There was no doubt that there were no remnant souls in the paintings.
The Lich King was an expert in this field. If he couldn't sense the existence of a remnant soul from the paintings, it meant that there was no such thing.
However, he'd made it clear just now. He sat down cross-legged, holding the paintings.
It wasn't that he'd sensed the existence of a remnant soul, but that he'd thought of something important.
His brother-in-law was the Five Elements Great Emperor!
It wasn't hard to sense the power of the five elements swirling around the five paintings. When the Five Elements Great Emperor was alive, he'd used the power of the five elements to its fullest extent. His soul had even fused with it.
After he died, his Dao Heart of the Five Elements dissipated. From then on, the Great Dao of the Five Elements was filled with thorns.
If he wasn't wrong, the power of the five elements in the five paintings was where the Five Elements Great Emperor's soul resided.
He unfurled the five paintings. They floated in midair.
The moment the painting that contained the power of the five elements unfurled, the power of the five elements gushed out.
Scorching fire, gentle water, howling wind, violent thunder, and mysterious lightning. The five elements complemented each other.
The Lich King also closed his eyes at this moment and used his heart to feel.
Reviving the Five Elements Great Emperor was completely different from condensing remnant souls to refine into puppets.
There were no remnant souls in these five picture scrolls, so he needed to separate and reassemble the souls that might have been integrated into the power of the five elements. This required an extremely high degree of concentration, which was incomparable to the carelessness he had when refining the puppets.
Moreover, the Lich King didn't just want to revive the Five Elements Great Emperor, but also his brother-in-law.
With this kind of connection, he had to be even more careful when he carried out the resurrection. He had to make sure he was in peak condition before he could begin the next steps.
However, Emperor Jiang had also told him that he didn't have much time left.
"......"
Focus.
After the Lich King closed his eyes for a few breaths, his mind was completely immersed in the power of the five elements in the five paintings.
He knew nothing about the power of the five elements, and he used the aura of death from refining corpses as nourishment. Compared to the power of the five elements, he was one righteous, one evil. The tyrannical power of the five elements heavily injured the Five Elements Great Emperor's soul, making it difficult to find the Five Elements Great Emperor's soul fragment.
He couldn't help but frown at the pain brought by the raging fire and lightning in his soul. In just a few short breaths of time, the intense pain made the Lich King want to retreat.
I can't retreat!
He had persevered for so long just for this moment.
He would never forget the pained expressions on Su Qingyan and Su Wan's faces when they learned of the Five Elements Great Emperor's death. He couldn't forget how Su Qingyan had knelt outside the River Styx for three whole years, begging Emperor Hades to revive the Five Elements Great Emperor from the River of Time.
From then on, he vowed to make his two sisters smile again.
He'd given up on a life of comfort. He'd shouldered far too much. It hadn't been easy for him to wait for Dijiang's confirmation that he could revive the Five Elements Great Emperor.
How could he give up just like that?
The Lich King could almost hear the Lich King's wails as the flames burned his soul.
This kind of pain was completely linked to the Lich King's body and mind. The pain from his soul caused his entire body to be bathed in cold sweat.
He was about to collapse!
No one could understand the pain he was going through. Right now, the only thing he could hold on to was his two sisters.
But even if he couldn't bear it, he couldn't hold on any longer.
Even if he could endure it, his soul had already begun to think of retreating. He didn't want to explore the five elements any further. Even if the Lich King forced him to, he didn't want to go any deeper.
"Brother-in-law! My sisters are all waiting for you to return. Have you forgotten your promise to them all those years ago?! "
On the verge of collapse, the Lich King's soul roared. The five elements energy he'd fused with him trembled violently. Suddenly, the burning pain in his soul dissipated. When his soul opened its eyes, it found itself in a landscape of mountains and rivers.
Green hills, clear waters, a cool breeze, and a blazing sun.
A skiff drifted over from the distant sea. As his soul floated in the air, the Lich King saw an old man in a straw raincoat standing on the skiff.
The old man held a bamboo pole in his hand and pushed the skiff until it reached the center of the sea. Then, he vanished.
Before long, the skiff's curtains were lifted, and a middle-aged man with bright, starry eyes stepped out. His eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life, but his lips were curved into a smile.
"Su Hai, it's been so many years. You've grown so tall."
The man on the skiff smiled lovingly. Up in the sky, the Lich King's suppressed emotions erupted. However, as a soul, he couldn't cry. In his true form, he would've burst into tears long ago.
"Brother-in-law!"
As soon as the Lich King called him "brother-in-law," the middle-aged man's identity was obvious.
The Five Elements Great Emperor!
The man God Emperor Zhou Wu had schemed against, robbed of his starlight, and usurped his celestial fate. He'd returned.
"I never would've guessed Dijiang and the others would choose you. It's been hard on you all these years. Do Qingyan and Wan 'er know?"
The Lich King shook his head vigorously. The era didn't approve of corpse refiners. If he told Su Qingyan his true identity, and told her that he'd done everything to revive the Five Elements Great Emperor, she'd undoubtedly declare war on the entire era. He wouldn't do that. He'd rather shoulder everything on his own and have Su Qingyan hate him than say it.
Come out.
"You must've been wronged. I remember when I left the Fox Clan, you were just a spoiled brat. Now, in the blink of an eye, you've become a man who can take charge of everything."
He gently patted the Lich King's shoulder, causing his soul to tremble violently.
After a while, the Five Elements Great Emperor looked at the Lich King with mixed emotions. "How are your sisters doing?"
"How could they be doing? You left without a word. Big Sister Qingyan was about to go crazy."
"It's my fault."
The Five Elements Great Emperor smiled sadly. He didn't need the Lich King to explain. He could imagine Su Qingyan's situation.
The Five Elements Great Emperor smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Let's not talk about that. Since you're here, Dijiang and the others must've run into some trouble."
The Lich King's expression grew solemn.
"That's right. The Epoch is under attack by the Outsiders. Dijiang led the Shamans here to save the Epoch. However, the Outsiders still have God Kings and God Emperors. Although the Shamans' attack was effective, the Epoch's God Kings have no intention of retreating. "
"So he wants me to go out and wreak havoc?!"
The Five Elements Great Emperor smiled, then arched his brows at the Lich King.
"Where's the body that my soul resides in?"
"This …."
The Lich King froze. Dijiang hadn't told him where his soul resided!
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