Chapter 505

Chapter 505: Ancient Land of the Heavenly Corpse

“Thank you, Sect Master!”

Qing Xuan Daoist clasped his hands to Lu Ye.

Lu Ye waved his hand, “This is your own effort; it has nothing much to do with me.”

“If it weren’t for the Sect Master’s teachings, I really wouldn’t have been able to cross this tribulation,” Qing Xuan Daoist said with a hint of fear.

To outsiders, the forces of earth, wind, fire, and water might not seem too terrifying, perhaps even less than the imposing nature of thunder, but only by experiencing it firsthand can one truly understand its essence.

It was like layers upon layers of despair enveloping him constantly.

If one’s heart in Dao was even slightly weak, it would be directly crushed.

This was far scarier than lightning tribulation.

“Have you arranged the matter of the Heavenly Gate?” Lu Ye asked.

“It’s all arranged. I’m letting Ning Tianming take over as Sect Master. Although his strength is still a bit lacking, he has no issues managing affairs. Does the Sect Master have any objections?” Qing Xuan Daoist inquired.

Lu Ye shook his head, “Ning Tianming is fine. I won’t be around for long, so just make the arrangements.”

Indeed!

Lu Ye was getting ready to head to the outer realms.

Once he improved his cultivation method and earned one last batch of Source Stones, he’d be off.

“Alright, ascend then. We’ll meet again in the Seventh Heaven!”

“Sect Master, farewell!”

“Farewell!”

Qing Xuan Daoist ascended. With his qualifications and accumulation, achieving Quasi-Emperor was a given. As for whether he could attain Emperor status, that was hard to say—not very likely, considering how few had gathered over the years.

In this world, it wasn’t that only one Great Emperor could exist; rather, there was only room for one Saint.

At times, when someone became a Saint, too many Celestial Lords couldn’t be around, so many would clear out the Celestial Lords before attaining sainthood.

Of course, it might also be a lie; those aiming for sainthood could be worried about Celestial Lords causing trouble during their own tribulation to become a Saint.

It’s not unheard of for a rival Celestial Lord to drag one down into mutual destruction during that critical moment.

After all, if you’re dead, I might as well take you down with me, right?

Qing Xuan Daoist ascended.

Just after he ascended, a figure rushed over in a hurry.

“Sect Master, I’m about to cross tribulation too!”

This was a senior Void Realm expert from the Heavenly Gate, slightly weaker than Qing Xuan Daoist.

However, being slightly weaker probably meant a success rate of only around seventy percent for crossing tribulation.

“Be careful!”

“Okay!”

Qing Xuan Daoist’s crossing tribulation had triggered a flurry of ascensions among the Heavenly Gate’s experts.

A total of thirteen peak Void Realm experts attempted their tribulation.

However, only six succeeded.

The other seven turned to dust amidst the tribulation.

It was unavoidable; Lu Ye could’ve intervened, just like he had helped others in a previous life with their tribulations by carrying the heavenly punishment for them.

But Lu Ye didn’t do that.

When it came to other people’s fates, Lu Ye had stopped interfering.

In fact, having six out of thirteen succeed was already a very high success rate.

Without Lu Ye’s teachings, if these thirteen attempted their tribulation, just three making it would have been considered an impressive feat.

Lu Ye set off, heading toward the forces he’d arranged to improve his cultivation method.

He’d already completed the modifications on their methods in his previous life, so this time things went quickly.

In just three days, it was all done; on average, he earned ten million each, totaling two billion Source Stones this time.

Just these Source Stones alone were enough for his upcoming cultivation.

His physique had now been refreshed to the Chaos Body, allowing him to continuously draw the power of Chaos from the Void, making his cultivation speed exceptionally fast.

However, that wasn’t enough.

Lu Ye wasn’t in a hurry to go to the outer realms; the Darkness Origin was already helping him keep an eye on things out there.

There was bound to be fierce battles in the Seventh Heaven.

Because the Seventh Heaven was different from the Sixth, where everyone focused on families or the difficulty of crossing tribulations.

In the Seventh Heaven, everyone had only one goal.

That was to attain Emperor status.

Everything else paled in comparison to that.

Back then, Jiang Wuyou from the Jiang Family even sought to absorb all the Void Dao resources of the entire Jiang Family for his path to becoming an Emperor—extremely ruthless, but that’s just a glimpse of the Seventh Heaven.

As Lu Ye ascended to the Seventh Heaven, who knew how many old monsters without hope of becoming Emperors would shudder with excitement.

They were already eagerly watching Lu Ye, wishing he would ascend quickly.

What Heavenly Gate’s protection, what Emperor Dao Hen was watching—such threats were nothing in the eyes of a Quasi-Emperor.

As long as they could catch a glimpse of the Great Emperor realm, even death was worth it!

Even if their family were to perish, what of it?

They could sacrifice everything!

Lu Ye once again entered seclusion.

He couldn’t stay in the outer realms for long; if he lingered too long, he wouldn’t be able to return.

Thus, any trip to the outer realms had to be purposeful, accomplishing everything as quickly as possible before returning.

Twenty years passed.

The Darkness Origin had simply stopped leaving, settling in the Heavenly Gate.

Lu Ye had been diligently cultivating and had reached the third level of the Void Realm.

“Nine Lives, we have a target!”

Suddenly, excitement sparkled in the Darkness Origin’s eyes.

She was finally ready to venture forth with Nine Lives.

The Darkness Origin had long been itching for action.

Lu Ye opened his eyes.

“Is it one of the targets I asked you to keep an eye on?” Lu Ye inquired.

As someone reborn, Lu Ye hadn’t really experienced much in terms of the benefits of returning, especially since all the resources in the Sixth Heaven had been taken away by Yin Qingcheng.

Damn it, every time he thought of this, his desire to kill Yin Qingcheng surged uncontrollably.

He had almost forgotten about it until the Darkness Origin reminded him.

“Right, it’s the Ancient Land of the Heavenly Corpse!”

Heavenly Corpse!

The poison in Lu Ye’s body was the first to act, and it was the Heavenly Zombie Poison.

The Heavenly Zombie was a Celestial Lord who didn’t want to live a second life in reincarnation, so he cultivated his own insights and successfully turned himself into a Heavenly Zombie.

Forget about living a second life; just surviving in this life was already a miracle.

At least, by the time Lu Ye crossed tribulation to become a Saint in his previous life, the Heavenly Zombie was still not alive.

Well, not dead either.

The Heavenly Zombie’s previous force was called the Immortal Ancient Nation, and back then, there hadn’t been the Nine Heavens; it was due to the Heavenly Zombie’s reckless practice that the entire Immortal Ancient Nation turned into a dead land.

It all became zombies.

At that time, the Immortal Ancient Nation had a terrifying power, possessing Celestial Lords.

When the Heavenly Zombie’s cultivation failed, he knew things had gone wrong and tried to make amends, so he devoured a large number of the Immortal Ancient Nation’s strong, but it was still of little use.

The Heavenly Zombie could only seal himself and the Immortal Ancient Nation with supreme magic, forming what is now the Ancient Land of the Heavenly Corpse.

It was a place where even Great Emperors didn’t dare to tread.

After all, a Great Emperor had disappeared within.

But Quasi-Emperors dared to enter.

Lu Ye immediately got up.

“Let’s go stir up some trouble!”