two ladies similarly did their best to absorb what they could.

However, as the three happily devoured the energy, the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor was incredibly incensed. "Do you think this sacred object is something you ants can sully?" Terrifying killing intent radiated from the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor's body, causing even the skies to change colors. The Divine Fruit crystal resonance was a sacred relic that could not be tarnished! Yet these three little ants were constantly attempting to pilfer from it, to the point where it couldn't take it anymore.

The Cloud Heavenly Emperor couldn't help but beam when he saw this. The Divine Fruit crystal resonance was a rare and precious treasure... Meanwhile, the three juniors were like ants who had fallen into a pot of honey, frantically stealing as much as they could.

However, after that brief moment of amusement, the Cloud Heavenly Emperor turned serious again. He exhaled, and copious amounts of violet energy surged out of his mouth, attempting to restrain the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor before it threw a fit.

Meanwhile, the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor's expression turned indifferent and its icy voice rang out. "Cloud Heavenly Emperor, as I said before, no matter what you do today, you can't change the end result. I'll definitely bring the Divine Fruit crystal resonance with me."

It then waved its sleeves and the void shattered, revealing a boundless black river that churned with colossal waves. Within it was a huge black shadow that gradually emerged.

It was a black coffin that emanated an indescribably horrifying aura. Just its appearance caused the Cloud Heavenly Emperor's violet energy restraints to dissipate. The entire Celestial Mirror Pagoda began to let out loud rumbling groans, as though it was unable to bear the pressure.

The Cloud Heavenly Emperor's expression changed. Even he could sense that the black coffin posed a threat to him.

"What's that?!"

The Cloud Heavenly Emperor's inner thoughts were in turmoil. This was the first time he had encountered something that placed him in a crisis in many years. However, he wasn't the only one that was flabbergasted by this sight.

Meanwhile, on the ancient altar, the slowly disappearing Wang Taixi revealed a look of complete disbelief.

As he blankly stared at the black coffin, boundless emotions bridged through time and space, completely ruining his mood. He wanted to say something, but nothing came out. His body then broke apart into countless motes of light, floating away before turning into a ray of light that shot back into the ancient lamp that Li Luo owned.

Li Luo noticecd all this as well. When he turned his head, he saw the black coffin before the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor. The Absolute Resonance Halo was struck by some unexplainable influence, causing the platinum flames to slowly wither and die out.

"This thing is actually capable of affecting the Absolute Resonance Halo?"

Li Luo was taken aback.

He also discovered that Jiang Qing'e's resonant power had turned chaotic, and she was staring at the black coffin in a daze.

"Sister Qing'e!?" Li Luo hurriedly called out.

Jiang Qing'e's snapped back to attention, and her expression turned grave and complicated, her lips pursed.

"Li Luo, the black coffin seems to contain something related very closely to me..." she said softly.