626: Chen De Slays the Three Corpses (Part 1)

Xie Feng held a bead covered in cracks in his hand.

This was the Heart-Returning Bead, an Immortal-grade peak-quality Primordial Spiritual Treasure that Xu You had used for his good corpse!

For such an important item to appear in Xie Feng's hand in such a battered state...

What it meant was already self-evident.

Xu You's attempt at Slaying Three Corpses had undoubtedly failed, and keeping the bead was meaningless.

"It's still not enough."

He thought about how, besides himself, Xuan Ni was currently the only Sect Master among the Ten Sects of the Sacred Ring who had truly succeeded in slaying a corpse.

Xie Feng couldn't help but sigh.

This number was still two short of what he needed for his next steps.

Thinking of the five Sect Masters still sealed within his Inner World, he couldn't help but feel a bit worried.

Only one had come out of four sects; could two come out of the remaining five?

Regardless, he had to give it a try.

If it really didn't work, he would just wait another few hundred million years and cultivate them himself.

Xie Feng didn't linger any longer and returned to the territory of his own Nine Absolute Sword Sect.

He then went into a great hall and, with a wave of his hand, released the five people from their seals.

After Li Xi, A person from Xu Kun Sect, A person from Fen Tian Palace, Ci Bing, and Chen De emerged, they didn't run. Instead, they stayed where they were obediently.

Firstly, they had personally experienced that it was impossible to escape from Xie Feng.

Secondly, they were still under restriction. How could they run without any power?

Chen De felt that he probably wouldn't die this time, but if he did, there was nothing he could do about it.

Li Xi asked calmly, "Sect Master Xie, we don't know what you want us to do by bringing us here?"

For him, having lived for so many hundreds of millions of years, he wasn't afraid of death, but he didn't want to die either.

He would naturally choose to live if he could, but if he couldn't, he wouldn't act like a coward.

Xie Feng looked at the four and said, "Slaying Three Corpses. I want you to slay the three corpses!"

Hearing this, the five of them all frowned, including Chen De.

Since the last grand assembly until now, the other six sects had all taken action. Why hadn't they?

Was it because they didn't want to?

Besides the fact that Slaying Three Corpses almost completely cut off the path to becoming a Saint, there were also the inherent risks involved.

Once it failed, the consequences were unthinkable.

Of course, it wasn't necessarily that they didn't want to slay them; they just hadn't made up their minds or reached a decision yet.

Being asked to slay the three corpses now wasn't necessarily impossible; it could be seen as helping them make up their minds.

But what was Xie Feng's purpose?

It couldn't simply be that he wanted to supervise their cultivation, could it?

The responsibility of the Alliance Leader? That was simply laughable!

Li Xi didn't ask about the reason; he just nodded and said, "Fine."

Seeing Li Xi agree, Xie Feng asked the others, "What about the three of you? Any objections?"

Chen De shook his head hurriedly. "None, none at all. I resolutely uphold and support the decision made by the Alliance Leader."

"I believe that everything the Alliance Leader does must be for our own good."

"This is all part of the painstaking effort to develop our Sacred Ring Domain. How can one not be moved?"

"Say no more."

"From now on, if the Alliance Leader tells me to go east, I will absolutely not go west!"

The other four people, including Xie Feng but excluding Chen De, were stunned after hearing this.

Even though they had fallen into Xie Feng's hands, could someone be so shameless just to stay alive?

Of course, they weren't too surprised by the huge contrast in Jian Fan before and after.

Because they all knew very well how low their respective bottom lines could be.

If they didn't know that begging for mercy was useless, they could have said things even more sickening than this.

Some people looked very serious on the surface but were actually incredibly lewd or sly inside; they had seen many such people.

Jian Fan's thought at this moment was probably: if I don't try, how will I know? What if it works? And if it doesn't, I haven't lost anything.

By saying these words, Chen De had essentially stated his position.

Xie Feng's attention then shifted to the remaining three.

A person from Xu Kun Sect and A person from Fen Tian Palace immediately expressed their willingness to slay the three corpses anytime.

Ci Bing only asked, "What if we fail?"

Xie Feng glanced at her and didn't speak.

But Ci Bing understood his meaning: if you fail, you die, so you can only succeed.

So she said, "I have no objection."

Seeing that none of the five had objections, Xie Feng waved his hand, and a gateway appeared in front of each of them. "Now, you may enter."

Clearly, this was the training ground Xie Feng had prepared for them to slay their three corpses.

Then, the five of them discovered that the restrictions left in their bodies had all vanished; their strength had been completely restored.

However, they had no intention of resisting at this time and instead walked into the gateways obediently.

Once they had entered, Xie Feng waved his hand again, closing all the gateways.

He also set up sword qi seals that could only be opened by an attack at the Quasi-Saint level.

If they didn't go to slay the three corpses, they would be stuck inside for the rest of their lives... After entering the gateway, Chen De took a brief look around.

He found that this was a large-scale Small World. There was no sun in the sky, but it glowed with a faint blue light.

There were no green plants or other life forms here, only stone pillars standing one after another.

Furthermore, the surrounding space was extremely stable; even an ordinary Immortal Law Realm Ninth Transformation would find it difficult to shatter.

In the sky, the most obvious thing was the gateway he had just entered through.

But now Chen De could sense that a seal had been placed on this gateway, which he could not break with his current strength.

Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. If it really didn't work, he'd just leave his life here.

He then took out Jian Fan's Life Spiritual Treasure, an Immortal-grade peak-quality Primordial Spiritual Treasure—the Hell Abyss Mirror!

Slaying Three Corpses?

To be honest, with Chen De's current cultivation at the peak of the Demon Venerable Realm Ninth Transformation, he certainly met the realm requirements for Slaying Three Corpses.

But in fact, Slaying Three Corpses was just one method to step into the Quasi-Saint domain.

Chen De's current Rhyme of Law had accumulated to 89%, a solid Ninth Transformation peak level.

If he could raise it to 90%, he could likewise step into the Quasi-Saint domain.

When it reached 99%, he would be at the peak of the Quasi-Saint stage.

This final ten percent in the Immortal Realm was the most valuable ten percent in the entire process of comprehending the Rhyme of Law.

The improvement it brought was far greater than any single transformation among the Ninth Transformations.

It was just that compared to comprehending the Rhyme of Law, Slaying Three Corpses was undoubtedly much easier.

And besides Slaying Three Corpses, there were various other shortcuts that could be used to enter this level.

But the most orthodox way was, naturally, to honestly comprehend the Rhyme of Law.

Similar to the Sect Masters of the Ten Sects of the Sacred Ring, they had all reached the 89% level of Rhyme of Law and could not advance an inch further.

Otherwise, if they had even the slightest chance, they wouldn't have chosen the path of Slaying Three Corpses.

The current Chen De was also stuck at this 89% threshold.

However, with the assistance of the system, all he lacked was just some Attribute Points.

Therefore, following the normal path of law advancement was perfectly fine.