Sage of Humanity

"How did you enter Mount Sumeru?" Lu Ye asked.

Hua Ci briefly recounted the process of her and Lan Ziyi entering Mount Sumeru.

When she mentioned helping the cultivators from Mount Sumeru poison by Primordial Corpse Poison, Pang Huanyin, who was flying ahead, suddenly turned around with an incredulous expression: "Junior Sister can cure Primordial Corpse Poison?"

Hua Ci silently nodded.

Initially, she didn't think this ability would be so valued, but she gained insight after entering Mount Sumeru, though it was already too late then.

Now, with Lu Ye by her side, she didn't need to hide anything.

"I see!" Pang Huanyin understood.

People like Liu Zhenguan, contemplating marriage, wouldn't normally do so. It turns out Junior Sister Yiye possesses such an ability!

In Unparalleled Continent, for a thousand years, Primordial Corpse Poison remains incurable. Countless cultivators have lost their lives to it, especially within Ziwei Dao Palace, which faces the most intense conflict with the Corpse Race.

If someone had the ability to cure earlier, Ziwei Dao Palace wouldn't have lost so many people over the years.

Liu Zhenguan, upon learning of this, naturally coveted. From his perspective, how could he miss such talent? His method to retain people was wrong, leading to an unhappy end.

They hurried on quickly and, by dawn, under Veteran Siao's guidance, arrived at a mountain peak.

According to Veteran Siao's calculations, Ziwei Dao Palace would be nearby in a day, allowing them to open a portal and return to the Dao Palace.

On their journey, everyone was exhausted and took a meditation break while Lu Ye set up a formation to prevent disturbances from the Corpse Race.

Compared to others, he recovered quickly by consuming multiple elixir pills.

Looking up, he saw Pang Huanyin, responsible for vigilance, standing nearby with her hands behind her back, gazing into the distance.

Lu Ye got up and walked to her side, following her gaze but seeing nothing.

Pang Huanyin softly spoke, "A thousand years ago, what was Unparalleled Continent like? Now, we can only find sparse records in ancestral texts. Unparalleled is broken, plagued by corpses, and the future of the human race remains uncertain."

Her heart was filled with worry.

Lu Ye listened silently without interjecting.

Pang Huanyin sighed, "Huntian Holy Temple was a top human force, now occupied by the Corpse Race. Its secret realm has become a corpse breeding ground—how tragic. We've never clearly understood the strength of the Golden Corpse King Corpse Fiend within."

"No one has fought him?" Lu Ye asked.

Pang Huanyin replied, "Four hundred years ago, the Palace Master from Dao Palace led an attack on Huntian Holy Temple but barely escaped with few survivors. They died soon after from their injuries."

She turned to Lu Ye, "Yiye, I don't know your plan. I just want to ask, how confident are you?"

"If I can infiltrate the Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm, I'm completely confident!"

Pang Huanyin's eyes narrowed.

Usually, such definitive statements are unreliable, as the future is unpredictable.

But coming from Lu Ye, Pang Huanyin didn't doubt him at all.

"So you must enter the Huntian Secret Realm!"

Lu Ye nodded.

"It's difficult!" Pang Huanyin shook her head, gesturing ahead, "That area is densely populated with the Corpse Race. The Golden Corpse King commands three formidable Corpse Commanders—countless corpses swarm there."

"Huntian Holy Temple is there?" Lu Ye interrupted, sensing something in Pang Huanyin's gesture.

Pang Huanyin paused, nodded, "About five thousand miles from here, we're already on the outer fringes of Huntian Holy Temple."

Lu Ye fell into deep thought, then suddenly spoke, "Perhaps we don't need to engage the Corpse Race directly. I'll check it out."

With that, he soared into the sky, heading in that direction decisively.

"..."

Pang Huanyin watched his departing figure with helplessness.

The commotion alerted the others resting, but no one questioned it, including Hua Ci, who quickly resumed her meditation.

Move-Like-The-Wind and Wings boosted Lu Ye's speed, turning him into a fiery streak.

To avoid exposure, he flew high.

Before departing, the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union handed him four sealed Heaven's Augury Pillars. In Unparalleled Continent, there are precisely Four Great Secret Realms.

The human race controls three, the Corpse Race one.

This was no coincidence.

The four Heaven's Augury Pillars were meant for the Four Great Secret Realms.

Three Heaven's Augury Pillars were already placed in the human-controlled Secret Realms, leaving only the Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm.

He needed to place the last Heaven's Augury Pillar in the Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm to fulfill his mission!

Therefore, entering Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm was imperative for Lu Ye.

Finding out it's nearby, he had to investigate. With luck, he could infiltrate directly.

The Huntian Secret Realm differs from the human-controlled secret realms, which drift in the void, elusive. Huntian Secret Realm is fixed within the Huntian Holy Temple.

This was good news for Lu Ye.

Through the clouds, he saw the ground below. Pang Huanyin was right; they were already at the outskirts of Huntian Holy Temple.

The deeper one went, the more evident the Corpse Race's presence, with clusters of yellow clouds marking rotting corpse breeding grounds.

Zombies were less conspicuous, wandering alone.

In less than four hours, Lu Ye halted, gathered spirit force in his eyes, and focused down.

From a distance, he saw a massive portal.

That was the Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm's portal!

Unlike the other secret realms, Huntian Holy Temple's portal was tangible, a square breach in space where celestial light flowed, connecting two worlds.

Corpse Race members continuously entered and exited, bustling with activity.

Near the portal, countless corpses gathered and rested.

Lu Ye frowned; infiltration seemed difficult without risk of exposure.

Even Ying Wuji, the ghost cultivator, wouldn't have a high success chance.

After a brief contemplation, Lu Ye activated Concealment and Breath-concealing, minimizing his presence, and floated down cautiously.

Unlike ghost cultivators' unique concealment method, he used spirit runes' power, which had its own advantages.

Many corpses didn't expect anyone to be so audacious as to infiltrate solo, and Lu Ye's careful approach allowed him to reach the portal undetected despite their numbers.

This was a good start, but the real test began now.

With his Silver Snake Valley Secret Realm experience, Lu Ye knew his presence would be exposed once he entered the portal.

But he needed only ten breaths to evade the Corpse Race if he quickly lost himself during the initial chaos!

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ye gripped his hilt and stepped in.

His vision spun; when he regained his senses, he was inside the Huntian Holy Temple Secret Realm.

He frowned.

Everywhere he looked, corpses densely packed, countless pairs of dull eyes fixed on him in astonishment.

Despite thinking the outer corpses were numerous, they were nothing compared to those inside!

Over the years, Unparalleled Continent birthed many humans who, apart from natural death, were transformed into corpses or refined into part of the rotting hordes.

Those encountered in the wild were sparse because most corpses gathered at Huntian Holy Temple.

This gathering made the sheer number of corpses overwhelming.

When many eyes turned to him, even Lu Ye felt immense pressure due to strong auras among them!

Retreat!

Lu Ye immediately thought.

With such circumstances, placing the Heaven's Augury Pillar was out of the question; retreating required luck.

As this thought emerged, deep within the secret realm, a great malevolence suddenly revived, enveloping Lu Ye from afar, causing pain and heightened alert.

Unmistakably, he knew the Golden Corpse King Corpse Fiend was watching him!

Only the Golden Corpse King could exert such pressure now.

Overlord level!

Lu Ye estimated the Golden Corpse King's power—definitely overlord level, likely beyond typical overlords!

In Fox Fairy Valley, the Fox Demon's two hundred fought the overlord Berserk Giant Ape, supported by Lu Ye's formation, with over half lost.

The Berserk Giant Ape was a demon beast despite overlord strength, lacking high spiritual intelligence, otherwise wouldn't fall to Lu Ye's formation.

The Golden Corpse King was stronger and tougher than the Berserk Giant Ape.

Had the Fox Fairy Valley group hunted the Golden Corpse King, no formations would prevent their annihilation.

"Roar!"

The Corpse Race roared. After brief surprise, they surged at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye rapidly retreated, stepped out of the secret realm, abandoning concealment.

Outside corpses were alarmed.