Spirit Realm Chapter 647-648

Chapter 647: A Favor

“What are you worried about?”

Li Mu walked down from the floating island and appeared beside the shadow Yu Lingwei created in a flash.

From this angle, they could see the battle between Jiang Zhuzhe and Gongye brothers even clearer.

The blood demon on top of the blood jade two-level Soul Altar let out an earthshaking roar as thick clumps of bloody clouds soared to the sky like giant dragons and shattered the natural clouds on the sky. The malevolent, cruel aura unleashed by the blood demon made many feel as if a terrifying sea of blood was about to break out and flood the very sky itself.

Li Mu had to concentrate his power slightly to protect the clouds around them from being affected. This was so that they could continue to hide their tracks.

“Thank goodness Jiang Zhuzhe hadn’t gotten the Blood Progenitor’s remains from the Graveyard of Gods.” Yu Lingwei sighed quietly.

Li Mu had suddenly fallen silent too.

“Jiang Zhuzhe had already constructed two levels of his Soul Altar, and his soul is as vast as the horizon. If he acquired the Blood Progenitor’s body, then he would be able to fuse with its seven-level Soul Altar in just a hundred years.” Yu Lingwei continued. “If a Jiang Zhuzhe with a seven-level Soul Altar were to appear in the Land of Chaos right now, the consequences… would be unthinkable.”

“So… what do you want to do?” Li Mu frowned.

“Jiang Zhuzhe may have claimed to have come with the intention of helping Blood Fiend Sect survive, his real goal should be the Blood Progenitor’s body. To him, Blood Fiend Sect’s ultimate treasure Bloodthirsty Dragon and the Blood Progenitor’s body are the fastest shortcuts he could get to improve his strength and realm swiftly. There is no way he would let them escape his grasp.”

Yu Lingwei’s shadow continued to flicker. “Jiang Zhuzhe isn’t really cold and ruthless. We know this from the fact that he hadn’t killed Lingye or eliminated Xue Li immediately back then. However, this doesn’t stop him from doing anything that is necessary to achieve his goals. He had shackled Xue Li at first, then eliminated half his soul and his physical body so that Xue Li couldn’t stand in his way and obstruct his plans. However, Xue Li had still gotten the Blood Progenitor’s body through Qin Lie. Given enough time, Xue Li will eventually fuse with the Blood Progenitor’s body and stand on the opposite side of Jiang Zhuzhe. This will prevent Jiang Zhuzhe from ever unifying Blood Fiend Sect.”

Li Mu nodded.

“The Gongye brothers cannot beat Jiang Zhuzhe. Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families are not his Blood Drinkers’ match either. This means that Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families are fated to return with empty hands.” Yu Lingwei’s voice was calm and unhurried. “After Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families go away, Jiang Zhuzhe will definitely act to snatch the Blood Progenitor’s body from Xue Li. Right now, no one among Blood Fiend Sect on the Setting Sun Islands can stop him. If there is no external interference and nothing unexpected happens, then Jiang Zhuzhe will definitely obtain the Blood Progenitor’s body for himself. Once he succeeds, a calamity will eventually descend upon the entire Land of Chaos.”

Li Mu smiled faintly. “You really do share a close relationship with Mo Lingye. In the end, you just want to help the Xue Li and Mo Lingye, don’t you?”

“That is one of the reasons, although my main concern is ultimately the state of affairs of the Land of Chaos. I’m worried that this relatively peaceful place will be engulfed in endless bloodbath in the future.” Yu Lingwei sighed.

“With Sect Master Yu’s strength, there is no way Jiang Zhuzhe will be able to obtain the Blood Progenitor’s body, provided you decide to show up,” Li Mu said leisurely.

“You know it’s inconvenient for me to act in this situation,” Yu Lingwei said helplessly.

“I represent Heavenly Sword Mountain. Do you think it is any less inconvenient for me to act?” Li Mu countered.

“Of course I know that you can’t act either” After a pause, Yu Lingwei said, “But Duan Qianjie does not belong to any force. He isn’t restricted by the unwritten rules between the large Silver rank forces. However, I am incapable of… influencing Duan Qianjie. You are.”

“You want me to ask Duan to act?” Li Mu said smilingly. “Do you know how troublesome it is to owe Old Duan a favor?”

“If this is a favor, then…” Yu Lingwei thought for a moment before saying, “I’ll owe you a favor too in replacement for that favor you will owe Duan Qianjie. What do you think?”

Li Mu was astonished.

He knew that Yu Lingwei and Mo Lingye shared a very close relationship with each other, but he never imagined that Yu Lingwei could go this far for Xue Li and Mo Lingye.

At their level, a favor might be more precious than a Copper rank force or a slightly small continent.

With this favor, he could arrange any junior he wanted into Illusory Demon Sect as a core disciple. He could also demand rare spirit materials that only Illusory Demon Sect possessed and couldn’t be purchased on the outside market no matter how much spirit stones one was willing to pay.

In fact, he could even head to Illusory Demon Sect and seek refuge in case he was in danger.

“How do you know I wouldn’t help Blood Fiend Sect?” Li Mu suddenly asked.

“You share no ties with Blood Fiend Sect whatsoever. The only reason you came today is because of Qin Lie,” Yu Lingwei immediately answered. “The reason Duan Qianjie showed up was also to protect Qin Lie. Although I am unsure why you value Qin Lie so highly, I do know that you don’t care if Blood Fiend Sect perishes or survives. You care only for Qin Lie, don’t you?”

“That’s right.” Li Mu smiled and admitted her assumption frankly. After thinking for a moment, he asked again. “Tell me, today you would rather owe me a favor just so I can ask Old Duan to stop Jiang Zhuzhe. Between the Land of Chaos’ peace, and Mo Lingye and Xue Li, which one is the bigger factor behind your actions?”

“It’s half half,” Yu Lingwei answered.

Li Mu nodded, “Okay then. You have my word.”

“Thank you.” Yu Lingwei said no more. Once she thanked him, her shadow slowly faded into nothingness.

Meanwhile, Li Mu contacted Duan Qianjie.

On the Setting Sun Islands, Duan Qianjie was staring at the intense battle between Jiang Zhuzhe and Gongye brothers on the sky, just like the Scarlet Tide Continent crowd.

Suddenly, his countenance moved a little.

He narrowed his eyes and communicated with Li Mu through his soul consciousness. It was a while later before he finally nodded with reluctance.

An hour passed by before anyone realized.

Two black tornadoes encircling two Soul Altars and giant voodoo insects suddenly escaped towards Black Voodoo Cult’s direction.

A shrill howl also resounded from inside the tornado.

Every Black Voodoo Cult disciple turned deathly pale after they heard the howl. They immediately ditched their opponents and escaped.

That howl was Black Voodoo Cult’s retreat signal.

The three great families also retreated on the crystalline war chariots and large flying spirit artifacts without hesitation the moment they saw Black Voodoo Cult escaping. They followed at Black Voodoo Cult’s tail.

In the Setting Sun Islands’ sky and waters, the intense stalemate which still existed fifteen minutes ago quickly calmed.

As Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ flying spirit artifacts and ships retreated, many Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island martial practitioners collapsed on the ground in exhaustion.

The Blood Drinkers that had came along with Jiang Zhuzhe were the only ones who were still hunting down Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ martial practitioners spiritedly.

The voodoo poison that surrounded the area was also purified slowly by the sea wind after the voodoo insects had scattered.

On the three corpse-littered islands, the martial practitioners who were holding themselves in light shields finally dispelled the shields and breathed in a mouthful of fresh air.

Xue Li, Blood Fiend Ten Elders, Xing Yumiao and the others all descended from the sky and returned to the island.

A long distance away, the boundless blood Jiang Zhuzhe had conjured quickly withdrew unto itself until even Jiang Zhuzhe’s blood demon had vanished from sight.

Qin Lie, who had been utilizing the Limit Sublimation Art to cultivate regained a portion of his soul energy and spirit energy during this time, slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he did so, he saw a wisp of bloody light approaching from the distance like lightning.

“Swoosh!”

The bloody light landed on another island close by and transformed into Jiang Zhuzhe. He stood right in the middle of Xue Li and Blood Fiend Ten Elders.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhuzhe’s Blood Drinkers were continuing their mission, hunting down all Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ martial practitioners, sucking their blood.

Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island’s martial practitioners had not only suffered terrible casualties during this prolonged battle, but also completely exhausted after the fact.

Jiang Zhuzhe, possessing a two-level Soul Altar and having defeated the two Gongye brothers had brought with him a terrible pressure when he finally showed up before Xue Li and the others.

“Senior Brother, give me the progenitor’s remains. Your soul is too weak, and your former realm is too low. It will take you too long to fuse with the progenitor’s body, and that will keep Blood Fiend Sect from rising quickly.” Jiang Zhuzhe’s eyes were scarlet, but his tone was pretty sincere. “If I can get the progenitor’s body, not only will I lead Blood Fiend Sect to glory, I can even guarantee that Blood Fiend Sect will become the ultimate ruler of the Land of Chaos! I can recreate the golden age that our first sect master, Li Xin, first enacted!”

Chapter 648: Battle Soul Crystals!

Without the threat of the Black Voodoo Cult and the three families, Jiang Zhuzhe turned and immediately attacked the body of the Blood Progenitor that Xue Li was possessing.

With the terrifying power of second-level Soul Altar, the Blood Fiend Sect members on the Setting Sun Islands could not stop him.

Jiang Zhuzhe stood between Xue Li and the Blood Fiend Ten Elders.

“In your hands, Blood Fiend Sect has no future!” Xue Li shouted angrily.

“Senior Brother, you are as pedantic as in the past, you will never change.” Jiang Zhuzhe shook his head and sighed. “You are so traditional, how can you adjust to present times? The reason that Black Voodoo Cult is so prosperous and strong is because Jiang An is just as ruthless as I am. His method of using bodies to nourish voodoo insects and quickly increase the power of their members is not very different from my cultivation method based on drinking blood. Look at the present Black Voodoo Cult, their power in the Land of Chaos is just below Terminator Sect! And you, if you could accept me in the past, with the two of us working together, Blood Fiend Sect wouldn’t have fallen!”

“And if you hadn’t drunk human blood, would Blood Fiend Sect have been destroyed?” Xue Li said darkly.

“Actually, the fighting between us and Black Voodoo Cult never stopped. Even if I had not drunk human blood to cultivate, Black Voodoo Cult would have found some other excuse to attack Blood Fiend Sect,” Jiang Zhuzhe explained patiently. “This is due to the struggle between our progenitor and the Voodoo Progenitor, from when Blood Fiend Sect and Black Voodoo Cult had just begun their existence in the Land of Chaos. The fighting has never stopped. A thousand years ago, Black Voodoo Cult secretly started to use people to nourish voodoo insects and the their power skyrocketed. If Blood Fiend Sect remained the same at the time, Black Voodoo Cult would have come attacking Blood Cloud Mountain Range sooner or later.”

“And because I saw the danger to our sect, I stepped onto this bloody path!”

“The reason we were attacked was because the path I chose was faster than Black Voodoo Cult nourishing voodoo insects with people! It was all because others were afraid, afraid of our sect reaching an unfathomable level of power, that other sects helped Black Voodoo Cult eliminate us!”

“Senior Brother, you and Junior Sister being alive and able to reunite as a family is because I have repeatedly been merciful!

“But I hope that you will stop trying to stop me!”

“As long as I am alive, don’t even think of doing as you please, Jiang Zhuzhe!” Xue Li shouted.

“Ah, if that’s the case, then I will restrain you for another hundred years!” Jiang Zhuzhe’s eyes flashed with a bloody light as he said, “A hundred years later, I will release you. At that time, you will see that my path had been right! Blood Fiend Sect will be standing on top of all the other factions!”

“Blood Fiend Ten Elders!” Xue Li ordered.

“It’s useless.” Jiang Zhuzhe shook his head. “The blood demon they would form from their essence blood may be able to deal with one of the Gongye brothers, but it cannot defeat me.

“Because my knowledge of the secret arts of Blood Fiend Sect is far above theirs!”

Countless rays of bloody light suddenly flew out of Jiang Zhuzhe’s body to form bloody ribbons slithering between people like snakes.

The blood of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders started to flow in an unusual fashion. They immediately lost control over their blood.

Xue Li’s plan had been immediately stopped in its tracks.

Even his face was flushed red. The blood in his vessels was boiling unusually. Even he was affected by Jiang Zhuzhe’s power.

“Do not move, I do not want to kill one of my own.” Jiang Zhuzhe’s tone was calm as he reached out towards Xue Li’s forehead. He seemed to want to pull out Xue Li’s soul.

On the opposite island.

Qin Lie felt helpless. He watched as Jiang Zhuzhe moved against Xue Li. No matter how hard he thought, he could not think of a solution.

The two-level Soul Altar Jiang Zhuzhe was like an enormous and uncrossable abyss for the current him.

The difference in cultivation realms between the two was too great.

Even if he could enter the body of the Blood Progenitor with his soul, the power he could control wasn’t even close to the power Xue Li could muster. And his own strength? It was far too insufficient, he stood no chance.

Duan Qianjie’s eyebrow twitched.

He was ready to interfere with Jiang Zhuzhe’s next actions.

Dian Qianjie suddenly raised his head to look at the sky, a hint of shock flashing through his eyes. His hand that had been rising suddenly stopped.

Jiang Zhuzhe also seemed to feel something. He stopped moving towards Xue Li and looked into the sky.

Even further away, Li Mu within the sea of clouds also changed expression.

“Whoosh!”

The Demon Sealing Tombstone that had been originally in the spatial ring suddenly floated out of its own accord as Qin Lie remained motionless. The Demon Sealing Tombstone suddenly floated into the sky.

“Arrgh!”

The eight god corpses suddenly gave off low howls in unison. Their eyes were fixed on the sky.

What came was a relentless and ancient fighting resolve that swept in like storming clouds that had travelled tens of thousands of miles from the ends of the world.

“Pure battle soul projection! This is the immortal battle soul!” Hong Bowen of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders shouted.

Qin Lie shook.

At this time, a deep and ancient voice speaking god language roared in his mind.

It was the same voice as the one he had heard when his blood essence had been absorbed by the Demon Sealing Tombstone!

He suddenly looked up to peer into the depths of the clouds.

With his low cultivation, he should not have been able to see anything. Yet for some reason, when he looked into the sky, he could clearly see a majestic scene.

Within the clouds, a flood of consciousness floated over from unknown places.

There were dozens of them. Each current consciousness resembled a long stream.

There were clear crystals flowing with those currents. It was possible to see mysterious characters within them. He could see short scenes of fights, as well as the scenery and people of the ancient era…

Those were battle soul crystals.

The legends said that in the ancient era, many powerful martial practitioners’ thoughts could form pure crystals. They could imprint their understanding of battle onto them. Those crystals were called battle soul crystals.

Each battle soul crystal was formed by a lifetime’s experiences of a powerful elite, and imprinted with their great understanding of power.

At this time, there were large amounts of battle soul crystals in the currents of consciousness streaming in from far away.

Those battle soul crystals came from unknown and remote places.

When Qin Lie’s blood essence had been consumed by the Demon Sealing Tombstone, it gave off ancient summons, and this seemed to be what came after confirming the location!

These battle soul crystals had to belong to the eight god corpses!

There were too many martial practitioners gathered on the Setting Sun islands but there were not many that felt these currents of consciousness. The ones that could see the battle soul crystals among them were even more scarce.

Qin Lie was one of them.

He saw those currents of consciousness that carried large numbers of battle soul crystals turn into waterfalls and quickly land on the heads of the eight god corpses.

Mysterious and ancient characters flickered on the necks, faces, and skin of the god corpses. Then the auras of the eight god corpses started to furiously rise!

With every second, the eight god corpses seemed to grow stronger!

Battle soul crystals were the most genuine representation of a warrior’s battle experience and their understanding of power.

Even if their intelligence had not completely recovered, when the lost battle soul crystals were put back in, these eight god corpses’ understanding of the martial way and the laws of the universe was quickly recovering.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Enormous waves reached towards the sky. The eight god corpses stood deep in the water as their aura rose, whirlwinds of pure power formed around them.

Those whirlwinds continued to spin, and the power they gave off grew increasingly stronger.

Lightning flashed in the eyes of the eight god corpses. Blinding light also came from their noses, eyes, and ears.

Those were the purest of powers!

The decline of the soul consciousness continued for fifteen minutes. Then, the thought projections that seemed to have come from another world dissipated.

The unknown divine characters on the eight god corpses once again sank back into their flesh. The whirlpools around them started to grow even more terrifying after a period of accumulation.

“Crack crack!”

Strange shattering sounds came from those whirlpools of pure power as though the space itself started collapsing.

“Qin Lie, those power whirlwinds need a vent!” Duan Qianjie suddenly said gravely.

Qin Lie’s eyes lit up as looked towards Jiang Zhuzhe. A thought immediately formed in his mind.

The eight god corpses moved in unison, eight pairs of eyes locking onto Jiang Zhuzhe. The power whirlwinds around them started to slowly move.

Jiang Zhuzhe’s face changed color.