"Got it!"
Inside Heaven Word No.1 Guest Room at the Mitel Merchant Guild station in Qingshan Town, Gu Han, who was within the Xuanwu Secret Realm, sensed Ling Ying's soul fluctuations reappear and suddenly had a bold idea.
Brute force could not break through that energy barrier, and perhaps could not harm the Purple Spirit Flame Snake's body during its transformation, but that did not mean he could not harm its soul.
What would happen if he killed the Purple Spirit Flame Snake's soul now?
First: a brand-new soul consciousness would be born from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's body, like a newborn infant. At that point, he would be both mother and father, and it would naturally be entirely under his control.
Second: without a soul, the flesh would decay and the transformation would stop, allowing him to immediately reclaim what the Purple Spirit Flame Snake had swallowed.
Third: the snake body would continue evolving as usual, but with its soul shattered and consciousness gone, it would be nothing more than an empty shell—a "vegetable snake."
"No matter which outcome it is, it's worth trying. My things aren't so easily taken."
Although the Purple Spirit Flame Snake was a Fifth-Order Magical Beast, it was still only a Magical Beast, one merely comparable to a Dou Wang. Its soul could not be too strong.
"This can work!"
Gu Han took out the Ice Toad Snow Pearl and the Hundred Year Cold Jade. He approached the Purple Spirit Flame Snake, sat atop the Primal Crystal Marrow, then placed his hand on the colorful crystalline energy barrier and injected his soul power into it.
To his delight, his soul power passed through as though entering unguarded territory. It was not blocked by the special crystal layer at all, and easily entered the