"Hmph! Although I am timid, I am certainly not afraid of death."


    The Golden Corpse’s voice, however, was devoid of any fluctuation, betraying no thoughts, and continued, "With the foundation of Divinity Transformation and another Heavenly Spiritual Root to possess, I will one day unify the Nine Continents, gather the power of millions of Corpse Demons..."


    "Not to mention breaking through to the Returning Void, there’s even hope to transcend the nine-fold heavenly tribtions in one vigorous effort!"


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    "The Demon Monarch has a good n, but first you must pass my challenge."


    Zhou Yi was well aware that threats were futile, not to mention that Kunlun Wondend is but an illusion; even if true immortals were to descend to prevent a great catastrophe, the Golden Corpse wouldn’t hesitate to strike for the sake of the path to eternal life.


    As his voice fell, he executed the Spirit Sword Sect’s inherited sword technique, the sword light interweaving into a Formation, overwhelmingly attacking the Golden Corpse.


    "Northern Dipper Devil-suppressing Sword Formation, the Spirit Sword Sect’s secret transmission!"


    The Golden Corpse stood up, without any sign of casting spells or using Divine Skills, and reached out directly to grab at the Sword Formation.


    Boom!


    A loud explosion sounded, and the Heavenyer Hall directly turned to ashes.


    The Mysterious Armor on the Golden Corpse shattered, revealing its cyan-gray skin; its overall shape was humanoid, but with three heads and six arms, and the feet were grafted from some fierce beast’s ws.


    "Indeed it is the Light Dividing Sword, could the fellow Taoist be Jian Xuan reincarnated?"


    "Come again!"


    Zhou Yi rose into the sky, with the Light Dividing Sword transforming into a long river of Sword Qi which enveloped several miles around, each strand of Sword Qi nearly rivaling the spells of the Golden Elixir True Monarch.


    Above the heavens and below the earth, from all directions, Sword Qi was omnipresent, solidifying into an intricate array that sealed off any escape routes.


    Such arge scale Sword Array could not be deployed by an ordinary Golden Core.


    Under the clear blue sky, stars fell like strands of golden thread, merging into Zhou Yi’s body and transforming into Mana.


    "The Ten Directions Extermination Sword Array, the Stars Flesh Body, it’s been a thousand years since west met, fellow Taoist. With your first move, you’re trying to thoroughly annihte an old friend?"


    The Golden Corpse was halfway convinced that the true monarch in front of it was indeed Jian Xuan reincarnated.


    As the Corpse Demon’s body grew in the wind, transforming into a giant dozens of feet tall, its shape flickering out of sight, when it reappeared it was already behind Zhou Yi, all six arms simultaneously pouncing to attack.


    Normally, corpse refiners are hard-pressed to fight against cultivators of the same level because they are almost all practitioners of Body Cultivation.


    With their robust bodies, yet ignorant of spells and unable to control magical treasures, their advantagesy in their long lives, fearless bravery, and nearly no fatal weaknesses.


    However, a Spirit Corpse was different; truly dead then revived, they possess mystical Innate Divine Abilities.


    For instance, this Heavenyer Spirit Corpse, its innate ability was the Void Escaping Technique, able to appear anywhere within a hundred paces at a mere thought.


    Such a mystical Innate Divine Ability surpassed ny-nine percent of spells, already not weaker than cultivators of the same level, and even more superior in assassinations and surprise attacks.


    Zhou Yi sensed the impending assassination from behind, yet he neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the six arms to smash onto his body.


    Hum!


    A green turtle shell appeared behind him to block the attack, and the corpse ws mmed into it without causing even the slightest tremor.


    "What a treasure!"


    The Golden Corpse, hailing from the demonic path, was extremely experienced inbat and immediately guessed that Zhou Yi had intentionally not dodged. Without any hesitation, it activated its innate ability again.


    "Toote."


    Zhou Yi snorted coldly, as a treasure mirror shot out a soul-stabilizing divine light, directly confusing the Spirit Corpse’s soul.


    A mere magical treasure could not trap a Heavenly Monarch, but within the Spirit Corpse was only a wisp of the Golden Corpse’s consciousness, and the soul-stabilizing divine light was enough to make it hesitate for a moment.


    Innumerable beams of Sword Light swept over the Spirit Corpse, instantly turning it into a pile of ring white bones, and its soul me extinguished in the skull.


    The wisp of soul consciousness attached to the Spirit Corpse, attempting to cast a spell to flee, was once again struck by the soul-stabilizing divine light. It was about to fall into Zhou Yi’s hands when it resolutely activated a secret technique, scattering its soul.


    Thebat had onlysted a few exchanges, yet it felt as though a long time had passed.


    Zhou Yi confirmed that the Golden Corpse was no longer present and couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. Even confident in his own strength, he still felt some unease when fighting an Ancient Demon Monarch.


    "Dominated the Nine Continents for a thousand years, unlike the cautiousness of old. Today’s actions were somewhat careless!"


    Even though he had the upper hand, he could not hide the mistake of letting the Golden Corpse lead him here; had he prepared hundreds ofyers of Formations in advance, it probably wouldn’t have escaped in a short time.


    As the Dharma declines up to the present, Zhou Yi, being the number one in the Nine Continents, acts more willfullypared to the ancient times.


    This is human nature. Today’s encounter serves as a sharp reminder.


    "Remember this lesson, one must always reflect in the future. The first thing to do now is..."


    Zhou Yi waved his hand to draw in a few breaths. Although he hadn’t captured the Golden Corpse’s soul consciousness, its self-destruction still left behind a trace of its presence.


    He then escaped into the depths of Righteous Sun Abyss, offering his breath to the ghost deities and began to cast the ck Witch Curse.


    "Even if the chances of usefulness are slim, I must try. If I can exchange a thousand years for one year of Golden Corpse, the great disaster will resolve itself!"


    The ghost deity statue, with its four faces and eight arms, and red eyes, after enjoying millions of years of lifespan, the original Yin Spirit Wood sculpture gradually transformed into the color of flesh and blood.


    The pitch-ck arms emitted a strange luster, and their touch was slick and slippery, as if truly stemming from the evil spirits of hell.


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    Heavenly Corpse Sect.


    Outside the hall, bone dragons circled and howled, while inside the hall there was only the Golden Corpse.


    All the spirit corpses were fighting outside, expanding the numbers of the corpse demon army, waging war across the Nine Continents for the Golden Corpse’s path to eternal life.


    The Golden Corpse need not patrol the front lines, for if it wanted to know the specifics, it could simply cast down its thoughts to perform a Soul Search.


    All of a sudden.


    The Golden Corpse opened its eyes, as many memories emerged within its spirit, including the dialogue and spell battle with Zhou Yi.


    The sect’s secret technique of entrusting thoughts seemed capable of battling others from millions of miles away, but it wasn’t without its ws. Until that thread of thought returned or dissipated, it couldn’t know what exactly had urred.


    A thought from the Golden Corpse resided within all its spirit corpses, allowing it to control their movements at any time.


    The so-called transformation of the beings of the Nine Continents into the corpse demon n was, in fact, amunity structure with the Golden Corpse as the absolute core, simr to a beehive.


    "Is that True Lord Tang Jian Xuan?"


    The Golden Corpse pondered for a moment, then shook its head.


    "Jian Xuan that fellow appears to be righteous, yet in earlier years, for the sake of a breakthrough, he secretly slew many of his fellow disciples. Afterward, with a higher status, he pretended to bepassionate, acting as though he cherished the juniors!"


    "This True Lord Tang is willing to sacrifice his lifespan for the human race; Jian Xuan definitely couldn’t do it!" Read new adventures at empire


    Your worst enemy is the one who knows you best. Having battled Jian Xuan for a thousand years, the Golden Corpse knew him thoroughly, almost wishing to unearth even how many times his foe wet the bed as a child.


    "Could it be some Nascent Soul... no, that’s not right."


    The Golden Corpse shook its head; from the memories, it judged Zhou Yi’s escape speed to be even faster than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul.


    "Such an Escape Skill, such sword technique mysteries, one must immerse in this path for a thousand years to achieve mastery. Thus, it could only be a Divinity Transformation reincarnation that has aplished these!"


    "Could there be a divinity outside of the righteous and demonic paths in the Nine Continents?"


    The Golden Corpse missed no detail, from Zhou Yi’s expressions and tone to his casting habits, intent on investigating who he was in a past life to devise targeted killing moves.


    If it truly was a reincarnated divinity, one must thoroughly understand and n ordingly to y the foe!


    At that moment.


    Streaks of dark qi arose from nowhere.


    The grand hall filled with rolling demonic clouds, and while these streaks of ck air were inconspicuous, they seemed sentient, floating in the air before trying to prate the Golden Corpse’s body.


    "This is... the ck Witch Curse?"


    The Golden Corpse, well-versed in many things, recognized the origin of the dark mist.


    "A paltry trick, and yet you perform it before me!"


    Yin Sha demonic qi emanated from its body, turned into a demonic light that swept across the ck fog, instantly cleansing it without allowing a wisp to merge into its body.


    The ck Witch Curse had once run rampant across the Nine Continents. The Golden Corpse had used it to curse and kill many righteous talents, of course, by forcing its disciples to willingly sacrifice their lifespan andbat the righteous path.


    To kill one hundred enemies, at the cost of a thousand of its own.


    Such tactics were actually weed by the higher echelons of the demonic path, using a few disciples in exchange for eliminating righteous talents.


    As the righteous pathter devised a countermeasure, making the ck Witch Curse unable to achieve sess, the wasteful sacrifice of disciples’ lifespans dampened the aura of the demonic path significantly.


    The Golden Corpse greatly regretted this and had pondered over this curse for a hundred years. However, since the path of immortals and witchcraft are vastly different, it was unable to create a new style of curse.


    With a slight calction with its fingers, it immediately understood the origin of the curse.


    "To recklessly waste lifespan, such actions do not resemble the character of ancient peers. Could he not be a possessing spirit?"


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    The Golden Corpse greatly regretted this and had pondered over this curse for a hundred years. However, since the path of immortals and witchcraft are vastly different, it was unable to create a new style of curse.


    With a slight calction with its fingers, it immediately understood the origin of the curse.