Spirit Abyss Realm

"You and I are nothing but chess pieces. Are you really going to wipe us all out? Kill me, and you'll die too."

When Xia Yi woke up, he felt as though he had had a very, very long dream. Yet the instant he awoke, he had forgotten every bit of it.

He only remembered one sentence.

Xia Yi looked around and discovered that he was already in a dormitory at Eastsea Academy.

Besides Wujin, Gu Yue was also in the dormitory.

Wujin told Xia Yi that Mu Chen, the president of the Blacksmith Association, had personally brought him here.

"What exactly happened?" Gu Yue asked in a low voice.

"Where's Zi Ji? Is she all right?" Xia Yi asked as well.

"I'm fine." Zi Ji appeared in the dormitory too. She glanced at Wujin, then told them everything that had happened after Xia Yi lost consciousness.

"What exactly is going on with you? Why couldn't even a Divine Artifact hurt you? Why was a Super Douluo wearing Three-Word Battle Armor sucked directly into your body? Where is she now?" Gu Yue stared fixedly at Xia Yi. Everything that had happened to him had surpassed her understanding. This was absolutely not something a Ten-Year Transformed Soul Beast could do.

"Who am I supposed to ask if you're asking me?" Xia Yi shook his head and looked at the Dark Phoenix Tattoo on his arm. At a thought from him, the phoenix instantly seemed to come alive.

"Go!" Xia Yi shouted softly. The Dark Phoenix immediately flew from his arm and shot toward Zi Ji.

Zi Ji extended her jade hands and gave a light squeeze. The Dark Phoenix instantly dissipated in her palm.

"Not bad attack power. It's already comparable to most Two-Ring Soul Masters. It possesses dark corrosion and high-temperature burning effects. Dark corrosion can contaminate Soul Power, while high-temperature burning can cling to a Soul Master's body. On top of that, this Dark Phoenix flame is difficult to extinguish. One from within and one from without—a decent ability." A glint flashed through Zi Ji's beautiful eyes.

With this soul skill, Xia Yi's combat strength would not be weaker than that of most people his age.

However, with Xia Yi's Soul Power, a soul skill like this would probably consume a great deal.

Zi Ji did not know that, in a space within Xia Yi's body, Leng Yulai suddenly froze. Then, for no apparent reason, a little of her Soul Power vanished.

It was not much, but it had indeed decreased.

This space was not large, only around two hundred square meters—twenty meters long and ten meters wide.

The surroundings were all blue-gray metal walls, and even the ground was made of metal. Forget doors; there were not even any windows.

Fortunately, there was no metal above the space. Looking up, one could see a sky full of stars.

The metal walls around her were not very high, only a little over two meters.

But what drove Leng Yulai mad was that she could not escape this metal space at all. Whenever she tried to fly out, the moment she flew upward, the metal walls around her would grow upward with her.

No matter how high she flew, the metal walls would rise at the same speed.

Even when she unleashed soul skills and tried to use Soul Power to cross the metal walls, the walls would grow taller on their own to block her soul skills.

She tried countless methods, but none allowed her to escape this metal space.

"Damn it, where exactly is this?" Leng Yulai summoned her Battle Armor again. A massive Dark Phoenix appeared behind her and slammed viciously into the metal wall before her.

Yet the full-force strike of a Super Douluo wearing Three-Word Battle Armor failed to leave even the slightest mark on the metal wall.

It did not even produce a single spark.

After trying more than a hundred methods and exhausting herself until she collapsed to the ground, Leng Yulai finally calmed down and noticed that many mountains, rivers, plants, and trees had been carved into the metal walls.

"Who could have left these carvings on metal this hard?" Leng Yulai was incomparably shocked. Even her full-force strike had failed to leave the slightest trace on the metal.

Yet someone had actually been able to carve into it.

Leng Yulai put away her Battle Armor and gently ran her hands over the metal wall. Rather than feeling cold, these metal walls gave her a sense of weight and solidity.

"What kind of metal is this? There isn't the slightest trace of Forging. It looks like ordinary bronze, but how could ordinary bronze possibly withstand my attacks?" Leng Yulai frowned repeatedly. Refusing to believe it, she began fiercely attacking the metal wall again as soon as she had recovered a little strength.

"Will you calm down?" A deep voice suddenly rang out. Leng Yulai abruptly turned around and saw a faint Soul Fire floating behind her, though she had no idea when it had appeared.

Leng Yulai staggered back in fright. Although the Soul Fire before her was so weak that it seemed as though it could go out at any moment,

it still made her feel a deadly threat.

"Who are you?" Leng Yulai asked blankly.

"I am Xia Yi. I'm the one you wanted to kill before, and I'm also the one who pulled you in here." A voice came from within the Soul Fire.

"What do you mean?" The one-use Divine Artifact, the Demon God Sword, appeared in Leng Yulai's hand again. She had already prepared herself for a fight to the death.

"Even the Plane Master couldn't kill me, let alone you." The Soul Fire's voice was calm, so calm that it carried no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

"Who exactly are you?!" Leng Yulai demanded again.

"Someone once said I was a chess piece. I should have already had my soul scattered, but someone allowed a strand of my spiritual consciousness and a drop of my blood to survive. This is my spiritual consciousness. The body you tried to kill before was formed from a drop of my blood. My spiritual consciousness should originally have been stronger than it is now, but the Plane Master discovered that I did not belong to this world and tried to erase my body. I secretly fought against the Plane Master, so I became much weaker." The soul body explained.

Gu Yue and Di Tian had always believed that Xia Yi had been forced into Transformation by the Plane Master.

Little did they know that the Plane Master had only made Xia Yi undergo Transformation after failing to erase him.

"Not from this world?" Leng Yulai was startled and asked tentatively, "Could you be from the God Realm?"

"My world should be a little higher than the God Realm." The soul body spoke in a low voice.

"Why should I believe you?" Leng Yulai asked coldly.

"There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me." The Soul Fire paused before continuing, "You have incurred countless blood debts for your own selfish desires. Even if I killed you, it would not be excessive. But now, I'll give you a chance to live. Of course, you'll need to help me with some things."

"How ridiculous. You imprisoned me, so why should I help you?" Leng Yulai asked coldly.

"You have no choice. I have already bound your life to my body. If my body dies, you will die as well," the Soul Fire said.

"You're trying to scare me." Leng Yulai's voice was low.

The Soul Fire offered no explanation and merely continued, "I am too weak. I will soon dissipate. Once I disappear, the Plane Master may very well make another move against my body."

"You want me to stop the Plane Master? You think far too highly of me," Leng Yulai said coldly.

"No." The Soul Fire swayed, as though shaking its head. "After fighting me last time, the Plane Master fell into slumber. It cannot awaken again anytime soon."

"If that's the case, what do you need me for?" Leng Yulai continued asking.

"I can no longer hold on until my body comes to receive its former memories. When I dissipate, I will seal my memories here for my body to receive later. When that time comes, I will need your guidance. As long as my body receives my memories, it can grow strong enough before the Plane Master awakens to no longer fear the Plane Master." The Soul Fire spoke in a low voice.

"How would I know how to guide him?" Leng Yulai asked coldly.

"I will naturally teach you. Once he receives my memories, you can leave this place." The Soul Fire spoke in a low voice.

"When can your body come here to receive those memories?" Leng Yulai's gaze shifted slightly. Clearly, she was tempted. She did not want to be imprisoned here for the rest of her life.

"By Douluo Continent's standards, when his Spiritual Power reaches the Spirit Abyss Realm," the Soul Fire said.

"The Spirit Abyss Realm? Do you know how long it takes to cultivate to the Spirit Abyss Realm? Are you planning to imprison me here the entire time?" Leng Yulai demanded coldly. Thinking that she might have to spend the next few years, or perhaps even decades, in this cold metal cage,

she did not dare imagine it. If that happened, she would definitely be driven mad from confinement.

Especially after the Soul Fire before her dissipated, she would not even have anyone to talk to.

"This is not a prison. It is a place countless people dream of. Cultivating here will bring you only benefits and no harm," the Soul Fire said indifferently.