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Chapter 589 The corpse king emerges from the coffin
Chapter 589 The Corpse King Emerges from His Coffin (Supplement)
"You need to persuade the sect's elder to act within the Desolate Gu Sect?"
Chen Beiwu looked at Tie Musheng with great interest.
"No need for such trivial matters," Tie Musheng explained without changing his expression. "But the matter of honoring Jingyue Sect as the superior sect concerns the future fate of Huanggu Sect."
If I force it, it will easily cause disunity and controversy within the Desolate Gu Sect, leading to unforeseen events.
"Buzz!"
Just then, ripples appeared in the space, and Zhi Ling's figure quietly appeared, with a thin, unconscious cultivator in front of her.
Tie Musheng didn't even glance at his disciple, but looked directly at Chen Beiwu to show that what he said was true.
Chen Beiwu rubbed Zhiling's cheek with his finger, glanced past Tie Musheng, and looked to the right front.
Golden Egg and Iron Egg each appeared with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, one unconscious and the other conscious.
As expected, even the sect leader was defeated!
Li Xingyuan felt a chill run down his spine, and his gaze toward Chen Beiwu became more respectful.
Within the vast Xuan Yan territory, there are no more than a handful of Nascent Soul True Monarchs who can rival the Desolate Gu True Monarch, let alone defeat and suppress him in such a short time.
With this in mind, Li Xingyuan bowed deeply to Chen Beiwu, disregarding his own dignity: "I am willing to serve you with utmost loyalty, only asking to save my life."
Chen Beiwu looked at the golden egg, which immediately raised its three dragon heads, looking smug, like a child who had made a great contribution and needed praise.
"Roar!" (He is a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Thousand Gu Sect, who knows the activation method of the "Ten Thousand Gu Sealing Corpse Transformation Yang Reversal Heaven Locking Yuan Array" and also knows how to extract the Heavenly Cicada Gu!)
"Not bad, you've worked hard." Chen Beiwu patted the golden egg's head and gave it a spiritual approval.
With the help of a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Thousand Gu Sect who was well-informed, he would find it easier to break through the tomb's formation.
However, this fifth-order Yuan formation is no ordinary formation. Even if Li Xingyuan claims to have a way to break it, he may not be able to break it in a short time.
Therefore, Chen Beiwu chose to temporarily set aside the Heavenly Cicada Gu, looking at Tie Musheng with a half-smile.
He knew the other person wasn't lying; everything they said was a real possibility.
However, Chen Beiwu did not believe that a powerful figure who could lead the sect's cultivators to overthrow and swallow up the sect's foundation would not have a solid foundation under his command and would not be able to control the majority of the sect's discourse power.
"If I let you go back, how long will it take you to convince the sect's higher-ups?" Chen Beiwu asked succinctly.
Tie Musheng pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Ten years, only ten years is needed! Even if the sect's higher-ups disagree, I can forcefully push forward the matter of submitting to the Mirror Moon Sect."
"Ten years is too long, I'll only give you three years," Chen Beiwu said, shaking his head without a doubt.
"Three years it is," Tie Musheng replied through gritted teeth.
Today's defeat is not the defeat of the Desolate Gu Sect.
Although three years is a short time, if he spares no expense and uses the resources left behind by the Six Remnant True Venerables, he can completely turn the Desolate Gu Sect into an impenetrable fortress.
At that time, no matter how strong True Martial Lord is, he will not be able to shake the entire Desolate Gu Sect.
"Given the power and influence of Sect Master Tie within the Desolate Gu Sect, why would it take three years? I'm afraid it would only take a month to resolve the matter you raised," Li Xingyuan said, his eyes flashing as he directly exposed Tie Musheng.
The strong remain strong, and the weak remain weak.
Rather than following Tie Musheng, who disregarded the lives of his subordinate True Lords, he would rather follow this stronger being before him.
Upon hearing this, Tie Musheng suppressed his anger and calmly replied, "It takes a year and a half to awaken a sect leader who has gone into seclusion. How could it be possible to do it in a mere month? Junior Brother Yunya is overestimating your senior brother."
"What Junior Brother Yunya!" Li Xingyuan immediately distanced himself: "I have always been a cultivator of the Thousand Gu Sect, not a Supreme Elder of the Desolate Gu Sect."
At this point, he clasped his hands in a salute to Chen Beiwu: "Although the Thousand Gu Sect has been destroyed for a hundred years, its influence within the Xuan Yan territory still surpasses that of the Desolate Gu Sect, and it is regarded as the orthodox sect by countless Xuan Yan cultivators."
"If Your Excellency is willing to slay this fiend for the Xuan Yan cultivators, I am willing to recommend you as the Sect Master of the Thousand Gu Sect, as the personal disciple of the Thousand Gu Ancestor, to rule over the five realms of the Xuan Yan Realm."
Understanding Chen Beiwu's needs, Li Xingyuan immediately offered the highest price he could.
The son sells his father's land without a second thought.
Even Tie Musheng was able to sell the Desolate Gu Sect that he founded, so why couldn't he take revenge with the Thousand Gu Sect's 100,000-year foundation, and even take the opportunity to promote an unprecedented strongman to make the Thousand Gu Sect great again!
"The Thousand Gu Sect has been extinct for a hundred years. If Senior Zhenwu wants to unify Xuanyan in the name of the Thousand Gu Sect, it will take more time and effort, at least several hundred years. It would be better to rule Xuanyan in the name of the Mirror Moon Sect." Tie Musheng said without any hesitation.
Verbal debate is useless. Which of the monks present is not a smart man? Why would they change their minds because of other people's opinions?
The more he argues, the more likely he is to fall into Li Xingyuan's trap, so he simply presents the facts.
"Alright, I never take back what I've said."
Chen Beiwu glanced at Tie Musheng: "Within three years, I want the Mirror Moon Sect to become a top sect of the Profound Path. Can you do that?"
"I will certainly live up to your expectations, senior." Tie Musheng bowed respectfully, his expression calm.
"This guy is definitely not one to be subservient to others; he's prone to rebellion." Aji reminded him telepathically, "Perhaps I should plant the Spring Sun in his Nascent Soul, just in case?"
"No need." Chen Beiwu was not surprised.
Even if Tie Musheng forcibly suppressed the unruly spirit in his heart, he could not escape his divine sense.
"???"
Aji slightly raised his eyes, his gaze filled with doubt.
Since Beiwu already knows that Tie Musheng is not sincerely surrendering, why let him return to the Desolate Gu Sect?
The Desolate Gu Sect is one of the dominant sects in the Profound Realm. Even if Tie Musheng could get the sect's higher-ups to pass a resolution recognizing the Mirror Moon Sect as the superior sect, it wouldn't be possible to get all the sect's cultivators to willingly submit.
Chen Beiwu explained through the Shared Learning Contract: "The Mirror Moon Sect cannot truly rule the Profound Realm without struggle and bloodshed."
Aji immediately realized what was happening.
Even if Tie Musheng were willing to suppress all the cultivators of the Desolate Gu Sect and force them to submit to the Mirror Moon Sect, the harder the suppression, the greater the backlash would be.
It would be better to leave Tie Musheng with a glimmer of hope, let him develop a rebellious spirit, and then suppress him along with the entire Huang Gu Sect.
Thinking of this, Aji looked at Tie Musheng with a playful expression and did not offer any further advice.
Noticing Aji's gaze, Tie Musheng felt a chill and lowered his head slightly.
"The task of breaking the formation is now entrusted to you."
Chen Beiwu patted Li Xingyuan on the shoulder: "I hope you won't let me down."
"Please rest assured, Your Excellency, I am seventy percent confident that I can break through the Heavenly Corpse Cave formation, but—"
At this point, Li Xingyuan looked troubled and hesitated to speak.
Chen Beiwu: "You can speak your mind directly."
"Breaking the formation is simple; I possess the Heavenly Corpse Token bestowed upon me by our ancestor. However, the ten-thousand-year-old Heavenly Corpse within the purple-gold coffin is beyond my capabilities," Li Xingyuan declared in advance, his eyes revealing a hint of apprehension.
"It's alright, I'll take care of it."
Chen Beiwu glanced at Li Xingyuan: "All you need to do is break the formation."
"Yes." Li Xingyuan bowed respectfully.
Soon, a month had passed.
Cold sweat dripped from Li Xingyuan's temples as his hands continuously changed hand seals.
Suddenly, the star map on the dome shone brightly, merging with the purple-gold coffin, causing Li Xingyuan's body to tremble.
"How is that possible!"
He murmured something under his breath, his voice betraying his exhaustion.
Tell him directly that the Heavenly Corpse Token bestowed by the Ancestor is not the problem; the problem lies with the Purple Gold Coffin located at the core of the restriction.
"How is it? Is it okay?"
The golden egg leaned closer to the dragon's head and asked curiously.
"My abilities are limited, and I only succeeded halfway in the end," Li Xingyuan said with a wry smile.
"What do you mean?" Chen Beiwu glanced at the star map on the dome.
"The Ten Thousand Gu Sealing Corpse Transformation and Yang Reversal Heaven Locking Yuan Formation has five powers: sealing the corpse, containing the corpse, nourishing the heaven, severing the Yuan, and transforming the Gu."
Li Xingyuan frowned and said, "Even with all my strength, I can only unravel the dual array of Absolute Essence and Gu Transformation."
Before the words were finished, the purple-gold coffin standing in mid-air trembled slightly and made a sound.
"However, I do have a way. This formation is made by the Heavenly Corpse, and it will be defeated by the Heavenly Corpse. All I need to do is lure the Heavenly Corpse King out of the coffin and deal with him outside the Four Sacred Pillars. Without the Corpse King, the core of the Myriad Gu Sealing Corpse Heavenly Lock Yuan Formation will have a slight flaw. At that time, I can use the Heavenly Corpse Token to forcibly break the formation and open a spatial passage."
At this point, Li Xingyuan looked at Chen Beiwu and reminded him, "But according to the records in the Thousand Gu Classic, the Heavenly Corpse King is an existence that is extremely close to the Nascent Soul True Venerable. Only the Nascent Soul True Venerable can suppress it."
"Sect Master, Tie Musheng has a Corpse-Suppressing Stele that has been passed down in the sect for ten thousand years. It has an extreme restraint on the Heavenly Corpse Clan and may be able to immobilize the Heavenly Corpse King for a moment."
After a month of contact, Li Xingyuan had flexibly changed his stance, regarding himself as a cultivator of the Mirror Moon Sect, and always referring to Chen Beiwu as the sect leader.
"Need not."
Chen Beiwu waved his hand in refusal, revealing a look of great interest: "I want to see if the Corpse King is as powerful as the rumors say."
Tie Musheng suppressed his anger and remained silent, only feeling that he should not have let Li Xingyuan go after swallowing the Thousand Gu back then.
That ten-thousand-year-old corpse-suppressing stele was a fourth-tier top-grade Xuan treasure that he had obtained by sheer luck, at the cost of considerable sect resources, solely to avoid the Heavenly Corpse King guarding the Heavenly Cicada Gu.
As it turned out, Li Xingyuan was truly a traitor. In order to curry favor with the Mirror Moon Sect, he revealed all the hidden treasures he possessed.
"Since the sect leader is confident, I will now open the coffin to retrieve the corpse."
Li Xingyuan formed hand seals and chanted incantations, causing the Heavenly Corpse Token in front of him to emit a jade-white light, which then fell onto the star map in the dome.
boom!
boom!
boom!
In an instant, stars appeared in the dome, and the four sacred pillars guarding the four sides of the purple-gold coffin lit up with dense golden seal script.
"Snap, snap!"
With a crisp sound, the jet-black lines connecting the mouth of the purple-gold coffin to the lid broke one by one, spewing out corpse energy that was almost solidified, causing the temperature of this place to drop sharply and a layer of frost to form on the cave walls.
"Wow!" (What immense power!)
Schiller pursed his lips and protected the golden egg and iron egg in front of him.
"What are you afraid of? When you were searching for precious medicines in the Jade Purity Mountains, didn't you encounter any corpses that had become spirits?"
Golden Egg glanced at Schiller with surprise.
In its view, the way of puppetry and the way of corpse refining are actually not much different.
However, Schiller used the five elements to refine puppets, while the Thousand Gu Sect cultivators used Gu worms and Yin Sha earth veins to refine the corpses of powerful individuals.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Schiller could combine his skills in crafting puppets with his expertise in corpse refining, he would definitely become a grandmaster of the path of corpses.
As a result, Schiller is now actually afraid of the Heavenly Corpse King!
"Hey!" (You don't understand!)
Schiller swallowed hard, and for the sake of caution, shrank behind Chen Beiwu and Aji.
It didn't know much about the Heavenly Corpse, but it could understand the terror inside the coffin by the immense corpse energy leaking out of the purple-gold coffin!
Even when facing the perfected Demon King, Schiller was not this uneasy.
"Gurgle."
The sound of swallowing saliva suddenly rang out.
The golden dragon's eyes flickered, and it noticed that both the slender cultivator and the Gu-catching True Monarch were holding their breath, their eyes tense, and their bodies trembling, their performance far inferior to that of Xue Le.
Only Tie Muxing and Li Xingyuan were able to maintain basic composure, but they could not hide their solemn expressions.
"Woof!"
Iron Egg barked softly, reminding Golden Egg that the presence inside the pavilion should not be underestimated.
As the coffin lid gradually rose, the fighting spirit in the master's eyes grew stronger.
"Sect Master, please be careful. This Heavenly Corpse King was the Supreme Elder of the ancient sect, the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, and was known as the Unguarded True Monarch. His physique was close to the fifth level."
After being nurtured in the Heavenly Corpse Cave for tens of thousands of years after death, and having received the pure Yang star power of the Zhou Tian, its realm has reached the limit of the Corpse King, and it is only a hair's breadth away from the fifth-order Corpse Venerable. "Li Xingyuan reminded him with his divine sense.
Even though he had complete confidence in Zhenwu Zhenjun, he couldn't help but feel worried in the face of such a ferocious creature, fearing that the powerful figure he had just pledged allegiance to would die and perish.
On the other side, Tie Musheng was also extremely solemn, his eyes fixed on the purple-gold coffin.
What a powerful aura!
Even before the Heavenly Corpse King emerged from his coffin, he felt an oppressive pressure that made it hard to breathe.
He had to admit that he was careless.
Even without the appearance of Zhenwu Zhenjun, he would find it difficult to suppress the Heavenly Corpse King, who has been passed down through generations of the Thousand Gu, with the Ten Thousand Year Corpse Suppressing Stele, and might even face the danger of death.
But when he thought about how the person he was about to face was the extremely mysterious Jingyue Zhenwu, Tie Musheng couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Very good, the stronger the better!" A burning light flashed in Tie Musheng's eyes.
The stronger the Heavenly Corpse King is, the more he can force out True Martial True Monarch's strength, and may even allow him to snatch food from the tiger's mouth and seize the Heavenly Cicada Gu.
Once he obtains the Heavenly Cicada Gu, successfully secludes himself to refine it, and fully enters the half-step Nascent Soul realm, inheriting the lineage of the Six Remnant True Venerables, he will not be afraid at all even if the Mirror Moon Sect mobilizes its entire power to invade the Profound Transformation Realm, and will be able to advance and retreat freely.
"It's alright, continue."
Chen Beiwu remained calm and composed, his confident and collected demeanor causing Li Xingyuan to momentarily lose his composure.
If he possessed such spirit, why would he have remained at the late Nascent Soul stage for so many years, unable to successfully refine the Gu and seek enlightenment?
Without further hesitation, Li Xingyuan activated the Heavenly Corpse Token to its fullest potential.
In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth trembled, and the purple-gold coffin lid soared into the sky, landing between the star charts on the dome, stirring up visible, tangible corpse energy.
Within the vast expanse of corpse energy, a figure suddenly stood up, then turned to look at the token in front of Li Xingyuan, slowly took a step forward, and the figure vanished instantly.
not good!"
Li Xingyuan felt a chill run down his spine, and his nascent soul rose in his spiritual center as a strong warning.
The ultimate corpse is called the Corpse King.
Its form is like a human, but its spirit has perished. Its soul is hidden in its elixir, and its spirit has returned to its corpse. It cannot be destroyed without the Five Thunder Immortal Techniques!
Being so brazenly targeted by such a being, even Li Xingyuan, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, couldn't help but feel despair.
"No wonder Master was always reluctant to use the Heavenly Corpse Token during his lifetime!"
Li Xingyuan's pupils reflected a rapidly approaching, pitch-black finger, but he was powerless to resist and felt that his death was imminent.
In a daze, he seemed to see his master's deceased face.