Deep within the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, the screams gradually ceased.
I sat cross-legged in the plaza of what had been the Hall of Souls Corpse Burial Branch Hall, my face haggard. These past few days had been nothing short of an ordeal for me.
Scorching a fragile soul with fierce flames would have been torture for anyone!
And I had inflicted this torture on myself, which made it all the harder to bear.
Fortunately, after days of ceaseless scorching and tempering, the stray thoughts that had flowed into my soul, along with the black runes Hun Miesheng had placed on me, had all been purified away.
I relaxed my body and slumped backward onto the ground. Closing my eyes, I rested properly for a while before my spirits gradually recovered.
"Heaven Realm Soul Great Perfection..."
That was the realm my Soul Power had now reached.
An ordinary First Level Dou Sheng's soul was only at the Early Heaven Realm. When I had refined the Bodhi Ancient Tree last time, my Soul Power had benefited too, reaching the middle Heaven Realm then.
Yet, unexpectedly, this disaster had turned into a blessing. After absorbing the vast amount of Soul Power collected by the Corpse Burial Branch Hall, then undergoing the purification and scorching of the human world kindling flame, I had actually reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection!
"But the process was far too painful..."
I muttered under my breath. Having rested enough, I climbed off the ground and looked around. There had still been quite a few people in this branch hall at the time, but while Hun Qing and I fought fiercely, they had all taken advantage of the chaos to escape.
Now, looking around, the entire branch hall was empty, without a single person in sight.
The enormous black