Spirit Realm Chapter 705-710

Chapter 705: Did You Ask Me?

La Pu and Qin Lie’s expressions abruptly turned ugly.

Amidst the collapsed frost palaces, Forefather Dark Wind looked surprised by this turn of events as he first glanced at the elderly lizardman, then at the huge dragonman and ultimately at La Pu.

Bai Li and Lu Heng also paled slightly.

“Yao Tian’s ancestor is a benefactor of the Ghost Eye Race, and I personally appreciate Yao Tian a lot. I will not allow anyone to raise a hand against Yao Tian as long as I’m here!” La Pu pondered for a moment before yelling word by word.

An odd light appeared in Qin Lie’s eyes.

The elderly lizardman rubbed his scrawny chin and alternated gazes between La Pu and Qin Lie repeatedly with his dark red eyes. He looked like he was trying to figure out their real relationship.

“What if the old lizard and I both want this human boy?” The huge dragonman opened his big mouth and chuckled, “Your eighth eye hasn’t truly grown yet, has it?”

He didn’t bother to hide the threatening look on his face.

La Pu’s eyes grew darker, “So what?”

“La Pu, you’ve always been a smart guy. You should know that you’re not a match against me or the old lizard with your current strength.” Malice abruptly appeared on the huge dragonman’s face. “If one of us were to attack you, the only thing you could do is run like a rat, and if we were to join hands, you would have no chance of survival! Moreover, we are accompanied by our clansmen. Our people are watching over the entire Frost Island. You… won’t leave Frost Island alive if we were to wish it so!”

“This human is a little special, so you’d best be smart and hand him over, La Pu,” the elderly lizardman began persuading sinisterly.

The two foreign races’ leaders had come to a mutual understanding, and they were playing the “good cop bad cop” routine in attempt to force La Pu to submit.

The situation had suddenly turned both complicated and hostile.

Hui Jia, Qing Luo, and other lizardmen and dragonmen quietly and wordlessly spread out to surround both La Pu and Qin Lie at the center.

La Pu’s gaze grew colder and colder.

Qin Lie was also frowning deeply.

He didn’t expect that he would encounter such a situation after the barriers of the frost palaces were destroyed.

He didn’t understand why the two old monsters of the Lizard Race and the dragonmen had grown interested in him all of a sudden. He didn’t understand why they decided to join hands and force La Pu to turn him in.

Even now, he still had no idea why Hui Jia and Qing Luo were purposely attacking him.

“Forefather…” Lu Heng exclaimed softly.

Forefather Dark Wind waved his hand and made a silencing gesture.

Lu Heng could only shut up.

A strange smile appeared on Forefather Dark Wind’s face. He examined the crowd non-stop while looking very interested in the recent development.

However, he never said a word.

In the end, he looked at La Pu.

“I won’t turn him in without a fight no matter what you people are plotting!” La Pu gritted his teeth as the eyes spread out across his body began to open one after another, “I’ll create a chance for you to escape with my death later. You must focus all of your concentration and capture that chance when it shows up. If you’re lucky, then maybe you can survive…” He sneakily sent a message to Qin Lie.

Qin Lie stared deeply at La Pu once with taut nerves, not saying a word.

He wasn’t going to leave.

He had made up his mind to fight to his death and unleash all of his strength. He would do his utmost to slaughter as many lizardmen and dragonmen as possible.

“It appears that La Pu had made up his mind.” The way the elderly lizardman was tugging at the corner of his mouth showed just how disdainful he felt. “It’s unfortunate that he hasn’t grown his eighth eye…”

“Lucky for us, else he would be able to drag the both of us into the abyss of death even if we joined hands. If that had been the case, we would have had to give up on this human boy.” The huge dragonman laughed sinisterly with a fierce expression on his face.

While the duo was speaking, their auras began to grow at a tremendous rate to the point where the sounds of brewing energy storms could be heard from their bodies. The resulting squalls were extremely terrifying.

A fierce battle was about to unfold at any moment.

“No one seems to have asked for my opinion.”

It was at this moment that the intrigued bystander, Forefather Dark Wind, suddenly let out an odd chuckle.

Several thousand clumps of green flames resembling demon heads or greenish lanterns abruptly flew out of Forefather Dark Wind’s sleeves.

Green flames instantly filled every corner of the frost kingdom. Be it the collapsed or still standing buildings, they were all illuminated by the green flames, turning the whole cave into a scene straight out of the nine hells.

A pure, jade green color also appeared inside Forefather Dark Wind’s pupils. It made him look extremely sinister.

The trio that was about to battle to certain death cast a glance at the completely unrelated Forefather Dark Wind. They weren’t surprised that he had chosen this moment to show off his might.

The elderly lizardman shot an impatient glare at Forefather Dark Wind before saying, “Starting your highway robbery again, Dark Wind? Come on, tell us. What do you want?”

“If we find an ice-type ore vein inside Frost Island, the old lizard and I shall share more than half the profits with you. All you need to do is to keep your hands away from this matter. What do you think?” the huge dragonman also said angrily.

The two foreign races’ leaders knew Forefather Dark Wind quite well. They both knew that he was avaricious and his greed was insatiable, and so they chose to use profits to appease him.

“Oh no no.” Forefather Dark Wind shook his head repeatedly with a devious and cunning smile, “The reason I’m helping him is only because I find him somewhat pleasing to the eye! Also, he’s a human, so I want to help him!”

An obvious light of joy appeared in La Pu’s face when said this. Qin Lie himself was slightly surprised.

“Stop making up excuses!” The elderly lizardman grew more and more impatient. He waved his hands and said, “Dark Wind, stop wasting everyone’s time and tell us what you want. Is it this frost palace that you want?”

“We still have to find that Ice Phoenix after taking out La Pu. Stop causing trouble already!” the huge dragonman also roared angrily.

“So you two really think that I was joking?” The smile on Forefather Dark Wind’s face gradually faded as he took on a dark and merciless expression. His aura grew scarier and scarier. “If it isn’t obvious enough, I’m telling you right now that this human boy is under my protection!”

“What the hell are you doing, Dark Wind?” the elderly lizardman screamed. “He has the bloodline of the Heaven Fighting Race! He isn’t a pure human at all, and while the Heaven Fighting Race’s bloodline is extremely useful to both me and Gu Tuo, it is completely useless to you! Why do you have to interfere?”

“Must you muddle up the waters?” The huge dragonman turned extremely irritated.

The elderly lizardman was called Chi Yan, and the huge dragonman was called Gu Tuo. Both of them possessed the strength of an early stage Imperishable Realm martial practitioner and were extremely deadly characters of the deeper region of the Ruined Lands.

A Ghost Eye clansman could experience a great leap in power and wield strength equal to a human early stage Imperishable Realm martial practitioner if their eighth eye was open.

That was why they didn’t hold La Pu with incomplete eighth eye in high regard at all.

But Forefather Dark Wind was different.

Forefather Dark Wind had established his Soul Altar and achieved the early stage of the Imperishable Realm long time ago. He was an infamous martial practitioner whose reputation was even slightly stronger than theirs.

None of them were certain that they could beat Forefather Dark Wind if they were to clash against him one on one.

That was why they were willing to sacrifice part of their profits to keep Forefather Dark Wind at the sidelines. They were both wary of Forefather Dark Wind’s terrific strength.

However, Forefather Dark Wind was obviously provoking them and had completely ignored the profits they offered. This made them both furious.

“La Pu, take this Yao Tian kid and return to your Seven Eye Island immediately.” The green light in Forefather Dark Wind’s narrowed eyes grew brighter and brighter. The suspending green flames emanated with terrific energy that seemed like they would explode at any moment. “Leave this place to me.”

Both Qin Lie and La Pu looked astonished.

They didn’t understand why Forefather Dark Wind would do this.

“Stop wasting time,” Forefather Dark Wind urged them to move in an impatient tone.

La Pu immediately reacted and grabbed Qin Lie.

Qin Lie resolutely grabbed the Ice Phoenix’s true body beneath his arm pit and moved towards La Pu on his own accord. This was so that La Pu could carry him along easily.

“Let’s go!” La Pu grabbed Qin Lie’s shoulders and summoned thick pure nether demonic energy from inside his body. It wrapped around both of them, turning the duo into a ray of dark shadow that flew out through the giant hole in the ceiling.

“Dark Wind! Do you really think you can fight the two of us alone?” Chi Yan howled sharply.

“We’ll work together to injure Dark Wind first, then return to Seven Eye Island and kill La Pu. After that we’ll capture that boy with the Heaven Fighting Race’s bloodline alive!” Gu Tuo responded.

A new series of explosion erupted at the bottom of Frost Island. Three old demons from the depths of the Ruined Lands unleashed their respective abilities and clashed fiercely against one another.

La Pu took Qin Lie away from this dangerous place.

The moment Qin Lie flew out of the giant hole in the ceiling, he noticed that the entire Frost Island had undergone a complete change. The tall ice mountains that used to stand tall were either destroyed or shattered.

The gorgeous and vast sceneries of Frost island had completely vanished. The only things left were desolate ruins.

Many ice attribute spirit beasts were torn ito pieces and covered up by huge blocks of ice everywhere.

Many dragonmen, lizardmen and Forefather Dark Wind’s subordinates were gathering above the frost kingdom. Even further away, there were plenty of people who were collecting the bodies of spirit beasts and slamming pickaxes at ice mountains in search for ice attribute minerals.

They were all busy with their own thing.

However, when three terrifying auras appeared from inside the island, all humans and foreign races gathered on Frost Island stopped whatever they were doing.

When they received messages from Chi Yan, Gu Tuo, and Forefather Dark Wind, these people immediately began attacking one another and started a new round of battle.

Qin Lie’s expression was dark as he looked at the intense battle happening everywhere on the island while he was grabbed by La Pu with one hand in midair.

“I won’t forget this, dragonmen, lizardmen!” Qin Lie’s heart was ice cold.

“Take down La Pu! Don’t let him to escape Frost Island!” At the bottom, shrill roars erupted from the mouths of dragonmen and lizardmen.

A dozen or so foreign clansmen with the ability to fly immediately soared to the sky and charged toward La Pu.

Chapter 706: Bidding Farewell

“Rrrmb!”

An earthshaking rumble erupted from the bottom of Frost Island. Green flames that looked like gigantic ghostfire, scarlet light, and pitch black bone pieces burst out of the giant hole on Frost Island.

The surrounding dragonmen, lizardmen and Forefather Dark Wind’s subordinates all screamed as they escaped.

This place immediately turned into a catastrophic hell.

At the same time, a dozen or so lizardmen and dragonmen flew up the sky from various places, roared fiercely, and unleashed their power.

“Roar!”

The dragonmen with dragon heads and human bodies roared loudly, causing ripples of sound waves similar to a dragon’s roar to reverberate throughout the surroundings.

Ripples of energy became clear as they spread out along the sound waves.

Many slabs of ice on Frost Island were shattered once more by the combined might of the dragon roars.

Qin Lie himself felt dizzy by the dragon roars. All kinds of illusions appeared in his mind, making him feel like he was clutched by a giant dragon that was tearing into his flesh mercilessly with its claws.

These terrible roars were capable of destroying one’s mind.

“Giant Dragon’s Death Chant!”

La Pu’s expression changed, and he quickly pointed at the back of Qin Lie’s head with his free hand.

All seven of La Pu’s eyes shone with demonic pitch black light at once.

Black demonic shadows abruptly flew out of them, fused with the nether demonic energy and began circling around Qin Lie’s head like devils partaking in a dinner feast.

“Nine Hell Hundred Ghosts!” La Pu said eerily.

A cool and dark aura transformed into sticky black film that wrapped itself around Qin Lie’s ears and head in accordance to La Pu’s movements.

Qin Lie immediately felt like he was thrown into the depths of the Nether Realm, entangled by many demonic shadows. Those demonic shadows unleashed refined nether demonic energy that prevented the Giant Dragon’s Death Chant from harming him.

The illusions that appeared in his head instantly vanished, and the rumbles resounding in his ears were isolated too.

“Get out of my way!”

Wisps of demonic shadows containing a bizarre, soul-shackling aura appeared from all seven of La Pu’s eyes. They attacked the dragonmen and lizardmen that were charging towards them.

“Soul Shackling Evil Curse!”

The demonic shadows transformed into many soul curses that looked like the final transformation of abyssal demons and imprinted themselves on the dragonmen and lizardmen’s bodies.

All the foreign races touched by the soul curses suddenly began to convulse in terrible fear.

Their momentum came to a halt in midair, and they couldn’t continue flying in the sky above Frost Island.

“I am La Pu! Open the barrier for me!” La Pu yelled angrily.

A human martial practitioner dressed in long, green robes who looked a little like Lu Heng suddenly appeared on the thick clouds above Frost Island.

“The forefather has given the order that La Pu may leave the island at any time! Cancel the barrier!” the man ordered.

The thick clouds boiled like hot water and swiftly disintegrated as countless green flames flew out from within.

Together, the green flames formed a terrifying sea of clouds that could annihilate all souls and corrode all beings.

Qin Lie felt his heart skip a beat the moment he glanced at the clouds.

If he had flown into the air without knowing about this barrier, if he came in contact with these flaming clouds, he would probably rot into a pile of fleshless bones immediately and killed.

Forefather Dark Wind was none other than the person who had put down this barrier, and the purpose was to prevent the Ice Phoenix from slipping through his fingers.

The cloud of green flames reformed itself and opened up a bright passage at the center.

“The passage has been opened!” The green robed martial practitioner that looked a little like Lu Heng cried out.

“Thank you, Lu!” La Pu nodded and pulled Qin Lie through the passage of green flames. They had finally escaped Frost Island’s barrier for real.

The moment they went out of the barrier of green flames, a clear, blue sky, white clouds and warm sunlight immediately appeared before Qin Lie’s eyes. It made Qin Lie feel like he was reborn.

“We can’t stay here! Let’s go!” La Pu checked his directions for a brief second before he covered their bodies in thick nether demonic energy and charged towards Seven Eye Island at top speed.

Behind them, the commotion on Frost Island grew scarier and scarier. Loud explosions were resounding non stop from the island.

“We really have to thank Forefather Dark Wind this time,” La Pu muttered under his nose. “It’s strange though. I share no relations with Dark Wind, so why on earth had he helped us? It doesn’t make sense.”

Qin Lie couldn’t answer because of the raging wind around them. He could only listen quietly.

A very long time later, after La Pu had moved away from the islands that were guarded by powerful evil spirits and taken a slightly longer route, they finally returned to Seven Eye Island.

“Boom!”

The thick demonic light landed heavily on Seven Eye Island like a cannonball.

Qin Lie immediately steadied himself and put down the Ice Phoenix’s true body. He said solemnly, “What do we do now?”

“Take this spatial ring!” La Pu forcefully pushed the ring that contained the bodies of many high rank spirit beasts forcefully into Qin Lie’s grasp. “I don’t have time to turn them into dried meat for you, so you’ll have to do it yourself from now on! Chi Yan and Gu Tuo are both infamous in the Ruined Lands, and although they are individually weaker than Forefather Dark Wind, I doubt that even he could hold up against them if they work together! You must leave, and you must leave as soon as possible!”

Qin Lie’s expression was dark. “What about you?”

“I have to tidy up my things, leave and lay low for a while too.” La Pu began tidying up the random assortment of materials inside his house as he spoke, “I may not be able to return to the Ruined Lands until I’ve grown my eighth eye. I’ll be heading to a forbidden land under Black Voodoo Cult’s control and hide there until I find a way to grow my eighth eye. Just do whatever you were going to do earlier, but make sure that you leave the Ruined Lands as quickly and as far away as possible!”

“I was going to head to the Heavenly Silence Continent,” Qin Lie said honestly.

“That is a great choice!” La Pu’s eyes lit up. “Heavenly Silence Continent is domain of Terminator Sect and the number one person in the Land of Chaos, Forefather Terminator! No one would dare cause trouble under his watch. Chi Yan and Gu Tuo may be one of the greatest cultivators in the Ruined Lands, but it would be suicide if they tried to cause trouble in the Heavenly Silence Continent!”

“Won’t you come with me?” Qin Lie thought for a moment before asking, “Terminator Sect and I share an amicable relationship with each other. The reason I’m going to Terminator Sect is to answer the forefather’s call.”

He had never told La Pu about his real objective and special identity.

La Pu had never asked him about it either.

This was the first time he revealed his own situation and identity.

“Forefather Terminator summoned you?” La Pu shook as the light of astonishment sprang onto his eyes. “Was it really Nan Zhengtian?”

Qin Lie nodded.

La Pu sucked in a deep breath before patting Qin Lie’s shoulders. He said strongly, “I knew your identity isn’t so simple, boy!”

But he immediately said in dejection, “I can’t come with you though. I am a member of the Ghost Eye Race. My cultivation and evolution require a special environment where there are plenty of yin energy and nether demonic energy. I need a special area where the plants of the Nether Realm are aplenty. Unfortunately, such a place doesn’t exist in the Heavenly Silence Continent. The Black Voodoo Cult is the only sect that possesses some territories that share the qualities of Seven Eye Island. Therefore, I can only hide and cultivate in those places.”

La Pu paused for a moment before a fierce light flashed past his eyes. “I’ve stayed on Seven Eye Island for over a thousand years, and it has everything I ever possessed! I’m absolutely not giving it up so easily! Once I’ve grown my eighth eye, Chi Yan and Gu Tuo wouldn’t be able to intimidate me any longer. I will return!”

“What about the Setting Sun Islands? Do you think that the territory of Blood Fiend Sect is suitable for you?” Qin Lie said again, “I only need to say a word to Blood Fiend Sect and you will have permission to cultivate there without any worry or prejudice!”

La Pu’s eyes lit up again, and he stared deeply at Qin Lie. In the end, he shook his head with a smile. “It’s still unsuitable, but thank you for the offer. The place I’ve set up at Black Voodoo Cult is my backup plan, so you don’t have to worry about me. Just take care of yourself.”

“Alright.” In the end, Qin Lie nodded in helplessness.

“Wait a moment.” La Pu looked everywhere as the spatial rings on his hands sparkled with black light continuously.

This island contained a lot of special spirit materials. La Pu had also gathered many rare Nether Realm plants.

Just fifteen minutes later, La Pu was ready to go and said, “Come, I’ll send you out of the Ruined Lands one last time!”

Qin Lie knew that they were in a hurry and that it was only a matter of time before Chi Yan and Gu Tuo made their way out of Frost Island and arrived at Seven Eye Island. That was why he didn’t turn down the offer.

He carried the Ice Phoenix’s true body and left Seven Eye Island hurriedly together with La Pu.

La Pu held him with one hand and flew over the territories of many weaker evil spirits in a continuous stream of nether demonic energy. They swiftly exited the boundary of the Ruined Lands.

La Pu finally flung Qin Lie downwards after they were several hundred kilometers away from the Ruined Lands, heading toward the Heavenly Silence Continent.

Qin Lie took out a crystalline war chariot and placed the Ice Phoenix’s human body onto the vehicle too.

“This is as far as I can carry you,” La Pu said.

“Thank you.” A complicated look appeared in Qin Lie’s eyes.

“Take care, and…” La Pu cast a glance at the Ice Phoenix’s human body and said indirectly, “Watch out and don’t burn yourself, got it?”

“You knew?” Qin Lie shook.

La Pu revealed an ugly but proud smile, “The reason I’ve neglected even part of my cultivation is to research every race’s physical structure. While Forefather Dark Wind, Chi Yan, and Gu Tuo might not be able to identify her, my eyes are far better than theirs.”

Qin Lie came to realization thanks to La Pu’s explanation.

“Where is her soul?” La Pu asked casually.

“I’ve sealed it away temporarily,” Qin Lie said honestly.

After braving through a series of hardships together, Qin Lie no longer tried to hide things from La Pu. He didn’t even hide the truth about the Ice Phoenix.

“You’re definitely an impressive kid,” La Pu praised. “Dark Wind, Chi Yan, and Gu Tuo worked hard and long, but you are the one who got all their spoils. Still, you must be careful. Again, watch out and don’t hurt yourself. This phoenix is ridiculously intelligent, so you must be on your highest guard.”

“I will remember this,” Qin Lie said seriously.

“Mn, that’s all. Take care, and let’s hope we meet again!” La Pu vanished into the distance towards Black Voodoo Cult in a streak of dark demonic light.

“Take care,” Qin Lie said quietly.

Chapter 707: Recovery

Atop the vast sea surface, a blue crystalline war chariot was flying unhurriedly toward its destination. It was already thousands of kilometers away from the Ruined Lands.

A young man was skinning a Silver Snake of Profound Ice with practiced movements, making meat skewers and barbecuing it over an ignited Heavenly Flame Crystal floating in midair inside the crystalline war chariot.

It didn’t take long before a fragrant scent began permeating from the meat.

The young man picked up the snake meat with a dagger and ate to his heart’s content beneath the white clouds and blue sky.

It didn’t take long before the entire Silver Snake of Profound Ice was barbecued and eaten into his stomach.

“The refined energy of flesh stored inside a Rank Six Silver Snake of Profound Ice truly is rich.” Qin Lie rubbed his stomach, let out a burp and mumbled to himself in satisfaction.

He had already parted ways with La Pu, and the place he was in now was relatively far away from the Ruined Lands. No matter how powerful Chi Yan and Gu Tuo were, they might not necessarily be able to find out the direction of his escape and catch up to him.

Plus, he had made himself a new face with the fox skin mask the moment he flew out of the Ruined Lands. He now looked like an entirely different person.

He refused to believe that Chi Yan and Gu Tuo could catch up to him following only his scent.

Despite being safe for now, he wasn’t in a hurry to interact with the Ice Phoenix’s soul or release it.

The first thing he needed to do was to recover his strength as much as possible until he was at his peak form.

The recovery of his soul energy and spirit energy inside his dantian’s spirit sea was relatively easy to manage with large amount of spirit stones and pills in his possession.

However, the recovery of his physical strength wasn’t nearly as simple because he had overused his bloodline powers and weakened his own body.

Thankfully, the spatial ring La Pu had given him contained plenty of dead rank five and rank six spirit beasts.

The flesh of the Rank Six Silver Snake of Profound Ice especially contained a tremendous amount of energy and blood. A huge amount of refined energy of flesh had been generated inside his body after he consumed just half the snake.

“Glug! Glug!”

He sat in silence as his stomach expanded and contracted in a strange manner, digesting the snake meat with a special method.

The rich refined energy of flesh was absorbed into his own flesh, internal organs, muscles, and bones through the stomach’s near indiscernible bodily functions.

His fatigue was swiftly fading, and a sharp gleam had returned to his eyes.

Another day passed.

Today, he passed by a desolate island as he drove the crystalline war chariot further and further away from the Ruined Lands.

He crystalline war chariot stopped, and he spread his soul consciousness out like an invisible carpet to scout the island carefully.

Dozens of seconds later, he withdrew his soul consciousness and muttered to himself, “There should be no one on this island.”

While saying this, he landed the crystalline war chariot on a patch of gray brown soil.

Frowning, he finally cast a hesitant look at the Ice Phoenix’s human body.

Although the girl dressed in white clothes felt completely lifeless, her skin looked as bright and clear as ever. It shone with a luster that reminded him of cold jade.

The human girl the Ice Phoenix had transformed into also had an exquisite and flawless face. It looked like the careful handiwork of the greatest sculptor in the world.

Overall, the girl looked like a goddess who had walked out of a painting, or an art piece that had been sculpted from ice. Her grace was infinite.

“It’s time to fulfill the promise.” Qin Lie looked up to the sky.

It was high noon right now, the time when the sun was at its brightest.

After a few days of recovery and eating whole Silver Snake of Profound Ice, he had almost recovered to the peak of his strength.

His soul, spirit energy, and physical body were filled with rich, refined energy. He was currently at the peak of his combat strength.

On top of that, this place wasn’t the frost cave. The Ice Phoenix wouldn’t have absolute frost aura to borrow, and the sun was hot and bright. This environment would keep her from unleashing her true strength, especially since she was grievously wounded.

“I should send the the Demon Sealing Tombstone farther away too,” he muttered. Then, he drove the crystalline war chariot to a coral area a long distance away from the desolate island. He took out the Demon Sealing Tombstone, stuffed it between some rocks and finally returned to the island.

The Demon Sealing Tombstone was extremely sensitive to the Ice Phoenix’s presence. Once the seal on the Ice Phoenix’s body was unlocked, and her soul were to fuse back with her body, the Demon Sealing Tombstone would detect her.

Once the Demon Sealing Tombstone detected the complete aura on her body, it would fly out at the first notice and do its best to seal her away.

At her current state, there was no way she could escape the Demon Sealing Tombstone’s sealing. She would quickly vanish into the Demon Sealing Tombstone, no longer able to interact with him.

“This should be fine.”

It was only after a series of meticulous planning that Qin Lie finally dared to carefully open a tiny gap in the thunder and lightning seal inside the Soul Suppressing Orb with his soul consciousness.

“Whoosh!”

A crystalline, icy light flew out of his forehead. The icy light was actually a flowing frost stream, and it quickly expanded and transformed the moment it flew out of the Soul Suppressing Orb.

Slowly, the icy light turned back into a ball of frost stream. Inside the frost stream, there was a pocket-sized phoenix that looked like it had just woken up from its slumber. It flapped its wings with a bit of sluggishness during the process.

The Ice Phoenix swiftly awakened.

When her soul had flown into the Soul Suppressing Orb and was surrounded by multiple layers of thunder and lightning, she actually lost consciousness.

She didn’t understand why the Soul Suppressing Orb made her feel like her soul was utterly powerless.

When she finally awakened and sensed her true body by instinct, she immediately slipped back into her true body.

The eyelids of the Ice Phoenix’s true body moved and opened slowly after her soul had reentered her body.

A hint of astonishment appeared in her eyes.

To her surprise, she discovered that the soul damage she suffered after she engaged Forefather Dark Wind, Chi Yan, and Gu Tuo in a difficult battle had been greatly diminished.

It was a miracle that absolutely astounded her.

In reality, her physical body wasn’t hurt that badly after the harsh battle at Frost Island. The frost energy of the frost palaces, the absolute frost streams the Ice Emperor had left behind, and many more ice attribute crystals were all capable of healing her wounds very quickly.

In fact, she had consumed a lot of ice attributes crystals the moment she went back to the frost kingdom.

When she encased her body in blood crystal and was recovering using the Ice Phoenix’s secret art, she was also gathering the frost palaces’ frost aura to restore her body.

Therefore, most of the wounds on her physical body were actually gone when she was startled to wakefulness.

What she wasn’t able to truly recover was the severe damage to her soul.

The damage to her soul wasn’t something that could be restored with the frost crystals or frost palaces’ absolute frost aura.

It required a long period of recuperation.

After she woke up, the intense battle she fought against Qin Lie had damaged her soul even further. That was why she had no choice but to submit to Qin Lie’s requirements and relinquish all of her defenses, allowing her soul to enter the Soul Suppressing Orb.

She knew that it might take ten years before the wounds to her soul would finally recover.

However, she discovered that the severe soul damage she suffered had actually recovered by a lot after she came out of the spirit artifact that sealed her earlier.

In her opinion, this occurrence was practically a miracle. It made her feel absolutely astonished.

“Perhaps a very, very long time had passed. Maybe it had been a few years since the time I was sealed.” As she thought this, she quickly asked for verification from Qin Lie, “Where am I? Also, how much time has passed since I was sealed in your spirit artifact?”

“We are currently heading toward the Heavenly Silence Continent, and are about ten thousand kilometers away from the Ruined Lands. There’s no way those people can find us.” Qin Lie’s tone was careless. “I guess it has been, hmm, about four days since the day you were sealed.”

“Four days?!” the Ice Phoenix cried out involuntarily.

Her cry had an odd, extremely sharp timber to it.

It was actually similar to the “Giant Dragon’s Death Chant” unleashed by the dragonmen experts in principle even though they operated at a different level.

Qin Lie subconsciously covered up his ears and frowned. “It’s just four days, so what? Is there something wrong?”

“No, no, nothing’s wrong,” the Ice Phoenix hastily denied it. She couldn’t help but stare with her crystal-clear eyes between Qin Lie’s brows, where the Soul Suppressing Orb was hidden. A thought slowly appeared inside her mind.

“Can we talk properly now?” Qin Lie said solemnly.

“Where’s the Demon Sealing Tombstone?” The Ice Phoenix asked again.

“Relax, I sent it away temporarily,” Qin Lie answered.

“That’s good.” She nodded before observing Qin Lie seriously. She thought about the whole situation for a moment before saying, “I guess you really are a man of your word.”

Qin Lie raised an eyebrow.

“Alright, speak. What do you want to know?” Her expression turned relaxed.

“Jia Yue, the girl who was possessed by you. What on earth has befallen her?” Qin Lie exclaimed.

“I haven’t lied to you about her. She really is fine. I’ve even left some of the secrets of frost inside her mind. When she wakes up, she’ll discover that she is perfectly fine. In fact, she’ll discover that she had obtained a better way to circulate her powers. Overall, it was a good trade for her,” the Ice Phoenix spoke slowly and calmly. “After the Graveyard of Gods had collapsed, my soul had fused with my true body and wasn’t nearly as hurt as it is now. At that time, the Demon Sealing Tombstone no longer posed any threat to me. Therefore, I had no use for the girl’s body. Naturally, there was no reason for me to hang around her body for long either.”

“Is that the absolute truth?”

“I have no reason to lie to you.”

“Why does your bloodline possess the circulation technique of the Ice Emperor’s frost powers? What do you know about the Ice Emperor?” Qin Lie asked again.

“My senior was the Ice Emperor’s closest friend. If we are to go by the definition of you humans, I guess my senior can be counted as the Ice Emperor’s… spirit pet.” Ice Phoenix bit its lip and uttered the words reluctantly.

Qin Lie had guessed this from the beginning. He urged, “Continue.”

“I only know that the Ice Emperor, Flame Emperor, and Thunder Emperor were renowned as the three emperors, and that they were the equal of the five Progenitors. They all possessed exceptional abilities. However, I’ve never seen the Ice Emperor before. Everything I know was told to me by my mother after she had given birth to me,” the Ice Phoenix continued, “When my mother had me, she left the Ice Emperor on her lonesome and went into an auxillary world where Ice Phoenixes gathered. It was there she went to a long period of pregnancy before she finally gave birth to me.”

“But not long after that, while I was still young, the Heaven Fighting Race found our world and attacked us. All adult Ice Phoenixes were captured alive and taken into the Heaven Fighting Race’s auxiliary worlds, where they were penned up and raised together with other high rank spirits like the giant dragons and turned into spirit meat that could restore their bloodline powers. Since I was born at a higher rank, possessed extraordinary intelligence, and was able to cultivate the power of frost, I was posted inside the Graveyard of Gods as the ice spirit who stood guard over the Forbidden Land of Ice.”

“I’ve never seen the Ice Emperor, and I know little about his past. My mother didn’t get to tell me too much about him before the Heaven Fighting Race had attacked us.”

“After that, everything was over. My mother was captured alive and taken away. I was turned into the ice spirit and given the responsibility to guard the Forbidden Land of Ice forever.”

The Ice Phoenix said quietly with a bowed head and sorrowful expression.

“I see…” Qin Lie nodded, thought for a moment, and continued, “Let’s change the subject. What kind of agreement did you have with the first voodoo creature? Also, how many secrets of the Graveyard of Gods do you know?”

The Ice Phoenix didn’t answer immediately. She thought deeply for a moment as if she was choosing her words.

It was a long time later before she finally told Qin Lie what she knew through a slightly awkward sounding human language.

Chapter 708: You Have To Take Responsibility!

The so-called Graveyard of Gods was not a place for the gods to be buried or a place to preserve the corpses of the strongest ancient elites.

The Graveyard of Gods was a divine altar that the Heaven Fighting Race had built. Inside, it had seven spirit bodies guarding the seven forbidden lands used by Heaven Fighting Race to train their descendants and for them to gain experience.

The bodies of the ancient elites, the six Pure Soul Springs, and the corpses of the Blood Progenitor and Voodoo Progenitor in the Land of Buried Gods were the prizes the Heaven Fighting Race used to reward their descendants.

The descendants of the Heaven Fighting Race trained in the seven great forbidden lands, and slowly grew up. They experienced all kinds of tests. Those that succeeded would obtain the Pure Soul Springs, the bodies of the ancient elites including the Blood and Voodoo Progenitor.

Of the rewards, the bodies of the Blood and Voodoo Progenitor and the six Pure Soul Springs were the best prizes.

The bodies of Blood and Voodoo Progenitor weren’t just perfectly preserved, there were Soul Altars hidden deep in their minds.

Seven level Soul Altars!

For the descendants of the Heaven Fighting Race, the six Pure Soul Springs and complete seven level Soul Altars were extremely valuable.

The seven god corpses and the heads that were placed in the Land of Buried Gods were only there to maintain control over the Graveyard of Gods They provided power to the Graveyard of Gods so that it would keep working forever.

The Demon Sealing Tombstone was the key to opening the Graveyard of Gods.

When a Trial of the Graveyard of Gods finished, the descendants of the Heaven Fighting Race that succeeded in the end could use the key to seal the seven spirit bodies.

This meant the true end to a trial.

The descendant of the Heaven Fighting Race that possessed the Demon Sealing Tombstone was recognized as the victor. They could prove themselves to the elders of the Heaven Fighting Race through the Demon Sealing Tombstone. They could receive the trust and recognition of those people. They could also use the key to get other benefits.

“I only know this much. As to what other uses the Demon Sealing Tombstone has, why the six of them could not come out after being sealed and what they changed into, those are not things I’m able to understand.” The Ice Phoenix explained in detail what she knew about the Graveyard of Gods.

Qin Lie seemed to realize that his coincidental meeting with a headless god corpse in the waters near Sea Moon Island and obtaining the Demon Sealing Tombstone was not an accident.

He speculated that because of his arrival and his bloodline, it caused the god corpse to go into a berserk rage.

In other words, the last god corpse that every faction had been searching for might have kept hiding underwater if it wasn’t for his arrival.

It was because of his arrival which alerted the Demon Sealing Tombstone that the god corpse had gone berserk.

Thinking back to how he had thrown up a mouthful of blood when he had received the Demon Sealing Tombstone, and then the unusual peacefulness of the Demon Sealing Tombstone, his thoughts grew even clearer.

It was his blood that had been recognized by the Demon Sealing Tombstone!

This was also why Luo Chen could not cause any response after he stole the Demon Sealing Tombstone, no matter what he did, and had even encountered backlash.

After entering the Graveyard of Gods, the Demon Sealing Tombstone that was in Luo Chen’s possession sensed he was in the Land of Fire, abandoned Luo Chen, and flew towards him.

Thinking over the matter and connecting all the dots pointed at one conclusion. Everything was because he possessed the bloodline of the Heaven Fighting Race.

Even though he had yet to awaken his bloodline, couldn’t release the “blaze” divine characters, and could not use his terrifying bloodline, he still had the blood of the Heaven Fighting Race!

“So this Trial in the Graveyard Gods in the Land of Chaos was opened for me alone from the start!” Qin Lie realized.

With the Demon Sealing Tombstone, it was akin to having the key to opening the Graveyard of God’s Trial.

It was because of him that the Graveyard of Gods had come alive and exhibited its wonders.

If it was not for him, if he did not have the Demon Sealing Tombstone and entered the Graveyard of Gods, maybe nothing would have happened in the Graveyard of Gods.

The participants from the other nine Silver rank forces were there just to make up the numbers. They were to accompany him during his Trial in the Graveyard of Gods.

He was the reason that the Graveyard of Gods could activate and change!

After he thought through all this, he finally understood the connection between him and the Graveyard of Gods, and he knew a bit more about the wonders of his bloodline.

“My promise with the first voodoo creature is nothing major. We are no different. It also hoped to flee from the Graveyard of Gods. The Demon Sealing Tombstone is the crux to the seal. Both me and the creature, as well as all others, were just prizes for the descendants of the Heaven Fighting Rac. Obviously, we were not willing to be just trophies, so we worked together to resist the power of the Demon Sealing Tombstone,” the Ice Phoenix continued to talk.

“Inside the Forbidden Land of Ice, as the ice spirit, I could use the frost power there. Therefore, I had considerable power. That voodoo creature is extremely intelligent. It hid inside the body of the Voodoo Progenitor, and faked its death to fool the Heaven Fighting Race. They believed it had died along with the Voodoo Progenitor. After the corpse of the Voodoo Progenitor had been thrown in and the Heaven Fighting Race left, it secretly woke up. As the ice spirit, I immediately felt it. I communicated with it and found that it urgently wanted to leave just like I did. It also knew of many mysteries. We had an unspoken agreement and I allowed it to exist in the Forbidden Land of Ice.”

“There isn’t much else.”

Qin Lie listened carefully with a frown. He thought for a while and then took out the wooden sculpture he obtained from the Forbidden Land of Wood. He asked, “Have you seen this before?”

“No.” The Ice Phoenix shook her head.

“You have been the ice spirit for a long time. Have you ever seen outsider enter the Graveyard of Gods and move through its lands?” Qin Lie asked.

“Yes, beings of other races can enter through some spatial cracks or through special methods without the Demon Sealing Tombstone as the key.” The Ice Phoenix thought for a while and then said, “Without opening the Graveyard of Gods with a key, it would be in an unusual state. All the defensive formations set up by Heaven Fighting Race would be active. Those who entered without a key would be attacked and scattered among the seven forbidden lands. Almost all of them die to the traps left behind by the Heaven Fighting Race. “

Qin Lie was astounded.

This meant that the Wood Race that came in from the outside with the wooden sculpture must have entered via some unorthodox method.

The result was that the terrifying wards of the Graveyard of Gods reacted and exterminated them.

The Ice Phoenix’s words meant that his idea of using the wooden sculpture to learn the identity of the Wood Race clansman who held it and his plans to use it to search for his grandfather had to end.

Next, Qin Lie asked about other matters concerning the Heaven Fighting Race.

The Ice Phoenix responded to each of his questions and said all she knew.

Qin Lie was satisfied with her cooperation. When he found that he knew what he wanted to know and asked all the questions that he should have, Qin Lie thought for a moment and then suddenly said, “You can leave.”

The Ice Phoenix stilled. Light appeared in the depths of her icy eyes.

She had a complex look in her eyes as she gazed at Qin Lie. A long silence later, she asked, “I can leave?”

“Yes.” Qin Lie’s tone was calm.

“In the minds of highly intelligent races, the humans have always had a bad reputation. Humans do not hold to their word. They are cunning, devious, dishonorable. They do not abide by the rules, they forget favors done to them. They only see their own benefits, each of them is selfish and savage…” The Ice Phoenix described her impressions of humans, paused, and then said, “Aren’t you going to be like the other humans, after getting your answers, you will seal me in the Demon Sealing Tombstone or capture me alive? Even if you do not have the spirit power to make me your spirit pet, you can use me to trade for endless wealth. Why aren’t you doing it?”

“Stop wasting your words. Leave as soon as possible, before I change my mind. With your skill, if you disguise yourself well, you can recover in a decade or so. By that time, if you live as a human in the Land of Chaos, unless you encounter people with two level or three level Soul Altars, no one will notice anything unusual about you. You will truly possess the freedom you desire,” Qin Lie urged.

“Didn’t you forget that I obtained the core inheritance of the Ice Emperor from you and also another inheritance that belonged to you?”

“For me, those things are not especially valuable. I turned the inheritance the Ice Emperor left behind into my Frost Arts. That Frost Concept Diagram is just another part of the inheritance. It will take more time and energy to comprehend it. I cannot master it completely after getting it.” Qin Lie’s expression was relaxed.

In reality, after he realized the power of his bloodline were the blazing flames and that the power of his bloodline could not merge with the Frost Arts, he decided to not spend more time on cultivating the Frost Arts.

Ice and fire couldn’t coexist. He was worried that if he cultivated the Frost Arts too much, it would affect power of his bloodline.

Due to this, he did not have a strong urge to take back the Frost Concept Diagram that the Ice Phoenix had stolen from him.

“Are you sure you do not want to take back what is rightfully yours?” The Ice Phoenix’s eyes flashed with an even stranger light.

“Sure.” Qin Lie’s expression was impatient. “Are you going or not? Why are you suddenly so chatty?”

“I don’t want to go right now,” the Ice Phoenix suddenly said.

Qin Lie was speechless. He looked dazedly at her for a while. He nodded. “Alright, you stay on this desolate island. I’m leaving.”

As he spoke, he dismissed her, and Qin Lie walked towards the crystalline war chariot in the distance.

Strangely, the Ice Phoenix followed in his footsteps silently.

Before he got onto the crystalline war chariot, an icy light flashed. The Ice Phoenix got onto the chariot first and then sat down.

“What are you doing?” Qin Lie’s expression darkened.

“After fighting against you in the frost kingdom, injuries to my soul only deepened, and my strength had been greatly reduced. Even now, after my soul returned to my true body, I have no way of disguising my unique spirit beast aura. If we separate and I encounter other martial practitioners, they will easily recognize me! So…” Ice Phoenix stopped and acted as though she wouldn’t leave him. “You have to take responsibility!”

Chapter 709: Prism Continent

“You have to take responsibility!”

The Ice Phoenix sat in a corner of the crystalline war chariot and stared at Qin Lie with her icy crystal eyes. She clearly was not planning to leave.

Qin Lie didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He rubbed his chin and grinned, saying, “The Demon Sealing Tombstone is nearby and you dare to stay near me. Have you grown tired of living?”

Before the Ice Phoenix could answer, he put pieces of spirit stones onto the chariot’s power control, spirit energy coming out of his palm.

“Boom!”

A bright light was released and immediately ignited the power inside the crystalline war chariot.

The floating crystalline war chariot immediately shot into the sky.

“I’m going to get the Demon Sealing Tombstone. If you continue to stay here, you are seeking death, don’t blame me,” Qin Lie said coldly.

“Of course I do not want to die.” The Ice Phoenix sighed.

As she spoke, the icy light in her eyes slowly dimmed.

Qin Lie was startled and saw the soul of the Ice Phoenix once again float out of the human girl’s body surrounded by cold flows. It turned into a frosty light. It put up no resistance as it flew towards the Soul Suppressing Bead at his brow.

“What are you doing?” Qin Lie shouted.

“Let me stay for a while longer until I recover slightly from the wounds to my soul. At least until my soul and flesh can merge and disguise my spirit beast aura. After that, you will not need to drive me away, I will leave on my own.” The soul of the Ice Phoenix expressed itself in pure mental thought just like it had back in the frost palace.

“Just give me some more time.”

Now waiting for Qin Lie’s answer, she urgently charged toward Qin Lie’s forehead after voicing her thoughts.

At this time, if Qin Lie had any intentions, he only needed to attack with thunder and lightning and her soul would be destroyed. There wouldn’t be a trace of her existence in the world.

She was making a grand gamble one again.

However, compared to last time, she was confident this time, and didn’t feel such terror.

“You’re insane!”

Qin Lie cursed. But at the crucial time, a thread of his thought restrained the Soul Suppressing Orb and allowed the soul of the Ice Phoenix to enter.

“Bzzt bzzt bzzt!”

The lightning seal around the Soul Suppressing Barrier cracked open, allowing the Ice Phoenix to enter.

“Clack!”

After losing the soul, the Ice Phoenix’s body that was in the shape of a human female gave off a crisp sound from its neck bones. Its raised head fell down.

All of the soul vibrations and vitality retreated from the female youth’s body like a tide.

Qin Lie reached out to touch the body. The young female’s skin was icy and there was no breathing. She seemed to have become an icy corpse again.

“Thank you…”

The indistinct soul message from the Ice Phoenix slowly came out of the Soul Suppressing Orb. When he wanted to interrogate the Ice Phoenix, he found that the Ice Phoenix had entered a strange state that seemed similar to a deep slumber.

He investigated using his soul consciousness.

The sealed ice ball that he had constructed in the Soul Suppressing Orb was made with Frost Arts on the inside and thunder and lightning on the outside.

There were gusts of cold flows moving inside the ball. An exquisite phoenix that had shrunk into the size of a butterfly was curled up with its wings retracted. There seemed to be icy rays of light moving on the little body that flowed like tiny rivers of ice and seemed to be transporting mysterious power.

The curled up Ice Phoenix soul only gave off an almost imperceptible soul aura. If Qin Lie was not in control of the Soul Suppressing Orb, he almost wouldn’t be able to detect it.

He could see that once the Ice Phoenix’s soul went into the Soul Suppressing Orb, it immediately cast a certain secret art of its race to slowly heal from its wounds.

After watching for a while, Qin Lie silently took back his consciousness. He muttered. “Such bad luck. I have to travel on the Heavenly Silence Continent that is full of all kinds of martial practitioners with a corpse on my back. Who knows many stares I will attract…”

Shaking his head with a sigh, he stopped inspecting Ice Phoenix’s human body. He drove the crystalline war chariot to retrieve the Demon Sealing Tombstone and then he flew in the direction of the Heavenly Silent Continent.

A fortnight passed.

He had been flying across the vast sea all this time. Many times, he would encounter large flying spirit artifacts and ships that were hundreds of meters long in the cloud sea.

Because he had not entered what was the actual territory of the Heavenly Silence Continent, he would avoid them in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The six Spirits of Void and Chaos did not appear again after sinking into the Soul Suppressing Orb earlier.

The six little guys seemed too weak. They would only recover after a relatively long time of consuming spirit materials of their respective attributes.

During this fortnight, the Ice Phoenix did not wake up or release any other soul ripples.

That human body of the Ice Phoenix stayed in the crystalline war chariot. The body had been cold and looked like a corpse but there was still a weak vitality being maintained. Only an extremely keen and powerful expert would be able to detect it.

Another five days passed.

On the horizon, an enormous continent could be seen. Even from a distance, one could make out three elevated places, reaching out to the sky like three sharp mountain peaks.

This continent looked slightly larger than the Scarlet Tide Continent. There were many islands in the nearby waters, many structures of various shapes on them.

The continent looked prosperous and large.

And yet, it paled in comparison to other supercontinents.

“Prism Continent!”

Recalling Xing Yuyuan’s description, Qin Lie immediately recognized the huge land and his eyes lit up slightly.

Seeing Prism Continent meant that he had entered the territory of Terminator Sect since all of the forces on Prism Continent were their subordinates.

On Prism Continent, there were three Copper rank forces, Moon Worshipping Palace, Heaven Martial Association, and Jewel Flame Manor.

The three forces had sworn their loyalty to Terminator Sect like Eight Extreme Temple and Profound Heaven Alliance had done to Heavenly Sword Mountain. They needed to heed every order, and pay considerable tribute every decade.

These three Copper rank forces controlled Prism Continent. They ruled together and also fought against each other.

Terminator Sect had the same attitude as Heavenly Sword Mountain. As long as the fighting between the Copper rank forces was not irreconcilable, they would just watch.

Fighting could maintain the sharpness of the subordinate forces, and also stimulate the breakthroughs of their martial practitioners. Through conflict and pressure, some extraordinary people might appear.

Therefore, the attitude that the major Silver rank forces had towards the internal conflicts of their subordinate forces made sense. Usually, they allowed fighting that was at a controllable level.

They would also take in the bright stars that come out of these battles, and would even reward them.

This caused the Copper and Black Iron rank forces of the Land of Chaos to always be in a state of chaos and war.

Fighting was not just between enemy forces. Forces of the same alliance would also fight every once in a while.

Due to this, the three Copper rank forces of Prism Continent would frequently fight. They would stop only if Terminator Sect fought against other Silver rank force and they would be forced to fight a common enemy.

Qin Lie drove the crystalline war chariot. Before he entered Prism Continent, he found two groups of martial practitioners fighting on the nearby islands.

It was Moon Worshipping Palace and Heaven Martial Association fighting over the mines on the island. The victor of the bloody battle would obtain the right to mine all the mines on the island.

Travelling over the battlefield and entering the sky above Prism Continent, he found that they were similar fights occurring all over the long mountain range.

Those were Black iron rank forces from Jewel Flame Manor and Moon Worshipping Continent that were fighting for the right to plant spirit grasses on some mountains. As a result, they were extremely busy.

Qin Lie noticed that there were still injuries and wounds among the practitioners of Copper rank forces. It seemed that they could never get a break.

Terminator Sect silently allowed fighting in the lower ranks. They knew that deaths and injuries would occur but they still allowed it. He was slightly puzzled.

Yet after he thought for a while, he gradually understood and nodded his head inwardly.

Terminator Sect was an old Silver rank force force that had dominated the Heavenly Silence Continent for many years. The were many islands and smaller continents in the surroundings that were full of Copper, Black Iron, and Limestone rank forces. They stretched down like the steps in a pyramid.

So many forces, so many people. Of course, millions upon millions of martial practitioners of different levels would appear.

How to keep the martial practitioners active, and how to find a true elite that could work independently in this gargantuan mass?

Fighting!

Only constant fighting could stimulate the martial practitioners to achieve breakthroughs and to advance to higher realms. Through this pressure, more Fulfillment Realm, Fragmentation Realm, and Nirvana Realm martial practitioners would appear.

Those that died in battle were not suited to the cruelty of the Land of Chaos anyway. It was under this rule of terror where strong survived and preyed on the weak that they died.

With such a humongous number of practitioners in forces of lower rank, these deaths were within a tolerable level.

Humans were also famed for their terrifying reproduction ability. Terminator Sect that had dominated the continents and vast waters did not need to worry about a lack of food. Practitioners of subordinate forces could reproduce in great numbers.

The vast ocean of people meant a rich source of martial practitioners. Through fighting against each other, the ones with outstanding talent would slowly rise above the masses.

Those people were the ones that were worthy of being nurtured by Terminator Sect. Those people would become the core power when they fought against other Silver rank forces in the future!

“Terrifying ability to reproduce, enormous population, constant battles to push martial practitioners even further on the path of cultivation…” Qin Lie realized. “This is why the humans were able to slowly rise and surpass the other races after the Heaven Fighting Race had been exiled!”

Chapter 710: Moonstone City

Qin Lie’s blue crystalline war chariot flew across the ground where an intense battle was taking place towards the cities of Prism Continent.

It had been almost a year since he left the Setting Sun Islands.

During this past year, after setting off on a journey, all his time was consumed by learning how to activate, master, and circulate the power of his bloodline at Seven Eye Island, as well as being frozen by Ice Phoenix under the Frost Island. It was through these unfortunate circumstances that he gradually discovered the way to cultivate the Limit Sublimation Art and did just that.

And so, all he could currently think of was finding a quiet place to rest. It was also a good opportunity to observe the Terminator Sect’s territories, gather information, and behold its sights.

He chose to stop at the Moonstone City built by the Moon Worshipping Palace.

Night descended, and Moonstone City glowed with silvery radiance under bright moonlight.

Every pavilion and palace in Moonstone City was forged from “moonstones”. Moonstones didn’t contain a shred of power in them and couldn’t be used in cultivation.

It was just a tough spirit material that could only be used to build houses. It was just a stone.

As stones, moonstones were relatively inconspicuous in daytime and very normal looking.

However, when night time arrived and the moon hung high in the sky, the houses built from moonstones would glow with a silvery radiance that made them looked like they were blessed and baptized by the moon itself.

Moonstone City was situated at one of the corners of Prism Continent. It was also the Moon Worshipping Palace’s old haunt.

Qin Lie had entered the city at night time.

Moonstone City didn’t reject outsiders. Anyone could enter the city as long as they paid some spirit stones. They could stay inside the city and enjoy every benefit there was to offer by Moonstone City.

Of course, the prerequisite to these benefits was sufficient spirit stones.

Qin Lie chose to stay in a lodge named “Silent Moon” that was specifically designed for martial practitioners. “Silent Moon” was also the largest lodge in Moonstone City, and it had many cultivation rooms and combat zones. There were also soundproof private rooms, furnaces and utensils that were specifically prepared for artificers.

Every need and facility a martial practitioner needed to cultivate was present in this lodge.

As long as a martial practitioner had paid the necessary sum of spirit stones, every special building available in “Silent Moon” could be rented for a temporary period.

“Silent Moon” could even guarantee their guests personal safety.

After all, “Silent Moon” belonged to none other than the Moon Worshipping Palace itself. The position of mayor in Moonstone City had always been held by the palace master of Moon Worshipping Palace too.

Qin Lie paid one thousand Earth Grade spirit stones and chose a relatively secluded stone tower to stay in. There was a cultivation room, a parlor, a dressing room and a small artifact forging room.

In “Silent Moon”, stone towers like this were considered as higher class buildings. Only the rich and wealthy martial practitioners would choose to stay here.

Qin Lie’s arrival attracted the attention of many “Silent Moon” guests. Men and women, old and young; all sorts of people from all sorts of places.

There were many young girls who stared at Qin Lie with unbridled disgust when they saw Qin Lie selecting a stone tower and paying a sum of spirit stones.

The moment he stepped into his stone tower, these women immediately began to quietly chatter.

“How disgusting!”

“He’s carrying a girl’s body, and judging from the frost energy circulating around that body it was obviously preserved through a special method so that it wouldn’t rot with time. That guy must have an unusual fetish. What a disgusting person!”

“He truly is a shameless and perverted bastard!”

Plenty of people were whispering to each other and staring at Qin Lie with disdain in their eyes.

“What terrible luck.”

Qin Lie put down the Ice Phoenix’s human body with a bitter and helpless look on his face the moment he entered the stone tower.

Ever since he entered Moonstone City, he noticed that almost everyone was looking at him with indescribable disgust and ridicule. Their gazes made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

He knew what those people were thinking.

Why would a normal martial practitioner carry a young and beautiful female corpse wherever he went?

After pondering for a moment, he took out the Demon Sealing Tombstone and put it in a corner. Then, he carried the Ice Phoenix’s human body upstairs into a small cultivation room and circulated his spirit arts to engrave the walls of a cultivation room with a couple of presence isolation formations he mastered.

It didn’t take long before a web of electricity appeared on the walls and formed a restriction zone inside the cultivation room.

Another moment later, a layer of frost was formed inside the cultivation room as well.

Finally, a layer of bright yellow halo that looked like rippling water was formed inside this small cultivation room too.

“Come out.” It was only then Qin Lie finally unlocked the spherical seal inside the Soul Suppressing Orb.

The Ice Phoenix’s soul transformed into a ray of icy light and flew out of the Soul Suppressing Orb. She quickly entered her true body.

The girl’s long eyebrows batted once as she slowly opened her eyes. Then, she wordlessly checked her physical and soul condition.

A light of joy appeared in the girl’s crystal-like eyes. She discovered that the wounds in her soul had actually recovered by three tenths or so during the period she was “sealed” inside the Soul Suppressing Orb.

This rate of recovery could almost be called a miracle already.

She couldn’t help but stare deeply at the space between Qin Lie’s brows. She grew more and more certain that the spirit artifact that sealed her soul was an extremely rare and precious treasure.

This made her feel more and more determined to stay with Qin Lie.

“Thank you.” The Ice Phoenix shook off her daze and said naturally, “I’ll leave some time later. I absolutely won’t make things difficult for you.”

“You already did though,” Qin Lie’s expression was reserved.

“What do you mean?” The Ice Phoenix asked with great interest.

“I’ve currently entered a city and registered into a lodge. However, I’m carrying a young and beautiful female corpse at all times… do you know how everyone is looking at me?” Qin Lie snorted coldly.

The Ice Phoenix’s eyes twirled as her delicate lips curled into a slightly frosty smile. “I can imagine alright.”

Qin Lie’s face grew darker and darker.

“There were a lot of frost attribute minerals at the bottom of Frost Island beneath the palaces the Ice Emperor had built. They are very high grade and very valuable.” The Ice Phoenix noticed Qin Lie’s displeasure and made an offer. “Allow me to stay by your side for a little longer, and you can take half of the minerals with you?”

“Half, you say?” Qin Lie sneered. “I doubt there are even scraps after Chi Yan and Gu Tuo were done with that place!”

“They can’t access it.” The Ice Phoenix shook her head. “Only I

“Then why didn’t you just hide there back then?” Qin Lie’s expression was full of disbelief.

“Even before I was injured, the frost aura in that level had been… unbearable for me, even more so after being severely injured,” The Ice Phoenix said with a bowed head. “I would only dare make an attempt to enter that place once I’ve recovered completely from my wounds, and took my time to learn the remaining part of the inheritance left behind by the Ice Emperor.”

Qin Lie looked at her doubtfully. Although he couldn’t tell if she was telling the truth, he couldn’t help but feel that she would be a magnet of trouble if he kept her with him.

“I swear on my true name, Lin Liang’er, that I will fulfill my promise if you allow me to stay with you until the day my soul recovers completely. I will allow you to enter the hidden area of Frost Island and take away half the frost attribute minerals in there! If I fail to fulfill my promise, then may my soul be forever destroyed and damned for all eternity!” The Ice Phoenix made a solemn oath.

“Lin Liang’er? That’s your true name?” Qin Lie frowned. “Why does it sound like a fake name? You are a member of the Ice Phoenix Race. Why do you have a human’s name?”

“The Ice Emperor’s surname is ‘Lin’, and he is the one who gave me my name. I had been named ‘Lin Liang’er’ before I was born,” The Ice Phoenix said frigidly.

Qin Lie stared deeply at her before he finally nodded, “Lin Liang’er, is it? I’ll believe you for now and let you hang around for a little while longer.”

“Don’t worry. Unlike you humans, we of the Ice Phoenix Race value oaths highly!” Lin Liang’er snorted.

“The blood of the Heaven Fighting Race flows in my body, so you can say that I’m half a Heaven Fighting clansman. However, the Heaven Fighting Race had destroyed your home, invaded your world, captured your clansmen and even imprisoned you in the Graveyard of Gods.” Qin Lie said with a grave expression. “However, I don’t feel a deep-seated hatred towards the Heaven Fighting Race from you. It is the human race that you constantly ridicule and express disgust toward. Why is that?”

“That’s because it was a human who revealed the auxiliary world we live in to the Heaven Fighting Race!” Lin Liang’er clenched her teeth inwardly while her eyes glittered coldly. “If that person hadn’t revealed our location, the Heaven Fighting Race wouldn’t have found our world and drive our race to extinction. At the time, that human was so grievously wounded that he was about to die when he accidentally intruded the Ice Phoenix’s auxiliary world. It was us who treated him and saved his life.”

“He stayed in our world until his wounds were completely healed. After he stayed with us for several years and figured out everything about our race, he left without saying goodbye.”

“Not long after he left, the Heaven Fighting Race invaded our world. Our people were either captured, killed, or had their homes destroyed. I’m… not even sure if the world we used to live in still exists after the invasion.”

Lin Liang’er’s face grew colder and colder. Streams of absolute frost slowly circulated around her body and turned the little cultivation room into a world of ice.

Qin Lie was speechless.

A long, long time later, he sighed and said, “Your soul can come in now. You can stay inside, but about the other things… I can’t help you with them.”

Lin Liang’er cast a glance at him. Then, without saying another word, her soul flew out of her body and sealed her body with the Ice Phoenix’s secret art once more. Then, she returned back to the Soul Suppressing Orb.

Once he got out of the cultivation room, Qin Lie put away the Demon Sealing Tombstone and rubbed his spatial ring. He was checking the bodies of the spirit beasts La Pu had gathered for him.

There were dozens of rank four and five spirit beasts inside the spatial ring. They were frozen by his frost energy, and they could be cooked at any moment.

However, it still was inconvenient to carry these beasts around. He needed to turn some of them into dried meat.

He needed this meat to recover his bloodline power after a battle, and he might not necessarily have time to skin and dry the beast meat then.

What he needed was a bunch of less tasty, but immediately consumable dried meat.

Therefore, he sought out Silent Moon’s owner, Lu Kun, and told him of his intentions. He hoped that “Silent Moon” could help find someone that was capable of handling and preparing spirit beast meat.