Chapter 600 - Sanctions Might Be Late But They’re Never Absent (Part 1)

Beastmaster Empire, Imperial Palace.

This was a forbidden zone in the Amazon. Except for Lu Ran and his contracted familiars, no one was allowed to arbitrarily enter.

In the quiet, chilly rear palace garden, Lu Ran and #18’s figures appeared.

“#18, materialize the heroic spirit of my necromancy master.”

Lu Ran stretched out his hand, and a bottle with a ceramic texture, a black base, and white patterns appeared in his hand. It was the soul-restraining bottle.

He first handed the soul-restraining bottle to #18. This item was a personal item carried by the necromancer master when he first founded the Undead Cult.

Back then, the cult was newly established, and soul-restraining bottles were not yet widespread. During the process of practicing necromancy at the cult headquarters, they still had to rely on the necromancer master distributing “meals’ daily with the soul-restraining bottle.

The early days of the cult were not easy. It wasn’t until later, when soul-restraining bottles became common, that core necromancers had one each.

For the Undead Cult, this soul-restraining bottle of the necromancer master held significant symbolic meaning.

Facing the master who helped resurrect familiars and provided “meals,” the first batch of necromancers genuinely followed and had faith in this god-like master.

Although the necromancer master didn’t have as many believers as the Tree Monarch at that time, being limited by the size of his sect, the number wasn’t small either. It met the resurrection conditions of the Hall of Heroic Spirits.

However, because the residual traces of faith on the soul-restraining bottle were scarce, the energy required for summoning the necromancer master far exceeded that needed for the Tree Monarch.

However, this was a minor issue. #18 began the summoning using Manager Ying’s blood as the energy source. To Lu Ran, the blood of the timekeeper wasn’t a scarce resource. Using it was no big deal.

Before long, the door of the Hall of Heroic Spirits opened, and the figure of an old man in gray robes slowly materialized and walked out.

The necromancer master's memories were frozen right before the ascension realm shattered.

Why, now that I think about it, the name “Sudden Death King” is really strange.

He recalled his disciple saying something like this:

“Thank you, Master. If there is a chance, no matter where, I will carry forward the necromancy art, even help humanity break through the Legendary limit.”

So that’s how it is. The real me actually died long ago in history. A great supernatural being materialized me as a historical projection just so that my disciple named “Sudden Death King” could learn necromancy.

In the normal historical timeline, has necromancy been lost? Did the Undead Cult fail?

He fell into silence, feeling like he had slept for a long, long time. His body, spirit, and soul had all disappeared. Then, at a certain moment, his soul began to reform, returning to the world in a special way.

“Where... am I?” The necromancer master slowly opened his eyes with a face full of disbelief.

He saw Lu Ran in front of him, and his expression became even more dazed.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ran smiled and said, “Master, long time no see. I know you have many doubts. Please watch the VCR.”

As he spoke, #18 transmitted a segment of memory about the normal historical timeline to the heroic spirit. It was a timeline without Lu Ran, where the Undead Cult developed normally. After the necromancer master broke through to Epic-Legendary, the sect grew stronger.

However, due to improper management later, it was infiltrated by the Evil God faction, eventually becoming lackeys of the Evil Gods and being wiped out by the six major human sects.

Segments of memory flooded into the heroic spirit master’s mind, causing his expression to constantly change. Finally, he looked at Lu Ran with an extremely complex expression.

“Just what... kind of being are you?”

#18 continued transmitting memories of the Evil God War, Jiyuan’s fall, Ghost Mother’s intervention, the Divine Tree’s battle, the ten-thousand-year bloody war between beasts and plants, humanity establishing a nation again, the glorious Republic era... and finally, the Mechanical Rebellion, up to the current era of Limitless City, where a behemoth that could help beastmasters enter historical secret realms of different timelines descended.

In this era, a level one beastmaster named Lu Ran entered a historical secret realm from the late empire period, displayed extraordinary talent, removed the drawbacks of necromancy, allowed the Undead Cult to walk a completely different path in the historical secret realm from the original timeline, and obtained the position of Holy Undead Son.

When all this information was transmitted to the heroic spirit’s mind, he finally figured everything out.

Lu Ran’s voice sounded again. “The historical secret realm shattered. You from that timeline should have disappeared, as that history wasn’t the true history. However, the Undead Cult had a significant impact on me, and necromancy helped me a lot. I genuinely acknowledge this identity, so I didn’t want you, Master, to just disappear like that. So...

“When I first joined the cult, I was indeed just an ordinary level one beastmaster. However, it was precisely because of the Undead Cult’s inheritance that I could grow so quickly to this day, even developing an ability like heroic spirit resurrection.”

“So you have resurrected me from that historical timeline in the form of a heroic spirit.”

The necromancer master also noticed the uniqueness of his current state and found it incredible. Whether it was Limitless City materializing him as a historical projection or the Hall of Heroic Spirits resurrecting him as a heroic spirit, both were utterly unbelievable.

However, what made the necromancer master feel even more taken aback was the young man before him. He held Lu Ran in high regard. Although their interactions were short-lived, because Lu Ran displayed enough talent that allowed the Undead attribute to shine, he spared no effort in giving Lu Ran the best resources.

Although all of this now seemed like a projection, the necromancer master understood that his efforts in nurturing this disciple were not in vain.

The necromancer master sighed. “This world is truly marvelous. Although I failed, it seems many Legendary beastmasters have emerged. That’s enough. It shows that those divine beasts couldn’t completely suppress humanity.”

Lu Ran nodded and said, “Yes. The main culprit suppressing humanity, the Chaos Dragon God, is currently being suppressed. In a little while, I will personally deal with it, using the power of necromancy. Master, you should live well in this era from now on, and carry forward the necromancy art once again. How about I arrange an identity for you to integrate into modern society?”

“There’s no need for that.”

The necromancer master looked at Lu Ran with satisfaction and said, “The fact that you have this intent is already enough for me.

Haha,

though I’m incompetent myself, at least I took in a good disciple. Maintaining me like this must consume a lot of that little one’s power. Since I’m already dead, let the dust return to dust, and the earth to earth. A deceased person shouldn’t be alive anymore.”

#18 was moved.

This old man actually feels sorry for me! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen someone so conscientious. Who said necromancers are all evil people?

Lu Ran shook his head and said, “Those words don’t sound like something a necromancer would say, Master. Moreover, I didn’t say I would let you maintain the heroic spirit form forever.

“Besides heroic spirit summoning, I also obtained a resurrection ability through Limitless City’s permissions. I will resurrect a version of you from a certain timeline, at your peak combat power. Please merge with this resurrected body and truly come back to life!”

While the necromancer master was momentarily stunned, Lu Ran said, “Limitless City, activate my resurrection permission for me.”

As he spoke, he used the resurrection permission obtained from the Evil God era ascension realm to resurrect the necromancer master.

Under the mighty power of Limitless City, the next moment, accompanied by black lightning, a body began to materialize out of thin air. The necromancer master looked shocked.

Lu Ran immediately threw a black robe over and said, “Master, you should properly experience modern life now. Although I am called the Father of the Undead in this era because I became the Holy Undead Son in the ascension realm and perfected necromancy, I think you are more suitable than I to carry necromancy forward again and make it the strongest attribute.”

“What...

ah.

”

Soon, the necromancer master’s heroic spirit walked into the resurrected body with a complex expression, also receiving another set of memories from the body.

In these memories, Lu Ran was absent from the beginning until the six major sects besieged the Undead Cult. Then Lu Ran appeared again, displaying astonishing strength, killing the Lust Evil God, defeating the Mythical Jiyuan, and even wiping out the Evil God species.

The memories reached this point. The necromancer master knew that the disciple he had accepted had reached an extremely terrifying level of strength, to the point where even Mythical beastmasters weren’t a match for him.

He was shocked. But the more this was true, considering that Lu Ran still remembered him and went to the trouble of resurrecting him, the more grateful the necromancer master felt. He was a loner, long without any relatives. But now, at least, there was one person who sincerely acknowledged him as his master.

“Alright. Since you’ve resurrected these old bones, I’ll try again to become a Mythical necromancer. In this brand new era, with my current strength, I probably can’t help you much. I hope that after I reach Mythical, I can help you a bit more and share some of your burden.”

The necromancer master walked out of the black fog, completely resurrected at the peak Epic-Legendary level. He smiled kindly and looked at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran also smiled slightly and said, “Master, you’re too kind. Don’t undervalue yourself. You can help even now, without reaching Mythical.”

“

Uh...

”

“I’ll arrange a Limitless City identity for you. I have Limitless City permissions now and can designate the timeline of the ascension realm you enter. When the time comes, just don’t complete the ascension mission, and you can farm resources infinitely.”

“

Uh...

”

The necromancer master showed a helpless smile. “Even with such strength, you still can’t change your money-grubbing nature. It reminds me of when you visited each elder in the cult one by one to ask for gifts.”