Chapter 528 - 387: Celestial Soul Banner, Immortal Corpse Technique, Fusing Corpse Puppets

Lin Chang’sheng muttered to himself, planning to put this away first and study it himself.

After all, Lin Chang’sheng also knew the Corpse Refining Technique. If he could merge it, maybe it would produce an even stronger Corpse Refining Technique.

"What’s this?"

While searching, Lin Chang’sheng found an ancient coffin nearby, pitch black like ink.

No matter how he pushed, Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t open the coffin.

Is this not a coffin?

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself and then released his Divine Sense to enter inside.

But when he saw the scene inside the coffin, Lin Chang’sheng was completely stunned.

Inside, a thousand Corpse Puppets were neatly arranged. This was clearly a treasure for storing Corpse Puppets.

"This guy deserved to die, slaughtering so many cultivators, and refining them into Corpse Puppets!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself. The Corpse Puppets inside, each one must be a cultivator he killed.

But this works out well, it’s Lin Chang’sheng’s gain now.

Because Lin Chang’sheng could use his panel to merge the Corpse Puppets, maybe even fuse them into stronger ones.

If he wanted the Corpse Puppets under his control, he’d have to obtain usage rights for the coffin.

Lin Chang’sheng directly dripped a drop of blood onto the coffin, and instantly it flashed with a glow, then established a connection with Lin Chang’sheng.

[Celestial Corpse Coffin detected. Merge with the Myriad Soul Banner?]

The next moment, the panel popped up a prompt.

This caught Lin Chang’sheng off guard. He hadn’t expected the coffin could actually merge with the Myriad Soul Banner.

But both are evil treasures, so it’s normal for them to be able to fuse.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng decisively chose to merge. After fusing, the Myriad Soul Banner could be even more powerful. By then, it might be able to capture souls, Divine Souls, and Corpse Puppets alike.

Buzz—

In the next instant, the Celestial Corpse Coffin and Myriad Soul Banner trembled violently, bursting with dazzling light, then began fusing with each other.

In just three breaths, the light faded away.

A blood-red Soul Banner appeared ahead, a terrifying human face imprinted on it.

[Fusion complete. Please name the treasure.]

The panel popped up another prompt.

"Celestial Soul Banner!"

Lin Chang’sheng said out loud.

[Naming successful!]

The blood-red Soul Banner fell into Lin Chang’sheng’s hands.

Lin Chang’sheng’s Divine Sense entered, discovering not only souls inside, but also countless Corpse Puppets lying in order, every single Corpse Puppet with its soul intact.

And the space inside had expanded considerably.

Seems like everything inside both treasures was fully merged.

"Wonder if this treasure can store Divine Souls too?"

Lin Chang’sheng mused. Next time he kills a Void Refining cultivator or above, he could test it.

If even the opponent’s Divine Soul could be stored, the target would have no chance of escaping.

After the Celestial Soul Banner was fused, Lin Chang’sheng started studying the Immortal Corpse Technique.

This Immortal Corpse Technique really was a bit different from the Corpse Refining Technique Lin Chang’sheng had cultivated before, but fundamentally similar.

[Immortal Corpse Technique Entry Level!]

With a foundation in Corpse Refining Technique, Lin Chang’sheng only spent half an Hour to reach Entry Level in Immortal Corpse Technique.

[Immortal Corpse Technique detected. Consume 6000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

The panel immediately popped up another prompt.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang’sheng immediately chose to simplify.

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Immortal Corpse Technique... Simplifying... Simplification complete, Immortal Corpse Technique = View Corpses!]

"View Corpses?"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself, this is a bit too simple... and also a little tough.

After all, the Corpse Puppets look pretty tragic and gruesome.

But in order to quickly improve proficiency, Lin Chang’sheng could only grit his teeth and watch.

Immortal Corpse Technique Experience Points +1!

Immortal Corpse Technique Experience Points +1!

...

As Lin Chang’sheng kept watching the Corpse Puppets, his proficiency continued to climb.

[Immortal Corpse Technique Perfected!]

Three Hours later, the Immortal Corpse Technique was finally perfected. Lin Chang’sheng nearly made himself sick to his stomach.

[Immortal Corpse Technique (Perfection), Corpse Refining Technique (Perfection), merge into new Immortal Technique?]

The panel prompted again.

"Fusing is real?"

Lin Chang’sheng was ecstatic. The two Corpse Refining Techniques merging, wouldn’t that make an even stronger Immortal Corpse Technique?

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng directly selected fusion.

[Immortal Corpse Technique (Perfection), Corpse Refining Technique (Perfection), fusion starting... Fusion... Fusion complete, gained new Immortal Technique: Divine Corpse Technique!]

"Divine Corpse Technique?"

Lin Chang’sheng murmured, just the name sounded formidable.

[Divine Corpse Technique detected. Consume 8000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

The panel popped up another prompt.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang’sheng again selected simplify.

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Divine Corpse Technique... Simplifying... Simplification complete, Divine Corpse Technique = Corpse Control!]

"Corpse Control is way better than Viewing Corpses!"

Lin Chang’sheng muttered, then ordered a Corpse Puppet to start spinning on the spot.

Divine Corpse Technique Experience Points +1!

Divine Corpse Technique Experience Points +1!

...

[Divine Corpse Technique Perfected]

Three Hours later, Lin Chang’sheng had finally maxed out Divine Corpse Technique proficiency.

Streams of memories surged madly into Lin Chang’sheng’s mind.

At this moment, he seemed like a wicked cultivator who had dedicated thousands of years to mastering Divine Corpse Technique, completely versed in all Corpse Refining methods.

And Divine Corpse Technique could use secret methods to forcibly boost a Corpse Puppet’s cultivation by a Small Realm for a short time, or even trigger Corpse Puppet self-destruction.

These two features made Lin Chang’sheng beyond ecstatic.

Boosting a Corpse Puppet by a Small Realm didn’t seem that impressive at first, but the later stages, the effect would be massive.

For example, taking someone at Middle Stage Integration and boosting them to Late Stage Integration—their strength would multiply several times over.

And triggering Corpse Puppet self-detonation—the power was nothing to scoff at.

The stronger the Corpse Puppet’s cultivation, the more devastating its explosion.

"With so many Corpse Puppets, fusing them could make ones at what cultivation level?"

Lin Chang’sheng glanced at the thousand Corpse Puppets inside the Celestial Soul Banner, thinking to himself.

[Detected: 1000 Late Stage Divinity Transformation Corpse Puppets. Fuse into 100 Early Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets?]

Before Lin Chang’sheng could even act, the panel detected it on its own.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng decisively chose fusion.

The countless Corpse Puppets arranged on the ground instantly began merging together.

Their numbers shrank rapidly, but the Corpse Puppets’ cultivation soared.

The light faded, and 100 Early Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets lay before him.

[Detected: 100 Early Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets, fuse into 50 Middle Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets?]

The panel popped up another prompt.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng chose fusion again.

The radiant light flashed once more.

Once everything calmed down, 50 Middle Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets appeared before him.

Yet the fusion still wasn’t done, as the panel flashed another prompt.

[Detected: 50 Middle Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets, fuse into 10 Late Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets?]

The panel prompted again.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng kept fusing.

Light flared, 50 Corpse Puppets vanished, replaced by 10 massive, burly Corpse Puppets.

[Detected: 10 Late Stage Void Refining Corpse Puppets, fuse into 1 Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppet?]

This prompt sent a shiver through Lin Chang’sheng’s heart.

"Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppet?"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself.

The fusion pattern was pretty much the same as before: fusion from early to middle stage needed double, middle to late needed five times, and late stage breaking into Great Realm needed ten.

Right now Lin Chang’sheng had Ma Huo’s corpse at hand. Once he refined it into a Corpse Puppet, he could fuse it with the newly created Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppet.

Wouldn’t he then own a Middle Stage Integration Corpse Puppet to fight for him?

Not to mention, with Lin Chang’sheng’s powerful Divine Corpse Technique, he could forcibly raise a Corpse Puppet’s battle power up a Small Realm for a short time.

Meaning, he could push a Middle Stage Integration Corpse Puppet to Late Stage Integration cultivation.

This combat strength couldn’t be underestimated.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng chose to fuse again.

The next instant, brilliant light surged up, 10 Corpse Puppets vanished, and a single gigantic Corpse Puppet appeared before his eyes.

Its arms were as thick as an adult’s thighs, veins bulging powerfully across the forearms.

"Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppet really is something else."

Lin Chang’sheng was very satisfied with this Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppet.

He wasn’t in a hurry to test its power, planning instead to refine Ma Huo’s corpse into a Corpse Puppet first.

When those two Early Stage Integration Corpse Puppets were merged, he’d get a Middle Stage Integration Corpse Puppet.

With the previous Corpse Refining Technique, Lin Chang’sheng might not have been able to refine a Corpse Puppet surpassing his own Realm.

But this Divine Corpse Technique was different. It could refine Corpse Puppets surpassing his own Realm by a whole Great Realm.

That is, Lin Chang’sheng, at Late Stage Void Refining, could refine a Late Stage Integration Corpse Puppet.

As long as he had a strong enough corpse, he could make a truly powerful Puppet.