The Terrifying Heavenly Court

"At last, I made it out."

Mu Qing coughed up blood. He had reached the deeper parts of the Dragon Graveyard, where withered gray-black trees and cracked earth stretched all around him.

Before him lay a vast sea, black as ink. Like an abyss, it seemed ready to devour anyone who approached.

This was a sea formed from concentrated corpse qi. This place was called the Soulless Zone; as its name implied, there were no resentful souls in this region. Yet to reach the central area, one had to cross this sea of corpse qi.

Behind Mu Qing, the resentful souls that had been relentlessly pursuing him came to a halt, then gradually dispersed.

His body was covered in wounds, some of them grave, with scarlet blood flowing from them.

The azure patterns on his body flickered. Shrouded in vigorous life force, his injuries healed at a visible rate.

Mu Qing rested for an hour, and his injuries completely recovered.

Most of the resentful souls from earlier had been Celestial Gods, but quite a few had been God Emperor-level as well. Under that ferocious assault, even Mu Qing had struggled to withstand them and suffered severe injuries.

Only his physical body, aided by the life force of the azure patterns, could recover within a single hour.

"But how am I supposed to cross this Soulless Zone?" Mu Qing's expression was grave as he looked at the sea formed from corpse qi before him, at a complete loss.

The map given to him by the Joint Bureau Chief contained some descriptions. The Technology Alliance had come here before, and only after paying an enormous price and using up nearly half their energy reserves had they barely managed to cross it.

The corpse qi here was simply too dense. Even the Technology