Chapter 891: Chapter 59: Flame Throne, Virgin Soul Destruction
"Lord Haoyue has already left, and the talent test will soon continue. For now, you should each activate your branding of hell seekers, complete the formal badge record, and then enter the corresponding sect power based on the talent light obtained."
"Additionally, Zhou Yan, stay behind; I have something to discuss with you."
Zhuge Tianchen instructed.
Around Zhou Yan, more than ten cultivators all bowed and followed suit.
Zhou Yan also activated his badge, officially becoming a true hell seeker. Although his hell seeker star level is somewhat lower than the other cultivators and not yet formally a Divine Level One Star hell seeker, Zhou Yan was still very satisfied.
This was all thanks to Zhuge Tianchen’s efforts for him; otherwise, it would have been even more troublesome.
After these were completed, this side of the venue gradually emitted a soft and white light, which appeared on each cultivator.
After the white light, the cultivators were transmitted away.
In the field, only Zhou Yan and Zhuge Tianchen remained.
"Zhou Yan, forget about the previous matters; just pretend they didn’t happen."
Zhuge Tianchen said.
He seemed to think highly of Zhou Yan, giving Zhou Yan a feeling of being well cared for.
Zhou Yan knew that the other party might be paying special attention to his combat power and his powerful Dragon Soul Soul Energy; it might also be due to deeper reasons.
"I will."
Zhou Yan said seriously, "If you don’t forget, what else can you do? Cultivators must always look forward."
"Indeed, I mean the words Jade Fox Fairy said about things like the Mechanical Allspirit Tribe and clone failures; don’t take them to heart. The Jade Fox Clan’s charming ability is invincible, feared across the Ten Thousand Realms. This charming ability can even enchant the core Dark God Throne of our Dark Divine Realm, so you need not worry about it. If you truly wish to know about such matters, you might learn a bit on the battlefield of the Outer Heaven Demon Domain. Of course, knowing this now would indeed be of no benefit."
Zhuge Tianchen said.
"I see. So, Guardian Lord, could you enlighten me—what exactly are the core Realm and throne?"
Zhou Yan pondered and suddenly asked.
"Well... knowing it is alright. You know, the realm of the Venerable Limit is condensing a soul embryo, achieving a soul baby, achieving immortality, right? Besides soul embryos, there is another type of strong being that doesn’t give up their physical body and consolidates their body into a ’throne.’
’Throne’ is the immortal soul soldier of a soul embryo, also the ’armor’ or ’clothing’ linked to the heartblood of a soul fetus."
"Condensing a ’throne’ is easier than condensing a soul embryo; a ’throne’ can also aid in consolidating a soul fetus, offering many benefits."
"However, there’s an extreme danger in condensing a throne, as it might suppress and kill the soul embryo due to the inseparable nature of the body and soul; forcibly dividing them is very risky."
"In such cases, if the soul fetus forms but suddenly dies, it leaves a soul destruction."
"Some immortal thrones exist alone without an owner, indicating the existence of venerable or even immortal soul destructions."
"The most renowned is outside our Dark Divine Realm, in a Fiery Flame Domain, where there exists a ’Flame Throne,’ which is the throne of a Virgin Soul."
"Each Great Domain has the qualification to achieve one immortal throne, and it can only achieve one immortal. Our Dark Divine Realm, known as ’Dark God Seat,’ will one day achieve a throne as ’Dark God Throne.’
The future ’Dark God King’ will acquire this throne, refining and merging it with their blood and bones. Then, our Dark Divine Realm will be like the ’Heavenly Thunder Domain,’ ’Blue Water Domain,’ ’Fiery Flame Domain,’ and become an open Great Domain."
Zhuge Tianchen did not conceal what he knew and informed Zhou Yan.
"Speaking of which, let’s discuss the ’Mechanical Allspirit Tribe.’ The Wanling Clan is an Innate Spirit Race, favored by heaven. Among them is a tribe called ’Mechanical Clan.’ The ’Mechanical Clan’ possesses a very strong ability: ’creation.’ They extracted various advantages from other races of the Wanling Clan, created together, and replicated the Mechanical Allspirit Tribe within their clan, yet unknown changes occurred, aligning with races from the Outer Heaven Demon Domain.
Currently, the so-called ’clones’ refer to the term given to Wanling Clan geniuses replicated by the Mechanical Clan, who were embedded within our domain and had their true identities discovered."
"In truth, ’clones’ indeed exist, as a clone once appeared of a Divine Fist Venerable who was in our Dark Divine Realm, thus was immediately discovered and slain by our realm."
Clones are generally slain, destroyed, or refined with Ancient Array Refining to prevent rebirth."
"However, Lord Jade Fox mentioned you only as a simple charming technique to deter the two, hoping both girls will give up on you."
"Given their talent, if they devote wholeheartedly to cultivation, their future achievements are limitless."
"Moreover, you possess thirteen strands of soul energy and powerful combat power, which clones cannot possess."
"Clones cannot possess soul energy, nor can they possess the Dragon Soul Soul Energy of the Ancient Dragon Soul. Moreover, if not for your poor soul body talent, your talent would have long surpassed Zhou Ying based on this Dragon Soul Soul Energy."
So, it’s actually reasonable that you can enter the Sky Sword Sect."
Zhu Ge Tianchen thought for a moment, then explained.
"I’m afraid it’s not just that..."
Zhou Yan pondered, then suddenly said: "If we really were to act irresponsibly, then for Lord Jade Fox to have Zhou Ying and Ping’er focus wholeheartedly on cultivation, she would probably kill me, then claim that a clone should die, should be killed, and bear no responsibility, right? This is also a part of the reason why you don’t want to explain, isn’t it? Your sudden closeness to me before was actually to protect me, fearing that Fairy Jade Fox might unexpectedly strike at me, right?"
Zhou Yan’s words were so direct that even Zhu Ge Tianchen was left astonished.
After a long while, Zhu Ge Tianchen finally said with a bitter smile: "Could you not be so smart? It’s enough that you understand such things, why say it... In fact, for the sake of two such outstanding geniuses, anything is worth doing, right? Sumeru Immortal Mountain wouldn’t hesitate to go to war with the Dark God Domain to take away two girls, and killing you is just a thought away. However, they ultimately did not act, so you should not dwell on this matter."
"Sigh."
Zhou Yan sighed, yet in the end, he said nothing more.
In fact, he initially didn’t understand the reason until Zhu Ge Tianchen mentioned the ’clone’ matter, and Zhou Yan finally understood. When Jade Fox Bai Ying mentioned those words, upon seeing Zhou Ying refuse to leave with her, she already intended to kill him.
Zhou Yan couldn’t describe what he felt.
The Sword Burial Ancestor Star transformed into a plane, yet there were no news of Bai Ying, Gu Xi, and others; upon seeing them here, everything had changed.
Zhou Yan didn’t know which Bai Ying this Bai Ying was from or what different changes had occurred, but he was certain Bai Ying was the Bai Ying of Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain.
Bai Ying wanted to kill him, whether or not she had lost her previous memories, Zhou Yan ultimately felt a bit uneasy about it.
"This world is somewhat cruel, but the Dark God Domain is relatively decent. The other open Great Domains are truly merciless and harsh. Sigh, enough about that. The reason I kept you back is there’s something important I need to remind you of: your soul seems severely injured. If you have the ability, pay attention to the rules and methods in soul refining. Such things exist in the Dark God Domain, but they require a high contribution from Purgatory Refiners. If you don’t recover soon, your condition looks bleak; your soul might gradually weaken, and eventually..."
Zhu Ge Tianchen didn’t say more, but Zhou Yan already understood his implication.
"What about the Heart-soothing Spring? Can it heal this fundamental soul damage?"
Zhou Yan hesitated and asked.
"Heart-soothing Spring? Are you referring to the ’Life Soul Spring’ of the ’Soul Refining Demon Cave’? There’s indeed some news about it recently, and that ’Soul Refining Demon Cave’ has a realm suppression, suitable only for cultivators below Divine Spirit Five Transitions to enter. But likely, it’s another trap set by the remnants of the Outer Heaven Demon Domain to harm talents or a trap by the Wanling Clan to seize the soul power and essence blood of genius cultivators, it’s not trustworthy. However, if it’s true, it would indeed solve your injuries without any problem. But I advise you to enter the Sky Sword Sect and then slowly accumulate contributions by completing some ’training’ tasks posted by the Dark God Domain."
Zhu Ge Tianchen suggested.
"I understand, thank you for your guidance, Guardian. Then, I have one last question I’d like to ask."
Zhou Yan hesitated.
As he said this, Zhou Yan looked directly at Zhu Ge Tianchen, without avoiding his gaze.
"Is there anything else? Ask away."
Zhu Ge Tianchen didn’t mind, he was quite amiable, seemingly behaving the same to everyone.
"I wonder why the Guardian regards Zhou Yan with such special consideration? Can you tell me the real reason?"
While speaking, Zhou Yan’s gaze was fixed on Zhu Ge Tianchen’s aged yet incredibly profound eyes.
Zhu Ge Tianchen was taken aback but did not avoid Zhou Yan’s gaze. After a moment of slight silence, he said: "Because you remind me of someone, someone who is like a benefactor who saved me."
"Is it Divine Fist Venerable Lee Ran?"
Zhou Yan asked back.
"Hmm, it seems you know as well. Yes, it’s him. Perhaps, you might even be related to him? You have a trace of the same aura as him, and in this Dark God Domain, only I can sense this trace. So, when Lord Jade Fox claimed you were a clone, I was certain you were not and secretly protected you, preventing her from acting on her murderous intent."
Zhu Ge Tianchen did not hide anything, explaining directly.
"I see. So, when I asked if you were Zhu Ge Wuwei, you already knew, didn’t you?"
Zhou Yan asked with a bitter smile.
"That’s right. Divine Fist Li Venerable imparted to me the Heavenly Mechanism Skill, and you have the same kind of Heavenly Mechanism Breath on you. As for who Zhu Ge Wuwei is... I truly do not know. Perhaps, he’s someone from the Zhu Ge clan who had a similar opportunity as I did."
Zhu Ge Tianchen did not hide anything, saying so.
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