Chapter 336

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Chapter 336: The Undead

The Ghost Diary rolled off Chu Jiang onto the ground, but it didn’t stop struggling; instead, it continued to tremble.

At the same time, the Purple Wei forbidden talisman drawn by the old man didn’t disappear either. It still weighed down on the diary, making it difficult to act out of line for the time being.

To be honest, even the old man had never seen such a powerful seal like the Ghost Diary before.

The majority of seals are unable to move themselves, let alone possess the tendency to consume their own master and have such strong attacking methods like the Ghost Diary.

Fortunately, it must adhere to its own rules in order to function. If it were to act recklessly, it’s afraid it couldn’t be called a seal anymore, but rather a ghost in a special state.

On the other hand, Chu Jiang’s situation is not optimistic — he has already reached a critical condition.

Now he is like racing against time, to see if he can control Black Sun first, or if Black Sun will completely corrupt him.

The old gentleman is also closely watching Chu Jiang’s condition, especially the sun cluster inside him that is constantly struggling, unable to break free from the restraint of Chu’s Jiang, gradually becoming silent.

As time passed, Chu Jiang gradually stopped struggling, and no longer muttered words like "heaven" in his mouth. His expression unexpectedly began to become peaceful…

But the old gentleman saw this scene and frowned, murmuring to himself, "Did he fail?"

Just as he hesitated whether to intervene and try to save Chu Jiang’s life, he suddenly saw a bizarre and chilling scene!

In that instant, Chu Jiang completely transformed into Chu’s Jiang, even his head turned into a green-black zombie face.

That face gave everyone who saw it a subconscious feeling – death, pale death.

But this scene lasted only for a moment, not even a tenth of a second; in the next moment, Chu Jiang’s head returned to its original state, and he started struggling again.

"What is going on?" The old gentleman was extremely astonished.

If Chu Jiang broke through before he died and fully mastered Chu’s Jiang power, the old man would not be so surprised.

But how is it possible to instantly grasp everything and then suddenly regress?

There was even a moment when the old man doubted his own eyes, but reason told him it was impossible, there were indeed extremely strange and eerie changes happening to Chu Jiang.

Since Chu Jiang is still struggling, at this moment, of course, the situation is gradually being turned around by him.

The entire process of controlling has been going on for nearly twenty minutes, and the movement of the Black Sun is getting smaller and smaller, and the speed of the light sphere moving inside Chu Jiang is also becoming slower.

Just when Lin Mohua secretly breathed a sigh of relief for Chu Jiang, the situation on the scene changed again.

The scenery in the courtyard flickered for a moment, leaves that were falling to the ground just a second ago inexplicably floated up; Chu Jiang’s expression also changed from struggling little by little to peaceful, it seems like time has started flowing backward!

Yes, before losing control completely, the Black Sun once again used the "Time Restart," an ability that can be called a bug-level power.

Chu Jiang’s state is being reversed, the state of the Ghost Diary is being reversed, even the old man’s black mist chains and the crimson talismans are being reversed.

But the old man remained motionless, as if he existed outside of the time controlled by the Black Sun.

The old man frowned, but just as he was about to intervene, he suddenly stopped.

The old man looked at Chu Jiang seriously, as if he wanted to take another look at "that face" once again.

However, what the old man didn’t expect was that when time reversed to the moment when Chu Jiang turned into a fully-fledged zombie, it suddenly froze.

More precisely, it froze at the moment when Chu Jiang’s head still maintained its human form.

At this particular moment, no matter how hard the Black Sun tried, it couldn’t push time backwards. It was as if an unknown force separated time, preventing anything from tracing back to that moment in history.

After a standoff, the Black Sun finally stopped its futile efforts, and time continued to flow forward normally.

The old man was greatly surprised. Instead of taking action, he simply stared at the Ghost Diary, making sure the diary didn’t cause any trouble.

In fact, at this point, the Black Sun had exhausted all means. Therefore, Chu Jiang should be on the verge of victory.

……

When about thirty minutes had passed, Chu Jiang fell back into a deep sleep.

But at the same time, there was no longer any unusual light emanating from his body; even his clothes were completely torn apart as his body transformed into a human form.

Ghost Diary stopped struggling long ago, lying on the ground like it was dead, unsure if it would regret missing such a good opportunity.

The old man stared at Chu Jiang for a while, then cautiously approached to check on his condition.

The conclusion was positive; although Chu Jiang appeared more gloomy, the Black Sun had indeed become one of the spirits within him, based solely on its effects.

This spirit dwelled and condensed in Chu Jiang’s heart, faintly forming a confrontational relationship with Chu’s Jiang’s power.

However, this didn’t mean that Chu Jiang could rest easy from now on. The Black Sun would continuously erode its host, and the pressure it brought was incomparable to the two spirits in his left and right hands.

The old man first draped a piece of clothing over Chu Jiang, then ignored him and limped out of the courtyard with his cane.

At the same time, he said to a certain direction, "Go and inform the others, convene a family meeting."

Lin Mohua outside the courtyard whispered a response, then quickly sneaked away.

……

When Chu Jiang woke up, it was already nighttime.

He opened his eyes, and they were a pair of cold, lifeless eyes, without any emotions. They looked like a pair of shining, strange black-gold lava, sparkling in the dark night.

However, as Chu Jiang blinked, the black-gold color faded away and turned into a ghostly gray-white.

He blinked again, and his pupils turned back to the normal black of a regular person. Only then did Chu Jiang sit up.

He instinctively pressed his heart, feeling a burning sensation mixed with a chilling power. It constantly radiated ripples, corroding his body.

Chu Jiang’s mouth twitched, revealing an unpleasant smile.

That feeling came back again, the feeling of becoming less and less like a human.

When Chu Jiang woke up this time, he didn’t feel the same ease as after the Dark Left Hand transplant. His biggest realization was: he became more indifferent, even more extreme, more like a ghost than a human.

As for his body, it felt much heavier, as if carrying something while moving forward.

The three ghosts, Black Sun, Blood Hand Ghost, and Dark Left Hand, were currently affecting his body. Thanks to Chu’s Jiang’s help, he could barely resist their erosion, but only maintained a delicate balance on the verge of losing control.

Chu Jiang was certain that if he used the full power of all four ghosts at the same time, something bad would happen.

Of course, he paid a price, but at the same time, he also became stronger.

Chu Jiang casually put on a set of clothes and then tested his newly gained abilities, including: Black Flame, Ghost Domain, creating ghost servants, meme infection, and time restart.

All five of these were brought by the Black Sun, and their effects were terrifying. Chu Jiang himself was amazed when he tried them.

So, this is the power of an S-class ghost? Indeed, the risks are terrifying, but the rewards are also terrifyingly high.

By the way, Chu Jiang doesn’t remember the second half of the process very clearly.

He only remembers that Black Sun contaminated him, and he struggled desperately to maintain his humanity. But later, due to unbearable pain, he gradually lost consciousness.

Then Chu Jiang had another dream, still about the ritual, and still heard distant songs.

The mournful melody, every time he heard it, seemed to take him back hundreds or thousands of years ago, to the era when the ancient people of Chu worshipped…

Gathering himself, Chu Jiang began to explore other changes in his body.

Then he discovered that as the transformation into Chu’s Jiang reached eighty percent, he gained a new ability. This ability was related to controlling life and death, although it wasn’t fully developed yet.

For now, it could only be considered controlling "death."

As for the rest, Chu Jiang could only sense subtle changes in his attitude.

He disliked this change, the feeling of looking down on mortals and seeing oneself as a superior deity.

Chu Jiang guessed that this was one of the negative effects caused by the high transformation of Chu’s Jiang and the inclusion of the Black Sun. He hoped to overcome it as much as possible in his future life.

He always felt that he was human, he was before, he is now, and he will be in the future.

……

Standing up, Chu Jiang picked up the Ghost Diary beside his feet.

Needless to say, this fellow must be causing trouble again. If it weren’t for the old man watching him, he might have been digested by it already.

Chu Jiang tapped the cover of the Ghost Diary with his finger and emotionlessly put it away.

Just then, the old man walked in from outside the yard.

With his hands behind his back, he asked, "How do you feel?"

Chu Jiang nodded and roughly explained his own feelings.

The old man nodded in agreement, saying, "It’s already pretty good. Ghost Master is like this. The stronger it becomes, the less human it looks. It’s up to you to correct your mindset."

"Then, I think you should take a look at what happened during the day."

As the old man spoke, he waved his hand and an image appeared in the courtyard. It showed Chu Jiang controlling Black Sun during the day.

Chu Jiang watched attentively, but halfway through, he noticed a subtle and discordant gap, as if a portion of the film had been abruptly cut out.

Chu Jiang looked at the old man in confusion.

However, the old man simply shook his head, indicating for him to continue watching.

Chu Jiang continued watching and discovered that Black Sun had undergone a reboot, but it seemed to get stuck at the missing part, unable to jump past it. This made Chu Jiang even more puzzled.

"What exactly happened during that time?"

The old man waved his hand to make the image disappear. He first described what he saw, then spoke solemnly, "I suspect that something went wrong with Chu’s Jiang, the ghost, during the inheritance process."

"This should be the reason why Chu’s Jiang, the former head of the Chu family over a hundred years ago, might not exist anymore."