"I never expected that in an age like this, I would still encounter a Corpse Raiser. The corpse-raising method you use feels strangely familiar to me. Which corpse-raising lineage do you belong to? Are you not afraid of ultimately meeting the fate of Annihilation of Body and Spirit?"
Song Changsheng held his sword as he confronted the other man. Though his realm was clearly one minor stage below his opponent's, the aura he emanated still surpassed that of the black-robed Corpse Raiser, even faintly suppressing him.
"A corpse-raising successor? Heh, more like a remnant." The black-robed Corpse Raiser gave a self-mocking cold laugh. It was gloomy and chilling, while a foul stench that could not be concealed quietly emanated from him due to the violent fluctuations in his emotions.
Corpse Raisers were a profession that had nearly vanished into the river of history.
They were most skilled at raising zombies. It was the beginning of their glory, and also the main reason for their downfall. No righteous cultivator could accept their corpses being refined into zombies and puppets that had lost all humanity after death.
Puppet Masters could still refine puppets from other materials, but Corpse Raisers could not do without corpses. Thus, corpse theft became commonplace. The stronger one's cultivation before death and the more robust one's physique, the more favored the corpse was by them.
Using secret methods, they nurtured these corpses into "intelligence," and after absorbing endless Yin Qi, they became zombies that leapt beyond the Three Realms and stood outside the Five Elements.
Corpse Raisers commanded these zombies to wreak havoc in all directions, further deepening the grudges.
Furthermore, the greatest difference between zombies and puppets, aside from intelligence, was that zombies contained Corpse Poison. Anyone bitten or clawed by a zombie would be infected with