Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 718 - 356 The Empress Dowager is Truly Angry

Chapter 718: Chapter 356 The Empress Dowager is Truly Angry

There are two great Heavenly Soldiers in this world.

One is the Snow Domain Divine Soldiers, and the other is the Asura Undead Army.

According to the prophecy circulating among the people, obtaining even one of them is enough to contest for supremacy over the world.

At first, Xiao Lingqiu paid little heed to such rumors, but the more she learned, the more she realized that these rumors grossly underestimated the terror of these two Heavenly Soldiers.

Whether it was the founding of the previous dynasty or the era of the Emperor over two thousand years ago, both involved the aid of Heavenly Soldiers.

However, as time passed, these two Heavenly Soldiers gradually vanished from the eyes of the world, leaving behind only enigmatic legends. She had expended enormous efforts to establish contact with the Snow Domain Divine Soldiers.

Of course, she had also conducted in-depth investigations into the Asura Undead Army.

From various ancient hidden histories, she had seen depictions and strength assessments of the Asura Undead Army.

But unfortunately, she had never managed to find any trace of them.

Especially since the Asura Queen had been suppressed within the lands of Dazhou, it seemed those Undead Soldiers had completely disappeared, leaving her unable to delve further, forcing her to place her bets on the Snow Domain Divine Soldiers.

Seeing these familiar armored corpses now, Xiao Lingqiu felt deeply shaken.

Jiang Shouzhong was equally stunned.

"Is this the Asura Undead Army?"

When He Benquan died, he had told Jiang Shouzhong about the Asura Queen and the Undead Army, explaining that the Emperor’s massacre of Qingzhou’s people was aimed at obtaining the Undead Army.

But Jiang Shouzhong hadn’t paid much attention at the time.

Later, Yelü Miaomiao also brought it up, and only then did he realize the dreadful nature of the Undead Army.

And now, he was seeing it firsthand.

Xiao Lingqiu carefully observed the corpses and said solemnly:

"There’s no mistake. This is undoubtedly the Asura Undead Army. Not humans, yet possessing human forms and intellect. Not demons, yet endowed with the innate brute strength of the Demon Clan, capable of overpowering thousands single-handedly.

Ordinary blades and swords cannot inflict fatal wounds on them. Only cultivators with exceptional cultivation or talismans can deal with them."

Speaking to this point, Xiao Lingqiu sighed: "To think that the once-famous Asura Undead Army all perished here. No wonder it was impossible to find them."

Although she felt pity, a weight was lifted from the woman’s heart.

She had always feared that the Emperor of Dazhou might get his hands on the Asura Undead Army, and had secretly done much to prepare for that possibility. Now, seeing these corpses proved that Zhou Chang’s efforts were in vain.

Of course, the possibility of other Undead Soldiers lurking elsewhere couldn’t be ruled out.

Jiang Shouzhong carried Xiao Lingqiu, descending slowly along the winding and jagged stone steps. They finally arrived by the tranquil lakeshore below to closely examine the corpses of the Undead Soldiers.

Each of these corpses was wrapped in chains, connected to broken Divine Statues.

Not far away, there was also a cave abode.

On the surrounding stone walls of the cave abode were some faintly visible murals.

The murals depicted battle scenes of the Asura Undead Army, including bloody confrontations with the Snow Domain Divine Soldiers. But the later murals became increasingly eerie.

One showed Undead Soldiers withering into skeletons.

Another showed Undead Soldiers encased in Heavenly Tribulation.

Yet another showed Undead Soldiers committing mutual slaughter.

Xiao Lingqiu said: "According to the secret historical materials I’ve studied, the Asura Undead Army has existed for over five thousand years, initially led by the Shura Great Emperor, though its scale was small and scattered.

As the Asura Clan migrated repeatedly, the Undead Army gradually became more organized. Later, the Ancestral Shura reorganized a new Undead Army to resist enemies.

However, at that time, the Asura Clan only sought self-preservation and harbored little intent for widespread slaughter. Moreover, to avoid conflict with other races, the Ancestral Shura voluntarily led his clan to live underground.

He even sought harmonious coexistence with the Human Clan and the Demon Clan, not opposing intermarriage with humans, and even gifting his creation, the ’Heavenly Demon Technique,’ to the Fox Demon Clan."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shouzhong curiously said:

"According to legend, one of the reasons for the downfall of the previous dynasty was the Emperor’s infatuation with the beauty of a certain concubine, neglecting political affairs, allowing schemers to take power, and plunging the people into turmoil.

This concubine was said to be the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, who practiced the ’Heavenly Demon Technique’ to beguile the monarch. If seen in this light, was the Ancestral Shura deliberately laying out a plan?"

Xiao Lingqiu laughed: "There’s no need to excessively indulge in conspiracy theories. Besides, attributing the downfall of an entire nation to a single woman is somewhat unfair."

"That’s true."

Jiang Shouzhong nodded slightly.

Xiao Lingqiu resumed the previous topic: "Regardless of whether the Ancestral Shura had laid out such plans, at least during that time, conflict among the three races wasn’t as pronounced—they maintained relative peace.

But everything changed with the emergence of the Asura Queen.

The Asura Queen, dissatisfied with the exclusion and suppression from the Human Clan and the Demon Clan, began expanding the Undead Army, attempting to annihilate the Human Clan and Demon Clan entirely, to leave only the Asura Clan in the world.

At that time, however, the Demon Clan was guarded by the Demon Venerable, and the Asura Undead Army faced several defeats without gaining any advantage, forcing them to redirect their assault against the Human Clan.

Nonetheless, the Human Clan also had many powerful cultivators, and the Heavenly Human Realm experts of that time were far more formidable than the degraded state of today, even achieving higher levels of cultivation.

But the true annihilating blow to the Asura Clan stemmed from a catastrophic calamity."

"A calamity?"

Jiang Shouzhong’s gaze turned again to the later murals.

Surveying the depictions of the Asura Undead Army withering inexplicably, being struck by Heavenly Tribulation, and slaughtering one another... one could almost begin to imagine the anguish of the Undead Army at that time.

Xiao Lingqiu said: "This calamity had no warning, as if it came suddenly. No one could clarify its causes, and even historical texts and secret records offered only fragmented and vague conjectures."