[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses":3,"chapter-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-229":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},315876,581,"Chapter 229 - 227: Chasing Life","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-229",229,"\u003Cp>\"Retreat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four martial artists combined forces but failed to kill the female Daoist; instead, one died and another was injured in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining three had no desire to resist any longer and decisively escaped in different directions, breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the female Daoist harbored a deep hatred for the Dragon-slaying Saber, Song Qijun, who had nearly ambushed her, and she pursued him relentlessly, determined to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qijun pushed his lightweight skill to the limit, his whole body glowing with a faint white light, constantly bouncing around various houses and buildings to evade the female Daoist’s flying sword as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the midst of their chase, Song Qijun felt his true strength nearing exhaustion, and he couldn’t help but show a bitter, despairing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he closed his eyes, awaiting death,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woo woo woo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black axe came tearing through the air, striking the female Daoist’s flying sword with a \"clang\" and saving the Dragon-slaying Saber from certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist was furious, and the flying sword turned into a silver light, shooting toward the initial source of the disturbance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the black axe didn’t proceed along its original trajectory but suddenly stopped mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it flew back at an even faster speed, with a \"clang\" again knocking aside the silver light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What! A fellow companion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist was shocked and hesitated, standing uncertain, while the silver light returned to float protectively in front of her, revealing its true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a three-inch-long handleless silver sword, swimming around her like a fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deflecting the silver light, the black axe struck a house with a \"bang,\" and no further sound came from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should not be a fellow companion but a martial artist’s trickery.\" After investigating for a while, the female Daoist concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Searching the area, she could no longer see Song Qijun’s figure, nor could she discover Lou Yi, who was using his \"disguise\" talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, if I could break through to Foundation Establishment and project my divine sense, none of them would escape!\" The female Daoist muttered somewhat unwillingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she did not continue her search and directly turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s strange, not in line with her usual style.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi, hiding in a low house, observed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just sneaked nearby and discovered Song Qijun was being pursued. After some thought, he decided to act in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his disguise talent and experiments over the past few days proving that the female Daoist couldn’t detect him, he naturally wouldn’t stand by and watch someone die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist’s retreat just now certainly wasn’t out of goodwill, but likely because her cultivation had reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indicated that her cultivation wasn’t infinite, similar to a martial artist’s true strength, having the potential to be exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal Masters are not invincible,\" Lou Yi realized with a hint of clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he also understood that ordinary martial artists couldn’t kill an Immortal Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to cultivators, martial artists were far behind in mechanisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by getting close was there a slim chance of victory, but would a cultivator be foolish enough to let them get close?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to continue enhancing his cultivation, Lou Yi thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next two days, Tai City still trembled under the terrifying shadow of the female Daoist. Several more batches of faction leaders were dragged out and slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lou Yi’s energy finally broke through to five thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the attribute panel and activated the barely visible \"+\" next to Lou’s Axe Skill:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou’s Axe Skill (Accomplished 0\u002F5000) → Lou’s Axe Skill (Perfection).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfamiliar memories emerged in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Great Wilderness, spanning a thousand miles, vegetation was rampant, and beasts roamed in droves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Axe King, Ahei, emerged gallantly, the human race’s circumstances improved, gradually becoming the dominant force in the Great Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several hundred years later, the Great Wilderness unified, and Ahei’s descendants established the Cang Kingdom. Axe skills became mainstream in the nation, eventually leading to the birth of a genius unmatched in history, known as the Axe Saint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Axe Saint, building on the Axe King’s foundation, created the soul-devouring divine skill suitable for group combat, allowing the Cang Kingdom to frequently gain the upper hand in battles with neighboring countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his later years, the Axe Saint started refining the ancient axe skills of the Axe King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, he saw great potential for improvement in the \"Vortex\" skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After throwing the axe, there was a way to change its movement direction, but it couldn’t be sustained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This posed significant limitations in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t there any way to improve it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Axe Saint believed that as long as a person’s conviction reached a certain strength, they could control their weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve this, there must be a unity between man and axe, with the axe in the person and the person in the axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent his days in the courtyard with the axe that had accompanied him in numerous victorious battles for decades, conducting his research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in rain or shine, while eating or sleeping, the axe never left his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even an incident of him holding the axe, spending a night amid the wind and snow, turning into a snowman, reaching a pathological degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although other martial artists in the Cang Kingdom highly revered the Axe Saint, they unanimously believed the Axe Saint had gone mad, losing his sanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one night, they heard a wild laugh echoing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all rushed over and saw a black silhouette repeatedly flying back and forth in the air, leaving everyone in disbelief...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Lou Yi slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of energy poured into his body from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this energy was different from the usual; it didn’t flow into his limbs but surged toward his head, feeling exceptionally cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His consciousness became extraordinarily clear and acute, unlike ever before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, his Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique activated automatically, and six strands of secret blood flowed ten times faster than usual, feeding back a faint, invisible ripple to the area above his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the spirit commanding the essence, nurturing the spirit with essence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the True Intent of the Soaring Eagle to the Sun he once saw, Lou Yi felt such enlightenment in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his brain explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, a \"cry\" echoed in his mind, as if a soaring eagle was born within!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be seen or touched, but Lou Yi could clearly perceive its existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world before his eyes became much clearer, more real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the floating dust in the air, track their movement, capture their moments of stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of feet away, on the ground, an ant—it could be accurately judged in which direction it would move next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his bond with the axe in his embrace became even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that with just a single thought...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the axe flew out from his embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It landed accurately on the ground ten feet away and then swiftly flew back into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original spinning skill could only affect the axe’s trajectory after being thrown, and couldn’t sustain the influence. But now, everything was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Yi looked at the attribute panel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Lou Yi]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Age: 19\u002F90]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: Six Blood Warrior (160\u002F600)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Technique: Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique (Tier Two, Accomplished 0\u002F10000+1 Spirit Tempering Flower)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills: Lou’s Axe Skill (Perfection), Extreme Fist (Accomplished 0\u002F3000), Light Body Technique (Accomplished), Secret Skill: Dragon Piercing Technique - Fragment (1)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Petrification (Accomplished 0\u002F10000+1 Ice Soul), Swift (Proficient 0\u002F100+1 Celestial Silkworm Silk), Disguise (Proficient 0\u002F300+1 Earth Vein Spirit Marrow), Tenacity (Mastery 0\u002F1000+1 Spirit-devouring Vine), Venom (Beginner 0\u002F20+1 Bone Decay Grass), Control (Beginner 0\u002F20+1 Soul Nourishing Lotus), Fireproof (Beginner 0\u002F30+1 Hundred-Year Phoenix Tree Core)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Energy: 23]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou’s Axe Skill had already reached perfection, unable to advance for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had acquired a new advanced axe skill: [Chasing Life]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chasing Life]: Allows man and axe to communicate to an extent, with the ability to control the axe’s trajectory in real-time, adapting to track a designated target. (The stronger the spirit, the longer the tracking time.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1375,"2026-05-30T02:45:59.888Z","2026-06-01T04:30:04.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","e4cc1e4a51c131349017be885105d0e60de07a0089f9d36d377ff3ec6f66aaa7","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-230","becoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-chapter-228",784,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-saint-by-touching-corpses-cover.jpg"]