Rain pattered down, heavy as the blood of corpses, upon the divine land of the Celestial Court, transforming the once splendid palaces into a foul ocean stained with death. The air was thick with the cries of tormented spirits, making this world resemble a graveyard of despair.3

The Great Mother had fled amidst the chaos of battle, leaving behind a lone corpse demon in the swirling vortex of death. This corpse demon was different—born from a solitary human corpse deep in the ocean, evolved from a singular, intact grudge. She possessed a higher intelligence, a unified will, and an uncanny ability to conceal herself.0

Yun Xiao had given her free rein to devour everything left by the Great Mother and spawned anew by the battlefield. And she did just as Yun Xiao commanded.0

"It's too much…" she murmured as she drifted through the sea of blood and corpses. At first overwhelmed, her appetite grew with time, allowing her to gorge with increasing...0