Immortal Corpse

In the Northern Sea, monstrous waves towered into the sky, and chilling winds howled.

Suddenly, the sea surged, and the enormous North Sea Eye manifested. At once, the myriad Daos thundered above the Northern Sea, and Guixu's aura of destruction filled heaven and earth.

The next moment, the myriad Daos bowed in homage, as though welcoming their supreme sovereign. Countless auspicious signs appeared throughout heaven and earth, with a thousand streams of radiant color and ten thousand shafts of rosy light, dazzling beyond measure.

Two Golden Light Avenues rose from the Sea Eye, radiating overwhelming might. Their vast power stirred the entire celestial expanse of Ziwei. He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable were setting out.

The two divine paths extended onward, straight into the outer reaches of space. Only after they vanished completely beyond the edge of the heavens did the phenomena above the Northern Sea gradually fade.

Above, below, and in all four directions was space; from antiquity to the present was time.

The universe was boundless. Though stars glittered within it, far more of it was endless, empty darkness. Darkness and solitude were the universe's eternal themes.

But today, two golden divine paths shattered the universe's unchanging order, which had endured since time immemorial.

Golden light streaked across the heavens, shaking the myriad Daos and breaking the stillness that had remained unchanged for ten thousand years. Two imposing, majestic figures stood in the void: He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable looked at He Mu and said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist, according to this old man's calculations, this should be our destination. However, Lingbao once reigned supreme in the art of formations through the Nine Secrets: Zu, so he must have left arrangements within his ruins. This old man is traveling as an avatar, whose power is limited, making it inconvenient for me to break the formation. Sorry for the trouble, but I must ask you to act."

Hearing this, He Mu knew Longevity intended to test him while also conserving his own strength. He did not refuse. He extended one hand, and the myriad Daos followed as he pressed it toward the coordinates Longevity Heavenly Venerable had calculated.

From the ninefold heavens above to the netherworld below, everything trembled beneath the Heavenly Venerable's boundless power. The next moment, as though the void itself were shattering, a clear chime rang out. The space before them instantly shattered, and the scene before their eyes changed in a flash.

What appeared before He Mu and Longevity was a small world enveloped by a great formation. Everywhere they looked, everything that met their eyes was blood-red.

There was almost no light in this small world. Only dark-red blood mist shrouded the land beneath their feet. As far as the eye could see, the earth's veins had dried up, scorching flames rolled, and a bloody stench rose to the sky. In the distance, they could dimly make out a churning sea of blood. It was a scene of utter apocalypse, enough to send a chill through anyone.

At the center of the small world, countless streams of sword qi crisscrossed, their murderous intent undiminished through the ages, ringing with the clash of metal.

Even though He Mu had already forged a Heavenly Venerable's treasured body, imperishable through ten thousand tribulations, he still felt a faint sting as the sword qi brushed against him.

Something seemed to be imprisoned amid the interweaving sword qi. Upon closer inspection, it was unmistakably a severed arm.

The arm was nearly the size of a small mountain. Golden light flowed across it, as though it had been cast from immortal gold, and it radiated an undying Dao essence. Even the aura it casually released seemed capable of suppressing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, past, present, and future alike. It was extraordinary beyond measure.

Though the arm before them was nothing but a lifeless fragment, it was enough to alarm both He Mu and Longevity. He Mu could be certain that, in life, its owner had been an existence beyond the pinnacle of the Dao.

Looking closely, they saw that the Lingbao sword qi circling it had transformed into countless chains, binding the arm tightly. Their murderous energy contended with the arm, slowly but inexorably wearing away the radiance flowing over it.

Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's mastery truly touched the mysteries of creation. No wonder he defied death to live three lives and stood unrivaled in slaughter throughout the ages. Seeing this today, I fear that, as I am now, I still cannot compare to him.

The sight before him had truly shocked He Mu, prompting such a thought. Otherwise, given his pride, he would never have thought this way.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable fared even worse. Even his Dao heart, which had lain still for countless ages, underwent a slight change. His state of mind, once as placid as an ancient well, rippled at this moment. He spoke in a somewhat strained voice.

"It seems this old man still underestimated Fellow Daoist Lingbao. His cultivation could truly reach through heaven and earth. Had he not undergone dissolution back then and survived into this era, I wonder what a sight that would have been."

Seeing this, He Mu could not help sighing inwardly. As expected, the Forbidden Zone Supremes paid an incomparably heavy price for severing their own cultivation. Their Dao hearts were no longer whole afterward, which was already an enormous weakness for Heavenly Venerables and ancient emperors. When he thought again of the ultimate fates of Longevity Heavenly Venerable and the others in his memories of his previous life, the price of becoming an immortal was truly so crushing that it left one unable to breathe.

Fortunately, Longevity quickly recovered and asked He Mu beside him.

"Lingbao left many arrangements here. How confident are you, Fellow Daoist?"

A keen light flashed in He Mu's eyes.

"Completely confident, of course. What difficulty is there in breaking a formation? Heavenly Venerable Lingbao was indeed supremely powerful, but he has already dissolved himself. If he were personally directing this killing formation, I would certainly find it difficult to break. But now, however powerful it may be, the formation is nothing more than a lifeless thing. What is there to fear?"

The next moment, He Mu extended a great hand once more. Dao resonance flowed around it, instantly merging with the heart of heaven.

Boom-

Crack-

The Lingbao Sword Formation shattered in an instant. He Mu treated the howling Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi as though it did not exist, reaching his great hand toward the severed arm.

Unexpectedly, at that very moment, a sudden change occurred!

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