Chapter 218: Seizing the Emperor's Fortune

At this moment, the imperial corpse below also sensed Zhang Jian's provocation, and a low, deep roar rose from beneath.

Fierce corpse qi boiled below, seeking to burst open the iron chains binding the golden coffin.

On the Nine Dragons Arching Wall of the well, each coiled dragon pattern flowed with intense golden light, as two opposing qi intertwined, causing the Golden Light Subduing Demon Formation to erupt fully.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unmoved; deep within his divine eyes, countless runes seemed to flow in the depths of confinement.

The vast yin spirit's divine sense calculated, and from his hand, streams of power flowed out with his technique, yet seeped into this Golden Light Subduing Demon Formation.

To him, such an unmanned formation was the easiest to break.

Well-versed in rune studies and formation arts, he could easily find their flaws, for they lacked many variations.

He could even turn the tables and seize control.

At this moment, he allowed streams of pure yang golden light to flow around his body, yet it seemed to ignore his presence, as the light continuously reflected off the Nine Dragons Arching Wall and was absorbed by the golden treasure mirrors hanging from the iron chains.

The golden light of this Golden Light Subduing Demon Formation appeared to form a perfect covering net, but in Zhang Jian's hands, it was riddled with flaws.

After a brief deduction, Zhang Jian directly locked onto the core of the formation—the pure yang mirror deep within the eye of the array.

A hint of surprise flickered in his eyes. "So the control method is merely the simple Cave God Five Extremes Thunder Method?"

The Cave God Five Extremes Thunder Method is the unexplained mystery of the Cave God Observatory, and its power is formidable.

Yet Zhang Jian had long since comprehended its essential secrets.

During his time guarding the Observatory Terrace, he had nearly mastered all the thunder methods of the Cave God Observatory, and for those he hadn't learned, he deduced them from fragments, even creating several profound thunder methods from scratch.

He opened his palm, and five-colored thunder flowed.

The core of the Cave God Five Extremes Thunder is the Five Elements Thunder Method—five elements flowing, utmost rigidity and yang, subduing all manner of demons and evil spirits.

At this moment, his power flowed, and his internal energy smoothly transformed into five-element thunder collisions; in an instant, the five-colored thunder struck the pure yang mirror, like a mud ox entering the sea.

Yet as this mighty thunder merged in, the Golden Light Subduing Demon Formation above gradually ceased its eruption.

Zhang Jian simultaneously felt a subtle connection arise between himself and this treasure mirror.

"Useful!"

With a thought, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, and streams of five-colored thunder shot from his hand, like a flood pouring into the pure yang mirror, gradually gaining partial control.

But Zhang Jian felt that this treasure was fundamentally strong, and within it, a divine spirit imprint lay curled; to fully seize it, he would likely have to contend with that divine spirit imprint.

This divine spirit imprint is almost certainly that of the founder of the Cave God Sect himself.

Then there's no need.

Temporarily controlling the Golden Light Subduing Demon Formation, Zhang Jian now gazed into the depths of the well; his eyes flickered, his vast yin spirit's divine sense probing the bottom, and moments later he saw countless dark killing qi and resentment flowing in the well's depths.

That resentment and killing qi flowed up from the depths of the dragon veins.

At the same time, a stream of dragon vein essence qi continuously surged from the dragon vein depths, flowing into the golden coffin, then drawn out by several dragon mouths on the Nine Dragons Arching Wall, and through the wall merged into another earth vein.

Zhang Jian could be certain that the end of that earth vein was none other than the location of the Great Qian Dragon Vein.

It is precisely this Shu State Dragon Vein qi that can flow into the Great Qian Dragon Vein.

And the imperial corpse within the golden coffin has become a device for transforming dragon qi—filtering the former dynasty's dragon vein royal killing qi and resentment, serving as a pivotal mechanism.

"Truly a monumental tragedy!"

Zhang Jian sighed; this Emperor Ai of Shu was also unfortunate—being the last emperor was bad enough, but even in death he found no peace, his soul sealed within his corpse, becoming a medium for Great Qian to steal the former dynasty's dragon qi, while he himself bore this tremendous backlash—no wonder his resentment grows heavier by the day.

Zhang Jian focused his gaze on inspecting the dragon vein below; yet beneath his spiritual sight, he saw that the dragon vein below was nearly withered.

The dragon vein essence qi had almost vanished.

What remained of the vast dragon vein was still saturated with intense resentment and killing qi; to take it would only invite the lingering evil force left behind after the former dynasty's collapse.

Zhang Jian would not invite trouble for himself.

Let the Great Qian Dragon Vein bear these things.

His gaze fell upon the imperial corpse within the golden coffin.

In this Three-Eyed Suppressing Evil Well, the only remaining benefit is this imperial corpse; dealing with this great demon should allow him to shear another sheep in the ancestral shrine.

Besides that, there is the imperial corpse itself.

Even a rotten ship has three pounds of nails.

Having absorbed much dragon vein essence qi, the corpse's corpse dan still stores another portion of dragon vein essence qi.

If he could subdue and liberate the imperial corpse, seize its dragon vein essence qi, perhaps it could supplement his fate.

The dragon vein backlash within has already been borne by the imperial corpse; the remaining dragon vein essence qi, after a bit of refinement, is actually comparatively pure.

With a thought, Zhang Jian hesitated not; his form slowly fell from the iron bridge and landed upon the golden coffin.

At the spot where Zhang Jian landed, streams of soul-purifying green lotuses descended, and under the pressure of the saving soul light, the numerous surging resentment, killing qi, and corpse qi were instantly dissolved by one green lotus after another.

Transforming malevolent qi into harmony.

But Zhang Jian knew that relying solely on his soul-purifying green lotuses might not be enough to liberate this terrifying imperial corpse.

This imperial corpse before him has absorbed the resentment and killing qi of the dragon vein here, accumulating over time; its physique has likely already surpassed that of a flying corpse, and is not far from becoming a corpse king.

If released, it could absorb lunar yin essence, and would likely directly transform, undergoing the tribulation of a corpse king.

Corpses such as these, great earth spirits, after reaching the corpse king realm, are equivalent to divine spirit true persons.

There are many kinds of corpse kings: drought demons, flying heavenly yakshas, blood corpses, five-element corpse spirits, and many more varieties.

The imperial corpse before him, being of imperial lineage and having absorbed the dragon vein's resentment and killing qi to revive, once emerged would undoubtedly be a terrifying kind of corpse king.

Now he must employ a thunderous strike to severely wound the imperial corpse's vital energy, so he can take its dragon qi for his own use.

He gazed toward the sky above Haojing City; he now has little time.

With a thought, Zhang Jian activated a special divine fire within his body.

This time it was not the mighty and yang Haoran Fire.

But the Heavenly Realm Purifying Fire!

This divine fire from the Heavenly Realm poured into the golden coffin, instantly refining the overflowing bloody corpse qi around it, and the fierce heavenly realm divine flame wrapped the entire golden coffin.

The celestial divine flame was poured into it, instantly turning the emperor's corpse inside the golden coffin into roasted meat inside an oil drum, as countless corpse vapors were burned away, emitting waves of anguished cries.

Zhang Jian's control over the celestial purifying fire was undoubtedly extremely precise, as strands of celestial purifying fire transformed into runes composed of flames, merely following the material of the golden coffin to seep into its depths without directly melting the coffin itself.

This roasting was like baking beggar's chicken.

In just a moment, it made the emperor's corpse inside suffer greatly, yet at this moment, the chains binding the outer side of the golden coffin remained intact, preventing his escape.

"Hou hou!

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At this moment, in another demon-suppressing well, hearing the commotion, the rear corpse also began to howl wildly in frenzy.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian paid no heed, waiting until he sensed that the emperor's corpse inside the golden coffin was on the verge of death from the burning, before he slowly spoke.

The yin spirit's divine awareness intruded within.

"Shu Emperor, I know you possess spirituality, so do not rush to struggle! How about we make a deal? You hand over the corpse pill within your body, and I will avenge you!

I also know that the fall of Shu was not your fault; the demise of a dynasty is the turning of the heavenly way, unchangeable. You are not entirely a foolish and mediocre lot—it was simply that your fate had run its course, and the dynasty naturally fell. But after your death, the High Ancestor of Great Qian still did not let you go, which is breaking the rules, using your corpse to bear the backlash and plunder Shu's fortune. In the future, he will inevitably suffer retribution as well!"

"Today, you will give me the dragon energy within your body; someday, when my Zhang family rises, I will surely take your place, vent this foul anger for you—what do you say?"