The Empress has abandoned me? I'll support a new emperor and destroy your kingdom!

That afternoon, Su Che set up a simple sealing array in the courtyard.

The objects sealed were various powers within him.

He sealed the Emperor's Vein with his spiritual power, so it cannot be activated for the time being.

He used a special method to press the four items from the Natural Disaster Ranking deep into his meridians, making them unusable for a short period of time.

The soul power of the Netherworld is also separated by a spiritual barrier, and it will not be released unless in an emergency.

After the seal was completed, Su Che felt much lighter, but also much emptier.

It's like someone who's used to wearing heavy armor suddenly taking off all their gear, feeling light and unsteady, even when walking.

He tried to channel his spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy at the early stage of the Returning Origin Realm flowed slowly through my meridians, a difference from before, like the difference between a small stream and a great river.

"This is too weak." Su Che looked at the faint aura of spiritual energy in his palm.

"I used to think that being in the early stage of the Returning Origin Realm wasn't too bad. But now that I've removed all external forces, I realize that this little bit of spiritual energy is really not enough."

The voice from the Netherworld came from behind the seal, sounding somewhat muffled.

"Your current state is that of an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of the Returning Origin Realm."

Without the blessing of the Emperor's lineage, without the assistance of the Heavenly Calamity Ranking, and without your precise control over spiritual power.

The only difference is your physical strength. Your body, enhanced by both the Emperor's Vein and the Bloodthirsty Demon God's Bloodline, is far more robust than that of an ordinary Returning Origin Realm cultivator.

"That's enough."

Su Che clenched his fist.

Although it lacks the power of the Emperor's Bloodline, the Blood of the Fiend God still provides a significant boost to the physical body.

He tried to activate the bloodline of the Blood Demon God.

The blood vessels vibrated slightly within the body, and dark red energy surged through the meridians.

Su Che could feel a surge of heat spreading from his heart to his limbs, his muscles swelled slightly, and his strength increased.

But that's about it.

The Blood Demon God bloodline can currently only provide physical enhancement.

Su Che knew that this bloodline had far more capabilities than this, but it needed to be gradually activated in battle.

"Let's go, to the North!"

......

Before setting off, Su Che did one thing.

He went to the dungeon of the Prince's Palace.

The three undead cultivators they had fought in the market were not killed. Instead, they were released on the surface, but Yun Jin secretly captured them and handed them over to the vampires for safekeeping.

Su Che went to the dungeon to check on them.

The three were locked in their respective cells, their bodies bound by spirit-suppressing chains, their cultivation suppressed to a level below even the Qi Condensation Realm.

Upon seeing Su Che enter, the three of them reacted with varying expressions.

The leader, a late-stage Void Breaking Realm cultivator named Gu Han, was huddled in a corner, his eyes filled with terror.

The other two are called bone remnant and bone fracture, respectively, and their conditions are similar.

Su Che stood outside the cell, watching them.

"How are you three doing in jail?"

Gu Han gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to kill you."

Su Che squatted down and looked at Gu Han through the bars.

"You undead have a secret technique called soul swapping, right?"

Gu Han's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Your undead race controls corpses and the dead; your core ability is the art of soul manipulation."

Soul replacement is the highest level of this, allowing fragments of the soul to be transferred from one body to another.

Gu Han stared at Su Che, his voice hoarse: "What do you want to do?"

"I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to let you three know not to die yet. You might be very useful later."

Su Che stood up, clapped his hands, and turned to leave.

Gu Han watched his retreating figure, feeling a chill run down his spine.

The way this vampire patriarch speaks is so strange. He's clearly smiling, but every word he says sounds like he's plotting something.

Su Che walked out of the dungeon.

The voice of the Netherworld came from behind the seal; it was somewhat indistinct but still audible.

"You kept those three alive because..."

"Yes. The Undead's soul transfer technique can transfer fragments of the soul into another body."

If one day in the future I need to reshape your physical body, the soul-reconstruction techniques of the undead race would be a better solution.

"You're thinking too far ahead."

"Not far. You've been inside me for so long; I can't let you remain a mere soul forever."

Mingyuan fell silent.

Back when they were in the lower realm, Su Che said he wanted to rebuild his physical body.

I was deeply moved at the time.

Once they reached the Upper Realm, although it wasn't mentioned for a long time, Su Che was still helping him find rare and precious materials to reshape his physical body.

These are all things that the Underworld has witnessed.

Now, hearing that Su Che was willing to keep even the troublemaker who had flirted with Yun Jin alive in order to obtain the Undead Clan's soul replacement technique, I can finally understand why he would do that.

......

Su Che returned to the courtyard and packed his belongings with Yun Jin.

He brought two sets of clothes, an ordinary longsword, and three boxes of snacks.

Yun Jin glanced at the three boxes of snacks but didn't say anything.

She also packed a small package containing a few changes of clothes and daily necessities.

"Jin'er, is this all you brought?"

"That's enough."

Su Che thought for a moment, then stuffed a few packets of dried spirit fruit and a pot of spirit flower tea into the box.

Five hundred guards have already assembled outside the Prince's Palace.

The leader of the team was a centurion named Xuefeng, who was at the early stage of the Tian Shu Realm.

and many more.

Blood Edge?

Su Che raised an eyebrow when he saw the person leading the team.

This Xue Feng is the one who runs errands for Xue Li and delivers the Blood Poison Tea.