As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 1 This is not the Human Emperor Banner!

"Eclipse Spirit No. E-41, autopsy begins now."

Who is speaking?

Am I not practicing in the Human Emperor Banner?

Xu Yan woke up in shock, his memory was confused and he had a splitting headache.

I couldn't open my eyes yet, and the cold voice continued to echo in my ears:
"Eclipse E-41, formerly an E-class member of the organization, was the only returnee from the 232nd Legacy Investigation Mission. He suffered from excessive blood loss and severe brain damage upon his return and was pronounced dead half a minute later."

Old investigation?

No, buddy, I'm practicing Taoism here!
Xu Yan is a unique cultivator.

Since he got lucky, he traveled from Earth to the world of cultivation and became a disciple of the famous and upright Wanhun Sect.

He set his sights on the sect's most precious treasure, the Human Emperor Banner.

According to legend, there is a hidden world inside the Human Emperor Banner, where great seniors give guidance, fairies with feathered robes sing and dance gracefully, there are elixirs, extraordinary skills, ancient magical weapons, and countless opportunities, any one of which can save a person 500 years of struggle.

Therefore, a saying spread throughout the Wanhun Sect:

You must work hard in your cultivation, and be brothers under the banner of the Human Emperor!

Xu Yan is determined, ambitious, and firmly believes that hard work pays off.

He showed the same enthusiasm as when he took the college entrance examination.

As long as you don’t die from cultivation, then cultivate until you die.

Three years to retrieve corpses, three years to sew corpses, three years to drive corpses, three years to draw talismans, and three years to capture souls.

Three years after three years, countless days and nights.

Finally, he became the first lucky person in the Wanhun Sect since its creation, who was born as a corpse driver but was able to practice under the Human Emperor Banner!

Unexpectedly, just as he strode forward and stepped into the Human Emperor Banner, his vision suddenly went dark.

And then, here I am, with a brand new body.

"Erosion Spirit E-41, ten minutes after death, wounds healed spontaneously, heart and brain restored to full health. Suspected to have been eroded by the Old Ones. Type of Old Ones unknown, erosion method unknown, distortion characteristics unknown. Danger level tentatively classified as E-level."

Could it be that I have traveled through time again?

Xu Yan gradually came back to his senses.

"Prepare the dissecting instruments, seal cards, and incinerator."

Seal card?
Incinerator?
This style of painting is wrong!

Where have I come from? Where are the seniors, opportunities, and fairies wearing very little fabric?
Xu Yan's eyelids felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

The will of the immortal cultivator overflowed from his body like a tide, scanning the new world vigilantly.

The makeshift dissection room was covered in blood and signs of viral danger.

It looks like a biochemical laboratory, but also like a mysterious ritual to summon an evil god.

A tangle of cables stretched like spiderwebs between bizarre instruments made of gears, vacuum tubes, brass keyboards, and spherical screens.

Green wedge-shaped runes jumped wildly on the spherical screen like a torrential rain.

The four men in white coats wore silver anti-epidemic masks with long bird beaks, looking like four monsters with human bodies and bird heads.

A white-haired old man sat in a wheelchair, two blood-red crystals replacing his eyeballs, flickering in the eye sockets surrounded by scars.

The old man's appearance and the scarlet lightning symbol on his chest stimulated Xu Yan's brain, and fragmented memories popped out:
Colin Hyde, the "Dr. Half Brain".

Head of the Dawn City branch of the Black Dream Organization.

Alliance A-level wanted criminal.

He was formerly a senior card maker of the Lingka Association, a visiting professor at Dawn College, and a consultant to the Security Bureau.

In order to create a forbidden card to seal the devil, he sacrificed his wife, daughter and nineteen students, and committed more than fifty murders, explosions and organ thefts.

Last year, the Dawn City branch was destroyed by the Security Bureau.

Dr. Hyde escaped.

The most important thing.

He is "his" own boss.

"???"

Xu Yan woke up instantly.

He "saw" an incredible scene.

A remnant soul lay on top of Dr. Hyde's head.

Having worked as a corpse driver in the Wanhun Sect for more than ten years, Xu Yan has seen countless wronged souls, evil souls, ghosts, wandering souls, demon souls, weapon souls, and soldier souls.

But I've never seen anything so weird.

The painting style of Canhun is completely different from that of the cultivation world.

It's like the product of the development of magical civilization into the steam age.

Beneath the metal shell engraved with hexagrams and cuneiform runes are gears, bearings, springs, and connecting rods that are more sophisticated than those of a clock.

Deep within the gears, a mysterious glow emanated, flickering like breathing.

It is clearly a translucent energy body, but it is connected to Dr. Hyde's flesh and blood body by intricate spiritual veins, like an inseparable symbiont.

Dr. Hyde folded his arms.

The remnant soul seemed to be an extension of his will, stretching out its more than two-meter-long blade limbs and striking the brass keyboard like a violent storm.

And when Dr. Hyde directed a blade limb to gently cut open the white cloth on Xu Yan's chest.

Xu Yan truly felt a chill that pierced his heart.

Pfft!
Plop plop plop!
Half an hour or an eternity may have passed.

He once again felt his heart pounding in his chest.

"E-41, the Eclipse Spirit, has a heartbeat!"

"The danger level has been increased from E to D!"

"D-level alert!" "Prepare for emergency seal!"

A shrill alarm exploded inside and outside the autopsy room.

The blood-red light flickered rapidly.

The bloodshot light in Dr. Hyde's eyes was more dazzling than the light.

The mechanical spider brandished its six bladed limbs and pounced forward with a scream.

Xu Yan's pupils shrank into needle points.

The "Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique" that he had practiced for ten years was activated in his brand new body.

His chest was deeply sunken, dodging the frenzy of bladed limbs while also pumping a large amount of blood from the depths of his newly awakened heart.

Blood plasma surged into the limbs.

This body is young and full of vitality.

Xu Yan felt the surging power coming between his muscles and bones.

He jumped out of the dissecting pool, supported himself on the edge of the pool with his hands, and kicked his legs hard on Dr. Hyde's chest.

Dr. Hyde and his wheelchair fell backward.

The mechanical spider seemed to have suffered an invisible attack and let out a sharp hiss.

Four men in white coats pulled out four shiny metal cards and hurriedly inserted them into the card slots on their belts.

Thousands of spiritual veins also emerged from their bodies.

Interwoven into a mysterious and complex void symbol array.

Deep in the talisman formation, the ancient remnant soul is ready to move.

Xu Yan was faster than them.

His body was as fast as an arrow, shrinking and bouncing back and forth, and he broke open the door of the autopsy room.

"Don't activate the self-destruct chip!"

Dr. Hyde shouted excitedly from behind, "This eclipse spirit is extremely active. Let me see how it performs!"

Xu Yan's canine teeth were deeply embedded in his lips.

Use the sting to excite the nerves a little more.

There is no time to delve into the meaning of "self-destructing chip".

Before our eyes is a maze of mine tunnels.

There are dark rock walls above, below, left and right.

This is an abandoned mine a hundred meters underground. There is no sunlight at all and no way out.

Three guards rushed forward.

In Xu Yan's eyes, their breathing was disordered, their steps were weak, and their movements were clumsy. They were simply a group of second-rate people.

However, there were also residual souls floating behind them.

Ancient warriors in heavy armor, nightmarish beasts with bared fangs and claws, and even exquisitely structured, futuristic killing machines.

Xu Yan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

Memory fragments burst out like sparks, and he finally remembered that it was now the Age of Heroes.

People in this era are accustomed to fighting with guardian spirits.

The so-called "guardian spirit" is a powerful residual soul from ancient times.

Sign a contract with humans, establish a spiritual connection, share life and skills, and release extraordinary power.

Two spots of light exploded in the depths of Xu Yan's eyes.

"After ten years of hard training and countless trials, I finally got the chance to enter the Human Emperor Banner. I was about to reach the pinnacle of my life and become a legend in the world of cultivation.

"In the end, I traveled back to the Age of Heroes, and it still started with the same devastating collapse?

"Fuck you, I don't believe it!"

Falling into despair, Xu Yan instead broke into an extremely crazy smile.

His eyes were sharper than lightning, and in an instant, they locked onto the tall and slender figure behind the guard.

She was a woman wearing a burgundy evening gown, slender high heels, with a slim and charming figure and a waist as soft as a snake.

Exquisite tailoring, delicate accessories, and a lazy look.

She should be glamorous at high society banquets, not staying in the Black Dream Organization's death camp.

The most important thing is that she has no guardian spirit.

"It's up to you!"

The "Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique" was running to its extreme, and Xu Yan's muscles all over his body were shaking wildly.

The whole person was like a fallen leaf, clinging to the ground and sliding through the flashing swords and shadows.

"Stop him!"

From behind, Dr. Hyde screamed, "Don't let him hurt Lady Snake!"

That's too late.

A translucent "heavily armored warrior" pounced forward.

The sharp blade tore through Xu Yan's back, sending a chill deep into his spine that froze his bone marrow.

But this still couldn't stop him from increasing his speed to the limit and smashing into the "Snake Queen" like a cannonball.

Both sides are within easy reach.

Xu Yan clearly saw the golden mask covering half of Snake Queen's face, the fiery red lips beneath the mask, and the pair of exquisitely crafted golden snake earrings on her earlobes.

The charming and beautiful face did not make him hesitate for even a second.

Grit your teeth, twist your waist, push your hips, and kick out.

He swung the scalpel blade that he had secretly clamped between his toes towards Snake Princess' throat!
(End of this chapter)