God Emperor - Chapter 835

Chapter 835

Author’s note: the following two chapters will have a lot of information . They’re a summary of the foreshadowing from the previous chapters . You should read slowly .

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Ten more days passed and Zhang Ruochen still hadn’t woken up . Instead, his face had paled considerably due to the great loss of blood . His skin looked deathly and ashy .

The vitality within Zhang Ruochen was bleeding out . He could die at any time .

The old monk didn’t appear in these ten days . Only Mu Lingxi remained by his side the entire time . She grasped his hands and poured her Holy Qi into him endlessly .

Right now, Mu Lingxi was also sprawled on the ground due to the loss of Holy Qi . Her pretty face was paler than Zhang Ruochen’s . She seemed extremely weak .

However, she didn’t let go . She was afraid that if she did, Zhang Ruochen would really die and never wake up again .

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On the other side of the volcano

The old monk sat cross-legged on the ground . He now had the dazzling Thousand Treasure Cassock over his plain robe . Golden Buddhist Qi flowed through his body as he lifted his hands over his head, palms up .

Blood insects burst open in the air . They turned into puffs of blood mist and solidified into two beams of blood . They pierced through the clouds, connecting with the monk’s hands .

As he absorbed the Blood Qi, his withered body swelled and finally recovered to a healthy state .

Boom, boom .

Various blood insects fell from the sky, building a pile of withered corpses .

Buddha Xinshu, clad in a pure white robe, stood before the old monk . He put his hands together and bowed . “Master, have you recovered your cultivation?”

The old monk looked at his broad hands and nodded . Standing up, he chuckled and said, “These blood insects must have sucked the blood of at least 100 Half-Saints . Now, their blood is all inside my body . I’ve already recovered to my peak state . ”

“Now, I can start controlling the god’s corpse with all my might . If I can turn the god’s corpse into a battle corpse, I won’t fear anyone—not even Empress Chi Yao . ”

Buddha Xinshu glanced into the distance at Zhang Ruochen . “Zhang Ruochen has killed countless Half-Saints of our sect,” he said . “Why did you still help him cultivate the Five Elements Chaotic Body?”

The monk turned and looked at Zhang Ruochen who was lying in the lava . He smiled . “If he hadn’t appeared and helped me defeat Ghost King Shenchu, I would have died before you arrived . ”

Buddha Xinshu hurriedly knelt down . Horrified, he said, “I immediately brought all the top figures of the sect and rushed to the netherworld as soon as I received your message . However, I ran into a Ghost King along the way and was hurt badly while fighting her . This was why I was late . Please forgive me . ”

“Please get up . I am not blaming you . ” The old monk smiled benevolently and helped Buddha Xinshu up . “No matter what, I owe Zhang Ruochen greatly now . If I don’t repay him, my Heart of the Saintly Way will become imperfect . I will never be able to reach that last step . ”

He continued, “Of course, I won’t have to repay him if he can’t get through this step and dies . ”

Buddha Xinshu finally understood why his master had done all this . If Zhang Ruochen succeeded in cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Body, then the old monk would have repaid what he’d owed . He would also complete his Heart of the Saintly Way .

If Zhang Ruochen couldn’t survive and died in this sea of lava, then his master wouldn’t have any regrets either and wouldn’t have to repay this kindness .

“If he doesn’t die, he will definitely become a huge enemy of our sect,” Buddha Xinshu said .

“It’s not definite,” the old monk said meaningfully . “If he matures, we won’t be the most troubled . ”

“Are you speaking of the empress of the Central Empire imperial city?” Buddha Xinshu asked as it dawned on him .

“Do you know how arrogant that empress is?” the old monk asked . “She wouldn’t release the notice to arrest him unless his existence threatened her position or even her life . In this case, I must help him . ”

Buddha Xinshu stared at Zhang Ruochen . “However, I feel like he might not be able to survive this…hmm…”

Before Buddha Xinshu could finish, faint multicolored lights shone from the sea of lava . The light kept growing stronger as well, enveloping the entire volcano .

Zhang Ruochen’s vitality had been extremely weak, but now, it strengthened more and more . His body seemed to become a divine five-colored stone, radiating with black, white, gold, blue, and red light .

The entire sky became chaotic as if returning to the time before the world was created .

The old monk stared at Zhang Ruochen incredulously as well . “This youth’s willpower is indeed shocking . He actually survived and succeeded in cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Body . His talent must be the best of Kunlun’s Field since the middle ages . ”

Boom!

Zhang Ruochen flew out of the lava . He transformed into a beam of multicolored light and shot into the sky in an arc . After rushing down, he landed on the ground, standing not too far from the old monk and Buddha Xinshu .

He had been unconscious, but his Spiritual Power was still extremely active . Thus, he’d heard the old monk’s conversation with Buddha Xinshu .

Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, shining with five-colored light, stared at the old monk . He scoffed . “So you are the Hierarch of the Death Zen Sect . You are the famous Death Zen Elder . ”

The old monk smiled . “That is I . ” Then he continued, “Congratulations for succeeding in cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Body . From now on, no one in the same realm as you can be your match . ”

Zhang Ruochen stared at the blood insect corpses on the ground . He thought about the Half-Saints that had been eaten alive by these blood insects and his pupils constricted . “You were the one who raised these insects,” he muttered .

The old monk quickly shook his head . “No,” he said . “These are insects born from the god’s corpse . They’re creatures of Ghost God Valley . I’ve only used the Death Zen Buddhist Way to make them perform some tasks . ”

“You made them drink the blood of countless people?” he asked . “So you can use the blood to recover?”

The old monk remained calm . “Humans are greedy . If they didn’t gamble their all for that so-called Pill of Resurrection, why would they come to Ghost God Valley?”

Zhang Ruochen huffed coldly . “So the Death Zen Sect was the one that spread the rumor about the Pill of Resurrection . You just wanted to lure people to die in Ghost God Valley . ”

The old monk shook his head again . “Your thoughts are too narrow . Why can’t you look at things in a positive light? Change your perspective . I did this to save myself . If I didn’t lead them to Ghost God Valley and drink their blood, I’d be the one who died, correct?”

Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, cooling the anger within him . “I would like to know everything that happened . ”

The old monk seemed patient too . “One year ago,” he began, “I was searching for a force that could fight against Empress Chi Yao . I came to the netherworld alone to find the corpse of the god that the Thousand-bone Empress had killed . ”

“I came all the way to Ghost God Valley and chanced upon Ghost King Shenchu who was preparing for his seventh ghost trial . If he succeeded, he might have melded with the god’s corpse and become an undefeatable Ghost Emperor . Thus, this battle was imminent . ”

“However, the netherworld isn’t the Kunlun’s Field . There’s no Spiritual Qi I can use and no way to replenish the Holy Qi that I use up . As the fight continued, I became weaker and weaker . ”

“Furthermore, Ghost God Valley was Ghost King Shenchu’s territory . He could use the divine power of the god’s corpse and wield even stronger power . With these circumstances, I was naturally at a disadvantage . I still restricted him in the end, but I was also caught here and unable to leave . ”

“If the stalemate continued, I would have been the one who died . Obviously, I didn’t want to sit and wait for death . I had to try my hardest to save myself . ”

“The first step was to open the passageway between the living and netherworld . If it was opened, large amounts of dead souls would enter Kunlun’s Field . Only then would the living souls dare to come to the netherworld and Ghost God Valley . ”

“Thus, I pulled out the Void Sword that the Thousand-bone Empress had used to restrain the god’s corpse . I used the Death Zen Buddhist Way to control a Wuchang and make it take the Void Sword out of the netherworld . Once the Void Sword left the netherworld, the seal between the two worlds started loosening and finally disappeared . ”

“The second step was obviously to make the members of the Death Zen Sect start spreading the rumor about the Pill of Resurrection . This would lead people here . This was the critical step . If I didn’t have their blood, I wouldn’t be able to take control of the god’s corpse even if I defeated Ghost King Shenchu . ”

Zhang Ruochen was trying so hard to control himself, but he still couldn’t repress his anger . “So you personally opened the passage between the two worlds and allowed millions of shadow soldiers and ghost generals into Kunlun’s Field . Did you know how horrible of a catastrophe it would cause?”

The old monk was still smiling . “Why are you angry again? If I didn’t pull out the Void Sword, Ghost King Shenchu would have done it after succeeding with his seventh ghost trial and opened the passage . No matter the circumstance, the result has been decided by fate . ”

“One hundred thousand years have passed . The seal left by the Thousand-bone Empress has already become fragile . Zhang Ruochen, this is the way of things . You can’t stop it . Neither can I . ”

“However, with my abilities, I can make things happen faster and make it change to benefit myself . On the other hand, you are too weak . Before the tide of life, you are just a drop of water . You can only be forced to follow the flow . You can’t change anything . ”

“Power . No matter where or when, you can only do meaningful things if you have absolute power . Otherwise, you can say all you want, but no one will listen to you . ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen finally understood all the reasons, causes, and results .

The Death Zen Sect Elder was indeed selfish . He sacrificed thousands upon thousands of lives to save himself . But there was nothing wrong with that in his perspective .

He couldn’t just wait for death to come, right?