Obtaining the Heavenly Emperor's Heart Sutra, Ascending the Mountain, and the Name Kun Void!

Everyone around you paled. The appearance of this desiccated corpse carried an aura even more domineering and unfathomable than Lord Purple Mountain's.

Lord Purple Mountain's face was as still as water. He spoke two words, each one deliberate: "Heavenly Emperor!"

The Heavenly Emperor!?

Your gaze sharpened as you looked at the desiccated corpse. Could these truly be the Heavenly Emperor's remains?

At those words, Tian Jingxu and the others' expressions changed sharply.

An Elixir of Immortality taking human form and cultivating the Dao had already far exceeded everyone's expectations. Now the Heavenly Emperor's corpse had reappeared in the world, dead yet refusing to decay.

The legendary Heavenly Emperor!

For a time, no one dared make a move. All held their breath and stared at the withered corpse.

You quietly circulated your power and released another four layers of the seals within your body. Faced with the words "Heavenly Emperor," you could not be too careful.

After all, this very corpse had just launched a surprise attack from behind.

Lord Purple Mountain did not strike rashly either. Deep-blue arcs of lightning faintly coursed around him, and his injuries gradually healed.

You noticed that the lightning seemed formed from the essence of wood. It brimmed with vitality and could heal wounds—"A fine rain renews a hundred flowers; one peal of thunder wakes the hibernating world."

As the Langya Spirit Insect burrowed into the corpse, two points of crimson ghostfire suddenly rekindled in its hollow eye sockets.

The corpse slowly lowered its head and stared at its withered hands. Its fingers gently curled, then opened again. It remained silent for a long time.

Then it raised its head and fixed a heavy gaze on you and Lord Purple Mountain.

Not a trace of magical power stirred in those dimly burning eyes, yet their