"However, on the execution rack, Xiao Mu discovered a special star symbol, the symbol was permeated with divine power, exuding a dignified aura of execution.

This was clearly the will left by a divine spirit.

'The divinity in charge of penal law, it's just that I don't know their specific title.'

'The black light just now must have been from a big shot too, unfortunately, I also don't know their specific identity.'

Xiao Mu shook his head with some regret and took another deep look at the execution rack.

Although the execution rack was an ordinary one, the will of the divinity managing penal law on it was far from ordinary.

Such a will endowed the ordinary execution rack with formidable power.

If cast out casually, it would probably be able to suppress an ordinary mid-level Yin God Realm strong person.

'How can I collect it?'

Xiao Mu frowned.

This execution rack caused him distress.

Not only was the divine will on the execution rack untouchable, but the bloodstains of strong individuals that tainted it couldn't be easily contacted either.

Though Xiao Mu's strength had reached the mid-stage of the Yin God Realm, just casually touching the execution rack might result in being tortured mad by the will left on it.

'It would be great if the will on the rack could be suppressed.'

As Xiao Mu muttered to himself, suddenly an idea struck him, and his intention moved.

Buzz!

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor flew out from within his body, hovering above the wooden execution rack.

Supreme Intention descended like a fishing net from the sky upon the execution rack.

Ah~

This is preposterous!

How dare you!

Who?

Save me!

From the execution rack, various strange voices emerged, coming from both the blood that tainted the rack and the divine will.

Xiao Mu opened his spiritual eyes.

Right at the scene, he saw a hazy black light emerge on the surface of the execution rack.

But this black light began to shrink inward under the oppression of the Supreme Will of the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor.

'It's working! Again!'

Feeling elated, Xiao Mu controlled the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor to suppress the execution rack.

Squeak squeak!

From within the black light, came bizarre noises as the ordinary execution rack began to reduce in size, quickly changing from a massive structure around four to five meters tall into a miniature object about a dozen centimeters long.

'Excellent!'

Overjoyed, Xiao Mu walked forward, wrapping his palm with layers of Dao Method Spiritual Energy, layer by layer, before he finally reached out to grab the execution rack.

Sizzle!

Even under the suppression of the Supreme Intention of the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, the black light on the execution rack fiercely eroded Xiao Mu's palm, so much so that the Dao Method Spiritual Energy wrapped around his palm was being eroded, threatening to penetrate through the Dao Method Spiritual Energy and erode Xiao Mu's palm.

Without changing his expression, Xiao Mu strengthened the Dao Method Spiritual Energy input into his palm and once again layered it over and over.

Finally, it seemed the black light's offensive power on the execution rack reached its limit, and after eroding through more than a dozen layers of Dao Method Spiritual Energy on Xiao Mu's palm, it became calm.

Joy appeared on Xiao Mu's face.

Having lost the Destruction Spear, but having successively obtained both the Door-God Painting and the execution rack as treasures, the compensation was more than ample.

Using Dao Method Spiritual Energy, he wrapped the execution rack layer by layer, consecutively covering it with twenty to thirty layers, and only then did he carefully place the execution rack into the Earth Seal Space.

He then retracted the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor.

Xiao Mu carefully examined every corner of the stone chamber; the chamber wasn't big and could be clearly seen at a glance, and besides the execution rack, there was nothing.

His gaze returned to the man in black armor.

This man in black armor, apart from the black armor on his body, also had a black saber in his hand.

Whether it was the black armor on his body or the saber in his hand, both faintly exuded divine power and seemed quite powerful.

Xiao Mu extended a finger and summoned a Ghost Servant.

'Greetings to the revered master!'

Upon appearing, the Ghost Servant bowed respectfully to Xiao Mu.

'Pick them up and see if you can use them.'

Xiao Mu pointed at the black armor and the black saber belonging to the man in black armor.

'Yes, revered master.'

The Ghost Servant complied and approached the man in black armor, first reaching out to grab the saber.

Slash!

With the saber in hand, the Ghost Servant slashed forward, and instantly a white light several meters long flew out like a God Chain.

The lingering force of the white light struck the stone wall, and a black line appeared in the middle of it, clearly the stone wall was silently ruptured.

The Ghost Servant's face showed joy as he looked at Xiao Mu, 'Revered master, this saber is very powerful, even stronger than my Soul Blade.'

'It's yours now.'"

Xiao Mu waved his hand.

"Thank you, Sovereign Master!"

The Ghost Servant, overjoyed, thanked him, sheathed the black blade, and removed the black armor from the man, putting it on himself.

Xiao Mu put away the Ghost Servant and left the stone chamber, using the Escape Art to head towards the outside of the mountain cave.

After leaving the mountain cave, he used the Escape Art again to return to the ruins of Great Tang.

Three days later, Xiao Mu returned to the Task Hall to pay homage to Elder Zun.

"Very good, you have completed the task I entrusted to you."

Elder Zun's face showed delight, and he smiled the moment he saw Xiao Mu. Even before asking about the completion of the task, he knew the outcome.

Xiao Mu felt an unusual sensation in his heart and couldn't help but take another long look at Elder Zun.

Elder Zun's strength seemed to have grown even stronger than before, his figure shrouded in mist, making him even more elusive.

"This is the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique that I promised you."

Elder Zun smiled and tossed the Secret Manual of the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique to Xiao Mu.

"Thank you, Elder Zun!"

Xiao Mu thanked him and reached out to catch the Secret Manual of the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique.

"Elder Zun, who was that black light?"

After thinking for a while, Xiao Mu finally voiced the doubt in his heart.

"You'll know in the future."

Elder Zun chuckled and waved his hand without directly answering, "You may leave now."

"All right then!"

Xiao Mu felt helpless and asked no further, secretly speculating about what had happened to Elder Zun.

"Xiao Mu."

However, Elder Zun suddenly called out to Xiao Mu again. As Xiao Mu turned his head, Elder Zun pondered for a moment and then cautioned, "The matter I asked for your help with, don't tell anyone else."

Taken aback, Xiao Mu agreed to Elder Zun, then left the Task Hall.

Something must have happened to Elder Zun.

Xiao Mu faintly guessed something but wasn't entirely sure. However, he was clearly not the type to pry; if Elder Zun didn't speak, he wouldn't press for answers.

After leaving the Task Hall, he first returned to his own residence.

After tidying up, he took out the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique and began to mutate the manual.

With a touch of his hand on the manual, he used the Mutation Technique to induce a mutation.

A flash of golden light, and after the consumption of some Energy Points, the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique underwent a mutation.

Xiao Mu picked up the mutated Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique, explored it with his Divine Sense, and chose to cultivate it.

A surge of power from the manual of the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique entered Xiao Mu's body, and his brain suddenly filled with some new knowledge.

Closing his eyes to reminisce for a moment, a look of joy appeared on Xiao Mu's face.

After mutation, the power of the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique had indeed strengthened considerably, probably by about twenty percent or so.

While the extent of the power increase was a bit less than that of the Earth Escape Technique, the Earth Escape Technique only contained the power of the Five Elements True Soil, whereas the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique contained five types of power.

Therefore, in comparison, the increase in power from the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique was actually greater.

And after cultivating this manual, Xiao Mu could clearly feel the change in his body.

His physical fitness had significantly improved, and even without exerting power, he could see the glow of the Five Elements radiating beneath his skin.

Xiao Mu tried to exert his power.

Immediately, with a buzzing sound, every cell in Xiao Mu's body began to vibrate, emitting the brilliance of the Five Elements.

Strands of the Five Elements' radiance interconnected, making Xiao Mu appear as if he was bathed in the divine.

"A fine physique-cultivation technique."

Xiao Mu's face showed pleasure.

The Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique cultivated the body itself to make it stronger, better resisting various evil forces invading from the outside.

Thus, the power of this divine body remained within, without being released externally.

Xiao Mu estimated that after cultivating the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique, the effectiveness of the Curse Techniques from the Curse Gate and the Life and Death Great Art from the Life and Death Sect would be greatly diminished against him.

"When I encounter individuals from the Curse Gate and Life and Death Sect in the future, I can give them a surprise."

"The Undying Evil Ancestor!"

Xiao Mu couldn't help but think of the Undying Evil Ancestor.

Once he stepped into the peak of the Yin God Realm, his odds against the Undying Evil Ancestor would be much higher.

"And this is only after the first mutation; if a second mutation were possible..."

With a faint smile, Xiao Mu stored away the divine pearl left behind after cultivating the Five Elements Evil-Warding Physique.

The power increase was already so significant after one mutation; a second mutation would be even more remarkable.

He estimated that if a second mutation were possible, the Curse Techniques of the Mutated Beings from the Curse Gate and the Life and Death Great Art of the Mutated Beings from the Life and Death Sect would become almost ineffective against him.

"Next, I should find clues, track down the traces of the Extraterrestrial Evil Beings and search for the Divine Spirits' ruins. I wonder if the team leader has any arrangements."

Xiao Mu began to ponder his next plan.

The next day, he suddenly received information that the team leader Wu Yan had summoned all team members to the Meeting Room for a meeting.

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