Although the acquired Great Ancient Divine King, after the Sovereign's heaven-slaying campaign, had died.
The Three Corpses he left behind had continued to exist.
The Great Ancient Divine King should have been the first person to defy Heaven after the ancient gods.
After the ancient era vanished, the world entered the age of descending devils. A new generation of Devil Masters revived and began another journey to slay Heaven.
Thus, the Three Corpses were the so-called Upper Corpse, Middle Corpse, and Lower Corpse.
The Three Corpses had all existed for so long that they were antiques of the oldest order.
Back then, the Sovereign's subordinates had wanted to rely on research to fuse the Three Corpses into one, thereby reviving the Sovereign.
They researched for countless years, but unfortunately still failed.
The Sovereign was unlike the Devil Master, who possessed an unkillable ability—after being slain, a new generation of Devil Masters would still revive.
Once the Sovereign died, he was dead. Truly dead.
No matter how his subordinates tried to revive him, it always ended in failure.
Later, during those experiments, the Three Corpses gradually developed self-awareness.
Naturally, they were unwilling to remain experimental subjects, and so they began to flee.
The Lower Corpse was the first to escape.
He came to the Calamity Immortal Domain and adopted the name Tree Elder.
Many believed Tree Elder was already exceedingly ancient, but the Lower Corpse's origins were even older.
After arriving in the Calamity Immortal Domain, Tree Elder had completely changed his appearance. For all these years, no one had ever known his origins.
That was also the history he least wished to have brought up.
Now that Xu Zimo, a stranger, had suddenly mentioned it, he was naturally greatly shocked.
The name Lower Corpse was far too ancient—so ancient that