Chapter 597

Chapter 597: The Undying Body of the Thunder Emperor

Li Hui entered the Heavenly Silkworm Altar.

It was said that this altar was opened by the Heavenly Silkworm, which over time produced remarkable effects for soul nurturing, making it rare to possess such abilities in the late stages.

“Melt, melt, melt…”

Days later, Chen Mengde found it strange that the same Corpse of Evil was consuming Cow Shock Stones and Reincarnation Stones, and it was the only one of its kind.

Even a dullard like Chen Mengde could see that Yu Haonan was merely a puppet controlled by this Corpse of Evil. A storm of thoughts swirled in his mind as he speculated, “I heard the Yu Family Fortress underwent drastic changes, and even a Profound Law Stage Practitioner died. Could this have been the doing of this Corpse of Evil? The difference in cultivation is vast! Wait, it’s generating thunder energy outside; is it about to advance?”

“Boom…”

Calamity clouds rolled in, and facing tribulation was quite common on the Nine-Mystic Continent. Various altars at the Heavenly Gate had means to protect against tribulation. However, this tribulation was vast and powerful, boundless in scope.

The entire Ground Energy Corpse Formation was undergoing tribulation, and the calamity power was naturally terrifying. Since ghostly and evil entities primarily faced tribulation through thunder, the air was filled with electric light and deafening thunder, exactly meeting Li Hui’s requirements.

“Melt, melt, melt…”

Chen Mengde opened his eyes wide, thinking, “My goodness! What is the origin of this Corpse of Evil? It is actually merging thunder calamity; did it absorb the Cow Shock Stones to prepare for this moment?”

Li Hui harnessed the power of thunder to attack his meridians, cleansing the Protective Ghost Vein Talismans hidden within his acupoints, and controlled the electric light with his spiritual sense to weave the Immortal Thunder Talisman.

This body’s Body Talisman was the Immortal Thunder Talisman, now synchronized inside and out, consuming Reincarnation Stones to raise the Immortal Thunder Talisman’s rank.

“Boom, boom, boom…” Just how terrifying was the thunder? It threatened to annihilate the Ground Energy Corpse Formation.

The third branch of the Yu Family had a habit of nurturing corpses, and their cultivation methods leaned towards ghost cultivation. Even if Li Hui was overly picky, he still managed to gather one hundred and eight Corpses of Evil for the Ground Energy Corpse Formation, which became even more extraordinary under the celestial adjustments at the Heavenly Silkworm Altar.

Such a large number of Corpses of Evil undergoing tribulation simultaneously caught the attention of several masters at the Heavenly Gate.

Li Hui could no longer afford to hesitate. If he didn’t seize this opportunity to grow stronger, escaping the Nine-Mystic Continent would become a question. Thus, he cast aside all concerns and frantically absorbed the thunder calamity, allowing his body to be bathed in the thunder essence.

The outer layer of thunder energy became denser, and with a shout, the Kunpeng Legal Form emerged from his back, rapidly growing in size from ten zhang to a hundred zhang.

“What?”

Ancestor Duoming was most shocked. This little disciple of his had clearly died and become a Corpse of Evil; how could he possibly cultivate the legal form of a living practitioner?

Once this legal form appeared, Li Hui felt relieved. Taking this step demonstrated that Li Sifan’s obsession had dissipated to a great extent, and the residual effects were minimized. With careful observation, one would notice a vertical line in the center of the Kunpeng legal form, representing the third eye, with the Six Paths legal form hidden within.

Many Corpses of Evil within the Ground Energy Corpse Formation began to exude barrier energy, showcasing formidable might.

The thunder calamity of the Nine-Mystic Continent was exceedingly potent. Suddenly, Li Hui looked up to the sky, noticing a light different from the thunder calamity descending rapidly, too late to react before it crashed down; the thunder’s roar grew deafening.

“Yang Thunder?” At least ten masters from the Heavenly Gate cast their gazes over.

Li Hui spewed blood, which piqued Duoming’s curiosity—corpses should bleed black-green, so why was this little disciple’s blood red?

The blood was indeed red, for Li Hui had never strayed from the thread of vitality. The bloodshed at the Yu Family Fortress had drawn out countless essence blood; even though his heart had stopped beating, he pounded his body every few hours and trained using the Nanhua Sutra, waiting for revival.

Yang Thunder dispels impurity and is particularly effective against evil!

Just from the backlash, the barrier energy from the Corpses of Evil around him collapsed, leaving only Li Hui seated, though not a part of him was unscathed.

“Crack…” More Yang Thunder fell, followed by one after another, striking a total of forty-nine times, before finally tapering off, as the troublesome beings turned to scraps.

Traveling Realm Practitioners would be caught flustered and have a hard time dealing with such Yang Thunder. For someone who had just stepped into the All-Manifestation Realm, it was like receiving a death sentence.

After all, it was the joint tribulation of one hundred and eight Corpses of Evil that provoked Heaven’s wrath; who could blame the recklessness? Moreover, to be audacious enough to absorb thunder calamity was unthinkable.

Without madness, there’s no survival; if Li Hui wished to live, he had to embrace his madness.

The thunder didn’t dissipate; bolts of electricity splattered across the ground’s remnants of bones and blood, forming a lightning chain. It was unclear how much time passed when a faint light emerged.

Don’t underestimate this faint light; it was Yang Thunder, though insignificant in appearance, in a moment it pulsed like a heartbeat.

“Thump, thump, thump, thump…” The sound of its beating was powerful like a drumbeat.

“What is this? Restoring life?” Several silhouettes flew above the Heavenly Silkworm Altar, looking down in disbelief. The shattered flesh and bones began to reorganize, and as the electric light pulsed, it attracted the nearby Cow Shock Stones and Reincarnation Stones, accelerating the reconstruction process and adjusting it using the power of the Heavenly Silkworm Altar.

A master praised, “A perfect body, a reborn vessel.”

Evil Dragon Master stood in the air, sneering, “You all underestimated him. This child absorbed thunder calamity and even Yang Thunder; he refined the Yang Thunder Dao Body starting from the Yin Thunder Dao Body. With this, he possesses the Undying Body of the Thunder Emperor. As long as a drop of blood escapes via forced retreat to a place with thunder, he can immediately reconstruct his body, and it may even be stronger than before.”

“Whose disciple is he?” The masters looked at Duoming.

“Uh, this child has some connection to me, but he is merely Yu Haonan’s Corpse of Evil; this master has no ties to him,” Ancestor Duoming recalled Li Sifan’s words, urging him to step back, feeling something was off and taking the opportunity to distance himself.

Evil Dragon Master remarked, “This brat killed my new disciple Yu Haonan; if there are not too many entanglements, I should compensate for my losses by taking him under my wing.”

Other masters had similar thoughts; the Yang Thunder Dao Body combined with the Undying Body of the Thunder Emperor, although cultivated post-natally, was still quite rare and formidable.

Li Hui had already been reborn, feeling an increasing disconnection from Li Sifan, and even his appearance started to resemble his future self. However, a hastily formed body would always be inferior, far from the realm of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and each revival required consuming a portion of the body’s lifespan.

His cultivation advanced from the early stages of Wanxiang to the mid-stage Myriad Forms, but here it stopped. Even with the Heavenly Silkworm Altar thickening the foundation, his potential was depleted.

Li Hui shattered all the Thunder Crystal Jades, with all his acupoints becoming like bottomless pits, drawing thunder spiritual energy into them. Just as he was about to further strengthen the effect of the Reincarnation Stones, he suddenly felt a wave of foreboding.

“Not good!”

As soon as he thought this, all the Barrier Zombies soared into the air, forming a formation to withstand the impending terrifying pressure.

How long had it been? The dreadful existence sealed at Wan Nest Island struck again, far more terrifying than before, seeking to crush Li Hui’s true legal form with sheer force.

Seventy-two Barrier Zombies collapsed simultaneously, turning to smoke, while another thirty-six twisted and transformed.

Li Hui seized the fleeting opportunity to use lightning escape, and in a breath’s time, all remaining Barrier Zombies were obliterated. The masters retreated in terror as Evil Dragon Master roared, “Capture this boy at all costs; he bears immense significance!”