Not Indebted to You

Tian Meng cried out in alarm, realizing he had been tricked.

Then, his consciousness fell asleep.

"Could I really harm you? This coffin of mine isn't an ordinary coffin. It's a Soul Nurturing Coffin."

Chen Ming curled his lip, materialized the Soul Nurturing Coffin from his Soul Martial Soul, and patted its lid.

As he looked at the coffin before him, his gaze grew complicated.

This had been the turning point of his fate.

Although the Soul Martial Soul from his first life had been the foundation of his reincarnation, it was not until his third life that he had fully perfected his ability to reincarnate. That was because the Soul Nurturing Coffin had resolved the soul trauma that his second life had failed to resolve.

"Actually, reincarnation is also a form of transformation."

Chen Ming had not lied to Tian Meng.

Although he had used reincarnation to give Tian Meng a second chance, transformation was still indispensable.

In fact, the Innate Spiritual Body of his current life also contained elements of transformation. Otherwise, a spirit body born and nurtured by nature would actually be more suited to being a soul beast. Take Snow Empress, for example. She had been conceived by Heaven and Earth, formed from the ice-attributed Heaven and Earth Vital Energy of the Extreme North, a place inherently possessing an ultimate attribute.

Having experienced life as a soul beast in his Seventh Life, Chen Ming was fairly familiar with transformation. He grafted the effect of a soul beast transforming into a human onto the process, thereby avoiding being identified as a soul beast by the laws of Heaven and Earth after the gestation was complete.

This reincarnation for Tian Meng was both reincarnation and transformation, much simpler than Chen Ming's own process. It merely used the reincarnation process to give Tian Meng an opportunity to possess Twin Martial Souls.

"I took your million-year spiritual essence, so I won't let you suffer a loss."

Chen Ming murmured indifferently before continuing his work.

Several patterns on the Soul Nurturing Coffin flickered. Among them, the fifth pattern, black with a hint of red, began to shine.

Chen Ming waited for it to finish its effect, then opened the Soul Nurturing Coffin and pulled Tian Meng's soul out.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Tian Meng immediately regained consciousness and questioned Chen Ming.

Chen Ming ignored him. With a wave of his hand, he summoned the stone stele—the Soul Suppressing Stele—into his grasp, then slammed it down on Tian Meng, pinning him inside the Soul Nurturing Coffin.

The lid remained open, and Tian Meng did not lose consciousness this time.

"Cut the nonsense. Cooperate with me while I separate your essence."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was suppressed and felt deeply wronged, but he was no longer in control of his own body and could only cooperate.

He could actually sense it. This coffin's soul-nurturing effect was extraordinarily obvious, while that stone stele's suppression of souls was terrifying beyond belief.

Chen Ming used his Spiritual Sense as a blade and cut into Tian Meng's soul essence.

"It hurts!" Tian Meng shouted.

All he could do was shout. He could not move freely at all.

"If you know it hurts, then cooperate with me properly. Gather your ice-attributed essence as much as possible, and I'll have to make fewer cuts."

Tears welled in Tian Meng's eyes as he could only follow Chen Ming's instructions as best he could.

At last, after enduring an unknown amount of torment, his soul was left tattered and broken, while Chen Ming held a clump of soul essence that emitted a chill.

"Recover properly."

Chen Ming closed the coffin lid without removing the Soul Suppressing Stele.

Just like that, Tian Meng lost consciousness again.

By the time he woke up, Chen Ming had already grabbed him and thrown him through a portal, making him disappear from Chen Ming's Sea of Consciousness.

Outside.

Chen Ming drew upon the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, guided it into changing with the attribute of Extreme Ice, then used Tian Meng's clump of ice-attributed essence as the foundation to mold an insect body.

A portal opened beside him, and the giant insect's soul was cast into that body.

"Transform!"

Chen Ming's Spiritual Power turned into an iron hammer and tapped Tian Meng, who still had no idea what was happening, reminding him what he was supposed to do now.

Dazed, Tian Meng instinctively activated his transformation ability.

Pure white light burst forth, enveloping Chen Ming and even turning the area several hundred meters around them into a massive cocoon of light.

Chen Ming released his Spiritual Power. After confirming that there was no danger within three kilometers, he left immediately.

"I no longer owe you anything."

About two and a half hours after Chen Ming left, the cocoon of light began to shrink. A six-year-old human child stood where it had been, his lively eyes filled with faint confusion.

He had transformed just like that?

He clenched his tiny hands, feeling as though everything was a dream.

Right, where was that big-shot?

"You are not allowed to tell anyone about what happened today. Otherwise, I'll make your soul scatter and ensure you never recover!"

Chen Ming's voice echoed through Tian Meng's Sea of Consciousness.

Tian Meng shuddered.

He did not dare disobey someone like that.

Two big shots with Spiritual Sense, plus someone holding a Demigod Position—whatever they were plotting was not something he could interfere with.

It was better not to get involved.

No, he could not avoid getting involved!

"I need to cling to their thighs!"

Tian Meng slapped his hand against his palm, feeling as if he had lost a fortune.

"Right, what state am I in now?"

After his regret passed, Tian Meng quickly came to his senses and examined himself.

"A six-year-old body, Soul Power..."

With just a slight tug from his Spiritual Power, Tian Meng spontaneously awakened his Soul Power.

Above his head, the phantom of an Ice Silkworm appeared. Its entire body resembled white jade, without the slightest chill, instead radiating waves of dreamy fluctuations.

This was a purely Mental attribute martial soul.

"Strictly speaking, it's no longer an Ice Silkworm. This martial soul will be called Dream Silkworm."

Large amounts of cold energy also gathered around Tian Meng.

"I can freely control ice elements. Is this the second martial soul that big-shot molded for me?"

As he recalled the process from earlier, a flash of lightning crossed Tian Meng's mind.

"Wait!"

"Was my body formed from gathered Heaven and Earth Vital Energy before transforming?"

"Holy shit, doesn't that mean I'm the same species as Snow Empress now?"

"Am I a Snow Girl after transformation? Pah, pah, pah—I'm an Ice Child!"

"Ice Empress is so close to Snow Empress, so if it's me now... Hahaha, Tian Meng has finally risen!"

"Ice Empress—no, Bingbing—wait for me. I'm coming to correct your sexual orientation!"

"Damn it, I was born in the wrong era. I didn't become an Ice Child before Bingbing's sexual orientation went astray!"

Chen Ming's face darkened.

He had merely left behind a tiny bit of curiosity to see what Tian Meng planned to do next. He had never expected Tian Meng to still be this absurd.

No longer observing Tian Meng, Chen Ming headed toward the Star Luo Empire.

His destination this time was the Mad Saber Sect.

"Old Chen's condition can't be delayed any longer."

Ten days later, at the Mad Saber Sect.

It had been nearly four years since Chen Dong left the Body Sect.

When he had left the Body Sect, he had only been level twenty-six.

Now, after more than three years, his cultivation had reached level thirty-six.

But likewise, he was now over thirty years old, and cultivation would only become more difficult from here on.

"Old Chen, I came to see you."

In that same small courtyard, Chen Dong was studying Blade Techniques alone when he heard a familiar voice.

Chen Ming followed Lei Zhen through the door and immediately sensed something unusual.

The surroundings had changed slightly.

"This Old Chen has astonishing talent in Blade Techniques." Electrolux sighed within Chen Ming's Sea of Consciousness.

Chen Ming's Spiritual Power spread outward as he carefully sensed the flow of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy in the courtyard. Sure enough, he detected something extraordinary. The Heaven and Earth Vital Energy was dispersing, but judging from its flow, all of it had just been gathered at Old Chen's side.

He then looked at Old Chen's hands. What he held was not the Wolf Lord Broadsword, but the iron broadsword Chen Ming had returned to him.

Old Chen's Soul Power was calm as well. Clearly, he had not used Soul Power just now.