Myriad Daos of the Heaven

Fortunately, Jiang Jichen’s reaction was astonishingly fast. In the instant the lights flared up, he had already ducked into the nearby Stone Forest.

From within the Stone Forest, he could see everything in the valley from a distance.

The valley was wide and open. In its center stood a huge, circular stone platform about half a meter high, its surface deeply carved with intricate, ancient patterns.

Now, these patterns were filled with fresh blood, transforming them into countless crimson lines.

The sight was shocking to behold.

It was all human blood. One could only imagine how many people had to die to fill such a vast network of deep grooves.

Moreover, the quality of this Blood Qi was exceptionally high, harvested from extraordinary Cultivators.

At the center of the stone platform rested an Ancient Coffin, also covered in intricate, ancient patterns. The blood could seep directly up onto it, following the grooves.

Eventually, it covered the entire Ancient Coffin.

Surrounding the stone platform stood a group of living corpses!

These living corpses were all extremely powerful, each possessing the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm.

They stood in a circle, facing the mysterious Ancient Coffin and performing strange movements. Their expressions were incomparably devout, as if they were in the middle of some ritual.

Just then, several people began walking up the stone steps onto the circular platform.

A beautiful woman, an eerie man, a sinister youth, a middle-aged man in white, and the little boy who had just barged in.

Jiang Jichen recognized every single one of them!

The beautiful woman, the eerie man, and Lin Qing... they had actually managed to escape the Ancient Ruined City.

Moreover, the auras they emanated sent a chill down his spine.

They were powerful. Terrifyingly so.

The Cultivation of the beautiful woman and the eerie man had recovered to a certain extent, and they now felt unfathomably deep.

Jiang Jichen had once severed one of the eerie man’s hands with his Holy Sword, but it had now grown back perfectly.

Their presence was already surprising enough.

But the middle-aged man in white was someone Jiang Jichen had never expected to see.

’With his flowing white robes, handsome face, sharp, starry eyes, and an extraordinary, otherworldly air... he was... Bai Zihua, of the Ghost Blood People!’

’They’ve actually joined forces.’

’Clearly, they’re all here to resurrect the Celestial Corpse Ancestor.’

A cold Blood Qi and a horrifying corpse mist drifted through the valley.

Lin Qing no longer looked as he once did. Tyrannical Corpse Qi surged and roiled around his entire body.

His eyes had a white sheen, like the pupils of a dead man.

Clearly, he had now been fully transformed into a corpse.

This was the sign of achieving initial success in cultivating the Celestial Corpse Dao Scripture.

And having become a Corpse Cultivator, he was no longer suppressed by the laws of heaven and earth, allowing him to freely enter and exit the Sealed Ancient Land.

Lin Qing’s status within the Celestial Corpse Sect was very high.

The very fact that he could walk onto the stone platform alongside the beautiful woman and the eerie man proved his extraordinary status.

It was Lin Qing who spoke first. "The Ancestor has conveyed his will to me. The resurrection ritual can begin!"

The eerie man replied, "If the Lesser Corpse Ancestor says to begin, then let us begin."

Then he turned to Bai Zihua of the Ghost Blood People and said, "Mr. Bai, we’re counting on you. I hope your Blood Refining Array can help the Ancestor recover some Primordial Qi and return from the dead!"

Bai Zihua, of the Ghost Blood People, smiled gently. "Mr. Corpse Two, do you doubt my Blood Refining Dao Scripture? You should know, all this blood... I obtained it by refining an entire second-rate Sect!"

His words were gentle, yet they described something utterly horrifying.

The contrast was so stark that even the Living Corpse Cultivators felt a chill rise from the depths of their hearts as they faced Bai Zihua.

The beautiful woman stared at Bai Zihua as if he were a delicious meal.

She giggled sweetly, "Mr. Bai, I would so love to taste your blood!"

Bai Zihua’s expression remained gentle, but he replied in a slightly sheepish tone, "My apologies, but I’m not interested!"

Even Bai Zihua, who always maintained such a graceful demeanor, looked utterly exasperated. The expression on his face was priceless.

Jiang Jichen and the Ghost Girl watched this scene unfold from their hiding spot in the Stone Forest.

The little boy, meanwhile, had a red glint in his eyes, his attention completely fixed on the Ancient Coffin.

Everything else around him might as well have not existed.

"Shisan, stop fooling around," the eerie man chided. "Business first!"

Only then did the beautiful woman and Bai Zihua fall silent.

By then, they had reached the center of the stone platform.

Bai Zihua then spoke to the little boy with a solemn expression. "In a moment, I will activate the Blood Refining Array. You are to enter the Blood Pool inside the coffin!"

As he spoke, Bai Zihua struck the lid of the Ancient Coffin with his palm, sending it flying open.

Then, his hands blurred into motion, forming mysterious blood-red patterns that he shot into the Ancient Coffin.

Inside the Ancient Coffin was a pool of blood.

The little boy stepped into the Ancient Coffin Blood Pool.

At the same time, the blood-red patterns covering the entire stone platform suddenly flared with a brilliant light.

The entire Blood Refining Array had activated!

The blood-red patterns floated into the air, manifesting as an endless series of mysterious, crimson Anomalies.

Simultaneously, a vast and terrifying aura surged from deep beneath the stone platform, converging on the Ancient Coffin.

It was... Celestial Corpse Qi!