Seven Kill Stele and Dragon Vein

Chen Yuan cultivated in peace at the Wasteland Ridge branch for half a year, continually consolidating his realm and preparing to charge into the Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm.

During that time, Chen Yuan had considered attempting to contain the Corpse-Soul Path, but ultimately abandoned the idea.

The best way to contain the Corpse-Soul Path was to cultivate a secret art that allowed the Primordial Spirit to leave the body, while also reaching the Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm.

In that state, Chen Yuan would have a ninety-nine percent chance of containing the Corpse-Soul Path. The remaining sliver of uncertainty depended on whether fate decided to stir up some unexpected mishap.

If he possessed either of those conditions, Chen Yuan would still have roughly a fifty percent chance. But with neither in hand, rashly containing the Corpse-Soul Path was simply too risky.

Thus, Chen Yuan ultimately decided to leave the Corpse-Soul Path temporarily within the branch and wait until he was certain before attempting to contain it.

With Lu Beiming there, after all, no one in the martial world could seize the Corpse-Soul Path. The same went for those within the Radiance Cult.

The reason the Radiance Cult had been mentioned was that Lu Beiming had gone out once during Chen Yuan's seclusion to attend a Radiance Cult council meeting.

The heart of that meeting had been a proposal by one of the vice cult masters, Yuan Longxi, to reclaim the Corpse-Soul Path and use it as the Radiance Cult's trump card, rather than leaving it in the hands of a junior like Chen Yuan.

In Yuan Longxi's view, it had been one thing for Chen Yuan to take the Hungry Ghost Path before. He had, after all, claimed it alone within the Heaven-Piercing Tower.

But Lu Beiming had also contributed to