A succession of memories flashed through Ning Qianshi's mind.
In search of a way to strip away the Tianshu Envoy's soul, he had secretly returned to Shangyuan City, consulted every document on souls within the Bureau of Military Affairs, and sought out friends he had made in the past, hoping to find a viable solution. In the end, he concluded that if anyone in this world could accomplish such a thing, they would either be remnants of the Black Gate Cult or sorcery clans that had escaped disaster after the Yong Dynasty's fall.
It could be said that there were not many choices before him.
So, while hiring people to gather rumors about the Black Gate Cult, he crossed the seas to Yama Island, intending to infiltrate the An Clan and investigate. It was then that "Fei Nian" came looking for him.
Though he had already suspected that King Yong had not truly entered his eternal sleep, Ning Qianshi was still deeply shaken when he saw the perfectly unharmed Fei Nian standing before him.
The other man clearly knew what he was searching for and immediately offered terms he could not refuse.
When it came to mastery of soul arts, who could compare to that last sovereign?
As if to persuade him, the latter immediately displayed his formidable abilities—in the absence of any bronze artifact, "Fei Nian" completed a soul inheritance with his bare hands, merging the remnants of a soul he had kept at his side with his own body. Though the price was allowing the aura of Chaos into his body, Ning Qianshi had, after so long, sensed the Tianshu Envoy's presence again.
In a sense, inheriting Immortal Art would cause the former Listener to vanish into dust completely. Yet now, he could not only wield the World