Chapter 1350: Chapter 572: Nine Paths of Undying

The rainforest, a blood-soaked muddy ground, white chill rising, curling and lingering in veils, a hazy mist shrouding eight Ice Coffins.

Tang Yushang was shocked and said, "The same as you!"

Qin Ming’s eyes were clear as glass, staring straight ahead.

In this special great era, Heavenly Immortals had long since vanished from sight, becoming pure legend.

Yet now, here in this blood-mud field, someone was actually using a Heavenly Immortal for experiments.

The human-form being inside the coffin was wrapped in golden silk, with Jade Light flowing over it, like wearing a Golden Silk Jade Robe, very similar to Qin Ming’s current state.

At first sight, how could Tang Yushang not be shocked?

Qin Ming himself was lost in thought, brows deeply furrowed, staring there for a long time without speaking.

Could it be that this Heavenly Immortal, like him, had mastered some special Miao Technique, and that there was some hidden connection between the two?

Qin Ming knew well that interwoven golden silk and rippling Jade Light were deeply mysterious; even the ancestors of the Parasitic Civilization had suffered a disastrous loss when they encountered someone who had cultivated this kind of Cultivation Technique.

"So it really does have an extraordinary origin!"

Qin Ming pondered: from the Dream Insect to the Parasitic Civilization, and now to this, he had indirectly come into contact with this Golden Silk Jade Robe Cultivation Technique more than once.

There was also that Wangsheng yong Organization; the armor worn by their Saints also very much resembled the Golden Silk Jade Robe.

Tang Yushang spoke: "Different from you though—his Jade Light is very stiff, and the golden silk is fixed, wound around his body, unlike yours which keeps moving, as if it possessed life and Spiritual nature."

Qin Ming nodded. He was also observing, carefully studying; since he had delved deeply into this Miao Technique himself, he could naturally see more clearly and more thoroughly.

Although the other side was a Heavenly Immortal, he had... only obtained its form; this was imitation, without touching the essence. It did not look like a fully accomplished cultivation.

Qin Ming even felt that this was something "carved" out by a peerless expert using powerful Rule Power.

The more he looked, the more his brows knitted. Those golden threads were Order Power, Immortal Chains solidified there by a supreme powerhouse, imitating the Longevity traits of the Golden Silk Jade Robe.

Qin Ming felt a heaviness in his heart; clearly, someone within the three Supreme Camps had made contact with that Miao Technique.

However, judging by this, they had only grasped its surface, without seeing the Essentials of the Essential Scripture.

Was it the God like Association, or the Strange Insect Alliance, or perhaps the Wangsheng yong Organization that had come into contact with someone cultivating this Skill?

Qin Ming swept his gaze around. He believed that it was likely most closely related to the Wangsheng yong.

Because their Longevity doctrine, and their armor similar to the Golden Silk Jade Robe, all indirectly pointed toward something.

In the blood-mud field, a group of experts ignored the mire, kneeling there in worship; many of them trembled, and after their foreheads touched the ground, they couldn’t lift their heads again.

The main reason was that the faint threads of oppressive might emitted by the being in the eighth Ice Coffin were too terrifying, making even Grandmasters shudder; they involuntarily wanted to kowtow and worship.

And this was already with Array Patterns interwoven within the coffin, sealing off the Heavenly Immortal Qi Mechanism. Otherwise, those present likely couldn’t withstand that leaking force; even if they didn’t disintegrate on the spot and explode into a mist of blood, their bodies and souls would be torn apart and grievously wounded.

Suddenly, many people felt the pressure sharply decrease.

Some who had been trembling with fear were now able to calmly raise their heads.

"This senior..."

Everyone present was keenly perceptive; they instantly sensed the Immortal Tao aura dispersing, while a flavor of withering and exhaustion lingered, even tinged with a faint rotting stench.

The "twilight qi" inside the coffin was thin but undeniably real; everyone caught it.

Then people saw the solidified Golden Silk Jade Robe upon the corpse within the coffin fade, a large portion of it disappearing.

The White-clothed Saint of the God like Association spoke in a heavy voice: "The old senior of the Wangsheng yong lineage provided Longevity Qi, and the old Chairman assisted with the ’Ten Thousand Acupoints Enlightenment Technique’ to solidify it; is the effect still unsatisfactory?"

Many saw that the experimental subject in the coffin was actually only a remaining body: half a skull attached to the left arm and the chest region, totaling less than a third of a full body.

Now that the golden silk dimmed and the Jade Light dissipated, he was no longer tightly wrapped, and the truth could be seen.

On the remaining two-thirds area of the body’s outline, blood-colored contours had grown out, constructing a fragmentary chest and abdomen, as well as two legs, a right arm, and the other half of the skull.

However, this was still only a blood-colored form, far from a true Heavenly Immortal body.

It had originally been a thoroughly dead corpse, yet in the end it had nearly reconstructed its true body, and even sought to manifest consciousness again. That was quite astonishing.

But now things were completely different. As the Golden Silk Jade Robe faded, those blood-colored outlines collapsed, exuding a rotten aura, difficult to maintain for long.

"The experiment is not a complete failure. The main issue is that the great environment of heaven and earth has changed; it no longer supports a Heavenly Immortal remaining as a Resident World being, so his new body is destined to perish and cannot endure."

A Saint of the Wangsheng yong Organization spoke. He was clad in Jade Armor, locked with golden silk; even his face was covered in armor plates, like a Wangsheng yong in Resurgence.

Many people were carefully recording; every detail and every piece of data was extremely important.

"Quickly, put this senior back, or even the remaining body will decay."

In truth, the profound, unfathomable Immortal Runes on the Heavenly Immortal’s remains had already grown dim, and the previously terrifying pressure was receding like a retreating tide.

Everyone rushed in a fluster, hastily reburying the Ice Coffin underground.

"The situation is not very good."

"After careful study, there will be specialists coming to make adjustments and redeploy arrangements."

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In the distance, Qin Ming and Tang Yushang quietly watched, feeling deeply the dreadfulness of the three Camps: for the sake of Longevity, they had even obtained a Heavenly Immortal’s remains to conduct experiments upon.

The blood-mud field was only one of the important Earth Realm sites of Longevity Ridge; their experimental grounds could hardly be limited to just this place.

The group set off again, and soon arrived at a place lush with vegetation. Here many towering ancient trees pressed down and covered some low hills.

At the core, there stood an old tree that wasn’t very thick and at most three zhang tall, like an old dragon coiled and winding. Its leaves were sparse, growing there alone in desolation.