Since he had once crafted Deathwalkers before, and this method of creation was painstakingly devised by the ‘Undying Nether Emperor’ through countless trials, he naturally executed it with practiced ease now.
“Pfft.”
The single green crystal merged into the colossal, four-hoofed beast’s body.
The Undying Nether Emperor watched intently from the side. Only after a full half-hour did he sense a faint, almost imperceptible change in the aura of the four-hoofed beast’s corpse.
“Everything is proceeding as expected.”
“The purified and immense vitality from refining the Source Blood has finally stirred a trace of ‘vigor’ in this corpse.”
“World-Devouring Spirit Liquid, go!” The Undying Nether Emperor grabbed the amber-like artifact and hurled it. The artifact flew above the four-hoofed beast’s corpse, and under his control, a single drop of iridescent liquid emerged from the ‘amber artifact’ and fell into the corpse below. The countless secret runes already inscribed on the corpse’s surface were immediately activated, absorbing and transforming the liquid the moment it made contact.
One drop, two drops, three drops…
The Undying Nether Emperor carefully ‘fed’ the corpse, and gradually, this corpse of a Hunyuan lifeform began to show signs of vitality, its aura fluctuating and churning. However, the surrounding suppression arrays ensured none of this leaked outward.
After two hours, all one hundred drops of ‘World-Devouring Spirit Liquid’ had been fed to the corpse. The abdomen of the Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse now faintly rose and fell, breathing in and out, stirring the air around it—though it still lacked any consciousness.
After all, controlling the corpse of a Hunyuan lifeform was no simple feat. Even the lowest-tier Hunyuan lifeform could not be manipulated through ordinary means. Common puppets or weapons could easily develop sentience, but inducing sentience in a Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse… was incomparably more difficult.
“The most critical moment has arrived. Hmph, no one on the Heart Realm Continent would dare disrupt my ritual now,” the Undying Nether Emperor murmured, cold light flashing in his eyes. “Anyone who dares interfere shall perish!”
“Activate!”
He formed a seal before his chest, channeling all his power to guide and control the secret runes already engraved within the corpse.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The massive, eerily breathing corpse of the Hunyuan lifeform suddenly manifested three black vortices in its chest and abdomen.
“Hurry!”
With a thought, the Undying Nether Emperor hurled forth the three Supreme Wraiths.
Supreme Wraiths represented the pinnacle of wraithkind—the most terrifying specters, forged from countless tormented souls by the Eternal Night Primogenitor. These wraiths possessed truly formidable souls, but they were saturated with boundless resentment, hatred, and killing intent. Their sheer malice alone could annihilate Chaos Realm cultivators! Even a Cosmic Deity’s rage could never reach such heights.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
No matter how fearsome these Supreme Wraiths were, they were instantly sucked into the three black vortices without any resistance.
Each Supreme Wraith shrieked in unwilling agony as they were dragged into the abyssal whirlpools.
“Ahhh!”
“No—!”
“Kill, kill, kill…!”
After absorbing the Supreme Wraiths, the three black vortices expanded dramatically, each now spanning a million miles in diameter—conspicuous even on the enormous corpse of the Hunyuan lifeform.
Within the black vortices, the faces of the Supreme Wraiths occasionally surfaced, each contorted in torment as they were burned away as fuel.
“Come, come, come!” The Undying Nether Emperor’s expression twisted with frenzied excitement.
Rumble—
The surrounding nations—each vast in territory, though located at the edge of the Heart Realm Continent—collectively formed an immense region.
Now, a dark, malevolent formation materialized in the skies above these lands. Though dawn had just broken, this sinister formation blotted out the heavens, stretching endlessly across fifteen nations!
Within the shrouded regions, countless cities—populated by humans, beasts, plant life, and cultivators of all races—felt a dark, devouring force seize their souls. Some were asleep, some cultivating, some laboring, yet all found their souls forcibly ripped from their bodies.
“It hurts, it hurts!”
They felt as though their souls were being flayed by blades.
“What’s happening to us?”
They looked around in confusion.
They were floating upward—countless souls rising into the sky.
Glancing down at their cities, they saw countless lifeless bodies collapsed below.
“No, no—!”
From unborn infants in their mothers’ wombs to Cosmic Deities ruling as sovereigns, all were equally powerless as their souls were torn from their flesh.
In one city, billions of souls ascended.
In a capital, the souls were so dense they blotted out the sky, all being drawn toward a single point.
The sheer scale was staggering.
Countless souls writhed in agony, screaming and struggling—but to no avail. Even Cosmic Deities could not resist.
…
Fifteen nations were affected, twelve of them entirely engulfed. The number of living beings was unimaginable, and all their souls were being drawn toward a single destination.
“Come, come!”
The Undying Nether Emperor stood mid-air, orchestrating it all.
Whoosh.
A vast sea of souls from the distance was instantly teleported over, violently sucked into the three massive black vortices hovering above the Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse.
This devouring had to proceed step by step. The Undying Nether Emperor was responsible for supplying the ‘nourishment,’ teleporting countless souls from different regions en masse. The souls currently ‘flying’ were merely those naturally drawn by the suction.
“With so many souls, twelve days should suffice. Burning the Supreme Wraiths as a catalyst and offering the multitudes as sacrifice will awaken the nascent sentience within this Hunyuan lifeform’s revitalized body! Once sentience emerges, forging it into a Deathwalker will be trivial.” The Undying Nether Emperor was brimming with anticipation.
“What—?”
“This…!”
Across the Heart Realm Continent, the Supremes—far more attuned to the workings of the world and the laws of existence—sensed the ritual the moment it began.
“Madness. Utter madness.” The ‘Summer Emperor’ of the Xiawind Ancient Nation watched from his palace, his mastery of the Void Path allowing him to witness the countless souls rising from fifteen nations. The sight chilled him to the core.
His first thought was of one man—
The Undying Nether Emperor!
The Undying Nether Emperor—a figure of terror and evil predating even the first Ancient Nation War. Among the invincible existences, he was arguably the strongest. He embodied ‘death,’ responsible for the demise of countless lives.
Back then, the Heart Realm Continent was weaker, and none could oppose him.
“It’s him.” The Summer Emperor ‘saw’—the enormous corpse of the Hunyuan lifeform bound by sixteen massive bronze chains, the three black vortices devouring endless souls.
…
“The Undying Nether Emperor? I heard he was ruthless even in ancient times.” The Destruction God Emperor, seated upon his throne, observed from afar. Though he himself was now regarded as the most tyrannical of the invincible existences, even he felt a chill witnessing the Undying Nether Emperor’s scale of slaughter—the countless souls rising, the Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse.
There was still a gap between them.
For instance, no other powerhouse on the Heart Realm Continent could produce an intact Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse.
…
“How can he do this?!” The Infinite City Lord roared in fury.
…
“Impressive, truly impressive.” The Moonflower Nation’s ruler watched with a faint smile. “As expected of the Undying Nether Emperor—returning with such a grand spectacle.”
…
“His plan involves a Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse? Where did he obtain it—from the Broken Tooth Mountain Range, or beyond this realm?” The Eternal Night Primogenitor and the Absolute Night Primogenitor also observed from afar. They had contributed some resources but never knew the Undying Nether Emperor’s true goal. Now, they finally understood.
…
“What is this?” The Insect Ancestor’s expression darkened. “He demanded the World-Devouring Spirit Liquid for this?”
…
“A lunatic.” The three progenitors of the Snowfrost Ancient Nation scoffed. As practitioners of the ‘Strength Breaks All’ path, they disdained such methods.
…
Though the Supremes detected the ritual immediately, only three chose to intervene.
Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh.
Three figures appeared almost simultaneously near the colossal Hunyuan lifeform’s corpse—the Summer Emperor, the Infinite City Lord, and the Mokai Nation’s ruler.
The Summer Emperor manipulated the void, halting the teleportation of countless souls.
“Cease this!” he bellowed.
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