Oh no! I've been reincarnated as a corpse!

Lu You couldn't stay in bed for more than a day, mainly because she was too bored.

In modern times, you could play games, read novels, watch short videos, or follow short dramas—there are so many things to do.

If all else fails, you can order takeout and watch the live stream while you eat; time flies by.

But there's nothing to do in this godforsaken place!

There were no cell phones, no computers, no internet, not even a physical book.

Moreover, he didn't need to sleep. Lying there staring at the dark cave ceiling, he felt like he was about to mold.

If he lies down any longer, he might actually grow a few mushrooms on his body.

So Lu You sat up helplessly, intending to do something to pass the time.

Thinking about it carefully, there are actually quite a few things he can do now.

For example, he has already established a preliminary mental connection with the three fragments of the Taiyin Treasures, but he has not yet fully refined them.

It's like a brand new mobile phone that you just got. It can turn on and make calls, but many functions haven't been set up yet, so you can't use it smoothly.

For example, the "Primordial Yin Primordial Chaos Reincarnation Scripture" – although he directly fed the contents into his brain through fragments of the Taiyin disc, it was equivalent to downloading all the data at once.

But he hadn't even finished reading all the contents, let alone mastered them or used them effortlessly.

After much thought, Lu You decided to read through the entire "Primordial Yin Primordial Chaos Reincarnation Scripture" first.

Just treat it like reading a novel.

After all, in this world without cell phones and computers, studying martial arts techniques has become his only form of entertainment.

He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes slightly.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the fragments of the Taiyin disc began to emit a soft silver glow.

The radiance rippled outwards like waves, transforming into mysterious and complex symbols that slowly surfaced in his mind.

These symbols were not any kind of writing system that Lu You recognized.

It is neither Chinese characters nor seal script or clerical script, but something much older and more original.

Strangely, Lu You was able to understand the meaning behind it.

It was as if these symbols bypassed the middleman, the written word, and directly inserted their meanings into his consciousness.

The Scripture of the Primordial Yin and the Great Dao of Reincarnation: General Outline and Preface to the Origin of Yin

"Before chaos was divided, before the primordial chaos was opened, there was no form or shape, no beginning and no end. Suddenly, existence and non-existence arose, purity and turbidity were first separated, and yin and yang were distinguished..."

"I am the ancestral energy of Taiyin, originating from nothingness, embodying the will of the Great Dao, and inheriting the mysteries of Heaven and Earth..."

"..."

"What is 'Taiyin'? Tai means the ultimate, the origin; Yin means turbidity, stillness, concealment, and killing. Taiyin is the beginning and end of all things, the pivot of life and death, and the origin of reincarnation..."

"What is meant by 'Primordial Beginning'? 'Primordial' means beginning or first; 'beginning' refers to the time before chaos was divided. Primordial Beginning existed before chaos, and is the ancestor of all Yin, with all Yin coming to pay homage and all evil spirits bowing in submission..."

"What is meant by 'the new moon and the dark moon'? The new moon is the end of the month, when the light is hidden and darkness envelops everything; the dark moon is the beginning of the month, when a glimmer of light is born and hope begins to sprout. The cycle of the new moon and the dark moon is the constant law of nature, the law of life and death, and the order of reincarnation. I control the new moon and the dark moon, and thus I control the power of life, death, and reincarnation..."

"..."

"This scripture is the manifestation of the Great Dao, the embodiment of the Laws, and the expression of the Origin..."

"..."

"I was born in chaos, existed since time immemorial, witnessed the creation of heaven and earth, and the cycle of reincarnation of all beings. My existence is the Yin; my will is the Great Dao..."

As Lu You watched, he felt his head start to ache.

Each of these runes contains a wealth of information.

It is not just the literal meaning, but also includes the explanation of the laws of the Great Dao, the understanding of the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, and the enlightenment of the origin of Taiyin.

Layer upon layer, link upon link, the information density is astonishing.

The preface to the practice mainly introduces the origin and outline of the "Primordial Yin Primordial Chaos Reincarnation Scripture" and explains the basic concepts of the Primordial Yin Primordial Chaos Law.

It also tells the origin story of the Taiyin Emperor.

The Taiyin Emperor is the being formed from the first wisp of Taiyin energy born between heaven and earth at the beginning of chaos.

This background and footwear are top-of-the-line.

What is the concept of the first wisp of air at the beginning of chaos?

He is equivalent to the founder of the entire Taiyin Dao, the common ancestor of all cultivators of the Taiyin Dao.

However, this patriarch was truly unreserved when writing his autobiography.

The entire prologue is filled with the narcissism of the Taiyin Emperor.

From beginning to end, each paragraph roughly translates to: "I am inherently awesome", "My laws are awesome", "I am awesome in this and awesome in that", "What you cultivate is what I have already mastered".

It's absolutely an eyesore.

It must be said that the Taiyin Emperor truly understands Versailles.

If this were in his previous life, he would definitely be a big shot in the world of showing off, the kind of person who could make it to the trending topics with just a Weibo post.

Lu You shook his head, temporarily clearing this pile of self-praise from his mind.

After reading the prologue, he didn't rush to continue reading. Instead, he lay down to rest and let his overloaded brain cool down.

Once he felt a bit clearer-headed, he sat cross-legged again and continued reading.

The Versailles segment of the Taiyin Emperor's training is finally over; now it's time for the proper training of the living corpses.

"The 'New Moon Qi-Gathering Chapter' serves as the foundation for beginners. Those who cultivate this chapter can absorb the Qi of Taiyin and temper their Yin-attribute bodies. The four realms of Living Corpse, Iron Corpse, Corpse Demon, and Cursed Corpse are all contained within this chapter."

Lu You perked up and read it carefully once more.

This time, instead of passively receiving information as before, we actively study and understand it.

As he read, he compared his experience with his first cultivation in the cave and quickly discovered many shortcomings in his previous cultivation process.

In some places, the flow of Yin energy has deviated from its proper path; in others, the rhythm has not been properly controlled; and in still others, the flow has been too slow when it should have been fast, and too fast when it should have been slow.

Soon, he gained new insights.

Lu You immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate his cultivation technique again, based on what he had just comprehended.

It was definitely a completely different experience from the first time, when I stumbled and fell.

After gaining a systematic understanding this time, he clearly felt that his efficiency in absorbing and transforming Yin energy had increased significantly.

Especially with the blessing of the withered branches of the sacred laurel tree, the effect is even more immediate.

The withered branch swayed gently in his sea of ​​consciousness, and the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the moonlight seemed to be gathered by an invisible hand, flowing continuously into his body.

The fragments of the Taiyin disc then transform all these chaotic forces into the purest Taiyin energy.

The yin energy within Lu You's body surged upwards.

That speed was like having a speed hack in a game; the experience bar was visibly climbing forward.

Unfortunately, this is not that paradise.

The dense, almost tangible Yin energy found in the cave is absent here.

Here, he can only indirectly transform the Yin energy by absorbing the moonlight, as well as the spiritual and yin energy that roams between heaven and earth.

This makes me have to say that the Taiyin pelvic fragments are amazing.

Whether it's moonlight, spiritual energy, yin energy, or even some mixed and impure negative energy, it can transform everything into the purest yin energy.

The conversion efficiency is ridiculously high, with almost no loss.

Although the speed of cultivation was not as exaggerated as it was in the cave, it was still not slow.

Compared to the normal cultivation speed of ordinary cultivators, his speed is already at a rocket-like level.

However, Lu You did not cultivate for too long this time.

He was simply trying to confirm his earlier realization.

Once the new understanding is confirmed to be correct and effective, the objective is achieved.

He needs to calm himself down.

Inner demons are no joke.

He suppressed his aura, stopped cultivating, and continued to study the contents of the cultivation technique.

The four major realms of corpse cultivation are further divided into early, middle, late and perfect stages.

Perfection is actually part of the later stage, but it means that one has reached the limit of the current realm and can no longer improve no matter how hard one tries. That is what makes it "perfect".

It's like a bottle that's already full of water; if you add even one more drop, it will overflow.

Once you've reached perfection, you can consider breaking through to the next major realm.

However, the matter of a cultivator breaking through a realm is much more complicated than he imagined.

In his past life, he read cultivation novels where breaking through a cultivation realm often only required a breakthrough pill.

What Foundation Establishment Pill, Core Formation Pill, Nascent Soul Pill? Just take one, then meditate in seclusion for a while, and if you're lucky, you'll break through.

But the world seems to be a little different.

Breaking through to a higher level is much more difficult.

First, since the beginning of chaos, various laws of the Great Dao and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth have merged and transformed into countless spiritual objects, which are scattered throughout the world.

For cultivators to break through their cultivation level, they essentially need to use their bodies to absorb these spiritual treasures of heaven and earth. Through the fragments of the Great Dao laws contained within these treasures, they can complete and strengthen the Great Dao they cultivate, thereby achieving a transformation in their life level.

Therefore, each breakthrough to a higher realm requires finding specific rare and precious materials that contain the corresponding laws of the Great Dao.

Corpse cultivators are no exception.

To break through from a living corpse to an iron corpse, one needs a fist-sized piece of Yinming Cold Iron and three fragments of century-old Xuanbing as the main materials.

In addition, ten fragments of Yin Soul Stone, one ounce of Ironclad Centipede Shell Powder, and two ounces of Xuan Iron Ore Powder are needed as auxiliary materials.

After all these materials have been collected, a special breakthrough ceremony will be held.

The purpose of the ritual is to absorb the great principles contained in these rare and precious materials to the maximum extent and to perfectly integrate them into oneself, thereby completing a transformation in one's life level.

The ritual required for a living corpse to break through to become an iron corpse, while not particularly complicated, is certainly not simple either.

First, the Yinming Cold Iron needs to be integrated into the heart area to make it a new power core.

Then, one must lie down in an ice coffin containing fragments of century-old mysterious ice, place the ice coffin within the Yin Domain, and endure the cleansing of Yin energy for three days and three nights.

During this process, it is necessary to continuously circulate the cultivation technique to guide the power of the Yinming Cold Iron to completely merge with the corpse.

If everything goes smoothly after three days and three nights, the transformation will be complete, and one will officially enter the Iron Corpse realm.

As for the fragments of the Yin Soul Stone, the shell powder of the Ironclad Centipede, and the powder of the Mysterious Iron Ore, these are all rare and precious materials that help fuse with the Yin Nether Cold Iron and enhance the physical foundation after a breakthrough.

After the entire ceremony was completed, Lu You was considered a true Iron Corpse.

At that time, his physical strength will be greatly enhanced.

They possess immense strength, bones and muscles as hard as iron, and can even turn their bodies into cold iron, causing their defense and attack power to surge once again.

It can be said that their strength will experience a qualitative leap.

However, after reading these breakthrough requirements, Lu You had a bit of a headache.

Where do we get all these things like Yinming Cold Iron and Hundred-Year-Old Mystic Ice Fragments?

He was a complete newbie, unfamiliar with the place and its people. He didn't even know what the cultivation world looked like, or which way the gate faced.

He simply couldn't find a way to access these rare and precious materials!

Lu You originally thought that with the top-level cultivation technique, he could lie down and cultivate peacefully in this valley.

I breathe in some yin energy every day and look at the moon; life is wonderful.

Now it seems, it's not that simple at all.

Just gathering all these breakthrough materials will take an unknown amount of time!

And this is just the breakthrough from a living corpse to an iron corpse.

The journey from Iron Corpse to Corpse Demon, and from Corpse Demon to Cursed Corpse requires incredibly rare and precious materials, the names of which are terrifying, and the rituals are increasingly outrageous.

Lu You suddenly realized that becoming a powerful corpse wasn't such a simple matter.