Chapter 1238 - 867: Marking the Queen Mother of the West

When it rains, it pours; slow boat sails against the headwind.

The Queen Mother of the West was besieged both internally and externally. Internally, the consciousness sprouting from her physical body struggled with her for control, attempting to refine her true spirit. Externally, Zhang Chen incessantly threatened her with the God-Beating Whip in his hand. Every time she was about to gain the upper hand, he would strike her, leaving the Queen Mother unable to endure Zhang Chen’s despicable torment, no matter how patient she was.

The Queen Mother of the West was so furious that she felt her lungs were about to explode. When had she, the dignified Queen Mother of the West, ever suffered such humiliation?

She was utterly bewildered!

Zhang Chen stood in place, listening to the Queen Mother’s curses, casually casting a Time Acceleration, speeding up his mark’s control over the zombie’s flesh.

"A body of Primordial level, and it has absorbed a world’s Ancestral Vein-turned zombie, surely that’s almost a Primordial level expert, isn’t it?" Zhang Chen mused to himself.

At least, in his mind, this zombie’s power should be no less than that of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, at least comparable in combat strength. After all, it represented the materialization of the Power of the Earth, now absorbed by the zombie, at least qualifying as having swallowed complete Power of the Earth, right?

After all, the Power of the Earth exists alongside the Heavenly Dao.

Countless thoughts swirled in Zhang Chen’s mind, while the Queen Mother of the West regained her composure, exclaiming in shock, "You have mastered the Law of Time!"

That was the Law of Time, a level even the Queen Mother of the West at the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal stage hadn’t mastered.

"I had some fortune, otherwise would I dare to plot against the Queen?" Zhang Chen replied.

Hearing Zhang Chen’s words, the Queen Mother of the West ground her teeth in hatred, but at this moment, she was helpless, and could only curse inwardly, vowing to obliterate the consciousness of her body, then strike down this little beast.

The flow of eight hundred and eighty years swiftly passed, and once more the Queen Mother of the West’s true spirit gained the upper hand, suppressing the zombie’s true spirit. But in the next moment, a divine light emerged from Zhang Chen’s sleeve, striking the zombie’s body, causing the Queen Mother’s true spirit to be jolted partially out of the flesh.

Zhang Chen wielded the God-Beating Whip, lashing out thirty times, fully extracting the Queen Mother’s ghostly head from the zombie’s body. At this point, the zombie’s body consciousness once again gained the upper hand, overthrowing the Queen Mother’s control.

"Beast! Beast!" the Queen Mother spat in fury, her voice laden with unspeakable rage.

Zhang Chen continued to stand idly, ignoring the situation, smiling as if enjoying the spectacle, allowing the Queen Mother’s true spirit and body consciousness to battle.

Time passed slowly. After another six months, as Zhang Chen’s Corpse Control Skill mark fully mastered the torso, his gaze shifted to the zombie’s head, where time was initiating a countdown.

"With the Queen Mother and the zombie’s consciousness battling, my mark’s intrusion into the zombie head has accelerated by more than tenfold. This brief wait, I can endure." Zhang Chen decided to continue with the sacrificial refining, pondering how to eliminate the Queen Mother as a threat, how to subdue her.

After a while, Zhang Chen conceived a plan to permanently resolve the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother of the West was indeed an Immortal Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, but if Zhang Chen seized full control of the zombie, and the Queen Mother melted into its true spirit, wouldn’t he thus control the Queen Mother too?

As for having the zombie’s body consciousness devour the Queen Mother’s true spirit, Zhang Chen found this idea unreliable, realizing the zombie’s true spirit was far too weak compared to the Queen Mother. Even with his meddling, the zombie’s true spirit merely managed to hold a feeble advantage.

Besides, the true spirit of a Saint is immortal, and no matter how much the zombie devoured, it couldn’t fully consume her.

"But before that, I must mark her true spirit. Only by marking it can I completely grasp the Queen Mother." A plot gradually formed in Zhang Chen’s mind, revising it for a long while, watching the battle’s intensity recede. Zhang Chen’s God-Beating Whip flew out again, striking the zombie’s body.

’Bang~’

The zombie’s body was struck, its true spirit shaken, as the Queen Mother’s face changed color dramatically, though she did not wail and complain, having endured this daily routine: "Ant, what can you do to me? You should know that my true spirit is of Primordial level, an immortal existence subdued by none. So long as I refine the zombie’s will, I’ll eventually devour it. But you? You can’t outlast me here. Your lifespan is limited; let’s see how long you can last against me — a thousand years, ten thousand?"

The Queen’s voice was composed, chillingly so.

Zhang Chen smiled lightly at her words, "It’s time to end this! I’ll drive the Queen’s true spirit out now, letting the zombie fully control the body. Then you’ll only have your true spirit left — how will you contend with the zombie? I’m afraid your one true spirit cannot overcome your own body’s power, right?"

The Queen Mother fell silent, her eyes burned with fury at Zhang Chen’s advancing whip, "Ant, don’t forget my Substitute Death Technique!"

"Please, by all means, use the Substitute Death Technique, and let me bear the zombie consciousness’s attack, let me bear all the pain for you." Zhang Chen stood unmoved, sneering.

The Queen Mother of the West fell silent again upon hearing this. She had long thought of the Substitute Death Technique. If she could use it to send Zhang Chen to his death, she would have done so already. However, after staring at Zhang Chen for a long, long time, she could only sigh helplessly, regretting that she hadn’t been more cautious when she killed this brat back then. She hadn’t completely finished him off, nor had she pulverized him to dust to prevent his rebirth. Otherwise, how could she be in the predicament she is today?

As Zhang Chen’s God-Beating Whip continued to fall, the Queen Mother of the West’s flesh vibrated again and again, until Zhang Chen had struck a full five hundred times, finally shaking the Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit out of the zombie’s flesh.

This was the God-Beating Whip, designed specifically to restrain all souls, yet it took more than five hundred lashes to shake the Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit, and even then, it was the Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit restrained by the consciousness of the zombie. It showed how difficult a Primordial level master truly can be.

"Brat, your death is certain! Did you ever think that by shaking me out of that flesh, it was I who deliberately allowed you to, releasing my True Spirit from that flesh?" The Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit turned into a humanoid light shadow, her eyes fixed on Zhang Chen from above. "I figured it out, as long as you’re here causing trouble, I will never be able to obliterate that zombie’s consciousness. Only by dealing with you first can I safely obliterate the zombie’s True Spirit."

Zhang Chen looked at the Queen Mother of the West: "So you were using me?"

The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was full of pride: "My True Spirit was inside the zombie, it wasn’t easy to break free. If not for relying on your treasure, it would have been very difficult for me to escape and kill you."

Speaking to this point, the Queen Mother of the West’s voice carried deep-seated hatred: "No one has ever forced me into such a corner, kid, you’re the first! If I don’t tear your soul out and turn it into lantern oil, I will not rest easy!"

The Queen Mother of the West then pointed at Zhang Chen: "Kid, give me your soul!"

She intended to seize Zhang Chen’s soul, to extract and refine it, but Zhang Chen, watching her movements, remained still, merely tapping his Golden Finger: "Mark!"

[Target discovered]

[Status: Can be marked]

[Would you like to mark?]

With Zhang Chen’s order, an inexplicable mark appeared within the Queen Mother of the West’s True Spirit, and an invisible chain connected her to Zhang Chen.

[Mark successful!]

Seeing that the Queen Mother of the West was about to unleash a killing blow on him, Zhang Chen’s world turned black and white, and an invisible chain appeared between him and the Queen Mother of the West.

The Queen Mother of the West’s strike fell, passing by Zhang Chen like a spring breeze and stirring nothing but layers of dust.

The Queen Mother of the West realized something was amiss when she saw the chain linking herself to Zhang Chen, and the mark imprinted in her True Spirit. Her expression changed: "What is this?"

That was supposed to be a coup de grâce, why didn’t it have any effect on Zhang Chen?

And what is this mark in her soul?

And what is this chain entwined in her True Spirit?

The Queen Mother of the West perceived the danger, her eyes on Zhang Chen. She could sense that the other end of the chain was connected to Zhang Chen: "It’s your doing? As long as I kill you, all problems will naturally overcome themselves!"

The Queen Mother of the West raised her palm again, but it brushed past Zhang Chen’s ear like a spring breeze, without any effect.

"How does Her Majesty find my ’little trick?’" Zhang Chen inquired with a face full of mockery.

"Bastard! You deserve a thousand deaths!" The Queen Mother of the West detected that something was wrong. Without a word, she re-entered the zombie’s body, once again trying to seize control from the zombie’s consciousness.

"Kid, what is this technique?" The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was filled with horror.

"The Law of Cause and Effect," Zhang Chen replied.

"What kind of nonsense about the Law of Cause and Effect? I’ve long since been free of any cause and effect. If you want to deceive me, at least find a believable excuse. How did you acquire such ability?" The Queen Mother of the West asked, now very panicked. She was a powerhouse at the Primordial level, and a method that could make her flustered was no ordinary method, especially as she couldn’t comprehend it at all.

Zhang Chen laughed without answering, quietly watching the Queen Mother of the West as she tried to possess the zombie, while also focusing on the invasion process of his Corpse Control Skill’s mark, as it was crucial to his future survival. How could he afford to be careless?