Cultivation through Skin Making novel Chapter 401

Chapter 401: 179. Traveling Together in Secret, Ancient Tomb Turmoil (8.5K words - Thanks to "Which Holy in the World" Silver Alliance)

Formless Ancient Race, Ancestral Vein Secret Realm...

Outside the oiled paper window, the shadows of trees swayed wildly in the sudden summer rain, while inside, a never-extinguishing Demon Beast Oil Lamp emitted a soft glow, casting both long and short shadows over the various objects in the room.

Song Yan sat by the oil lamp, contemplating three things in his mind.

First, the map.

Strictly speaking, Lu Kingdom does not fall within the territory of the Formless Ancient Race. The closest of the Fifteen Kingdoms to it is the West Extremity Ancient Country.

Only a narrow mountainous corridor, no more than a few dozen miles long, separates Lu Kingdom and the West Extremity Ancient Country. Because Lu Kingdom is devoid of Profound Qi, the West Extremity Ancient Country has almost never regarded it as part of their territory, not even when the emperor of the ancient country levies tributes do they bother with Lu Kingdom, let alone the sects of the West Extremity Ancient Country.

Lu Kingdom is more often seen as one among the sparse, small countries in the Profound-less Barbaric Land.

This Profound-less Barbaric Land is bordered by the Fifteen Kingdoms of Formless to the west, the Night King Ancient Race to the east, the Ice Mirror Wilderness to the north, and the Dragon Tomb Ancient Country to the south. Even though Lu Kingdom is close to the Formless Ancient Race, if an opportunity arises, the other two races will not stand idly by, especially the Dragon Tomb Ancient Country.

Ancient tombs are something they regard as their forbidden possession.

Second, two array diagrams.

"Separation Fire Gathering Array" and "Ice Coffin Profound Killing Array."

Of course, these array names are completely false; their essence is arrays for offering sacrifices to the Nine-Child Demon Mother using "fire" and "ice" respectively.

Song Yan believed that since he could extract the incomplete "Little Heavenly Dao Texts - Introduction" from the "Myriad Souls Banner Sacrificial Refining Array" and "Five Elements Gathering Profound," he might naturally extract something from these two arrays as well.

Yet, after so many years and numerous attempts, he has gained nothing.

However, he is certain that these two arrays hide three things: first, a Heavenly Dao Character; second, the target of the Heavenly Dao Character’s effect; third, the result directed towards the Nine-Child Demon Mother.

Third, the "Netherworld Corpse Demon Corpse Refining Secret Technique" (extremely incomplete) (simulated state).

This was something he simulated after repeatedly contemplating through the powerful Talent of the Formless Ancient Race, having encountered a Netherworld Corpse Demon in the Ice Mirror Soul Threshold and was nearly instantly killed by it.

This thing lacks extremely important information, and no matter how much time is spent, it cannot be further deduced.

But this thing itself revealed to Song Yan one fact, that "Netherworld Corpse Demons," which possess no soul, no cause and effect, and whose flesh and blood strength rival the Divine Infant Realm, can actually be refined using the Corpse Refining Technique!

"Netherworld creatures" are monsters so fearsome that the world requires the Tumor Realm to resist them, which is the main reason for the formation of the Soul Threshold.

But now, they can actually be refined through Corpse Refining Technique?

This...

This really...

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