The Life-and-Death Boundary

Gourd Continent, Model World!!

The Darkside was utterly silent.

Without energy to sustain the Liches, the soul fire surrounding their yin spirits dissipated. Their bodies lay prone on the ground as though dead, unable to move even a finger.

Liches were essentially like wizards: they used divine essence to break through their limits.

Their elemental bodies had simply become undead corpses instead.

They lost the ability to turn their elemental bodies into energy, but their yin spirits gained a vessel to inhabit.

Even without any replenishment of supernatural energy, their yin spirits ensured they would not die immediately.

However, a Lich's body was an already-dead corpse. Unlike the living, it could not replenish its soul through vital essence. Thus, even with a yin spirit, in an environment without an energy supply, it was like a fish in a dried-up pond. Sooner or later, its soul would wither and it would die.

"Dead!!"

"I sensed an Undead Lich die!"

"If I don't turn this energy into something I can use soon, I'll follow in its footsteps and die in pursuit of knowledge."

"This kind of research, with my life hanging by a thread—succeed or die—is truly thrilling!!"

Through their bloodline connection, Jerome sensed that a Lich had died. His yin soul released intense mental fluctuations.

The only part of a Lich still active was the yin spirit housed within its life bone, releasing divine sense to study the baleful energy.

After an unknown length of time, Jerome finally condensed a wisp of blighted undead miasma. It turned into soul fire and merged perfectly with his shriveled corpse.

Instantly, a chilling aura seeped out. The Dark Plane's baleful energy suited the undead better and was more terrifying than the elemental version of undead miasma. A single glance from a living being would