Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 435 - 388: To Achieve a Great Dao Body, Master the Heavenly Gods in the Palm!
The purple haze was indistinct, and the future reappeared.
Using his Observing Qi Skill, Qi Xiu peered into the future once more, checking if the casket containing the divine corpse concealed any dangerous traps.
Blurred and chaotic images of light and shadow slowly unfolded before his eyes.
The casket, forged from pure white jade, opened. A lush Cangtian Dao Tree extended from within, straight into the void. In an instant, its branches spread and leaves flourished, obscuring the boundless sky.
The leaves, like a celestial canopy, swayed gently, shedding an endless aura of vibrant life force. The boundless Life Force seemed to make all things in the world eternally youthful and immortal.
After the profound and vast vision gradually dissipated, a female figure was revealed. She was identical to the God’s Loathful Remnants he had seen before, still in the guise of a charming young woman in green.
However, compared to the perpetually eerie and resentful face of the God’s Loathful Remnants, the woman in the casket—if one disregarded the ghastly, blurred wound on her neck—seemed to be merely sleeping quietly. Her skin even radiated a delicate luster, as if she had not died.
His pupils twitched slightly. Even when the Observing Qi Skill reached the limit of its future insight, Qi Xiu still hadn’t detected anything detrimental to himself.
It was true: once bitten by a snake, one fears the well rope for ten years.
Chuckling to himself, Qi Xiu shook his head. He knew the longsword hidden within the Bull Demon had left a lingering fear in him.
Nevertheless, being extra cautious was always the right approach. After all, this was the Valley of Deceased Gods, the resting place of countless ancient divine corpses.
Who knew what unfathomable and terrifying powers might be born here.
A moment of negligence could capsize the boat in the gutter.
Lifting his hand to open the casket, the vision he had seen through the Observing Qi Skill once again appeared before Qi Xiu.
An existence comparable to a Primordial Spirit True Honor... Even after so many years of death, the residual aura within it is still so vast.
With a slight sense of wonder, he stared closely at the body before him, which seemed still alive. Qi Xiu could clearly feel the ancient aura it contained.
Though dead for countless years, this body showed no signs of decay.
Having looked around the entire casket, apart from this divine corpse, he saw nothing else.
Only a body?
Still hoping for some precious burial items within this Divine Mausoleum, Qi Xiu mused, caressing the Golden Cry Jade Beads on his wrist, his expression thoughtful.
The Divine Mausoleum was narrow and cramped; aside from this casket, there was nothing else.
If there are truly any treasures here, they could only be on this divine corpse.
But as Qi Xiu pondered how to search for treasures on the divine corpse, he failed to notice that the body, previously with eyes closed as if in sleep, had unknowingly opened them and was now staring straight at him.
Feeling a hint of unease, Qi Xiu looked up and immediately locked eyes with the divine corpse.
It’s reanimated?!
His complexion changed slightly. Qi Xiu’s first instinct was to retreat, but then he remembered that this divine corpse was no ordinary body.
It was originally an entity comparable to a Primordial Spirit True Honor.
If he allowed it to reanimate, in this Valley of Deceased Gods where one could only enter but not leave, wouldn’t he become a turtle trapped in a jar?
After a moment’s thought and hesitation, Qi Xiu looked at the piece of fragmented iron clenched in his hand.
This piece of Divine Marvel Fragmented Iron could restrain the God’s Loathful Remnants; it should surely have some effect on the divine corpse too.
It’s like trying to treat a dead horse as if it were alive, but whether it worked or not, he had to give it a shot.
With a flick of his finger, Qi Xiu sent the Divine Marvel Fragmented Iron shooting out as a streak of light.
In that extremely short instant, the divine corpse, moments before lying flat, had already sat up. Its originally soft and tender skin became wrinkled and dry, emitting a chilling aura of decay that seemed to freeze the heavens and earth. Its pair of slender, jade-like hands grew long and sharp, its nails turned black, and a layer of fine red fur sprouted on its skin.
Those eyes filled with endless resentment and hatred bulged slightly, as if they were about to leap out of their sockets.
At this moment, Qi Xiu was less than three steps away from the divine corpse.
The thick, ominous presence rushing towards him had begun to corrupt his physical body, threatening to drag him into the abyss of death.
Fortunately, at this moment, his Clear Moon Cloud Robe activated on its own. Its misty clouds and moon-like radiance stirred, diverting the ominous power elsewhere.
THUD!
The thumb-sized Divine Marvel Fragmented Iron embedded itself squarely in the divine corpse’s forehead.
A trickle of chaotic-colored blood flowed down from its forehead. The reanimating divine corpse stiffened, trembling all over. Although it didn’t revert to its original state, the Divine Marvel Fragmented Iron firmly suppressed it, rendering it unable to move.
It really worked!
Seeing the Divine Marvel Fragmented Iron successfully suppress the reanimating divine corpse, Qi Xiu had just breathed a sigh of relief. But then he noticed the trickle of chaotic-colored blood on the corpse’s forehead, and a flash of inspiration struck him.
At the same time, a glazed jade bead within his Golden Cry Jade Beads faintly vibrated.
"Could it be..."
Flipping his hand, he took out the flawless glazed jade bead. Qi Xiu’s eyes shifted slightly. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
This bead had been gifted to him years ago by Elder Shui, the Water God of Dianchuan. Elder Shui had said that the Opportunity and method for him to overcome the Great Tribulation of Dao Body lay within it.
He had often played with and contemplated this bead since then, but it had never shown any response.
Now that it’s suddenly showing unusual activity, could it be that the Opportunity to overcome the Great Tribulation of Dao Body has arrived?
As Qi Xiu pondered this, the glazed jade bead in his hand suddenly made a cracking sound—CRACK! The next moment, the entire bead split in two down the middle.
Contrary to his expectations, no divine light or Immortal’s Aura emerged.
After the bead split, a plain and somewhat yellowed piece of paper was revealed before Qi Xiu.
