"Starting out as a Burial King, there's no innate advantage, but no disadvantage either. What I need to consider now is infiltrating the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands first, getting my hands on the Shading the Heavens Method, then using the ancient scriptures of the Great Emperors as references to find what suits me best."
No matter how insufficient Xu Yue's realm was, that was only relative to his own power. Supported by that power, he could force himself into the realm at the threshold of an Immortal King through sheer lofty perspective.
Looking down upon the scriptures of Human Dao cultivation from that realm, he could still fully integrate them into something of his own.
Even if the Shading the Heavens Method was connected to the Desolate Heaven Emperor, he could still make it his own.
By comparison, the Immortal Ancient Method and Chaotic Ancient Method might not suit him nearly as well.
But just as Xu Yue broke out of the Burial Ground and prepared to find an opportunity to secretly cross into the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands—
An overwhelming terror suddenly descended upon his heart.
A feeling that he would die the very next moment surged up within him. In the unseen depths, it seemed that an irresistible supreme power had locked onto him.
Looking out, the unseen River of Time emerged before Xu Yue's eyes. Then, a drop of black blood from some unknown place crossed the River of Time, crossed the Sea of Boundaries, ignored time and space, and came directly for his head.
Fuck!
Even with Xu Yue's current composure, he could not help cursing.
So my initial identity wasn't some Burial King—it was the Corpse Immortal King destined to be contaminated by black blood?
What the hell was this?!
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