Talking Through One's Hat

"He's been dead for many days, and there's no way to summon his soul?"

"Perhaps my magical Technique Method are limited. Empress, you could try having someone else try to summon the soul!"

As expected, Yuanshi Tianzun lost face.

After repeated attempts to summon the soul, he couldn't summon even a trace of it.

After explaining the reason, Yuanshi Tianzun could only mention that his Technique Method were insufficient and he was not capable of summoning the soul of a cultivator of the Emperor's level.

"May I ask the Celestial Venerable to explain this method so that I may learn it temporarily?"

Laojun is mad and incompetent, Yuanshi Tianzun's spells fail, and Tianshi Qiu Hongji is skilled in Technique Method but is already trapped in Lingshan.

The Immortal Court currently needs to go to Mount Ling to retrieve the imprisoned immortals and investigate the Two Elders of the West. Dealing with the Emperor's affairs is definitely not the Immortal Court's priority at present.

Left with no other choice, the emperor and empress sought instruction, hoping to learn even a small trick or two, so that they might be able to touch upon the realities of the matter.

"This is easily resolved!"

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded.

He didn't shy away from preaching and teaching, but it wasn't exactly a good method. Apart from capturing the souls of the dead and torturing them repeatedly, it wasn't very useful. No respectable cultivator would do such a thing for amusement.

"My method is called the Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda. It used to be used to torture opponents, making them wish they were dead. You can learn it, but don't say it was passed down from me!"

After thinking it over, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help but remind everyone not to spread rumors that would damage his reputation.

"We will naturally obey the Heavenly Venerable's instructions!"

The Emperor and Empress responded and then invited Divine Lord Zhenyuan) to the outside of the passage.

As people age, their learning ability declines. The emperor and empress face great difficulty in learning Technique Method, and there is a high possibility that they will only learn a mediocre thing. However, Divine Lord Zhenyuan, who was once the most skilled learner in Kunlun, is outside, and his speed of cultivating Technique Method is extremely fast.

The Emperor and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't appeal to Zhang Xuezhou's emotions; she still had a connection with Divine Lord Zhenyuan, and he wouldn't stand idly by in this situation.

After exchanging a few words of invitation, Divine Lord Zhenyuan had already slipped in through the passage.

"Let me see if it's easy to learn. We can practice this skill together later!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan jumped in and approached Yuanshi Tianzun, clearly having overheard Yuanshi Tianzun's inability to cast spells.

This teasing made Yuanshi Tianzun's eyelids twitch repeatedly.

"I'll begin my lecture; learn as much as you can..."

Yuanshi Tianzun ultimately did not dwell on this matter, but instead chose to mention his Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda.

Different schools of thought practice different Technique Method, and the same is true of the Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda by the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable. He does not expect everyone to reach a level close to his own; he only wishes that everyone can learn from him. If the attempt to summon the Emperor's soul fails, then the matter will be over.

Ultimately, the emperor, empress, and others were more driven by resentment and wouldn't give up until they tried.

He spoke eloquently, mentioning his practice of the Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda and the characteristics of each stage of practice.

"Zhenyuan is indeed impressive, and Shuo Xian is also skilled at learning!"

Yuanshi Tianzun preached, Xuan Nu and Bixia Niangniang were initially able to keep up with this kind of soul-collecting cultivation practice. However, after cultivating for less than one level, the two of them became exhausted and fell behind.

When they entered the second level, the emperor and empress, whose emotions were in turmoil, did not follow.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan steadily followed the teachings and cultivated, directly stepping into the sixth level. Zhang Xuezhou was a little slower, but he also cultivated to the fifth level.

Although the Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda has eighteen levels of techniques, the first six levels involve summoning souls, while the subsequent twelve levels involve methods such as torturing the soul. They are not actually related to summoning souls. A level of six is sufficient to summon souls.

Yuanshi Tianzun was not in a hurry. He slowly explained the story and then let everyone learn.

"I'll give it a try!"

After describing several methods of manipulating and tormenting the souls of the dead, Divine Lord Zhenyuan indicated that he understood, and then stepped towards the bronze chair.

He chanted incantations and, after casting Technique Method, also reached out and stroked the Emperor's demonic body.

The feeling of touching an empty shell surged into Divine Lord Zhenyuan's mind. He felt that his Technique Method was sensing a corpse that had been dead for a long time, rather than a fresh corpse that had died in the last few days.

This feeling was very strange; Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that the Emperor had been dead for far more than seven days.

If the time since death is too long, the soul will be completely destroyed, and even fragments of the Yin Soul will not exist.

The Technique Method he used was not the problem, but the result was unsatisfactory.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan showed no embarrassment, but instead beckoned Zhang Xuezhou to try his hand at the spell and see if there was any difference between their spellcasting methods.

"Can!"

Zhang Xuezhou's Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda technique is not of a high level, but it is fine for searching for and summoning souls.

In fact, his Yin Entity Tracking Technique is a kind of soul-searching method. Zhang Xuezhou had not searched before, and he did not expect it now, but it was not in his nature not to try if he had the means, after all, he was too eager to find out where Donghua had gone.

A shimmering purple aura of Law Power appeared, and both Xuan Nu and Bixia Niangniang looked slightly surprised, with a hint of bitterness on their faces.

Zhang Xuezhou's ability to win the championship at the Three Realms Centennial Grand Gathering speaks for itself.

Kunlun should have been a protector and supporter of such a top genius, but in the end, their relationship deteriorated, leaving both of them speechless with regret.

With Divine Lord Zhenyuan in the past and Zhang Xuezhou in the future, both were rare geniuses in Kunlun. However, they left for various reasons. In addition, the Emperor and several great gods who were attached to the old Kunlun land lost their lives. Kunlun was originally showing signs of revival, fell to the bottom.

If it weren't for the lack of successors in the Celestial Immortal Court of the Three Realms and the trouble caused by the Western Sect, Kunlun would surely have been squeezed into a corner of the world.

The two were in mixed feelings, while the Emperor and Empress still seemed somewhat lost, as if they had lost their souls.

"Found it!"

When the Jade Emperor's low reminder came, everyone turned their attention to him.

That's not the Emperor!

Zhang Xuezhou's Eighteen Hands of the Floating Pagoda did indeed summon a soul, specifically the soul of the Emperor, but it was not the Emperor's dead soul that he summoned.

A twisted, milky-yellow dragon body appeared, then coiled around the bronze throne and the emperor's demonic form, causing the emperor and empress to widen their eyes.

This is the 'white' that once burrowed into Zhu Jiuyin's body and was repeatedly driven by the Emperor. Now it seems to have been driven into the Emperor's demonic body.

"This seems to be a faked death?"

The Emperor and Empress were the first to judge, while the Jade Emperor made a pointed remark, implying that the Emperor's death was not normal.

The Emperor's physical body died, but the soul that was stuffed into it was 'Bai'. For some unknown reason, 'Bai' was uncooperative until Zhang Xuezhou summoned its soul.

"How could faking death completely destroy a demonic body that has cultivated for a thousand years? How could such a method of faking death exist in the world?" Yuanshi Tianzun asked in bewilderment.

"Perhaps Haotian offended someone he shouldn't have, or provoked something he shouldn't have, leaving him with no choice but to fake his death and escape!"

The Jade Emperor made a few guesses, but the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord felt it was best for the Jade Emperor not to speak, lest he make a fool of himself and become a laughingstock. After all, the Empress and others were grieving, and this was not the time for laughter.

"If the Emperor's soul is gone, why have the souls of Wangliang, Taotie, Chong, and Changqin also vanished?"

The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable and others summoned the soul of the Emperor, while the Mysterious Maiden and others, lacking the ability, summoned the soul of the gods of Kunlun.

After repeated attempts, Xuan Nu discovered that the souls of the gods seemed to have vanished.