Soul Enters the Heavenly Realm
"Buzz..."
Within the Myriad Beast Hall, a deep and resonant hum, not originating from the ears but directly affecting the Soul Origin, suddenly emanated from the deepest depths of the Malice Soul Pool! At first, the sound was barely audible, yet it seemed to carry a rhythm that shook the Law of heaven and earth, causing the entire space of the Myriad Beast Hall to tremble slightly!
Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, terrifying pressure, like Primordial Era beast that had been dormant for billions of years suddenly awakening, erupted from the bottom of the pool and swept out like a tangible tsunami!
This oppressive aura was not a brutal clash of Dou Qi, but a pure, soul-level absolute majesty that transcended all living beings!
Where it passed, the enormous stone pillars in the Myriad Beast Hall, which had stood for countless years and were carved with countless Fierce Beasts totems, all emitted a deep and awe-inspiring hum!
The lifelike Magical Beasts carvings on the pillar seemed to be infused with a fleeting Spirituality at this moment, their eyes revealing a light of fear and submission!
The dust in the air was pushed away and Purified by this invisible force, and even the space itself seemed to become viscous and stagnant. Light was even slightly distorted under this pressure!
"This is... the pressure of Heavenly Soul!"
Qing Lin suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze bursting with an unbelievable, dazzling light. She gasped in surprise, her voice trembling slightly with excitement.
As the possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and having received the complete inheritance of the Beast Taming Sect, her perception of Soul Power far surpasses that of ordinary people. In an instant, she judged that this oppressive force, which seemed to make the world lose its color, was the Heavenly Soul that countless Alchemists and Soul Cultivation had spent their entire lives searching for but could not obtain!
Although Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan were not specialists in soul manipulation, they still felt their own souls tremble slightly in the face of this Soul Pressure, which was as vast as the starry sky and as majestic as a deity. A sense of awe, which originated from their life instincts, arose spontaneously.
Zi Yan instinctively gripped the hem of her clothes, while Xiong Zhan involuntarily straightened his back, his expression solemn.
After enduring more than half a year of near-death experiences in soul tempering, relying on the forbidden technique of <Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art>, which defies the heavens and walks on the edge of destruction, Lin Ming's Soul Power finally broke through the seemingly insurmountable final shackle of the Spirit Realm Grand Perfection and stepped into that profound and mysterious supreme realm that can be called a grandmaster of a region— the Heavenly Realm!
As if to confirm this earth-shattering breakthrough, a strange change suddenly occurred within the Malice Soul Pool!
The pitch-black pool, which had been churning like boiling porridge and filled with countless violent resentments and Hatred Fire, suddenly burst forth with an incomparably pure and dazzling light from its center! The light was not scorching, but rather carried a sacred meaning that saw through illusion and Purified everything!
At the core of the light, a crystal-clear lotus phantom, formed from pure Soul Power, slowly emerged and rotated. The lotus displayed a mysterious hue reminiscent of the Primordial Chaos, as if containing the Supreme Principle of a world.
It rotates slowly, each petal showering down countless strands of soft yet powerful Purifying Light.
"Roar--!"
In the pool, the enormous, pitch- Pitch Black Giant Python phantom, formed from the last and most stubborn evil thoughts and the remnants of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's resentment, seemed to sense a fatal threat. It let out a dying, desperate, and endlessly malicious soul shriek, carrying an overwhelming Destructive Aura, and frantically pounced on the seemingly fragile Soul Lotus!
However, this terrifying blow, powerful enough to freeze the soul of Dou Zun expert, appeared so laughable and powerless under the pure and flawless light of the Heavenly Soul!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no violent energy clash.
The ferocious, Pitch Black Giant Python, upon touching the Purifying Light, was like a fragile ice crystal exposed to the scorching sun. Its massive body, starting from its head, rapidly became transparent and illusory! Its composition, filled with the world's ultimate evil, couldn't even offer the slightest resistance before this light, which represented the supreme Purified power of the soul. It completely melted and disintegrated amidst a silent twisting and wailing!
In the end, it transformed into a ball of the purest, most refined Soul Origin energy, like Hundred Rivers Return to Sea. It was greedily and smoothly devoured and absorbed by the slowly rotating Soul Lotus, like a whale sucking in water, becoming excellent nourishment to consolidate its nascent Heavenly Soul foundation!
This soul-shaking scene, like a final judgment, heralded the end of the Malice Soul Pool.
The entire pool of water was undergoing dramatic changes at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The viscous blackness quickly faded, the turbulent filth subsided, and the chilling and violent aura that had clouded the mind was completely swept away. In its place was a pool of translucent, pure Spirit Liquid, rippling with vast and gentle Soul Fluctuation, exuding a refreshing aura like that of everything reviving after a rain.
A dazzling light shot up from the clear pool bottom without reservation, like a sacred pillar of light connecting heaven and earth, instantly dispelling the ancient gloom and deathly silence that had accumulated within the Myriad Beast Hall!
Surrounded by endless light, an incredibly solid Soul Body, as if meticulously crafted from the finest divine crystal, slowly rose from the pool.
It was Lin Ming!
His Soul Body has undergone a complete and fundamental transformation compared to when he stepped into this quagmire of despair more than half a year ago!
No longer the somewhat illusory light and shadow of the past, but condensed into a body of flesh and blood, yet transcending the boundaries of matter. Its entire body exudes a warm, jade-like luster and a pure, glass-like luster, with a restrained light and a solemn, dignified appearance.
Upon closer inspection, one could even vaguely glimpse within his soul and body countless intricate and profound runes, imbued with the Supreme Principle Mysterious Runes heaven and earth, rising and falling, circling endlessly, as if forming a universe of its own. His eyes slowly opened, the sharp edge gone, replaced by an extreme depth and tranquility, as if containing an endless starry sky, capable of piercing through all illusions and pointing directly to the origin.
Especially the space between his eyebrows, where it was no longer empty, but had clearly formed an extremely complex and breathtakingly beautiful core mark!
The mark was a perfectly blooming lotus flower, displaying a primordial color that was neither black nor white, like the Primordial Chaos, and it was slowly rotating in a mysterious trajectory.
Each rotation of the lotus mark naturally exudes a powerful spiritual energy that Purified all things, cleanses away dust, nourishes all spirits, and nurtures life!
This is precisely the ultimate masterpiece of the <Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art>. After the soul has undergone endless trials and tribulations with evil thoughts, found a way to survive in the face of death, and finally achieved Nirvana, it has condensed a unique primordial Soul Seal — the Pure World Soul Lotus!
His Soul Realm had suddenly leaped from the Spirit Realm Grand Perfection to the legendary Heavenly Realm, a realm that was enough to establish a sect on the Middle Continent and be revered by countless powerful figures!
As Lin Ming's Soul Body fully rose, his physical body, which had been sitting cross-legged by the pool for a long time and had been connected to him, seemed to be drawn by an invisible force and slowly floated up on its own. The Soul Body that had completed its ultimate transformation transformed into a dazzling stream of light with Chaos glow and instantly disappeared into the space between the eyebrows of the physical body.
"Buzz--"
A deep and resounding Daoist Dao Sound seemed to come from the heavens above, or perhaps it burst forth from every particle within Lin Ming's body.
His physical body and that transcendent soul merged perfectly, without the slightest barrier! A boundless aura, several times stronger than before, erupted from Lin Ming's body, like Ancient Giant Dragon that had been sleeping in the depths of Nine Nether, carrying unparalleled power and majesty, forming a visible energy vortex that swept around the surroundings!
Under the powerful feedback of this Qualitative Change in his soul, Lin Ming's Dou Qi cultivation also broke through the bottleneck naturally, advancing rapidly from the Two-Star Peak Dou Venerate to the level of the Four-Star Dou Venerate! Moreover, the stability of his foundation and the power of his aura far surpassed those of ordinary experts of the same level!
His eyes were fully open, and in the deepest part of his eyes, a mysterious phantom of a Chaos lotus flower seemed to flash by before disappearing, returning to the unfathomable calm.
Lin Ming slowly exhaled a long, stale breath, which carried a subtle sense of Purified. Wherever it passed, even the finest dust that had floated in the air for millennia was instantly swept away, leaving everything incredibly fresh.
After sitting cross-legged by the pool for a long time, Lin Ming finally slowly opened his eyes, which seemed to reflect the heavens.
What kind of eyes were those?
Its depth is like the starry sky that contains the birth and death of the universe; its tranquility is like an ancient well that has seen through countless cycles of reincarnation; its penetrating power seems to be able to easily peel away all pretense and see directly into the essence of the soul.
Under this calm yet vast gaze, even Qing Lin, who had just broken through to the Dou Venerate and whose strength had greatly increased, as well as Zi Yan had a noble bloodline, and Xiong Zhan, who had a powerful physique, Forbidden Area feel a faint sense of awe and pressure originating from their Life Level and the Soul Origin! It was the natural reaction of lower-level beings when facing higher-level beings.
"Brother Lin Ming!"
Qing Lin was the first to be unable to contain her excitement and relief. Like a swallow returning to its nest, she rushed forward, her beautiful eyes already filled with glistening tears—tears of worry, joy, and indescribable reverence.
"Lin Ming! You're finally awake!"
Zi Yan cheered and hopped over like a purple elf. Although she complained, she couldn't hide the joy on her face.
A genuine, radiant smile, like sunshine, spread across Xiong Zhan's honest and resolute face as he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Lin Ming looked at his companion who had always stayed by his side and never abandoned him. His gaze finally fell on Qing Lin, whose temperament had undergone a complete transformation and who had now grown into a graceful Qing Lin. A warm and gratified smile appeared on his face, like a spring breeze brushing across an Ice-Sealed lake.
He reached out and gently patted Qing Lin's shoulder, which was trembling slightly with excitement. His movements were as gentle as ever, yet they carried a reassuring power. Then, he habitually ruffled Zi Yan's soft purple hair, his eyes full of doting affection.
"Thank you for your hard work."
As Lin Ming spoke, his voice was calm and soothing, not loud, yet it seemed to carry a strange charm that resonated with the Heaven and Earth Energy and the Law of the universe, clearly entering everyone's hearts and soothing their anxiety and fatigue from long-term protection.
As he focused his mind into his body, feeling the boundless, unstoppable power of the Heavenly Soul, which could be controlled at will and could draw upon the power of heaven and earth with a mere thought, along with his steadily rising and powerful Four-Star Dou Venerate cultivation, a glint of light flashed in Lin Ming's deep eyes.
He knew that although this trip to the Fallen Phoenix Abyss was fraught with danger and brought him to the brink of death several times, the final gains would be enormous!
Qing Lin successfully obtained the orthodox core inheritance of the Beast Taming Sect. Not only did his cultivation level leap to Dou Venerate, but his innate potential of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils was also developed to an unprecedented depth, making his future limitless.
As for himself, not only did his Dou Qi cultivation level leap by two stars, saving him countless hours of hard work, but more importantly, his soul entered the legendary Heavenly Realm!
This means his alchemy skills will experience a qualitative leap, enabling him to attempt to refine higher-grade pills; when facing enemies, the attack and defense capabilities of his Heavenly Soul will become one of his greatest Trump Card; in the future, no matter how complex the situation or how powerful the enemy, he will have greater control and confidence!
Now, this already formidable team has experienced a significant boost in overall strength after this ordeal!
"With our business concluded, the inheritance obtained, and the tempering complete, it's time for us to leave."
Lin Ming's gaze calmly swept over the Beast Taming Sect's Myriad Beast Hall glory and tragedy, now fallen into silence, before finally landing on the unknown exit hidden at the end of the dim light.
He didn't know exactly how much time had passed outside, whether the greedy Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was still frantically searching the outskirts of the Fallen Phoenix Abyss, or whether their intrusion had caused any new changes to this ancient and Deadly Land.
But in any case, it's time to leave these ruins and face the real world, and the upcoming Dou Sheng Secret Realm.