Chapter 881: Chapter 49: Method of Breakthrough, Hidden God Fragment
In Zhou Yan’s perception, within the domain space collected by Fang Tianhao, there are all sorts of bizarre artifact refining resources and alchemical materials. However, these items are very rare, and even of the alchemy dao and artifact dao that Zhou Yan knows, he can only identify a small portion of them.
The rest are the currency for survival in this Dark Domain—Soul Stones, which are those that do not contain Immortal Divinity.
The top-grade Ice Soul Stones that Zhou Yan obtained in the Ancient Ice Glacier can barely serve as the ordinary currency here.
Within the space stored by Lan Ji, however, was an eye-opener for Zhou Yan. Among them was an object resembling a man’s private parts, thick and large, with the function of automatic intense motion, moist on the surface with bits of sticky fluid.
Besides these, there were also a large number of peculiar objects of similar nature, almost astounding Zhou Yan.
He never would have imagined that the mature and voluptuous Lan Ji, mimicking Ping’er, would have a preference for these things.
Zhou Yan felt that such a quirky and heavy-taste woman transforming into the image of Ping’er was simply a defilement of Ping’er.
With a thought, a gigantic Gray Dragon suddenly appeared in the sea of souls, the Gray Dragon ignored Lan Ji, and suddenly spewed forth a fierce Dragon Breath flame.
Now, although even the Silent Annihilation Purple Flame has transformed into a rule and is not comprehensible, Zhou Yan can fall back on using basic Purple Flame abilities, combined with the Dragon Soul’s Dragon Breath form, a blaze of Dragon Breath and Dragon Flame was unleashed. Zhou Yan applied the refining technique, directly refining Lan Ji’s Divine Body entirely, including those endless perverse items, then discarding the undesired items, letting Zhou Yan finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After everything was refined, however, there appeared an ancient golden fragment-like object in this space, but this golden fragment was not incomplete, rather it was completely intact, like a perfectly preserved, exquisitely detailed golden maple leaf.
On the leaf, there are hidden Tai Chu Rune scripts that cannot be fully perceived.
Zhou Yan’s Divine Soul identified for quite a while, before vaguely deducing that the scripts on the golden leaf should be the name of a cultivation technique, named ’Hidden God Chapter’.
Zhou Yan did not derive further, but temporarily stored it away, then used powerful soul power to stimulate Lan Ji.
Suddenly, a fierce and intense stimulus caused Lan Ji’s Divine Soul to finally clear for a moment, whereupon she shrieked, and her Divine Soul once again knelt on the ground, trembling, "Please, don’t kill me, I—I know of a ’Secretly Hidden Land’ that possesses ’Venerable Domain Battle Qi’, which can help the predecessor enhance endless combat power and comprehend powerful Domain Rules. I’m valuable, please don’t kill me."
"Where have you placed Xiong Ba and Ping’er?"
Zhou Yan ignored Lan Ji’s claim, and instead asked in a deep voice.
Through this method, Zhou Yan also found that the Dragon Flame carrying the Purple Flame Breath had a powerful destructive and suppressive effect even on the Divine Souls within the Great Domain.
This made Zhou Yan feel as if he had found a brand new method of refining Divine Souls.
Strength that is difficult to refine seems to be able to be crafted into Soul Pills through alchemical methods, and serves just as effectively as medicinal herbs.
Zhou Yan pondered, but his steps did not stop, sensing with soul power in all directions, yet unable to find the traces of Ping’er and Xiong Ba.
Therefore, his attitude grew colder, his words filled with killing intent.
"They...they were taken away by the guard team. Presumably, the girl should now have entered the Fang Clan. As for the Bear Demon, the Bear Demon...I, Lan Ji, just happened upon and thus developed a desire for mating... had a little interest in the Bear Demon’s Blood Qi and Rune Language, spare me."
Lan Ji’s Divine Body had already been annihilated, her Bloodline nearly abolished, leaving only her Divine Soul unscathed, yet it was suppressed in Zhou Yan’s soul sea, unable to move, only bowing incessantly pleading for mercy.
"Spare your life?"
Zhou Yan condensed his own body image in the sea of souls, coldly gazing at Lan Ji.
Beside Lan Ji, Fang Tianhao also regained clarity. As a soul body now, how could he not understand the situation at hand?
Fear and despair were displayed on his face, clearly, Fang Tianhao understood that someone who could easily see through Lan Ji’s transformation technique and instantly render both of them powerless was no ordinary cultivator.
This time, they truly stumbled.
If only he wasn’t accustomed to acting wildly in Quicksand Town, how else would he end up in such a state this time?
Fang Tianhao suddenly regretted not listening to his clan leader father and going to Tianxing City to participate in the Purgatory Refiner’s training, to toughen up and broaden his horizons.
But, in this world, there are no ’ifs’, what has happened has happened, and regret is useless.
Zhou Yan wouldn’t care about Fang Tianhao’s thoughts.
At this moment, Zhou Yan carried a cold sneer with a hint of sarcasm and said, "Spare your life, did you think of sparing us when you made a move? Tell me all you know about the related hidden treasures, and I will give you a quick death. Otherwise, with the use of catastrophe fire to burn your soul, I will make you neither able to live nor die!"
"You—you can’t do this, kill me if you must, a Soul Refining method! This is—this is in violation of the Great Domain Tao, an evil spirit method of the Yin Spirit and Resentful Spirit Clan!"
As Zhou Yan was speaking, Lan Ji suddenly looked up sharply, as if in disbelief at Zhou Yan.
She seemed shocked that Zhou Yan could utter such words.
Zhou Yan vaguely guessed that perhaps within the Great Domain, slaughtering, and plundering treasures might frequently happen, and the law of the jungle might be present, but ruthless methods like soul devouring and soul refining should not exist.
Otherwise, Lan Ji would not show such an expression.
"Speak!"
Zhou Yan’s tone was unmistakably forceful.
At this moment, Ping’er was quite stubborn, biting her lips, saying nothing. She couldn’t believe that the man before her could remain indifferent to her soul body, filled with endless allure and grievances, pitiful as it was, with a heart as hard as stone. Nor did she believe Zhou Yan could perform such an evil soul refining technique.
Though Zhou Yan had already destroyed her Divine Body before, the sensation wasn’t intense, and she wasn’t too aware, hence her ignorance bred courage.
"You think I can’t do anything just because you won’t speak? I see you don’t understand the situation yet!"
Zhou Yan snorted coldly, the Gray Dragon in his Soul Sea directly exhaling soul power, with Zhou Yan’s War Beast Dragon Soul treating Ping’er like a Divine Medicine for refining.
Such methods were brutal and bloody.
"Squeak—Squeak—"
The constant trembling sound of soul bones emanated from every part of Ping’er’s soul body, the manifested dragon soul form of Zhou Yan exuding terrifying destructive aura.
Endless pain emanated from Ping’er’s Divine Soul, a sensation of torture almost worse than death causing her to utterly collapse in an instant.
"You, you are from another Great Domain? How can you break through the Immortal Soul Suppressing purgatory lock and enter our completely self-sealed Dark God Domain? You, I, no, I’m speaking nonsense, I don’t know your origin, nor will I disclose any secrets..."
As Ping’er spoke, she herself felt a sense of despair, a discovery filling the eyes of her soul body with endless fear.
This secret was too terrifying.
Once there is an outsider in the Dark God Domain, it would indicate an indescribable disaster will befall this gigantic entity, the ’Dark God Domain’.
Ping’er knew there was no chance for fortune, and all the negative emotions in her heart emerged at once, a yearning for soul devouring despair filled her mind, combined with Zhou Yan’s soul refining techniques, Ping’er finally felt utterly hopeless.
She didn’t even want to beg anymore, knowing that wanting to die swiftly now was extremely difficult.
She would endure endless torment, and the dragon soul before her was definitely an evil Outer Domain intruder.
It was only evil cultivators from the Outer Domain that possessed such nefarious soul refining and soul devouring techniques that bordered on the criminal.
Ping’er suddenly felt regret, regretting giving herself importance, regretting being too self-indulgent, arrogant, and even ignoring Fang Tianhao’s advice. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have resulted in such a tragic outcome.
However, regret was already futile.
Ping’er’s resolve had abandoned her, and she simply sighed and said, "I’ll tell you everything, spare me a swift death."
"I won’t believe what you say though. Abandon your soul power resistance, I will use soul searching technique, it will cause you great pain, but the more you resist, the more painful it will be."
Zhou Yan said coldly.
Ping’er was stunned, suddenly realized: "You made me utterly hopeless, unable to resist, then used both kindness and intimidation, to make me submit, then capture my memories, such deep calculation, such ruthless tactics... Losing to someone even the true purgatory refiners fear, I, Ping’er, accept it wholeheartedly."
Ping’er suddenly understood everything but could only smile bitterly.
Zhou Yan, however, paid no heed to Ping’er’s words and directly used the Swallowing Heaven Divine Skill and alchemy method to attempt, combining techniques from past planes traced back by Time Origin, barely managed to search for some of Ping’er’s memories.
Ping’er’s memories contained many of those abusive, confined passionate perverse entertainment methods, not just with humans but also with beasts and artifacts, violent processes, but Zhou Yan merely touched them before immediately discarding them.
Within Zhou Yan’s search, he finally found some very important memories, which played a crucial role in his understanding of this Dark God Domain.
Zhou Yan continued searching, discovering more astonishing secrets, but due to the ruthless methods, Ping’er’s soul body could no longer withstand the search, suddenly ’puff’, it shattered.
Soul power spread out, as if elevated to the utmost temperature, while floating within the Soul Sea, suddenly ’sizzle’, it ignited, eventually transforming into an incredibly pure soul liquid, falling into Zhou Yan’s Soul Sea.
Soul Sea, now merely the domain of the dragon soul, yet it was once the Soul Sea.
Zhou Yan found it natural, but saw Fang Tianhao witnessing this scene with an expression as if seeing a ghost, his eyes filled with extreme astonishment.
"You, you, you—"
Fang Tianhao said ’you’ for quite a while, eventually unable to utter another word, but the shock and fear were undeniably genuine.
"Does your Fang Family have information on the ’Heart-soothing Spring’? This Heart-soothing Spring works akin to Vast Qi Soul Liquid, the ultimate Life Soul Spring?"
Zhou Yan coldly questioned Fang Tianhao.
"No, yes, no, really no."
Fang Tianhao was in a panic, completely unable to respond.
His emotions were filled with endless fear, as if something made it completely incomprehensible to him.