“Very well then.” Lu Yun looked at Chu Xingran and shoved a handful of Resurrection Talismans into the man’s hand. “Take these.”

Chu Xingran gaped at the more-than-one-hundred talismans in his hand. “I feel like… I can run over the Corpse Refiners through sheer life force alone.”

“Sheer life force?” Lu Yun cocked his head. “That’s a good idea.” He fished out another handful of talismans. “But don’t rely too much on these things. Everything in life has their counter, including this Resurrection Talisman. I think that you should swap some of these for the Lifeline Talismans in the outside realm. Use both of them on and off so that the enemy doesn’t hone in on a weakness!”

Slack jawed, Chu Xingran stared at Lu Yun. He could tell that the Resurrection Talismans were very similar to the Lifeline Talismans. Lifeline Talismans died in place of one, whereas Resurrection Talismans instantly revived one.

Lu Yun had the marvelous ability to bring someone back from the dead; Chu Xingran had seen it for himself when the young man saved Haidong Lin. The latter had come back to life thanks to a Resurrection Talisman that Lu Yun had planted in his body.

The young man had an endless supply of them, and even his dao partners, son, and disciples could easily bring out a few hundred at the drop of a hat. Although they weren’t conducive to growth and cultivation, Lu Yun still gifted them in great amounts. He didn’t want to be parted from those he cared about by the barrier of life and death.

For cultivators, a Resurrection Talisman was better than a Lifeline Talisman. The former took effect only after the owner died, permitting the holder to experience that precise moment of death. There was great nourishment to be had in that tipping point. When Lu Yun first arrived in the world of immortals, he’d made use of it to overcome his many fears and find his footing in the world.

The Lifeline Talisman blocked a fatal blow for the owner. While both saved a life, they didn’t do so in the same way. They were thus similar, but different.

“This is a Lifeline Talisman, take it.” Chu Xingran manifested a talisman in his hand and gave it to Lu Yun. It was the one that the dragons had given to him. Now that he had a vast sum of Resurrection Talismans, he naturally gifted this one in return to Lu Yun.

Chu Xingran knew that Lu Yun needed it more than him. With this example in hand, Lu Yun would be able to make many more of them. Chu Xingran suddenly had a feeling that life and death might be meaningless in the future. If everyone had Lifeline and Resurrection Talismans on them, life and death wouldn’t matter anymore.

He had strong faith in Lu Yun that he would do something as crazy as that.

“Since you’ve decided to stay here in my place, let’s get down to some business first.” Lu Yun looked down at the busy Infernum beneath him. “Let’s find the core essence of corpse dao here and destroy it!”

While corpse dao could be immensely useful for tomb raiding, it was better for him to destroy it if he couldn’t control it at the moment.

“Found it!” Having dug fifteen thousand kilometers below ground, Feng Xianhuo called out, “Master, the foundations of corpse dao are right beneath me, but it’s very dangerous here. Three hundred and sixty-five zombie kings have formed a major cycle formation to protect it!”

Lu Yun cast his eyes downward to see a massive palace fifteen thousand kilometers below with three hundred and sixty-five zombie kings sitting cross-legged around it. His face spasmed when he saw what the zombie kings looked like.

“How is this possible?!” he yelped.

Chu Xingran fell silent as he mused, “If this loop had operated as usual, Diexi would once more become a zombie king under Corpse Refiner command and be sent here as the three hundred and sixty-sixth zombie king.

“Whether in the Land of Reincarnation or the outside realm, a major cycle is three hundred and sixty-five. There is one aberration, and that is number three hundred and sixty-six. If a three hundred and sixty-sixth Diexi appeared, then corpse dao could very possibly envelop the entire land and become its major dao.”

“So the Corpse Refiners are also behind the tomb for the living in the world of immortals?” This was very unwelcome news for Lu Yun.

Zombie King Diexi was mutated from the body of the deceased Taiyin Goddess of the great wilderness. Up until now, Lu Yun had had no idea who’d turned her into a zombie king. When she was in sword form, she’d slain Zhao Qing, daughter of the emperor of the Exalted Divines, with one stroke.

It was a very eerie sight that there were three hundred and sixty-five copies of her in front of him right now.

Beings subject to the reincarnation system of this land appeared again and again—they weren’t the only instance of their existence. Apart from the Imperial Seal that the demon of immortal dao lived in, everything else was destroyed in the final destruction of a cycle and reappeared with the beginning of the next.

Lu Yun never imagined that the Corpse Refiners would collect three hundred and sixty-five copies of Diexi and have them safeguard the doors to corpse dao. He’d never been able to understand why someone would set up a tomb for the living in the Abyss of Divine Burial, but finally understood why when he saw the sight in front of him.

The Abyss of Divine Burial was transformed from an Abyssal Hell. Although it was one that the god of Mount Tai had created elsewhere and not the one he’d subdued, it truly possessed the core essence of the Abyssal Hell.

Diexi had been buried there to absorb the hell’s power. Since the Abyssal Hell buried the bodies of all life, the strength she absorbed permitted her to break free from the constraints of the hell. Even if there came a day in which the god of Mount Tai walked the land again, a whole and complete Abyssal Hell still wouldn’t be able to confine her.

Three hundred and sixty-five copies of her formed a major cycle formation that guarded the sinister palace at its core. The heart of the palace was a crystal coffin. The Diexis called upon three hundred and sixty-five Abyssal Hells and infused the crystal coffin with energy via the formation.

The entity buried within the coffin was the true core essence of corpse dao.

Jiang Chen?

Lu Yun opened the Spectral Eye and stared fixedly at the crystal coffin, unable to see things clearly.

“No wonder they left with such peace of mind. Three hundred and sixty-five zombie kings each with eighteen levels of sequence… This formation can easily crush any twentieth level sequence expert!” Chu Xingran murmured. “The Corpse Refiners’ true trump card isn’t the old zombie, but this major cycle formation and whatever’s inside.”

Thank goodness Lu Yun had claimed the core essence of sequence not long after the world of sequence formed. The sect hadn’t had time to release whatever was here, or the world of sequence would be theirs without a doubt.

Lu Yun had acted too swiftly in the Abyssal Hell, so this time, they’d set up a flawless trap on Corpse World to await his arrival.

So Diexi is..... Agent Smith??