Chapter 508: Chapter 508

Unlike the daytime and nighttime distinction in a large world like the "Spirit Realm."

In the "Kunxu Realm," the distinction between day and night is not that clear.

Even at night, most of the places in the "Kunxu Realm" remain bright enough to easily see objects a kilometer away. Follow current novels on novel⚑fire.net

Zhouyang, upon first arriving in the "Kunxu Realm," did not act rashly.

As night fell, enveloped in the cloud-covered peaks, he positioned himself within an array, pondering how to spend the next three years.

The "Kunxu Realm" opens once every eight hundred years and remains open for three years each time. Cultivators inside must stay for the full three years before they can leave this realm.

Zhouyang certainly didn’t want to waste these three years idly on this mountaintop, as that would be squandering this once-in-a-millennium opportunity.

However, three years is neither long nor short, so if he plans to explore and seek treasures in the "Kunxu Realm," he doesn’t need to rush.

At the very least, he intended to refine his lifebound spiritual artifact, the "Qianyang Golden Tower."

But before that, he first took out the scroll from his arms and released the "Netherworld Profound Coffin" from within.

With a "boom" resonating as a heavy object struck the ground, the dark gold coffin, weighing over hundreds of thousands of pounds, hit the ground, creating a dent of more than half a foot deep.

Then Zhouyang raised his hand to push the coffin lid covering it, revealing the objects inside.

Inside the coffin, Qin Yue’Er, dressed in a blue long skirt, lay sleeping peacefully just as when Zhouyang first saw her at that underground auction.

Looking at the sleeping beauty in the coffin, a flash of sympathy crossed Zhouyang’s face.

Qin Yue’Er was undoubtedly a pitiful person. With her "Profound Yin Spirit Body," she was destined to form a Golden Core and even had great hope for Nascent Soul Formation.

But due to trusting a fellow disciple sister wrongly, she was captured by enemies and became auctioned as a "Dual Cultivation Cauldron" among many cultivators.

Yet, this was not the cruelest part. The most cruel part was, after falling into Guo Jinhong’s hands, not only was her memory sealed, but she was also imposed with a divine soul restriction, becoming a slave, and furthermore, used by Guo Jinhong as a tool to hatch the barbaric strange insect, the "Yin-Yang Soul-Devouring Insect."

Even though Zhouyang rescued this pitiful woman from Guo Jinhong, she did not gain freedom. Instead, because of her physique, she was regarded as a corpse refinement material by the monstrous Celestial Killer Corpse King.

Zhouyang, having lived two lifetimes, had never seen someone as tragic as Qin Yue’Er. As a normal person, he naturally felt a trace of sympathy for a woman in such a miserable state.

Especially since this woman had once called him "husband" for over ten years.

Even if it was only for this reason, Zhouyang was reluctant to see Qin Yue’Er become the plaything and slave of the Celestial Killer Corpse King, this monstrous old creature, if it could be avoided.

However, after inspecting Qin Yue’Er’s physical state, his face turned extremely grim.

Qin Yue’Er was still alive, there was no doubt about that.

But while her body was alive, there was a serious problem with her divine soul!

The Celestial Killer Corpse King hadn’t directly killed Qin Yue’Er but had instead cast a soul transformation technique on her.

This technique, while removing the divine soul restriction imposed by Guo Jinhong, also cleansed her divine soul, wiping out all her memories.

If it were only that, it might have been manageable. Amnesia, although terrifying, was better than death.

In reality, Qin Yue’Er’s divine soul wasn’t just cleansed of memories; under the demonic secret technique of the Celestial Killer Corpse King, it fused with her body.

As is well known, zombies have no soul.

The soul of zombies is fused with their body, so once the body is destroyed, the zombie dies entirely.

Even a Late-Stage Nascent Soul zombie like the Celestial Killer Corpse King, despite appearing powerful, would surely die if its zombie body were destroyed, as it couldn’t resurrect like a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator through possession.

The Celestial Killer Corpse King was nurturing Qin Yue’Er with Yin Qi in the "Netherworld Profound Coffin," treating her as a living corpse for refinement.

After many years of refinement, Qin Yue’Er was now essentially a half-corpse, half-human entity.

In this state, Zhouyang had no normal means to awaken her.

With his knowledge, he didn’t yet know how to aid Qin Yue’Er in her current condition.

So eventually, he had no choice but to give up temporarily on awakening her, leaving her to continue slumbering in the "Netherworld Profound Coffin."

Then he returned the "Netherworld Profound Coffin" back into the "Spirit Plant Map" and began planning the refinement of his lifebound spiritual artifact.

For refining the lifebound spiritual artifact "Qianyang Golden Tower," Zhouyang had long prepared the materials, but since he only had one set, he must ensure success in one attempt.

As a Tier Four High-grade Refiner, under normal circumstances, he had no chance of failure in refining a lifebound spiritual artifact.

However, if interrupted during the process, the outcome might be unpredictable.

And the place where he currently resided did not seem ideal for artifact refinement.

Although Zhouyang had not stepped away from the mountaintop for a day, the various roars of demon beasts emanating from the mountain beneath were clearly audible to him.

According to the information he previously obtained from Xu Song, there are not only Demon Beasts living in the "Kunxu Realm," but even Tier Six Demon King level Demon Beasts exist.

Moreover, many exotic Demon Beasts thought to be extinct or rare to find in the "Spirit Realm" can still be spotted here.

Zhouyang certainly does not want to be interrupted by a fierce Demon Beast while refining an artifact.

So after thinking for a while, he put away the array and walked down the mountain.

In the dangerous "Kunxu Realm," unless he can confirm the safety of his location, Zhouyang certainly does not dare to reveal himself by flying at will.

He even dared not extend his Divine Sense too far out of his body, keeping it within a radius of about a mile, so as not to disturb any fierce Demon Beast and cause himself unnecessary trouble.

Of course, with his current cultivation, and the powerful physical body strengthened by the "Azure Dragon Body Refining Technique," even walking at full speed would not be slower than a Foundation Establishment Cultivator using Sword Flight.

After walking a certain distance down the mountain, Zhouyang suddenly had a change in expression, shifting his direction and moving toward a certain spot.

Moments later, his figure stopped at the foot of a cliff.

The piercing hissing sound of a snake echoed continuously from the cliff, as the original master of this place, alarmed by Zhouyang’s arrival, issued a warning sound.

Following the direction of the hissing, he saw on the uneven cliff face, a massive green-black serpent, over thirty feet long, coiled around a green Spirit Wood, raising its head and hissing incessantly at Zhouyang.

The aura emanating from the green-black serpent was equivalent to that of a Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beast. Such a powerful Demon Beast might be impressive in the "Spirit Realm," but in this "Kunxu Realm," it was nothing remarkable.

Zhouyang’s gaze did not linger on the green-black serpent at all; instead, he focused directly on the green Spirit Wood around which it was coiled, or more precisely, on the cyan Reishi growing near the tree’s roots.

The cyan Reishi was as large as a millstone, entirely as lush and vibrant as the finest cyan jade, exuding a tempting fragrance.

"A Cyan Jade Reishi over three thousand years old, although not a Tier Five Spirit Elixir, it can be considered the top Tier Four High-Grade Elixir, capable of being the main ingredient for many Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Pills!"

"The Kunxu Realm is truly the Kunxu Realm; such high-level Spiritual Objects can easily be found on any random mountain. No wonder that old ghost Xu Song said that even Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators greatly value the Kunxu Order!"

Zhouyang’s gaze flashed with a trace of delight as he looked at the Cyan Jade Reishi.

Even though he is now a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, he cannot overlook the value of such a Tier Four High-Grade Elixir.

Additionally, the green-black serpent, with strength reaching the level of a Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beast, was also a substantial find.

Such Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beasts often have "backers" in the "Spirit Realm" and are difficult to hunt.

But here in the "Kunxu Realm," killing them is as simple as that.

Immediately, Zhouyang opened his mouth and spat out the Tier Five Middle-Grade Flying Sword "Jinghong Sword," which turned into a golden Sword Light and slashed at the green-black serpent.

The green-black serpent naturally did not submit willingly and immediately raised its head, spitting a cloud of black poisonous mist to counter the Sword Light.

Unfortunately, the disparity in realms rendered its resistance futile.

Zhouyang didn’t even need to use any Sword Technique or Swordsmanship; simply relying on the Jinghong Sword’s own power, he easily severed the green-black serpent’s head.

This is the typical outcome for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator dealing with a Tier Four Demon Beast and a Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator.

Except for individuals like Zhouyang, or Demon Beasts like the Flood Dragon with exceptional talents, high-realm cultivators or Demon Beasts always overpower low-realm cultivators and Demon Beasts by sheer might.

Slaying the demon, gathering herbs, extracting the soul, skinning, seizing the core, draining blood, and carving meat, Zhouyang performed these actions with incredible proficiency.

Most of the green-black serpent’s corpse, including its blood and flesh, was devoured by the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle he released from the Spirit Beast Ring. The remaining materials were systematically sorted and stored in his Storage Ring.

Demon Beasts are territorial, and though this Spirit Mountain had a spiritual energy intensity comparable to a Tier Five Low-Grade Spiritual Vein, it seemingly lacked Tier Five Demon Beasts.

The strongest Demon Beast seemed to be the green-black serpent he had just slain with one strike.

Upon discovering this, he actually preferred not to leave this Spirit Mountain so quickly.

Such relatively "safe" places in the "Kunxu Realm" are rare. Since no other Tier Five Demon Beasts were present, it was a perfect location to establish a temporary cave and refine his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact.

However, as Zhouyang started preparing for the cave, a wave of Golden Core level Magical Combat suddenly erupted from somewhere on the eastern side of the Spirit Mountain. Discovering this situation, he promptly ceased his preparations, quietly concealing his presence to observe the situation.

When Zhouyang tracked the Magical Combat wave for two to three hundred miles and saw the combatants, his expression became quite peculiar.

He saw in the sky, a stunning fairy in colorful attire, treading on a giant seven-colored python and a blue strange bird, engaged in a fierce battle.

The fairy had a cultivation of the Third-Layer Golden Core, while the blue strange bird emanated the aura of a Tier Five Middle-Grade Demon Beast.

Yet, despite being one small realm apart, the fairy, with the help of several powerful Magical Artifacts, was evenly matched against the blue strange bird, not showing any sign of weakness.

"How can it be her? How did she also end up in the Kunxu Realm!"

Zhouyang looked at the fairy in the sky with delight in his eyes, feeling a familiar warmth of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.