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Inside the Halo Array that had gathered outside the heavens...

Crack! Crack! Boom! Rushing!

Dozens and hundreds of lightning bolts fell at the same time, intertwining into a bright white net of light, dozens and hundreds of thunderbolts cleaved through the sky at the same time, dozens and hundreds of roaring thunders sounded at once.

Heavy rain poured down from the sky, forming a giant silver-grey waterfall descending from the heavens.

At the center of lightning, roaring thunder, thunderbolt, and heavy rain stood five ancient copper pillars, glowing with a vermilion hue.

These five ancient vermilion columns were arranged in a regular pentagon, each occupying an angle of the pentagon.

And on each of these columns, an ancient mummy was bound.

The appearance of these mummies was almost identical to the ancient corpses carried by the five Yin God Realm Mutated Beings that Xiao Mu had seen.

The vermilion surface of the copper pillars emitted red light, which spread out, enveloping the ancient mummies as if to protect them.

Crack! Crack! Boom!

Lightning, thunder, and thunderbolts alternately struck the ancient mummies protected by the red light, and the rain of tribulation assaulted the bodies of the mummies.

The energy of the Tribulation Force contained within the lightning, roaring thunder, thunderbolts, and tribulation rain continuously washed over these ancient mummies. Bathed in such cleansing, the corpses were transformed, their bones and flesh filled with the power of the Tribulation Force, emitting a faint Dark Light.

Pop!

An ancient mummy could not withstand the energy of the Tribulation Force; after being struck by lightning, it spontaneously combusted, turning to ash in a moment.

Another followed close behind.

One by one, the mummies could not endure the baptism of the Tribulation Force, one by one combusting into ash.

On the periphery of the lightning, thunderbolts, roaring thunder, and heavy rain gathered twenty or thirty Mutated Beings, ranging from Yin God Realm to True God Realm.

Among them, the strongest appeared to be a scholarly man in his thirties, who emanated the dignity of a Land God and the aura of a True God Realm.

This man was undoubtedly a True God Realm powerhouse, possessing the rank of Land God.

"Brother Cang Yu, in these past three days, we've refined no less than twenty ancient corpses, right?" A tall and thin man holding a long halberd suddenly spoke up beside the scholarly man.

This tall and thin man with a halberd, slightly less powerful than Cang Yu, was at the peak of the Divine Spirit Realm, with the power of an Earth God rank faintly discernible.

"Twenty? Not quite, it's already been twenty-five," Cang Yu looked at the scholarly man.

The tall and thin man with a halberd wore an obvious look of surprise, "Twenty-five? And not a single success?"

Cang Yu shook his head regretfully, "We did refine two, but unfortunately, the quality was mediocre. The likelihood of Guobao successfully descending and possessing them is less than one percent, and even if the descent is successful, there is more than a ninety percent chance of immediate collapse!"

The tall and thin man with a halberd widened his eyes in disbelief, exclaiming, "The difficulty for Lord Guobao to descend is truly great!"

"Indeed!"

Cang Yu nodded as if it were self-evident, "Lord Guobao is a Retribution True God. How exalted his status, how powerful his might! In this remote part of the eastern domain, apart from the corpses of Bai Jing and the Human Emperor, how many are truly eligible to withstand Lord Guobao's Divine Power?"

"That's why we use the power of tribulation to refine corpses, strengthening them so that their insides are filled with the energy of Tribulation Force. Yet even so, acquiring a corpse suitable for Lord Guobao's descent is no easy task."

The tall and thin man with a halberd nodded, seemingly agreeing with Cang Yu's words, then he added, "Brother Cang Yu, there's one thing I just can't figure out?"

"What is it?"

Cang Yu turned his head to look at the tall and thin man with a halberd.

The tall and thin man with a halberd said, "With our strength, we could have taken down Azure Sky City by now, right? Why don't we just attack the city with full force, and why wait for Lord Guobao to descend?"

"Shortsightedness!"

Cang Yu suddenly scolded with a stern face.

"Yes, yes, please enlighten me, Brother Cang Yu!" the tall and thin man with a halberd hurriedly bowed his head.

Cang Yu sighed with a look of disappointment, "Miaoyi, you think we can take Azure Sky City because you don't understand it well enough."

"Is there something strange about Azure Sky City?" Miaoyi, the tall and thin man, raised his head, asking in surprise.

Cang Yu nodded solemnly, "Calling it merely 'strange' is probably an understatement. The Human Emperor is not as simple as you imagine. Before he fell into slumber, he left a contingency in place."

"Should we attack the city with full force, preparing to destroy the Earthmother God Mountain, this contingency would erupt."

Upon saying this, even Cang Yu's expression became grave, "As for the strength of the Human Emperor, even Emperor Taijia believes it is no less than his own."

"What?"

Consort Ming exclaimed in amazement, "The strength of the Human Emperor is no less than Emperor Taijia's? Is his strength really that formidable?"

Cang Yu nodded again with gravity, "These words come directly from Emperor Taijia himself, not me. To have Emperor Taijia personally acknowledge that someone's strength rivals his own, even if the Human Emperor might not equal Emperor Taijia, the difference is probably slight."

"Emperor Taijia personally acknowledged that the strength of the Human Emperor does not fall short of his own?"

Consort Ming wore a deeper look of shock, brimming with incredulity, "How could the Human Emperor be so powerful, yet remain unknown? Who exactly is he? Could it be Emperor Miaoyi?"

"It's possible!"

Cang Yu nodded, not denying the possibility, "Whether the Human Emperor is Emperor Miaoyi, I cannot say for sure. It is a fact, however, that after the chaos in the Heavenly Court, Emperor Miaoyi's whereabouts became unknown."

"Perhaps he truly assumed the name of Human Emperor and stayed in the East Domain."

"Besides, the East Domain has been sealed, and a Great Array has been set up, preventing even emperors from entering. One can only slowly attempt to break through, bit by bit. Other than a mighty being of Emperor Miaoyi's caliber, I fear no ordinary person could accomplish this."

"In that case, it's very likely that the Human Emperor is indeed Emperor Miaoyi!"

Consort Ming murmured to herself, as if contemplating something, her expression one of awe.

Cang Yu continued, "Therefore, we must wait for the arrival of Divine Monarch Guobao. With Divine Monarch Guobao's strength, we can destroy the Human Emperor's Daoist Temple without worrying about backlash."

"Indeed!"

Confidence appeared on Consort Ming's face, "With Divine Monarch Guobao's strength, once he descends, not to mention destroying the Human Emperor's Daoist Temple, even annihilating the human world would not be difficult, right?"

"Yes!"

Cang Yu smiled, "Unless the Lord of White Mansion appears and the Human Emperor is resurrected, once Divine Monarch Guobao arrives, the human world will be utterly wiped out, with no one able to save it."

A Mutated Being from the Five Elements Sect, in the late stage of the Yin God Realm, approached Cang Yu and knelt on both knees, respectfully reporting, "Reporting to Lord Cang Yu, Gui Lian and the others have returned with the corpses, all five of them, none missing."

"Well done!"

Cang Yu nodded in approval, "Gui Lian and his group have rendered meritorious service bearing the corpses. Have them lay down the corpses, and reward each with a hundred Advanced Energy Fruits. Continue bearing the corpses."

"Yes, Lord Cang Yu."

The Mutated Being from the Five Elements Sect in the late stage of the Yin God Realm respectfully backed away and left.

"Come, Consort Ming, let's go and take a look at the five new Ancient Corpses," Cang Yu beckoned to Consort Ming.

"I follow Lord Cang Yu," Consort Ming responded with a smile.

"You rascal." Cang Yu chided jokingly, leading the way to where the corpses were placed.

"Greetings to Lord Cang Yu!"

"Greetings to Lord Cang Yu! And greetings to Lord Consort Ming!"

The guards by the corpses greeted Cang Yu and Consort Ming with reverence and respect.

Cang Yu passed by these guards indifferently, not responding at all. The guards, feeling the pressure emanating from him, all bowed their heads, not daring to show any anomaly.

The five Ancient Corpses were neatly laid out on the ground.

Cang Yu and Consort Ming stared at the corpses for a while, simultaneously nodding in satisfaction.

Consort Ming said with a smile, "The Divine Monarchs of the Five Elements and the Funeral God truly have remarkable methods. These ordinary mummies, once refined with the divine light of the Five Elements, and washed with the Power of Life and Death, have nearly become real Divine Corpses."

Cang Yu said, "Actual Divine Spirit Corpses are more or less like this. However, to endure the might of Divine Monarch Guobao's descent, we still need to continue refining them with the Tribulation Force, filling the corpses with it from within."

Consort Ming said, "Hopefully, we can refine the Divine Corpses quickly. You... you... you, take the corpses to the Great Array, and continue the refinement with the Tribulation Force."

She casually commanded, pointing to a guard beside the corpses.

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