Xu Jing was still digging and digging in the Sword Tomb.
He dug down three thousand feet, hoping to find the body of a powerful sword cultivator from the super sword sect that had established their lineage in this place.
This powerful sword sect from ancient times suffered a devastating demise during the great war between the human race and the Demon Race, with countless Sword Saints and demon powerhouses falling here. Merely the broken swords numbered in the tens of millions, creating the Sword Tomb, one of the forbidden lands of the Immortal Realm.
Cultivators above the Immortal Emperor Realm, especially those strong in body tempering, had sturdy physical bodies that could remain intact for many years.
In places where Yin sha Qi accumulated, the bodies of the powerful could be preserved even longer.
The headless corpse that Lu Changsheng saw in the Nine Nether forbidden land used to be a Divine King Realm powerhouse, who because of falling there, had his body corroded by Yin sha Qi, forming a new spirit intelligence.
If all the powerhouses from that super sword sect had perished here and were affected by the local Yin sha Qi, it was possible that the bodies of Sword Saints of the Divine King Realm had not completely decomposed.
Xu Jing thought that if he could unearth the body of a Divine King Realm powerhouse, he would gain a strong enforcer.
Xu Jing had been digging for several years, and aside from finding some broken swords and shattered treasures, he had found nothing.
Countless years had passed since the formation of the Sword Tomb, and even the bodies of cultivators of the Immortal Emperor Realm had turned to dust.
Finding nothing in this place, Xu Jing moved on to dig elsewhere.
Holes appeared one after another in the Sword Tomb.
Latter on, great figures from the Holy Lands who entered the forbidden Sword Tomb to hunt for treasures, discovered these strange pits and felt puzzled—what was the purpose of these deep pits?
Xu Jing became addicted to digging and ended up digging for eight hundred years straight.
Since the Sword Tomb contained a vast amount of Yin sha Qi, Xu Jing’s special constitution continuously absorbed the Qi from the tomb while digging.
Eight hundred years later, Xu Jing dejectedly sat in one of the pits he had excavated,”I have wasted too much time here, missing the chance to receive the Power-infusing Initiation from my master. It’s time to return to Mount Taihua. No, since I’m already here, I’ll dig for another two hundred years. If I still find nothing, I’ll return home.”
After some contemplation, Xu Jing, still reluctant to give up, decided to dig for another two hundred years.
Xu Jing observed the surrounding terrain and found a geomantic treasure spot. Then, he kept digging downward at this location.
Two hundred years later, Xu Jing unearthed a bottomless pit.
“What is this…”
Just as Xu Jing thought he had once again come up empty-handed, he suddenly spotted a small piece of cloth in the earth.
Ordinary clothes could not withstand the erosion of countless years.
This small piece of cloth, still brightly colored, was definitely an exquisite defensive treasure!
And this treasure that looked like a Rainbow Garment was very likely worn by someone.
The person buried nine thousand feet underground could hardly be a living person, right?
“I’ve finally dug something up!”
Xu Jing was ecstatic.
At last, he had unearthed a fine corpse.
Xu Jing was proficient in Corpse Control Skills—finding a powerful corpse meant having a strong enforcer.
Xu Jing quickly cleared away the surrounding stones and earth.
Indeed, it was a Rainbow Garment Treasure, worn by a Female Sword Immortal!
Xu Jing waved his hand and a gust of wind blew away the dirt on the corpse.
“Incredible, the corpse of this female sword cultivator is perfectly preserved.”
Xu Jing was greatly surprised.
Even the corpses of ordinary Divine King Realm powerhouses, after the erosion of countless years, would have been tattered beyond recognition, leaving only a general skeleton, as was the headless corpse that Lu Changsheng encountered in the Nine Nether forbidden land.
But the Female Sword Immortal that Xu Jing had dug up had not a single wound on her body, as if she were merely in deep sleep.
“No breath, no pulse, no heartbeat, she must truly be dead.”
Xu Jing carefully examined the aura of the Female Sword Immortal and confirmed that there were indeed no signs of life.
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“What a pity she’s dead.”
Xu Jing shook his head.
Such a figure, in the grand sword sect of that era, must have been one of the most prominent.
Yet even such a being had fallen in the great war, and their body had been buried deep in the Sword Tomb.
“She bears no external injuries, it’s very likely that she fell due to a Spirit Attack.”
Xu Jing found no wounds on the Female Sword Immortal’s body, indicating that perhaps an unrivaled member of the Demon Race used a spirit attack to erase her divine sense.
“Wait, there’s a faint remnant soul inside her body. I wonder if it’s her original remnant soul or a new soul that has formed.”
Xu Jing was astonished to discover a faint remnant soul inside the shell of the Female Sword Immortal.
He could have completely wiped out this weak remnant soul and made her a complete puppet, but Xu Jing, having been reborn in this way himself, couldn’t bear to snuff out this last vestige of a soul.
The cultivation techniques of the Netherworld were incredibly peculiar and marvelous. With just a remnant soul, this Female Sword Immortal could potentially be reborn.
Of course, this was not the path to eternal life, for even though the body had not changed, the soul was no longer the same.
“For now, you are under my control. Given time, you might find rebirth.”
Xu Jing touched the remnant soul within the Female Sword Immortal’s body with his True Qi.
Feeling that Xu Jing was a fellow cultivator, the remnant soul ceased to struggle.
Xu Jing stored the Female Sword Immortal’s body in his Space Ring.
“Who would have thought there’d be such an encounter in the Sword Tomb.”