Chapter 703: Chapter 132: The True Soul Perishes, The Evil Soul Emerges
The words of the Undying Venerable caused a subtle change to flicker across the Thunderflame Venerable’s face.
Yet, after a moment of silence, Thunderflame Venerable said, "What you think, I don’t care about, I have brought him to you as agreed. As to how you handle the Domain Soul Pill, that is your affair. But you must deliver on the promised reward after success."
"You can rest assured on that point, I have said it, and I will certainly do it. The Fire Phoenix Lineage has never cheated on a promise."
The Undying Venerable spoke with certainty.
He had no intention of prolonging the topic; he had laid out all the facts. Although Thunderflame Venerable was still in denial, his words were clearly becoming pale and powerless, and even Lee Sha had noticed that.
However, Lee Sha did not interject. In fact, whatever happened, he would not care; he had only one objective—to devour and refine the Domain Soul Pill.
To refine was to hope. If he could not refine it, then it would be the other way around: being devoured and refined by the Domain Soul Pill, resulting in death.
Thunderflame Venerable said nothing more, merely waiting silently to one side, while the Undying Venerable’s gaze turned towards Zhou Yan. His look also held the fleeting rules of creation and annihilation, as if each eye contained a world of its own, constantly evolving with the passage of time.
It was a pair of powerful eyes, and the divine light that shone forth seemed to pierce through Lee Sha’s brow to the very existence of Zhou Yan, incredibly striking.
Zhou Yan felt as though this person’s gaze pierced through the river of time, just as the Lei Yan King had laid eyes on him and scolded him as ’good-for-nothing.’ That feeling was profoundly real.
But, after glancing at Zhou Yan, the Undying Venerable withdrew his gaze and sighed inexplicably, saying, "Silent Annihilation Purple Flame, Undying Divine Soul, these are indeed powerful and astonishing techniques. Even if I used you as an ingredient, my success rate in alchemy wouldn’t be much, and in this regard, I am not a match for the Blood Barbarian Venerable.
However, although I might not succeed, if I could further your development, there might be some possibility, and I need your help.
I have understood, much like Thunderflame Venerable’s viewpoint, I will personally refine the Domain Soul Pill into your body to see how your Supreme Soul within grows, preparing to learn and comprehend it for myself.
If you grow quickly, I might have some hope in my battle against the Blood Barbarian Venerable. If you comprehend slowly and have a poor comprehension, I’ll have no other way but to fight a desperate battle with the Blood Barbarian Venerable."
The Undying Venerable disclosed his intentions.
Whether true or not, neither Thunderflame Venerable nor Lee Sha knew, and apart from the Undying Venerable himself, no one knew what he really thought.
Lee Sha remained expressionless, offering no response to the Undying Venerable, simply waiting for what was to come.
His heart was still as tranquil water, deep as a well without ripples.
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"I have a Life Star nurtured in the Soul Sea, within which I have stored a thousand portions of harvested Seed resources, each portion containing ten thousand Nine Origin Saints’ True Souls, each with the incomparable power close to a divine Saint. This includes pure Divine Souls, immaculate Heavenly Dao Rules, and many more. Before this, you must learn the cultivation technique of Silent Annihilation Purple Flame and the Condensing Method of the Undying Divine Soul to refine these resources. I will directly bestow these upon you, sparing you the time needed for comprehension.
You will face no issue condensing Purple Flame; the Purple Flame bloodline of the Jiang family has our Undying lineage’s Purple Flame imprint. You have the Supreme Bloodline, making the condensation easy."
The Undying Venerable spoke.
Once Lee Sha was prepared, he directly condensed Tai Chu Runes as a baptism for Lee Sha, creating diffused, firework-like runes, motifs of ’Endless’ and ’Derivation.’
This was a baptism akin to that of bloodline and memory inheritance; this baptism that reached Lee Sha also affected Zhou Yan.
Suddenly, Zhou Yan too gained the authentic method of using Silent Annihilation Purple Flame and, with such a method of condensing Purple Flame, Zhou Yan coalesced the Undying Divine Soul’s potential within his Soul.
Without having reached divinity, he now possessed a skill only Divine-level Experts would have.
This process too, was without any hindrances, as unreal as it seemed.
Lee Sha had a remarkable aptitude for acceptance and likewise quicky finished this inheritance. Subsequently, Lee Sha was placed by the Undying Venerable into the Life Ancient Star within his Soul Sea.
Atop this Life Ancient Star lay an ancient and vast Ancient City.
In the heart of the Ancient City stood an immensely large sacrificial altar, above which hung an endless Blood Fog, and surrounding the city was a sea of blood.
Upon the altar of the Ancient City lay endless Saint Souls, each soul exceedingly pure, devoid of personal memories, yet containing all insights on Heavenly Dao, Cultivation Techniques, and Life Potential.
As Lee Sha flew over, a powerful Holy Soul actively approached and was absorbed by him.
Lee Sha’s body instantaneously inflated like a balloon, growing immensely powerful, his Realm bursting through any constraints with a rapid ’pop pop pop.’
However, soon after, Silent Annihilation Purple Flame spontaneously appeared on Lee Sha, beginning to burn and temper his body.
His balloon-like body gradually shrank back down, being refined into something exceedingly pure.
This process repeated day after day, seemingly without end.
In the Soul Sea World of the Undying Venerable, atop the Life Ancient Star, time seemed undefined, and Zhou Yan too had the sensation of experiencing reincarnation within a single thought, similar to the timeless comprehension he had felt within the Sword Origin Pool.
But in the outside world, Zhou Yan noticed that the manifestation of the passing of time appeared to exist solely during the exchange of comprehension of the Heavenly Dao between the Undying Venerable and the Thunderflame Venerable, which shouldn’t have exceeded half an hour.
The self-created Heaven and Earth of this Venerable being capable of endlessly controlling time was indeed feasible.
Under normal circumstances, Lee Sha wouldn’t be able to withstand this, but Lee Sha’s Soul did not belong to that world, and Lee Sha did not possess a true Soul, which ironically made him meet this requirement.
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Elsewhere, the Thunderflame Venerable brought along another Lee Sha, who also arrived at the Blood Barbarian Venerable’s location at this time.
The Blood Barbarian Venerable seemed to sense something and immediately came forward to greet them.
Beside him stood a woman in a Purple Robe, radiating a very mysterious luster that made her incredibly captivating.
The expression on Lee Sha, whose face was cold and frosty, flickered with a moment of astonishment at the first sight of the woman, but soon, Lee Sha reverted to his indifferent demeanor.
On the other hand, the Thunderflame Venerable was momentarily lost in thought.
"The realm of Goddess Mu has become increasingly profound and unfathomable, so much so that even a decrepit old man like me was almost attracted by the Goddess’s talent and grace," lamented the Thunderflame Venerable.
"Heh, the Goddess naturally possesses unparalleled charm. By the way, is this the Supreme Constitution puppet whose Soul has been extracted, as you mentioned?"
The Blood Barbarian Venerable burst with Blood Light, his whole person as if engulfed in a ball of blood-red fire, filled with a pungent scent of blood.
The Thunderflame Venerable furrowed his brows but soon nodded, saying, "Indeed, it’s him."
"Good, since that’s the case, then—you can die now."
"Hmm?" The Thunderflame Venerable was taken aback, only to hear the Blood Barbarian Venerable say, "Goddess Mu, I’ve fulfilled what I promised you. Now perform the ’Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice and Time-Space Soul Lock’ technique to help me Suppressing Kill the Thunderflame Venerable for just a moment."
"Fine, you must keep your word!" The Goddess Mu spoke in a cold voice.
"It’s just the Jiang family’s Life Soul, isn’t it? No problem. Given my relationship with Jiang Xing, I’ll certainly help you harvest it," the Blood Barbarian Venerable chuckled hideously.
"Okay," agreed the Goddess Mu. With a wave of her hand, Endless Netherworld Energy Derivation turned into masses of pitch-black skies, which then transformed into Endless Reincarnation.
Time-Space, Soul Lock.
Ten Thousand Realms, Sacrifice.
This technique caused the Thunderflame Venerable’s eyes to suddenly shrink fiercely, locked in place in an instant, unable to budge.
Then, the Blood Barbarian Venerable suddenly produced an Ancient Tower and, with a bang, smashed it onto the Thunderflame Venerable’s body. The Thunderflame Venerable’s body instantaneously shattered, his form instantly crushed.
Before the Thunderflame Venerable could attempt to flee, he was struck by a streak of Blood Light that shot out from within the tower, trembled once, and was absorbed inside.
Lee Sha stood motionlessly in place, giving the Goddess Mu and the Blood Barbarian Venerable a deep look, his expression not changing significantly.
"Not bad, quite suitable for nurturing an Evil Soul, a fit resource for Alchemy. However, I plan to play the long game to catch a bigger fish."
The Blood Barbarian Venerable snickered hideously, then a streak of Blood Light fiercely pierced into Lee Sha’s forehead.
Zhou Yan, sensing this scene, was startled and suddenly felt a sense of panic, as if in an instant he had once again been stared at by a pair of bloodthirsty, gloomy, evil, and violent eyes.
Lee Sha’s body, held by the Blood Barbarian Venerable, was shattered and cast into a Domain Soul Pill. This part of Lee Sha, just like the Thunderflame Venerable, was simultaneously Refined and Suppressing Killed.
Lee Sha, one Soul had died.
But the odd thing was, after fading into darkness, the deceased Lee Sha reappeared in the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, exuding gurgling Blood Water from all over, his whole being now possessing a trace of terrifying evil aura.
After his reappearance, the Heaven and Earth had already changed; Goddess Mu was no longer there, only the Blood Barbarian Venerable and a young man in black were present.
"As expected of the Wan Jie Divine Woman, her Time-Space Soul Lock technique is exceptionally strong. Combined with my Immortal Weapon Hunting Heaven Pagoda, she managed to shake and kill one of Thunderflame Venerable’s Avatars in one fell swoop, truly gratifying."
"Hmph, such a clownish character, also intending to scheme against my Jiang family. My Jiang family has set the ’Three-Life Soul Nourishment’ plan, how could it fail? After all these years, the Seeds we’ve planted in various Planes, only Divine Fist Li has received the chance to cultivate and achieve Ascension. To not seize this opportunity to explore the Three-Life Soul’s potential, to let this perfect Seed fall, would be a pity," said the young man in black with a cold laugh.
After a slight contemplation, he said indifferently, "Alright, you go and slay the Undying Venerable. Borrow the Demon Heart of this Evil Soul, which can endlessly enhance its potential, erase its memory, and let it merge with the other Soul. Then let him challenge Wan Jie Divine Woman Mu Qingyan. Their offspring will define the Eternal Taiyin Talisman Water and be female in gender. Once she grows up, she’ll be my Ding Furnace. I plan to harvest this perfect female infant’s first Divinity Maidenhood and grow even stronger."
"Don’t worry, serving you is an honor for the Blood Barbarian. We brothers have coexisted since the Ancient times. Your strength will mark the beginning of our Blood Barbarian Clan’s restoration to its former glory," boomed the Blood Barbarian Venerable generously.
Unbeknownst to them, within the puppetized body of Lee Sha engulfed by Blood Qi, there flashed an imperceptible glint of spiritual light.