Chapter 485: Let Me Check Your Body

As Xu Sanyan tore open the secret realm fruit, his expression suddenly froze. He stared in surprise at the gray mist swirling beside him.

“The mist has already spread this far?”

After causing chaos in the Capital City, Xu Sanyan hadn’t returned to the demonic sect. Instead, he’d found a remote mountain to heal his injuries before entering the secret realm fruit.

This mountain wasn’t too far from the Capital City, roughly three thousand li away. How could the mist have spread so quickly in just a few days?

If the mist had already invaded this place, it meant that two-fifths of the Qian Kingdom was now occupied, leaving increasingly less space for the common people to live.

But none of this concerned him. He wasn’t the Emperor, after all.

Xu Sanyan reached behind him and pulled out the Dog God’s bones. The bones had been completely dismantled, the ten fingers separated but still wriggling slowly like earthworms cut in half.

Next, he retrieved a piece of jade, its emerald-green surface veined with white patterns. When held up to the light, it seemed to ripple with layers of swirling mist, truly mystical.

This jade was the “Divine Being” worshipped by the Jade Clan. The Jade Clan could gain power through sacrifice, similar to the Dog Clan’s methods. Intrigued, Xu Sanyan had “borrowed” it for research, though he still hadn’t figured out its underlying principles.

Xu Sanyan had more than just these two items. He also possessed the “Divine Beings” of other tribes, which he laid out in a row.

The Stone Clan’s Divine Being was a withered human skin, impervious to blades and swords, truly extraordinary.

The Eagle Clan’s Divine Being consisted of a pair of “living” eyeballs that could still move.

But the most astonishing was the Giant Clan’s Divine Being from beyond the mountains: a piece of rotting flesh!

The putrid meat, roughly the size of two palms, was black and festering. Even stray dogs wouldn’t touch it. Yet upon closer inspection, the flesh was still pulsating!

Surveying this motley collection, Xu Sanyan raised an eyebrow, as if struck by an idea. He picked up the eyeballs and placed them into the eye sockets of the Dog God’s skeleton, hoping for an unexpected surprise.

Whoosh—

As expected, the eyeballs began spinning wildly the moment they were inserted. Then, in a sudden moment of connection, they stilled. The black-and-white pupils slowly turned to gaze at Xu Sanyan, as if scrutinizing him.

“Hiss~”

“It’s alive?”

Xu Sanyan gasped. How could something still be alive after being dismembered?

His gaze slowly traced down the skeleton, pausing briefly at the pelvic region before he suddenly asked, “Are you male or female?”

He really didn’t know much about this. All he knew was that the male anatomy lacked bones, making it difficult to distinguish gender based solely on that.

The Dog God didn’t react, whether because it didn’t understand or simply didn’t want to acknowledge him.

Undeterred, Xu Sanyan gathered the scattered bones he had disassembled and pieced them back together in order. The Dog God flexed its fingers, finding the movement remarkably smooth.

Whether the bones were assembled correctly didn’t matter; as long as they were connected, that was enough.

After inserting the eyeballs into their sockets, the skeleton seemed less rigid, gaining a hint of alertness. It no longer dared to attack Xu Sanyan, as if realizing it couldn’t defeat him.

So its earlier aggression… was it simply because it was blind?

Xu Sanyan chuckled, feeling quite witty. Any woman who married him would be fortunate indeed—she’d never be bored.

Whoosh!

Xu Sanyan picked up the human skin, shook it out, examined both sides, and gently draped it over the skeleton. Instantly, the skin tightened, clinging tightly to the bones, making its appearance even more grotesque, though at least it now had a human-like form.

As for the final piece of rotting flesh…

It was undoubtedly the heart.

“I hope you’re a woman,” Xu Sanyan muttered to himself. “If you have no other way to repay me, you could offer yourself in marriage. That would make saving your life worthwhile.”

With that, he casually inserted the rotting flesh into the skeleton’s chest cavity.

Thump…

Thump…

The pulsing grew faster, and the pitch-black, rotting flesh visibly turned crimson. Veins of blood snaked across the decaying flesh, spreading through the gaps between bone and skin until they enveloped the entire body. Essence blood flowed through these veins, and the withered skin gradually plumped up.

It… was truly coming back to life!

What incredible vitality!

No, it wasn’t just resilience. The arrangements within the secret realm were taking effect. Each tribe had nourished a specific body part, maintaining its vitality, leading to this moment.

But what was the purpose of the Jade Clan’s Jade Token?

Xu Sanyan pondered for a moment, then shoved the token into the Dog God’s mouth. It should know how to use it, right?

Sure enough, the moment the token entered its mouth, it dissolved into a stream of light that burrowed into the Dog God’s body. The Dog God’s eyes began to twitch violently, momentarily regaining their vitality, like a lifelike wooden puppet awakening to consciousness.

Boom!

Suddenly, a deafening roar shook the heavens and earth. Xu Sanyan turned to see the distant gray mist churning violently, as if some colossal being were locked in a brutal struggle.

Xu Sanyan frowned slightly, his eyes gleaming with sharp focus. His gaze pierced through the layers of mist, revealing a towering figure thrashing wildly. Its flayed flesh, half crimson and half white, was a sight all too familiar to him.

“A flesh giant?”

What a coincidence!

“Awooo~”

The colossal roar transformed into a sonic wave, shaking the dense mist violently. The flesh giant lumbered toward him, and as it drew closer, Xu Sanyan finally made out what it was battling.

A lone figure.

Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes. The flesh giant possessed formidable power, already at the Half-Sage level upon its emergence. Moreover, its ability to devour flesh to enhance its strength had visibly increased its size and presumably its power as well.

Yet the daoist figure was holding his own, even gaining a slight advantage. This must be one of the Central Region’s sages, though Xu Sanyan couldn’t identify which one.

As the flesh giant teetered on the brink of collapse, the sage showed no inclination to prolong the fight, retreating toward the edge of the Mist Sea while continuing to engage.

“Hah… hah…”

A muffled cough erupted beside Xu Sanyan, as if something were lodged in the speaker’s throat. He glanced over and his eyes lit up—his efforts had not been in vain.

The Dog God’s previously withered body had fully recovered, now indistinguishable from a normal human. Two small mounds of flesh protruded from her flat abdomen, unmistakable proof of her gender.

Her small face still wore a dazed, blank expression, likely due to the lingering discomfort of her recent revival. Yet, the sight was undeniably pleasing: her lips were full and rosy, and her eyelids now properly framed her eyes, no longer the terrifying sight they had been before.

Still, the lack of hair gave her an odd appearance, like a temple nun. And it wasn’t just the hair…

Xu Sanyan glanced downward.

Completely clean.

“Where am I…?” the woman murmured, her gaze sweeping around the room before settling on Xu Sanyan. “And who are you?”

“Hmm…” Xu Sanyan tilted his head thoughtfully. “This is the Central Region, part of the Qian Kingdom. I’m your godfather.”

I saved her life, like a second parent. Calling me “godfather” isn’t too much to ask, is it?

The girl looked puzzled. “Godfather?”

“Yes, come here. Let Godfather check your body.”

“Giggle~”

A soft laugh drifted from nearby, followed by a young woman’s languid voice:

“You’re so naughty.”

(End of the Chapter)