Immortal of the Nine Realms

Years passed, and in the blink of an eye, twelve years had passed since Fang Chen’s burial.

During that period, the old master came once and stood in front of the grave for a full day before leaving without saying a word.

Victorious Buddha and Profound Green took turns guarding the grave, replacing Tiger Mountain Lord.

For ordinary people, twelve years was a significant portion of their lives, perhaps even a fifth or a sixth of it. But for cultivators, twelve years wasn’t a long period.

Fairy Yu had not visited him since she had left. It was unknown whether she successfully entered the Foundation Building Realm.

Fang Chen stood in front of his grave, silently gazing at the jade coffin. His physical body had completely recovered. It was now filled with blood and flesh, and his appearance had reverted to his youthful state. He appeared to be eighteen or nineteen now.

Fang Chen’s eyes were filled with pensiveness. ”My physical body has completely recovered.... Why... can’t I return to my body?”

There had to be some problem somewhere, but now he had no physical form and only a soul. In this state, he couldn’t investigate.

Wait a minute!

Fang Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up. He saw the surrounding power of the five elements converging toward this place

In the sky, a huge vortex of spiritual energy appeared, gathering all the spiritual energy within the vicinity of hundreds of miles. The next moment, spiritual energy descended like a giant dragon from the sky, entering the grave and pouring into Fang Chen’s body.

Fang Chen smiled. ”So that’s how it is!”

Not only did his physical body fully recover, but it was also breaking through to the Foundation Building Realm! Once he did, he would immediately be able to return to his body and regain control!

A tiger roar resounded, and Tiger Mountain Lord rushed out from within the forest and stared at the scene playing out in astonishment. It couldn’t see the spiritual energy, but it could feel the majestic spiritual energy pouring into the tomb!

The first day quickly passed.

The infusion of spiritual energy continued without any sign of weakening. Tiger Mountain Lord began to patrol around and drove away all outsiders passing by and prevented them from approaching the grave.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, seventy-seven days had passed, and the last strand of spiritual energy flew into his body. It was only then the vortex of spiritual energy in the sky quietly dissipated.

Fang Chen’s divine soul moved as it disappeared from his original spot. Inside the jade coffin, Fang Chen slowly opened his eyes.

”Little Chen, you’re awake!” Little Sword’s voice sounded with excitement. ”You finally woke up, I thought that old thing was lying to me!”

Mirror of the Universe sneered coldly with arrogance. ”Junior, even if I were lying to you, I wouldn’t lie to myself, right? I was very certain that he would wake up. If he couldn’t wake up, wouldn’t I also be buried here for good?”

Mirror of the Universe chuckled. ”Brother, you slept for too long. My spiritual energy has almost been completely exhausted. When will you find some spirit stones for me to consume?”

”There’s no rush, you’ve waited for twelve years, a little while longer won’t hurt,” Fang Chen said with a relieved smile.

He quietly sensed the situation inside his body. The twelve immortal sword veins had disappeared, replaced by a massive sword mountain ten times larger than any of the veins! The sword mountain surged with spiritual energy continuously, nourishing and tempering Fang Chen’s physical body and enhancing his Sword Body.

In terms of physical strength, his Sword Body has improved significantly. It was now far stronger than before. When it came to his spiritual energy reserves, it was now a hundred times what it used to be! Exactly one hundred times! When he was at the 12th stage of the Qi Refining Realm, his spiritual energy was already comparable to an ordinary early Foundation Building Realm cultivator.

Now that it had increased by a hundredfold, he might very well have exceeded what a grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator had. The advantage of a solid foundation was fully manifested, and as his cultivation grew stronger in the future, this advantage is likely to become even more obvious!

Most importantly, Fang Chen sensed that his lifespan had been replenished. During the last twelve years, the power of merit not only revived him but also replenished his depleted lifespan.

Now, if he were to unleash the third sword of the Eight Desolation Supreme Sword Scripture, it would inflict the Kunlun Battle General with more than a simple injury.

”Why is there a demon cultivator here?”

”It’s just at the eighth stage of Qi Refining Realm. Don’t kill it, I want to capture it and refine it into a demon corpse.”

Fang Chen’s divine soul left his body, and he saw a few figures not far away. Tiger Mountain Lord had already been injured by one of them and was panting heavily. These individuals emitted a strong corpse aura. Their leader had reached the grand completion stage of the Foundation Building Realm.

”Ancestor, over the years, we have searched all Three World Mountains with the same name and surname, but we haven’t found that person’s remains. This should be the last place.”

”If we don’t find it here, keep searching. That person was a sword cultivator. If the body of a sword cultivator is refined into a zombie, its strength would be earth-shattering. Not only could it be easily promoted to an Iron Armored corpse, but it also had the potential to become a Golden Armored corpse!”

The grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator smiled slightly. ”By then, my Blood Corpse Sect will be able to step out of the Qinghu Empire and no longer stay in these boonies! This is our opportunity, everyone, so don’t think it tiresome.”

Tiger Mountain Lord finally understood; these were a group of evil cultivators specializing in refining zombies!

They actually wanted to use his master’s remains to refine a corpse? Damn it!

Tiger Mountain Lord roared. It was about to pounce on the nearest Foundation Building Realm cultivator, but it was struck away by a backhand palm from the opponent.

The Foundation Building Realm cultivator looked disdainfully at the Tiger Mountain Lord and then shifted his gaze to a lone grave not far away.

”Huh, there’s a solitary grave here!”

He flashed to the grave and, upon seeing the inscription on the tombstone, burst into mad laughter. ”Hahaha, ancestor, we’ve found it, Fang Chen is buried here!!”

The grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator immediately brought several other Foundation Building Realm cultivators to the grave, silently staring at the tombstone.

”We’ve really found it.” The lips of the Foundation Building Realm cultivator curled slightly, lightly smoothing his temples with both hands. He softly said, ”Dig it out.”

”Yes!”

Several Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately began to dig the grave.

Soon, the soil was completely dug away, revealing a jade coffin in front of everyone.

”It’s a jade coffin! Our disciple saw Fang Chen’s body lying in the jade coffin that day in Great Qian. We’ve found the right place!” one Foundation Building Realm cultivator exclaimed excitedly.

”Please, Ancestor, come and open the coffin! In recent years, Fang Chen’s reputation has soared in the Hidden Cloud Region, almost becoming a legend. Only the ancestor is worthy of personally uncovering such an existence”

Several Foundation Building Realm cultivators respectfully bowed and expressed their excitement.

The grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator smiled complacently and stepped toward the jade coffin.

Tiger Mountain Lord roared weakly from a distance, its eyes filled with anger.

Crack.

The jade coffin opened easily, and everyone saw Fang Chen lying spiritedly in the coffin, his appearance vivid and rosy, unlike a dead person.

”Hmm!?” Everyone was slightly startled.

The next moment, Fang Chen opened his eyes and looked at the grand completion stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator with a smile, ”You’re the ancestor of the Blood Corpse Sect?”

Hiss.

Startled by this unexpected turn of events, these people, who were used to playing with zombies all day, took sharp breaths as goosebumps pimpled their skin.

The ancestor of the Blood Corpse Sect reacted swiftly, and corpse qi gathered around him as he immediately summoned his Copper Armored corpse that he had refined for many years.

Then, a flash of sword light passed by, and the Copper Armored corpse was obliterated to shreds along with the head of the ancestor!