Collecting the corpse for the emperor, my cultivation base will skyrocket for ten thousand years!

Lin Wudao was all too familiar with this so-called 'corpse demon' in front of him. They had known each other ever since he first started cultivating and came into contact with corpse collection.

"The Mad Taoist?"

He couldn't help but shout it out.

This corpse demon looked so much like the mad Taoist priest in the human world, they were practically identical; when Lin Wudao saw his true face, he even doubted that he was hallucinating.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he immediately realized that although there were people in the world who looked very similar, the other party could not possibly be the Mad Taoist in the human world; given the Mad Taoist's current abilities, he could not enter the Primordial Demon Realm.

He couldn't possibly have any connection with the Abyss...

So who is this corpse demon before us? Why does it look so much like the mad Taoist priest in the human world?

With a mind full of doubt and inquiry, Lin Wudao began to use the power of the system to observe the corpse demon in the distance, and discovered an unbelievable result.

The corpse demon before them bore a faint resemblance to the Mad Taoist.

"Could he be the incarnation of the Mad Taoist? Or perhaps one of the Mad Taoist's past lives?"

A bold guess formed in Lin Wudao's mind.

The Mad Taoist's real name in this life is Qi Suming. The God King of Burial Heaven, the Yuan Emperor, the Immortal Clan of the Immortal Ancient World, and others they encountered before all seem to have intricate connections with the Mad Taoist.

They are either followers or descendants of the bloodline!
Although the Mad Taoist never admitted to it directly, both he and Qin Daofu believed that these things were not unfounded.

People can admit their mistakes, but the unseen connection and resonance of bloodline cannot be faked.

This leads to the speculation that the Mad Taoist may have had a past life that is unknown to others; or even more than one.

Furthermore, the Mad Daoist himself had previously admitted that he had interacted with the Immortal Emperor of the Other Shore during the eighteenth era of the Desolate Ancient Era; the Immortal Emperor of the Other Shore had even saved his life back then.

“In the distant ancient times, the Mad Daoist seemed to have perished once, from which the Demon Luo Ancient Immortal Emperor and the Wutian Emperor Venerable were born, and there was even some mysterious connection with the True Self Lord.”

"It just so happens that the corpse demon in front of us also has the surname Qi, and his name is Qi Wusheng. Could he be an incarnation of the Mad Taoist in one of his past lives?"

"Or perhaps, the Corpse Demon is the body of the Mad Daoist from the ancient times who perished? And for some reason, it fell into the abyss?"

Lin Wudao connected all the things he had encountered before with the corpse demon in front of him; the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

There can never be two people who are exactly alike in the world; there must be some kind of relationship between the Corpse Demon and the Mad Taoist.

If the Corpse Demon is indeed the transformed body of the Mad Daoist who perished in the ancient era, then he has now developed his own independent true spirit and consciousness, and can no longer be considered the Mad Daoist.

"If the Mad Taoist knew that there was someone in the abyss who looked exactly like him, I wonder what his expression would be."

A strange sense of anticipation rose in Lin Wudao's heart.

The Corpse Demon does not belong to the beings of the Primordial Demon Realm, but originates from the Abyss. Perhaps one day in the future, the Mad Taoist in the human world will encounter the Corpse Demon from the Abyss.

What kind of sparks will they create then?
Lin Wudao didn't know either.

Perhaps the Mad Taoist will accept and acknowledge the existence of the Corpse Demon, and may even take action to kill him and reclaim his lost true spirit.

"Kid, you seem to know me?"

Just as Lin Wudao was carefully observing and examining the Corpse Demon, a cold and evil voice suddenly entered his ears, instantly waking him up.

Upon closer inspection, one could see the corpse demon sitting atop the white bone sedan chair, watching him with great interest; a faint, sinister smile played on its lips, giving off a chilling and terrifying feeling.

That aura and pressure were beyond even the reach of the Demon Lord of Time.

Upon thinking of the Demon Lord of Time, Lin Wudao immediately took the black token from his waist, his eyes turning cold.

"What a wicked Demon Lord of Time! How dare you scheme against me!"

At this moment, he fully understood the intention behind the Demon Lord of Time giving him the token; it was not out of concern that he might encounter the Corpse Demon and thus be in danger, dying in the Abyss of Fallen Souls, but rather to deliberately lure the Corpse Demon.

This token is the trigger!
Once he appears in the Abyss of Fallen Souls, he will immediately be sensed by the Corpse Demon, thus attracting the Corpse Demon to him.

Their goal was to kill him and make him a puppet of the Corpse Demon. "Thinking about it this way, the Time Demon Lord must have made a deal with the Corpse Demon; he claimed to have encountered the Corpse Demon millions of years ago, but the difference in their strength was enormous, and the Time Demon Lord could never have escaped the Corpse Demon's clutches."

"If he agrees to help the Corpse Demon find the peerless genius or the ancient emperor of the Thirteen Seals, it will explain why the Corpse Demon let him go in the first place."

"In the end, the Demon Lord of Time was nothing more than a slave under the Corpse Demon..."

Lin Wudao sneered inwardly.

Previously, when the Demon Lord of Time told him about the origins of the Corpse Demon in the Demon Palace of Rock Fortress, he had suspected that the Demon Lord of Time was hiding something; now it seems that the two of them are in cahoots.

These corpse puppets that carry the sedan chair for the corpse demon are mostly attracted in this way.

However, what Lin Wudao couldn't understand was that the Corpse Demon was already so powerful; it could easily go to the Ancient Demon Realm or the Ancient Land of Gods and Demons to suppress those powerful Thirteen Seal Ancient Emperors and refine them into its own puppets. Wouldn't that be much easier?

However, the Corpse Demon did not do so, which puzzled Lin Wudao.

"Could it be that the Corpse Demon is unable to escape this Abyss of Fallen Souls? Or does he have some other, bigger plan?"

Lin Wudao leaned more towards the latter.

Judging from the aura emanating from the Corpse Demon, it is a creature from the abyss, originating from the abyss; therefore, the Corpse Demon must be able to leave the Abyss of Fallen Souls.

"Unless, hidden within the Abyss of Fallen Souls lies a secret entrance to the abyss..."

Lin Wudao considered a possibility.

If the Corpse Demon truly cannot escape the Abyss of Fallen Souls, yet originates from the abyss itself, then this is the only explanation that makes sense.

"Boy, I'm asking you a question. Who is this mad Taoist you just mentioned? Do you know me?"

Seeing that Lin Wudao was staring at him silently, the Corpse Demon couldn't help but ask again; at the same time, he frowned slightly and carefully examined Lin Wudao.

Because he vaguely felt a sense of familiarity with Lin Wudao, but he couldn't remember it or have any recollection of it.

Faced with the Corpse Demon's questioning again, Lin Wudao suppressed his many guesses and looked at him seriously: "You look a lot like a friend of mine, called Mad Taoist."

"Real name, Qi Suming!"

"He was an unparalleled powerhouse who once created a race called the Immortal Clan, and even separated out the Demon Luo Ancient Immortal Emperor and the Wutian Emperor Venerable, among others..."

Lin Wudao deliberately connected his many guesses with the matter of the Immortal Clan in the Immortal Ancient World and told them to the Corpse Demon, just to see his reaction.

"Qi Suming?"

"The Immortal Clan of Immortality, the Ancient Immortal Emperor of Demon Luo, the Emperor of No Heaven..."

The Corpse Demon kept chanting names one by one.

At first, he didn't react to the name Qi Suming, but when the name Wutian Emperor was mentioned, he frowned and a hint of reminiscence and confusion flashed in his eyes.

That's how it seems, I have some recollection of that name.

at the same time!

When he read the name of the Emperor Wutian, a familiar scene flashed vaguely in the Corpse Demon's true spirit, but when he tried to recall it, he couldn't remember it.

"The Corpse Demon is indeed related to the Heavenly Emperor."

Lin Wudao had been closely observing the changes in the other party's expression, and seeing the Corpse Demon's reaction confirmed his suspicions.

The Corpse Demon is very likely the body of the Mad Taoist in the ancient era, which perished but ultimately fell into the abyss.

Boom!

Just as he was pondering this, suddenly, an extremely fierce and evil aura swept over him.

Upon closer inspection, the corpse demon on the skeletal palanquin now had an incredibly cold and sinister look in its eyes; with a wave of its hand, the eleven ancient emperor-level corpse puppets around it immediately pounced fiercely. (End of Chapter)