Chapter 501: Coming with the Emperor Corpse

Chapter 501 -500: Coming with the Emperor Corpse

The Corpse Ancestor’s fall was an unexpected turn of events that stunned even Kun Hai.

Without the Corpse Ancestor, could he truly stand against Emperor Tang?

Although the Kunpeng Corpse and Emperor Tang’s Dharma Body were currently locked in a stalemate.

But Emperor Tang had yet to unleash his full power!

“The aura of the Corpse Ancestor’s Divine Soul is gone, but is his Emperor Corpse still there?” After his expression shifted slightly, Kun Hai’s gaze sharpened, and he sent a message to Wei Wuya.

“The Emperor Corpse is still here, and its Emperor’s Might is vast and awe-inspiring,” Wei Wuya messaged back.

“The Emperor Corpse is still there?” Hearing this, Kun Hai breathed a slight sigh of relief. “As long as the Emperor Corpse remains, our grand plans are still achievable.”

He immediately sent another message to Wei Wuya. “Fellow Daoist Wei, the dissipation of the Corpse Ancestor’s Divine Soul is lamentable, but for you, this is a heaven-sent opportunity!”

“A heaven-sent opportunity?” Wei Wuya was flabbergasted by the message. He was still terrified, afraid Emperor Tang would annihilate him!

How had this possibly become a great opportunity?

“Although the Corpse Ancestor is gone, the Emperor Corpse remains. Doesn’t the Corpse Dao have a method for possessing a corpse?” Kun Hai’s message continued. “You can completely abandon your current body and have your Divine Soul take control of the Emperor Corpse. If you do, your body will *be* the Emperor Corpse. It will be so powerful that not even a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert could harm you.”

Kun Hai’s persuasive message went on, “Furthermore, even though the Emperor Corpse has no soul, the residual aura of the Great Dao remains on the body. If you use it to cultivate, your Cultivation will advance at an incredible pace. In the future, you could become a Corpse King, or even an emperor of the Corpse Dao. Isn’t this a world-defying opportunity?”

He was tempting Wei Wuya.

‘Possess the corpse, take control of the Emperor Corpse!’ When these words registered, Wei Wuya’s mind was thrown into turmoil.

‘That’s right! If I cultivate with the Emperor Corpse, what’s to stop me from becoming a King in the future? It might even be possible to become an emperor.’ At this thought, a fiery light flickered in Wei Wuya’s eyes. Ambition surged within him, and a powerful aura immediately erupted from his body.

Kun Hai’s words had shown him the path to kingship.

It was a path he had never dared to imagine before.

‘But the Emperor Corpse’s aura is too strong. My Divine Soul is not yet capable of taking control of it.’ After his initial excitement, Wei Wuya quickly calmed down.

If he rashly tried to possess the Emperor Corpse with his Divine Soul now, it would only lead to its annihilation.

This would be a long process; he absolutely could not rush things.

“First, bring the Emperor Corpse to North Spirit and help me deal with Emperor Tang,” Kun Hai’s voice sounded. “Emperor Tang is too strong. Without your help, I will be defeated.”

“Alright!” After a moment’s thought, Wei Wuya made his decision.

With a great battle imminent, he didn’t have much time for seclusion.

Otherwise, once Emperor Tang dealt with Kun Hai, he would surely come for him next.

Therefore, he had to race to North Spirit and help Kun Hai kill Emperor Tang.

‘First, I’ll destroy Emperor Tang!’ Wei Wuya thought to himself. The Emperor’s earlier display of might had been too terrifying, searing itself into his soul and becoming his Heart Demon.

As long as Emperor Tang lived, he would know no peace.

This was also why Wei Wuya had been so flustered and panicked when he learned of the Corpse Ancestor’s fall.

With a flicker of intent, Wei Wuya’s gaze flashed as he turned to the two Celestial Corpses beside him. “The Corpse Ancestor has fallen, and Emperor Tang is now in a position of power. We must take the Corpse Ancestor’s body and use it to suppress Emperor Tang. Only then can our Corpse Spirit Hall hope to survive this crisis. Only then can we live to complete our great, timeless cause.”

“Indeed, this is our only option now.” The two Celestial Corpses beside him nodded.

Their Corpse Spirit Hall had already unleashed a large number of Spirit Corpses to wreak havoc across the Southern Wilderness. The battle had begun, and they had no path of retreat.

With Emperor Tang’s methods, finding them would be all too easy.

And so, with a flash in his eyes, Wei Wuya closed the Emperor’s Coffin.

Then, he forcibly pried the Emperor’s Coffin from its chains and carried it out.

The Emperor’s Coffin was incredibly heavy, like a mountain; an ordinary person wouldn’t have been able to carry it at all.

Fortunately, Wei Wuya had already touched the threshold of the Daoist Palace Realm, and his strength was far beyond ordinary.

At the same time, the Emperor Corpse Qi seeping from the coffin greatly increased his Power, giving him the momentum to break through to the Daoist Palace Realm.

WHOOSH!

Wei Wuya escaped from the Xiling Ruins.

Once outside, he took out a War Chariot forged from Beast Bone, loaded the Emperor’s Coffin onto it, and tore across the Void toward the Southern Wilderness Martial Arts World.

An astonishing aura emanated from the Emperor’s Coffin. Wherever it passed, the people of the Great Tang Empire felt their hearts pound in terror.

“Who is that? How can they have such a powerful aura!”

“That’s a Bone War Chariot! Could it be the one who fought His Majesty before?”

“What about His Majesty?” The people of the Great Tang Empire fell into a panic.

Fortunately, the War Chariot streaked across the sky and quickly left Great Tang behind. Wei Wuya was racing toward the Southern Wilderness.

He was also afraid that Emperor Tang would launch a surprise attack.

While carrying the Emperor’s Coffin, he sat cross-legged on the War Chariot, continuously absorbing the Emperor Corpse Qi that emanated from it in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough.

‘He’s emerged with the Emperor’s Coffin!’ Emperor Tang also sensed the astonishing aura.

Though he was in the Southern Wilderness, he was still monitoring the situation in Great Tang.

Meanwhile, in the North Spirit Region, Kun Hai was controlling the Kunpeng Corpse with all his might, activating the latent Kunpeng King’s Blood within it and causing its aura to suddenly skyrocket.

He was coordinating with Wei Wuya, intending to pin down Emperor Tang so that Wei Wuya could safely reach the Southern Wilderness and they could break into the North Spirit Ruins together.

Instantly, the aura of the Kunpeng Corpse in the sky above the North Spirit Ruins surged. The Nether Qi around it roiled, transforming into a Nether Sea that covered a thousand li.

Within this Nether Sea, the Kunpeng rose and fell, occasionally soaring upward. A single sweep of its wings had the power to shatter the sky as it tried to crush Emperor Tang’s Dharma Body above.

“Fine. Let this Wei Wuya come. We will settle everything at once!” Emperor Tang’s eyes flashed with a look of absolute resolve.

In fact, ever since he learned that the Corpse Ancestor’s Divine Soul had perished, he had anticipated this moment.

Now that it was happening, it only served to reinforce his decision.

With a flash in his eyes, Emperor Tang’s Heart Spirit stirred.

“Gather the Power of Heaven and Earth!” Light Patterns flickered across Emperor Tang’s body as he began to draw upon the Power of Heaven and Earth.

At this point, he had no choice but to gather the Power of Heaven and Earth and strike with overwhelming force.

At that moment, all the people of the Southern Wilderness were watching this battle.

The Kunpeng manifesting in the sky was terrifying to behold.

The Kunpeng was no longer just two thousand meters long; it now spanned a full ten thousand meters. It had clearly activated its Bloodline Power to manifest its Dharma Aspect Body.

“Can Emperor Tang defeat this Kunpeng?” the people of the Southern Wilderness worried.

“As long as the people of the Southern Wilderness are with me, I have the confidence to defeat this Evil Demon and restore a bright and clear world to the Southern Wilderness!” From within the Holy Decree, Emperor Tang’s figure materialized. While battling the Kunpeng, his gaze swept across the land as if looking down upon the world. His lips moved, and his voice thundered across the entire Southern Wilderness, heard by its hundreds of millions of people.

“We are with Emperor Tang!”

“Go, Your Majesty!” the people of the Southern Wilderness immediately cried out in response.

“If only we could fight alongside His Majesty!” many sighed.

“Your Majesty, we are coming!” Others were already flying at top speed toward North Spirit.

In that instant, an invisible Power began to gather between heaven and earth, pouring into the Holy Decree and being absorbed by Emperor Tang’s Dharma Body and his true self.

This was the Telekinesis of hundreds of millions of people.

The most crucial aspect of the Celestial Emperor’s Technique was to unite the hearts of the people, gather their collective Telekinesis, and channel it into oneself. Only then could one possess Heaven-Reaching means.

Of course, this Telekinesis and the people’s hearts could not be taken by force; the people had to offer them willingly.

Therefore, a Celestial Emperor who wished to be powerful had to be wise and benevolent. If he was not, how could he win the hearts of the people?

This was precisely why Emperor Tang had made that proclamation to the world.

His goal was to unite the people’s hearts and increase his combat strength for the battle against the Kunpeng.

Otherwise, relying on his own Cultivation alone, it would be far too difficult to control the situation in the Southern Wilderness.