Lin Xuan immediately stopped, then withdrew from the Fiend Sovereign's spiritual consciousness, his brows knitting deeply.
"Forcibly obtaining it might cause his spiritual consciousness to collapse, and the Earth Chapter would collapse with it, vanishing completely."
Under Luo Tongtian's questioning gaze, Lin Xuan slowly spoke.
Clearly, that was not the Fiend Sovereign's own method. At most, he was merely a vessel; that page of true inheritance had been completely "planted" deep within his consciousness by some supreme means.
It could not be touched or forcibly taken. Lin Xuan even suspected that under such a method, the Fiend Sovereign himself could neither speak of it nor pass it on.
"This is troublesome."
Hearing this, Luo Tongtian let out a sigh.
"Hahaha... ignorant lowly creatures, and you dare covet the Earth Chapter? Are you worthy?"
Having recovered somewhat, the Fiend Sovereign immediately burst into laughter.
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes at him. With a flicker of thought, ash-gray Karma Fire suddenly surged up, wrapping around the Fiend Sovereign's Emperor Soul in an instant.
"You... Aaah..."
The Fiend Sovereign had wanted to continue speaking, but terrifying pain immediately swept through his spiritual consciousness. Before the words could leave his mouth, they turned into a scream.
The shrill cries carried an unknown distance. It sounded as though an entire race was being slaughtered in the sky, horrifying beyond measure.
The pain brought by Karma Fire was extraordinary, especially against soul entities like an Emperor Soul, where it proved exceptionally effective.
Naturally, Lin Xuan controlled it well. He would never allow the Karma Fire to burn the Fiend Sovereign's Emperor Soul to death; he was merely roasting him, nothing more.
Even if the Fiend Sovereign's Emperor Soul suffered enormous depletion after being roasted for a while, it could be restored through human intervention, then made