Under the tremendous pressure, the Undying True Devil Technique automatically circulated at a speed that was more than a hundred times faster than normal. Countless spiritual herb essences rushed into his body, and then they were brought along by the divine arts and merged into his flesh and blood dantian.

His body was almost perfect. No matter how much medicinal essence he had, he could absorb it all. There was no problem of saturation. As the True Devil Technique automatically circulated, Li Qing’s originally swollen body quickly returned to normal.

With so many precious spirit herb essences fusing into his body in such a short period of time, Li Qing felt as if his body was erupting from a volcano. His entire body was boiling hot, and there were even tsunamis shaking the heavens in his dantian, causing endless thunder.

As large amounts of energy rushed into Li Qing’s body, the restrictions in his body gradually loosened. He believed that if this continued, he would sooner or later be able to break through it and regain his freedom.

“I’ve finally overcome the difficulties!” Li Qing heaved a sigh of relief. “Why does the Undying True Devil Technique automatically circulate? The sound of the Grand Dao resounded in the depths of my mind. That is the core mystery of the True Devil Technique. I have a deeper understanding of this Devil Technique!”

This must be the method left behind by the Demon Ancestor. Perhaps this demon art was originally so miraculous that it could erupt with extraordinary power under pressure.

Li Qing sat in the cauldron, immersed in spiritual herbs. He calmed down and cultivated.

The True Devil Technique was still in operation, and its speed was a hundred times faster than before. In other words, Li Qing’s cultivation was increasing by a hundred times. Adding on the precious essence of these spirit medicines, every single one of them was a rare treasure. His strength had increased by leaps and bounds.

Forty-nine days later…

In the medicinal cauldron, all the spirit medicines had disappeared. The essence was partially absorbed into Li Qing’s body, leaving behind only a few medicinal residues.

After absorbing so much spirit herb essence, his cultivation had already reached the seventh level of the Xiantian realm, and he was at the middle stage of the seventh level. As long as he was willing, he could form a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form at any time.

However, in this dangerous situation, condensing the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was obviously not the right choice. He had to find an opportunity to escape.

The restriction on his body had been completely undone by the boundless energy. Now, he was free and could jump out of the cauldron at any time. However, there was a flying yaksha guarding outside. It was almost impossible for Li Qing to escape from here.

There was no movement outside. The black flames were quietly burning the medicinal cauldron. Li Qing’s breakthrough did not attract the attention of the flying yaksha outside. The pill room was quiet.

Li Qing was thinking about how to escape from this predicament.

“The day of pill completion has arrived. I believe the Corpse Demon will wake up very soon and come over to open the lid of the cauldron.” Li Qing thought to himself, “The moment the Corpse Demon opens its lid, it is the time for me to counterattack. This is the only chance. I must take advantage of this opportunity to kill the Corpse Demon while he is not paying attention!”

Unfortunately, his Heavenly Saber had already fallen into the hands of the Corpse Demon, and there seemed to be no treasure on his body that could deal a fatal blow to the Corpse Demon, causing him to feel rather distressed.

He also had two Dao Artifacts on him, one was a Yin Yang cylinder and the other was a Yin Yang grindstone. There were also many terrifying substances stored in the Yin Yang cylinder. But could these methods really kill a peak Void Realm Corpse Demon? This made him very suspicious.

“Oh right, there’s something in my interspatial ring. When the Corpse Demon approached me, this thing was emitting a resplendent light.” Li Qing’s eyes lit up.

He took out the item from his interspatial ring. This was an ancient bronze lamp. The wick of the lamp remained unextinguished, and a flame lit up. It emitted a faint light.

This ancient bronze lamp was obtained by Li Qing in the Bodhi Ancient Cave of the Heavenspan Mountain. At that time, in that stone room, this lamp had been on all the time, as if it had been illuminated from ancient times until now.

Under the corrosion of time, it was fortunate that ordinary things could not be damaged. Not to mention that this lamp could last forever, this was simply inconceivable.

At that time, Li Qing also felt that this lamp was extraordinary, but he couldn’t identify the grade and origin of this item, so he didn’t care much about it when he put it into his interspatial ring.

Not long ago, when this ancient lamp approached the Corpse Demon, it actually moved and emitted a resplendent light. Could it have restrained the Corpse Demon?

“What I trust the most is the Heavenly Saber. If I had the Heavenly Saber in my hand, I would have a high chance of cutting the Corpse Demon in half. However, the Heavenly Saber has already fallen into the hands of the Corpse Demon, so I can only use this lamp. I hope it won’t disappoint me!” Li Qing’s gaze was firm.

The origin of this lamp was unknown, so it was hard to say whether it could deal with the Corpse Demon. If it failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But now, he could only believe it! This was because Li Qing had a faint premonition that this lamp had an extraordinary effect on the Corpse Demon. Perhaps the result would shock him greatly.

Holding the ancient bronze lamp in his hand, Li Qing’s heart gradually calmed down. He adjusted himself to his best condition and was ready to display a sharp blow at any time.

He used the secret art of disappearing devilish shadows, turning his entire body into an illusory shadow, and his aura was reduced to the lowest level.

Rumble!

The door to the stone room opened, and footsteps sounded. The Corpse Demon indeed entered the pill room.

Li Qing held his breath. Although he was very nervous, his heartbeat had been reduced to the lowest level. There was almost no aura emitted.

The Corpse Demon wasn’t too cautious. After all, with its strength, wouldn’t it be too funny to be cautious in front of an ant?

It was a little excited. It felt that it should be able to refine the Human Yuan Pill. After all, it had spent so much precious spirit medicine. If it did not succeed, it would be too unreasonable.

In its eyes, whether it succeeded or failed, Li Qing would definitely die. Either he succeeded in turning into a Human Yuan Pill, or he failed to cook it into a pot of meat. There was no third possibility.

He grabbed the lid and gently lifted it up to look inside.

Boom!

Flames shone everywhere, divine light dazzling, exceptionally gorgeous, so bright that one couldn’t open their eyes.

However, this was not the precious light emitted from the moment the divine pill came out of the furnace, but a terrifying flame!

The moment he opened the lid, Li Qing took out the ancient bronze lamp. Above the ancient lamp, the wick of the lamp glowed brightly as it spat out a long flaming dragon that pierced into the space between the Corpse Demon’s eyebrows.

Originally, with the Corpse Demon’s strength, an ordinary sneak attack would definitely be able to dodge it.

But for some reason, in front of this flame, its heart was filled with incomparable fear, as if it had encountered a natural enemy, causing its reaction to be much slower. Only when the flame approached did it wake up.

However, it was already too late, and the flames shot into the space between the Corpse Demon’s eyebrows.

Noiselessly…

The Corpse Demon stood there in a daze, and the green light in its eyes strangely extinguished. The entire process was calm, and there weren’t even any huge fluctuations. The battle had already ended.

Its body was stiff and motionless. Li Qing took the opportunity to jump out of the cauldron and hide in the distance to observe the Corpse Demon’s reaction.

“Is the battle over?” He didn’t even dare to breathe.

After a long time had passed, the Corpse Demon remained motionless, and even its aura had completely disappeared. It seemed that it should be dead. Only then did Li Qing let out a sigh of relief.

He sat down on the ground and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. “I didn’t expect that I would actually be able to kill this Corpse Demon. This ancient bronze lamp really didn’t disappoint me!”

He knew that he had won. Sure enough, this ancient bronze lamp did not disappoint him. It was even more powerful than he had imagined. It was actually able to instantly kill a peak Void Realm Corpse Demon.

Of course, this was mainly the result of a sneak attack and could not be used as an ordinary method.

It could be seen that the Corpse Demon’s body wasn’t damaged at all, and the flames didn’t leave any traces on the surface of the Corpse Demon’s body. However, the Corpse Demon strangely died. It should have been the flames that went straight into the depths of its sea of consciousness and devoured its intelligence.

Without intelligence, the Corpse Demon naturally couldn’t die any longer.

Corpse Demons were corpses of experts that had reborn with intelligence. In essence, the corpses of these experts were merely carriers. This intelligence was the true existence of Corpse Demons.

As long as he could exterminate this intelligence, he would be able to kill the Corpse Demon.

This ancient bronze lamp had such a function, attacking the Corpse Demon’s sea of consciousness and annihilating its intelligence.

As the Corpse Demon died, its zombies lost control. Flying Yaksha seemed to feel the power of this ancient bronze lamp. A trace of fear appeared on his face. He fled far away, rushed out of the cave, and disappeared into the distance.

The zombie naturally couldn’t avenge its master. Without its master’s control, it would disperse like a bird or a beast. Li Qing had an ancient bronze lamp in his hand. It had a natural restraining effect on zombies. They didn’t dare to provoke him, so they left the cave one after another. This place instantly became quiet.

Li Qing’s crisis was finally over.

Not only had he passed, but he had also benefited from his own misfortune. His cultivation had risen by a large margin. Sure enough, only in life and death crises could one stimulate one’s potential to the maximum!

Speaking of which, this Corpse Demon’s death was truly humiliating. An existence at the peak of the Void Realm was killed by Li Qing with an ancient lamp just like that.

“To be able to kill this Corpse Demon is truly a miracle.” Li Qing sighed, “If you were a real human, I wouldn’t be able to kill you no matter what. However, I have a treasure that can be said to be the bane of the Corpse Demon in my hands. With your carelessness, I can succeed.”

The ancient bronze lamp should have a special restraining effect on these corpse devils, undead, and other creatures. If it were a real human, it wouldn’t have much power.

Next, Li Qing spent some time searching for treasures. This Corpse Demon was really rich. When he was alive, he was the emperor of an ancient kingdom in the Middle Territory. Naturally, its burial objects were of extremely high standards.

There were only five spirit artifacts, as well as countless spirit medicines, rare materials, and so on. There weren’t that many spirit stones, only a few hundred thousand spirit stones. Compared to these rare treasures, they weren’t worth mentioning. After all, it was a Corpse Demon, so it wouldn’t be of much use even if it had so many spirit stones.

Amongst these treasures, Li Qing found a brilliant seal with nine True Dragons engraved on it. Turning to the seal, he saw that there were four large words carved on it: “Autarch Human Emperor!”

“Holy shit, the Sovereign Mortal Emperor Seal! Is this the legendary Imperial Seal?” Li Qing almost popped his eyes out.