Heavenly Corpse Sect!
That was the name of Li Su's sect.
This sect was rather unconventional.
Unlike most sects, which pursued personal strength, what they sought was the refinement of a powerful corpse.
Among them, the strongest was undoubtedly the "Heavenly Corpse" after which the sect was named!
A being comparable to an immortal—immensely powerful, capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, crossing a thousand miles in an instant. Terrifying beyond measure. And because it was already dead, unless it was completely destroyed, it could keep fighting forever.
Immortals themselves were already terrifying.
An immortal that could fight without end—one could well imagine just how dreadful that would be.
The Heavenly Corpse Sect was not only strange in what it pursued; its cultivation methods were also highly unique.
It combined talismans and formations to create an extraordinarily distinctive method of corpse refinement. On the surface, it seemed steeped in sinister evil, yet its path was in fact entirely orthodox.
Why call it orthodox?
Because the Heavenly Corpse Sect's corpse refinement did not rely primarily on resentment, but on yin energy.
Put simply, ordinary corpses were countered by lightning, by light, by yang.
The Heavenly Corpse Sect's corpses could at most be suppressed, but not truly countered. More than that, if cultivated well, the sect's corpses could actually dispel evil.
Honestly, having reached that conclusion, even Li Su himself did not know how to begin mocking it.
Back to corpse refinement itself.
The Heavenly Corpse Sect's corpses had their rank determined by formations and their strength determined by talismans.
First came the formations.
There were three ranks: Human, Earth, and Heaven!
Each rank had three grades: Three, Six, Nine; Eighteen, Thirty-Six, Seventy-Two; and One Hundred Forty-Four, Two Hundred Eighty-Eight, Five Hundred Seventy-Six.
These numbers corresponded to the formation's talisman-bearing capacity.
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