From Douluo, Defying Heaven to Become a God

"Could this be... an inner core?"

Jiang Chen couldn't help his curiosity, moving his spiritual power closer to see if he could glean any information.

However, he regretted it a moment later.

The instant his spiritual power touched the sphere, a massive surge of memories flooded his mind—memories so vast they felt like they spanned thousands, even tens of thousands of years.

With such a colossal amount of memory suddenly injected into his soul, Jiang Chen had no way to withstand it. The moment the agonizing pain struck his soul, he kicked his legs out, his eyes bulged, and he passed out cold.

How could an ordinary person endure such a spiritual impact? Even in his unconscious state, Jiang Chen's body continued to twitch uncontrollably, his cute little face twisted into a grotesque knot.

Ding, the host has initiated the inheritance. Super Zombie Evolution System is activating. System loading...

Jiang Chen felt as though he were dreaming, watching a zombie grow from the perspective of an observer.

After practicing by consuming blood for a thousand years, this zombie reached the realm of a Flying Zombie, capable of soaring through the heavens and burrowing into the earth. It fed on powerful cultivators, striking terror into the hearts of all who heard its name.

Ten thousand years later, the zombie reached an even more terrifying state, becoming truly immortal and indestructible, a being that even immortals and demons feared.

Just then, the zombie faced the greatest tribulation of its life—the one that would trigger its evolution into a Ba.

This was the strongest tribulation in history, causing the heavens and earth to change color and all living things to tremble. The zombie was reduced to ashes under this tribulation, leaving behind only a single Corpse Core.

The Corpse Core was pursued by heavenly lightning, tearing through planes of existence. As it passed by Earth, it reduced an unlucky youth to ashes before finally arriving on the Douluo Continent, where it entered the body of a lifeless infant...

The morning sun was not scorching, but it was still quite dazzling. Jiang Chen lay on the rooftop, feeling rather uncomfortable.

His consciousness gradually returned, and he felt something pecking at his face.

Slowly opening his eyes, he discovered a small bird standing on his nose, pecking at him every now and then.

"Cut it out." He swatted the bird away and sat up.

"Who am I? Where am I?" His expression was dazed, and it took a long while before he remembered his identity.

Memories of his past life and the six years he had spent on the Douluo Continent came flooding back; he remembered that his name was Jiang Chen.

He recalled practicing last night and his spiritual power touching the bead in his dantian, which had inexplicably caused him to faint and have a strange dream.

The entire dream had become blurry, but whenever he tried to recall it, it became clear once more.

Thinking of the Corpse Core from his dream that had arrived on the Douluo Continent, Jiang Chen shuddered. He had a bead inside his own body, too!

"Could it be... that none of this was a dream?"

Jiang Chen hurriedly focused his spiritual power into his dantian, seeing once again the bead that was quietly inhaling and exhaling soul power.

The bead was half black and half gold, and the golden half seemed to have lightning coiling around it.

The final part of the dream flashed through Jiang Chen's mind again: the golden lightning chasing the black Corpse Core until it arrived on the Douluo Continent...

It was as if the clouds had parted to reveal the blue sky; Jiang Chen's heart suddenly cleared. He finally understood why he had come to the Douluo Continent, and that the round object inside him was indeed the Corpse Core, which seemed to have fused with that terrifying heavenly lightning.

Recalling the life of that zombie now, Jiang Chen still felt deeply shaken.