Chapter 761: Demonic Female Corpse

Sure enough, the moment the enhanced power manifested, the winged man let out a bizarre cry, turning into a phantom and vanishing.

The man vanished, but he hadn’t truly left. Ye Tianling could sense a pair of cold, venomous eyes somewhere in the world, staring at him.

It seemed that if he revealed any opening, his opponent would land a fatal blow.

Ye Tianling paid it no mind and continued onward.

Along the way, Ye Tianling encountered several more Divine Thoughts like that one.

At first, Ye Tianling had been extremely wary, but after discovering the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword was highly effective against them, he grew used to it.

He even got to the point where, upon seeing another Divine Thought, his expression darkened and he snarled viciously, "Scram!"

That Divine Thought, formed from the obsession of a Divine Spirit, was stunned by his outburst. But upon seeing the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword flying before Ye Tianling, it didn’t hesitate. It let out a similar bizarre cry, turned into a phantom, and vanished.

Those other Divine Thoughts had truly vanished, but the first one he encountered seemed to be following him somehow.

This made Ye Tianling genuinely uneasy. He felt a prickling on his back, a hair-raising sensation.

Ye Tianling pressed on. The journey was fraught with scares but no real danger.

Finally, Ye Tianling set foot on the main peak of Purple Mountain and arrived at the summit.

The summit of Purple Mountain was shrouded in a purplish-red mist. Within it, several ancient figures stood silently, looming in and out of view, completely motionless.

As soon as these figures appeared, the prickling, hair-raising sensation on Ye Tianling’s back vanished instantly.

He actually breathed a sigh of relief. That crystal-winged Divine Thought had finally left.

If it had kept following, Ye Tianling really wouldn’t have been able to keep it up. After all, the cost of performing the Blood Sacrifice for the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword was immense.

Ye Tianling stopped performing the Blood Sacrifice for the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, simply keeping it released to circle around him defensively.

His Soul Talent spread out, and only then did Ye Tianling discover that the figures looming in the mist had been dead for many years.

They were the corpses of deceased Divine Level Powerhouses, but they no longer contained any Divine Energy. They were completely depleted and utterly useless.

Even if they could be used as Divine Shells, they couldn’t channel Bloodline Power, and their Defense Power couldn’t even compare to that of an Ancestral Artifact.

These Divine Corpses were long dead, their physical bodies nearly decayed. They only remained intact because they had not been struck by any significant force.

’Divine Corpses are everywhere. The path of Cultivation is unimaginably cruel... Even those who reach the Sword God Realm can still fall. Did they come here to master the Nine Dragon Killing Array, comprehend Venerable Law, and enter the Venerable Realm? Did they even aspire to the Emperor Dao?’

Ye Tianling murmured to himself.

He extended his senses toward the Divine Corpses again but couldn’t detect the slightest trace of Qi Blood Power.

Their Divine Blood and Divine Soul had long since been completely devoured by the Nine Dragon Killing Array of this place.

The fact that their physical bodies still existed meant they must have been incredibly powerful, heaven-defying beings. The bodies of weaker individuals wouldn’t have even left bones behind; they would have been completely devoured, long since turned to dust and annihilated from the world.

Ye Tianling grew even more cautious. With Divine Corpses strewn about, mortal danger lurked everywhere. Even with the protection of the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, he didn’t dare to be reckless.

The summit was thick with mist, obscuring the path ahead.

However, Ye Tianling followed the mysterious aura of the Hidden Dragon Shackles, making his way forward.

Eventually, Ye Tianling reached the very top of the main peak, a point that pierced deep into the clouds.

It looked like an ancient tower. There were no trees, only bare rock.

It would have been impossible to discover this scene without passing through the mist.

The summit, which resembled an ancient tower, soared into the clouds. Its appearance was remarkably similar to the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

And all over the bare cliffs of this summit were ancient runes.

These were not Primordial Runes, but truly, incomparably profound Emperor Patterns.

Ye Tianling had seen Emperor Patterns before. Both the Emperor’s Path Thunder Inference King and Empress Bai Yin had used them.

He recognized them at a glance, but he didn’t understand their meaning.

Ye Tianling tried to approach but encountered no resistance.

The Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword emitted a faint golden light that enveloped him, protecting him from all danger.

The closer he got, the clearer and more mysterious the scene that manifested before him became.

Ye Tianling saw the Emperor Patterns transform into one Order Chain after another, forming shackles that resembled thick bolts of thunder.

’Hidden Dragon Shackles!’

’Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden!’

This series of methods, this style of shackles and ancient forbidden techniques, was exactly the same as the Sealing Techniques Ye Tianling had first mastered.

But the version here was far more comprehensive and complex.

What Ye Tianling had mastered before was merely a single point of the entire sealing formation on this cliff face.

Here, the cliff was densely packed with Hidden Dragon Shackles. Every single point was a type of seal.

These points were as dense as clouds—if not a hundred thousand, then at least eighty thousand. They were simply impossible to count.

This vast number of seals made Ye Tianling’s scalp tingle.

What was even more terrifying was that within the cliff face, behind all those seals, stood what looked like a giant stone coffin!

The Stone Coffin was transparent. Inside lay the corpse of a stunningly beautiful woman in a blood-red gauze dress.

The woman was incomparably demonic and sinister; powerful, yet she made one’s heart pound with fear.

Ye Tianling took only one glance before his eyes were completely captivated. He was nearly brought under her control and turned into a Puppet.

The Mechanical Heart immediately sounded an alarm in his mind, and only then did Ye Tianling snap back to his senses.

Even so, a film of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

’This is absolutely terrifying!’

’What kind of corpse is this! Who is she?’

His mind reeled.

He tore his gaze away, but the image of the woman in the blood-red gauze dress was already branded onto his mind, impossible to sever or erase.

’HISS— How sinister!’

Ye Tianling’s heart pounded in terror. He felt his hair stand on end, his scalp tingling with dread.

Unable to control himself, Ye Tianling felt a powerful impulse rise within him.

He instinctively looked back at the Stone Coffin inside the cliff.

The woman in the Stone Coffin seemed to sense his gaze and, as if in a daze, opened her eyes.

They were a pair of blood-red Eyes of Destruction, embodying Demon Slaying the World.

The moment that pair of blood-red eyes met his, Ye Tianling felt as if he’d been struck by lightning. His mind went completely blank.

An incomparably frigid edge in her gaze threatened to instantly seize his will and shatter his Dao Heart.

BUZZ—

The dormant Space-Time Soul-locking Tower suddenly trembled.

The Space-Time Soul-locking Tower vibrated, and an unknown power seemed to flow out of it, instantly plunging Ye Tianling from a blazing inferno into a freezing ice cave.

He shuddered violently and snapped back to his senses.

Only then did he realize that at some point, blood had begun to stream from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth, and his face had become deathly pale.

His aura was also incredibly faint. His Essence Blood and Battle Power felt as if they had been eroded by the passage of time, nearly leaving him with the same fate as the Divine Corpses outside.