However, the Soul Vision Machine did not display an image of Lin Qian, but rather a description accompanied by images.

The content displayed on those images was all about the ghastly incident's walking dead, as well as the Huaxia Empire's categorization of them.

Therein, the types were divided by the Huaxia Empire into three categories: Bone Corpses with skeletal bodies, half-rotted Flesh Corpses, and intact Walking Corpses.

The strength of the Bone Corpses was mostly concentrated in the Basic Three Realms and the Nirvana Realm, though there were a scarce number of skeletal powerhouses from the Sky Breaking Realm.

The strength of the Flesh Corpses, at the weakest, was at the Nirvana Realm, with quite a few at the Sky Breaking Realm strength, of which the strongest was the Sky Crossing Stage, above the Sky Breaking Realm, but below the Life and Death Realm.

As for the strength of the Walking Corpses, the weakest were at the Body Realm of the Life and Death Realm, while the mighty even had the presence of thoes in the Entering Saint Realm.

Because, within the Soul Martial Continent, those renowned fallen in the ancient war had now appeared in the form of Walking Corpses. As powerful beings in the Entering Saint Realm, who played crucial roles in that ancient battle and were famously recognized,it was naturally easy to identify them.

After the categories were announced, Lin Qian's intentions were also communicated, stating that upon encountering any of the three types of undead creatures, one must act according to the type and strength, and if faced with danger that cannot be handled, one must immediately contact the nearby Imperial Army or War Beast Army, and must not act rashly for short-term gain at the expense of one's life.

The Soul Martial Continent had already plunged into complete chaos, the walking dead everywhere infusing the sky of the entire continent with the stench of blood.

However, after the initial outbreak of mayhem, the chaos had somewhat subsided.

The massive armies of these undead creatures had started with rampant slaughter, but after fighting for a while, this mad killing behavior also stopped, and they began to gather.

And, after the initial panic, the Soul Martial Artists of the entire Soul Martial Continent slowly calmed down and began to fight back against them.

Even though they were at a disadvantage in the conflict, it was still much better than at the start, as they were not without the power to resist.

Because of these two factors, the slaughter had lessened significantly.

However, the hearts of the people were still extremely tense. The gathering of the undead army likely heralded the next onslaught to come. By then, they would need to be even more cautious in their response.

At the same time, the behavior of these undead armies was alarming, as they were clearly not acting without consciousness, but obviously possessed their own intelligence.

But what they could not guess was that it was not the undead army itself that had consciousness, but rather, someone was manipulating them from behind.

In the Void beyond the territories, the Black Demon's spirit had already connected with the Array, controlling his Dead Spirit Army to assemble. The sudden initial appearance served to catch them off guard, but it was certain that they could no longer do so subsequently.

He must plan carefully, allowing his Dead Spirit Army to assemble first and then start fighting in an orderly manner.

This way, in the shortest time, they could gather enough death essence to completely execute the plan.

"Hmm?" At this moment, the Black Demon suddenly noticed something amiss. Previously, he had only focused on the changes in the death essence and hadn't paid close attention to the combat of the dead spirits, letting them act freely on their own.

But now, as he began to take control, he instantly discovered a problem. In the current Southern Domain of the Soul Martial Continent, the dead spirits he had revived through death rites were being killed off in large numbers, and those that remained were diminishing at an alarming rate.

And the death essence in the sky above that area was clearly much thinner, indicating that very few had died in that territory.

Not only that, Black Demon also discovered that within the human territories of the Eastern Continent on the Soul Martial Continent, in the Northern Territory, Eastern Territory, Western Territory, and Central Territory, there were many places where the Dead Spirit Army suffered heavy casualties and the amount of death qi contributed was also extremely scarce.

This peculiar situation caught the attention of Black Demon, who began to control his Dead Spirit Army through the Array, carefully investigating the matter.

When he learned the truth, his complexion turned unsightly as he opened his eyes and angrily muttered, "Huaxia Empire, it's that Huaxia Empire again and that Lin Qian. He truly is born to be my nemesis."

Just the thought of his existence, as well as the situation on the Soul Martial Continent that had arisen because of him, made his expression turn somewhat ugly. It was no longer as relaxed and carefree as before, and became much more solemn.

Black Demon had not anticipated underestimating this man named Lin Qian and his Huaxia Empire. He had not expected them to possess such formidable strength that they were actually able to defeat his Dead Spirit Army.

Although the Dead Spirit Army of the Soul Martial Continent was not supported by Black Demon himself, hence their strength was not at its peak, this already proved that this Lin Qian and his Huaxia Empire could be considered worthy adversaries in battle.

"How interesting, truly interesting. I can hardly wait to meet him again," thought Black Demon, and with that thought, he closed his eyes once more.

In the next moment, all beings of the Soul Martial Continent were astonished to look up at the sky, for they discovered that the black qi high above was starting to change, gradually coalescing into a face.

However, this face was somewhat blurry and indistinct, its vast features chilling to the core.

All creatures of the Soul Martial Continent were left wondering at the sudden appearance of this face.

"Lin Qian, I must say I am quite impressed with you. Within the entire Soul Martial Continent, only your empire remains peaceful and unscathed. The places under the protection of your imperial army have also experienced no significant casualties."

"It seems, the biggest obstacle to my aims is likely you and your Empire," spoke the black face in the sky, directly addressing Lin Qian by name.

Black Demon's decisiveness, made Lin Qian, who was looking up, reveal a look of surprise on his face which was soon followed by calm understanding.

Clearly, all these schemes were the doing of Black Demon, just as Lin Qian had suspected.

What a grand scheme!

Lin Qian sighed internally, growing even more curious about what it was on the Soul Martial Continent that warranted such calculated efforts and grand maneuvers from the other party.

At this time, the people of the entire Soul Martial Continent had come to know two things.

First, that the initiator of everything was the black face above the high sky.

Second, that the Huaxia Empire had formidable strength and remained undisturbed by this anomaly!

"Lin Qian, I have to say, you are worthy of being my adversary," said Black Demon, his visage showing a look of appreciation. "What do you think?"

"Is that so?" At that moment, Lin Qian spoke indifferently, his voice, influenced by the death qi, spreading out and echoing across the upper reaches of the Soul Martial Continent. Regarding this, he did not shy away, allowing his voice to be transmitted by the death qi.

"But you're still not qualified to be my adversary."