Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 501-Chapter 600)

The three Corpse Commanders ignored it. In this space, there were no abilities or techniques that could threaten their lives apart from attacks like atmospheric winds. Coupled with the million-strong army as support and their protective corpse qi, it made them even more fearless.

With a hiss, the thick corpse qi began to melt like butter.

The phoenix wings slammed against the Corpse Commanders heavily, sending sparks flying.

The indestructible bodies they had cultivated over millennia began to burn, melting away like the corpse qi.

“How is this possible!?” “What is this fire!?” Cries rang out.

The attack was so effective that it left even Li Qingshan rather surprised. Originally, he planned on wearing away their protective corpse qi before engaging them in close combat and creating an opportunity for Gu Yanying to kill them in a single stroke with her atmospheric winds. However, he never thought he could directly set them on fire and burn them until they began howling out.

Neither Li Qingshan nor Gu Yanying let this fantastic opportunity slip by. They turned around and brushed past one another.

In that moment, their noses almost touched as their eyes met. Gu Yanying smiled faintly as if she was thinking of something, while Li Qingshan’s heart skipped a beat, like he had returned to that moment when they first met.

Two fierce gusts of wind surged and rubbed against one another, whistling past each other.

With a wave of her fan, the head of a Corpse Commander flew into the air. The flames on his body had not completely extinguished yet.

Li Qingshan directly flew away with a Corpse Commander. His wings of fire closed around him as he left behind a long tail of fire like a meteor. The Corpse Commander let out miserable wails as it was incinerated in the flames.

All of this had been completed during high-speed flight. The two of them turned around at the same time, targeting the remaining Corpse Commander that was shaped like a strange bird.

The strange bird had reacted the fastest. When the phoenix wings slammed against them earlier, only some of the flames had reached it because it was in the centre, which it put out very quickly. By the time it returned to its senses, its companions had already been killed off, becoming the only one left alive.

With a sharp cry, it dove down, fleeing towards the sea of corpses.

Seeing how she could not reach it in time, Gu Yanying stopped while Li Qingshan continued, one at the front and one at the back.

She swung her fan, and the fierce wind pushed Li Qingshan along. He flapped the wings of wind on his back violently as the flames blazed even more intensely.

Suddenly, he accelerated and caught up with the strange bird Corpse Commander immediately. His wings closed around it and burned it to death!

Pulling up, he sailed over the sea of corpses. The firelight illuminated “Zi’er’s” face.





Chapter 545: The Black Coffin Locks the Souls | Legend of the Great Sage




If the Hungry Ghost realm was the paradise of the dead, then the phoenix would be the symbol of eternal life. It used its constant rebirth in nirvā?a to defeat death, making it the arch nemesis of all “death”.

Li Qingshan flew back, only to see Xuanyue standing furiously in the air with her hands on her hips. “You traitor, ogling up that bird woman!”

Bird woman! Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow with no idea how to respond.

Thump! The folding fan smacked Xuanyue over the head and Gu Yanying said, “I’m right here!”

Xuanyue groaned in pain while clutching her head, baring her teeth at Li Qingshan. Gu Yanying studied the wings behind Li Qingshan and said with some surprise, “Phoenix?”

There was a saying where “all birds paid homage to the phoenix”. The phoenix was the sovereign of avians, and it possessed an impressive, dignified bearing of nobility and purity. It was particularly clear to her.

“Am I worthy of you?”

“I’m the one who’s unworthy of you.”

“It’s you, you wretched daemon!”

The Marquis of Ruyi rushed over. Several Corpse Commanders had surrounded him, but he forced his way out when “Zi’er” had been distracted for a moment. The hair ornament on his head had been destroyed such that his hair flew around in a messy manner. He seemed rather disheveled.

He flew into a rage as soon as he saw Northmoon, and when he saw him conversing with Gu Yanying, he noticed a rare hint of gentleness on her face, which gave him even more reason to lose his temper.

Before Li Qingshan could even respond, Xuanyue leapt forward. “Who’re you cursing as a wretched daemon?”

“Y- you’re…” The Marquis of Ruyi recognised the Dark Queen’s infamous cat. “Go away. I’m talking about the wretched daemon behind you. Why don’t you hurry up and die?”

Li Qingshan yelled back, “So it’s you, you bastard! Your grandfather Northmoon will send you off to the next world right now!”

With a flip of his hand, the Marquis of Ruyi lifted up the Seal of Mountains and Rivers. “Die, wretched daemon!”

Gu Yanying did not try to pacify them. She pointed down. “Look below!”

The two of them could not help but look down, only to see over a dozen Corpse Commanders glaring at them.

Zi’er did not make the Corpse Commanders engage them immediately. If they were not speed-focused Corpse Commanders, they would not even be able to touch them. They would only be killed off instead. Corpse Commanders were different from Corpse Soldiers. Every loss was a huge one.

Most importantly, time stood on Zi’er’s side. She only needed to wait and victory would be hers.

Gu Yanying said relaxedly, “I’d say even a Corpse King would not have over a hundred Corpse Commanders under him. However, we’ll probably be the ones to run out of strength first before we get through all of them. And, before long, the region will be completely assimilated into the Hungry Ghost realm. By then, we’ll be able to see this sir Corpse King’s true appearance. He probably won’t be prettier than right now!”

“Corpse King!”

The Marquis of Ruyi immediately lost interest in fighting. Once the Corpse King actually took action, death would be certain.

“You sure are very relaxed!” Li Qingshan could not help but admire Gu Yanying’s level of composure. There were many people who did not fear death, but rarely could anyone remain so unfazed.

“Don’t overestimate me. If there’s really a chance for me to die, I probably wouldn’t be able to smile either. If I want to leave right now, I do have a way out, but it’ll be just me at most. There’s nothing I can do about the two of you.”



Gu Yanying said with her soul sense, so her voice directly rang out in their ears. She did indeed possess a way to cross the boundary and leave, but she had to do it before the Hungry Ghost realm completely devoured the region. Otherwise, she would be powerless too.

“Then why don’t you leave?” “It’s far too dangerous here. If you have a way, then please leave first, Yanying!”

Li Qingshan and the Marquis of Ruyi said at the same time. They exchanged glances and killing intent bubbled.

“There are a lot of reasons. Time is tight, so I’m not going to go into detail. When this place is about to completely assimilate with the Hungry Ghost realm, I will leave, but before that, let’s try to do something!”

Gu Yanying was clearcut with everything, so straightforward that it could be displeasing. Unconsciously, she gave off a sense of cold alienation as if she was telling a group of people on the brink of death:

I won’t die. I hope all of you can live. I’ll be working hard towards this as well. If none of you can live, then all I can do is bid you farewell and survive alone.

She could not help but come off as cold and heartless, yet she was also faultless.