CHAPTER 864: CHAPTER 657: THE HOLY MOTHER WANTS TO GO FISHING, HEARING THE SONG OF REVERSAL AGAIN

At this moment, because of the decay of the Heavenly People, [Nine Soldiers] fell into chaos, yet they didn’t realize that even the Thirty-Three Heavens couldn’t escape unscathed.

Even the Nine Heavens Cloud Realm only suffered the aftershocks; here in the Thirty-Three Heavens is the main battleground!

On the twenty-fourth day, in Yama Suoluo Heaven.

Corpse clouds billowed, ghostly fog thickened, compared to other heavenly realms, there were no green trees, not even a leaf of flowers or grass.

Everywhere were terrifying corpses displaying the nine stages of a human’s death, "bones" continuously emitting multicolored horrifying corpse energy.

The overwhelming stench seemed to seep into the marrow of the bones, marinating people thoroughly.

Heavy corpse energy condenses into clouds, and after a long time of transformation, it eventually evolves into [Heavenly Spirit Qi · Jishi Energy].

It is essential for many Ghost Path and Corpse Taoist magicians’ cultivation.

Under the corpse clouds, countless staggering black shadows wandered through the wilderness, in the mountains, bumping into each other as they walked, suddenly someone would fall, becoming a part of the corpses all over the ground.

Ghost fire of eerie green around them flickered, ghostly eyes staring intently at every outsider.

Any living person who comes here, whether a mortal who mistakenly enters or an affiliate of another Heavenly Official, will quickly be assimilated into a walking dead.

The soul is trapped in the corpse, howling day and night.

Such a more tragic scene than hell can only be described with a poem:

"By day, dead bodies, countless, somber sun guarded by clouds of sorrow.

Three walk, not ten steps more, suddenly two fall dead, blocking the path.

By night, dead bodies, dare not weep, plague ghosts exhale, lamps flicker green.

Soon the wind blows, the lamp suddenly disappears, human ghost corpses caskets darken same room.

Crows caw incessantly, dogs occasionally cry.

Humans possess ghosts’ hues, ghosts usurp humans’ spirits.

By day encounter many humans turned ghosts, at dusk encounter ghosts mistaken for humans!

Dead bodies cover the ground, the human populace collapses, human bones gradually blown old by the wind."

As the Taoist hall of the [Fangzhang Corpse King], before the birth of the [Heavenly Son of Five Auspices], this was the place closest to death among the Thirty-Three Heavens!

Sadly, from today onwards, it will no longer be.

Or rather, death has come knocking.

Looking from afar.

Covered by multicolored Jishi energy, at the very center of Yama Suoluo Heaven seemed to stand a black giant peak towering over a thousand feet, overgrown with white mountain forests.

A sudden gust of gloomy wind blew, dispersing quite a bit of the sticky Jishi energy.

It finally revealed the true appearance of the thousand-foot giant peak.

It was clearly a massive Meat Mountain piled with countless corpses, decaying and blackened!

The white forests on the mountain were not real trees, but countless white plump maggots resembling tree trunks.

They burrowed in and out of the Meat Mountain, ravenously devouring the rotten flesh.

Strangest of all, every maggot bore a human face, swaying in the wind while chanting in unison:

"At that time, the Corpse Forest Master was overjoyed among the masses, emitted a great light illuminating the Corpse Forest and this assembly. Before long, the light returned through the mouth. Sitting upright, mind unchanged...

If there are sentient beings hungry to eat my flesh, thirsty to drink my blood, after consuming, may all sentient beings through eating my flesh awaken the Bodhi Heart, freed from hunger and thirst..."

Rings of sinister Buddha light spread, illuminating all directions, serving as the primary light source of this heavenly realm.

It also faintly revealed that at the summit of the Meat Mountain grew a giant rotting head crowned with a huge Bodhi Crown, brimming with fleshy hair.

This was the body of the owner of this place, [Fangzhang Corpse King], the [Corpse Forest Master]!

Deep abyss-like hollow eyes on the face emitted a strong blood light, suddenly extending two stout arms covered with rotten flesh, waving continuously.

Each grab tore off countless maggots from its body, stuffing them into a mouth larger than a lake, devouring with great relish as if eating a rare delicacy.

Many maggots were fortunate not to be crushed by the black-yellow teeth but instead fell from the rotten holes on the face.

More of them fell into the stomach, steaming with green smoke, instantly digested away.

The body of the Fangzhang Corpse King continuously grew with more rotten flesh, which was then shared by other maggots, and devoured wantonly by itself.

Just as the scripture states.

The Buddha gives alms of blood and flesh to believers, who, in turn, offer their blood and flesh to the Buddha.

These maggots transformed from those believers in the Mortal World who worshiped the [Fangzhang Corpse King] after their deaths.

Unfortunately, as the Mortal World changed rulers, this kind of "delicacy" was clearly dwindling.

"When this king is full and satisfied, I shall strike fiercely at the South Heavenly Gate again.

Seek the Dao Lord’s help, and once encountered, swallow that Yin Heaven Son whole, seizing control of the entire Ghost Path and Yin Yang realms!"

The Fangzhang Corpse King was eating merrily when suddenly its face showed a surprised expression, even the bloody light in its hollow eye sockets froze for a moment, drawing a cold breath from the cavity in its chest.

"Hiss——!"

Just because it suddenly discovered an extremely old yet inexplicably familiar figure appearing abruptly at the border of Yama Suoluo Heaven.

It was clearly its own self, aged to the extreme!

Slowly, it made its way towards itself, step by step.

Wherever it passed, whether stumbling corpses or howling ghosts, were powerless to resist, their bodies rotting away, ultimately turning into flying ash in the blink of an eye.

The [Fangzhang Corpse King], who had long lost count of how long it had lived, was gradually filled with fear, as if encountering a natural enemy.

"What are you? How did you enter my heavenly realm?!"

A heavenly realm should have been the strongest fortress of a Heavenly Official.

Not to mention what kind of being this was.

The fact that it had walked in through the backdoor without it knowing was shocking enough in itself.

Just like a mortal encountering a ghost knocking on the door in the dead of night, turning around only to find the ghost already inside their room was shocking enough.