Spirit Realm Chapter 713-720

Chapter 715: Moon Worshipping

Setting Sun Island

Hong Bowen of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders took a letter from one of the item teleportation formations.

After taking a look, Hong Bowen’s expression changed. He ordered the members of Blood Fiend Sect in the surroundings, “Look after this place!”

“Elder, there are thirty thousand earth rank spirit stones in each of the ten bags, they should have been sent to trade for the Blazing Profound Bombs.” One person looked at the bags of spirit stones and asked, “What to do with them?”

“Store them for now, do not do anything,” Hong Bowen said gravely.

The members of Blood Fiend Sect wore expressions of surprise and suspicion. One of them asked, “Elder Hong, whose letter is it?”

“Qin Lie wrote it, but I do not recognize his writing. I need to go to Gray Island and ask Master Mo and Miss Tang to certify it,” Hong Bowen said.

“So it’s Island Master Qin! We understand!”

“I’m leaving this place to you!”

Hong Bowen hurriedly left.

A short while later, he descended above Gray Island. He headed directly to the area where Mo Hai and Tang Siqi were.

After a year, Gray Island had more towers, palaces, and storage rooms of various sizes to store spirit materials.

In this year, Gray Island’s development had been unstoppable. Through selling Blazing Profound Bombs, Gray Island accumulated an astounding amount of wealth.

Blood Fiend Sect helped them by purchasing enormous amounts of spirit materials from neighboring factions using the spirit stones. They trained new artificers, studied innovative ways of forging, supported the cultivation of the Blood Spear martial practitioners, and forged more Blazing Profound Bombs.

Gray Island was at least three times more developed than it had been when Armament Sect had come.

The Armament Sect disciples who came from the Scarlet Tide Continent with even the slightest knowledge of forging got their own stone tower. They were provided all of the forging materials, cauldrons, stoves, spirit material records that an artificer could possibly need. Gray Island had it all.

Without any exaggeration, Gray Island’s present wealth, scale, and skill at artifact forging surpassed Armament Sect at its peak.

Gray Island only lacked more forging talents. Time was needed to accumulate them.

Hong Bowen’s arrival alarmed Song Tingyu and Mo Hai. They immediately came out to welcome him and inquire about the situation.

“Qin Lie sent a letter but I do not recognize his writing. I hope that you can confirm it,” Hong Bowen explained.

“Miss Song, do you recognize Qin Lie’s writing?” Mo Hai asked urgently with an excited expression.

Song Tingyu’s expression was slightly dispirited and awkward. “I do not recognize it.”

“Then we can only wait for Siqi to come back,” Mo Hai said helplessly. “Siqi and Qin Lie forged together when they were at Armament Sect. She knows Qin Lie’s writing well. However, Siqi is studying an ancient spirit diagram currently, and I fear she will not come out soon. Elder Hong, how about you return later?”

“No problem, I can wait here for a while,” Hong Bowen said with a chuckle.

“Do you mind letting me read the letter?” Song Tingyu requested.

“Sure.” Hong Bowen handed over the letter and then waited on Gray Island for Tang Siqi to come out of seclusion.

What they didn’t know was their delay created great trouble for Qin Lie at Moonstone City.

Qin Lie was taken away in the night by the three female priestesses, Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji. They flew on a crescent-shaped flying spirit artifact directly out of the city.

The crescent ship was tens of times bigger than the crystalline war chariot, yet retained high speed despite its size and was much faster than other large flying spirit artifacts.

Under the moonlight, the ship made of moonstone looked like an another moon.

There were a dozen or so female on the ship other than Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji. They were also dressed in long silver robes and had beautiful and pale appearances.

Yue Ji’s cultivation was at the early stage of the Fragmentation Realm. Ye Ji and Shui Ji were at the late stage of the Fulfillment Realm. Adding on a dozen females in Netherpassage and Fulfillment Realm, their combined power was enough to keep Qin Lie in check.

Also, this area was under Moon Worshipping Palace’s control. Even if Yue Ji and the others could not hold Qin Lie, all they needed was to send a few messages and huge swaths of martial practitioners would come to help.

Because they had the confidence, Yue Ji only used one set of chains to restrain Qin Lie’s neck and hands. She didn’t restrain his power.

The true body of the Ice Phoenix was still on his back and hadn’t been taken off.

Qin Lie sat in a corner of the crescent ship with his head down and his eyes closed in rest.

He was recalling the rumors about Moon Worshipping Palace.

According to what he knew, Moon Worshipping Palace had great origins. Many years ago, before Terminator Sect had been founded, the Heavenly Silence Continent once had a powerful faction—Moon Worshipping Cult.

Moon Worshipping Cult had been dominating for a time. They worshipped the moon and used the moon as their symbol. At their strongest, their might reached Heavenly Calamity Continent and Heavenly Slaughter Continent.

In the era of Moon Worshipping Cult, they would worship the moon every once in a while and hold a large and solemn ceremony.

Yue Ji, Ye Ji, Shui Ji, and the other priestesses of Moon Worshipping Cult were responsible for these matters.

Then, for some unknown reason, Moon Worshipping Cult started to decline. Terminator Sect’s soaring to power caused Moon Worshipping Cult to be replaced in the end.

Moon Worshipping Palace was a cadet branch that formed after Moon Worshipping Cult had broken apart. Even after so many years, Moon Worshipping Palace could not reach the past glory of Moon Worshipping Cult. They survived by submitting to Terminator Sect. However, the ancient ceremonial tradition of moon worshipping had been passed down.

Due to this, even in the present Moon Worshipping Palace, there were people like Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Yi who were in charge of the ceremony.

Thinking about the rumors concerning Moon Worshipping Sect, Qin Lie was silent the entire way. The three females did not ask him anything during the trip.

The crescent ship flew out of the sky and flew under the night for a time to take Qin Lie into a mountain valley surrounded by tall mountain peaks.

The valley was in the shape of a crescent moon. The lake inside the valley reflected the moonlight and sunlight, causing the entire valley to be bright all day and all night.

There were many ancient stone pillars standing upright in the valley. The stone pillars were made from moonstone. They flashed with the engraved mysterious ancient symbols.

Buildings similar to Moon Worshipping Palace were scattered around the mountain valley. They were also bright as though they could enhance the light of the moon.

There was an enormous altar beside the lake with many sacrificial items such as goblets, jars, and animal bones on top.

“Take him up.” Yue Ji walked off the ship and ordered the group.

Several Netherpassage Realm females held Qin Lie by his shoulders and moved him to the sacrificial altar.

On the altar, there were six stone pillars that were not made out of moonstone but had silver-colored metallic chains.

Those silver chains quickly wrapped around Qin Lie’s arms and legs. He was pulled between the six stone pillars as the chains on his body clinked.

Qin Lie frowned deeply and said, “Regardless of whether you believe me or not, I will say first that I have nothing to do with Jiang Zhuzhe. I don’t know what is happening at the Setting Sun Islands but I believe that they will send ten Blazing Profound Bombs soon. You only need to be slightly more patient and wait for a while longer. You will realize that I am from the Setting Island Sun’s Blood Fiend Sect.”

“We have already waited for an hour.” Ye Ji who had tanned skin frowned and said impatiently.

“Even though we are far away, we are still in communication with Moonstone City. When their side receives the Blazing Profound Bombs, they will immediately message us and we will know of your innocence.” Shui Ji said. “At that time, you will be released.”

“There is no need for such trouble. We will immediately know if you are innocent or not using Moon Worshipping Palace’s unique Soul Searching Art!” Yue Ji ordered coldly.

Females dressed in long silver robes sat down at the corners of the altar and surrounded him in a circle.

Ignoring Qin Lie’s explanation, they channeled the spirit art. Their bodies gave off pure moonlight.

A wondrous force came out of the six stone pillars and reached into the firmament.

Qin Lie seemed to feel something and couldn’t resist looking into the night sky. When he looked at that moon which seemed to suddenly have brightened, his expression changed slightly.

Six cool rays of moonlight turned tangible and fell from the moon high up in the sky.

The six rays of moonlight landed on the six stone pillars.

Ripples of pure bright light spread from the six stone pillars. They merged together with the spirit power lights of Yue Ji and the others around the altar.

“Rise!” Yue Ji shouted.

A shrunken moon floated up from Yue Ji’s head and slowly rose into the sky. It absorbed the moon essence, spirit power, moon energy, and all other energies of the moon.

That small moon became even more dazzling and bright. The presence it gave off was even more surprising.

“Go!” Yue Ji pushed with her hands.

That moon immediately flew towards Qin Lie.

Before Qin Lie could react, the small moon flew to his head and sank.

“Boom!”

Qin Lie suddenly shook. Two bolts of lightning a meter long shot out of his eyes and made him appear shocking to see.

A little moon suddenly appeared in his sea of consciousness!

The moon flashed with light. It had a mysterious power to illuminate the deepest secrets of the soul. It roamed through his sea of consciousness.

Qin Lie had a terrifying feeling as though anyone could see right through him.

He immediately mobilized the thunder and lightning energy.

In his sea of consciousness, thick bolts of lightning roared and attacked the moon like giant dragons.

Strangely, the thunder and lightning that were unusually effective towards souls, evil power, and vengeance spirits were unable to shatter the small moon.

The moon did not seem to be made from soul power. It really did seem to be composed of the moon essence of the firmament.

Qin Lie was astounded and terrified by this.

Then, what surprised him even more was that the barrier that sealed his memories seemed about to crack when illuminated by the moon’s light.

He, who had been about to retaliate ferociously, suddenly calmed down. He didn’t just put away all thunder and lightning, he welcomed the illumination of the moon.

Chapter 717: A Flash of Memory

This was all of that sealed memory.

In the mountain valley, the females of Moon Worshipping Palace surrounded the altar with Qin Lie at its center. They gathered their power and guided moonlight to attack Qin Lie’s memory barrier and tear a crack.

Qin Lie’s head split in pain as he rolled on the ground and howled.

As he howled, scenes started to appear from the depths of his memory.

In a flash, he walked out of the enormous whirlpool in the gray void that seemed to be a passage that connected the earth and the sky.

He stood on the peak of a mountain tens of thousands of meters high.

This mountain peak pierced the clouds. The white clouds were at the middle of the mountain, causing it to look like a pillar connecting heaven and earth.

The enormous spatial whirlpool spun above the mountain peak. After he came out, he stared into the distance.

Palaces hundreds of meters tall stood tall and stretched out over the endless land. They looked like an endless mountain range stretching towards the sky.

Looking from the soaring enormous peak Qin Lie was on, one would find that there were enormous flying spirit artifacts almost ten thousand meters long flying across the sky above the palaces.

If one focused, they would see many martial practitioners going in and out of the palaces.

Some of the palaces’ martial practitioners simply stood on stone pedestals gazing at the sky, as if they were trying contemplating.

Occasionally, some domineering martial practitioners would streak across the sky on their Soul Altars.

Many enormous beasts and birds were being ridden by children that laughed and played in the air.

Qin Lie suddenly felt a great longing as he looked at the vast peaks, endless land, and spectacular and mysterious scenes.

He could feel that this world he was looking at was his home.

“Young Master, welcome back from the Galaxy Battlefield!” shouted a nearly hundred meters tall giant that seemed to be made of golden liquid. He shone with golden light under the sunlight, his naked upper body firmly muscled. His head was bent as he knelt on one knee at the mountain peak like a crawling golden beast. He said, “Master is waiting for you.”

Qin Lie turned around and saw there were dozens of golden giants kneeling and waiting on the mountain peak with bowed heads.

There was a nine-headed snake almost a thousand meters long among the enormous golden giants. Its skin had an exquisite natural pattern. Its nine giant heads moved constantly, the watermelon-sized eyes showing joyful light as they looked at him.

He laughed and flew to land on the largest head of the nine-headed giant snake. He howled, and the nine-headed giant snake moved like a cloud towards the largest palace.

The dozens of golden giants turned into golden arcs of light that followed the nine-headed giant snake.

Qin Lie couldn’t help but howl as his head hurt. The scene in his head suddenly disappeared.

A terrifying ripple suddenly erupted from inside his memory barrier. A world-destroying dominant resolve formed a suffocating twister that swept towards every corner of his consciousness.

“Boom!”

Under the terrifying ripple, the crescent moon hanging in his sea of consciousness immediately shattered.

The crack that let him peer into his deeply hidden memories was quickly blocked and reinforced.

“Pfft!”

Yue Ji, Ye Ji, Shui Ji and the martial practitioners of Moon Worshipping Palace on the altar spat out blood.

The crimson blood dyed the front of their silver robes red. Their bright eyes suddenly became dim.

Their rosy faces became ashen and seemed weak.

Qin Lie opened his eyes and looked at Yue Ji and the others. He hesitated and said, “Can you continue?”

Yue Ji hurriedly shook her head and said, “We will not continue!”

Her eyes were filled with deep terror.

With the secret art of Moon Worshipping Palace and joint power of her sisters, she tried to destroy the memory barrier and peek into Qin Lie’s past.

As a result, Qin Lie’s memory barrier seemed to have a corner torn out.

Yet when she let her own consciousness gradually permeate into the crack to investigate, she suddenly felt a terrifying and dominant resolve.

That twister made from resolve almost tore her soul apart. If she hadn’t retreated in time, she, Ye Ji, Shui Ji, and the other sisters would have had their souls torn to pieces, not even a trace of them left in the world.

Even so, her soul still suffered considerable damage. She wouldn’t be able to recover in a short time.

“Why is it like this?” Qin Lie murmured.

“The person who sealed your memories is terrifying. Just the resolve he left behind is enough to extinguish all of our souls. We will not try,” Ye Ji said, shock evident in her tone.

The females of Moon Worshipping Palace looked at Qin Lie in shock.

At the same time, Gray Island.

Tang Siqi walked out of her seclusion room and found Mo Hai, Hong Bowen and Song Tingyu waiting for her. She realized that there must have been an important matter and immediately asked, “What is it?”

“This is a letter that came from Moon Worshipping Valley of Prism Continent. The writer says that he is Qin Lie, but we do not recognize his writing. I hope that you can confirm it.” Hong Bowen handed over the letter.

Tang Siqi received it. With just a glance, her body shook. “It is Qin Lie’s writing!”

Back at Armament Sect, Qin Lie had helped her forge smaller components under her guidance. The two had drawn spirit diagrams together, and knew each other’s strokes, emphasis and tiny details as well as their own.

She recognized Qin Lie’s writing with a glance.

“It really is Qin Lie!” Song Tingyu’s eyes lit up. She smiled and then said, “Elder Hong, wait a moment please. I need to return a letter, and prepare some things. I will go send them with you.”

“Cough cough! Siqi, don’t you have something to say to Qin Lie?” Mo Hai reminded.

Tang Siqi quickly reacted. Her face flushed slightly and she said to Hong Bowen. “I also need to send a letter. Elder Hong, please wait a while for me.”

“Minor matter, minor matter.” Hong Bowen chuckled.

The two females hurriedly left.

Fifteen minutes later, the two came back simultaneously. Song Tingyu handed over a spatial ring and said, “There is a letter and some materials of six attributes, he will have use for them.”

Tang Siqi handed over a spatial ring as well. “Please give this to Qin Lie for me.”

Hong Bowen looked at the two females, smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I guarantee they will reach Qin Lie.”

Hong Bowen left Gray Island and a while later, he arrived next to the large item teleportation formation. He thought for a moment and also wrote a letter. He left a mark unique to Blood Fiend Sect on top and then ordered, “Prepare fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs. Send them with this letter and these two spatial rings to Moon Worshipping Palace at Moonstone City!”

“Fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs? Elder, the spirit stones that Moon Worshipping Palace has sent are only enough for ten Blazing Profound Bombs! Also, the supply of Blazing Profound Bombs can’t keep up with the demand, we …” the person reminded.

Hong Bowen interrupted him and said impatiently, “Do as I say!”

This person’s expression became stern and he hurriedly complied. He put the fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs, the letter Hong Bowen wrote, and the two spatial rings onto the item teleportation formation under Hong Bowen’s supervision and then sent them.

Moon Worshipping Palace at Moonstone City.

Inside a secret room with a small teleportation formation, Dong Wanzhai and the higher ups of Moon Worshipping Palace had left long ago. They only left three Fulfillment Realm martial practitioners standing guard.

Narrowing their eyes, the three looked at the teleportation and sighed.

“Three hundred thousand Earth Grade spirit stones, gone in an instant. Ah, I wonder what Palace Master thinks?”

“Our Moon Worshiping Palace is weaker than Heavenly Martial Association and Jewel Flame Manor. We had hoped that we could improve our standing slightly with the ten Blazing Profound Bombs and hadn’t expected, alas….”

“Doesn’t Blood Fiend Sect have a good reputation? What is going on this time? If they aren’t going to sell Blazing Profound Bombs, shouldn’t they return our spirit stones at least?”

“I heard that Yao Tian is from Jiang Zhuzhe’s faction. Jiang Zhuzhe’s faction has always been at odds with the Setting Sun Islands’ Blood Fiend Sect. They definitely discovered something!”

“It must be so. Damn that boy, he has really harmed us!”

“Don’t worry. Yue Ji took him. He probably won’t end up well.”

“Do you think that group of women would do something after taking that boy to the ceremonial mountain valley out of hunger? Haha!”

“Who knows? I feel it is likely!”

The three people got more and more perverse as they talked, letting out strange laughs as they lowered their voices.

At this time, a curtain of light wrapped around the teleportation formation. The space inside the formation trembled, and the curtain of light slowly dissipated.

The three stood up in shock. What entered their sight made them unable to keep calm.

“Blazing Profound Bombs, fifteen, fifteen of them!”

“They are really from the Setting Sun Islands!”

“Oh no! Yue Ji and the others were wrong!”

The three panicked and hurriedly left. They charged out at their fastest speed to report to Dong Wanzhai.

It was late in the night, Dong Wanzhai was cultivating. Hearing the noise outside, he walked out and said harshly, “What is that commotion?”

“Palace Master! Setting Sun Islands delivered fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs, a letter for you, and two spatial rings!” One person came forward and respectfully handed over the letter. He added, “Yue Ji and the others are most likely mistaken.”

Dong Wanzhai panicked. He looked at the letter Hong Bowen had written and shouted hurriedly, “Wake up Liu Hong, have him immediately message Yue Ji to bring Yao Tian back!”

“No, no!” Dong Wanzhai thought and shouted, “Tell Liu Hong to message Yue Ji and tell her to stop the interrogation immediately! I will personally go apologize to Yao Tian!”

“Also, wake up the people that had been in the secret room before. Have them accompany me to Moon Worshipping Mountain Valley!”

Dong Wanzhai shouted.

Moon Worshipping Palace immediately descended into chaos.

Chapter 718: Conciliation

Moon Worshipping Valley.

Yue Ji, Ye Ji, Shui Ji and the rest of the females of Moon Worshipping Palace had gotten off the altar long time ago.

Despite consuming the Soul Nurturing Pill that could treat the soul, soothe the mind and nurture the blood, they still looked rather tired. They sat next to the lake inside the valley and began circulating moon energy to recover slowly.

Qin Lie had changed to a new set of gray robes. His neck and arms were covered in scratch marks. He was currently leaning against a stone pillar and frowning, submerged in deep thought.

He replayed the two scenes he saw earlier in his hand again and again.

The first scene was regarding the girl who spoke behind his back after he returned to Spirit Realm from the Galaxy Battlefield. Even the mere recollection of her made his heart flutter.

The second scene was the magnificent sight he saw from the top of a gigantic mountain. It was a scene of his home.

However, he still had no idea why he was brought to Ling Town, why he had lost his previous memories, who his parents were and what the placed he used to live in was called.

But there was one thing certain—his past was extraordinary.

The place he used to live in had magnificent palace complexes, huge flying spirit artifacts that were tens of thousands meters long, and experts whose physical bodies sat on Soul Altars. All of them proved just how wealthy his family used to be.

“The walls around my memories can be torn down. As long as I grow stronger in the future, I will be able to break through this barrier even if I fail to find grandfather. I will be able to understand for real what truly happened in the past!”

After he was baptized by the moonlight attack, he grew even more determined knowing that his future wouldn’t remain vague forever.

The improvement of his realm, the strength of his soul, and the ascension of his bloodline would all improve his strength bit by bit. It would aid him in getting a clearer glimpse of his past.

Atop the altar, Qin Lie swiftly regained his cool and took out some dried meat from his spatial ring. He began eating it to regain his strength.

After he was done observing his entire body with his soul consciousness in detail, he discovered that his soul wasn’t damaged even though a crack had appeared in the walls around his memories due the Moon Worshipping Palace’s secret art executed by Yue Ji, Ye Ji and Shui Ji.

The scratch marks on his body were all caused by himself. Right now, these scratch wounds felt numb and painful, so they too needed some time to recover slowly.

“It’s time to head to Terminator Sect,” he thought to himself.

Yue Ji, who was refining the pills inside her body suddenly sensed something and pressed a hand at the jade token engraved with the mark of a crescent around her waist.

She probed it with her mind.

She instantly received a message that was sent from Moonstone City through the jade token.

Her expression suddenly looked pained.

“What is it, Elder Sister?” Ye Ji asked softly when she noticed change in her expression.

Yue Ji turned back to look at Qin Lie before sighing softly. “We can be sure now that we were mistaken.”

“Did they send us a message?” Shui Ji also asked.

Yue Ji nodded, “The Blood Fiend Sect of the Setting Sun Islands had sent us fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs in total. Moreover, Hong Bowen of Blood Fiend Ten Elders had personally written a letter and informed the palace master that Yao Tian is to be treated well. This Yao Tian… must be an important figure at Blood Fiend Sect of the Setting Sun islands, else there would be no way his name could’ve won Hong Bowen’s attention, much less allow us to trade for fifteen Blazing Profound Bombs from Blood Fiend Sect.”

The moment she said this, Ye Ji, Shui Ji and the rest of the Moon Worshipping Palace women turned slightly pale.

“The palace master and everyone have come over personally to apologize to Yao Tian,” Yue Ji added.

The girls looked more and more terrified.

“What are we going to do?” Ye Ji was so disturbed by the news that she couldn’t even focus on nursing her mind any longer. She immediately stood up and paced back and forth anxiously, “Yao Tian’s body is obviously in scratch marks. How… how are we going to explain his appearance to the palace master?”

They looked at Qin Lie and noticed that his exposed arms and neck were covered in wounds even though he had changed into a new set of gray robes.

Qin Lie also looked obviously listless. If anyone saw this, they would have no doubt that he had been tortured.

“We should win his forgiveness before the palace master shows up. It won’t be as bad if we succeed,” Yue Ji sighed helplessly and stood up. She went back to the altar.

Ye Ji and Shui Ji were also following behind her quietly.

“Yao Tian, Moon Worshipping Palace has given us confirmation that your identity is perfectly fine.” Yue Ji squeezed out an awkward smile. “Our palace master will arrive very soon to express his apology. As for us… we won’t deny that our treatment of you has been a little abrupt. We hope that you can understand our reasons and not pursue the matter.”

“Yao Tian, it is true that we’ve made a mistake. Please don’t tell the palace master to punish us on behalf of the wounds we suffered to help you break through your memory barrier,” Ye Ji also begged.

The rest of the Moon Worshipping Palace girls were also putting on pitiful appearances and begging him for his understanding.

Qin Lie frowned and allowed his gaze to swim across their bodies. He didn’t answer them immediately.

This caused the girls to become anxious.

In reality, their position in Moon Worshipping Palace wasn’t all that high. They were only responsible for offering sacrifices to the moon, so they could be replaced at any moment.

Even Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji weren’t irreplaceable.

As of that moment, they knew that Qin Lie held an extraordinarily high post in Blood Fiend Sect, else Dong Wanzhai wouldn’t have brought all the important people in the palace and hurry to their location overnight.

The more they thought, the more anxious they felt. They were all afraid that Dong Wanzhai would use them as scapegoats in order to win his forgiveness.

“What do you want?” Ye Ji hesitated for a moment and cast a subconscious glance at the Ice Phoenix’s true body not far away at the altar. Then, she steeled her mind and gritted her teeth, “As long as it’s not an especially excessive demand, we, we can satisfy you however you want!”

Everyone in Moon Worshipping Palace grew paler and paler when they heard this.

None of them felt any good will towards Qin Lie. They all thought that he had a strange hobby and was a twisted person on the inside.

Everyone turned to look at the Ice Phoenix’s body when they heard Ye Ji’s words.

“What are you saying, Ye Ji?” Yue Ji snorted coldly.

“Elder Sister, he… obviously has some sort of ‘special’ hobby. Maybe, maybe we can escape punishment from the palace master if we satisfy him,” Ye Ji lowered her head and said in a small voice.

“Come at me if you have any special needs!” Shui Ji pursed her lips and looked ready to sacrifice herself.

Qin Lie was stunned.

A while later, he stared at these Moon Worshipping Palace women with indescribably odd eyes and said seriously, “I’m very normal, and I have no special hobbies whatsoever. She…”

He pointed at the ice Phoenix’s true body, hesitated for a second and said, “She’s my wife. Her soul has been severely wounded, and she had no choice but to enter a state of slumber. The reason I’m carrying her by my side at all times is to find a way to rescue her. She’s not dead!”

The moment he said this, every women in Moon Worshipping Palace underwent a complete change in attitude.

“So she’s your wife. We’re sorry for misunderstanding you.”

“Your wife isn’t giving out any soul energy, and yet you’re still carrying her with you all the time and attempting to revive her. How shocking!”

“I think we were all mistaken.”

If previously the women in Moon Worshipping Palace thought that Qin Lie was an incredibly twisted bastard, then they now thought of him as incredibly faithful and affectionate person.

The change of perspective caused them to feel increasingly ashamed. They began to realize just how rash they had acted to the point that they had almost committed a grave mistake.

“The responsibility of this matter is all on us. We will accept our punishment even if you wish to pursue this matter further!” Yue Ji expressed her attitude.

Qin Lie thought for a moment,”I hope that you can help me and attack the memory barrier around my mind one more time after I recover!”

“But…” Yue Ji looked troubled. She was still feeling a sense of lingering fear from earlier. She was afraid that she wouldn’t be as lucky as the first time, and that she would be killed if she attempted the process again.

“Elder Sister, let’s just promise him… okay?” Ye Ji persuaded.

The rest of the women also did the same.

“Alright!” Yue Ji finally nodded with gritted teeth. “We’ll make another attempt once we’ve all recovered!”

“Alright, then I won’t ask Palace Master Dong to punish you. Don’t worry.” Qin Lie’s eyes also lit up.

For many years, he had attempted all kinds of methods to break the memory barrier, to no avail.

Being attacked with the ancient secret art of Moon Worshipping Sect was the first time the memory barrier had been visibly affected.. This secret art that used moonlight to break through the seal had enabled him to see two scenes of his past.

He believed that he would be able to see even more scenes as long as the process was repeated. Once he managed to string all the scenes together, he would definitely be able to make a coherent picture out of it and recall everything that had happened in the past.

That was why he needed their help.

Chapter 719: Two Letters

Dong Wanzhai and the experts of Moon Worshipping Palace rushed towards Moon Worshipping Valley overnight, finally arriving at their destination when the dawn broke.

The second he entered the valley, he immediately saw that Qin Lie’s exposed arm, neck and even his face were marred by obvious scratch marks.

Dong Wanzhai’s heart sank.

Through the letter Hong Bowen had personally written himself, Dong Wanzhai realized that Qin Lie was an important figure in Blood Fiend Sect. Hong Bowen had specifically told him to take good care of Qin Lie.

Hong Bowen was one of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders and a representative of Blood Fiend Sect. Although Blood Fiend Sect was no longer as prominent as they were before, they still were an ancient Silver rank force.

Moreover, Dong Wanzhai heard that Blood Fiend Sect and Terminator Sect shared quite a good relationship with each other.

Moon Worshipping Palace was just a Copper rank force under Terminator Sect. He had no doubts that Moon Worshipping Palace would be suppressed by Heaven Martial Association and Jewel Flame Manor, causing their status on Prism Continent to plummet worse position on Prism Continent were they to provoke Blood Fiend Sect’s ire.

This was absolutely not a sight that Dong Wanzhai wished to see.

“Brother Yao, I’ve come to personally apologize to you,” Dong Wanzhai went over and greeted Qin Lie first. Then, he turned to look at Yue Ji with a darkened expression and immediately scolded her, “What on earth are you girls doing? I’ve sent you a message two hours ago that you had made a mistake, so why are there still injuries on Brother Yao’s body?”

Yue Ji and the rest of the women tried to make their explanation in a hurry.

Dong Wanzhai snorted coldly and waved them off, forbidding them from saying anything. Then, he made a promise to Qin Lie, “Please be at ease, Brother Yao. This matter is Yue Ji’s responsibility. I won’t forgive them, and I’ll definitely give you a proper account later!”

While saying this, he passed over two spatial rings to Qin Lie personally and explained, “These were delivered from the Setting Sun Islands along with the goods. Elder Hong told to pass them to you personally.”

While doing this, Dong Wanzhai put on a smiling face and told Liu Yan and the other experts behind him, “Bring over the best healing pills from the palace so that Brother Yao may recover as soon as possible!”

Liu Yan and the others hastily began to rummage through their spatial rings.

Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji felt bitter on the inside when they saw Dong Wanzhai’s attitude.

They knew very well that Dong Wanzhai would certainly sacrifice and punish them to earn Qin Lie’s mercy had they not reconciled with Qin Lie beforehand.

They’ve been also rudely awakened to the fact that they were just the masters of ceremony to Moon Worshipping Palace. They held no real status whatsoever.

Perhaps Dong Wanzhai really did suspect Qin Lie’s identity earlier, which was why he willing to give him to them so they could pry out the truth from Qin Lie’s mouth.

But now that the situation had turned south, Dong Wanzhai immediately got ready to abandon them as cleanly as he possibly could. He made it obvious that he never thought much about them.

This made every one of them sad.

They couldn’t help but look at Qin Lie with worry. They were worried that Qin Lie might go back on his promise.

Qin Lie smiled coolly before their glistening eyes and said, “You are overthinking things, Palace Master Dong. Not only have they done nothing to me, they even gave me some great help. They helped me… achieve a breakthrough in my cultivation. So why would I ever think to reproach them when I actually owe them my gratitude instead?”

The moment he said this, Dong Wanzhai, Liu Yan and everyone else were stunned and puzzled.

They alternated glances between Qin Lie and Yue Ji’s group, and the meaning behind their eyes slowly turned strange.

Liu Yan and the other raised their heads slightly as if they suddenly understood something.

“Haha, I see, I see,” A brief moment of daze later, Liu Yan suddenly laughed with dubious eyes, “As long as you get along then it’s all good; very good.”

Dong Wanzhai also came to realization and drew an obvious odd smile on his face.

They all thought that Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji hadn’t tortured Qin Lie immediately after they took him to Moon Worshipping Valley. They thought that these… thirsty women had fulfilled some of their long neglected needs through the young man that was Qin Lie.

While they were satisfying themselves, they probably enchanted Qin Lie so much that he was actually pleased by his supposed predicament.

When Yue Ji, Ye Ji, and Shui Ji saw the dubious looks in everyone’s eyes, they all guessed what these people were thinking and found it harder and harder to maintain a natural expression. This made Liu Yan and the others grew more and more certain that what they thought was the truth.

“Ahem, since Yue Ji and the other girls hadn’t hurt you, then…” Dong Wanzhai let out some dry laugh and asked, “You won’t pursue the matter, will you?”

“Of course not.” Qin Lie shrugged.

Dong Wanzhai let out a sigh of relief. Then, an odd gleam flashed across his eyes as he asked in a sudden, “Brother Yao, about the Blazing Profound Bombs… we would like to buy more of them. What do you think?”

“I believe that Blood Fiend Sect wouldn’t have any problems trading them for the right sum of spirit stones.” Qin Lie rubbed the two spatial rings and investigated the contents inside.

One of the spatial ring came from Song Siyuan. It contained a letter and a lot of spirit materials of the six attributes. They were specifically prepared to feed the Spirits of Void and Chaos.

The other spatial ring had been prepared by Tang Siqi specifically for him. It contained thirty-five Blazing Profound Bombs, and among them, five were marked with obvious sign of deadly poison.

Besides that, Tang Siqi had also sent him a spirit armor she specifically forged for him. Judging from its appearance and materials, it was probably of great quality.

Qin Lie didn’t read the two letters immediately. He looked through everything that was inside the spatial rings and exchanged pleasantries with Dong Wanzhai for a while.

Dong Wanzhai was extremely satisfied with the outcome of this trip.

In the end, Qin Lie turned down his invitation and said that he was ready to spend a few more days in Moon Worshipping Valley. His finally set him and his subordinates at complete ease.

Dong Wanzhai and his men left happily.

Qin Lie only read through the content of the two letters carefully after they had left.

In the letter, Song Tingyu boldly informed him how much she missed him and explained the current situation of Flaming Sun Island. She told him that Flaming Sun Island was growing every day because the Blazing Profound Bombs refined by Gray Island had helped them accumulate quite the sum of wealth.

On the side of Blood Island, the Blood Spear martial practitioners were swiftly growing in strength under Lang Xie’s leadership. They had cooperated with Gold Sun Island and Blood Fiend Sect to sweep through some of the surrounding forces. Their strengths were growing steadily everyday too.

Her and Xie Jingxuan’s fathers had returned to the Scarlet Tide Continent once they found the power they needed from the ancient elite remains. They were preparing to enter seclusion and ascend to Nirvana Realm.

She herself was improving at a tremendous rate using the cultivation spirit materials hoarded by Gray Island after she had ascended to the Fulfillment Realm.

Later on, Song Tingyu asked him on how he was doing at the end of her letter, and where was he operating during the past year.

Tang Siqi’s letter was a little reserved. After expressing her longing for him in a subtle way, she began talking about some of the stuff that had happened on Gray Island. She talked about making a new breakthrough in the research of the ancient diagrams.

She told him that the current Gray Island had completely exceeded the former Armament Sect, and that they were achieving greater progress in the attainment of artifact forging.

After he was done reading through the two letters, Qin Lie gave Yue Ji a notice before staying temporarily at a stone tower in Moon Worshipping Palace.

A few days later.

Recovered, Qin Lie felt like talking a little with the Ice Phoenix. But since Moon Worshipping Valley wasn’t a convenient for the discussion, he gave out a random excuse and flew away from Moon Worshipping Valley.

After driving the crystalline war chariot until he was several hundred kilometers away from Moon Worshipping Valley, he placed the Demon Sealing Tombstone at a faraway location before releasing the Ice Phoenix’s soul from her containment.

The Ice Phoenix’s soul returned to her true body.

“How is it? How much longer until you fully recover?” Qin Lie asked.

Lin Liang’er frowned and probed her soul for a while before saying indifferently, “I should be fine in another two to three months time. I’ll leave on my own when the time comes.”

“Good,” Qin Lie nodded.

After that, Qin Lie asked her the secrets of the Heaven Fighting Race and the many strange events of ancient times.

In return for the favor she owed him, Lin Liang’er told him every word her mother spoke when she was telling her little stories.

“The Galaxy Battlefield is at the edge of Spirit Realm. It is formed by many tiny stars, and it is infinitely vast.”

“It is rumored that after the Heaven Fighting Race had fought to the death against united races, in order to ensure the continuity of their race and to preserve their own strength, they chose to flee to Galaxy Battlefield.”

“Later on, the Heaven Fighting Race slowly vanished without a trace. They seemed to have gone to a far, far away place within the Galaxy Battlefield.”

“The Ice Emperor had once took my mom to explore the Galaxy Battlefield. Over there, he encountered many ancient experts of other races and fought several great battles. Unfortunately, he never encountered a member of the Heaven Fighting Race.”

“Later on, I learned from the first voodoo creature that the Galaxy Battlefield had become the place of contention of many powerful races. There were plenty of human Gold rank forces on Spirit Realm and other powerful races who would enter the Galaxy Battlefield from time to time in search for those unusual spirit materials that can’t grow in Spirit Realm and those super rare crystals in order to monopolize them.”

“Inside the Galaxy Battlefield, there are plenty of shattered stars near Spirit Realm that became bases of many powerful races.”

“It is said that there is a bigger world and even more races operating beyond the Galaxy Battlefield.”

“Those races call the Spirit Realm we’re in all kinds of names such as the Heaven Realm, Spirit Realm, Saint Realm, Divine Realm and so on. In their eyes, the world beneath our feet is the center of this infinite universe, and that only the most powerful living race had the right to enter and rule this main world!”

“It is also rumored that the Heaven Fighting Race was a race that came from the Galaxy Battlefield before they dominated Spirit Realm.”

“There are plenty of legends about the Galaxy Battlefield. The most common one is that the environment there is extremely terrible. Not even a Nirvana Realm martial practitioner can roam the Galaxy Battlefield without risking running into all sorts of unpredictable dangers, let alone someone at your level.”

Lin Liang’er was holding a piece of ice crystal and absorbing the power of absolute frost inside it. She explained what she knew about the Galaxy Battlefield to Qin Lie.

Qin Lie listened in silence.

A while later, the six Spirits of Void and Chaos flew out of the Soul Suppressing Orb on their own accord.

Unlike before, the little fellows hadn’t asked for food immediately after they got out. Instead, they sensed about for a bit before flying toward a faraway distance.

A moment of surprise later, Qin Lie hastily told the Ice Phoenix to return, “Come back first.”

“I’m fine. I’ve recovered by quite a bit, and I feel like getting a breath of fresh air too.” Lin Liang’er got up and urged him to follow the little fellows and see what was going on.

Chapter 720: Returning What Rightfully Belongs

Qin Lie chased after the Spirits of Void and Chaos on his crystalline war chariot, getting further and further away from Moon Worshipping Valley.

Lin Liang’er who was sitting at a corner of the crystalline war chariot had her eyes change into a silvery white color that permeated with icy, translucent light.

Wisps of white, icy mist slowly spread out from her body and enveloped the crystalline war chariot.

A thin layer of ice covered the chariot’s body.

Qin Lie frowned a little. His eyes changed too as frost concept surrounded his body too.

The frost concept slowly filled up his body.

“I will return what was rightfully yours!” Lin Liang’er’s face sparkled with icy light.

A tiny clump of frost stream gradually grew clearer deep behind her silver white pupils.

All of a sudden, the icy light condensed into a ball of frost nebula and flew out of Lin Liang’er’s pupils. The transformed frost stream projected a Frost Concept Diagram that sparkled with countless crystalline runes, ice bits and frost light dots.

The frost nebula abruptly entered Qin Lie’s glabella.

The reason Qin Lie had quietly circulated the Frost Arts was only to acclimate himself to the frost concept the Ice Phoenix was unleashing from her body. He didn’t harbor any other intentions.

Therefore, Lin Liang’er’s sudden action of extracting and returning the Frost Concept Diagram to him caught him off guard.

Before he managed to react, the frost nebula had already entered his glabella and penetrated his sea of consciousness.

After his initial shock, Qin Lie hastily gathered his soul consciousness and probed that ball of frost nebula just in case Lin Liang’er had set up a devious trap that specifically targeted his soul.

His soul consciousness swept through the frost nebula swiftly like a lightning tentacle, but he detected no unusual ripples from the object at all.

He quickly relaxed after that.

“Withdraw!”

Two beams of lightning were unleashed from his eyes, and they abruptly grabbed onto the ball of frost nebula like a pair of big lightning hands.

The lightning hands abruptly pulled the nebula into his mind.

“Swoosh!”

The Frost Concept Diagram that had flown out of Lin Liang’er’s pupils entered the Soul Suppressing Orb in his head instantly as it sparkled with icy, crystalline light.

The ball of frost stream flew towards the second floor of the Soul Suppressing Orb.

An instant later, the lightning in Qin Lie’s eyes vanished and returned to norm.

After exhaling a breath of murky frosty air, he relaxed visibly and leaned against the walls of the crystalline war chariot, checking through the interior of the Soul Suppressing Orb in a leisurely manner.

In the vast second floor of the Soul Suppressing Orb, the Frost Concept Diagram appeared once more at the center of the four basic ancient diagrams suspended high inside the space.

The Frost Concept Diagram now appeared even clearer than before it was stolen by Lin Liang’er. The world of absolute frost drawn on the diagram had also become more realistic than before.

It was as if the Frost Concept Diagram from before wasn’t complete and was just part of the original diagram.

“This diagram is still incomplete. There’s at least another piece of the Ice Emperor’s secret inheritance that remains lost somewhere in the world. I wasn’t able to gather all of them myself.” Lin Liang’er’s cool voice rang while Qin Lie was still surprised. “Once the Ice Emperor’s inheritance is fully completely, an ice sealed world will appear inside this Frost Concept Diagram. Once completed, the interior of the Frost Concept Diagram will display the true secrets of frost passed down by the Ice Emperor!”

“How much of it is still missing?” Qin Lie asked with a bit of surprise.

“At least half,” Lin Liang’er said regretfully.

Qin Lie remained silent.

The “new” Frost Concept Diagram that hung once more inside the second floor of the Soul Suppressing Orb now had a lot more novel images than the one he created back when he was in the land of frost.

From those images of concept, he was able to understand the logic of absolute frost and achieve an enlightenment just by capturing and examining the other secrets of the frost concept vaguely.

“The Ice Emperor’s legacy imprinted into my blood and the inheritance left behind beneath the Frost Island, I’ve imprinted them both onto this Frost Concept Diagram.” Lin Liang’er said indifferently, “Other than my own latent talent, I’ve put in everything I learned about the power of frost into that concept diagram. Take it as my… thanks for your aid in recovering the soul injuries I’ve suffered.”

“Alright, then I won’t take the absolute frost minerals hidden beneath the Frost Island.” Qin Lie nodded.

The crystalline war chariot beneath the duo hadn’t stopped just because they were talking.

The Moon Worshipping Valley was situated at one of the three corners of Prism Continent. But as the Spirits of Void and Chaos continued to fly forward and Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er followed, they slowly approached the center of Prism Continent.

They passed by one mountain after another as they flew without rest for more than two hours.

“Whoosh!”

There was a strange sound happening behind the crystalline war chariot, and when Qin Lie turned around to take a look at the source of the noise, he discovered that the Demon Sealing Tombstone was flying towards them like a glaring white flag.

“Oh no!” Qin Lie’s expression changed slightly.

He had purposely put the Demon Sealing Tombstone at a faraway place and sealed it with a restriction when he awakened the Ice Phoenix. It was to prevent the Demon Sealing Tombstone from chasing after it relentlessly after it detected its aura.

He had actually forgotten about the Demon Sealing Tombstone after the Spirits of Void and Chaos had suddenly went away and flown towards the center of Prism Continent.

But although he had forgotten about the Demon Sealing Tombstone, it hadn’t forgotten about him. After he flew further and further away, the Demon Sealing Tombstone actually broke through his restriction and had been following him all along.

“You’d best hide your soul right away!” Qin Lie said anxiously.

Surprisingly, Lin Liang’er didn’t panic at the sight of the Demon Sealing Tombstone. In fact, she said casually, “It’s fine. I’ve recovered a lot and can almost conceal my aura completely now. That tombstone won’t be able to control me ever again in the future, so there’s no need for me to hide any longer.”

“Are you sure?” Qin Lie frowned.

“Very!”

“Alright!”

The crystalline war chariot came to an abrupt stop.

Qin Lie turned around and watched with a solemn expression as the Demon Sealing Tombstone charged at them.

It was at this moment that Lin Liang’er’s aura suddenly turned into the frost concept’s.

It actually felt almost the same as the aura he was giving off himself.

The Ice Phoenix Race was born used to the land of absolute frost, and they could use power of their bloodline to gather frost energy to cultivate, transform, evolve and grow continuously.

Even without the Ice Emperor’s absolute frost inheritance, Lin Liang’er could still ascend to greater heights based on her racial talents alone.

The frost energy released by the Ice Phoenix Race was still different from the Ice Emperor’s absolute frost energy, however.

While this difference was almost indistinguishable to Qin Lie, the same couldn’t be said about the Demon Sealing Tombstone.

It was how the Demon Sealing Tombstone was able to lock onto Lin Liang’er’s bloodline aura and chase after her persistently.

But now, Lin Liang’er apparently could conceal her bloodline’s scent and discharge only the Ice Emperor’s absolute frost aura from her body.

This was how Lin Liang’er completely shed the scent unique only to high rank spirit beasts like her.

The Demon Sealing Tombstone stopped above Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er’s head, seemingly trying to identify something and hesitating a little during the process.

Qin Lie frowned and raised his guard in preparation to stop the Demon Sealing Tombstone the second it showed any signs of suppressing Lin Liang’er.

Although Lin Liang’er appeared confident and collected, she too was brimming with frost energy and getting ready to retaliate against the Demon Sealing Tombstone at any moment.

Thankfully, the Demon Sealing Tombstone ultimately failed to discover anything out of the ordinary.

A moment later, the Demon Sealing Tombstone heeded Qin Lie’s summons, transformed into a ray of light and returned to the spatial ring.

“I guess from now on, I am finally free from this persistent tombstone.” Lin Liang’er let out an obvious sigh of relief.

“I don’t have to act as cautiously as I did before too.” Qin Lie also relaxed.

The duo exchanged a glance with each other. Their relationship had improved massively because of these events.

Qin Lie could finally put down the grudge he held when Lin Liang’er stole his Frost Concept Diagram for real.

The duo continued to chat with each other along the way with relaxed expressions. They were neither wary of each other nor afraid of a sudden, sneak attack any longer.

The pursuit continued for a little while longer when Qin Lie saw a beautiful phenomenon at the sky several hundred kilometers away from where he was.

The center of Prism Continent had many joined mountain ranges. Colorful clouds constantly erupted high above the sky of those mountain ranges, causing dull booms to resound from afar. Many beams of light that looked like flames, star streams, ice rivers or many other unusual permutations scattered from the center of those explosions.

The strange energy ripples reached them even though they were still hundreds of kilometers away, making them feel very stifled and uncomfortable.

The six Spirits of Void and Chaos drew a tail of colorful light each as they sped hastily towards the exploding clouds. Each had a different color.

Qin Lie could even sense the joy and excitement the Spirits of Void and Chaos were feeling.