Chapter 12

Over time, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's physical form was completely reshaped into a human appearance, shrinking to a height of 129,600,000 zhang, like an oversized ordinary human.

Upon closer inspection, one could even notice that this "giant"

looked almost identical to Hun Wusheng.

This was thanks to his deep understanding of the human body gained from the Eight Wonders Technique during his time in the One Man World.

At this point, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's body had been initially refined by Hun Wusheng, and it now bore his preliminary imprint.

The next task was to continuously nurture this body, deepening the connection until it moved as effortlessly as his own limbs.

Only then would Hun Wusheng of the Corpse Clan complete the transformation into an incarnation.

From then on, Hun Wusheng began to pilot this massive body, striving to make it as agile and responsive as his own flesh as soon as possible.

During this process, Hun Wusheng constantly fine-tuned every detail of the body, and over time, his compatibility with it grew higher and higher.

In fact, Hun Wusheng even sensed a feeling of reincarnation merging with this body.

If he followed this feeling, he might truly gain a physical form.

But that would mean the failure of his Corpse Clan plan.

Thus, at the critical moment, Hun Wusheng suppressed his instinct.

Then, he requested of the Heart of the Earthly Path senior, "Please, senior, perform the Soul Splitting Secret Technique."

The Soul Splitting Secret Technique divides Hun Wusheng's soul origin into a main soul and a secondary soul, where the secondary soul cannot resist the main soul.

This was a widely popular method of external incarnation in the primordial wilderness.

Top-tier Mighty Beings of the primordial wilderness often used this technique to create alternate accounts.

For ordinary beings, splitting the soul origin could cause severe damage, but for Hun Wusheng, an existence equivalent to a high-level Innate Divine Being, it was merely a minor procedure.

As long as his Innate Divine Being Origin, the Ancestral Qi, existed, he could easily recover from such damage.

For Hun Wusheng, only through this method could he better control this body.

When the Corpse Clan later emerged, he could fully absorb their fortune and incorporate the Corpse Dao into his Ghost Dao Lineage.

Although Hun Wusheng's current cultivation barely allowed him to achieve this, with the Heart of the Earthly Path leveraging the power of the Netherworld, the situation would be vastly different.

After successfully splitting the soul, Hun Wusheng merged the secondary soul into the body, achieving a state of unity between spirit and flesh.

If any other being attempted this, they might lose their Primordial Spirit or have their soul scatter, but with the Netherworld's power backing him, Hun Wusheng could maintain a state of neither life nor death. At this point, he began nurturing the corpse, shaping a Corpse Ancestor incarnation perfectly suited to himself.

The Heart of the Earthly Path senior warned, "Kid, the path you've chosen for soul splitting is unconventional, and various accidents may occur along the way."

Hun Wusheng faced immense pain and risk while cultivating the Soul Splitting Secret Technique; failure would mean utter annihilation.

Though the Heart of the Earthly Path worried that his cultivation was insufficient and prone to mishaps, Hun Wusheng remained steadfast in his choice.

The Soul Splitting Secret Technique was specifically created for top-tier Innate Divine Beings to cultivate incarnation methods, with its ultimate goal being verification and speculation at the Dao Master Realm level.

If both Hun Wusheng and his incarnation reached the Dao Master Realm, their combined strength would surpass that of an ordinary Dao Master.

The creation of the Corpse Dao caught the Heart of the Earthly Path's attention, and successful cultivation would bring immense benefits to both parties.

According to the Heart of the Earthly Path's analysis, splitting the soul with the Netherworld's power mainly cost soul origin, but for Hun Wusheng, who possessed the Eight Wonders Technique, this was within tolerable limits.

Hun Wusheng decided to cultivate the soul-splitting method at the True God Realm, his attitude resolute.

After confirming his determination, the Heart of the Earthly Path began assisting him in splitting the soul using the Netherworld's power, suspending Hun Wusheng's soul body in the air and extracting his soul origin to divide it into two.

One part formed a new Hun Wusheng without memories, but after the main soul transmitted memories to it, it would possess the collected information about the primordial wilderness.

Facing the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's cultivation heritage and True Spirit Imprint, his incarnation was closer in essence to a native being of the primordial wilderness.

After losing forty percent of his soul origin, the Netherworld's power finally ceased its assault.

At this point, his soul body became ethereal, and his realm dropped from the peak of the True God Realm to the early True God Realm.

Nevertheless, he forcibly controlled the secondary soul to merge into the body and channeled the secondary soul origin into it.

In an instant, the body infused with soul origin seemed to gain new life, radiating a strong aura of vitality.

After completing this step, Hun Wusheng breathed a sigh of relief and began the process of nurturing the corpse.

He realized that this step went smoothly mainly because most of the secondary soul's origin bore the imprint of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

The merging of the secondary soul made his soul body purer and of the same origin as the body, causing no rejection.

Additionally, Hun Wusheng's self-sacrifice was a key factor.

In short, everything going smoothly was the best outcome.

Next, Hun Wusheng needed to recover his origin and stabilize his realm.

Otherwise, his realm might fall from the True God Realm.

Seeing this, the Heart of the Earthly Path expressed satisfaction and sent various heavenly treasures through the Netherworld's power to aid in recovering soul origin.

Hun Wusheng unceremoniously used the Devouring Law of the Six Treasuries Immortal Thief to cultivate.

After hundreds of thousands of years, he finally restored ninety percent of his soul origin power, and his realm returned to the peak of the True God Realm.

Feeling empowered once more, he expressed his gratitude to the Heart of the Earthly Path.

However, the Heart of the Earthly Path told him that he had recovered to his limit. Restoring the remaining ten percent of his soul origin could only rely on time for slow self-repair, unless he once again devoured the Innate Great Dao Origin of an Innate Divine Being.

Even so, Hun Wusheng still felt satisfied and remarked that this experience had allowed him to cleanse the impurities of the soul origins he had previously devoured. His control over his own power had also become more seamless, and the deeper secrets contained within the Soul Division Method had begun to reveal themselves.

Hun Wusheng pondered alone, seeking understanding.

A mysterious voice spoke to him: "Kid, the Netherworld has expended a massive amount of energy because of you. You must create the Corpse Clan as compensation."

The Heart of the Earthly Path further added: "If you do not act soon, the will of the Netherworld will grow displeased with me."

Hun Wusheng knew that creating a powerful Corpse Clan was no easy task; he needed to find the most suitable land for nurturing corpses. Although the Netherworld possessed Netherworld Power and Soul Power, it still required foul energies such as yin, slaughter, and death. Raising corpses demanded a convergence of various Negative Energies.

When it came to the perfect land for nurturing corpses, the Heart of the Earthly Path pointed to the Netherworld Blood Sea—a forbidden zone of the Primordial Wilderness. This sea gathered all the Negative Energy of the Primordial Wilderness, including an endless stream of yin qi, killing qi, death qi, and other foul magical forces that could corrupt the Primordial Spirit and sever one's path to enlightenment.

For Hun Wusheng, the Netherworld Blood Sea was the ideal place for refining corpses. However, this required enduring the baptism of Negative Energy; otherwise, not even the Heart of the Earthly Path could save him.

The Heart of the Earthly Path knew well the terror of the Netherworld Blood Sea, for when Yue Jianshi had opened the Netherworld, he chose its deepest bottom as the site, and the Heart of the Earthly Path had witnessed the deadly dangers within. Even Yue Jianshi, who had not yet established his Dao, had to explore this forbidden land with caution.

Hun Wusheng began to set foot into this forbidden zone that all others avoided.

The Heart of the Earthly Path felt as if time had reversed, once again experiencing the awe it had felt when accompanying Yue Jianshi.

After hearing Hun Wusheng's plan, the Heart of the Earthly Path couldn't help but marvel at his peculiar ideas.

Hun Wusheng proposed: "Can we carve a long river on the outskirts of the Netherworld to channel the Negative Energy from the Netherworld Blood Sea inward?"

At the same time, he planned to bury something at the boundary between the Netherworld and the Netherworld Blood Sea to absorb Negative Energy, while drawing the uncontaminated waters of the Netherworld Blood Sea into this new river.

This river would be named Ming He, and its currents would nourish the Netherworld, forming a new water system—Huang Quan. In the future, the confluence of Ming He and Huang Quan would become the entrance to the Netherworld, with Ming He's source at the Netherworld Blood Sea and its terminus at the Netherworld Huang Quan.

Through this method, Hun Wusheng also envisioned using Ming He and Huang Quan to guide the wandering souls of the Primordial Wilderness into the Netherworld, both purifying them and increasing the efficiency of the Netherworld in collecting souls.

Hun Wusheng's ideas kept flowing, and his eyes grew brighter as a result.

After learning of the Netherworld Blood Sea's terrifying nature, Hun Wusheng did not act recklessly. He realized that his strength was still insufficient to casually tread into this forbidden zone. However, his desire to raise corpses sparked a sudden inspiration, leading him to devise a compromise.

He felt deeply reliant on his great backing.

After hearing his thoughts, the Heart of the Earthly Path was shocked by his ingenuity and even wanted to probe his mind.

Hun Wusheng explained the source of his ideas: by devouring a large number of souls and acquiring their memories, he had learned about the Primordial Wilderness and discovered that many wandering souls still roamed there—an obvious anomaly. Thus, he deduced that while the Netherworld could attract souls, its pull might be limited by distance and rules. Therefore, when other forces attracted souls, they might not be drawn to the Netherworld.

Once Ming He and Huang Quan appeared and perfected the Netherworld's rules, its attraction to souls would surely increase greatly.

At this moment, a series of new thoughts surged within Hun Wusheng's mind.

The Netherworld had previously only consisted of a stretch of Nether Land, which had always struck him as odd. Now, upon deeper reflection, he believed this was because the Netherworld had yet to be perfected. Since the Earthly Path was incomplete and lacked a place to purify souls, the Netherworld's attraction to souls was naturally limited. This attraction would gradually strengthen as the Earthly Path and the Netherworld were progressively perfected.

Hun Wusheng's vision could drive the perfection of the Netherworld.

However, the first issue he had to resolve was how much Negative Energy the Corpse Dao Body, achieved through corpse refining, could absorb. If the absorption was insufficient and Negative Energy was introduced into the Netherworld, it could cause contamination.

Next, the Heart of the Earthly Path would assist Hun Wusheng in communicating with the will of the Netherworld. As for how far he could go, it would depend on his own strength.

In some respects, certain ideas of Hun Wusheng bore similarities to Yue Jianshi's past schemes, giving the Heart of the Earthly Path a feeling as if Yue Jianshi had reappeared. But recalling Yue Jianshi's immense power, the Heart of the Earthly Path believed he might have already foreseen all of this. These matters, it would not explain to Hun Wusheng.

The series of plans Hun Wusheng proposed today gave the Heart of the Earthly Path a sense that the time had come. Perhaps the Netherworld was about to undergo new changes to welcome the future inheritor of the Earthly Path.

As for the specific plan, he could only rely on his own abilities to act, observe the results, and then decide his next move.

Hun Wusheng was currently unable to leave the Netherworld and needed to depend on the Heart of the Earthly Path's help to deal with any unforeseen events and return to the Netherworld in time.

Afterward, the Heart of the Earthly Path communicated with the consciousness of the Netherworld.

Soon after, a ray of Netherworld light pulled them and the Corpse Clan embryos away.

For the first time, Hun Wusheng laid eyes on the Primordial World beyond the Netherworld—a vast Netherworld Blood Sea.

This was his first step forward. The Heart of the Earthly Path before him had transformed into an ancient stele, emitting a dim glow that held back the Negative Energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

This forbidden land of the Primordial World remained wild and unstable, the terrifying Negative Energy in the void staining the entire world red.

Chaotic surges of Negative Energy roiled, as if intent on tearing apart and annihilating every law and order.

All matter and spirit, upon entering this death ground, would be assimilated by this immense force.

Even through the layer of Netherworld light, Hun Wusheng could feel himself being eroded by the Negative Energy.

Behind him stretched the vast, boundless barrier of the Netherworld, offering him a sliver of comfort.