Master of Strange Dao

"This was something I acquired over a decade ago when passing through a small village. His Divine Soul was captured by a Fierce Ghost, trapped in its belly, leaving only a strand of obsession and resentment unquenched.

I made a deal with him, I would avenge him, and in return, he would give me his body."

"The senior still pays attention to mortals?"

"What do you understand, if I helped him with revenge, allowing his obsession and resentment to dissipate, he would give me his body, which would perfectly fit my Primordial Spirit."

Zhong Shouzheng acted decisively, realizing the issue at hand, understanding why the Heavenly Demon had chased him for tens of thousands of miles, and immediately began preparing to exchange bodies.

Even for a pure Refining God cultivator, changing bodies was like suffering a severe injury.

But now, it no longer mattered.

He removed everything from his body, softly exhaled, and tapped his own glabella, causing his Primordial Spirit to go out-of-body.

The dazzling Primordial Spirit, carrying immense Primordial Spirit pressure, upon going out-of-body, immediately severed the connection with the current body, and the Primordial Spirit slowly descended into the glabella of the spare body.

Strands of brilliance flowed on the young body, and the Primordial Spirit's compatibility with the body was extremely high.

Zhong Shouzheng was right, with the body acquired in this way, though the body was weak and the root bone ordinary, entering it was entirely unimpeded, as if entering his own body.

After a few breaths, Zhong Shouzheng slowly opened his eyes, the Divine Light in them gradually dimming, power pressed to the minimum, with all strength nurturing the body, lest the too strong Primordial Spirit directly burst the new body apart.

He sat up with difficulty, the bones in his body felt rusty, even the simple act of crawling out of the coffin seemed extremely arduous.

Climbing out of the coffin, he immediately took out a piece of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and swallowed it whole, utilizing its power to nurture the body and nourish the Primordial Spirit.

He looked at his original body, which had already closed its eyes, the appearance beginning to slowly change, though the speed of change was extremely slow, and the immense hungry ghost aura here suppressed it significantly.

"I'll leave this Devil to you, as for Old Emperor Zhen's head, you can return it to King Xiang later.

Having exchanged for a new body, if I suffered severe injury, I might have to borrow your territory for a period of recuperation."

Zhong Shouzheng was exhausted, his gaze somewhat scattered, and after a few words, he sat on the ground and entered a meditative state.

Yu Ziqing felt speechless.

"Senior, now you're not so vigilant."

Yu Ziqing looked at the body left behind by Zhong Shouzheng, watched as the slowly changing face became increasingly unrecognizable, and waited for a long time without sensing any aura from Freedom Heaven.

However, the Freedom Heaven that had escaped seemed to have chased Zhong Shouzheng for tens of thousands of miles, and surely a part of Freedom Heaven was here too.

Just uncertain about what exactly happened.

Slowly, the face of the body left by Zhong Shouzheng changed to look like Freedom Heaven. At this point, the change still didn't stop and continued, faintly resembling You Zhen.

The face kept changing, like Freedom Heaven and also like You Zhen, under the suppression of the hungry ghost aura, changing slowly yet seemingly without end.

Yu Ziqing casually placed it back into the coffin, looked at the body in it, feeling quite amused.

The head, which had always been elusive without any clue, was actually pursued here by Freedom Heaven itself, running to Jinlan Mountain.

In the past, Yu Ziqing had daringly thought about letting Freedom Heaven find this head by itself.

Without clues, they couldn't find it, but Freedom Heaven didn't need clues at all, able to find it directly through resonance.

Once Freedom Heaven located the head itself, by playing the role of the mantis stalked by the cicada and catching the oriole behind, they could slay Freedom Heaven and thus find the head.

In the end, with no other options, reluctantly considering this risky last resort, Freedom Heaven ended up bringing it out on its own.

The affairs of the world were indeed unpredictable.

Now a new problem emerged.

Having found the most difficult head, Freedom Heaven had already partially escaped.

Catching a free Heavenly Demon was not at all an easy task.

Yu Ziqing crouched by the coffin for a long while, deciding to try first.

He closed the coffin, sealed it, and headed straight north towards the locust forest.

Upon meeting You Zhen, Yu Ziqing briefly recounted what had just happened.

"The hardest-to-find head has been found, now the hardest thing, instead, has become the left leg. With Freedom Heaven having escaped to the surface, I fear catching him might be a bit difficult."

"Whatever you want to do, just do it."

"It'll involve a bit of risk."

"Hahaha, since when is there anything in this world without risk, whether the head comes back later or not, it doesn't matter, I'm quite satisfied as it is now." You Zhen laughed openly, not at all concerned about what Yu Ziqing intended to do.

"With these words from the senior, that's more than enough."

After discussing with You Zhen, Yu Ziqing opened the coffin and saw the body inside. You Zhen merely reached out and touched the center of its forehead, immediately causing the rate of facial changes to rapidly accelerate.

You Zhen sneered coldly, struck out a punch at the body's head, and with a surge of power, instantly the body shattered into dust, leaving only a head, with the face continuously changing between Freedom Heaven and You Zhen.

"My God, the head contains the most of my divine presence, this place is my main battlefield. Within it, the God and the Heavenly Demon are locked in a deep consciousness standoff."

Yu Ziqing's Yin God extended out of his body, reaching out a hand to grasp the head.