Spirit Realm Chapter 731-734

Chapter 731: Piles of Corpses

Under the guidance of Xu Ran and his wife, Qin Lie once again stepped onto Prism Continent. The four first wanted to visit Moonstone City.

When they arrived and looked down from the white clouds, their expressions immediately darkened.

In just a few days, the prosperous and busy Moonstone City became living hell.

Inside what used to be a city, there were only piles of bones and mangled flesh belonging to martial practitioners that had been stationed at Moonstone City.

A thick rotten odor hung above Moonstone City and spread a hundred miles outwards, not showing any signs of dissipating.

Towns around Moonstone City were also lifeless. Not one person had been left alive.

The only thing the four could see was a sea of corpses. The remains had their limbs torn off. All of them died a horrific death.

The Heaven Ghoul Race clearly had not stayed for long after massacring Moonstone City as they hadn’t destroyed the city buildings.

They couldn’t see any Heaven Ghouls.

“So horrific.” Tong Zhenzhen sighed deeply.

Xu Ran’s eyes radiated murderous intent. “This kind of race should be extinct! Compared to the Asura Race, the Heaven Ghouls are crueler, more bloodthirsty, and they lack basic morals!”

When the Asura Race invaded, they would not commit large-scale killing. They would enslave the humans to help them mine for ore, and farm spirit medicines and grasses.

As a result, during the past conflict between Asura Race and humans, those that died by the hands of Asuras were only the martial practitioners from the forces that fought.

The Asura Race did not act against mortals.

They also would not eat people.

The Heaven Ghoul Race was clearly much more savage.

Seeing the destruction of Moonstone City, Qin Lie and the others realized Heaven Ghoul Race wouldn’t leave anyone or anything alive!

Martial practitioners, spirit beasts, or even common folk. None of them would be spared!!

Probing with their soul consciousness from the sky, they found no signs of life.

“It seems like a mistake that the Heaven Fighting Race did not kill them all. This kind of savage and bloody race should not be allowed to exist,” Tong Zhenzhen said with a frown.

Qin Lie’s expression was dark as well.

He felt suffocated by the horrific scenes below. While he had experienced some bloody battles, he had never encountered such a terrifying scene before.

One city, millions of martial practitioners and mortals completely butchered and eaten like chickens.

It was a nightmare.

The four looked for a while from the air, then flew toward the center of Prism Continent. Along the way, they deliberately kept their speed slow and paid attention to the land below.

The cities and villages they passed by ended up just like Moonstone City, devoid of all life.

Humans; spirit beasts; livestock; none had been left alive.

Every highly populated area turned into mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

As they travelled, the quartet’s expressions became uglier. The horrific scenes they saw along the way were a great blow to them.

“Starting from now on, I will instantly kill every Heaven Ghoul I encounter!” Xu Ran suddenly said.

Qin Lie agreed.

He had never seen any Heaven Ghoul before. But just because of their inhuman butchering, Qin Lie put them in the category of animals.

In his memories, there were hardly any high level races that would do such inhuman things.

According to what he knew, even the Heaven Fighting Race that once dominated this world had only forced other races into slavery or servitude.

“There are Heaven Ghouls active three hundred miles ahead!” Tong Zhenzhen suddenly said.

Xu Ran’s eyes lit up and he said, “Let’s go!”

The four moved forward quickly.

An hour later, with Tong Zhenzhen leading the way, they arrived at a small mountain valley.

In the valley, the short, grayish-brown skinned Heaven Ghouls were freezing limbs they had torn off in order to preserve them.

The arms of human martial practitioners were bundled together and piled up beside a pond in the mountain valley. After being washed using the water, the ghouls were freezing the bundles using cold energy contained in strange crystals like the ones Lin Liang’er had in the past.

Inside each slab of ice, there were hundreds of frozen human arms. And there were dozens of these slabs in the valley…

The valley housed more than thirty Heaven Ghouls. They wasted no time, feeding on human arms while preserving more for later.

“I’ve been starving for so long, I can finally satisfy my hunger. The taste of these young human female arms are still so good.”

“It’s been so long. I hadn’t thought that the Heaven Fighting Race was driven out of the Spirit Realm. We do not have to worry about being killed by the Heaven Fighting Race any longer!”

“Stop talking. Use the flesh to recover your energy. We still have clansmen who have yet to arrive. They also have been starving for a long time.”

“Yes, we need to prepare more food for them. The population of this Prism Continent is limited, not enough to feed all of us.”

“……”

The language the Heaven Ghouls used was the common language of Spirit Realm. While their speech was still unpracticed and awkward, Qin Lie, Xu Ran, and the others could understand them clearly.

“Leave the strongest one alive, kill the others.” Xu Ran said murderously.

Tong Zhenzhen nodded. He asked Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er. “Will you go kill a few to satisfy your hate?”

“Of course.” Qin Lie’s gaze was also murderous.

“I will not waste my energy, I have not fully recovered yet.” Lin Liang’er shook her head.

“You are at seventh rank, you wouldn’t need me to hold your hand, would you??” Tong Zhenzhen smiled slightly.

Lin Liang’er circulated her spirit energy. A pair of frost wings formed behind her. She finally broke free of Tong Zhenzhen’s hold and floated silently in the air.

Xu Ran abruptly landed on the ground with Qin Lie.

“The Heaven Ghouls inside the valley are of average strength. Go find yourself one of your strength,” he said casually.

“I know.” Taking a deep breath, blue lightning wrapped around Qin Lie’s arms.

“Pathetic humans, before we went into the chaotic streams of space, you were just food for us Heaven Ghouls! That was true in the past, and it is true now!” a Heaven Ghoul laughed.

Hearing him say this, Xu Ran and Tong Zhenzhen nodded inwardly. They were finally sure that what Qin Lie had said was right.

“In the past, the Heaven Fighting Race didn’t kill the last of you. But we will. We will not allow you to exist!” Xu Ran attacked in rage.

A thick, ancient, double-headed battle axe suddenly flew out of Xu Ran’s sleeve. The axe floated ten meters above the valley and shot out rays of golden light.

“Pew! Pew!”

The golden light penetrated bodies of the Heaven Ghouls and their bodies instantly became riddled with bloody holes.

Chapter 732: Three Emperors

“Qin Lie, I will leave a few people for you.” Xu Ran laughed.

The double-headed axe that looked like a golden spinning wheel harvested many lives inside the valley.

Whenever the enormous axe touched a ghoul, the ghoul would be chopped into pieces. They couldn’t avoid it.

The Heaven Ghouls all wore a kind of bone armor that seemed slightly old.

When the golden axe appeared, the Heaven Ghouls roared and tried to fight back fiercely.

They released balls of berserk spirit power, and caused their bodies to swell like balloons.

Alas, their strength was just too low for Xu Ran. No matter how they fought, they could not withstand onslaught of the enormous axe.

In the end, after flying a few circles, there was only one Heaven Ghoul left around Xu Ran.

Tong Zhenzhen landed and said, “Leave this one to me.”

Xu Ran reached out a hand.

Five streaks of golden energy formed a claw that gripped the Heaven Ghoul and pulled that ghoul through the air to Tong Zhenzhen.

Tong Zhenzhen raised a hand. She pointed with her left index finger at the other’s brow.

The energy and spirit in the screaming Heaven Ghoul’s eyes immediately disappeared.

Tong Zhenzhen used an eerie secret art to extract this Heaven Ghoul’s memories without any care for their life.

Qin Lie looked in shock at Tong Zhenzhen.

“There are two more alive.” Xu Ran smiled and pointed outside the valley. “I left them for you.”

Qin Lie was speechless.

“If you don’t give chase, the two of them will flee,” Xu Ran urged.

Qin Lie did not continue to watch. He nodded, then flew towards the outside of the valley.

When he left, a fiery bird appeared in Tong Zhenzhen’s pupils.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

As soon as this mark appeared, a thread of flame appeared on Tong Zhenzhen’s fingertip sank into the ghoul’s forehead.

“Poof!”

A strange sound came from inside this person’s body. In the next moment, his body burned in fire. The light of memories jumped out of the bright flames and were attracted to Tong Zhenzhen’s finger.

Tong Zhenzhen slowly closed her eyes as though she was digesting this person’s memory. The Heaven Ghoul turned into ash.

At this time, Lin Liang’er who had been floating in the sky with her icy wings suddenly came down.

She landed next to Tong Zhenzhen and stared at Tong Zhenzhen with cold eyes.

“I know a place that has a part of the Ice Emperor’s inheritance left. I think you will be very interested in it,” Xu Ran said softly.

Lin Liang’er’s eyes immediately lit up.

Xu Ran shook his head and said with a laugh, “Don’t be too excited, you will not be able to go to that place right now. When you break through to rank eight, you might try with Zhenzhen and Qin Lie.”

“Qin Lie? Why him?” Lin Liang’er said in puzzlement.

Xu Ran did not immediately answer but turned to look outside the valley.

At this time, Qin Lie was wrapped in thick bolts of electricity as thunder roared inside his body. He was chasing the two Heaven Ghouls that were fleeing away.

Those two were just in the Fulfillment Realm. After roaming in the vast chaotic streams of space, their power had eroded greatly.

Under Qin Lie’s pursuit, the two did not last long before they were killed by thunder and lightning.

“I think I am right.” Xu Ran felt even more certain.

“What?” Lin Liang’er asked.

“We’ll speak when he comes back.” Xu Ran smiled.

“Alright.” Tong Zhenzhen opened her eyes. The fiery bird mark in her eyes had disappeared. When Qin Lie came close, her expression became grave. “These Heaven Ghouls are more difficult than we imagine. They had managed to survive in such terrible conditions in the outer space with more than just their unique racial ability.”

“How many of them are left?” Qin Lie asked.

“More than seven thousand.” Tong Zhenzhen looked at the corpses of the Heaven Ghouls and said, “These are the weakest group because it is easier for the weaker Heaven Ghouls to recover after returning to Spirit Realm. The stronger Heaven Ghouls were responsible for exploring the endless void and protecting their race. They expended too much energy searching for the way back and are exhausted.”

“Also, when they found this spatial rift and managed to make a passage, they expended even more power, becoming even weaker.”

“They have six Great Sages, each is a Soul Altar expert. The strongest Great Sage was once a four-level Soul Altar. In other words, at the early stages of the Void Realm. But while traversing the chaotic outer space, they encountered a great calamity. In order to help the clan members survive, that four-level Soul Altar expert paid a great price, shattering a level of his Soul Altar. His cultivation then decreased to the late stage of the Imperishable Realm. He only has a three-level Soul Altar now, and he sank into deep slumber after this injury.”, and he sank into sleep after his great injury.”

“These Heaven Ghouls gathered these arms and committed massacres on Prism Continent in order to hold an evil ceremony and use a sea of sacrifices to wake the strongest Great Sage.”

“Once this Great Sage wakes up, even if he only has a three-level Soul Altar, it is enough for him to create a storm of blood in the Land of Chaos.”

Tong Zhenzhen did not recite all of the person’s scattered memories. She only told them the important points so that Xu Ran knew the severity of the matter.

“One Soul Altar level shattered, once in the early stage of the Void Realm. Once this Great Sage wakes and recovers, I’m afraid even Nan Zhengtian will not be his match!” Xu Ran paled.

“Because he is so strong and also due to his deep slumber, those Heaven Ghouls did not dare to move him. So even now, he is in the chaotic streams of space, sleeping on an enormous rock. He has not come over yet.” Tong Zhenzhen paused and then said, “Of the remaining five Great Sages, two have come, three are still in the void to help the remaining clansmen pass through the unstable passageway. One of them is responsible for guarding the strongest, and making sure he would not be swept away by the currents to another desolate corner.”

“What are the realms of the two that have come?’ Xu Ran said gravely.

Tong Zhenzhen’s expression was relatively relaxed. “Fortunately, of the two Great Sages, one is a one-level Soul Altar, the other a two-level Soul Altar.”

Xu Ran visibly sighed in relief and rejoiced. “As long as it is not three-level.”

“If a three-level Soul Altar comes, we will not continue our investigation and will immediately retreat,” Tong Zhenzhen said helplessly.

Xu Ran nodded and changed the topic. He said to Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er. “In the ancient era, there were Three Emperors and Five Progenitors. The three emperors are Thunder Emperor, Flame Emperor and Ice Emperor. Miss Lin, the frost aura you cultivate should be from Ice Emperor, coincidentally, Zhenzhen cultivates the inheritance of the Flame Emperor…”

He looked deeply at Qin Lie and said, “If I am right, the thunder power that you, Qin Lie, cultivate should be the genuine inheritance of the Thunder Emperor!”

Chapter 733: Clash

“Heavenly Thunder Eradication? The Thunder Emperor’s inheritance?” Qin Lie looked astonished.

“Most likely!” Xu Ran’s tone was quite certain as he added, “Even the power of thunder Nan Zhengtian is cultivating right now is not the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance. That is why he couldn’t find the right opportunity to make his breakthrough, and was stuck at the Imperishable Realm for so many years. That is why it is so difficult for him to reach the Void Realm!”

Qin Lie was surprised yet again.

“The Thunder, Flame, and Ice Emperors were the three human emperors of ancient times. Their inheritances are extraordinary and contain power of the most profound secrets of the pinnacle!”

“If a cultivator could obtain a genuine inheritance of the Three Emperors and cultivate steadily every step of the way, they would naturally reach consecutive breakthroughs without much unexpected trouble.”

“If Nan Zhengtian’s spirit art was a genuine inheritance of the Thunder Emperor, he would not be stuck at the Imperishable Realm for as long as he did. He would have found a chance to reach the next realm a long time ago!”

Xu Ran paused for a second and stared deeply at him, saying, “I believe that Nan Zhengtian guessed that your thunder spirit art had originated from the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance. That was why he had sent out word to protect you from harm when Black Voodoo Cult had invaded the Setting Sun Islands.”

“He wishes to see you and obtain some inspiration by watching you cultivate your thunder spirit art. He wishes to tear through the wall that is blocking him from reaching the Void Realm.”

Qin Lie frowned in silence.

“There’s nothing for you to be worried about,” Xu Ran smiled faintly when he sensed his unusual behavior, “I consider myself to know Nan Zhengtian fairly well, and I can tell you that he… is not a person who would bully the weak. He is a fair and impartial person, and he would not rob you of the thunder spirit art you’re cultivating.”

“He will learn what he needs by observing the state you’re in when you’re cultivating such as the ripples of your soul, the changes in your body, and other cultivation details.”

“Moreover, he will compensate you for what he has learned from you. He won’t let you suffer a loss.”

“Are you sure?” Qin Lie’s eyes flashed.

“Mn. That’s the kind of person he is,” Xu Ran said calmly, “In fact, you’ll probably learn a lot more things from him than the other way around. After all, he is at the late stage of the Imperishable Realm and the number one cultivator in the Land of Chaos. No one can compare to him in terms of the understanding and knowledge of the power of thunder!”

“I believe that he should be able to answer most of your questions in regards to the power of thunder. It is true that he may come out better from this exchange, but you are the bigger winner of this trade.”

“Besides that, he’ll compensate you in other aspects too. He will make sure that you’ll be satisfied by the trade.”

“Good.” Qin Lie relaxed slightly.

“Where is the place that you said that a part of the Ice Emperor’s inheritance exists in?” Lin Liang’er asked the question after seeing that they were done discussing.

“That place is called the Three Mausoleums, and it is not in the Land of Chaos. Only those who cultivate the Thunder Emperor, Flame Emperor, and Ice Emperor’s inheritance have the right to go in,” Xu Ran explained.

“So you mean that we aren’t the only ones who cultivate the power of the Three Emperors?” Qin Lie looked puzzled.

“Of course not,” Tong Zhenzhen interrupted with a smile. “I know at least a dozen or so people who cultivate the Flame Emperor and Ice Emperor’s inheritance. However, Miss Lin is the first person I saw to have cultivated Ice Emperor’s inheritance to this extent.”

“There are even more people who cultivate the Flame Emperor’s inheritance, but their mastery of the inheritance is superficial at best. The inheritance they obtained is probably not a core component. To this point, I haven’t seen anyone who managed to attain greater heights than me in the cultivation of the Flame Emperor’s inheritance.”

“As for the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance…”

Tong Zhenzhen couldn’t help but frown when she reached this point. Her look on Qin Lie was obviously mingled with a bit of amazement.

“What is it?”

“You are the first person ever that I’ve seen to have successfully cultivated the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance,” Tong Zhenzhen said honestly.

A gleam of electricity flashed past Qin Lie’s eyes.

Lin Liang’er also looked astonished, “Did no one ever succeed in cultivating it?”

“I know of some people who tried to cultivate the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance, but those people were all… maybe it’s because their spirit art is incomplete, or their inheritance wasn’t a core part of the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance, or they were simply lacking in talent. At any rate, these cultivators would often lose their souls to thunder and lightning during the cultivation process and perish before they even stepped into the Natal Opening Realm.”

Tong Zhenzhen continued after staring deeply at Qin Lie, “I have never seen or even heard someone who managed to cultivate to the Fulfillment Realm like you.”

Qin Lie rubbed his chin with an odd expression on his face. “I guess my luck is pretty extraordinary.’

“This isn’t something that can be explained with just luck.” Tong Zhenzhen laughed softly before shaking her head. “Maybe it’s because you used a special method, or maybe you yourself are special in some ways. Of course, this is your private secret, and I shan’t pursue further into the matter.”

“I’ll be blunt.” Xu Ran took over the conversation while looking at Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er. “We know where the Three Mausoleums are, and Zhenzhen managed to find a way to enter deep into the Three Mausoleums having cultivated the Flame Emperor’s inheritance for so many years. However, we will need the two of you to help us in order to make this method a success. Of course, that is in the future and not now.”

“In the future, after the two of you have managed to cultivate the Ice Emperor and the Thunder Emperor’s inheritance to a certain level, we hope that you can come with us to the Three Mausoleums.” Tong Zhenzhen looked sincere. “I guarantee that you will obtain what you need inside the Three Mausoleums just like I would!”

“Of course I’m going to collect all the Ice Emperor’s inheritances!” Lin Liang’er expressed her agreement.

The trio then turned to look at Qin Lie.

Qin Lie pondered underneath their gazes for a moment before saying, “I admit that I am a little interested.”

The moment he said this, both Xu Ran and Tong Zhenzhen broke into a smile. It was as if they were certain that they would be heading to the Three Mausoleums together now that they had had their verbal promise.

“Let’s leave this place behind and head to where the spatial rifts are,” Xu Ran suggested.

The trio nodded in agreement.

And so they flew to the sky once more and continued to the center of Prism Continent. Along the way, they ran into many groups of Heaven Ghouls.

The deeper they went, the stronger these Heaven Ghouls were. Fragmentation Realm and Nirvana Realm martial practitioners began to appear.

These people were doing the same thing as the Heaven Ghouls they met in the mountain valley. They were all encasing human limbs in ice.

The reason these Heaven Ghouls were gathering food and collecting the materials for their evil ritual, was to help the clansmen who had yet to come recover and awaken the slumbering Great Sage.

Xu Ran slaughtered every outsider he encountered along the way with his giant axe.

This lasted until they reached their destination.

“We’re here!” Qin Lie exclaimed from inside a clump of gray cloud.

Xu Ran had also wrapped a gray cloud around his body and withdrawn his aura. He observed the scene not far away from them.

At the center of Prism Continent where many mountain ranges fell and rose across the land, there were many spatial rifts in the sky. Violent chaotic streams of space spilled from inside these spatial rifts.

The distorted and chaotic fluctuations of spirit energy were strong enough to cause discomfort.

The giant rocks that floated like little hills between the spatial rifts and the mountain peaks looked like Li Mu’s floating island at first glance.

These giant rocks were filled with many tower shaped palaces built from gray-white bones, and there were many bone-thin Heaven Ghoul Race clansmen that were walking in and out of the buildings.

A gray shadow that belonged to a Heaven Ghoul would appear occasionally from the largest spatial rift.

Those people who just arrived here looked like little skeletons clad in skin as they were surrounded by the thick scent of death. After descending on the bone towers, they immediately sat down as if they didn’t want to waste even an ounce of energy.

The Heaven Ghouls who had arrived earlier would then bring out piles of human arms from inside the bone towers and serve them to these clansmen.

These newly-arrived ghouls would immediately tear into the flesh and blood greedily without any hesitation. They would chew on the arms and cause bits of flesh to splatter everywhere.

There were plenty of Heaven Ghouls operating on the mountain ranges beneath the floating giant rocks. They were transporting many blocks of ice into the bone towers.

Piles of human limbs were frozen inside these blocks of ice. It was food they had washed and frozen outside the bone towers before carrying them in.

Every Heaven Ghoul was busy with either collecting food or eating to recover energy.

Two short and tiny senior Heaven Ghouls that looked as old as time itself were seated at the two bone towers closest to the spatial rift, closely observing it while unleashing strong spatial energy.

If someone were to pay close attention to the scene, they would notice that two gray-colored streams had joined as one and flowed into the spatial rift together.

It was the spatial passage connecting to Spirit Realm that they had constructed.

It was through that gray stream that the Heaven Ghoul Race clansmen managed to pass through the chaotic streams of space and void currents to arrive at the Spirit Realm.

“Those two old men are the Great Sages of the Heaven Ghoul Race. They are both at the Imperishable Realm,” Tong Zhenzhen reminded from the clouds.

Qin Lie concentrated and took a look.

“You mustn’t release your soul consciousness!” Xu Ran hastily stopped him.

Qin Lie immediately withdrew the wisp of soul consciousness he sent out.

A silvery white gleam also flashed past Lin Liang’er’s eyes.

The eyes of one of the two old men sitting underneath the web like spatial rift abruptly gleamed brightly with evil light as he threw a violent and bloodthirsty soul attack towards Qin Lie’s group like a spear.

“Crackle!”

The air between Qin Lie and the old man crackled like fireworks, and the surrounding gray clouds were immediately swept clean like a tornado had just swept past the area.

Qin Lie and others were immediately exposed before all Heaven Ghoul Race clansmen.

Xu Ran let out a cold snort.

A golden barrier adorned with gold patterns that looked like fish scales swiftly formed around the four of them.

The old man’s violent soul attack smashed fiercely against the gold barrier and caused its scale-like patterns to ripple and scatter.

At the same time, a Soul Altar that looked like it was forged from pure gold appeared beneath Xu Ran and radiated with gold light that stretched far, far into the distance.

“Let’s go.” Xu Ran waved his hand once, and the Soul Altar that looked like a gold mountain carried Qin Lie and everyone else away from the place swiftly.

“You’re not leaving so easily!” The old Heaven Ghoul soared into the sky with an angry roar.

A diamond-shaped two-level Soul Altar that looked like it was made out of crystal flew out from between his brows as he landed on top of the Soul Altar. Then, he let out a shrill cry and chased fiercely towards them.

Many Heaven Ghoul Race experts flew into the air and charged at them like hungry ghouls.

Chapter 734: Pursuit

“Don’t let them escape!”

The old Heaven Ghoul Race man with a two-level Soul Altar screamed in an odd pitch. His translucent, diamond-shaped Soul Altar actually started pulling at the spatial rifts as if they were physical objects.

Three thin and long spatial rifts were pulled from the numerous spatial rifts that were present in the area. They looked as bright as blade’s gleam, and moved as fast as a bolt of lightning. They suddenly appeared before Xu Ran.

“Riiip!”

The strange noise of space being torn apart literally happened right before Qin Lie’s eyes as a pitch black hole appeared out of nowhere.

The pitch black hole looked like the gaping mouth of a giant beast, capable of devouring every living being whole. It was torn into existence by the three spatial rifts, and the rampant, distorted energy inside the hole seemed capable of tearing the consciousness and True Souls of all living beings apart.

“Protect your own soul!” Xu Ran said seriously.

Qin Lie and Lin Liang’er’s expressions changed as they hurriedly focused all of their energy and concentration onto their soul and mind.

The terrible fear that stemmed from the feeling of falling into the black hole in front of him and having his soul sucked rose from Qin Lie’s heart.

He could see very clearly that his True Soul and his Soul Lake were wobbling towards the outside world like kites in the sky.

The huge, black hole’s pull on his soul grew stronger and stronger.

“Geocentric magnetism! Gravity change!”

He circulated the power of earth with all his might, sensing a weight that was as heavy as mountains from the depths of his soul even though he was currently seated on Xu Ran’s Soul Altar.

His True Soul vaguely sensed a white, vast land of nothingness pulling it back down to Qin Lie’s body.

The power of geocentric magnetism grew tens of times stronger than it was before!

“Boom!”

His Soul Lake barely rose into the air before it landed heavily back to its original spot like an iron piece that was attracted by a huge magnet.

His Soul Lake became lodged firmly inside his brain like it was fixed in place by hundreds of millions of nails. It could not be budged even an inch away from its position now.

The powerful attraction that came from the pitch black hole was no longer effective on him. His Soul Lake and his True Soul had now firmly taken root in his brain.

It was at this moment he sensed an aura of absolute frost from his side. He subconsciously looked towards Lin Liang’er.

Lin Liang’er had turned herself into an ice sculpture. Wisps of cold air that felt like they could freeze the air itself spread continuously to her surroundings.

Lin Liang’er was obviously unaffected by the black hole’s soul-sucking power.

“Break!” Xu Ran snorted coldly.

The two giant golden axes instantly slashed at the space before him like they would cut the very sky in half. A ray of golden light several kilometers long appeared before them.

The huge, black hole exploded after it was touched by the golden light.

Countless pure black particles spread out like a curtain of darkness as the shockwave spread them to the surroundings.

“Let’s go!”

Xu Ran charged out of the way on his gold-colored Soul Altar expressionlessly before the black curtain could envelop them.

“After them!”

Countless Heaven Ghoul Race clansmen flew into the air. They attempted to surround them from all directions like swarms of locusts.

The other old Heaven Ghoul Race man with eyes that looked like they were bleeding out of their twin pupils flew over on his own Soul Altar.

“Swoosh!”

His figure was wrapped by one of his Soul Altar levels and instantly disappeared.

Blurry, gray ripples appeared before their path at nearly the same time.

The howls of crying ghouls rang from all directions as the ripples slowly transformed into gray clouds. The clouds that transformed into many blurry, unnamed shadows.

The second the shadows appeared, Xu Ran’s charging Soul Altar suddenly slowed down a little.

“Swamp of Lost Souls!” Xu Ran frowned slightly.

When Qin Lie looked closely, he noticed that the golden Soul Altar was moving like it was slogging through a swamp. Not only was it moving slowly, it was slowly but surely sinking towards the ground.

It was as if the Soul Altar was about to crash.

“Don’t stop,” Tong Zhenzhen said softly.

Countless flames appeared around Xu Ran’s golden Soul Altar the second she said that.

The flames burned fiercely like red hot suns that discharged fearsome heatwaves.

The clouds, the innumerable shadows, and the gray ripples in the sky were burned completely by the terrible flames in no time at all.

The golden Soul Altar beneath them immediately glowed like a tiny sun once more as it pressed forward towards the distance.

“Don’t try to play with them. There may yet be another Great Sage among the Heaven Ghoul Race. If a three-level Soul Altar Great Sage were to appear and work together with those two Great Sages in order to stop us, things will get a little troublesome,” Tong Zhenzhen said.

“Got it.” Xu Ran smiled in a relaxed and confident manner. It didn’t look like he had been giving his all.

The glowing golden Soul Altar beneath them swiftly departed from the center of Prism Continent like a golden cloud.

Standing above the Soul Altar, Qin Lie looked down at the cultivation effort that only those who stood at the Imperishable Realm and above possessed curiously.

He was shocked the moment he did so.

Xu Ran’s golden Soul Altar had three levels in total!

This guy was actually at the late stage of the Imperishable Realm!

He couldn’t help but recall Chu Li’s description of Xu Ran.

According to Chu Li’s explanation, Xu Ran had neglected his cultivation ever since he came to be together with Tong Zhenzhen. Instead of secluding himself and cultivating hard everyday, he went on many adventures instead and slowly neglected to improve his strength over time. His transformation caused the former sect master of the Terminator Sect to be absolutely furious.

Realistically speaking, he thought that Xu Ran would possess a one-level Soul Altar or a two-level Soul Altar at best.

He never imagined that Xu Ran would possess a three-level Soul Altar!

This guy was well regarded by every one of his seniors. They all thought that his talent was unparalleled, and that he was the most likely person to reach the Void Realm in the entire Land of Chaos.

It was only now that Qin Lie realized just how acute the insight of those seniors were.

Despite neglecting his cultivation and bringing his wife everywhere on a journey, he still somehow managed to construct a three-level Soul Altar. Just how high was this guy’s talent?

Moreover, he learned from Li Mu that the amount of spirit materials needed to build up a level on the Soul Altar was astronomically high.

Even Li Mu had to rely on Heavenly Sword Mountain to gather the spirit materials necessary to improve his Soul Altar.

So how in the Spirit Realm did this Xu Ran manage to gather so much spirit materials and construct a three-level Soul Altar despite adventuring everywhere and playing around with his wife everyday?

Qin Lie’s expression slowly turned odd.

“What you see is but the rough appearance of the Soul Altar. Only the creators of the Soul Altars would know exactly what is inside his Soul Altar.” Xu Ran suddenly laughed and asked, “What do you see right now?”

“I can only see that it is a three-level Soul Altar, and that it looks like it is built from gold. That’s all,” Qin Lie said honestly.

“Hehe, it’s not as simple as you say,” Xu Ran explained while flying towards the edge of Prism Continent, “You can view every level of a cultivator’s Soul Altar as a world of its own, anything can exist inside it! You can realize almost anything inside your Soul Altar if you dare to dream!”

A pause later, he continued, “If there are things that you cannot realize inside your Soul Altar, it simply means that your realm isn’t high enough to do so.”