Outside the graveyard on the outskirts of Quyi County.
A furtive figure danced an incomprehensible dance, and a doorway appeared beneath his feet.
He followed the doorway to an underground tomb.
The figure rubbed his hands together excitedly. The method really worked—it could open graves.
But the tomb chamber was empty. There were none of the rare treasures or priceless antiques he'd imagined, only a pitch-black coffin. Bloodstained nails had been driven into all four corners, sealing it shut, and a palm-sized seal rested on top.
He furtively took the seal. The words "Mountain-Suppressing Seal" were engraved on its base.
After taking the seal, the figure hurried away, never noticing the coffin rocking.
Corpse-Chasing Sect.
"Generally speaking, there are two ways to cultivate during Void Refinement: temper yourself in the mortal world or grow stronger through battle..."
After Zhao Po advanced to Void Refinement, Lu Baqian personally taught him, imparting all sorts of techniques for the realm.
Zhao Po was listening attentively when he suddenly heard a crisp sound come from Lu Baqian's robes, like something breaking!
Lu Baqian reached into his robes and pulled out a broken piece of jade.
"Disaster! The seal has been broken!" Lu Baqian's expression changed dramatically.
"Sect Master, what happened?" Zhao Po hurriedly asked.
"The seal has vanished!"
"The seal? What seal?" Zhao Po still didn't understand.
"Six thousand years ago, for some unknown reason, one of our Corpse-Chasing Sect's founding patriarchs lost control of a zombie he had refined. By then, that zombie had already cultivated to the 'Unrotting Bone' stage, only half a step away from the legendary 'Drought Wraith'!"
"The patriarch fought the zombie and sealed it at the cost of his life. He perished as well, and only fragmentary reports of what happened ever made it back to the