As the flames surrounded Black Scorpion Man's body, the aura emitted from his body became even stronger.

However, due to the aura's fluctuation, the rumbling sound also stopped, and even the screeching sound gradually faded away.

Just as Qin Shaojie had guessed, the Black Scorpion Man's aura was enough to suppress most of the beasts in the Taihang Mountains. Although the beasts that came with killing intent hadn't even reached the surroundings of the canyon yet, their sense of smell was far stronger than humans. The pressure coming from the Black Scorpion Man that filled the air completely caused them to feel fear.

At this moment, he also silently moved towards the distance.

However, while these magical beasts were fleeing, they had already stepped into the domain of other magical beasts. Thus, battles between them were inevitable.

All night long, the sounds of magical beast battles could be heard in the Taihang Mountains. Powerful profound energy fluctuations constantly spread out in the surroundings, and the lush ancient forests also collapsed piece by piece in the midst of these magical beast battles. The earth trembled, and the howls of the magical beasts filled the entire Taihang Mountains.

After all, it had been so many years, and the magical beasts in the depths of the Taihang Mountains were all safe and peaceful. A situation like this was still quite rare.

However, even though they were very curious, very few people dared to actually enter the Taihang Mountains. After all, there were too many magical beasts.

But Qin Shaojie completely ignored all these.

Carefully controlling his profound fire, he continued to temper his body. After an entire night had passed, only when the light of dawn illuminated the entire land did he slowly stop.

However, the current Qin Shaojie was extremely weak and the profound energy in his body had been almost completely used up overnight. With such consumption of energy, let alone a mere Peak of Genuine Force, even a profound practitioner would not be able to withstand it. Fortunately, Qin Shaojie still had a lot of medicinal pellets, and every time his profound energy ran out, he would directly consume them.

Although this was also a process of exhausting his body, it was clear that Qin Shaojie couldn't care less right now.

Hu hu hu hu!

Qin Shaojie fiercely spat out a mouthful of foul air from his chest, and swept his gaze across Black Scorpion Man's corpse. He also revealed a satisfied expression on his face.

This Black Scorpion Man's originally white corpse was now covered with a few red spots. This red color did not look like it was dyed, but more like flesh and blood that had grown together with the corpse.

If the corpse from before still looked somewhat coarse, then now, it was sparkling and translucent, and looked round and round. Most importantly, after being refined by everything, one could faintly feel some energy fluctuations from it.

This aura was not the same as the one he had previously released during the tempering process. It gave off a strong and violent feeling, but it did not truly emanate from it. Those auras attached to the skeleton did not move outwards.

Only when this body was truly activated would that aura be able to truly play a role.

In addition, after being tempered by the mystic fire, the visual impact was even stronger. Every skeleton seemed as if they had been tempered with steel. That kind of toughness was extremely difficult for even a weapon to leave a trace.

According to Qin Shaojie's estimations, this corpse could withstand a full-force attack from a peak Three Spiritual Realms expert just by its strength alone. Even if Earth Origin Stage Warriors were to make a move, they might not be able to cause particularly great harm.

"I didn't expect that the corpse we picked up this time seemed to be different from the others."

His gaze continued to size up the corpse, and under such scrutiny, Qin Shaojie's face became more serious.

If a grown corpse was refined, its body would definitely reveal the color of black gas. Although it could force its aura out to create a greater destructive force around the body, it was not as gentle as it was now.

Qin Shaojie had refined quite a few corpses before, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

He kept flipping through his memories, as if trying to find some memories about this phenomenon. However, in the end, he could not find any clues. It seemed that this phenomenon could only be solved in the future.

"Don't worry, when my power regains, I will let you out."

Qin Shaojie muttered to himself as his gaze finally fixed onto the chest of the Black Scorpion Man's corpse. The remnant soul made him feel very strange. This strange feeling was not out of fear, but out of curiosity.

Whether it was the Black Scorpion Man's secret or the fact that there was such a change in the skeleton, perhaps it had something to do with the remnant soul. If he wanted to learn more, he could only find out after he unsealed the remnant soul.

After all, this remnant spirit was extremely useful to Qin Shaojie. If he remembered correctly, this remnant spirit might have something to do with the brat who hid treasures in the Black Scorpion Man before he died. Black Scorpion Man possessed the blood of a dragon, so he was naturally fond of treasures. It was said that after the death of a Black Scorpion Man, all that accompanied him were treasures. There was no lack of things that even ancient sects coveted.

Slowly standing up, moving his body, and sensing the air within the canyon, Qin Shaojie felt a little more relaxed.

Refining a corpse puppet was not just simply about refining the corpse. Refining the corpse puppet would only activate the remaining energy in the corpse, and further strengthen the corpse puppet's body. However, the most important thing was to make the corpse puppet completely listen to one's orders and truly become a fighter.

It was the so called seed soul!

The only way to control the corpse puppet was to refine its body and use its soul. He deeply imprinted the traces of his own soul onto the corpse so that the corpse could become his own corpse puppet.

Therefore, there were only two ways to obtain a corpse puppet. One was to refine the corpse and plant the soul, and the other was to steal the soul.

However, if the Soul Snatcher encountered a fierce resistance, it was very likely that the corpse puppet would be able to destroy him and no one would be able to do anything about it.

Right now, the corpse was basically done being refined by Qin Shaojie, and only the step of growing a soul was left.

The soul seed didn't have any technical content, and was even easier to refine than the corpse. In order to maximize the power of the skeleton and increase the strength of the body, the method of refining was completely different. The more powerful the method, the stronger the skeleton would become.

Qin Shaojie was definitely one of the best at refining corpses, this point he was more confident than anyone else. The strength and energy of the same skeleton that he had refined was not something that other people could compare with.

If it wasn't for the fact that Qin Shaojie had tried to create such a simple object more than a hundred times, he would not be as proficient as he was today.

As for the seed soul, it was rather simple. That was to merge his spiritual sense with the skeleton. put your own unique brand

A soul seed was not without its risks. If there was a remnant soul within this skeleton, it could cause a fierce resistance from the remnant soul, or even a life and death conflict between the two. At this time, if one's spiritual sense was not strong enough, it was possible to encounter great danger, or even death, in the process of soul seed.

This was also the true reason why Qin Shaojie wanted to completely seal the remnant soul inside from the very beginning.

Fortunately, Qin Shaojie's spirit sense had been raised by a lot, so what he needed to do was to wrap the corpse with his spirit sense and brand the deepest part of his spirit sense with a unique mark.

Even without blood, this corpse puppet could feel its existence and communicate with its heart.

Qin Shaojie sat down on top of the corpse's head, and after he closed his eyes slightly, the seal's seal changed once again. The change in hand seals this time around was even more complicated than before. Even if someone were to watch the hand seals a few times, they might not even be able to clearly remember the fluctuations of Qin Shaojie's hand seals.

Just as Qin Shaojie was closing his eyes, even he himself did not notice that there seemed to be an extremely minute fluctuation in the depths of those empty eyes above the Black Scorpion Man's head. This fluctuation was like the flickering of space, and there was even a hint of starlight that seemed to appear within those eyes that seemed to belong to the outer space of the night.

However, this change was extremely minute and no one noticed it.

After the change in the handprint was complete, Qin Shaojie also began to spread his own consciousness all over the Black Scorpion Man's corpse. He would definitely let the entire Black Scorpion Man know how his aura felt and how his consciousness smelled. After a long while, when this corpse was more clear about his consciousness, Qin Shaojie then led his consciousness towards the deepest part of the Black Scorpion Man's dragon head.

The Black Scorpion Man was made of dragon heads and human, and had a different structure from the human race and the beast race.

Fortunately, Qin Shaojie had some understanding of the Black Scorpion Man, so there weren't any obstructions deep within the dragon's head.

After his consciousness entered the deepest part of the dragon's head, Qin Shaojie's eyebrows creased, and the speed at which he formed the seal became even faster, as if his life force was flowing away at a rate visible to the naked eye. His face paled, and his life and death was no longer as exuberant as it was before. Sweat trickled down his forehead.

However, there was no expression of pain on his face. Instead, there was a trace of excitement!

"Done!"

A few minutes later, Qin Shaojie's eyes suddenly opened, his pupils flashing, his entire person was extremely excited!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

At the same time, a cluster of flames suddenly appeared in the eyes of the empty Black Scorpion Man! It was as if a spark of life had appeared!