"Great! I've finally succeeded! With this step, I'll be able to smoothly Breakthrough to the Eighth Rank Realm!" Liu Chen was ecstatic, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.
At this moment, he was focusing all his attention on feeling the wondrous changes occurring within his immortal aperture.
The Ten Thousand Sword Grand Array had fused into his immortal aperture, containing a massive amount of sword path immortal gu he had refined. This allowed all the dao marks in the supreme sword aperture to transform into sword path dao marks, which was another purpose for refining the supreme sword aperture.
The dao marks treated by such miraculous means could actually all transform into sword path dao marks! They intertwined with each other, together forming a magnificent and exquisite scroll that gave an unparalleled sense of visual impact; at the same time, it produced a strange effect similar to the "Myriad Transformations."
These dao marks shone as brightly as the most dazzling stars in the Universe. If judged by quantity alone, even an Eighth Rank Valley Immortal would likely fall far short.
After all, the total number of such massive dao marks was truly staggering, simply beyond imagination! All of this was because Liu Chen had consumed all the various immortal gu accumulated through the System in one go, leaving only a few special immortal gu, but it was all worth it.
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After reappearing from the Zombie Alliance's public blessed land, Liu Chen's figure flashed, speeding straight toward the core of the blessed land like a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, he reached his destination and slashed out with his sword without hesitation!
In an instant, a sharp and peerless Sword Qi gushed out, as if it were about to slice the entire world apart. This Sword Qi cut through the Void Realm at an incredible speed and struck heavily above the blessed land. With a thunderous boom, the ground of the blessed land was split open, creating a massive rift!
As the Sword Qi continued its rampage, the rift kept extending downward, seemingly never to stop. With the support of the sword path dao marks Liu Chen currently understood, even a casual wave of Sword Qi possessed power comparable to a Rank Seven Immortal Path Killer Move!
With such terrifying power, Liu Chen easily tore open a passage leading to the unknown depths.
Finally, when he saw a desolate and dilapidated space resembling a mass grave appear ahead, the Sword Qi abruptly stopped—clearly, he did not want to destroy this fragile space because his Sword Qi was too powerful.
Immediately after, Liu Chen's figure instantly transformed into a dazzling sword light, charging into this strange space.
Along the way, any Restriction or protection blocking his path shattered and dissipated before his invincible Sword Qi. Thus, Liu Chen moved forward without hindrance, eventually arriving at the core area of this mass grave.
Presented before his eyes was a lonely tomb standing there without any name engraved on it. Only a tombstone, white as jade yet completely empty, stood there quietly.
"This is the place! Come out!"
Before his voice had even faded, Liu Chen slightly raised his hand, and a sharp Sword Qi whistled out, slashing fiercely toward the unremarkable tomb ahead.
In an instant, a loud crash was heard as the entire tomb was split in two, as if struck by an invisible sharp blade!
Although this tomb was a Seal buried by a rank seven immortal gu and reinforced by generations of Valley Immortals from the Zombie Alliance, it remained vulnerable and collapsed instantly in the face of Liu Chen's effortless sword strike.
At that moment, a low and miserable wail echoed around—"Wooo wooo~"—as if something was struggling in pain, trying to break free from its shackles.
Then, a figure slowly emerged from the broken tomb. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a woman with a graceful and lithe figure, but she was tightly wrapped from head to toe in thick blood-red bandages, making it impossible to see her true appearance.
However, what was even more hair-raising was that the woman occasionally let out soft cries, weeping and complaining in a mournful and sorrowful tone, as if recounting endless grievances and sadness. As time passed, the crying grew louder and louder, eventually evolving into a series of eerie and terrifying chuckles: "Wooo... hee hee hee~"
At the same time, the blood-red bandages wrapped around the woman began to tremble violently and gradually snapped.
Finally, when the last bandage broke, a beautiful female ghost wearing a bright red wedding dress and a magnificent Phoenix coronet appeared before Liu Chen! Without a doubt, this red-clothed female ghost was the Land Spirit who had been suppressed within the Zombie Alliance's public blessed land!
"How many springs and autumns have passed! Finally... I have regained my freedom!" The wedding dress female ghost Land Spirit trembled with excitement and roared toward the sky, her voice echoing through the clouds: "Where have those hateful Immortal Zombies died off to? I want to settle the score with them!"
However, facing the questioning of the wedding dress female ghost Land Spirit, Liu Chen, standing not far away, appeared exceptionally calm. He quietly gazed at this beautiful yet terrifying woman, the corners of his mouth curling up into a faint smile: "Don't worry, they all no longer exist. Now, the Zombie Alliance belongs to me alone!"
By obtaining the Legacy memories of the Zombie Alliance members, Liu Chen successfully found the place where the Land Spirit was sealed and learned the special condition for the Land Spirit to recognize a master—he must help her find her beloved husband from her previous life, 'Kunlun Flying Immortal'.
Unfortunately, Kunlun Flying Immortal had passed away many years ago. Not only could his body not be found, but it was also unknown whether his blessed land or grotto-heaven still existed in the world.
Since that was the case, the Zombie Alliance naturally couldn't satisfy the requirements of the wedding dress female ghost Land Spirit to make her recognize a master. In their helplessness, they could only choose to keep the Land Spirit sealed here and then occupy this blessed land that originally belonged to her, using it as the common territory for the entire Zombie Alliance.
"Thank you, Young Master, for your help. If you can help me find the whereabouts of my husband, Xiaoyao Flying Immortal, in the future, then I am willing to serve you like a beast of burden to repay your kindness!" The wedding dress female ghost Land Spirit was moved to tears, bowing deeply to Liu Chen and revealing her master-recognition conditions in full.
However, facing this request, Liu Chen showed a troubled expression.
One must know that for thousands of years, no one in the Zombie Alliance had been able to satisfy this extremely harsh master-recognition condition. How could he be an exception? Left with no choice, Liu Chen had to take some forceful measures, also directly suppressing the Land Spirit and then devouring this blessed land.
Having obtained the Soul Path Legacy of several split souls of Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, the current Liu Chen already possessed the ability to directly suppress a Land Spirit.