627: Chen De Slays the Three Corpses (Part Two)

Nevertheless, Chen De still intended to try Slaying Three Corpses.

It wasn't for any other reason than his absolute confidence in the system.

Chen De believed that even if he severed the three corpses and used spiritual treasures that didn't share the same origin...

...once his Rhyme of Law and cultivation reached the critical point, it would still help him break through.

To this day, Chen De had yet to discover any factor that could interfere with the system's point-allocation.

Even the Evil God of the Divine Tribulation Realm back then couldn't do it.

When a fundamental conflict occurred during the fusion with the Xiantian, the system didn't fail; instead, it forcibly blended the two together.

No matter how large the difference between the origins of the three spiritual treasures Chen De used would be...

...could it possibly be greater than the fundamental contradiction between an Evil God and the Xiantian?

Since even that level of difference could be forcibly merged, this current situation was likely just a walk in the park.

At the same time, Chen De wanted to take this opportunity to expel all the dross from his body.

As he continuously moved forward and witnessed the myriad aspects of the human world, even he had inevitably been tainted by some evil.

Walking the world and benefiting all living beings, it was ultimately unavoidable to get stuck in the mire.

Having made his decision, Chen De planned to begin immediately.

He looked at the prison nether mirror in his hand, intending to use it as the vessel for the severed corpse.

In fact, he also had a yuanxu plate, but it was severely damaged and, for the time being, couldn't be shown in public.

As for the world-descending demonic blade, the state of this thing's existence was somewhat special.

Although it was equivalent to an Immortal-grade Innate Supreme Treasure, it couldn't serve as a vessel for the corpse.

After selecting the spiritual treasure to be used as a vessel, Chen De sat cross-legged atop a stone pillar.

He closed his eyes and began the first of the four steps of Slaying Three Corpses.

Unlike everyone else, the first one Chen De chose was his good... evil corpse.

Because for a Saint Mother like him, the evil thoughts in his heart were like dross.

Slaying the good corpse would naturally be effortless, but he wanted to challenge his own weakness.

At the same time, if he truly severed the good corpse first, wouldn't the proportion of evil thoughts in his body increase?

This was something that a Supreme Holy Mother absolutely could not tolerate.

Thus, Chen De repeatedly visualized all his evil and cruelty, but he found that he simply couldn't think of any.

Where could a good person like him have even a trace of evil intent?

Since he had no evil thoughts himself, he visualized his criteria for evil and then condensed it into a form.

Even a Saint Mother who treated everyone equally had their own basis for judging good and evil.

Otherwise, how could one reform the wicked and help the virtuous?

If one couldn't even distinguish between good and evil, then how could they speak of punishing evil and promoting good!

The 'evil' in Slaying Three Corpses was not evil in the broad sense, but rather what one personally perceived as evil.

As long as I believe it is evil, even if it isn't, it is evil.

Therefore, many people in this step used what was considered evil by the masses rather than what they themselves believed to be evil.

Even though they clearly didn't think the mass-defined evil was evil, they insisted on saying it was.

They could fool others, but could they fool themselves?

This would lead to their evil being impure, even causing doubt later on and leading to Qi Deviation.

It was fine to lie to oneself, but it was best to lie so convincingly that one believed it; then it would be real, and there would be no problem with Slaying Three Corpses.

If one lied to oneself and didn't even believe it, that was just self-deception, and they could expect bad luck when Slaying Three Corpses.

The first step ended quickly, and Chen De began the second step.

Transforming these evil thoughts into an 'evil self,' manifesting a specific image.

This image could be anything, even the same as the original body, but Chen De chose to let nature take its course, letting it be whatever it wanted to be.

The final image that appeared was exactly the same as Chen De's in his previous life.

Judging by the appearance, however, it was much younger, about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The name of the Evil Corpse!

At that time, his name was still The name of the Evil Corpse; he hadn't yet changed it to his current name.

Seeing this, Chen De couldn't help but sigh.

It really is dross!

Ever since he changed his name, he hadn't done a single bad deed, let alone harbored a single evil thought.

And so, his image from before the name change was dragged out.

No wonder, no wonder. Chen De had always had a clear conscience and believed he had never done anything wrong.

But why was his state of mind never perfect, always with a trace of lingering evil intent?

It turned out to be this kid The name of the Evil Corpse; he was truly too wicked.

From this moment on, Chen De officially completed his separation from The name of the Evil Corpse!

In the future, Chen De is Chen De, and The name of the Evil Corpse is The name of the Evil Corpse; no one can ever conflate the two again.

Step three: debating the Dao with the evil self.

To be honest, Chen De had nothing to say to such an evil fellow.

But as the saying goes, the best way to eliminate fear is to face it; the same applied to evil now.

Now Chen De is Chen De and The name of the Evil Corpse is The name of the Evil Corpse; the things The name of the Evil Corpse did have nothing to do with Chen De.

So at this moment, Chen De expounded on what evil was entirely from the perspective of a bystander.

Because he was a Saint Mother and was consistent inside and out, his understanding of good and evil was actually the same whether objective or subjective.

Just as the Dao debate ended, the fourth step began.

Chen De was quick-handed, rapidly severing the evil self from his divine sense and letting it fall into the prison nether mirror, which had already been refined.

On the periphery of this spiritual treasure, a humanoid phantom first emerged, bearing the appearance of The name of the Evil Corpse.

Then the phantom became clearer and clearer, while simultaneously absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically.

Since this place was specifically provided by Xie Feng for them to sever their corpses, the spiritual energy was exceptionally abundant.

As the phantom gradually solidified, his eyes also grew more and more spirited.

At the same time, the aura on Chen De's own body was also skyrocketing.

The more solid the phantom became, the more powerful his aura grew.

It soon surpassed Fan Tao at the peak of the Ninth Transformation and entered the realm of a Quasi-Saint.

At the same time, this meant that Chen De's action of slaying the evil corpse this time was a complete success!

Beyond the increase in strength, his gains this time were far more than that.

After expelling the dross from his body, he felt refreshed, and his entire being was completely transparent.

Then, turning his head to look at this dross... this evil corpse, Chen De couldn't help but sigh.

Even a Saint Mother like himself couldn't avoid having some evil thoughts in his heart.

If even the Supreme Holy Mother is like this, what about everyone else?

The road to benefiting all living beings is truly long and difficult!

Fortunately, he had successfully expelled it now; otherwise, he really couldn't imagine how despairing this world would be.

Mindful that this was an evil corpse, and to prevent him from committing crimes in his name...

Chen De immediately warned sternly, "Although you are my evil corpse and have inherited all my evil thoughts, if you dare to do evil, I will absolutely not be soft-hearted."

"Even if I have to suppress you, I will never allow you to harm those lovely living beings!"

The evil corpse had just been born, but possessing part of Chen De's memories, he quickly understood his own existence.

Upon hearing Chen De's words, he immediately raised his head and looked directly into Chen De's eyes.