For five years, the rampaging vampire would always calm down amidst the beautiful future described and the various benefits promised by Elder Lane. During these five years, he practiced the advanced part of that cultivation technique: the Blood Corpse Art, one of the four great secret skills of the Divine Sect. To become king among zombies, the basic cultivation method was enough; but to ascend to the heavenly realm, one had to master the Blood Corpse Art. “When ordinary cultivators ascend, their physical bodies are destroyed, and after reaching the immortal realm, they reconstruct their bodies. But a Nine Heavens Blood Corpse, cultivated through the Blood Corpse Art, can ascend with its physical body, making it countless times stronger than ordinary immortals. The Nine Heavens Blood Corpse not only possesses all the abilities of a zombie king, but can also soar through the nine heavens...” At this point, Edward Lewis spread his wings and slowly began to rise: “Um, Mr. Lane, I’m a zombie king now, right? Look, I can fly too, so does that make me a Nine Heavens Blood Corpse?” Edward Lewis looked at Brian Lane with a face full of hope after speaking. “Of course not!” With a casual flick, a bolt of lightning turned the arrogant vampire into a roasted bat.

Over these five years, Edward Lewis achieved minor mastery of the Blood Corpse Art, and could now craft tools and refine pills—he had entered the path of cultivation; in these five years, he formed the Armor of the Heart, protecting the vampire’s vital spot—the heart; in these five years, Brian Lane began teaching Edward Lewis real combat skills and Daoist techniques, and the often frustrated zombie king had already sorted through all the third-generation disciples and started challenging the second-generation ones; in these five years, every time he called home, his parents would urge the aging youth to get married. Although endlessly annoyed, after hanging up, this outcast who hadn’t returned home in five years would think of his distant, still-human family and couldn’t help but shed tears; in these five years, he had the chance to meet the Divine Sect leader so highly praised by Brian Lane—Samuel Grant.

Samuel Grant was known as the number one overlord of the demonic path, tall and muscular, and the Divine Sect’s top expert, having fully mastered the sect’s greatest technique, the Overlord’s Way. If not for the many sect affairs and his lack of interest in facing the heavenly tribulation, he would have ascended to the heavenly realm long ago. The vampire, with no sense of bloodline pride, quickly hit it off with the bold and heroic Samuel Grant, calling him “Blood Boss” this and “Blood Boss” that. The straightforward sect leader, in a moment of good cheer, even allowed him to enter the Divine Sect’s forbidden ground, the “Demon God Cave,” to practice various sect-protecting secret arts.

Samuel Grant was a man of action. Grabbing Edward Lewis by the neck, he strode toward the “Demon God Cave”—and his walking was even faster than Edward Lewis could fly. At the cave entrance, he gave Edward Lewis a kick on the butt: “Go on!” Then turned and left, laughing heartily. Having tumbled into the cave, Edward Lewis didn’t feel at all that being carried like a chick and kicked in the butt was beneath a vampire’s dignity. Instead, he excitedly jumped around inside, searching for a technique that suited him—such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Even Brian Lane didn’t have the right to enter the “Demon God Cave,” since it contained the Divine Sect’s most advanced techniques accumulated over thousands of years.

Inside the “Demon God Cave,” Edward Lewis found two techniques: the Blood Refining Method and the Great River True Explanation. The Blood Refining Method was the number one sect-protecting art of the demonic sect, using fresh blood as a medium, with boundless power. No one in the Divine Sect had mastered it for nearly a thousand years, but it was perfect for a vampire’s taste. The Great River True Explanation, on the other hand, was a righteous cultivation method, a supreme art that had long been lost. If a righteous cultivator saw it, they’d fight to the death for it—but Edward Lewis didn’t know this. He just felt that this technique didn’t have the slightest trace of evil like the others, and out of curiosity, tried it out. To his surprise, he could actually practice it, so he memorized it. From the second year on, he no longer needed to soak in the medicinal pool during the day, and used his free time to practice various techniques. With new methods, Edward Lewis’s power rose to a new level, and having found a powerful backer, the Divine Sect’s headquarters became a scene of constant chaos and unrest.

Although Edward Lewis was dissatisfied with Brian Lane leaving him behind, he understood Brian Lane’s intentions. Every day, apart from cultivating, he would run to the “Demon God Cave,” since with his current strength, he still couldn’t protect himself against stronger opponents—learning more skills could only help. During these five years, he even encountered an attack by the righteous path on the Divine Sect’s headquarters. In fact, it was rather ridiculous: a third-generation disciple of the Divine Sect had offended a secular relative of an elder from the other side. That disciple was followed back to the mountain, and the other side came to the sect’s gate. But they never expected that this was the very lair of the Yunnan demonic sect. They mobilized their entire sect, but before they even reached the gate, they were wiped out—by just one person, the elder living next door to Brian Lane, Elder Grant.