Boom!
Jin Xiu's divine soul surged into Xu Chuan's body, directly entering Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness.
"It's over!"
Xuan Lie looked on in despair.
The outcome of an Emperor's divine soul invading one's sea of consciousness was dire.
However, the reality was not as Xuan Lie imagined.
At this moment.
Within Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness, a golden palace shrouded it, emitting an immense pressure.
This palace steadfastly guarded his sea of consciousness.
Xu Chuan had already learned through the system's information that Jin Xiu would attempt a soul possession when cornered.
How could he have not reacted?
The moment he broke free from control, he had already moved the ancient golden palace into his sea of consciousness to protect him.
As a fourth-tier Imperial Armament capable of both offense and defense, the ancient golden palace naturally possessed means to counter such a powerful soul possession and rebirth.
As soon as Jin Xiu's divine soul rushed in, it was trapped and suppressed by the golden palace, unable to move an inch.
Even the imperial aura of the golden palace was constantly grinding away at Jin Xiu's divine soul.
A fourth-tier Imperial Armament, even without a master of corresponding strength, was more than enough to suppress a first-tier Emperor.
Moreover, Jin Xiu had voluntarily abandoned his physical body and rushed into Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness in his soul form.
This was a perfect illustration of "a meat bun fighting a dog, with no hope of return."
"What is this thing?!"
Jin Xiu's divine soul was in a state of shock. He had never expected such a powerful Imperial Armament to exist within Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness.
In his opinion, Xu Chuan could only enter this place by relying on that peak Heavenly King realm turtle.
He was merely an ant with only Nirvana Realm double-layer cultivation.
Apart from his strong physique, there was nothing special about him.
He was the best target for soul possession.
Who would have thought that the moment he entered, he would be suppressed by the golden palace?
The aura of the fourth-tier Imperial Armament was crushing his divine soul, almost shattering and obliterating it.
Seeing Jin Xiu's divine soul suppressed the moment it entered, Xu Chuan immediately mobilized the golden palace, intending to completely crush his divine soul.
This was an Emperor's divine soul!
If he could refine it, his Slaughter God Blade Soul would surge, and his chances of breaking through to the Emperor Realm would be even greater.
The defensive formation of the golden palace activated, beginning to crush Jin Xiu's divine soul bit by bit, and then completely refining it into soul power that Xu Chuan could absorb.
In such a situation, ordinary cultivators could only watch helplessly as they were possessed, with no possibility of resistance.
Perhaps only by possessing an Imperial Armament far superior to the opponent's, like Xu Chuan, could one survive in such a situation.
The moment Xu Chuan mobilized the golden palace, Jin Xiu's divine soul was greatly alarmed.
Rumble!
The pressure from the golden palace intensified, and the defensive formation continued to unleash attacks.
It seemed endless.
Under such an onslaught, the rate at which Jin Xiu's divine soul shattered and was refined by the golden palace rapidly increased.
Constantly, parts of his soul were shattered and refined.
Escape!
He had to escape!
At this moment, Jin Xiu had only one thought: escape.
He couldn't understand why a cultivator of Nirvana Realm double-layer would possess such a terrifying Imperial Armament.
It was completely against the norm.
He felt the urge to retreat, but the suppression of the golden palace was not something he could easily escape from.
Finally, after losing two-thirds of his divine soul, Jin Xiu's soul managed to break out of Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness and reach the outside.
"Trying to escape? Do you think you can?"
Xu Chuan sneered.
He understood the principle of striking while the enemy is down better than anyone.
Today, Jin Xiu would not escape!
Killing the divine soul of a first-tier Emperor was exciting just thinking about it!
With a thought, the golden palace emerged from Xu Chuan's sea of consciousness, emitting dazzling divine light, and once again suppressed Jin Xiu's divine soul.
Following that, Xu Chuan mobilized his Slaughter God Blade Soul.
A faint blade energy appeared around Xu Chuan.
Slaughter God Blade Technique – Soul Severance!
The battered Jin Xiu looked at this blade energy in horror.
The feeling of death quickly enveloped his heart.
Since becoming a first-tier Emperor, he had never experienced such a feeling.
Not even when engaging in a life-or-death battle with another Emperor.
Yet today, he felt it, and it was from someone of Nirvana Realm double-layer.
He wanted to escape, but he was suppressed by the golden palace and could not move an inch.
"Spare me..."
Jin Xiu began to beg Xu Chuan for mercy, hoping to be let go.
However, this was impossible.
He had attempted soul possession first, and now that he had discovered the existence of the golden palace, Xu Chuan could not let him go.
"Sever!"
With Xu Chuan's command.
The blade energy enveloped Jin Xiu's divine soul, constantly crushing and grinding it, turning it into the purest soul power.
"No... Ah!"
Jin Xiu's divine soul let out a scream, and then was completely annihilated by the blade energy.
Feeling Jin Xiu's complete demise, Xu Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Beside him, Xuan Lie watched this scene in astonishment.
He never would have imagined that Xu Chuan could annihilate an Emperor's divine soul.
However, he glanced at the golden palace above Xu Chuan's head, and then felt a sense of relief.
Although he did not know how powerful the golden palace was, it was clearly more than enough to deal with a first-tier Emperor.
He had just been too nervous and had forgotten that Xu Chuan possessed such a protective treasure.
"Hoo."
With the crisis averted, Xuan Lie also let out a long breath.
He turned and flew back to Xu Chuan's shoulder.
Xu Chuan, meanwhile, was working hard to absorb the soul power left behind by Jin Xiu's death.
"Hic!"
The soul power of a first-tier Emperor was simply too immense. Xu Chuan felt as if he had eaten too much, and even let out a hiccup.
At this point, Xu Chuan felt too embarrassed to continue absorbing. He used the golden palace to collect the remaining soul power, and then his gaze fell upon the Emperor's remains in the lightning sea from before.
However, it could no longer be called a lightning sea.
Jin Xiu's self-destruction earlier had scattered the lightning sea, and now that Jin Xiu was dead, the dispersed lightning sea had begun to dissipate.
It was as if its mission had been completed.
But the only thing that remained unchanged was likely the Emperor's remains and the Emperor's origin.
They still floated in the air, completely unaffected.
Now, no one could stop Xu Chuan from collecting this Emperor's origin.
He walked directly towards the remains.
Just as Xu Chuan was about to touch the remains, a golden light suddenly emanated from within them.
Then, the phantom of an old man with white hair emerged.
He stroked his long beard, looking at Xu Chuan with a smile.
Xu Chuan watched this figure warily.
"Could this be another soul possession?"
He was somewhat uncertain.
Suddenly.
The figure spoke.
"Thank you, young friend, for killing this scoundrel. Now that he is dead, I can depart in peace..."
With that, the figure disappeared into the heavens and earth.
As the figure vanished, the Emperor's remains rapidly weathered, instantly turning into a handful of loess, leaving only the Emperor's origin floating in the air.
Seeing this, Xu Chuan finally relaxed.
He leaped forward and grabbed the origin in his hand.
At this point, the objective of this trip had been achieved.