Chapter 905: Chapter 73: Becoming a Yin Spirit
“Hidden God Transforming, Gate of Creation.”
Zhou Yan stared at the golden leaf in his hand, carefully experiencing the changes in the runes on it, with a thread of enlightenment in his heart.
Zhou Yan couldn’t comprehend much.
But he knew that if even he, a cultivator with the Ancient Evil Heart, the Nine Orifice Exquisite Heart, and Thirteen Soul Qi, couldn’t understand it, then it would be even harder for other cultivators to comprehend.
Despite the difficulty in comprehending, Zhou Yan did not feel a single bit of discouragement.
“These runes are pure Tai Chu Runes. The aura within is also a very ancient Tai Chu aura. However, when the two combine, they create such strange changes, so unbelievable. Within this, the connection lies with the power of divinity.”
“Gods die, demons perish. Yet divinity exists forever in heaven and earth. Divinity, is the immortal and undying essence.”
Zhou Yan muttered to himself as he walked alone between the mountains and waters, comprehending the Tao by himself, and experiencing a unique spiritual advancement on his own.
After comprehending some insights from the Hidden God Fragment, Zhou Yan understood a method of transforming the divine soul from this fragment. This transformation mentioned the ‘Soul-controlling’ spell.
And ‘Soul-controlling’ precisely corresponded to an ability of the sword body Zhou Yan possessed, so he immediately grasped it deeply.
His plan to go to the ‘Soul Refining Demon Cave’ was temporarily dismissed, and he was not in a hurry at all.
On his journey, Zhou Yan traveled by sword flight and occasionally studied the Hidden God Fragment, understanding the profoundness within the ‘Soul Control Chapter’. He used the soul path to subtly refine with thunder, performing a cleansing refinement on his divine soul.
This process could naturally not be called comfortable, as soul refining is inherently painful, but Zhou Yan was already accustomed to the pain, so he no longer felt it as suffering.
Along the way, Zhou Yan thereby stabilized the realm of his Divine Spirit First Transformation, despite suffering soul loss due to destructive forces. However, it was stabilized because of the Hidden God Fragment, and along with the transformation after refining the divine soul, this soul loss was temporarily suppressed, allowing the Dragon Soul Form’s Dark God Domain to tend towards stability.
The range of Zhou Yan’s soul power sensing naturally expanded multiple times, enhancing his sword flight speed several folds.
“Buzz——”
As Zhou Yan was flying by sword, he suddenly felt an object on him begin to emit a scorching halo. He activated his intention, took out the object, and it was the inner sect disciple token from the Sky Sword Sect, which was emitting a burning light.
Zhou Yan held the token, activated a soul power, causing the token to emit a white light beam for transmitting messages.
Within the light beam, a white-clad figure suddenly appeared, and this figure bore an incredible resemblance to the one once known as ‘Chen Tianjian’, the ‘Hou Tianjian’.
Zhou Yan, upon seeing this figure, instinctively felt this was ‘Hou Tianjian’, but after carefully sensing this virtual shadow, Zhou Yan knew that this individual was just like Bai Ying, the same as Hou Tianjian, yet no longer the original Hou Tianjian.
The Dark God Domain is a sealed domain, making it extremely difficult for cultivators within to leave this great domain. Even venturing into the deep wilderness of the Star Domain or the Domain Sea would not leave the boundaries of the Dark God Domain.
People from the outside also couldn’t enter unless by coincidence of a synchronized great domain orbit, subsequently breaking through the great domain barrier with immense power, causing a change in the void, making entry barely possible.
So, Bai Ying was not Bai Ying.
Thus, Hou Tianjian naturally wasn’t Hou Tianjian—though Zhou Yan, in fact, could be sure that this white-clad person from the Sky Sword Sect was indeed Hou Tianjian.
“Imperial Decree—all disciples of the Sky Sword Sect must return to the sect within ten days, including new disciples. The sect identity tokens possess a transmission method to the sect, activated by soul power, granting soul power support, and acquiring the sect’s location.
Now, the Ten Thousand Immortals Yuan Jue Cave has frequently shown abnormalities, and the Burial Immortal Land is about to open. Sect disciples will unite under the War Soul Hall’s command, with its ninety-nine subordinate sects, as per the War Soul Hall’s decree, to enter the Burial Immortal Land for the first layer trial.
This time, new disciples should swiftly return, participate in the disciple aptitude assessment, register on record, then be allocated places and resources in the Burial Immortal Land.
Those delaying and missing the time will be expelled from the sect, never to be admitted again.”
The white-clad man was exceptionally handsome, bearing a sword, looking exactly as if emerging from an ethereal illusion like the Hou Tianjian.
His shadow coldly conveyed the message, Zhou Yan silently received the information, yet his expression remained calm.
Having seen that Bai Ying wasn’t Bai Ying, and hearing of Gu Xi’s news, Zhou Yan had already begun to realize that some matters would exceed his expectations.
Now, traveling through the Sky Sword Sect, Zhou Yan encountered this highly prestigious white-clad man, who, according to Zhou Yan’s judgment, had at least the strength of the Venerable Realm, yet was identical to Chen Tianjian.
So, who was he? What is the origin of Hou Tianjian of the Sword Burial Plane or the Sword Burial Ancestor Star? Where exactly did he come from?
The Sword Burial Ancestor Star holds the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain, the Thunderflame Soul Sea, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, the Ancient Tomb Mountain—these exist within a powerful plane, not a mere small planet.
There’s also the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, the Heavenly Destiny Tea Tree, and more.
Additionally, the old acquaintances, each seeming to be cloned, and their true bodies seemed extraordinary, incredibly strong.
Then… who had the ability to replicate such strong individuals, even replicating their personalities exactly, before placing them on the Sword Burial Ancestor Star?
Zhou Yan didn’t want to think, but was compelled into an unfathomably intricate contemplation.
“Sky Sword Sect, this person’s status is so high, could he be the renowned Sky Sword Venerable in the Dark God Domain? The sect master of the Sky Sword Sect… According to other sects, the master of the Sky Sword Sect is often referred to as ‘Master Chen’,… so doesn’t his name mean Chen Tianjian?”
“I am Zhou Yan, from the Sword Burial Ancestor Star. Doesn’t this mean that in this world, there exists a Venerable called ‘Zhou Yan’?”
“Would this Zhou Yan also have the same experiences as I did on the Sword Burial Ancestor Star?”
“Perhaps, I’m just overthinking it.”
“However, if that Chen Tianjian from the Sword Burial Ancestor Star meets the Chen Tianjian of the Sky Sword Sect, what would be the outcome?”
Zhou Yan let his mind wander, and in that instant, his heart was almost in turmoil.
He hadn’t felt such inner turmoil for a long time, and this time his mind was in complete disarray, somewhat bewildered.
“My sole purpose is to become powerful by any means necessary; everything else is irrelevant to me!”
Zhou Yan reined in his thoughts, and after a period of confusion, quickly restored his self-awareness, returning to his usual self.
This was a moment of instability caused by the refining of the Divine Soul after studying the Hidden God Fragment, but it appeared suddenly and disappeared just as quickly.
After this moment of bewilderment, Zhou Yan’s resolve became even firmer.
“Ten days… It seems impossible to obtain the ‘Heart-soothing Spring.’ Unfortunately, without the Heart-soothing Spring, I cannot recover from the Soul Loss, and my realm will be stuck at this Divine Spirit First Transformation. In the Dark God Domain, while Venerables are not many, they are certainly not rare either.
With my combat power, without a Divine Spirit Five Transition-like realm, it’s hard to enjoy life to the fullest.”
“However, now starting and breaking through the Soul Loss is extremely difficult.”
“Once I overcome this step, my realm will immediately soar.”
Zhou Yan muttered to himself, feeling somewhat helpless.
“Heart-soothing Spring, Life Soul Spring… I wonder, apart from the Soul Refining Demon Cave, where else can I find it? Sigh, never mind, let’s first slay the Yin Spirits, complete the Purgatory Refiner’s assessment, and then return to the Sky Sword Sect to figure things out.”
Zhou Yan pondered and analyzed but could not find a better method for advancement.
Although slaughtering Cultivators and devouring their Essence Qi could help him grow, it did no good for the Soul Loss; no method, not even the Xingyi Rebirth technique, could heal the Soul Loss, and the essence of Cultivators was naturally even less capable.
Once the energy of the Divine Spirit First Transformation accumulates beyond the limit, it would instead agitate the Soul Loss, akin to rubbing salt into a wound. Hence, Zhou Yan only devoured the Essence Qi of Cultivators and stored it in his Soul Sea, without assimilating and refining it into his Divine Body and Divine Soul.
…
Zhou Yan made a decision and immediately proceeded towards the Soul Refining Demon Cave with full effort.
Combining his familiarity and study of Void Array Patterns, Zhou Yan occasionally used array patterns to form Void Array Plates, traversing certain distances.
Though not far, it was very effective.
Two days later, Zhou Yan arrived at the location of the Soul Refining Demon Cave. His understanding of the rune structure of the Quicksand Transmission Array and the condensation of the Void Array Plate had deepened significantly.
Zhou Yan’s own Taichu Trace Array Dao had also made substantial progress.
Zhou Yan originally memorized the structure of the Quicksand Transmission Array, and now, combining it with his knowledge and Xuanyuan Ancestor’s mastery of the Taichu Runes, Zhou Yan condensed Void Array Plates on his own, traversing this world, gaining considerable benefits.
After arriving here, due to his in-depth understanding of runes, Zhou Yan enhanced his Spiritual Lotus Armor and added the refining resources he obtained, including the piece of ‘Divine Origin Iron,’ reforged the Spiritual Lotus Armor, and then entered the Soul Refining Demon Cave area.
The Soul Refining Demon Cave encompassed the Demon Cave itself and the surrounding area spanning a million miles.
This was a land of white mountains and black waters, a place of deathly silence.
The winds howled eerily here, with ghostly qi pervasive, and no Cultivators ventured here.
Zhou Yan had already familiarized himself with the Soul Refining Demon Cave.
Upon arriving here, Zhou Yan took a deep breath and used the Heavenly Mechanism Breath he understood to conceal his aura while the Dragon Form Form Shadow Domain of the Dark God Domain enveloped himself.
Zhou Yan condensed a Void Array Plate, traversed away, but appeared to leave the place as if turning back after seeing the Soul Refining Demon Cave.
A streak of white light turned into a virtual shadow in the void, fleeing far away, disappearing into the horizon.
Leaving was a pretense, caution was the reality.
The Killing Spirit Divine Dao aura emerged after a long time, followed by a ghostly shadow, black qi gathered into a black cloud, forming into a sinister and cold Yin Spirit.
This was an unusual Yin Spirit of high-quality Taichu Yin Qi.
This Yin Spirit was precisely Zhou Yan in disguise.
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