I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 980 Falling Like Rain
Of the twelve-level experts in Kyoto, only the members of the Great Victory Dynasty royal family were protected by formations and innate spiritual treasures; the rest were all dead!

They died completely, becoming nourishment for the Corpse Ancestor. Facing the Corpse Ancestor at the Taiyi realm, even a cultivator at the Heavenly Immortal realm was nothing more than an ant that could be crushed at will.

However, even those experts who had defeated the royal family were in a terrible state, each one of them seriously injured.

Meanwhile, the Corpse Ancestor was also in poor condition. He had fallen from the Taiyi level to the Golden Immortal level, and his strength was still declining. The speed at which he devoured essence blood could not keep up with the speed at which his essence, energy, and spirit were leaking. The Golden Immortal was only one realm higher than the Heavenly Immortal. Although he had the vision of the Daluo realm, he was already struggling to deal with the crowd who were holding spiritual treasures.

Fortunately, as his Golden Immortal level dropped, the rate of his decline began to slow down. Although his strength was still declining, his situation was much better than before.

Zhang Chen glanced at the battle and knew that it wouldn't be easy for the Corpse Ancestor to take down the royal experts in a short time. When he reappeared, he was already inside the academy. He had been eyeing the strange creatures inside the academy for a long time. Tens of thousands of strange creatures were sealed inside the academy. If he could seal them all into his Frozen Hell, how far would his Frozen Hell evolve?
His Frozen Hell has a unique characteristic: the more monsters it seals, the stronger its power becomes.

At this moment, the academy was in complete chaos. Corpse worms fell from the sky everywhere, as well as monsters that had fallen from the spiritual world. The scholars in the academy had their strength suppressed by the dragon energy, and at this moment, they were no different from ordinary mortals. They cried out for their parents and scattered and fled in all directions within the academy.

Zhang Chen arrived at the underground palace and saw that his body was surrounded by five-colored divine light, which kept flashing past the doors of the rooms he passed. With a flash of the five-colored divine light, all the strange things in the cell disappeared without a trace.

As Zhang Chen strolled down the corridor, the five-colored divine light swept across the room like flowing water, and all the strange creatures in the room that passed through it fell into the Frozen Hell and were imprisoned there.

The underground palace has seventy-two floors. It took Zhang Chen half a day to walk around. Fortunately, there were no scholars in the underground palace at this time. Because mountains and rivers outside had crashed down from the spiritual world, causing a great earthquake in the capital, countless scholars, fearing that they would be buried alive underground, had already fled from the underground passage with panicked faces. This made it much easier for Zhang Chen to take action.

When Zhang Chen crawled out of the underground space, the battle in the sky had changed again. The ancestors of the royal family who had won the great victory had died in battle, the Great Master had lost an arm, and the three innate gods had lost half of their bodies. The situation of everyone was extremely miserable.

Most importantly, the Corpse Ancestor's aura had fallen from the Golden Immortal realm to the Celestial Immortal realm. Because of the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the capital, he was able to suppress the restless source within his body. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth stopped dissipating. Although he was unarmed, he was able to hold his own against the three gods by relying on his knowledge of the Great Luo level and his understanding and comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth.

"You deserve to die! You all deserve to die!" The Corpse Ancestor cursed as he attacked the three gods. "You are nothing but three ants, yet you dare to contend with me, your ancestor. If you are willing to kneel down and surrender, I might consider sparing your lives. Otherwise, today is your death day."

The three incense deities were only at the twelfth level and had not yet attained the Dao Fruit. They were still a realm below the Corpse Ancestor at this time. Although the three had royal treasures to support them, they were still somewhat unable to cope with the Corpse Ancestor, who possessed the Hunyuan Daluo realm.

The Corpse Ancestor's realm had only fallen, but his vision remained. He easily defeated the three gods with his every move, occasionally blasting one of them to pieces. Then, under the power of incense, the god was reborn in an instant. Although his strength and cultivation had decreased, he had not fallen below the twelfth level.

The Corpse Ancestor, looking at the three seemingly indestructible cockroaches before him, felt a great headache coming on. A look of helplessness appeared in his eyes. What could he do? He was also in despair! The troublesome thing about the incense gods was that as long as the power of incense continued, they could remain immortal.

Especially in the area centered on Kyoto, where natural disasters struck, countless people would sincerely pray to the gods before they died or when they encountered danger. At this time, the power of incense offerings was exceptionally abundant, pure, and strong, causing the three incense gods to seem immortal under the massive supply of incense offerings. Even if they were destroyed, they could be reborn in an instant.

If it were the Corpse Ancestor at his peak, he would certainly have enough supernatural powers and enough time to erase the faith of the three gods and destroy their incense and golden bodies, but he simply doesn't have that means now.

At this moment, Kyoto is in chaos. Zombies are running around sucking blood, and those who have been bitten by the Corpse Ancestor have all turned into zombies, wreaking havoc in Kyoto.

The three deities, facing the powerful Corpse Ancestor, secretly lamented their predicament. Although they possessed treasures, they were still suffering greatly.

The monster before him was immortal and indestructible, its body indestructible. Even when he struck it with all his might, he couldn't even wipe a single hair off its body.

Even if I attack with all my might, I can't even break through the opponent's defense. How can I fight like this?
The elder gentleman over there looked exhausted. He had already sensed something was wrong; the source within his body was becoming unstable, and his essence, energy, and spirit were beginning to drain away into the world. He was truly terrified. Furthermore, lacking immortality, he had already suffered severe injuries from the Corpse Ancestor's attacks and could only maneuver from the sidelines, not daring to advance too far. Meanwhile, within a ten-mile radius of the battle, the souls and blood of all living beings had been absorbed by the Corpse Ancestor, and all life within that radius had perished.

Zhang Chen stood below, looking at the distant battlefield, a hint of joy in his eyes. He waved to the distant battlefield, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc in the Corpse Ancestor's arms flew out and landed in his palm.

Now that the Corpse Ancestor's cultivation has fallen to the Celestial Immortal realm, he naturally cannot suppress the power of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc. Zhang Chen can summon the treasure simply by thinking about it.

Both sides fighting on the battlefield were startled by Zhang Chen's actions and turned to look at him with surprise in their eyes.

"It's you!!!" The Corpse Ancestor had only just seen Zhang Chen when he sensed Zhang Chen's aura. He gritted his teeth and shouted, abandoning the three gods and the Great Master, and rushed straight towards Zhang Chen: "Give me back my treasure!"

Now that the world has changed drastically and he can no longer go to the spiritual world, his only hope is the Six Paths of Reincarnation before him. If he can control the Six Paths of Reincarnation and use its power, he might still have a chance to survive.

"It's him!!!" The three gods stopped fighting and took the opportunity to recover their energy. They were panting heavily as they looked at Zhang Chen standing there with a look of shock in their eyes. They had obviously recognized Zhang Chen's origin.

The old man, his face also pale, looked at Zhang Chen: "How does this monster know Zhang Chen? It seems like they have a deep-seated grudge against each other?"

The group was puzzled, but they did not go to help. Instead, they focused on restoring their own energy.

Zhang Chen looked at the approaching Corpse Ancestor, casually put away the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, and smiled, "It's been a long time since we last met."

Zhang Chen also coveted the Corpse Ancestor. This was a true Primordial Golden Immortal, and as long as he was given enough vital energy, he could quickly recover his cultivation level. If he could subdue him, Zhang Chen would gain a great help when he entered the Chaos in the future.

Most importantly, Zhang Chen has mastered the art of corpse control. The old guy in front of him is a zombie in human form. It seems that he has a chance to control him.
However, due to the concentration of essence released by the Corpse Ancestor, his strength remained at the Celestial Immortal level. Zhang Chen did not want to fight this old fellow directly, lest he leak his own essence into the world. So, seeing the Corpse Ancestor rushing over aggressively, Zhang Chen quickly said, "Ancestor, please stop. I have something to say."

The Corpse Ancestor was awakened in his spiritual world by Zhang Chen and had a deep hatred for him. Now that the other party had taken away the Six Paths of Reincarnation that he had placed his hopes on, how could he stop? Without saying a word, he pounced on Zhang Chen, intending to tear him apart.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen shook his head inwardly. Although he didn't want to fight, it didn't mean he was easy to mess with. Seeing the Corpse Ancestor rushing over aggressively, not giving him a chance to speak, Zhang Chen lightly dodged the Corpse Ancestor's attack, then took a step back. Six immobilization talismans appeared on the ground without him noticing, landing in the ruins without a trace. With the help of the dust, it was impossible to see the clues unless you looked closely.

The immobilization talisman had already broken through to the Law level, which meant it had broken through the 12th-order shackle and could immobilize a Celestial Immortal-level expert. The Corpse Ancestor took a step forward, his eyes filled with hatred, his heart entirely devoted to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. He didn't pay any attention to the talisman under his feet and stepped on it without any defense. The next moment, he was frozen in place.

“My immobilization technique can only hold this old guy in place for thirty breaths. This old guy has the residual mark of the Primordial Saint’s origin on his body. Even without the Primordial Saint’s methods, he is still not someone that can be dealt with by ordinary means.” Zhang Chen looked at the immobilized Corpse Ancestor. The immobilization talisman sensed something and then the next moment, the Frozen Hell opened and directly locked the Corpse Ancestor inside.

As for using the Corpse Control Technique to refine the Corpse Ancestor, now is not the time, as the people from the Great Victory Court are watching us covetously from the sidelines.

The moment Zhang Chen took away the Corpse Ancestor, the four people watching from afar were stunned, staring at Zhang Chen with shocked expressions, amazed by Zhang Chen's incredible methods.

"Where is the monster?" The eldest man flew over first and asked.

(End of this chapter)