When Chen Shi died, he was only nine years old, and at that time he was merely in the Divine Embryo Realm, at most the Golden Core Realm. After his death, his soul couldn't take any mana with it and entered the underworld alone, surviving was already very difficult, let alone cultivation?

Moreover, without a physical body, how could one cultivate?

Without a physical body, there is no way to refine a Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or Primordial Spirit, no way to establish a Daoist Field, achieve Unification, or cut the Three Corpses.

As for cultivating to the God Refining Realm, it's simply impossible!

Chen Shi suddenly said, "Perhaps then I attached myself to a skeleton or some other shell, cultivating within a false body. There are many pre-Qin cultivation techniques scattered throughout the underworld, legacies from the Great Shang Era, and I might have acquired a technique similar to the Blood Lake Scripture, which made my cultivation speed extremely rapid."

Scholar Zhu nodded gently, "There might be a possibility. However, if it was a skeleton body, how did your mother find you?"

Chen Shi was stunned.

Yes, his mother Wu Qingyu was wandering all over the underworld, searching for his whereabouts. At that time, Wu Qingyu was in a daze, having fallen into madness. If Chen Shi had been just a skeleton, Wu Qingyu would have certainly not recognized him.

The reason she could recognize Chen Shi must be because Chen Shi had maintained his true appearance.

"Then, is there a possibility that a ghost could directly leap from the Divine Embryo or Golden Core straight to the God Refining Realm?"

Chen Shi, thinking about this, laughed out loud, shaking his head to dismiss the idea.

"There are all kinds of Divine Medicines in the underworld that can enhance the soul, perhaps he inadvertently consumed some mysterious Spiritual Medicine that caused his soul cultivation to soar, suddenly elevating him to the God Refining Realm..."

As he said this, he shook his head again. Where in the world would such a Spiritual Medicine exist?

"Therefore, I must have had a physical body at that time. Either a skeleton body or a ghost monster body. Only then could I cultivate. At that time, I emerged from another physical body, meeting my mother in the guise of a ghost."

Chen Shi carefully recalled the scene he saw in his mother's Yuan Chen Palace, a sea of flames formed by Demon Flames, with Wu Qingyu holding him tightly, surrounded by demon gods of immense power.

These demon gods should be the demons, disasters, and calamities that followed Chen Shi. They gathered around Chen Shi for various reasons, respecting him as an emperor and calling him the Divine Emperor. They shared a common vision, which was to transform the calamity-ridden world into one perfectly suited for Evil Spirits, to eradicate the True Gods, and to completely evilize the world!

"If I emerged from a false body back then to meet my mother, then among these demon gods, surely one of them was my outer body! Perhaps my mother would know which one was my outer body."

Chen Shi recalled that scene, where the demon gods in the sea of fire were all mature forms, but their strengths varied, with many calamities being Evil Transformed demi-Immortals or Immortals!

But among them, the most notable was the owner of the Blue Ghost Hand.

His body was the largest, and his aura the most powerful, leaving a deep impression on Wu Qingyu.

He had distinct characteristics, entirely blue, especially the pair of ghost hands, which were indigo, a typical member of the Ghost Clan.

He could not be identified by race, being the most formidable presence among all the demon gods, and other demons, even the calamities, held him in great respect.

Chen Shi even once doubted whether the owner of the Blue Ghost Hand was the parent of Qing Yang.

Besides this, there were many other calamities, also extremely powerful.

"At that time, when I achieved the God Refining Realm, I should have been the weakest of all, so why did they respect me as emperor?"

He was completely puzzled. Even if he achieved Mahayana, he might still be the weakest among them. The others' powers far exceeded his own, especially the Ghost Hand Owner, whose strength was boundless and incredible.

It seemed somewhat bizarre for them to respect Chen Shi as emperor.

Or could it be that Chen Shi had that kind of charm to win over such fierce and evil beings at the time?

Chen Shi suddenly blinked, laughing, "Although I do not know how I managed to do it back then, I now understand why my Three Corpses are so powerful. It turns out I had cultivated once before, but at that time hadn't cut the Three Corpses."

Inspired by Chen Shi's words, Scholar Zhu suddenly realized, saying, "During the eight years after your death, you at least achieved the God Refining Realm, but at that time you didn't have a physical body, so your outer body was either a skeleton or a corpse, hence you didn't need to cut the Three Corpses."

Chen Shi nodded heavily, laughing, "I thought I was too lascivious, but now I feel relieved."

Scholar Zhu said, "Then why aren't your Peng Ju and Peng Zhi that strong?"

Chen Shi frowned slightly.

"The former you died at the age of just nine, so he likely didn't know what lust was," Scholar Zhu said.

Chen Shi said gravely, "Teacher, say no more. I understand everything. A graceful lady is a gentleman's pursuit. So I was a gentleman."

Scholar Zhu snorted softly, for the first time questioning whether his teachings were right or wrong.

In front, two suns hung in the sky, the sunlight illuminating numerous temples. Chen Shi summoned his Primordial Spirit, observing from above. He saw that these temples were thriving with incense, surrounded by many villages and towns built around them.

The population in these villages and towns was quite large. The people lived harmoniously, and though not richly clothed and well-fed, their lives were much better than those in other places.

In these troubled times, most people were struggling with hunger and cold, searching for food everywhere, with many cultivators turning into tyrants, plundering and murdering.

Yet this place was exceptionally peaceful, indeed a very strange phenomenon.

"Could it be that I visited this place and revived the divine here?"

Chen Shi summoned the West King Jade Seal and checked the Mountain and River Map, finding that the place had not been lit up, indicating he had never been here.

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