Soon, Yan Nantian changed the topic. With a bitter face, he told me about his progress.
"It's going well for you, but it's hard for me. The giant corpse's skin is really tough. No matter how hard I try, I can't cut it to get blood."
I was a little skeptical. "How tough can the body be?
Big Brother Yan, you can control the Yin energy of the ghoul. You can use Yin energy to pierce the giant corpse's skin. It shouldn't be difficult, right? "
Yan Nantian nodded, but his expression still did not improve. He said, "Using your Dao Qi or the Yin Qi of the corpse demon, you can indeed pierce through the giant corpse's body. However, according to my speculation, if you let this power enter its body, the giant corpse might wake up. At that time, it will be troublesome."
Wake up?
I was even more skeptical. I told you that this is the Heavenly Dao's corpse. It's a corpse. How could it wake up?
Yan Nantian smiled when he heard my question. "Ordinary corpses can turn into zombies. Of course, the Heavenly Dao's corpse can wake up … Moreover, this corpse isn't that corpse. The Heavenly Dao's corpse isn't just a simple corpse."
His words didn't make sense. However, after he stopped talking, I didn't want to know more. I followed him to the giant corpse's feet. After trying for a while, I found that it was just as he said. The giant corpse's skin was really tough. Ordinary energy couldn't pierce it.
Eventually, Yan Nantian reluctantly told me, "I should continue to cultivate. If we can't get the Heavenly Dao's blood, we can use Dao energy or Yin energy to pierce the giant corpse's skin when we leave. Then, we can get a drop of blood and leave this place."
It didn't matter if the giant corpse woke up or not. As long as we could escape, it would have nothing to do with us.
What he said made sense. The Heavenly Dao's corpse had been sleeping for many years. If it suddenly woke up, it wouldn't be able to stop us. The chance of us escaping was still big.
As for the Corpse Yin Sect, after seeing that the giant corpse had changed, they wouldn't be able to find the cause for the time being. They needed to stabilize the Heavenly Dao's corpse.
That way, escaping wouldn't be a problem.
After thinking it through, I nodded and agreed with Yan Nantian's suggestion.
I continued to cultivate crazily. Five days later, the barrier of the ninth acupoint in my Heaven Meridians was broken by the Yin Qi. I had officially entered the Nine Apertures realm.
Originally, I wanted to break through the last aperture in one go. This way, as long as I go out and completely stabilize my realm, the next step would be to consider breaking through to Glory of Knowledge realm.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried, the Yin energy couldn't form a vortex in the ninth acupoint to attack the last acupoint.
After trying many times, I gradually understood. Although the Netherworld Ascension Art could help me break through the apertures very quickly, it had a limit. Breaking through four apertures was the limit. If I wanted to break through more apertures, I would have to absorb enough Daoist Qi, Fire Qi, and Yin Qi to fill all the apertures I had broken before.
The Heaven Meridian flowed vertically within the body. The insight acupoints above the Heaven Meridian flowed from bottom to top. Additionally, every insight acupoint was connected. The insight acupoints below were the foundation. If the foundation was not stable, the insight acupoints above could not be opened.
No matter how miraculous the Netherworld Ascension Art was, it couldn't break this rule.
After understanding this, I didn't have time to regret. I directly opened my eyes and left the cultivation realm. I told Yan Nantian about the situation and told him to prepare to take the Heavenly Path's blood at any time.
Yan Nantian felt sorry for me for a while. Then, with a cautious expression, he started to arrange the next steps.
After cultivating for a few days, I guessed that he had already thought of all the steps. He directly told me, "Although the Heavenly Path's corpse has an enormous amount of Yin Qi, in reality, the Heavenly Path is chaos. There is no Yin or Yang. So, it's better to use your Daoist Qi.
When the time comes, we'll strike at the gap between the giant's left foot. After you pierce the skin, turn around immediately and leave through the hole in the wall. After I collect a drop of blood, I'll follow behind you and escape as fast as I can. "
"The plan is very simple, but no one can be sure of the specifics. We can only speculate. So, when the time comes, we can't hesitate. When we run, we have to run as fast as we can. Do you understand?"
I nodded. Yan Nantian's plan was really simple, but with the current situation, it was the most suitable choice.
After discussing, we didn't hesitate anymore. We cleaned the hole in the wall again to ensure that it wouldn't affect our escape. Then, we walked to the giant corpse's foot.
Yan Nantian chose a spot in the giant corpse's left foot. Then, I formed a needle of Daoist Qi at the tip of my finger and pierced that spot.
The giant corpse's tough body made it easy for the Daoist Qi to pierce through. However, just as I had guessed, the Daoist Qi successfully pierced through and formed a small hole.
Right at that moment, Yan Nantian shouted at me, "Run!"
I had already prepared for this. I quickly retrieved the Daoist Qi and turned around to run. I used my fastest speed to reach the hole in the wall and prepared to enter it.
At this moment, an earth-shattering roar resounded from behind me, causing sand and stones to fly everywhere in the enormous stone room. My head felt dizzy and I unconsciously let go of my hands that were climbing, causing my body to fall from the rock wall.
I felt cold sweat dripping down my back. Yan Nantian's guess was right. The giant corpse had woken up!
I bit my tongue and didn't have the courage to turn around. I hurriedly jumped up and used my fastest speed to climb back up the wall.
While I was climbing, rumbling noises resounded from behind me. Even the roots of the purplish-green objects on the stone wall broke and flew in the air. There were a few times when they hit my body.
Luckily, the giant corpse didn't roar anymore. I was able to control myself and continue to climb.
When I reached the hole, I wanted to enter it. However, I couldn't suppress my curiosity. In the end, I turned around to take a look.
At this glance, I was dumbfounded. I even forgot to run away!
After the giant corpse in the distance woke up, his body seemed to have become even larger. He kept struggling, but the purplish-green plants on his body were like chains, trapping him in place.
The giant corpse roared and tore at the chains. The purplish-green plants and the surrounding walls shook. It was as if an earthquake was happening in the entire stone room.
However, this wasn't the reason why I was shocked.
From the moment I entered to the moment I ran away, the giant corpse stood there proudly. Its body was covered in a purplish-green substance. Except for the outline of its body and its legs, I couldn't see any other parts of its body.
Now, as the giant corpse was struggling, more than half of the purplish-green plants on his body fell off. I could finally see his head!
It was a huge, round head. Its facial features were no different from a human's, but on the top of the giant corpse's head, countless thick hairs floated in the air like whips. At the end of each hair, there was a corpse dancing in the air!
I had seen something like this before!
The giant corpse's head and the floating corpses … Except for the different colors, they were exactly the same as the Tai Sui and Xiao Jin in the Yellow Spring River!
Although I had seen Xiao Jin a few times, only his head was exposed. His body had never come out of the Yellow Spring River. So, was Xiao Jin's body the same as the giant corpse in front of me?
I didn't need to think about it. I was sure that the body below was the same.
This was because the skulls were too similar. It was as if there were two human skulls, and there were definitely two human bodies underneath.
However, I didn't understand. The Great Elder of the Ghost Raising Sect, Liang Tianxin, had said that Xiao Jin was the Tai Sui. But now, Yan Nantian said that the giant corpse in front of me was the Heavenly Dao's Corpse.
What was going on?
Was the Heavenly Dao's Corpse the Tai Sui?
It was possible.
Yan Nantian had said that the Heavenly Dao's Corpse was also a kind of Chaotic Daoist Source. It was the same as the Tai Sui.