The Golden Silk Phoenix Bird was a Great Sage level beast. Because of its phoenix bloodline, it was rather noble and extraordinary.
The Emperor Artificer of the Myriad Alliance was even willing to use a custom-made Great Sage weapon to exchange for the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's beast soul and corpse.
Of course, Xi Qianye didn't care about any Great Sage weapon. He even had a large number of Great Sage weapons in his Empty Soul Stone from the Tianlan World.
In his eyes, Great Sage weapons were basically unattractive.
However, this didn't mean that the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird had no value in Xi Qianye's eyes.
On the contrary, the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's Great Sage level cultivation and noble phoenix bloodline were highly valued by Xi Qianye.
This was because the more noble the bloodline and the higher the cultivation of the beast, the more powerful it would be when refined into an Underworld Emperor Corpse.
When he first obtained the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's beast soul and corpse, Xi Qianye decided to refine the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird into an Underworld Emperor Corpse.
However, because his cultivation wasn't high enough before, he couldn't refine the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird. Now that he had broken through to the Great Sage level and refined six Underworld Emperor Corpse Patterns, he barely had the ability to do so.
Clang clang!
A phoenix cry tore through the clouds. An extremely beautiful bird soared into the sky from the primitive forest. The bird's body emitted a bright fiery red light that illuminated half the sky.
This beautiful bird was the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's beast soul.
The Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's appearance was quite similar to a phoenix. It flew in the sky with elegance and nobility.
Xi Qianye was sitting cross-legged on a towering ancient tree. Deep Nether Emperor corpse marks spread out from his body and covered the entire sky like a spiderweb, completely enveloping the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird's beast soul and its hundred-mile-long corpse.
Balls of eerie underworld fire bloomed in the void, silently changing the nature of the Golden Silk Phoenix. It was extremely mysterious, ignoring all the rules of the world.
The Art of the Underworld Emperor's Corpse Refining Art had a higher probability of refining living things, while the probability of refining dead things was very low. The probability of refining a Golden Silk Phoenix Bird that had been dead for a long time into an Underworld Bird was quite slim. Only Xi Qianye was confident of doing it.
Three days later, a series of phoenix cries resounded through the heavens and earth. A gigantic flaming bird that was three hundred miles long tore through the sky and soared into the clouds.
The aura emitted by the flaming bird was terrifying to the extreme. All the Bloodsucking Scourges within a thousand miles of the primitive forest were frightened. They all ran away, unable to avoid the bird.
Xi Qianye stood on the Flaming Bird's exquisite and noble phoenix crown, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
He had completely refined the Golden Silk Phoenix into a refined corpse of the Underworld Emperor.
Moreover, due to the special bloodline of the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird, it was even stronger than Xi Qianye after the first refinement. Seven Underworld Emperor corpse marks were formed in its body, and its cultivation base had broken through to the half-step Emperor realm. Its brute force was comparable to a half-step Emperor that had passed one Life-and-Death Calamity.
In the Southern Barbarian Land, the difference between a half-step Emperor that had passed one Life-and-Death Calamity and an ordinary half-step Emperor was huge.
The Golden Silk Phoenix Bird that had turned into an Underworld Bird no longer had bright red feathers. All of its feathers had turned into dark feathers. The flames were as black as ink, as if they came from the Nine Serenities Abyss. Its power had increased by more than one level.
"With the protection of the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird, there shouldn't be any problems."
Xi Qianye quickly asked the Golden Silk Phoenix Bird to conceal its aura. He was afraid that it would attract the attention of the emperor realm Bloodsucking Scourges. Then, he turned into a streak of black light and drilled into the depths of the primitive forest.
A few days later, an enormous and mysterious altar had been built on a hidden blood red cliff. The altar flickered with layer after layer of profound and unknown talisman markings and laws, and those talisman markings and laws were extremely profound. Even if an Emperor from the Southern Barbaric Continent came here, it would probably be like reading a book from heaven and would be utterly unable to understand it.
Resurrecting someone who had died ten thousand years ago was a supreme Divine Power that defied the heavens and changed one's fate. In the entire Taihuang World, perhaps only Xi Qianye could do it.
Of course, it was also because Goddess Divine Jade's divine soul had been sealed in the corpse and refined by the corpse puppet. She could never be freed and could not be reincarnated.
Otherwise, no matter how powerful Xi Qianye was, it was impossible for him to resurrect Goddess Divine Jade directly.
The Soul Return Altar took seven days and seven nights to build and countless rare treasures were used to complete it. Fortunately, Xi Qianye had obtained many treasures in the Tianlan World. Otherwise, he might not have been able to build the Soul Return Altar.
At the center of the mysterious altar, there was a cold jade coffin. Inside the coffin lay a woman in white who was as beautiful as a fairy. Her skin was like jade, and her entire body seemed to have been carved from a piece of stunning jade. It was Goddess Shen Yu who had been sealed by Xi Qianye all this time.
Although Goddess Divine Jade was only a Celestial Master, her Divine Jade Indestructible Body was immortal. Even emperors would have a hard time destroying it.
Back then, the Nether Scorpion Queen must have used a lot of treasures to refine Goddess Divine Jade into a corpse puppet because she was too difficult to kill.
Xi Qianye sat cross-legged in the center of the altar. He looked solemn and there was a rare trace of seriousness in his eyes.
First, he recited the Daoist's Scripture of Salvation, offering sacrifices to the dead souls and appeasing the resentment in the depths of the souls. Then, he recited the Buddhist's Heart Sutra, summoning the Buddhist's power of reincarnation and exerting it on Goddess Shen Yu.
Buddhists believed in reincarnation, the afterlife, and reincarnation. They believed that everything in the world had a continuation and that there was a trace of true spirit in the world that would never be destroyed.
Therefore, the power of Buddhists was most suitable for connecting the dead to the future.
Waves of vast, majestic, and righteous power constantly entered Goddess Divine Jade's body. At the same time, it activated the power of the entire Soul Returning Altar to connect with the Nine Heavens and the Nine Underworlds. It transformed everything in the world into one heart.
Hanyu's coffin in the center of the altar trembled slightly. Beautiful flowers that were as white as jade and had no roots or leaves appeared above Goddess Divine Jade. Those flowers were called the Flowers of Reincarnation, also known as the Flowers of Reincarnation. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, there was no one who did not know about them. However, there were very few people who had actually seen the Flowers of Reincarnation.
Seven days and seven nights passed in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, a strand of delicate fragrance emanated from the cliff. However, it couldn't be stopped, and it continuously spread to the surroundings. In a short moment, the surrounding 500km was suffused with a strand of delicate fragrance that was sweet and light. Just a single whiff of this fragrance would cause one's mind to be refreshed, and it was fascinating.
Legend had it that the supreme secret of Goddess Jade Mountain was the Indestructible Divine Jade Body. Once it was cultivated, not only would it be as pure as jade, but it would also emit a fascinating fragrance. If one smelled that fragrance for a long time, they would not be able to get rid of it.
The dead Divine Jade Indestructible Body naturally would not emit any fragrance. Only the living Divine Jade Indestructible Body would have that kind of special fragrance appear.
Goddess Divine Jade's body in Hanyu's coffin suddenly had a trace of vitality. Moreover, as time went by, that trace of vitality became more and more vigorous. It even reached the point where it was like a stormy sea, surging violently.
Xi Qianye's face became serious. He took out the Ten Thousand Years Source Milk from his sleeve and pointed it forward. He shouted, "Go!"
Swoosh!