Chapter 319: Three Corpses Disaster (46k)

Long winds blow, blowing ten thousand miles, the bright moon is still there, where to start.

Zhang Fan's soul-aspect is like before, also like a newborn, not the me of yesterday, not the me of today.

As if outside black and white, just like between gods and demons.

He stepped over, making that North Zhang disciple turn into flying ash in an instant, body dead and spirit destroyed, domineering to the point of being peerless, terrifying to the point of being unbearable.

"Zhang Fan..."

The dark clouds above the black night firmament slowly dissipated, and the bright moonlight spilled on Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

Xia Xia Weisheng, Qi Brothers Qi Delong, Qi Dongqiang, Fang Fang Changle, and others all stared at Zhang Fan, revealing indescribable expressions.

They could clearly feel that Zhang Fan's realm had not improved at all, but that soul-aspect seemed to have undergone a change of heaven and man, appearing in front of everyone with an incomprehensible posture, gestures, and divine power.

Even the North Zhang disciple was like an ant in front of him, life and death collapsing, only in the blink of an eye.

"Zhang Zhang Huntian... died!?" Huang Huang Sanlang's eyes trembled, filled with disbelief.

That was a North Zhang disciple, a person who had conferred gods and set titles. In just the time of a breath, he actually died? Died at the hands of Zhang Fan...

Huang Huang Sanlang's eyes trembled, he stared in horror at the soul-aspect in the distance...

At this moment, he couldn't even determine if this was still Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

"The rat of Huangpi Cave."

Zhang Fan's soul-aspect looked sideways, as if feeling Huang Huang Sanlang's attention.

Just one look, Huang Huang Sanlang was terrified, stunned in place, actually not daring to move half a step.

"Let you go once, and you still come to seek death!"

Zhang Fan slowly reached out his palm and hooked his fingers. Huang Huang Sanlang's face changed suddenly, light shining on his spirit platform, and his soul-aspect was actually detained directly.

"Don't... don't kill..." Huang Huang Sanlang's soul-aspect roared.

Bang...

Before the words fell, his soul-aspect actually exploded in front of everyone, turning into flowing light and dissipating.

Zhang Fan didn't even look at such a soul-aspect.

"Three Corpses Illuminating Fate... he practiced the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate!" Yu Yu Xuanji's face changed, her eyes filled with fear.

As the successor of Mount Mount Sanqing, she had once heard the seniors in the sect talk about the terror of the world's number one expert eighty years ago.

Three Corpses Daoist, he could occupy the world's number one throne, invincible and undefeated, because of that unparalleled method.

Three Corpses Illuminating Fate...

If the God and Demon Holy Fetus refined the soul-aspect into a shield, capable of immunizing almost all soul-aspect attacks.

Then the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate refined the soul-aspect into a spear. It is said that this method is completed, and it is the nemesis of the soul-aspects of all Daoist practitioners in the world.

"Zhang Fan... did he really practice the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate?" Xia Xia Weisheng muttered softly.

Qi Brothers Qi Delong, Qi Dongqiang, and Fang Fang Changle also revealed expressions of disbelief.

These three were Zhang Fan's close friends, clearly knowing that he practiced the God and Demon Holy Fetus.

Of the Nine Great Inner Dan Methods, being able to obtain one is already a great creation, not to mention that besides the God and Demon Holy Fetus, he actually practiced the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate!?

This is simply incredible.

"He hasn't practiced it yet."

Just then, Li Li Changgeng's voice echoed in everyone's ears, revealing unquestionable majesty.

"Li Li Changgeng, thanks to you, I finally broke the tribulation," Zhang Fan whispered solemnly.

The endless black night was too cold, too lonely. Now, he finally broke the Great Night Not Bright.

"Things don't go beyond three. This time, you must die thoroughly," Zhang Fan whispered.

"Zhang Fan, you are looking for death yourself, actually forcibly practicing the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate..." Li Li Changgeng said coldly.

"At the moment of success, it is the time when the tribulation comes."

"Is that so? I don't know when my tribulation will come, but you should die now," Zhang Fan whispered solemnly.

Boom—

As the words fell, his soul-aspect stepped out and arrived in front of Li Li Changgeng.

In an instant, a terrifying weather rushed from Zhang Fan's soul-aspect, the fierce power like a demon lord, the brilliant spiritual light like an immortal god.

Everyone dazed, seeing Zhang Fan's soul-aspect actually entangled with two strange images.

Three sticks of incense rose, hiding three mysterious figures, as if sitting above the nine heavens, like descending into the mortal world.

Once this image came out, everyone's soul-aspects were terrified, giving birth to boundless fear.

Besides this, black and white two Qi flowed around his body, like black sky and white day, like gods and demons distinct.

Boom—

Such terrifying weather actually forced Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect out of his body.

Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect was like the end of heaven and earth, that rising sun, golden light brilliant, glaze birth and death, the majestic momentum could no longer be suppressed, behind him were the endless Ten Thousand Great Mountains, vast and ancient, experiencing the vicissitudes of time.

"Worthy of being the successor of Bai He Guan!"

Such soul-aspect weather almost merged with the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

At this moment, Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect seemed to be this heaven, this earth, this mountain and river...

The domineering of Heaven and Earth Seizing Luck appeared in the human world at this moment.

Hum...

Suddenly, the incense image behind Zhang Fan's soul-aspect floated, and three mysterious figures seemed to jump out of it, strange and slender arms reaching into that infinite weather.

The next moment, they descended like ghosts, actually tearing and swallowing that majestic weather.

Boom—

Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect shook greatly, his luck was completely severed from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, falling from that domineering state.

"His Heaven and Earth Seizing Luck was broken!?"

Everyone was shocked, especially Yu Yu Xuanji. She had never seen Li Li Changgeng, who was high above, so embarrassed. His greatest reliance was actually broken in one encounter.

"Three Corpses Illuminating Fate is truly terrifying, it is the nemesis of soul-aspects. In front of it, there are weaknesses everywhere."

In the distance, Xia Xia Weisheng and others watched with numb scalps, a sense of despair and powerlessness rising in their hearts.

Li Li Changgeng was still like this. If it were them, the instinctual fear would be ten times greater.

Rip...

Suddenly, Zhang Fan's palm was like a knife, lightly cutting through the void, flowing light turning into a trajectory, cutting Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect into two.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, this minute, this second.

Everyone's eyes were wide open, looking at this unbelievable scene before them.

Soul-aspect is innate, adding one point or reducing one point has a huge impact.

However, at this time, Li Li Changgeng's soul-aspect was directly cut at the waist.

Whoosh...

Sure enough, the sky shook, the earth rumbled, as if seeing off this practitioner of Heaven and Earth Seizing Luck.

Everyone felt Li Li Changgeng's aura weakening, like a candle in the wind, like life and death extinction.

This successor of Bai He Guan finally fell at Zhang Fan's feet.

The incomplete soul-aspect was dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Dead... Li Li Changgeng is dead..."

Jiangzhen Xiang Jiangzhen Xiang Tingshan and Yu Yu Xuanji's faces trembled, like mourning for their parents. They couldn't believe, nor did they want to believe, that the successor known as the strongest of Bai He Guan in a thousand years, the practitioner of Heaven and Earth Seizing Luck, the existence that awakened three heaven-given supernatural powers...

With such a halo, so incredible... this kind of person should be like a bright pearl shining, deterring the Daoist world of the world, just like that peerless Chu Chaoran True Person.

How could such a person die?

"Tribulation is the method of longevity, unfortunately there is no you on this path," Zhang Fan's soul-aspect said indifferently.

"You think you can live?" Li Li Changgeng's remnant thought sneered.

"Hungry..."

"Hungry..."

"Hungry..."

Suddenly, a strange and gloomy sound echoed in heaven and earth, echoing in the deep empty valley.

Zhang Fan's face changed slightly, looking up abruptly, and saw a wriggling gray shadow covering it, black particles constantly surging from the surroundings, merging into that gray shadow.

"This is..."

Those dense black particles were what were stripped from the soul-aspect when merging spirits, unknown.

"Three Corpses become disaster... Three Corpses become disaster..." Li Li Changgeng's remnant thought sneered.

"

In the distance, Jiangzhen Xiang Jiangzhen Xiang Tingshan's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to see clearly.

Just from this single step of distance, his soul-aspect suddenly leaped out from his body, and it flew uncontrollably toward that gray, misty figure.

"Save me..."

Jiangzhen Xiang Jiangzhen Xiang Tingshan let out a muffled cry of shock, barely able to control himself, but the next moment, his soul-aspect was swallowed by that constantly writhing gray figure.

Immediately after, a strange and terrifying chewing sound emanated from within it.

"Run!"

Zhang Fan's complexion changed abruptly, and he let out a shout of shock.

Xia Xia Weisheng, Qi Brothers Qi Delong, Qi Dongqiang, Fang Fang Changle, and the others immediately realized the danger and fled toward the distance one after another.

At the same time, Zhang Fan took a step forward and arrived right in front of that gray, misty figure.

He reached out a hand, the incense smoke behind him swaying, its trajectory like flowing light, severing the writhing, eerie figure.

Hum...

Almost at the same moment, the severed figure drifted into the distance, and under Zhang Fan's gaze, it merged once again, continuously absorbing the black particles surging in from the surroundings.

Immediately after, an incredible scene appeared.

The gray, misty figure slowly took shape; its form was nearly that of a soul-aspect, and its appearance was almost identical to Zhang Fan's.

"The Three Corpse Gods!?"

In front of the dilapidated Daoist temple, Li Li Miaoyin's face turned pale as she looked at this eerie scene before her, whispering to herself.

The Three Corpses, like the soul-aspect, are innate.

Just like a disease-carrying gene in the human genetic sequence, they are born with us, and one never knows when they might suddenly mutate.

The Three Corpses are the great illness of seeking immortality; they hide within the soul-aspect, are innate, arise at the beginning of cultivation, and become the tribulation of achieving immortality.

The Three Corpses Illuminating Fate—first dividing the soul, then merging the soul—is the reorganization of the soul-aspect, severing the Three Corpse Gods that accompany one from birth.

Only then does the cultivation of the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate truly begin.

That is the greatest tribulation of this technique!

The Three Corpses become a disaster, and the soul-aspect becomes a tribulation.

"No wonder this technique is so difficult to refine. Throughout history, those who have achieved great success can be counted on one hand." Zhang Wuming's expression was solemn, lost in thought.

"Hungry..."

The gray, misty figure resembled a soul-aspect, yet it was not; it seemed to be gradually awakening its consciousness and instincts, emitting a strange sound, its eerie gaze fixed upon Zhang Fan.

Between the two, a resonance was instantly born, like yin and yang, like life and death, like heaven and earth, like gods and demons...

Whoosh...

Suddenly, the gray, misty figure opened its mouth wide, and the three sticks of incense smoke behind Zhang Fan's soul-aspect shook and swayed, being frantically swallowed by it.

"The Three Corpses Illuminating Fate is just like nourishment for this thing; it is devouring Zhang Fan's soul-aspect." Zhang Wuming said, losing his voice.

This scene was unimaginable and truly exceeded everyone's expectations.

No one had expected that the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate would have such a great tribulation.

Hum...

The gray, misty figure frantically swallowed the incense smoke within the vision of Zhang Fan's soul-aspect, and the three mysterious figures shook, as if they were about to be suppressed and devoured by that thing.

In an instant, it had grown much larger; the gray, misty figure was still writhing, but it was more real and closer to the state of a soul-aspect.

"It got this much stronger in just this short while?" The crowd's expressions changed abruptly, and they only dared to watch from afar.

They could feel that the aura of Zhang Fan's soul-aspect had weakened by a fraction.

However, the gray, misty figure did not seem full yet and had directly set its sights on Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

For the Three Corpse Gods, the original soul-aspect is their greatest nourishment and their greatest opportunity.

The reverse is also true.

Hum...

Just at this moment, the gray, misty figure followed the incense smoke in the vision, flowing over and directly swallowing toward Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

"This thing is simply the nemesis of the soul-aspect, especially for Zhang Fan." Zhang Wuming said in a deep voice.

At this very moment, he finally understood why the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate was so difficult to cultivate.

Even with heavenly luck and monstrous talent, one might avoid the great tribulation of dividing the soul and dodge the disaster of merging the soul, but at the moment of success, one must still suffer this disaster of the Three Corpses and be devoured by that eerie Three Corpse God.

Crack...

A strange chewing sound came, and the gray, misty figure began to gnaw on Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

Hum...

Just at this moment, the black and white dual Qi flowed, and a terrifying phenomenon rose up, like the long, endless night, dragging Zhang Fan's soul-aspect into it.

The gray, misty figure shook violently, retreating frantically into the distance, its eerie eyes fixed firmly on Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

"The Great Night That Does Not Brighten?"

The crowd could not help but be moved.

This thing was afraid of the Great Night That Does Not Brighten!?

"Gods and demons..."

The gray, misty figure made strange, babbling sounds in its mouth.

Rumble...

Just at this moment, the black and white dual Qi phenomenon flowed like shackles, heavily sealing the incense smoke vision, and the strands of incense smoke were forcibly suppressed, unable to emerge again.

The gray, misty figure immediately lost its connection.

"He used the God-Demon Sacred Embryo to suppress the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate?" Zhang Wuming looked at the changes in Zhang Fan's soul-aspect, revealing an expression of incomprehension.

Who could have imagined that back then, Zhang Fan used the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate to break the tribulation of the God-Demon Sacred Embryo.

Today, he was using the God-Demon Sacred Embryo to suppress the tribulation of the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate.

Between these two supreme internal alchemy techniques, there seemed to exist some extremely subtle connection.

Hum...

The gray, misty figure stared fixedly at Zhang Fan, as if sensing an instinctive danger; its form leaped, and in the blink of an eye, it vanished from everyone's sight, disappearing between heaven and earth.

"Sure enough, there is a great disaster."

Zhang Fan's soul-aspect stared at the direction where that thing had disappeared, his expression ugly, and he let out a long breath.

He took a step and returned to his physical body.

"How is it?"

Li Li Miaoyin hurried forward to ask.

"It's fine. I suppressed my soul-aspect and locked down the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, so that thing can no longer sense me." Zhang Fan waved his hand, and a trace of vitality gradually returned to his face.

For him, escaping the Great Night That Does Not Brighten and having his soul-aspect recover could be considered a great fortune.

However, the Three Corpses becoming a disaster was destined the moment that eerie thing was born; between the two, there is life but no death, and only by devouring one side can they be considered truly complete and truly perfect.

"I thought it was the end, but I didn't expect it to be the beginning!"

Zhang Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Regardless, at least the soul-aspect is complete now." Li Li Miaoyin comforted him.

"On the path of cultivation, there are indeed trials upon trials; once one tribulation falls, another must surely rise."

As he spoke, Zhang Fan walked out of the dilapidated Daoist temple, supported by Li Li Miaoyin.

At this time, Xia Xia Weisheng, Qi Brothers Qi Delong, Qi Dongqiang, Fang Fang Changle, and the others also gathered around one after another.

"How are you?" Fang Fang Changle could not help but ask.

"It's no hindrance now."

Zhang Fan waved his hand; his soul-aspect had returned and he had escaped the Great Night That Does Not Brighten, naturally making him better than before, but the Three Corpses becoming a disaster required him to divert a portion of his power to suppress the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate.

"What exactly was that thing?" Qi Brothers Qi Delong could not help but ask.

"I'm not very clear either." Zhang Fan shook his head.

Regarding the mysteries of the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, he still could not fully understand them even now.

The influence that thing had on him still required further research and observation.

But Zhang Fan had an intuition that the moment that thing was born, an extremely subtle connection was formed between them, a connection that transcended life, death, and fate.

"It is your greatest nemesis now." Li Li Miaoyin could not help but say.

"Perhaps..." Zhang Fan shook his head.

"Let's leave here first; the commotion was too big." Zhang Fan let out a long breath.

This trip could be considered a success.

"You're leaving already!?"

Just at this moment, a soft and melodious voice came from the distance.

Zhang Fan looked up; under the bright moonlight, a beautiful woman walked over gracefully, a cinnabar mole between her brows, holding a tabby cat in her arms.

"It's you!?" Zhang Fan's brows lifted, and he recognized her instantly.

Not long ago, he had seen this woman on the high-speed train.

"I remember you; you came to my house when I was little." Zhang Fan's gaze narrowed, a trace of reminiscence welling up.

"You remembered. It seems you really did escape the Great Night That Does Not Brighten." A different kind of brilliance flashed in the beautiful woman's eyes.

"In that case, after your father, you have truly refined the God-Demon Sacred Embryo."

"Who exactly are you?" Zhang Fan asked, extremely vigilant.

In his memories, this woman had once appeared in their home, but his mother's attitude toward her did not seem very friendly.

"You can call me..."

"Chen Long!" The beauty with the cinnabar mole's lips curled up slightly, and she chuckled.

(End of chapter)