Chasing Souls and Seeking Spirits, Soul Dao Master

The Demon God's demonic body trembled, his expression changing drastically. His spiritual energy was sealed, leaving him completely defenseless. How could this be possible? Even a Saint King couldn't achieve this.

After all, a large portion of his spiritual energy came from the Demon God Core!

Escape!

The Demon God turned and fled without the slightest hesitation. Now, he only had his physical strength left. While still formidable, it was no match for Zhou Qiongtian.

Zhou Qiongtian sneered, put away the Azure Shield, and drew the Mystic Heaven Sword to attack the Demon God.

With his spiritual energy sealed, the Demon God could run fast on his physical body alone, but how could that compare to Zhou Qiongtian's flight speed?

Soon, Zhou Qiongtian caught up to the Demon God and unleashed a sword strike. The sharp sword energy transformed into a dragon of sword energy that devoured the Demon God. In an instant, the Demon God was torn to shreds, scattering into pieces of flesh and blood.

However, the Demon God did not die. The flesh and blood wriggled and moved in all directions, surprisingly fast.

"Truly disgusting," Zhou Qiongtian frowned. Every piece of flesh and blood carried the Demon God's power and aura. In other words, as long as one piece remained alive, the Demon God would not die.

The Demon God's spiritual energy was sealed, which must be his innate ability. Zhou Qiongtian had long suspected the Demon God's identity.

Demons!

There had once been demons on the Azure World. For a time, their power was vast, and they dominated the Azure World. The human race was weak, even reduced to commodities, bought, sold, and raised by demons.

Only later did several Supreme Beings emerge among the human race. They united countless humans into a torrent of blood, ultimately defeating and killing the demons. From then on, the human race flourished on the Azure World, and demons were hunted by everyone.

"What a hassle!" Zhou Qiongtian frowned. In terms of survivability, the Demon God was not weak, and remained troublesome even with his spiritual energy sealed.

Zhou Qiongtian's eyes turned into Twin Pupils, imprinting all the flesh and blood into his vision. He then stepped on Lightning Step, continuously striking down the scattered remains.

Half an hour passed, and Zhou Qiongtian had killed all the Demon God's scattered flesh and blood. At least, that's what Zhou Qiongtian felt. He hadn't heard the System's notification.

He had killed all the scattered pieces of the Demon God, so why wasn't the Demon God dead? What had he overlooked?

Zhou Qiongtian immediately manipulated the Grand Formation, trying to find the Demon God's trace, but found nothing.

Zhou Qiongtian's brow furrowed. Even the Venerable Tier Grand Formation couldn't find him. This Demon God actually possessed such a hidden method.

"System!"

The System understood instantly and recommended several divine abilities to Zhou Qiongtian.

[Self-Retrocausality: A divine ability of the Cosmic Path. Consciousness travels across time to a specific point as an observer, undergoing a baptism of time. Note: Consumes relevant lifespan. Price: 30,000 Destiny Points!]

[Omniscient Deduction: A divine ability of the Wisdom Path. Pursues target information based on relevant clues. The more clues, the higher the success rate and the more complete the deduced information. Price: 50,000 Destiny Points!]

[Soul Tracing: A divine ability of the Soul Dao. Locates the target based on their soul aura. Price: 60,000 Destiny Points!]

Zhou Qiongtian's eyes lit up. He was very interested in Soul Tracing, but his attainments in the Soul Dao were only average, not even reaching the level of a quasi-Master.

As if reading Zhou Qiongtian's mind, the System immediately recommended something else.

[True Meaning of Soul Dao: Enhances the user's Soul Dao attainments to the Master realm! Price: 30,000 Destiny Points!]

Zhou Qiongtian: "..."

Good heavens, I'm impressed! He only had about 90,000 Destiny Points in total, and the System wanted him to spend it all.

Zhou Qiongtian gritted his teeth and exchanged for the Soul Tracing divine ability and the True Meaning of Soul Dao. His Soul Dao attainments instantly rose from average to the Master realm!

In an instant, Zhou Qiongtian knew how to use the Soul Tracing divine ability. Master-level Dao attainments allowed one to skillfully master related Dao divine abilities.

Not only Soul Tracing, but even the top-tier Soul Dao divine ability, Ghost Unperceived, from the System's beginner gift package, felt usable now, not just passively activated like before.

Zhou Qiongtian sensed the Demon God's soul aura and used Soul Tracing. Soul auras were fundamentally difficult to change. Perhaps if the Demon God were at his peak, he could have, but not in his current state.

Soon, Zhou Qiongtian detected some of the Demon God's soul auras. These were faint remnants left by the scattered flesh and blood, but one soul aura was several times stronger than the others.

"Found you, Demon God!"

Following the soul aura, Zhou Qiongtian finally found a seemingly ordinary small stone, the kind you'd see on the roadside and forget instantly, a stone with no presence at all.

Zhou Qiongtian's mouth twitched slightly. If it weren't for Soul Tracing, he would never have connected that intimidating Demon God with a mere stone.

Zhou Qiongtian raised the Mystic Heaven Sword, about to strike when the unremarkable stone in front of him suddenly spoke.

"Wait, young friend, I think there's been a misunderstanding between us. We have no irreconcilable conflict, do we? We can sit down and talk things through calmly."

"Don't worry, young friend. As long as you spare me, everything is negotiable."

Zhou Qiongtian remained silent, his expression cold. The Mystic Heaven Sword in his hand suddenly slashed down.

In an instant, the stone was cut by countless sword energies, but it did not shatter.

Zhou Qiongtian looked surprised. What was this stone? Was it some kind of treasure? It was so hard.

"Hahaha, boy, shocked, aren't you? This is my Demon God Core! With your mere Feather Ascension Realm, even with a Venerable Tier artifact, you can't destroy my Demon God Core!"

The Demon God's voice emanated from the Demon God Core, arrogant, yet with a hint of worry.

Zhou Qiongtian frowned, flicked the Demon God Core with his sword, and picked it up to examine it closely.

"Kid, I think we can talk this through," the Demon God said. His voice carried a magical quality that seemed to inspire trust, but Zhou Qiongtian was unaffected.

The Demon God had lost his physical body and only his soul remained within the Demon God Core. A wisp of Lin Tian's soul was also inside.

"Heh, I'd like to see how long you can last," Zhou Qiongtian sneered and decisively mobilized the power of the Venerable Tier Grand Formation. Various wind blades, fireballs, and ice cones struck the Demon God Core.

The Demon God immediately let out cries of surprise and agony: "Young friend, young friend, stop hitting! It'll really break! Tell me what you want, and I'll give it to you, even my inheritance is negotiable, as long as you make a Great Dao oath to spare me."

Zhou Qiongtian said coldly, "Fine. As a show of sincerity, give me Lin Tian's soul first. He has a grudge against me, and I will kill him!"