But it was already too late.
Even the Space Evil Locusts surrounding Gong Qi had been purified. One could only imagine how much of the Heaven-Bearing Pillar's true body had been purified.
Gong Qi unleashed the Thousand Phoenix Twin Swords once more, their momentum as surging as a storm descending upon the sea.
This time, the Heaven-Bearing Pillar's righteous soul yielded its place, allowing the evil soul to take over. It stared wide-eyed at the incoming sword.
Back then, the evil soul had been able to seize the Heaven-Bearing Pillar's artifact spirit because the Heaven-Bearing Pillar Spirit was not skilled in offense to begin with.
Now that it had become part of the Heaven-Bearing Pillar Spirit, it was likewise poor at attacking.
Faced with Gong Qi's assault, it simply could not resist!
The Emperor Phoenix Sword and the Ice Phoenix phantom flew together, two flashes of frost sweeping past her eyes.
A faint cracking sound rang out, and even the Heaven-Bearing Pillar Spirit's figure faded by several degrees.
Just as Gong Qi was about to continue purifying it with the Heavenly Spirit Scepter, the Netherworld Token hidden within the Underground Palace suddenly trembled.
Gong Qi froze. Before she could react, the Netherworld Token had already risen into the air.
The shrieking divine soul did not even have time to do anything before it was swallowed by the Netherworld Token, which radiated dense death energy.
Only then did Gong Qi realize that the evil soul buried beneath the Heaven-Bearing Pillar had carried death energy from the start. It was a dead soul.
Or perhaps the Netherworld Token inherently restrained all death energy and Evil Energy in this world.
Swallowing the evil soul was not enough. It began madly devouring the surrounding Space Evil Locusts as well.
Countless Space Evil Locusts were