Chapter 1239 - 868: Sealing the Queen Mother of the West

The Queen Mother of the West did not believe Zhang Chen’s nonsense; she only thought Zhang Chen was trying to find a random excuse to fool her. Facing her skepticism, Zhang Chen did not argue but merely flashed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. In the next moment, mysterious energy flowed around him as he began to cultivate the Giant Heaven Opening Technique.

The Giant Heaven Opening Technique was a Physical Body Technique combined with the Powerful Warrior Moving Mountain technique, enough to cultivate to the Daluo realm. It was one of the Supreme Techniques but lacked the "Profound Technique Transformation," significantly diminishing the effectiveness of this cultivation technique.

Profound Technique Transformation was used by spells, while Giant Heaven Opening was the root of spells.

If we liken Giant Heaven Opening to steel, then Profound Technique Transformation is the mold. Simply refining steel is useless; it’s just a heap of steel. Only by utilizing it can immense power be realized.

As for the absence of potion assistance, Zhang Chen wasn’t bothered. Why would he need potion assistance when he had magical power?

However, cultivating the Giant Heaven Opening Technique made the body gradually grow larger. Only by reaching the "As You Wish" realm or mastering the Profound Technique Transformation could he control the body’s size. Thus, Zhang Chen merely began circulating the incantations for cultivation, planning to find the Big Black Dog next to see if he could ask for the incantations of the Profound Technique Transformation from its mouth. At that time, he could formally merge these three cultivation techniques into the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill — the true supreme technique for Body Ascension.

Without potion assistance, Zhang Chen’s progress cultivating Giant Heaven Opening was exceptionally slow. But luckily, everything was under his control, and he wasn’t in a hurry for speed, as he had plenty of time.

While Zhang Chen was comprehending the cultivation technique, time flew by quickly. Half a year passed, and suddenly, at a certain moment, a subtle change occurred on Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger interface. An imprint formed within him, and his eyes turned to the zombie before him. At this time, the Queen Mother of the West’s physical body was entirely mastered by his Corpse Control Skill.

"If it weren’t for the Queen Mother’s struggle with the zombie’s consciousness, I wouldn’t have so quickly seized control over the entire zombie," Zhang Chen thought, feeling somewhat emotional, his eyes filled with an indescribable quality. His figure flickered several times, and he had already reached the high platform. Looking at the Queen Mother’s zombie, he could feel the Queen Mother and the zombie’s will battling within the body. The two were entangled together, with the zombie’s original consciousness completely falling behind.

"Let me lend you a helping hand!" Zhang Chen gazed at the Queen Mother’s physical body, an indescribable look in his eyes, and in the next instant, he used the Corpse Control Skill to actively suppress the zombie’s consciousness, aiding the Queen Mother in consuming everything of the zombie.

The Queen Mother’s True Spirit’s power already surpassed the zombie’s consciousness. With Zhang Chen’s help and the effect of Time Acceleration, the Queen Mother utterly devoured the zombie’s consciousness within merely a millennium, replacing it with her True Spirit instead.

"Jia Shiba, you’re done for! I’ve completely devoured the body’s consciousness and have fully mastered this flesh. Have you decided how you’re going to die?" The Queen Mother of the West, familiarizing herself with the body, opened her eyes full of fury and glared at Zhang Chen.

"Consort, your body has turned into a zombie. Would controlling the zombie’s physical form with your True Spirit not feel awkward?" Zhang Chen asked.

"No! I must thank you for helping me refine the Dragon Vein. Once the cultivation reaches the level of this consort’s realm, as long as the body undergoes a brush of the Qi of Chaos transforming into a Primordial state, a zombie’s physical form is merely a manifestation for me. It not only won’t bind this consort, but will grant some mysterious techniques. As long as my feet touch the earth, I can continuously draw upon the Power of the Earth and the Power of Sun, Moon, and Stars for myself, greatly enhancing this consort’s survival probability in this world." The Queen Mother’s voice was full of triumph.

"With consort saying so, I can rest assured," Zhang Chen said unexpectedly as he looked at the Queen Mother of the West.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West paused, lifting her eyes toward Zhang Chen, suddenly having a foreboding feeling. Jia Shiba’s demeanor was not what she had expected—it wasn’t akin to her anticipated scene of the opponent weeping and begging for mercy.

"Die!" Afraid of further mishaps, the Queen Mother of the West immediately attacked Zhang Chen but lost control of her arm the moment she lifted it.

Not only her arm, but all the organs around her also simultaneously lost control.

"Why would my body lose control?" The Queen Mother of the West was shocked, realizing she had fallen into another trap. Her figure flashed, attempting to abandon the body and escape.

Truly worthy of the Queen Mother of the West, a relic of myriad tribulations, her grasp of the situation was delicate. Realizing the not-so-good circumstance, she made the best choice, not hesitating to abandon her body directly. But who would have thought her actions were still delayed? Suddenly, chains shot out of the acupoints of her body, hooking her soul and firmly locking it within her physical form.

"Open!" The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was like thunder, her Divine Power slashing down on the chains, but the chains seemed like illusions, and her Divine Power passed through them, as if the chains didn’t exist—arousing no ripple.

The Queen Mother of the West finally changed her color drastically, losing control of her physical form, and her soul locked in the body. She realized her downfall at this moment.

"How do you possess such means?" The Queen Mother’s voice was filled with disbelief.

"Even now, your words still carry disdain, consort. You still look down upon me!" Zhang Chen looked at the Queen Mother with calm eyes.

He didn’t want to provoke the Queen Mother too much; his Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill could only ensure he wouldn’t be harmed, but he couldn’t guarantee the safety of those around him.

Moreover, although the Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing chains could indeed lock the Queen Mother’s soul within the body, Zhang Chen had to reinforce them periodically.

More importantly, could his Corpse Control Skill remain perpetually effective? Could he constantly control the Queen Mother’s physical form? Clearly, this was impossible; between him and the Queen Mother, a balanced resolution must be found.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, the Queen Mother of the West was briefly stunned, and her expression changed. She realized she had indeed underestimated the ant before her. The opponent had calculated everything so thoroughly that she should indeed raise the level of importance she placed on him, at least not regard him as a mere ant like before.

"You now control my physical body and True Spirit, and I acknowledge your methods. But do you really think you’ve mastered me completely? Your corpse control technique is a Divine Technique, right? Do you think you can continuously exhaust your Divine Technique without pause?" the Queen Mother of the West said. "Moreover, your chains can only trap my soul but cannot inhibit my Divine Power, can’t restrain me. You probably don’t have any relatives or friends nearby, otherwise, I would kill everyone around you."

The Queen Mother of the West truly deserved her title, as she quickly deduced the flaws in Zhang Chen’s technique, despite being a Primordial level mighty being.

Zhang Chen sighed softly upon hearing her: "My Lady, you are forcing me."

"I am forcing you, what can you do to me?" The Queen Mother of the West said coldly.

Zhang Chen began to undo his pants again, manipulating the Queen Mother of the West’s physical body to untie his belt. Although she was a zombie, her flesh was no different from a living person, moving extremely flexibly, like a real, living person.

"Scoundrel! Stop right now. Can’t we discuss things? Why torment each other like this?" The Queen Mother of the West felt as if the sky was falling and hastily reprimanded.

As for dismissing the flesh? Mere stinking flesh?

The Queen Mother of the West’s soul was inside the flesh!

"I wish to resolve things with the Lady, but the Lady won’t let me go." Zhang Chen sighed helplessly.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West fell silent for a long time and then said: "Release all the bindings on me, and our past grudges will be erased, making them all count for nothing."

"Does the Lady take me for a fool?" Zhang Chen replied.

"I can swear to this on the heavens," said the Queen Mother of the West.

"You’re untouched by karma, you fear not Celestial Punishment, what use is your oath?" Zhang Chen retorted with bemusement.

"What do you intend to do?" The Queen Mother of the West glared at Zhang Chen.

"Does the Lady know the situation outside?" Instead of answering her directly, Zhang Chen asked a question.

Slowly raising her head, the Queen Mother of the West’s eyes flickered with golden light, piercing through the Feng Shui Grand Array, seeing the entirety of the world. She saw the broken Thirty-Three Heavens, the constraints of the world, and in the next instant, her expression changed dramatically: "How can this be?"

The outside world could no longer accommodate her, and if she were to step out of the Feng Shui Grand Array, her fate would be to return to the Heaven and Earth.

According to her past plans, after devouring the Kunlun Earth Vein and disrupting the balance of Heaven and Earth, the outside should be on the brink of destruction, with everything returning to Chaos. But now the outside world was not as she imagined, having evolved to another extreme. The world’s barrier was incredibly solid, a thousand times more robust than in the Ancient Era, and the environment of Heaven and Earth had worsened to an almost End of the Dharma.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen chuckled bitterly: "Has the Lady, living from ancient times to now, truly not known what’s happened between Heaven and Earth?"

"Haven’t you also lived from the beginning of Heaven and Earth until now? Do you not know what’s happened?" The Queen Mother of the West replied irritably.

Zhang Chen chuckled bitterly. How could he explain this to the Queen Mother of the West?

There was no way to explain!

However, looking at the Queen Mother of the West’s appearance now, he roughly guessed that she had been slumbering in the great tomb, unaware that the outside had changed entirely.

"With things already like this outside, does our continued conflict hold any meaning?" Zhang Chen asked.

For once, the Queen Mother of the West fell silent, looking at the Feng Shui Grand Array before her. With her awakening, the array was about to be breached; if she couldn’t find a place to hide, she would face the outcome of death and the end of her path, unable to resist being devoured by Heaven and Earth.

"Find me a place to hide, and our feud will be erased!" The Queen Mother of the West said.