Ascension

The Second Era of the Cenozoic Era, year 1062, northwest of the West Sea.

Ye Hanjun, wearing water-proof clothing, floated on the bottom of the sea and watched from afar.

Death sea snakes, entangled jellyfish, poisonous sea lions, water-swallowing leopards, mithril water rats...

The corpses of all kinds of sea beasts are as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges River, and then stretch out like a mountain, like a steel wall made of corpses, firmly guarding an extremely spectacular underwater building.

"Is this the 'Corpse Cave'? The core territory of the Corpse Dragon Queen clan?"

Guagua on my shoulder widened his eyes with curiosity.

There are so many corpses here, and most of them are intact. It is rare to see broken limbs scattered on the ground.

But the color of the sea water was still dyed colorfully, as if it were filled with poisonous substances, and ordinary creatures dared not approach it at all.

"They are all specially processed corpses, stacked layer by layer to intimidate the alien races."

Lie Xinxin pointed a finger, swallowed a drop of blood, and her long and curly eyelashes trembled slightly.

The Corpse Dragon Queen, descendant of the Corpse Dragon Queen.

This clan flourished in the ancient universe. At its peak, it ruled the East China Sea and was the overlord of the East China Sea.

Like Hanba, they are all favored spirits of the underworld, but they only carry two or three out of ten of the glory.

After all, the era when the Corpse Dragon Lady was active was too short.

His strength cannot be compared with that of the goddess Ba, and the resources obtained by later generations are very different.

But...the Corpse Dragon Queen is a deified being after all!

The clan of the Corpse Dragon Queen was able to persist from the ancient universe to the new universe, spanning hundreds of thousands of years, which is also a fact to be proud of!
"Big Tadpole, should we just go in directly, or send an invitation or something?"

Guagua asked cutely, wrinkled his nose, and suddenly changed his mind:

"Wait! I've got a better idea!"

With a puff, Gua Gua activated "Thousands of Changes".

A flash of white jade Buddha light appeared, and a domineering dragon girl with a dragon head, a human body, four arms and wings on her back appeared.

She was carrying a coffin, and her body was filled with the evil spirit of a burial place.

Some of the dragon scales on its body reflect dazzling light, while others look like metal and are extremely hard.

Corpse Dragon Girl...Shiju?
Guagua actually turned into Shiju's former appearance, which is really "audacious".

"It's okay, Xiao Shiju won't blame me!"

Guagua shook his head and a playful smile like a child appeared on his face.

After ascending evolution, all its abilities increased significantly.

The same is true for the art of transformation, with the Holy Void causing the transformation to be brilliant and perfect, and the appearance being comparable to the arrival of the real body.

The only flaw, by and large, is divinity.

As for any descendant of the Gods, Gua Gua can at most simulate a tiny bit of divinity, more than that is impossible.

This can easily become a breakthrough point for people to see through the falsity of their identity.

"It's a pity that I didn't know how to "read in seconds" at that time. It would be great if I could learn Xiao Shiju's necromancy..."

Guagua is generous and doesn’t care about playing the role of the Corpse Dragon Girl perfectly for the time being.

It showed a look of regret, and then stretched out its four arms, one clenched into a fist, one stretched out a claw, one scratched, and one patted its belly. It was able to do all four things with ease.

After a brief period of exploration, I regained the feeling of acting.

The little guy strode forward and rushed directly towards the underwater castle surrounded by corpses.

"Congratulations on the return of the master!"

Hundreds of "corpse nematodes" that are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye were originally intertwined into a web, secretly serving as part of the defense system.

When Guagua approached, they all retreated in unison, not daring to offer any obstruction.

"These are my friends, let them come in together!"

Guagua gave orders, and the corpse nematodes nodded, still not daring to stop him.

Similar levels include "Corpse Mist Woman", "Ghost Corpse Snake" and "Corpse Water Granny".

But these creatures are no longer like corpse nematodes, which only recognize their owners by smell and appearance. Their minds are not that simple.

They all gasped, and extreme surprise appeared on their rotten and hideous faces.

"Shiju... Your Highness?"

"Aren't you dead? How can you return to your tribe?!"

"I'm dead? Why didn't I know?"

Guagua's voice was exactly the same as Shiju's. He snorted coldly and pretended to be displeased.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a Saint-level "Corpse-whispering Demon King" rushed out of the lifeless castle, baring its fangs and waving its claws, and let out a strange roar:
"She is not Her Highness Shiju! Her Highness Shiju's divinity is very strong, it is impossible for it to be so weak!"

"Enemy invasion! Enemy invasion! Everyone on alert!!!"

"Ah, you were discovered so soon?"

Gua Gua touched the back of his head and smiled naively.

Then, it smiled, with no intention of hurting the corpses. It stood there obediently, allowing the guardian holy spirits that kept rushing out of the castle to surround them one by one.

"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my sister?"

The gate of the castle opened outward, and a bone carpet made of dragon skeletons stretched straight for a kilometer.

On both sides, the corpse trees sprouted, wriggled and grew, quickly turning into towering corpse trees.

There were corpse birds circling and corpse frogs croaking strangely, and pairs of dark pupils were fixed fixedly on the uninvited guests who suddenly arrived.

"Hey, are you Shiri?"

"I thought it would take a lot of effort to find you, but you just showed up. You're a big help!"

Guagua's eyes were filled with surprise as he looked at the "Corpse Dragon Queen" which was larger than him and had undergone a huge change in appearance, with a grin on his face.

"How dare you! How dare you call our clan leader by his real name!"

The "Corpse-Talking Demon King" who rushed out earlier was angry and spoke angrily, looking unhappy.

Its body suddenly expanded and finally became as big as a mountain, about to fall on Gua Gua's head.

"You have such a bad temper. You just come up and start shouting for war and killing. It's so boring!"

Gua Gua suddenly turned into the Corpse-Talking Demon King and used the same skills.

This move is called "Mountain of Majesty" and is an illusion.

The towering mountains and steep cliffs appear in illusion, and once they cover the person, the person being hit will be terrified and think that they are real, and then he will really be crushed to death.

On the contrary, if one has firm faith and can easily see through the illusion, one can remain unscathed even if the mountain falls.

"Boom!"

Guagua doesn't like to be passive. Even if it can see through it at a glance, it doesn't want to be attacked for no reason.

Read in seconds, sacred scriptures, extreme spellcasting, a set of processes runs precisely.

The "Mountain of Majesty" strengthened to 999999 Chaos Spiritual Patterns is twice as high as the mountains summoned by the Corpse-whispering Demon King.

The falling hill failed to crush Gua Gua, but was instead crushed to pieces by an even bigger mountain.

"Who are you? You can even disguise my form?!"

The Corpse-Talking Demon King was shocked. He failed to cast a spell and was instead teased, which was a great humiliation.

But it was really shocking that the Corpse Dragon Girl, due to the lack of divinity, was able to discover the abnormality in time.

Its bloodline is just the real holy demon bloodline, nothing special about it.

The invader's transformation, whether viewed from the front or the back, is flawless inside and out, as if it were carved from the same mold.

"I am what I am."

"Xiao Shili, is this how you, the Corpse Dragon Queen, treat your guests? Don't you want to treat us to a cup of tea or something?"

Guagua was carefree and turned back into Shiju, seeming to be blind to the murderous intent revealed by the holy spirits around him.

"Wait a minute."

Seeing that the Corpse-Speaking Demon King's temptation had no effect, the stronger holy corpses consciously prepared to take action.

Shili waved her arms, raised two fingers, and instantly stopped the vassal.

Her eyes, like those of a ferocious beast, looked up and down at Gua Gua, then looked at Ye Hanjun, Ye Liuying, and Lie Xinxin not far away, narrowed her eyes slightly and said:

"Invite them in."

"Chief! Be careful!"

The Corpse-Talking Demon King was horrified and tried to dissuade him.

"Since you have the guts to force your way in, why not invite them in for a cup of tea?"

Shi Li raised her dragon claws again, with a stern look on her face. No matter how uneasy the Corpse-Talking Demon King was, it did not dare to continue speaking.

"Great! Xiao Shili, make me some spiritual tea that I can drink! I don't like the kind made from corpses!"

"Why are you like you're back home?"

Ye Hanjun, who was following behind, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What does this have to do with anything? Xiao Shiju's people must be in the same camp as us!"

Guagua flapped his wings and flew towards the castle slowly. On the way, he did not forget to look around. He was more curious than a curious baby.

"Wow, what a huge dragon corpse!"

"What kind of dragon is this? The shape of its horns is so weird!"

"Hey, Corpse Demon Flower! I know this spiritual herb! It smells stinky!" "Big tadpole, look, there's a guardian spirit hiding over there. It's actually a crocodile man, and its scales are so thick!"

……

It was like a new adventurer who had never seen the world, suddenly coming to an ancient treasure house full of dazzling treasures.

Guagua was so excited that he almost forgot what he came for.

When it arrived at the reception area arranged by the waiter, it was still reluctant to leave and wanted to continue wandering around the castle.

"Forget it, let's get down to business!"

"Big tadpole, take that thing out~~~"

"With that, Shiri-chan won't doubt us anymore~~~"

Gua Gua finally turned back into his original form and happily threw himself into Ye Hanjun's arms.

Ye Hanjun looked around. This was a building similar to a pavilion, except that coffins served as tables and bone benches served as chairs. It was filled with a strong aura of the underworld.

In the shadows several thousand meters away, there were many zombies standing.

The weakest of the weakest was the Supreme Saint Xu Yin, who still surrounded the enemy and did not let his guard down.

"Can these vassals and servants be trusted?"

Ye Hanjun asked into the air, but actually, the question was addressed to Shili.

Sitting on the huge bone stool, the Corpse Dragon Queen Shi Li glared with her dragon eyes and said expressionlessly:
"If we practice the way of the netherworld together, our clan will be the absolute ruler."

"The corpse tribe here has made great contributions to our tribe. If they can be shaken by a few words from others, isn't that just wishful thinking?"

"The wages of avarice is death."

“When the potential benefits reach a certain level, it’s no big deal to throw yourself into a flame.”

Ye Hanjun took over the conversation led by Gua Gua and spoke lightly while sipping the medicinal tea served to him.

Shi Li was silent and stared at him blankly for a long time.

After a long while, when he had finished drinking the tea in the pot, she let out a low dragon roar:

"Elders Mei and Lan, you stay."

"The rest of the Holy Spirits... please step back."

"Here!"

There were corpses and ghosts everywhere, and the oppressive magnetic field of the holy corpse slowly faded away.

There were only two guardians left on either side of Shili.

Their appearance is roughly similar to Shi Li's, both of them have dragon heads and human bodies, six arms, and four wings on their backs.

But they are larger in size, nearly 500 meters in height, like two huge monsters.

The only two feelings of incongruity are in divinity.

Even if these two corpse dragon queens, who have reached the highest level of saintliness, condensed all their divinity together, they would still not be able to obtain even one-tenth of Shi Li's.

Another is age.

Shimei and Shilan, the two corpse dragon queens who are called "elders", not only have vicissitudes of life in their eyes, but also their dragon scales are mottled in large patches and covered with old wounds.

They are so old that they are unable to erase the scars left on their bodies.

The combat power that can be exerted, without reference to divinity, is bound to be inferior to that of the young and strong king of sacred beasts.

"The situation of your clan seems to be unusually delicate."

"These two are fine. There is still a faint trace."

"The few corpse dragon queens I saw just now were equally old. They had lost the divinity in their blood and were completely deified by gods?"

With these casual words, the atmosphere of the conversation in the pavilion suddenly dropped to freezing point.

The Saint King-level Corpse Dragon Queen, who was originally half asleep and half awake, had a cold look in her eyes:

"Humans, don't break the taboo."

"What is your relationship with Shiju of my clan?"

"Where did she go? Is she alive or dead now? Please answer them one by one."

"Shiju is in the abyss of the sun, observing the scenery of heaven and earth, and seeking the fruit of his own Tao..."

Ye Hanjun smiled faintly, confirmed that there were no more peepers in the dark, lit up the ring, took out a square box, and changed the subject:
"This is what she asked me to bring to you. I hope this surprise is not too late."

"Solar Abyss?"

Shili, Shimei and Shilan were all stunned.

"Patriarch, your body is noble, please let me take it."

Shimei was the first to come to her senses. She took the big box, which was more than ten meters long and wide, before Shili did.

Of course, what is “big” in Ye Hanjun’s eyes is still small in their eyes.

With a click, the lid of the box was opened, and a beam of brilliant blood light, like an angry dragon, rushed straight into the sky.

"This is?!"

Shi Mei was quick-witted and agile, and suddenly spit out a large cloud of corpse mist, forcibly propping up a piece of sky.

Then, this ball of corpse fog extended and turned into an airtight cage, trapping himself, Ye Hanjun, Ye Liuying and others in the same space.

"Gulu..."

Shimei and Shilan stared with their eyes wide open, ambergris dripping from the corners of their mouths.

Shi Li stood up in disbelief, her six arms trembling, and a majestic divine aura rushed out of her body, then intertwined into a hurricane, constantly resonating with the things in the box.

"Where did this come from?!"

"Such a common aura... who else could it be other than the ancestor of my clan?!"

Shimei's voice was deeper than ever before.

It echoed in Ye Hanjun's ears like the roar of a wild beast on the verge of death.

He smiled slightly and his eyes fell into the box.

There was dark red blood in it, and a few golden dragon scales floating in it.

"It's a long story."

"It is not easy for your clan to survive until the New Universe. I understand why you lost important inheritance information."

Ye Hanjun recalled and sighed:

"In the distant ancient universe, your ancestor exchanged flesh and blood with the goddess Ba of the Solar Abyss to ensure that the inheritance would not be cut off."

"So, this is indeed the blood plasma and scales of the Corpse Dragon Lady. It carries her divinity and is of an extremely pure quality."

"But unfortunately, Shi Taotao, who was supposed to protect this flesh and blood, was severely injured by Tiannu Ba. She did not survive this era and died halfway through."

“But I am also very glad. After all, this is one of the backup plans of the Corpse Dragon Lady. Although most of it has been worn away by time over the past hundreds of thousands of years, it has caused a huge waste.”

"The remaining small part still has incredible value."

"If your clan can take back this part, I think it will be enough to rekindle the mythical bloodline for two or three eras, so that it won't be descended by gods too early."

Ye Hanjun explained in an orderly manner, but he didn't know that the breathing of the three corpse dragon queens was heavier than each other.

Shimei and Shilan's eyes were instantly filled with red.

After endless astonishment and dullness, boundless ecstasy appeared on their dragon faces, like rivers, lakes and seas:

"There will be no way for corpses to be eliminated! Heaven will not destroy our Corpse Dragon Clan!"

"It was clearly the end of the road, it was clearly a fish swimming under the cauldron, but suddenly the dawn appeared!"

"May I ask who you are? Why do you know these secrets? You have taken the trouble to bring the fire of inheritance to our tribe. This kindness will be unforgettable to our tribe!"

"Hehe, I told you so. We are in the same camp. There is no need for us to confront each other with swords!"

Little Guagua, who was standing on Ye Hanjun's shoulder, saw the expressions of the three corpse dragon queens and felt happy and proud.

Ye Hanjun smiled and said calmly:

"Just call me Gray, I like this name."

"My people are also facing the plight of decline. I can empathize with your feelings."

"Of course, there is another piece of news that is hard to define as good or bad that I need to tell you."

Shimei and Shilan, who were ecstatic, immediately restrained the Saint King aura that was leaking out due to excitement and listened patiently:

"Shiju... Strictly speaking, she no longer belongs to the Corpse Dragon Queen clan."

"Her bloodline has been washed away. From now on, she will at most have a close relationship with you. A complete return... is something that will never be possible."

"how do I say this?"

Shimei and Shilan were very confused.

Ye Hanjun pursed his lips and said slowly:

"Shiju once said that she is one of the only two hopes of the Corpse Dragon Queen's clan, and the fate she carries is no joke."

"But the Sun Abyss needed her more. She had no choice but to make a new choice. She grafted herself into the blood of the Hanba tribe and became a pure-blooded Hanba. She completely entrusted the tribe behind her to the hands of another tribe member."

Ye Hanjun glanced at Shi Li, who looked stunned, and said meaningfully:

"Including the blood and flesh of the Corpse Dragon Lady. If she hadn't grafted it before, it would have been impossible to find it."

“This is the price, and it is also the cause and effect.”

"Of course, because of this, from the moment Shiju became a Hanba, the bond between the Corpse Dragon Queen and the Hanba has been deeply rooted."

"You just need to work hard to continue your descendants and ensure that the flame of inheritance is not extinguished."

"When the goddess Ba arrives in the world, she will naturally protect you. Your people will rise from the predicament of a firefly to the attention of the bright moon again." (End of this chapter)