Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chen Mu walked forward with his hands behind his back, approached an ancient tree, and looked at Lai Long who was embedded in the trunk.

"Stepping into the Five Viscera Realm, one truly has some unique methods."

He shook his head slightly.

Though he did not want to engage in the malicious tactics of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, he used thunder and fire together, killing two Corpse Fiends with one strike and completely defeating Lai Long with another, but that was just because his current strength far surpassed the typical Five Viscera Realm practitioner.

If it were someone else, even Yu Jiujiang here might not have been able to capture Lai Long.

The practices of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, although belonging to the Evil Path, are in fact a form of the Body Refining Method, except they temper corpses. Their Essence Blood is not retained within their bodies but is refined in the Corpse Refinement process and the jade controlling the Corpse Puppets.

Lai Long, among the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, might not be considered weak, handling three Corpse Fiends. If it were during the night when Evil Qi is most dense, taking advantage of heaven and earth, even a successor of a Great Sect might struggle a bit.

But unfortunately,

Lai Long encountered him.

Even at night, slightly more troublesome, it gave him no chance at all, not only because the might of his thunder and fire absolutely repressed Corpse Fiends, but also due to his current extraordinary strength.

The level of strength in the Five Viscera Realm, without considering factors such as timing and geographical advantage, is actually quite distinct. After Chen Mu entered the Five Viscera Realm, his understanding of this level became even clearer than before.

Take the old man Yu Jiujiang.

If one considers the second step of his Kan Water Artistic Conception as 'one portion' of power, then his own Yuan Gang True Essence is roughly also about 'one portion,' making it two portions together.

For a true successor like Meng Danyun, although neither of the Artistic Conceptions he grasped, Xun Wind and Kan Water, had reached the second step, his Five Viscera Realm has been tempered more than six or seven times. His power of Yuan Gang alone is about 'two portions,' plus two perfectly executed Artistic Conceptions, making him stronger than Yu Jiujiang but not overwhelmingly so. Read exclusive content at empire

And him,

Entering the Five Viscera Realm at the Jade Bone level, his Qi-Blood is immensely richer than ordinary people, and even though his viscera had not undergone tempering yet, the Yuan Gang True Essence he initially possessed was nearly 'two portions,' plus the second step of his thunder, wind, and fire Artistic Conceptions made it a total of five portions!

That was more than double that of Meng Danyun!

This discrepancy isn't something that two Meng Danyuns could compare to him. It would take five or six such figures combined to even pose a challenge to him!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

As for Artistic Conceptions like the Heart Sword and Blood Fiend, upon reaching the second step, the potency is roughly between 'two portions' and 'three portions,' and unless it's among the top Artistic Conceptions like Yin Yang or Heavenly Sword, it'll generally not exceed three portions.

If it's just the first step, it often turns out to be around 'half a portion.'

The three Corpse Fiends that Lai Long controlled, under the bright sunlight, struggled to exhibit the strength of even one portion, but during the night when Yin Qi is heaviest, they could manifest strength of more than one portion, perhaps even one and a half.

Yet, his final desperate move, exhausting all accumulated Essence Blood and Evil Qi, the 'Corpse Fiend Seal' he struck, barely mustered about two portions of might.

It might suffice against an ordinary practitioner of the Five Viscera Realm, but in front of him, it was still far from enough.

Crack!

Chen Mu swiped his hand, breaking the upper half of the ancient tree, and sending it flying, then he pulled up the stump embedding Lai Long's withered body and carried it all the way back, quickly returning to the original spot.

At this moment, Hongyu seemed to have calmed down a lot, looking complexly at the body of Xu Yichuan, then at the returning Chen Mu, her gaze landing on Lai Long.

"Is there anything you wish to ask?"

Chen Mu tossed the tree stump to the ground, then moved beside Hongyu and asked in a gentle tone.

Hongyu looked complexly at the still barely alive Lai Long, walked over, but ultimately did not speak up. Instead, with a wave of her hand, she struck the top of the wooden stump, causing it to collapse suddenly, completely burying the barely alive Lai Long, also ensuring his last bit of life was extinguished.

Chen Mu watched Hongyu's actions, said nothing, and was not in a rush to check Lai Long's body. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Xu Yichuan's body, whose head had been thoroughly shattered, the entire body lying there, emitting strands of black qi under the sunlight.

Xiao He also looked complexly at Xu Yichuan's body.

When she was younger, Xu Yichuan had been such a dazzling figure. Whenever she followed Hongyu, she almost heard every day how Xu Yichuan had achieved something new, not only the hero in Hongyu's heart but also regarded by many in the Yu Family as a figure who could carry the family's future.

However, in the end, he was ambushed by the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and turned into a Corpse Puppet.

Indeed, if he hadn't already died and become a controlled Corpse Puppet, how could Xu Yichuan have abandoned Hongyu and disappeared without a trace for so many years without any news.

At that moment,

Hongyu walked over.

She gazed at Xu Yichuan's body, a flood of distant memories surfacing in her mind, flashing across her heart as she ran happily towards him every time, and Xu Yichuan always warmly lifted her, telling her jokes.

With only one daughter, Xu Yichuan, unlike those in the Yu Family direct lineage who only cared about their eldest and most talented children, devoted all his love to her alone.