The battle for the race ranking continued, and the one at the top of the Immortal Level wasn’t from the Supreme Clan but a person from the Phoenix Clan named Feng 6.
Second place went to the Supreme Clan, and behind them were mostly the strong races of the past, with the Immortals from the Celestial Race currently ranked sixteenth, still not having broken into the top ten.
The highest-ranked Human was none other than the Undefeated King. Aside from the Undefeated King, several other Humans surprisingly made it into the billions-long ranking battle at the Nirvana Level.
However, their rankings were quite low, so they probably had no chance of making it to the final overall list.
Having prepared the items, Emperor Tianshu also had essential supplies for entering Luoja Snow Mountain delivered.
The Spirit Base of the Bright Divine Lamp, which was previously used by Tian Buluo, was sent for Lin Shen to use, along with ten large incense sticks.
Before, Tian Buluo and his team had used thin incense sticks on Luoja Snow Mountain with a limited burning time, amounting to just a few hours in total, including the time spent climbing up and down the mountain, leaving limited time to actually stay on the mountain.
These ten large incense sticks, each as thick as a thumb and over a meter long, could burn for dozens of hours each.
Only after reading the Heavenly Burial Scripture did Lin Xue understand why incense was needed when ascending Luoja Snow Mountain. At first, Lin Shen thought it was to pay respects to the dead.
It turned out that wasn’t the case—the incense was called Guiding Incense, and without it, one would get lost on Luoja Snow Mountain.
Luoja Snow Mountain wasn’t actually very big, and Lin Shen couldn’t understand how one might get lost there, but that’s what the Heavenly Burial Scripture stated.
Having organized his supplies, Lin Shen once again headed to the source of the River of Chaos, arriving at Luoja Snow Mountain alone with the Bright Divine Lamp.
After lighting the large incense sticks, Lin Shen began his climb, and when he reached the summit again, he found that the dead body had been covered by the snow once more.
“When did it snow?” Lin Shen wondered, looking up at the sky enveloped in pitch-black fog, uncertain of how it snowed there.
Lin Shen had no choice but to dig open the snow pile again, and inside was indeed the corpse covered in mosaics.
Under normal circumstances, according to the Heavenly Burial Scripture, the body needed to be carried to the back of Luoja Snow Mountain, where the entrance to the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum was located, and from there send her into the tomb.
But he had come alone and simply couldn’t send her in with the burial rites befitting a Heavenly Emperor.
Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor hadn’t provided him with the necessary artifacts for burial, which clearly indicated that he didn’t really want Lin Shen to lay her to rest.
“If I can’t bury her, then where should I take the dead body?” Lin Shen pondered this question.
The simplest method would be to destroy the body, but an Immortal’s physique might not be so easily destroyed, even by the strength of an Ascender.
“Emperor Tianshu probably doesn’t want me to make too much noise here. Him sending me must be for more than just to destroy the body. If I’m not to destroy it and can’t really lay her in the mausoleum, what am I supposed to do? Emperor Tianshu doesn’t make things clear, always leaving others to guess. He doesn’t tire, yet it’s exhausting for others,” Lin Shen thought, while clearing the snow around the body till it was completely exposed.
After some thought, Lin Shen decided to find a place to bury the body. Since it couldn’t be destroyed or laid in the mausoleum, burial was the only option left.
“I need to give you a proper burial, I’m sorry, don’t hold it against me,” Lin Shen said as he picked up the corpse and began to walk toward the back mountain.
The middle to the upper parts of Luoja Snow Mountain were covered with snow, and only the lower parts had soil. To bury the corpse, one had to go to the lower parts of the mountain.
As long as it wasn’t in the mausoleum, burying her outside where she wouldn’t easily be found shouldn’t pose any problems.
Of course, after finding a suitable spot, Lin Shen planned to sleep with her for a night. Although it felt a bit strange, he couldn’t forgo the power of Fire Seed.
Before long, Lin Shen had descended below the mid-mountain and found a rather hidden nook to lay the body down and began digging with his hands.
After a few tries, he found that there was only a thin layer of soil about a foot thick, and underneath was solid rock that was completely immovable.
He tried several other places with the same result; the soil layer was too thin, and the rock beneath was not something that Ascension Level strength could dig through.
Lin Shen had no choice but to restore the dug-up ground to its original state and continued carrying the corpse down the mountain in search of a place where he could properly bury her.
Each time he moved farther down, Lin Shen dug again, only to find that the situation was the same everywhere; the soil layer was too thin to bury the corpse properly.
He had reached the middle of a mountain stream without finding a suitable place to bury the body.
“If we go any further, we’ll reach the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum,” Lin Shen looked around and saw a path next to the stream lined with a plant that resembled pine or cypress. That path led to the entrance of the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
Unable to go that way, Lin Shen carried the corpse toward the stream, where there were more hillocks nearby. He decided to see if there were caves or something similar where he could seal the body inside.
It wasn’t long before Lin Shen actually found a cave.
The cave wasn’t large; one had to bend over to enter it. It extended about ten or more meters and ended in a dead end with nothing inside.
Lin Shen felt this spot was probably suitable. As long as he sealed the entrance and camouflaged it a bit, no one should be able to find it.
In fact, few people came around here—who would go out of their way for something ?
After carrying the corpse into the cave and finding a dry spot to lay it down, Lin Shen murmured to the body, “There might be poisonous insects and fierce animals in this cave that could desecrate your body, which wouldn’t be good. I’ll stay with you here for one night to make sure this cave has no owner, and then we can set up your new home.”
After all the trouble, Lin Shen no longer feared the corpse. He carried it around with no issues.
The Fire Seed was crucial. Lin Shen laid the body down and then lay down next to it, one arm resting on the corpse.
Although he didn’t feel particularly afraid, sleeping next to a corpse still felt bizarre and made his skin crawl, preventing him from falling asleep.
The large incense stick beside him had only burned down a little. The Heavenly Emperor had given him ten incense sticks, presumably to give him plenty of time to handle the corpse without worrying about running out of time.
“The female Celestial who was forced to practice the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill, was she really a god or the Heavenly Emperor? Did she manage to master the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill? She claimed that this woman was the Heavenly Emperor. Is there a possibility that this woman was the real god and Heavenly Emperor? After all, according to the records of the Celestial Race, it was the god and the Heavenly Emperor who passed away atop Luoja Snow Mountain. But on the mountain’s peak, there was only a woman’s corpse, no female Celestial’s body. If the records are correct, then the god and the Heavenly Emperor should refer to the woman…” Lost in thought, Lin Shen felt less afraid and without realizing it, he fell asleep.