Fighting: Practice makes it real, start with a poisonous body.

Shennong the Elder raised his hand and waved it. The Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda suddenly burst into dazzling golden light. The pagoda slowly rose into the air and became larger and larger. It was surrounded by an incomparably heavy holy power. The terrifying aura that suppressed the ages spread out and enveloped the entire Dan Domain.

"Buzzing..."

The Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda emitted a series of low humming sounds, and the holy power fluctuations spread like a tide. Under this pressure, the evil holy power around Gu Yuan and the other two was actually slightly contracted.

Gu Yuan looked up at the majestic pagoda, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by greed.

He snorted coldly and said in a calm tone, "Fine, I promise you. I'll be resurrected under the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, so you won't be so suspicious all the time."

"In that case..."

Although the last trace of doubt in Shennong's heart had not completely dissipated, there was no turning back now that things had come to this.

He took a deep breath, slowly loosened his clenched fist, and gently tossed the three fragments of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Diagram from his palm.

Three ancient streaks of light pierced the void, carrying a faint, eerie aura of flames, and flew towards Gu Yuan.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yuan's eyes instantly blazed with an intensely greedy light, almost setting his entire being ablaze.

He could no longer maintain his previous indifference and calmness. With a swift movement, he appeared in front of the fragments of the map, and suddenly stretched out his hands, tightly grasping the three fragments in his palms.

As soon as he touched it, Gu Yuan felt a warm sensation in his palm. The energy flowing on the fragment made him feel comfortable all over, as if he could feel the powerful force of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint beckoning to him.

"Finally, I got it..."

Gu Yuan's voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.

He then flipped his hand and took out an ancient wooden box from his storage ring. He gently opened the box, and inside lay the last fragment of the map.

He held the four fragments of the painting together in his palm and slowly released his hand.

As if drawn by some unseen force, the four fragments floated up into the sky and began to slowly rotate around a central point. Then, a dazzling light burst forth from the four fragments, and the originally scattered patterns began to connect and merge with each other.

"Om-"

A deafening buzzing sound rang out, and to everyone's astonishment, the four fragments of the map completely merged into one!

A complete, ancient map appeared high in the sky. On the map, eerie flame patterns seemed to come alive, constantly flowing and emitting a strange and powerful aura!

What's even more chilling is that a hint of the power of a half-emperor faintly emerges from the complete ancient map. Although this pressure is not complete, it still carries a domineering aura that surpasses all living beings, making everyone present feel suffocated!
"This...this is the complete fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's map? It actually possesses such a terrifying aura!"

The old doctor couldn't help but gasp in amazement, his eyes filled with shock.

He had lived for hundreds of years and seen countless powerful treasures and techniques, but he had never seen such a strange and powerful ancient diagram.

Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, his eyes filled with solemnity.

The aura emanating from the complete ancient map made him feel unprecedented pressure. He had no doubt that the power contained in this ancient map was absolutely enough to resurrect a half-emperor level expert.

"The ancient diagrams have been gathered, but where is the body of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint?!"

Xiao Yan suppressed his shock and asked coldly, "The resurrection ritual requires the physical body of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint as a vessel. Otherwise, even with a fragment of the map, an Emperor-level soul, and a ninth-grade golden core, the resurrection cannot be completed."

"rest assured!"

Gu Yuan gave a sinister smile. He suddenly waved his sleeve, and the void around him shattered like glass. A pitch-black spatial rift appeared before everyone's eyes, emanating a bone-chilling cold.

Immediately afterwards, a crystal-clear ice coffin slowly flew out from the spatial rift and hovered in front of Gu Yuan.

The ice coffin was made of an unknown type of ice crystal. It was completely transparent and emitted a faint blue light, clearly showing the scene inside the coffin to everyone.

All eyes turned to the ice coffin, and when they saw the figure inside, they couldn't help but gasp, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

Inside the ice coffin lay a man dressed in white, with a handsome face and a peaceful expression, as if he had simply fallen into a deep sleep.

The man was surrounded by a faint milky-white flame, the aura of which was exactly the same as that of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, ancient and powerful, carrying a mysterious power to purify all things.

Even after a thousand years, even within an ice coffin, this white-robed man still exuded a chilling aura, a unique presence belonging to the Pure Lotus Demon Saint—terrifying and mysterious, inspiring awe while simultaneously sending a shiver down one's spine…

"This...this is the physical body of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint? It's so well preserved!"

The old man Shennong took half a step forward, his cloudy eyes filled with intense surprise, and his tone was full of disbelief.

The era in which the Pure Lotus Demon Saint lived was at least five thousand years ago.

Time is like a knife; even the physical body of a saint will mostly decay and dissipate under the erosion of time.

He could hardly imagine what kind of heaven-defying method this half-emperor had used to preserve his physical body so perfectly, with even the lines of his hair clearly visible, as if he had just fallen into a deep sleep.

"How could you possibly fathom the power of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint?" Gu Yuan sneered disdainfully. "Just like the Demon Flame Space that trapped the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, it has been constantly eroded by the Pure Lotus Demon Flame for thousands of years, yet it remains intact to this day."

It's just preserving a physical body, what's so strange about that?

Upon hearing this, the doubts in everyone's eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a sense of relief.

Yes, the power of a semi-emperor has already touched the edge of the rules of heaven and earth, and ordinary cognition cannot measure it.

If one can create an immortal demonic fire space, then one must also have a way to ensure that the physical body remains incorrupt for countless ages. Perhaps this is not a difficult task for the Pure Lotus Demon Saint.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan, standing to the side, frowned involuntarily as he gazed at the ice coffin floating in the air, a strange sense of unease rising in his heart.

The material of this ice coffin was too special. It was crystal clear and emitted a faint blue chill. It was strikingly similar to the ice coffin of Senior Su that he had encountered in the cave in Qingshan Town!
What unsettled him even more was that, perhaps because of his frequent contact with Senior Su in the past, as he stared at the face of the white-robed man in the ice coffin, he felt that the man's facial features and the ancient aura surrounding him subtly overlapped with that of the mysterious Senior Su...

"Is it my imagination?"

Xiao Yan muttered to himself.

This sudden connection stirred a strange sense of doubt in his mind. (End of Chapter)