"Ah~"
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator had his soul searched directly. His face twisted in agony as he screamed.
The two young cultivators still resisting watched as their usually formidable uncle became no more than a powerless ant in the hands of that fiend, Black Qi swirling around him. Their hearts trembled, and despair rose across their faces. Surrounded by countless vengeful ghosts, they couldn't escape no matter how hard they tried. Soon, their magic shields and energy barriers shattered one after another. A dense swarm of vengeful ghosts descended upon them, tearing and devouring them with savage abandon. The two young cultivators' anguished screams rose and fell without end.
After quite some time, Lei Dong finally finished searching the man's soul. The Foundation Establishment Cultivator, seemingly drained of all vitality, fell toward the ground. Lei Dong waved his hand, and the vengeful ghosts he had been holding back immediately shrieked as they swooped after him. They eagerly tore into the Foundation Establishment Cultivator's body and Living Soul. The man's body had belonged to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; to these vengeful ghosts, it was an immensely nourishing delicacy. Lei Dong usually saved such things to feed his Natal Ghost Servants, and only rarely gave them to the vengeful ghosts. It was no wonder they were so excited.
After collecting the spoils and sorting through the information he had obtained from the soul search, Lei Dong realized that the Foundation Establishment Cultivator's memories held far more information than the Qi Refining Cultivator's. At least now he had an overall understanding of the major powers near this so-called Chaotic Archipelago. Zhao Prefecture, to the south, was a vast region no smaller than Kang Prefecture, with several top-tier major powers.
Farther south of Zhao Prefecture lay an immense desert, seemingly endless and roughly ten