Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 263 Storm, Clues

Hearing the news about Shang Cangyun, Chu Zheng couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Just as he had previously speculated, once he entered the realm of Immortal King, Shang Cangyun would have no place to stay in the universe and would be surrounded by enemies all over the world.

Shang Cangyun’s situation is closely related to him.

If it weren't for sending him into the Ten Thousand Worlds, Shang Cangyun wouldn't have torn his relationship with the Immortal Alliance right now. At least he would have more time to prepare, instead of being so hasty.

The fact that the Immortal Emperor personally intervened has proved the seriousness of the matter. Shang Cangyun is probably hiding many huge secrets that ordinary people don't know.

The key here is closely related to the particularity of the Cang Yun Realm.

As a large realm under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Alliance, it is extremely unusual that the Cangyun cultivators are unable to fuse the immortal blood and become descendants of immortals.

Shang Cangyun, Zhao Tingxian, and Chu Zheng himself were all born from the Cangyun Realm. In addition, he found the Taoist golden body and the Record of Eternal Tribulations in the Cangyun Secret Realm. Without thinking too much, he could guess that there were great secrets hidden in the Cangyun Realm.

In the ancient times or prehistoric times, some earth-shaking changes must have taken place in the Cang Yun Realm, which are still affecting all living beings in the Cang Yun Realm even today.

This may be closely related to the evil demons from outside the universe.

Chu Zheng pondered for a while and couldn't help but sigh. The speed at which his cultivation was improving had already reached a terrifying level, but it was still far from the realm of Shang Cangyun.

What's more, Shang Cangyun is far from climbing to the top of the universe. He is forced to have no way to go up to the sky or into the earth, and can only enter the universe.

The universe is definitely not a good place to go, otherwise Shang Cangyun would not have hesitated for so long and was reluctant to take that step.

Now, Chu Zheng can fully anticipate that as his cultivation level increases, the road ahead will become increasingly difficult. The calamity energy that is lingering around him alone will consume an unknown amount of his energy.

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After hearing about Shang Cangyun's situation, Chu Zheng continued to travel to various countries, visited many Taoist sects, and mainly collected some information about the universe.

At the same time, he extracted the original energy step by step and slowly repaired the Emperor Jade Disk.

During this period, the information from various sects did allow Chu Zheng to make some discoveries. The myriad worlds had also been invaded by evil demons from outside the realm, and many cultivators' bodies had been infected by evil spirits after death, and they had turned into evil demons.

Every time evil demons from outside the domain come, it will bring about a bloody storm.

Regarding the evil demons from outside the domain, there is a vague rumor among all realms that if the body is infected by evil spirits, the soul will not rest in peace after death and it will be difficult to reincarnate.

Although there are rumors about reincarnation in the universe, there is not a single person who has actually been to the underworld, and there is no specific example to personally verify it.

The theory of reincarnation is said to have originated from a monk with extremely strong cultivation. After his physical body perished, his soul remained in the world for a long time and turned into a ghost god.

After people learned about this, they made further speculations, believing that even for mortals, after death, their souls would not dissipate directly, but would enter the underworld and be reincarnated.

Especially some mortals, after the death of their relatives, often wake up in the middle of the night and receive messages from their relatives in their dreams. This further confirms the existence of souls.

After many cultivators painstakingly studied it, they were finally certain that the soul was not cultivated, but was innate, with only differences in strength.

Some powerful monks with long lifespans have seen people who are exactly like their old friends, not only in appearance but even in temperament and preferences. This further proves the theory of reincarnation.

Occasionally there are rumors that a cultivator somewhere has awakened his memories of his past life, obtained supreme magic, and since then has soared to the sky.

But no matter what, reincarnation is just speculation among all the worlds, and no one has ever seen the underworld with their own eyes.

Many cultivators even regard the universe as the underworld. In their eyes, those evil demons from outside the universe are no different from ghosts and gods.

Chu Zheng naturally believed in reincarnation. If there was no reincarnation, how could he awaken his wisdom and still retain his memories of his past lives?

The underworld must exist, but its exact location is still unknown.

In the process of gathering information, the news that the Qi cultivator had entered the world to experience tribulations had already spread vaguely.

Many sects no longer had contact with strangers and seemed much more cautious, which caused considerable trouble for Chu Zheng.

Normally, there were many disputes and frictions between the various sects in different countries, and there were occasional fights. However, during this period of time, the country has strangely fallen into a state of calm.

All the cultivators' eyes were patrolling in secret, trying to know where this unknown Qi cultivator would eventually emerge from.

A Qi cultivator, when experiencing a calamity, is almost the same as a disaster star. He must restrain himself and others, and it is difficult for him to have a good ending if he is associated with it.

Natural disasters and man-made calamities are inevitable, and most monks do not have enough strength to resist the invisible risks that may occur at any time.

Finally, Chu Zheng stopped in front of a temple.

Nowadays it is becoming increasingly difficult to collect information, and the calamity has reached a certain scale. It is imperative to incarnate and experience the calamity. We can no longer waste time on trivial matters.

The temple before us has more than a hundred pavilions and covers an area of ​​dozens of miles. It is bustling with people, and the incense and prayers inside are filled with clouds. This is a temple dedicated to the god of incense.

Chu Zheng took a quick glance with his mind and found out the title of the deity in front of him.

'Jade Pot Spirit Lord'.

A god of incense and fire whose cultivation has just recently entered the fifth level.

Just before Chu Zheng reached the shrine, a figure appeared before his eyes. He looked a little illusory, wearing a wide divine robe and carrying the majesty of someone who had been in a high position for a long time. It was none other than the incarnation of Yuhu Lingjun.

"The little god pays homage to the higher god."

The incense and gods bowed their heads and worshipped with a humble tone and a very low posture. They opened up a passage and led Chu Zheng all the way into the depths of the temple.

As a fellow incense god, he could sense the almost endless power of Chu Zheng's wishes, which was much stronger than his, far more than ten or a hundred times stronger.

This is a powerful deity with over 100 million believers. There are only a few of them in the entire Qingyun Realm. It was obvious at first glance that he was a visitor from outside the domain. For a moment, Yuhu Lingjun was a little trembling with fear.

"I will borrow your shrine to stay for a while. Once the work is done, I will leave."

Chu Zheng went straight to the point. The second level of the immortal calamity was imminent. He had to prepare to incarnate and experience the calamity again, so he needed to go into seclusion in a place. There were many cultivators coming and going here, and the information channels were wide, so he could get the information in the Cang Yun Realm in a timely manner.

"God, please do as you please."

Yuhu Lingjun naturally did not dare to refuse, and immediately arranged a secret room for Chu Zheng to settle down.

As night fell, the moon looked like silver, hanging down to the ground.

Stars of various colors crisscrossed the sky. Chu Zheng's gaze penetrated the secret room, looked carefully, and began to search for information about the world.

However, in the myriad worlds, the starlight he saw had changed, and was completely different from what he had felt before in the Immortal Alliance territory.

The starry sky above my head has changed, so it is naturally impossible for the same starlight to float there.

Most of the starlight that Chu Zheng saw now was covered with a layer of cold fog, and he could not see the situation behind the starlight at all.

Moreover, many starlights are intertwined in one place and are obscured by the densely concentrated world, making it difficult to find a suitable target.

After a slight hesitation, Chu Zheng didn't think any more and randomly picked a ray of starlight and went up along the way.

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When Chu Zheng opened his eyes again, he saw a dark grey iron wall in front of him. It was very close and covered with talismans of various colors.

The air was filled with an extremely complex smell, a mixture of the smell of blood, an inexplicable stench and the special smell of metal, which was depressing and turbid.

This time's incarnation was different from the previous ones. The moment he stepped into the starlight, he was pulled by an inexplicable force and then lost consciousness.

He didn't even remember how he chose this body.

This body has a bone age of no more than ten years old, still a half-grown child, but the Yin Qi in its body is terribly heavy, and its limbs and bones are already half-rigid. After some time, it will completely turn into a corpse demon, or a so-called zombie.

The space around was extremely narrow, and was entirely made of metal walls, like an iron coffin, completely sealed with no visible gaps. The walls were all engraved with runes and covered with talisman paper, as if to suppress some evil creature.

After concentrating for a moment, Chu Zheng realized something was wrong. The yin energy in the air was extremely heavy, and it was filled with a sense of evil. This was enough to prove that even if the outside world was not an extremely yin place, it was probably a burial pit.

Chu Zheng pulled out the panel and took a look at his current body and found some information.

[Xia Guangzong (Level 0): Bone age 12, born in a Yin year, Yin month, Yin time, born with Yin Qi running through the five internal organs, was beaten to death, died with a heavy grudge, fed by human blood, has turned into a half-corpse demon.]

[Name: Xia Guangzong (Chu Zheng)]

【Cultivation: Level 2】

[Skill: None]

[Repairman: Level 468 (16000/)]

[Remaining number of repairs for the day: 4]

[Currently repairable: None]

Judging from the number of repairs, the concentration of vital energy in the outside world is not inferior to that of the Qingyun Realm.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Zheng's body shook slightly and the iron coffin began to move.

The talismans around him had the effect of isolating divine thoughts. Chu Zheng could not see the situation outside, but he could vaguely sense several streams of qi and blood coming from living people.

This body has already completed most of the refining, and the injuries on the flesh have been completely repaired. It has basically turned into a corpse demon. Even if the panel is repaired, it cannot be resurrected.

The heart in the chest stopped beating, and the blood in the limbs and bones stagnated and solidified in the blood vessels.

This state, which was almost like that of a living dead, was the first time Chu Zheng had experienced it, and he couldn't help but find it a little strange.

While half asleep and half awake, the shaking iron coffin stopped again, and the yin energy around it gradually faded. It should have left the place where the corpse was kept before.

puff-

A dull sound was heard, and then the surrounding iron walls turned slightly red, and streams of blood seeped in, gradually drowning Chu Zheng. The warm blood further accelerated the speed of the corpse's transformation.

Chu Zheng could vaguely feel that his shriveled body was gradually filling up. With the infusion of Yang Qi, the hair all over his body began to grow vigorously.

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Zheng began to practice the Qi refining method to harmonize the Yin and Yang Qi in his body, trying to compress the Yin Qi in his body into a pill first.

The corpse demon is born with defects, with strong yin and weak yang. It needs to constantly suck blood to maintain its own yin and yang balance. Otherwise, if the yin is too strong, it will backfire, and its mind will be confused. It is not an easy road to walk.

Chu Zheng didn't want to leave himself with such disadvantages, but now, he was trapped in the coffin and could only make some attempts for the time being.

He tried to leave his body and choose a new one, but this corpse seemed to have become a cage and he could not escape by his own strength.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred days passed.

The first time Chu Zheng tried the Qi-refining method with the body of a corpse demon, he made a significant discovery. In his body, the Yin Qi far outweighed the Yang Qi, but a delicate balance was always maintained.

As the Qi refining method was working, an aura that was very familiar to Chu Zheng was born.

This aura was exactly the same as the aura that permeated from the space passage leading to the Universe Realm when he was in the Cangyun Realm.

The evil spirit belongs to the evil demons from outside the domain.

The only difference was that the aura that had previously repelled him now felt extremely familiar to him.

By some strange coincidence, he seemed to have turned into a creature very similar to the evil demon from outside the domain.

This discovery undoubtedly surprised Chu Zheng.

After all, the corpse demons and the evil demons in the universe do have many similarities.

They are all transformed from corpses, regaining consciousness and possessed by evil spirits.

When Chu Zheng was concentrating on his practice, a few whispers suddenly came from outside the coffin:

"This zombie has great potential. I have used the soul-summoning method to summon a wandering soul to live in it. It can help it quickly awaken its spiritual wisdom."

"Can this really keep our Gu family safe?"

"It is so rare to see a boy with a Yin body. Moreover, he died of a heavy grudge. If he is trained properly, he may become a corpse king in the future."

"By then, not to mention guaranteeing the safety of your Gu family, you will have a chance to become the overlord of a region."

Chu Zheng suddenly came back to his senses and paused for a moment. It seemed that the reason why he had problems on this trip was because of this method of summoning souls.

The wisp of soul he incarnated to experience the tribulation was treated as a wandering soul between heaven and earth and was forcibly locked in this body.

However, after practicing for this period of time, his soul and spirit have long since merged with this body, and they are indistinguishable from each other.

The Yin Qi that was flowing freely in the body has been compressed into Yin Dan, and the weak Yang Qi has begun to flow in the body. The stiff limbs have regained some softness, and some of the appearances of the corpse demon have faded.

boom--

Chu Zheng was in deep thought for a moment when the iron coffin above his head suddenly opened, causing his eyes to light up slightly.

Chu Zheng subconsciously sat up from the coffin and looked around.

The iron coffin fell into a pool of blood about ten feet in diameter. Not far away from the pool, there were two figures standing. They were of similar age, both over forty years old.

One of them was thin, wearing a Taoist robe and a Taoist bun. The other was of medium build, wearing a dark blue robe, and had a spiritual light flowing from him.

Looking at Chu Zheng sitting up in the coffin, the middle-aged Taoist in Taoist robes smiled faintly and raised his hand to wave:

"Come."

Chu Zheng did not notice anything unusual and continued to sit in the coffin, his body motionless and his eyes as calm as water.

The middle-aged Taoist's expression changed slightly, and his voice became slightly higher:
"Not yet!"

(End of this chapter)