This incident directly led the Three Constellations to enforce an extremely strict clan management system, even raising clan children like pigs in pens. The Four Directions Sect Country, the main culprit, was directly stripped of its vassal status and incorporated into the direct jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the King of the Vassal State was accompanied by a Qilin sent by the court, providing continuous education and surveillance. Gradually, local governance shifted from a feudal system to a county system, managed by the respected elders of the aristocratic families, forming the current widespread Gate Valve structure.

In a way, claiming that Zheng Ji killed three husbands, one prince, and a child, destroyed one country, four kings, and two ministers isn’t entirely inaccurate...

In any case, counting back, this all happened eight thousand years ago.

Chen Xuantian entered the main tomb, noticed the place adorned with bright lights, and indeed there were red candles and hanging red gauze curtains. However, beneath the gauze wasn’t a bridal bed but a large coffin made of golden nanmu wood, spacious enough for two people to lie in comfortably. The surroundings were scented with agarwood, indicating that the lady had made thorough arrangements, although Chen Xuantian wasn’t fortunate enough to enjoy it. He cleared his throat,

"Miss, to be honest, I am a monk, and I was married in a past life, so although I appreciate your kindness, I think there’s no need for a bridal chamber. Just give me thirty million and..."

Unexpectedly, the lady had quite a fiery temperament, and before Chen Xuantian had finished, she had already kicked the coffin lid with a "boom"!

Chen Xuantian had already drawn his Dual Swords, ready to react at any moment. As soon as he saw the coffin lid, he wrapped up his sword energy, scattering it like a waterfall and whirlpool, intending to send the coffin lid back and test her skills. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Actually, zombies aren’t that hard to fight; in essence, they’re just corpses that haven’t decayed, like skeletal monsters with flesh.

Simply put, there are two ways for a cultivator in the Taiji Realm to die. One is complete bodily destruction with the Divine Soul reincarnated, and the other is the body remaining intact while the soul dissipates entirely. If a cultivator practiced some strange magic or ingested some Immortal Herbs Ganoderma before death, the body might remain intact while the Divine Soul perishes, possibly not decaying, becoming an immortal corpse. Hence, there’s a long history of using evil techniques to nurture and refine corpses, preparing an Immortal Body to serve as a second body for Reincarnation.

With a serious scientific attitude, the Mystic Sect naturally researched the art of refining corpses, but it was eventually abandoned.

After all, Soldier Resolution and Possession damage one’s Dao Body by taking someone else’s. You can scatter the Divine Soul of daily opponents, preserve the Dao Body, and nurture it constantly with Elixir Ointments for emergencies.

But such an approach incurs enormous time and resource costs, using extensive resources, and corpses can’t cultivate themselves. One’s cultivation and specialization in the Five Arts are already demanding enough without the leisure to prepare a secondary body. Moreover, if someone can be defeated and made into backup storage, it indicates that the Dao Body refined wasn’t particularly impressive!

So, after thorough calculation, the Old Xuan Sect preferred the straightforward reincarnation, living a new life, integrating into a child’s body, refining starting from scratch, utilizing the accumulation from past lives for enhanced efficiency. As for the corpses left from battles during tribulations, they were considered directly recycled as flower fertilizer, feeding spiritual pets, alchemy waste, waste recycling, you name it.

Nevertheless, although the way of zombies was underestimated by the Mystic Sect, during the era of the Netherworld Spring’s emergence, it truly flourished. Firstly, due to the Mystic Sect sealing mountains, the method of Reincarnation lost, and also because of the rampant chaos back then, with various evil spirits wreaking havoc, causing bodies to be mangled and blood spilled, with brutal battles leaving no chance for reincarnation and retraining, needing to prepare some corpses for unexpected events.

The previous encounter with the Wild Maoshan showcased expertise in zombie refinement, utilizing Feng Shui Calculation, Corpse Concealment Array with thousand-year-old flying corpses being used akin to a Nascent Soul Martial God. Indeed, they could roam freely and endlessly, immune to swords and spears, capable of single-handedly massacring an army. Upon reaching the ten-thousand-year Drought Demon stage, it transforms into terrestrial tribulations, an unrivaled fierce god, tearing dragons and devouring tigers, truly indestructible!

But when all’s said and done, if obtaining the Dao takes ten thousand years, isn’t that ridiculously slow? What Daoist Skill doesn’t become formidable after a million years of cultivation anyway? Plus, the "Three Venerables" achieved Punching Void and Ascended to Outer Heaven in just a thousand years, having mastery over stars, way beyond the capability of merely tearing dragons and devouring tigers. What a laughingstock...

"Boom!"

The coffin lid shattered through the Sword Wind, swooping down, breaking the wall with sheer force, sealing off the exit. The violent gust made the flesh on Chen Xuantian’s face ripple with sound.

Cough, cough, alright, no time for distractions; regardless of whether the zombie path is trash or not, this lady seems to have been buried underground for eight thousand years, about to transform into a Divine Woman Ba, looking terrifying enough, even to a weak Golden Core Stage cultivator like him.

Just one casual kick delivered the power of seventy or eighty layers of Gang Fist, enough to shatter you into pieces upon contact. Who the hell has the guts to wed her in a bridal chamber?

"You, a monk! Married before! Who asked you into the bridal chamber!"

The lady hidden in her chamber shouted in anger; through layers of gauze curtains, Chen Xuantian couldn’t see her face, although her voice was clear and crisp. As he spoke, two brilliantly red immortal silk shot out, intending to entangle him!

"Life Revival and Void Returning Hand!"

Chen Xuantian didn’t waste time talking; when in doubt, use Life Revival and Void Returning Hand! He instantly summoned Cui Cui~ Mian Mian~ Meimei~ to rescue him!

"Cui Cui~!" "Mian Mian~!" "Meimei~!"

"Swish-swish-swish!"

At this point, the Returning Void Hand tangled with the silk in a twist, hard to distinguish each other.