Ghost Vine Venerable closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calming his mind before suddenly opening them again.
He had no time to use this desiccated corpse to raise the level of his refined corpse technique. He intended to refine it into a refined corpse avatar as soon as possible. Even if it did not retain its Taiyi Realm cultivation from life, it would certainly possess the combat power of the True Immortal Peak Stage.
With this refined corpse, he would no longer need to fear Taoxiang, Yan Lie, and the others. He might even find an opportunity later to defeat them one by one and seize all the benefits for himself.
Ever since entering the Firmament Secret Realm, neither Yan Lie's group nor Taoxiang's had taken him seriously. He would make them all understand the price of looking down on him.
A trace of chill flashed through Ghost Vine Venerable's eyes as he pushed both hands forward evenly.
Two dense streams of black qi shot from his palms, mixed with countless rice-grain-sized black insects. They surged into the towering corpse, while the black insects rapidly burrowed inside it as well.
Those insects were Corpse Worms, Ghost Vine Venerable's unique secret art for refining corpses. By using the Corpse Worms' power, he could swiftly inject the energy needed for corpse refinement into every part of the body, speeding up the process.
Black patterns immediately appeared across the corpse, rapidly spreading outward.
The tall desiccated corpse's hands and feet began to twitch faintly, the movements growing larger and larger.
At that moment, Shen Luo had already arrived near the cave dwelling. Using the Netherworld Ghost Eye, he easily penetrated the surrounding Restrictions and saw what was happening within.
"Refining a corpse? That corpse's aura is incredibly powerful, almost comparable to