Three-Forked Canyon's center.
Lu Feng had successfully passed seven layers of Soul Trials. He had gained deeper insight into Five Elements Qi and Yin Yang Two Qi, and the entire process had been far easier than he had anticipated, with scarcely any obstruction at all.
He even vaguely felt the same way he had inside the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower. By the end, those Soul Trials seemed to display a peculiar affinity toward him.
However.
Soul Trials were easy to pass; Heart Trials were hard to guard against.
Just as he was secretly rejoicing over having smoothly passed the seven layers of Soul Trials, the scene before him abruptly shifted to that day's Lantern Festival, and the figure buried deepest within his heart slowly emerged.
"There is only Yun'er in my heart. I will never do anything to betray Yun'er. Should a single word be false, may five thunderbolts strike me down and leave me dead without a whole corpse..."
It was the soul oath he had made to Jiang Ruoyun at the Lantern Festival.
Now that times had changed, Lu Feng found himself once more in that very scene. His heart trembled, and memories of every little moment atop Celestial Pivot Peak naturally surfaced in his mind, bringing forth an indescribable sense of guilt.
Under the influence of the Heart Trial, that emotion was magnified without end.
Although Lu Feng tried desperately to comfort himself that Jiang Ruoyun had already married another, the hurdle of that soul oath remained like a needle piercing his heart, tormenting him beyond words.
In his daze, muffled thunder seemed to descend, as if it truly meant to tear him apart beneath five thunderbolts.
Even though he had successfully stepped into the Heaven Soul Realm and become a true Heaven Soul Realm soul