Chapter 170: Sacred Land of Immortal Dao (1/2)

The bloodcorpse instantly shrank to regular human size, severing the arm it’d extended aboveground. It slowly rose into the air, transforming into a smear of crimson light with blood-red eyes that stared fixedly at Lu Yun.

Sugato Sword dragging in his hand, swirls of brilliant sword energy rotated around the governor as he leveled a grave gaze on the bloodcorpse.

“Dead! You’re dead!” the dread zombie within Violetgrave crowed excitedly. “The bloodcorpse is invincible once it completes its transformation. It will rival a peak aether dao immortal that even regular ones won’t be able to match.

“Doomed, you’re doomed! No one will be able to save you! Once you’re dead, Violetgrave will be unclaimed and it will bury me no more!”

Previously, it’d attempted to seduce Lu Yun into releasing it due to worries that the human would depart on the Path of Ingress. Now that the bloodcorpse had matured, there was no chance for the human to get away.

Lu Yun ignored its words and continued to stare at the bloodcorpse that was surrounded by Yueshen’s nine bodies.

Roar.

Without making a move against Lu Yun, the dao immortal bloodcorpse growled and vanished in a flash of crimson shadow.

“What? What’s going on? Why didn’t it eat you?!” The dread zombie panicked. It’d been waiting for the bloodcorpse to devour Lu Yun and thereby release it from Violetgrave to the wonderful world outside.

However, the bloodcorpse that was supposed to crave blood above all else and rampage through living beings in a frenzied slaughter… well, it’d left after a single growl. How could the dread zombie not lose its calm?

“I have an agreement with the restriction,” Lu Yun sighed in relief. “As long as I govern Dusk, there will be no evil spirits stirring up trouble within the province. Bloodcorpses are also a kind of evil spirit.”

The bloodcorpse hadn’t journeyed to other places in the world of immortals to wreak havoc, but instead entered the ancient tomb at the center of the province to serve the restriction.

“The same applies to you,” Lu Yun remarked faintly. “If you dare start anything in the province, you’ll be swiftly dealt with.”

The dread zombie quieted down. Having yet to recover its full strength, it was only a peak dao immortal at the moment, which put it at the same level as the celestial emperors.

A few days ago, a strange young man had barged into the Eastern Extinction Tomb and dragged it out of the emperor coffin, burying it in the sword called Violetgrave. The world of immortals might be weaker now than what it’d been a hundred thousand years ago, but it was also a much stranger place. There was an ancient tomb above emperor realm in a destitute province!

Not celestial emperor realm, but immortal emperor!

Sovereign over all immortals and once the most powerful beings in this world, Empress Myrtlestar counted amongst their numbers. Buried within the Dusk Tomb, however, was someone even more powerful. That level of cultivation had been unthinkable even back in Myrtlestar’s time, a hundred thousand years ago.

While the Dusk Tomb housed a great being more powerful than immortal emperors of eld, the restriction reigning over all of Dusk Province was much weaker. Even the celestial emperor had said that he would wipe out the restriction, if it weren’t for the Dusk Tomb.

It was through utilizing the tomb that the restriction, appearing out of nowhere a thousand years ago, had gained real dominance over the province. However, Lu Yun had an agreement with it, so the restriction would quell any unrest before it started—foreign evil spirits being no exception either.

When Lu Yun had called upon his own sword intent just now to win over the Sugato Sword, pointers from the restriction had illuminated the way. It’d been that mysterious entity who’d summoned the bloodcorpse as well.

If the bloodcorpse dared disobey, the restriction would descend upon the area and kill the offender. As for the dread zombie, it, too, was under the same threat. Although it could rival a celestial emperor, the restriction seemed to hold sway over all evil spirits, including its kind.

“Lord Sugato....” Lu Yun lowered his head and looked at the tomb underground. “Forget about him for now. I need to go to the North Sea first and get the Skydragon Pearl for Qing Han!”

The tomb of the ancient lord would undoubtedly be teeming with all sorts of dangers. Buried here was a powerful being who’d ascended beyond the dao immortal realm. Lu Yun wasn’t actually completely confident that he’d be able to raid the tomb. Most importantly, that wasn’t his priority. He had to first locate the Skydragon Pearl!

……

The group outside gasped with shock when Lu Yun emerged on the Path of Ingress. Calm once again reigned below ground, and the governor had exited the tomb safe and sound. Plainly, the zombie must be dead.

“Did… did you kill the monster?!” Wu Tulong leapt into the air with shock.

“No.” Lu Yun shook his head. “It’s left the ancient lord’s tomb.”

“What?!” Panic percolated through the gathering.

The zombie’s arm had pulsed with the power of a peerless immortal; that was why the immortals hadn’t dare come any closer. Although they were peerless immortals as well, their cultivations being sealed meant they would be marching to their deaths if they faced the zombie.

“Do you know what you’ve done, Lu Yun?!” one of the immortals demanded in rage. “A killing spree is inevitable when a zombie of the peerless immortal realm is out in the wild! You have wronged our entire world!”