Outside the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower.
Suppressing his overwhelming fury and killing intent, Yue Yan slowly stepped out from beyond the formation barrier.
At his feet lay the bodies of Yue Long and Cang Lan, pushed out by the formation.
My remaining soul has merged into one and is now lodged within your younger brother's body. It won't hold much longer. Hurry!
Yue Yan's already grim expression stiffened. After bending down to lift Yue Long's corpse, he pressed his forehead against the other's.
Quite a few groups that arrived later witnessed this scene. Moved by his grief over losing his brother, none found it out of place.
You merged three-fourths of your demonic soul into my body. Won't that affect me?
Feeling the Demon Venerable's aura continuously surge within his sea of souls, Yue Yan could not help but tremble in fear.
The pressure brought by a mere quarter of the remaining soul had already made his heart quiver, though he had still felt there was a sliver of room to maneuver.
But now, with the two remaining souls that had originally resided in Yue Long and Cang Lan suddenly drawn into him—absorbing the pure energy the pair had amassed over this period—the overwhelming surge left him gasping for breath time and again, unable to harbor the slightest thought of defiance.
It won't affect you in the slightest! It'll only make your strength soar along with it!
The Demon Venerable impatiently urged him on, warning, *Don't think you can play clever and trip me up. This is a tremendous benefit for both you and me. If those two strands of remaining soul energy aren't absorbed and put in order, then all the essence your brother and that other one have extracted and refined from those cultivators these days will