At the bottom of Fall River, Immortal Zombie
In that moment, Song Zixing and Yu Muchun felt their hearts nearly stop. The crushing pressure drenched them in cold sweat instantly.
Bo Qing was known as a quasi-Immortal Venerable — universally recognized across the Five Regions as the foremost being below the Ninth Transformation Venerable rank.
Though he had suffered tribulation and been turned into an Immortal Zombie, with his Immortal Orifices utterly destroyed, he still retained ample Eighth Transformation Immortal Essence. Most notably, all of his Sword Dao marks remained completely intact.
His combat power, therefore, was terrifying.
The most critical factor was the Dao Marks.
The higher a Gu Immortal's cultivation, the more Dao Marks they accumulated. When using the same Immortal Gu, Dao Marks amplified its power, producing vastly different results.
Take Qin Baisheng for example — a Soul Dao Gu Immortal who also cultivated Metal Dao, with not a single Sword Dao mark on his body. Yet by wielding the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword, he could clash head-on with Eng Jiuge without falling behind.
Now, with all his Immortal Gu undamaged and paired with his colossal stock of Sword Dao marks, Bo Qing unleashed unparalleled offensive power, almost perfectly recreating the peerless might he had possessed in life.
That was why Bai Cangshui, Qixingzi, and the others had no power to resist whatsoever.
Let alone Song Zixing and Yu Muchun.
The higher a Gu Immortal's transformation rank, the wider the gap between them. Between the Seventh and Eighth Transformations, the difference in Dao Marks was like heaven and earth. A Seventh Transformation fighting a Sixth might occasionally end in a draw. An Eighth Transformation fighting a Seventh would overwhelmingly crush them in the vast majority of cases. A Ninth Transformation fighting an Eighth was as simple as an adult stepping on an ant.
Facing Immortal Zombie Bo Qing, Song Zixing and Yu Muchun had absolutely no power to fight back.
"Am I going to die here today?"
"What do we do? What do we do?"
Yu Muchun and Song Zixing felt ice in their limbs, countless frantic thoughts churning through their minds. In the face of this situation, there seemed to be absolutely no hope for either of them.
Bo Qing raised one finger and pointed it at Song Zixing.
A sliver of sword light flashed and vanished in an instant.
Song Zixing didn't even attempt to flee. He welcomed death with a bitter smile.
Because he knew that before Immortal Zombie Bo Qing, the very concept of escape held no meaning whatsoever.
Bo Qing then pointed at Yu Muchun.
"No! I refuse to accept this! I cannot die!" Yu Muchun screamed. At the critical juncture between life and death, he produced an Immortal Gu and held it in his hand.
Immortal Zombie Bo Qing froze mid-motion.
A look of struggle soon appeared on his face.
Yu Muchun's heart pounded like a war drum, and he watched the changes in Bo Qing's expression with overwhelming tension.
Immortal Zombie Bo Qing's expression shifted rapidly — now indifferent and emotionless, now bewildered, now anguished, now filled with sorrow and resentment — cycling through one after another like scenes in a revolving lantern.
Finally, his face grew animated, and his eyes regained their luster, as if a man who had been mentally vacant had suddenly recovered his senses.
He looked at his own hands, then surveyed the wretched, blood-stained riverbed around him. Finally, he turned to Yu Muchun and asked hesitantly, "You are..."
Yu Muchun was drenched in cold sweat, looking utterly spent as he answered weakly, "You've finally awakened,
It turned out that the remnant soul within Immortal Zombie Bo Qing was none other than Mo Yao's remnant soul.
Yu Muchun's Immortal Gu had awakened Mo Yao's remnant soul, causing the Heavenly Will that had been flooding Immortal Zombie Bo Qing's mind to be expelled.
Without the Heavenly Will directing his actions, Immortal Zombie Bo Qing naturally stopped.
Yu Muchun gasped for breath several times, then continued, "Do you remember our conversation back then? If you want to bring Bo Qing back to life..."
"Bo Qing."
Hearing the name of the man she loved deeply, Mo Yao's remnant soul trembled.
She controlled the Immortal Zombie body, nodding to interrupt Yu Muchun before he could finish. "Then what should I do now?"
Yu Muchun looked at the corpses of Qixingzi and Song Zixing, and let out a sigh.
If they had survived, the combined strength of the three Gu Immortals — including Yu Muchun — would have been enough to activate an Immortal-level killer move, teleporting everyone directly to the northeastern part of the
That was the territory under the
But now, with Qixingzi and Song Zixing dead, Yu Muchun could only settle for second best — abandoning the plan to attack the Heavenly Lotus Sect and turning instead to deal with the Battle Immortal Sect.
"I just hope I can hold them all off," Yu Muchun muttered, casting a covert glance toward the direction of the
Heavenly Court. Heaven Monitoring Tower.
The Tower Lord's face was ashen with fury, rage seething in his chest.
Watching the mural that showed Yu Muchun joining forces with Immortal Zombie Bo Qing to assault the Battle Immortal Sect — one of the Central Continent's ten great ancient sects — he could no longer sit on the sidelines.
Though he was a Gu Immortal from the Heavenly Lotus Sect, the Battle Immortal Sect was likewise a subordinate sect of the Heavenly Court.
Now that Immortal Zombie Bo Qing had awakened, the Battle Immortal Sect was in mortal danger. Only Heavenly Court Gu Immortals could come to their rescue.
The Tower Lord flew out of the Heaven Monitoring Tower and recalled Lian Jiusheng and Bi Chentian. "There's been a crisis at the bottom of Fall River. Bai Cangshui has fallen. Immortal Zombie Bo Qing has awakened and is now heading for the Battle Immortal Sect. We need to move — immediately."
The two Gu Immortals were utterly shocked. The Tower Lord's single statement contained an overwhelming amount of information.
"Let's go."
Their shock lasted only a moment.