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Chapter 475 284: Silver Corpse

”What has happened now?” Elder Yue drew the Yin Cold Energy to Ten Thousand Sword Peak, only to find that the energy kept converging towards the summit, then seemingly vanished, which puzzled him.

Even if one were to cultivate some Demon Cultivation Technique, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouldnʼt cause such a disturbance.

He began to suspect that a Devil Cultivator with a Demon Cultivation Golden Core had entered Ten Thousand Sword Peak, as this level of commotion would only occur if a Devil Cultivator with a Golden Core was cultivating.

As he pondered this, a world-shaking, immense change was happening within the Corpse Refining Body of Li Yuanba at the summit of Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

The substance that had appeared above the heart, like a black hole, was swallowing all the Yin Cold Energy within the body, akin to a whale gulping down everything.

The swallowing force was so great that even the Yin Cold Energy drawn by Elder Yue was devoured by the black hole without waste.

At the center of the black hole, a small pearl was forming, different from the golden color of the Golden Core, this pearl was silver-white, like metal.

Li Yuanba never anticipated that the opportunity for his breakthrough would not come from his human state, but would instead arise within his Corpse Refining Body, which he had not cared much for.

The Taiji Dao Body had appeared by sheer chance, and although it wasnʼt as famous as Li Shimingʼs Pure Dao Body, it was extremely compatible with Li Yuanbaʼs unique condition.

Originally, the Corpse Refining Body merely harmonized the Yin Yang balance of the Taiji Dao Body, and without Elder Yueʼs act of drawing forth a great amount of Yin Cold Energy, today it would have only reached the peak of an Iron Corpse.

But Elder Yue, at just the right time, guided an overwhelming amount of Yin Cold Energy over, resulting in this accidental breakthrough.

As the Corpse Pill appeared, the silver-white color of the Corpse Refining Body stabilized, unlike before when it seemed as unsubstantial as a castle in the air; now, the Corpse Pill was the source of this silver-white bodyʼs power.

From its emergence to complete stability, the silver-white Corpse Pill took only a moment to cease its absorption of the Yin Cold Energy.

Li Yuanba, sensing the stability of his body and that the Yin Cold Energy no longer affected his mind, returned his focus inward, and immediately noticed the difference in his Corpse Refining Body.

From his heart, an endless surge of power flowed through his body, giving him the sensation that he could kill his former self ten times over with a single punch.

At first, he thought this might be a psychological inflation of the ego, but upon sensing the Corpse Pill in his heart, he realized that he had unwittingly transformed into a Silver Corpse Body.

He looked at his hands, with their long nails, which were once pitch black; now, they were silver-white, and even the nails themselves shimmered with a silver light.

At this moment, he was certain; he had indeed achieved the Silver Corpse Body.

While contemplating this, he suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and a sense of extreme danger emerged spontaneously from the world around him.

He thought of the terrifying tribulation of Celestial Thunder that comes with forming a Golden Core, but it was too late for preparation; the resources he had gathered for his human bodyʼs Core Formation were now utterly useless.

He watched as above his head a space opened, and a golden lightning bolt emerged from the void, striking him with an irresistible force.

The horror of being torn and numbed, from the crown of his head to his heels, made him feel as if every muscle, every piece of skin, was being shredded by the Heavenly Thunder.

Even the small Corpse Pill was surrounded by golden lightning transformed from the golden flash, always on the verge of collapse.

He felt that his Silver Corpse Body would be destroyed by the Heavenly Thunder in the next instant, and he would perish as both body and Dao.

Without any preparation, to rely on his freshly advanced Silver Corpse Body to resist the Heavenly Thunder meant an incredibly low chance of survival, almost making oneʼs hair stand on end.

As per the ʼMoonlight Corpse Scrollʼ, to advance an Iron Corpse to a Silver Corpse required Third Grade Corpse Refining Material and the right arrangement.

But the Third Grade Corpse Refining Material was with his original body, Li Shiming; since Li Shiming had numerous corpses to refine and the importance of Jiang Chenʼs clone, Li Yuanba, had diminished with his improved strength, he did not bring any Third Grade Corpse Refining Material from Li Shiming.

Even with the Third Grade Corpse Refining Material, without the proper arrangement, without an Array to help an Iron Corpse resist the Heavenly Thunder, it would be useless.

When Li Yuanba faced the Heavenly Thunder, he had no time to speak of making arrangements.

This is also why, aside from those cultivated by cultivators, wild Silver Corpses are extremely rare to find.

Even with fortuitous encounters, as soon as it comes time for an Iron Corpse to break through to a Silver Corpse, facing the Heavenly Thunder almost always means no chance of survival.

Here it must be mentioned that if the danger posed by Heavenly Thunder to Buddhist Practitioners and Daoist cultivators is a ten, then to Devil Cultivators itʼs a twenty, and to defenseless wild refined corpses, itʼs a hundred.

Without the aid of methods specially prepared by cultivators, without assistance from Third Grade Corpse Refining Materials, the odds of successfully advancing to a Silver Corpse may be less than one in ten thousand.

Facing this life-or-death crisis, Li Yuanba tried to switch states, and this time he successfully switched from his Corpse Refining state to his human state.

The Heavenly Thunder inside as well as the Corpse Refining Body disappeared, and as the Heavenly Thunder specifically targeted the Corpse Refining Body, it hadnʼt harmed his human body along with the switch, perhaps also related to the evolution of Heaven and Earth Rules.