Meng Ji was already dead, and the spirituality within his soul had dispersed as well.
Under normal circumstances, a dissipating soul would turn back into origin energy and return to heaven and earth.
Trying to search a living Dao Integration Realm soul for the information one wanted was extraordinarily difficult. Unless one specialized in a certain special rule, there was only the slightest possibility.
More often than not, the rules controlled by a Dao Integration Realm cultivator would instinctively retaliate.
It was actually easier to extract some memories from the soul of a dead Dao Integration Realm cultivator.
After all, its spirituality was gone. Even if the rules still retaliated, they had become extremely weak.
However, while this method was simpler, the information obtained was often incomplete. Sometimes, before the needed information could be found, the other party's soul would completely collapse.
Compared to other Dao Integration Realm cultivators, Chen Fei's techniques for wielding sixth-tier power were still quite rudimentary. But he possessed an advantage that other Dao Integration Realm cultivators lacked: the Main Rule within his physique.
Heaven Suppressing forcibly anchored Meng Ji's soul. Then, using the soul-searching techniques within the Desolate Night God Slaying Sword, Chen Fei began rapidly sifting through Meng Ji's memories.
However, the Desolate Night God Slaying Sword was only a Sun Moon Realm technique. It could only sift out the most superficial memories from Meng Ji. Everything related to cultivation techniques was blurry, and all of it consisted of incomplete fragments.
Suddenly, Chen Fei's expression shifted slightly. Within Meng Ji's soul, he saw a towering mountain.
The entire mountain was bare, without a single tree. Before it lay a lake whose water carried a black sheen.
From that memory fragment, Chen Fei seemed able to smell the stench wafting from the black water.
But