Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

The abyssal valley floor.

A cold lake with rippling turquoise waves lay before him, the water ice-cold, with a chilling mist rising from it.

Splash!

Suddenly, the surface of the water exploded with white foam as a figure shot out, struggling to swim to the edge and lying down shivering and gasping for breath, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

Xiao Yi's lips curled into a smile of relief at having narrowly escaped death, "Thank goodness Zhao Shi's map didn't lie to me, otherwise I would've been smashed to pieces this time!"

Faced with Zhang Xiong's relentless pressure, Xiao Yi had remembered that ancient tomb marked on Zhao Shi's map was deep within the cold lake at the base of the cliff!

The cold lake was vast, covering two-thirds of the base of the cliff, which was why he had decisively chosen to jump off.

Of course, even with the cold lake below, plummeting from a cliff thousands of meters high was a sure path to death.

Before hitting the water, Xiao Yi had exerted all his strength to propel the Eight Extremes Fist, repeatedly striking downward to slow his fall with the resistance of the air currents.

Still, his body now felt as if it had fallen apart.

Whoosh!

Whisk!

Mustering his spirit to sit up, Xiao Yi started to run the Divine Enthronement Heaven Subduing Skill. Eighty God Sealing Seeds bloomed with dazzling light, their radiance enveloping his body, voraciously consuming the natural essence of heaven and earth around him.

The foggy mist rising from the cold lake was drawn towards him, enveloping his body.

Mist swirled around him.

In the distance, the valley was whipped by gusts of wind that howled incessantly.

It took a whole day and night for the mist around Xiao Yi to dissipate, and his complexion regained some of its color.

"Thankfully, it was only some minor internal injuries that did not affect my core. Now that I have recovered seventy percent of my strength, I'm curious to see what treasures lie in the tomb of this Divine Skills Realm expert!"

As Xiao Yi got up, his body cracked and popped, and he plunged back into the cold lake.

He followed the current down.

At the bottom of the cold lake was a dark passageway. After swimming through it for over a thousand meters, Xiao Yi burst forth from the underwater channel.

The view ahead suddenly opened up!

This was a cavern filled with signs of human workmanship, its smooth, even walls appearing as though they were carved by an extremely sharp instrument in a single stroke.

"The entire cave seems like a natural formation without any signs of secondary excavation. Could it be that someone hollowed out the mountain belly in one go, creating such a massive cave?"

Xiao Yi found his own thought somewhat crazy.

This was a rocky mountain. To carve out such a huge cave in one go would require an incredibly powerful being.

His gaze swept the interior of the cave, and in the very center, there was a stone house.

The stones on the stone house were covered in signs of age, with dark webs of spider silk indicating it had long been abandoned.

Creak!

He pushed open the dust-covered door, stirring up the dust enough to make Xiao Yi frown.

The house was pitch black, yet Xiao Yi's eyes were immediately drawn to a figure on the bed.

It was a skeleton, dark yellow in color, sitting cross-legged on the bed.

In its lower abdomen, a walnut-sized Golden Core floated serenely, radiating a brilliant golden glow.

Xiao Yi inhaled sharply, "A Golden Core Realm expert?"

Above Divine Skills is the Golden Core.

Golden Core Realm experts are distinguished from ordinary flesh by not only their lifespan, which extends to two hundred years, but also because the bones of a Golden Core Realm expert turn to a bronze color, indestructible and eternal, hence the Golden Core Realm is also known as the Golden Body Realm.

"I thought it was a Divine Skills Realm powerhouse, but it turned out to be from the Golden Core Realm..." Xiao Yi took a deep breath to calm his excitement.

If it were merely the remains of a Golden Core Realm expert, it wouldn't have made him lose his composure like this.

But there was a complete Golden Core!

The life's cultivation of a Golden Core Realm expert was all contained within the Golden Core, where infinite energy was nurtured.

What was Xiao Yi's "Divine Enthronement Heaven Subduing Skill" most lacking?

It was energy!

"This Golden Core, if I could completely refine it, it might not be enough to get me into the Golden Core Realm, but it would definitely be sufficient for breaking through to the Shentong Realm!"

Xiao Yi was ecstatic as he walked up to the remains of the Golden Core Realm expert, knelt down, and bowed his head: "Senior, this junior has offended you!"

Crack!

The moment the Golden Core was retrieved, the golden skeleton collapsed to the ground with a crash!

From its finger bones, a dark red storage ring fell to the ground.

A storage ring.

Xiao Yi let his blood to claim it as his master.

Inside the ring, there were only a few tens of thousands of pieces of silver, aside from that was a secret tome named "Mixed Yuan Purple Mist Skill," a golden token, and a letter.

"Lucky junior, by the time you read this letter, I may have already perished. In an effort to break through to the Golden Core Realm, I spent all my savings, but just as I was about to succeed, I was betrayed by a close friend and, with grave injuries, hid here. The only thing I can't stop worrying about is my daughter, still in swaddling clothes..."

"I am Hu Yi, known as the Iron Blade King of Tianqing Kingdom; I only ask that you send my Clan Settling Skill 'Mixed Yuan Purple Mist Skill' and the king's token to the Iron Blade King's estate for my daughter. Tell her that the person who killed me was none other than the Comrade King, Xu Shiheng. This Golden Core of mine shall serve as your reward... I am eternally grateful..."

Xiao Yi was not from Tianqing Kingdom and had no idea who the Iron Blade King was.

But to be bestowed a kingship in a kingdom and possess Golden Elixir Realm Cultivation, this Hu Yi was definitely no ordinary man!

Xiao Yi pocketed the storage ring and solemnly said, "Senior, rest assured, I will deliver your belongings to the Iron Blade King's estate!"

Having said that, Xiao Yi dug a grave for him in the cave the skeleton was in, buried the remains, and erected a gravestone.

The tomb of Hu Yi, the Iron Blade King of Tianqing Kingdom!

After completing all this, Xiao Yi sat cross-legged inside the stone hut and began to refine the Golden Core on the spot.

"With the energy of this Golden Core, just refining one-tenth of it would allow me to reach the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm. However, the Zhang Family has sent people to assassinate me, and I fear their next target will be Qingzhu. I must leave the Southern Desolate Mountain Range within ten days!"

Hum!

The mysterious skill started operating, and the energy within the Golden Core was greedily devoured!

...

Inside Nanhuang City.

Zhang Xiong respectfully looked at the two people in front of him, Zhang Yong, and spoke in a grave voice, "Family head, young master, your subordinate has completed the mission and killed Xiao Yi!"

"Good! Zhang Xiong, you are indeed a pillar of our Zhang Family!" Zhang Yong laughed heartily and patted him on the shoulder forcefully.

Zhang Ze spoke with a sinister tone, "Uncle Xiong, did you bring back Xiao Yi's head?"

Zhang Xiong sighed, "Young master, your subordinate is incompetent, Xiao Yi's body fell into the gorge after his death, and his body was not recovered whole!"

"Haha, it is already very good that you killed that little beast. If you couldn't bring back the body, let it be!" Zhang Yong consoled him.

"Although it's a pity that we couldn't bring his head back and let him watch me play with Fang Qingzhu, it doesn't matter," Zhang Ze nodded and narrowed his eyes. The cold gleam within them flickered menacingly, "I've been keeping an eye on Fang Qingzhu this whole time. It's just that Lin Bingxin has been inseparable from her, which makes it difficult to act. Uncle Xiong, leave this to you. From now on, you keep watch over Fang Qingzhu, and the moment she separates from Lin Bingxin, capture her immediately for me!"

"Young master, rest assured!" Zhang Xiong patted his chest in assurance, then hesitated before saying, "Family head, what about Lei Bao and Fang Ao..."

Zhang Yong waved his hand and said indifferently, "You don't need to worry about this. Our Zhang Family has never sent anyone to assassinate Xiao Yi, this was all done by Lei Bao and Fang Ao. Do you understand?"

Zhang Xiong's eyes lit up, "Family head is brilliant!"