Chapter 1236 - 865: Awakening

How strong is the physical body of the Queen Mother of the West after being nurtured by the Kunlun Dragon Vein? Zhang Chen, a little character who hasn’t yet succeeded in the Immortal Dao, couldn’t even begin to contemplate it.

Next comes the refining of the physical body. Facing such a supreme being as the Queen Mother of the West in the great tomb, how could Zhang Chen let Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu stay here and risk their lives?

To someone like the Queen Mother of the West, claiming a life is as easy as a thought, something Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu could never withstand.

However, Zhou Chuan is quite loyal and insisted on entering and exiting together with Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen couldn’t let the two stay in the great tomb to die. Honestly, he now had the power of the Blood Dao and the Substitute Death Technique, and thought he might still escape in a crisis. If he brought Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu along, if they died then, it would be truly in vain!

Of course, Zhang Chen could also ignore this zombie, completely leaving it unattended, allowing the imprint to assault and refine it on its own. But once the zombie emerged, the trouble would be huge. Before Zhang Chen’s imprint could take control of the zombie, he would be found by the Queen Mother of the West and slapped dead, which would result in even more serious consequences.

Zhang Chen clearly knew in his heart that the power of this zombie was absolutely unimaginable. After all, it had the physical body of the Queen Mother of the West as its foundation, coupled with the nourishment of the entire Kunlun Ancestral Vein. What level this physical body would reach after becoming a zombie was completely beyond his imagination.

A physical body of a being at the Primordial level, combined with the irrigation of the Power of the Earth, would give birth to an existence that was certainly terrifying to the extreme.

Faced with Zhang Chen’s persistent persuasion for them to withdraw, Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu wanted to stay to face difficulties together but ultimately couldn’t resist Zhang Chen’s persistence and had to choose to exit the great tomb.

Accompanying their retreat, Zhang Chen stood in front of the coffin, his eyes sweeping over the Queen Mother of the West inside. He slowly sat cross-legged in front of her, trying his best to mobilize the Feng Shui Grand Array to isolate the aura of the Queen Mother, constantly delaying the time for her awakening.

Zhang Chen sat cross-legged in front of the coffin, and with a snap of his fingers, half a month passed. Suddenly, mysterious qi flowed from the coffin, startling Zhang Chen out of his meditative state. His eyes looked at the corpse inside, where sacred brilliance was circulating within. After Zhang Chen’s efforts with time acceleration, the Queen Mother of the West had begun to awaken from her slumber.

"It’s you!!!" A voice sounded in Zhang Chen’s ear: "Aren’t you supposed to be dead? How are you still alive?"

The surprised voice of the Queen Mother of the West resonated throughout the entire great tomb.

"Your Majesty, we meet again. Parting back then made me truly miss you," Zhang Chen replied, sitting cross-legged in front of the coffin, in a tone neither hostile nor friendly.

"Miss me? I don’t know if you’ve got a bear’s heart and a leopard’s courage, daring to flaunt yourself in my presence. Although I don’t know why you survived back then, it no longer matters. I’ll just kill you once more!" The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was full of disdain, and in the next moment, divine light flowed around her as she was about to attack Zhang Chen. But who knew, in the next instant, the shocked voice of the Queen Mother rose from within the coffin: "Bastard, what have you done to my physical body?"

"Damn it! How has my physical body turned into a zombie?" The incredulous voice of the Queen Mother of the West resonated through the void.

As the will of the Queen Mother of the West revived, a vast will was born from her body, continuously contending with her for control of the body.

The physical body of the Queen Mother of the West, nurtured for ages, had long developed self-awareness, merely in slumber. Now, as her True Spirit will awoke, the zombie’s body will also began to awaken, engaging in a life-and-death struggle with the Queen Mother of the West.

The Queen Mother of the West sought to re-refine her body, to regain the control of her physical self, while the zombie aimed to trap the Queen Mother’s will inside and then bind and refine it, ultimately achieving its own creation.

If this zombie could refine a True Spirit at the Primordial level, its cultivation would undoubtedly make rapid progress, reaching an unimaginable level.

"Two tigers fighting is a good thing for me."

While countless thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen’s mind, he watched chaos qi continuously being born in the void, then colliding and fluctuating back and forth. Startled, Zhang Chen quickly activated the Authority of the Five Elements to suppress the chaos qi in the void. If he couldn’t resolve the fluctuating chaos qi, the entire great tomb was likely to turn into a state of chaos, causing unpredictable disaster.

Watching the divine light contending within the body, Zhang Chen sat calmly nearby, occasionally employing time acceleration techniques. The Queen Mother, busy competing with the zombie for control of her physical body, had no time to bother with Zhang Chen.

Time slipped by hurriedly; two years flew by in a snap. Since Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu left the great tomb two years ago, they hadn’t entered again. Inside the great tomb was only the bystander Zhang Chen, and the life-and-death struggle between the Queen Mother of the West and the zombie.

At this point, Zhang Chen had already gained control over the zombie’s arms, quietly extending his influence towards its legs.

As for the external matters? Matters of Kyoto?

Zhang Chen could not concern himself with such issues. In two years, the carriage convoy of Prince Pingbian’s Mansion had just managed to reach Kyoto, and for him, everything was still in time.

If Zhang Chen could control the zombie’s legs, it would be akin to gaining control over most of the zombie’s authority.

Once he arrived in Kyoto, facing the unpredictable situations there, he would have more confidence.

Truth be told, ever since his journey during the era of Creation in Ancient Times, Zhang Chen felt the world was too deep, somewhat out of his grasp. Without a method to fall back on, he wouldn’t dare jump around recklessly.

However, through two years of observation, he noticed the formidable strength of The Queen Mother of the West. She truly lived up to her name; as an entity at the Primordial level, she gradually suppressed the zombie’s burgeoning will, with her True Spirit gradually gaining the upper hand.

"With this trend continuing, there will come a day when The Queen Mother of the West will suppress the zombie’s spirituality, devour it, and thus advance her cultivation significantly, acquiring control over the physical body." Zhang Chen looked calmly at the zombie’s body, resembling an emotionless robot.

If he weren’t there, The Queen Mother of the West would certainly accomplish her desired outcome: to consume the zombie’s True Spirit, thereby obtaining the Creation of Kunlun Mountain’s Ancestral Vein and soaring to the heavens, but with Zhang Chen’s presence, he was not to be underestimated.

Zhang Chen sat quietly, observing the battle between The Queen Mother of the West and the zombie’s True Spirit. Both needed time: The Queen Mother of the West needed time to suppress, and Zhang Chen needed time to control the zombie’s legs.

"Only when the True Spirit of The Queen Mother of the West and the zombie’s True Spirit are locked in fierce combat will they have no time to notice me, allowing me time to strategize further." Zhang Chen silently closed his eyes and, in the next moment, casually cast a Time Acceleration spell.

Time swiftly passed, and after a year and a half, Zhang Chen felt a sudden stirring in his heart, looking toward the zombie’s legs, noting the countdown had ended, followed by a countdown commencing on the zombie’s torso.

"While the head controls the whole body, it’s vital, the torso connects the limbs, binding their strength together. For me, mastering the torso is crucial. As for the head... it’s the battleground between the zombie’s True Spirit and The Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit. If my refining mark were detected by both of them, triggering a united counterattack against an external threat, it would be akin to inviting disaster upon myself," Zhang Chen thought clearly, focusing first on the torso. Mastering the arms barely weakens their attack, but mastering the legs can control their movement direction; mastering the torso connects the body’s power, even if the zombie’s True Spirit retains control over the head, its inability to manipulate the limbs spells its undoing.

Still under his command.

As Zhang Chen’s thoughts transitioned rapidly within, half a year sped by, suddenly witnessing at one moment the zombie’s head enveloped in a blue aura completely overrunning the white aura; the zombie eyes reopened, the blue glow indicating the triumph of The Queen Mother of the West’s power, acquiring body control.

"Queen Mother, such impeccable means, even nurturing zombies for countless years cannot thwart you!" Zhang Chen, observing The Queen Mother of the West reopening her eyes, initiated conversation first.

"You manipulated me!!!" The Queen Mother of the West, with teeth gritted, glared at Zhang Chen: "You secretly swapped the array to a zombie nurturing array!"

If she didn’t realize now it was Zhang Chen’s scheme, she wouldn’t deserve claiming the Primordial Dao.

"It was you who never regarded me as human, seeking my demise; I was compelled to counteract," Zhang Chen sighed softly.

"Just wait, once I fully seize this body, even across the highest heaven and Yellow Springs, I will grind your bones to dust!" The Queen Mother of the West seethed, gritting teeth.

"I’m waiting right now, if you can, why not crush my bones to dust now?" Zhang Chen replied, voice brimming with triumph, layered with sarcastic mockery.

The Queen Mother of the West, unable to control the body’s limbs yet, believed her incomplete suppression of the zombie’s True Spirit stymied her movement.

"Don’t let the petty win," she coldly snorted, ignoring him further.

"Queen Mother, I have a question, seeking your explanation," Zhang Chen spoke again.

"Hmph!" The Queen Mother of the West snorted dismissively, voice full of contempt, discarding Zhang Chen’s inquiry.

"If you don’t speak, don’t blame me for the offense," Zhang Chen replied coldly.

"Offense? Now I’ve become a zombie, my body Immortal, unyielding to heaven’s wrath or earth’s burial, how do you intend to offend me?" The Queen Mother of the West scoffed.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen lifted his garment, slowly removing his trousers: "In my opinion, as long as you don’t fully control this body, I still have many things to do. I’ve slept with many women but wonder the taste of the exalted female Daluo powerhouse’s lips?"

With Zhang Chen’s words concluding, The Queen Mother of the West’s surrounding Qi Mechanism stirred into turmoil, her voice, once sharp, lost its assured composure: "Scoundrel, dare desecrate me, I’ll extract and refine your soul, light the lantern for you, never let you into Reincarnation!"