The next two chapters explain a lot. They are a summary of all the foreshadowing of the previous dozens of chapters. You can read it slowly.
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Another ten days passed, but Zhang Ruochen still didn't wake up.
Instead, due to the massive loss of blood, his face became very pale, and the skin all over his body was covered with a layer of deathly ash.
The vitality in Zhang Ruochen's body is rapidly draining and he will die at any time.
For ten days, the old monk never appeared again.
Only Mu Lingxi stayed by his side, holding his hands tightly and injecting the holy energy in his body continuously into his body.
At this moment, Mu Lingxi also lay on the ground due to a large loss of holy energy. Her pretty face was paler than Zhang Ruochen and looked quite weak.
However, Mu Lingxi did not let go. Once she let go, she was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would die completely and never wake up again.
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The other side of the volcano.
The old monk sat cross-legged on the ground, wearing a dazzling golden treasure cassock on top of his original simple Buddhist robes. Golden Buddha energy was flowing throughout his body. He raised his hands above his head with his palms facing up.
In the sky above, blood worms exploded and turned into blood mist, condensing into two blood pillars, penetrating down from the clouds and connecting with his palms.
As he continued to absorb blood into his body, his dry body stood up and finally returned to a full state.
"Bang bang."
From the sky, blood worms fell down one after another and piled up into a large pile, all turning into withered corpses.
Master Xinshu, wearing spotless white Buddhist robes, stood in front of the old monk, clasped his hands together, and bowed: "Has Master's cultivation recovered?"
The old monk looked at his broad palms, nodded, stood up, and said with a smile: "Those blood worms have absorbed the blood of hundreds of semi-saints. Now, all their blood has gathered into the master's body."
My body has restored my master to his peak state."
"Next, we can start collecting the divine corpses with all our strength. As long as the divine corpses are refined into war corpses, what does even Queen Chi Yao have to fear?"
The mind-skilling Buddhist master stared at Zhang Ruochen in the distance and said, "Zhang Ruochen killed several semi-sages of our religion. Why does Master still want to help him cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Body?"
The old monk turned his gaze and glanced at Zhang Ruochen who was soaked in the magma, showing a wise smile: "If this son hadn't appeared in time to help me and repel the ghost king Shenchu. I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to wait for you to arrive.
Already dead here."
Master Xinshu hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said with sincerity: "After receiving the master's holy will, the disciples immediately led the masters in the religion to come to the underworld for rescue. However, they met a ghost king on the way and had to fight with her.
, the disciple suffered a heavy blow, so he came a step too late, please take a closer look, Master."
"Get up quickly, I don't mean to blame you."
The old monk smiled kindly, helped Master Xinshu up, and said: "No matter how you say it, I do owe Zhang Ruochen a huge favor. If you don't return the favor to him, there will be flaws in the heart of the holy way.
Once you start, you will never get past the last step."
He added: "Of course, if he cannot survive this test and dies here, the poor monk will not have to repay his favor in the future."
Master Xinshu finally understood the Master's intention of doing this.
If Zhang Ruochen cultivates into the Five Elements Chaos Body and survives, then the master has returned his favor and his heart of the holy way has reached a state of perfection.
Zhang Ruochen failed to survive and died in the magma ocean. The master had no regrets in his heart and no need to return the favor.
"If this boy doesn't die, he will definitely become a formidable enemy of our religion in the future." Master Xinshu said solemnly.
The old monk said meaningfully: "That's not necessarily the case. If so, when he grows up, we will definitely not be the ones who have the biggest headache."
"Master, are you referring to the Queen in the Central Imperial City?" Master Xinshu said with understanding.
The old monk said: "The Queen is such a arrogant person. She will never order her capture without any reason, unless the existence of this son can threaten her throne or even her life. In this case, of course the poor monk is
We must give him a helping hand.”
The mentalist Buddhist master stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, "However, I don't think he can survive this level...Eh..."
Before Master Xinshu's words could be fully finished, a faint five-color brilliance actually emitted from the magma ocean.
Moreover, the brilliance became more and more intense, covering most of the volcano.
Originally, the vitality in Zhang Ruochen's body was already quite weak, but at this time, it became stronger and stronger. His body seemed to have turned into a five-colored sacred stone, emitting black, white, gold, cyan, and red brilliance.
The whole world became chaotic, as if we were back at the beginning of the world.
The old monk's eyes were fixed on Zhang Ruochen, with an incredible look on his face, and he said: "This boy's willpower is really amazing. It actually allowed him to survive and successfully cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Body. His talent
, can be said to be the first person in the Kunlun realm after the medieval period."
"boom!"
Zhang Ruochen flew up from the lava, turned into a stream of colorful light, soared into the sky, crossed an arc, rushed down, and landed on the ground, standing not far from the old monk and the Xinshu Buddhist Master.
Although he had been in a coma before, his mental power was still quite active, so he heard the conversation between the old monk and the mind-skilling Buddhist master.
Zhang Ruochen's eyes emitted colorful chaotic light, staring at the old monk, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It turns out that the senior is actually the leader of the Death Zen Sect, the famous ancestor of Death Zen."
The old monk smiled slightly: "It's just the poor monk."
Then, the old monk said: "Congratulations to the donor for cultivating into the Five Elements Chaos Body. From now on, no one in the same realm can be your enemy."
Zhang Ruochen stared at the corpses of blood worms on the ground. He immediately thought of the half-saints in Ghost Valley who were devoured by blood worms. His pupils shrank and he said solemnly: "It turns out you were the one who raised these blood worms."
The old monk immediately shook his head and said: "No, these blood worms are corpse worms bred from the corpses of gods. They are originally the creatures in the Valley of Ghosts and Gods. The poor monk just used the death meditation method to drive them to do things, that's all."
Zhang Ruochen said: "Drive them to suck the blood of everyone? Then, use this blood to restore your own power."
The old monk seemed very calm and said: "Human nature is greedy. If they hadn't been greedy for the so-called resurrection medicine, how could they come to the Valley of Ghosts and Gods one after another?"
Zhang Ruochen snorted coldly: "So, the rumors about the rejuvenating medicine were spread by the Death Zen Sect, which led people to die in the Valley of Ghosts and Gods."
The old monk shook his head again and said: "The donor's ideas are too narrow, why can't he look at the problem optimistically? From another perspective, the poor monk is actually saving himself by doing this. If so, don't attract them to the Valley of Ghosts and Gods, don't absorb them
blood, then the person who dies in the end must be a poor monk, right?"
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes, exhaled a long breath, calmed down the anger in his heart, calmed down, and said: "I really want to know the cause and effect of the whole thing."
The old monk also appeared to be very patient, and said in an unhurried manner: "A year ago, in order to find the strength to fight against Queen Chi Yao, the poor monk came to the underworld alone to look for the corpse that was killed by the Thousand Bones Queen.
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"The poor monk has been looking for the Ghost Valley. At that time, he happened to meet the Ghost King Shenchu who was preparing to survive the seventh ghost tribulation."
"If so, the Ghost King Shenchu survives the seventh ghost tribulation, his ghost body will be able to merge with the divine corpse and become the most powerful and lawless Ghost Emperor."
"Therefore, this battle is inevitable."
"However, the underworld is no better than the Kunlun realm. There is no aura of heaven and earth to mobilize, nor can it make up for the consumption of holy energy in one's body. As the battle continues, the power of the poor monk becomes weaker and weaker."
"In addition, Guishen Valley is the territory of Shenchu Ghost King. He can borrow the divine power from the corpse of the god to exert more powerful power."? "Under the circumstances, this battle is naturally quite difficult for the poor monk.
Unfavorable. Although the poor monk suppressed him in the end, he got himself stuck here and couldn't escape."
"If the stalemate continues, the person who dies in the end will definitely be the poor monk. Naturally, the poor monk is not willing to sit back and wait for death, so he can only try his best to save himself."
"The first step, of course, is to open the passage between the Yin and Yang realms. Only when the passage is opened and the undead souls from the underworld enter the Kunlun realm on a large scale can the creatures in the Kunlun realm dare to enter the underworld and come to the Valley of Ghosts and Gods with confidence."
"So, the poor monk pulled out the Void Sword that the Thousand Bones Empress suppressed on the corpse, and used the Death Zen Buddhism to control an impermanent person and bring the Void Sword out of the underworld."
"The Void Sword left the underworld, and the seal between the Yin and Yang realms began to loosen, and finally disappeared completely."? "The second step, of course, is to let the followers of the Death Zen Sect spread rumors about the resurrection medicine.
Everyone was led here."
"This is a crucial step. Without their blood, even if the poor monk defeated the Shenchu Ghost King, he would not be able to continue collecting the corpses."
Zhang Ruochen was already trying to control his emotions, but he still couldn't control the anger in his heart, and said: "So you personally opened the passage between the Yin and Yang realms and released hundreds of millions of Yin soldiers and ghost generals into the Kunlun realm. Do you know that doing this
How big a disaster will it cause?"
The old monk still had a smile on his face and said: "Why are you so angry? In fact, even if the poor monk doesn't pull out the Void Sword, he will be able to pull out the Void Sword when the Ghost King Shenchu survives the seventh ghost tribulation.
Go out and open the passage between Yin and Yang. No matter which situation it is, the result has already been determined."
"One hundred thousand years have passed, and the seal left by the Thousand Bones Empress is already very fragile."
"Zhang Ruochen, this is the inevitable trend. It's not something you can resist, and it's not something a poor monk can resist."
"It's just that with the strength of the poor monk, he can push the general trend faster and make some changes in the general trend that are beneficial to him."
"But you are too weak. In the face of the general trend, you are like a drop of water in the river. You can only be impacted by the general trend and flow down the river. You can't change anything at all."
"Power, no matter where it is, at any time, only if you have absolutely strong power can you do something meaningful. Otherwise, any great truth you say can only be told to yourself."
After knowing everything, Zhang Ruochen finally understood the cause and effect of everything.
The ancestor of Death Zen was indeed a selfish person, sacrificing the lives of thousands of humans for his own life. However, from his perspective, he did nothing wrong.