395: Corpse Stealer

Xiao Shi felt over ninety percent confident that he could successfully kill a Saint using this method.

However, he would also face a problem.

That is, after his clone killed the Saint, how would he escape?

Xiao Shi could foresee… after his clone killed the Saint.

He would undoubtedly be annihilated by the enraged Dao Lord.

“If that’s the case…”

“Then I would be essentially trading a clone for a Saint…”

Currently, Xiao Shi didn’t need to worry about the time it would take to reform a clone after its death.

Given that The Primordial Martial Era would only undergo its next reset after three hundred years.

He had plenty of time to form clones.

Even if one clone died.

After waiting thirty days.

He could once again use the martial emperors cloak to form a second clone and continue to trade it for a Saint.

“Does that mean I can kill a Saint every thirty days?”

Xiao Shi mused.

While the killing speed of this method was a bit slow.

If it worked.

It wasn’t a bad approach.

However, Xiao Shi thought carefully.

“No…”

“This method definitely won’t work!”

He clearly realized.

Given the importance placed on Saints in The Primordial Martial Era.

He could at most use this method once.

As soon as he successfully eliminated a Saint using this method, it would inevitably alert other Saints and Dao Lords.

Afterward, when he sent a clone to challenge a Saint again.

The Dao Lords who were paying attention would certainly not give him another chance to kill.

Therefore, this method.

Could only be used once at most!

Once they had been fooled.

These Dao Lords would certainly not fall for it a second time.

Attempting to continuously kill Saints using this method would definitely not work.

“I need to make some improvements to this method…”

Xiao Shi pondered.

That day.

After the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord informed Xiao Shi about The Primordial Martial Era, he parted ways with Xiao Shi.

He eagerly anticipated Xiao Shi becoming the first among them to wield Killing Palm Dao.

Although he himself couldn’t imagine how Xiao Shi would be able to kill a Saint of The Primordial Martial Era.

But since he had sown the Fruit of Benevolence on Xiao Shi.

He naturally hoped Xiao Shi could achieve Grasping the Dao through this.

Before departing.

The silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord gave Xiao Shi another jade slip.

He indicated that through this jade slip.

They could transmit messages to each other.

Afterward, if Xiao Shi encountered any trouble or problems, he could send a message to him.

Xiao Shi could tell that the other party clearly regarded him as the primary “investment” target.

Having someone familiar with The Primordial Martial Era available to answer his questions was also a good thing for Xiao Shi.

After they parted ways.

Xiao Shi immediately headed to the Seventeen Kingdoms of the Martial Dynasty.

Although he had already gained a general understanding of the situation in these Seventeen Kingdoms through the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord.

But before taking action.

Xiao Shi felt it was still necessary to investigate them personally.

Their hats possessed the ability to alter their appearance and aura.

Therefore, they could continuously enter the Martial Dynasty under various identities.

However, they couldn't disguise themselves as people of the Martial Dynasty.

All people of the Martial Dynasty bore a unique mark and aura.

Moreover, this mark and aura originated from the Martial Dao Ninth Realm supreme expert within the Martial Dynasty.

Therefore, even though their hats were extraordinary, they couldn't mimic this mark and aura.

They could only enter the Martial Dynasty as rogue cultivators from outside the Martial Dynasty.

Xiao Shi successfully integrated into the Martial Dynasty in less than a month.

While continuously gaining a deeper understanding of the Martial Dynasty, he also investigated some information that even the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord had not paid attention to.

For example… the past history of the Martial Dynasty!

The Primordial Martial Era was already an enigmatic era.

To this day, no one knew why The Primordial Martial Era was banished from the Tianwu Continent to this alternate dimension.

As for Saints like Xiao Shi, who came from the future to The Primordial Martial Era.

Their primary focus was on wielding the Heavenly Dao here.

No one would investigate the true reason for The Primordial Martial Era's banishment.

However, Xiao Shi was almost certain.

The three hundred years of The Primordial Martial Era's reset were already after it had been banished from the Tianwu Continent to this alternate dimension.

But what he didn’t expect was… the martial artists in The Primordial Martial Era were completely unaware that they were no longer on the Tianwu Continent.

Including those Saints and Dao Lords.

As for Demigods, since Xiao Shi couldn't currently contact them, he didn't know the specific situation.

But he found that the Saints and Dao Lords here were unaware that they had been banished to an alternate dimension.

Furthermore.

After Xiao Shi investigated and learned about the past history of The Primordial Martial Era.

He discovered that in the past, The Primordial Martial Era did not have the rule prohibiting the death of beings above the Saint level.

This rule was surprisingly established only sixty years ago!

This immediately made Xiao Shi’s mind connect dots.

“Although I don’t know exactly when The Primordial Martial Era was banished from the Tianwu Continent to an alternate dimension, this kind of reset can obviously only be done by an alternate dimension!”

“So it’s possible that after The Primordial Martial Era was banished to this alternate dimension, the reset began immediately, which is why the people in The Primordial Martial Era… don’t know that they are no longer on the Tianwu Continent!”

“And that supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm established the rule prohibiting the death of beings above the Saint level sixty years ago, so it can be inferred that sixty years ago, a major unknown event likely occurred, which led this supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm to establish such a rule!”

“It’s a pity I can’t find out what exactly happened sixty years ago…”

“But the timelines of these two events are very close, and both are extremely abnormal actions.”

“If these two events are viewed together…”

Xiao Shi suddenly had a bold hypothesis in his mind.

“Sixty years ago, a major event occurred in The Primordial Martial Era that greatly affected that supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.”

“Which led this supreme expert, while establishing the rule prohibiting the death of beings above the Saint level, also began to prepare to banish The Primordial Martial Era to an alternate dimension!”

The reason for this conjecture.

Was mainly because the timelines of these two events were too close.

And after much thought.

Xiao Shi felt that the only person capable of banishing The Primordial Martial Era to an alternate dimension seemed to be this supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm in The Primordial Martial Era.

The other party was not only the strongest in The Primordial Martial Era.

But also the first being in heaven and earth to reach the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

He must be more powerful than the Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts of other eras.

Of course.

This was only Xiao Shi’s current speculation.

He still lacked some important clues.

However, he couldn't find out what major event happened sixty years ago in The Primordial Martial Era, no matter what.

Even if he asked the silver-haired, silver-eyed Dao Lord for help in investigating.

The other party also couldn't find out.

This matter seemed to be a top secret of The Primordial Martial Era!

Even the Dao Lords and Demigods within The Primordial Martial Era couldn't access it.

Perhaps only that supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm knew the reasons and answers.

However, the more confidential this matter was.

The more Xiao Shi felt it aligned with his conjecture.

Of course.

Whether the true answer was so.

For Xiao Shi currently, it was not important.

What was important was… when he learned that The Primordial Martial Era did not, from the very beginning, prohibit the death of beings above the Saint level, a plan to hunt Saints gradually took shape in his mind… Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom, as the foremost of the five Upper Kingdoms of the Martial Dynasty.

Both Saints and Dao Lords were the most numerous in this kingdom among the Seventeen Kingdoms.

The one stationed in Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom was also Demigod Tianxian, the most renowned among the Demigods!

At the same time, within the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom.

Various sects, families, and other forces emerged endlessly, presenting a prosperous scene with a flourishing martial spirit.

The Taiyue Clan has always been a prestigious and prominent family in the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom.

Not only because three Dao Ancestors were born within the Taiyue Clan.

But also many years ago, a Demigod even appeared in the Taiyue Clan!

And the Saints of the Taiyue Clan were even more numerous.

Its powerful foundation has forged the glorious and vast Taiyue Clan of today.

The entire Taiyue Clan was situated on a towering giant mountain in the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom.

The entire majestic mountain was the family territory of the Taiyue Clan.

This also made Xiao Shi, who was secretly infiltrating the Taiyue Clan at this moment, feel a sense of emotion.

He mused that if this were on the Tianwu Continent.

The Taiyue Clan would essentially be the vast territory of a lord!

After infiltrating the Taiyue Clan, Xiao Shi’s objective was very clear; he went directly to the Taiyue Clan’s mausoleum.

As a large family with deep historical roots.

Many members of the Taiyue Clan were buried in the Taiyue Clan’s mausoleum.

Especially the powerhouses of the Taiyue Clan.

Most of them were buried here.

This included many Saints and Dao Lords of the Taiyue Clan.

Even the former Demigod of the Taiyue Clan was also buried in this mausoleum.

Of course.

Most of these powerhouses buried here died because their lifespans were exhausted.

Usually, if they died outside or perished in battle, their remains would be difficult to preserve, making it hard to bury them in the family mausoleum.

And the Taiyue Clan did not have a tradition of establishing cenotaphs.

Therefore, those family members who died in battle without remains often did not have the opportunity to be buried.

As Xiao Shi quietly approached this massive mausoleum.

He found that it was just as the intelligence he had gathered earlier indicated.

Within the mausoleum, there was only one Saint, along with some clan members responsible for daily maintenance and upkeep of the mausoleum.

Although this mausoleum was very important to the Taiyue Clan, the mausoleum itself was located within their clan territory.

And within their clan territory, there was a Dao Lord stationed.

Naturally, there was no need to worry about anyone trying to target the mausoleum.

There was no need for too many people to guard it here.

The reason for having a Saint guard it here was more of a symbolic gesture, indicating the importance of this mausoleum to them, rather than truly expecting this Saint to be able to stop anyone with designs on the mausoleum.

As a prominent family in the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom, no one had ever dared to target the Taiyue Clan.

Moreover… this was their clan territory!

Soon.

Xiao Shi located the Taiyue Clan Saint guarding the mausoleum.

This was an elderly Saint.

His lifespan was already limited.

Perhaps this was also the reason why he was assigned the leisurely task of guarding the mausoleum.

Xiao Shi closed his eyes.

He directly cast the Dream Witch Lineage’s dream ability.

After he merged with the heart that governed the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, he could not only use the power of the Crimson Tiger Lineage, but also wield the powers of the other Three Branches.

Not only that.

The powers of all Four Branches had reached the Saint level.

Buzz!

Immediately.

The Taiyue Clan Saint, who was leisurely drinking, suddenly felt his eyelids grow heavy.

Before he could react in any way, his body stumbled and fell to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.

He was directly pulled into a dream by Xiao Shi.

At the same time.

The Taiyue Clan members responsible for daily maintenance and upkeep in the mausoleum also fell to the ground, one after another, entering the dream woven by Xiao Shi.

“The Dream Witch Lineage’s ability is indeed useful.”

Xiao Shi was very satisfied with this.

With his current cultivation.

It was not difficult to make a Saint enter a dream without a sound.

He could even directly kill the Saint in the dream through the dream.

However, he knew that once he made any move to harm the opponent in the dream, not only would the Dao Lord stationed in the Taiyue Clan sense it, but the Demigod governing the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom would also notice.

At that time, he would undoubtedly be on a path to death.

Therefore.

Xiao Shi did not make any harmful actions towards the opponent in the dream.

He merely caused the opponent to fall into a dream.

He knew very well.

Both the Dao Lord and the Demigod primarily sensed through two aspects: the power fluctuations during a Saint’s battle and the life fluctuations of these Saints.

Since he merely put the opponent to sleep and into a dream, without harming them or engaging in battle.

Then neither the Dao Lord nor the Demigod would detect anything.

Immediately.

Xiao Shi’s figure flickered.

After all the Taiyue Clan members here had fallen into a deep sleep.

He landed directly on a tombstone.

Through the tombstone in front of him, he could already see a corpse buried within the tombstone.

This was the corpse of a Saint.

Although he had been dead for many years.

His entire body remained perfectly preserved.

On his skin, there were still tadpole-like runes, which had not faded in the slightest, even after many years of death.

“The Taiyue Clan is indeed a powerful clan skilled in physical bodies; this kind of corpse… is undoubtedly the perfect corpse for the Crimson Refining Secret Skill!”

A glint flickered in Xiao Shi’s eyes.

However, he did not directly destroy the tombstone and extract the corpse within.

He knew.

These tombstones created by the Taiyue Clan were not ordinary tombstones; if he were to rashly destroy them… it would inevitably cause a huge commotion.

If the Dao Lord of the Taiyue Clan were alerted at that time, then everything would be in vain.

After all, his main purpose in coming to the Taiyue Clan this time was to steal a corpse, not to hunt the Saints here.

Thinking of this.

Xiao Shi took a step forward.

He unleashed the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect’s Mountain God Branch’s ability—Mountain Fusion.

With this, he directly merged into the tombstone, entering it, to take the corpse inside without damaging the tombstone.