prynovel Chapter 17 Soul-Destroying Bead
Chapter 17 Soul-Destroying Bead
Next, Chu Yuan traveled throughout the entire Xuanwu Kingdom.
His figure flashed between heaven and earth, and each appearance meant a massacre.
Those powerful figures from Xuanwu Kingdom who participated in the ambush and killing of him, whether they were in the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul realm, were all brought to his door by him one by one, and no one could escape his purge.
Some tried to escape, but were killed by his blood-red lightning from afar, their souls and spirits annihilated.
Some tried to resist, unleashing their strongest magical weapons and displaying their most skilled supernatural abilities, but they couldn't even withstand a single sword strike from him.
The moment the Frost White Sword was drawn, lightning pierced through the opponent's chest, and even the nascent soul was shredded by the lightning before it could escape.
Some tried to beg for mercy, bringing up their respective sect backgrounds, the ceasefire agreement between Xuanwu Kingdom and Huofen Alliance, and various grand principles, trying to get him to show leniency.
Chu Yuan simply looked at them calmly and said, "When you were chasing me back then, did you ever imagine this day would come?"
One sentence shut everyone up.
Yes, when they surrounded and killed Chu Yuan, did they ever show any mercy?
If Chu Yuan hadn't been strong enough and had a tough life, he would have died long ago under their siege.
Now that they've broken through their limits, it's only natural for them to come back for revenge. What's there to say?
The cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world; those who kill will always be killed.
Chu Yuan acted swiftly and decisively, eliminating the enemy leader and having the sect hand over 90% of its resources. In the future, half of the annual tribute would be given to Luohe Sect.
He did not indiscriminately kill the innocent, nor did he exterminate them all, but he spared no one who deserved to die and took everything that was rightfully his.
The entire cultivation world of Xuanwu Kingdom was shaken.
Those sects that had participated in the siege of Chu Yuan were all devastated, obediently handing over their resources without daring to be negligent in the slightest.
Those sects that had not offended Chu Yuan secretly rejoiced and prepared generous gifts to send to Luohe Sect as a sign of respect.
Chu Yuan ignored all of this and left it all to Luohemen to handle.
Now, even without the Four Symbols Array Plate, he is capable of annihilating any Nascent Soul cultivator.
The transformation of his divine consciousness to the extreme realm brought about a qualitative change in his combat power. Within the Nascent Soul stage, no one could withstand a single blow from him.
Even seasoned experts at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage couldn't last a single move against him.
After doing all this, Chu Yuan returned to Luohe Gate.
Three days later, at Chu Yuan's cave.
Inside the cave, spiritual energy swirled like mist.
Chu Yuan sat cross-legged on the futon, while his clone sat cross-legged opposite him. The two looked into each other's eyes and understood each other perfectly.
Chu Yuan took a deep breath and slowly formed a hand seal.
The clone also raised its hands and made the exact same movement as him, like a reflection in a mirror, without the slightest difference.
"combine."
Chu Yuan gave a low shout.
The clone's body trembled violently, transforming into a stream of light that entered Chu Yuan's body.
In that instant, Chu Yuan felt a massive surge of spiritual energy flow into his limbs and bones, as if a great river was rushing through his meridians. The nascent soul in his dantian suddenly opened its eyes, its form became more solid, and the spiritual light around it was even brighter than before.
With his clones combined, his spiritual power was approaching the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
Although his cultivation level has not broken through, the depth of his spiritual power far surpasses that of his peers, making him capable of directly confronting cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage without being at a disadvantage.
Chu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, sensing the changes within his body, and nodded slightly after a moment.
After his clones merged into one, he gained a clearer understanding of his own cultivation level.
The Nascent Soul stage is invincible, and reaching the late Nascent Soul stage or even the Great Perfection stage is not difficult at all. However, if you want to break through to the Deity Transformation stage, simply accumulating spiritual power is not enough.
To reach the realm of divine transformation, one must comprehend a unique state of mind.
Artistic conception is a cultivator's profound understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, the myriad aspects of human life, and their own path of cultivation.
It cannot be obtained through secluded cultivation, nor can it be obtained through murder and plunder.
It requires experience, reflection, and a profound understanding that arises from the depths of one's heart and perfectly aligns with one's own path.
Wang Lin's journey to the land of the ancient gods lasted for two hundred years.
During those two hundred years, Wang Lin experienced countless life-and-death trials. After emerging, he sought revenge against the Teng family. Finally, in the Four Sects Alliance, he transformed into a mortal and comprehended his own understanding of life and death, stepping into the realm of the God.
Next, he plans to go to a level four cultivation country, where he can transform into a mortal and comprehend the essence of the realm.
Transcending to the mortal realm is a path many cultivators choose before breaking through to the Divine Transformation realm.
Set aside cultivation and spiritual power, live among ordinary people as a mortal, experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, joy and sorrow, and seek the seeds of profound meaning in the most ordinary human life.
Chu Yuan formed hand seals again, and his clone split off once more.
"With my clones combined, my spiritual power is approaching the late Nascent Soul stage. To break through to the Divine Transformation stage, I must comprehend my own unique realm of intent."
Chu Yuan spoke slowly, his voice calm, "Wang Lin's journey to the Ancient God Land lasted a full two hundred years. I intend to go to a fourth-level cultivation country, to become a mortal in a certain place, and to comprehend the essence of cultivation."
He paused, his gaze falling on the clone.
"I'm entrusting the Luohe Gate to you."
The clone nodded, its voice identical to Chu Yuan's: "I will guard this place, you can go with peace of mind."
Chu Yuan nodded and said no more.
He stood up, took one last look at the cave where he had stayed for so long, and with a wave of his hand, the stone door of the cave slowly opened.
The outside light poured in, illuminating his face, creating an interplay of light and shadow.
The next moment, his figure disappeared into the cave.
Chu Yuan's aura completely left the territory of Xuanwu Kingdom, disappearing into a more distant place.
The clone sat upright in the cave. From this moment on, he would take Chu Yuan's place, guarding the Luohe Gate.
He raised his hand and took something out of his storage bag.
It was a bead the size of a fist, pitch black, with faint dark red patterns flowing across its surface, like countless tiny blood vessels wriggling within.
Inside the bead, countless points of light could be faintly seen moving about. These points of light were densely packed, numbering in the thousands. Some were bright, some were dim, some were as calm as water, while others were colliding wildly, as if they were about to break free from the bead's restraints at any moment.
Soul-Destroying Bead.
This item was something Chu Yuan accidentally obtained from the storage bag of a cultivator from Xuanwu Kingdom during the great war.
The bead is small, but its function is extremely simple: to store souls.
No matter what kind of soul it is, or how high or low its cultivation level is, once it is captured, it will be trapped inside the bead forever, unable to escape or dissipate, until the bead is broken or the soul is released.
After accumulating from several major battles, the Soul-Destroying Pearl now contains as many as three thousand souls.
Most of them were the souls of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators, with countless others in the Qi Condensation stage. Even more precious were the six souls of Nascent Soul cultivators, six of whom Chu Yuan had personally killed.
Thousands of souls, six nascent souls.
Such a quantity of souls, placed in any soul-refining sect, would be enough to forge an extremely terrifying soul-path magic weapon.
pity.
Chu Yuan shook his head, held the Soul-Slaying Pearl in his palm, and examined it carefully for a moment.
He cannot use his soul, nor does he understand any soul-related supernatural powers.
In his hands, the Soul-Destroying Pearl was nothing more than a container for storing souls. It was a pity that he had a treasure mountain but could not mine it.
If he were in the Soul Refining Sect, these souls would be enough for him to refine a Thousand Soul Banner.