Delivering a Fifth-Grade Golden Core Spirit Emperor's Soul

With that one strike, the outcome was decided.

With just one strike, the Nine-Eyed Gama Hall was utterly defeated.

His demonic phantom, Transformation from his demonic powers, stood in front and was blasted apart by a single strike.

The next moment, the omnipresent Phoenix Flame enveloped him, burning away his protective defenses in two breaths and completely incinerating his robes in another. Then, in three breaths, it broke through the remaining defensive magic treasures on his body. Finally, it bound his body, burning wildly, seemingly immortal.

"Ahhh~" The Nine-Eyed Gama Hall screamed repeatedly.

Not only him, but all the peak masters at the Fifth-Grade Golden Core level behind him were also injured by the flames of the Phoenix Saber, screaming in agony.

"Escape!" the Nine-Eyed Gama Hall shouted decisively.

The next moment, the Escape Light on all the peak masters was activated.

They transformed into various forms, using Blood Escape, Shadow Escape, or Extreme-Speed Sword Escape to escape for their lives. However... even in their swift escape, the Phoenix Flame still clung to them like a maggot to their bones.

They screamed in agony as they fled for their lives.

Whether they survive or not depends on luck.

The Nine-Eyed Gama Hall also activated a special escape technique and decisively fled for his life.

This outcome was something he hadn't fully anticipated—he had considered that their ambush might fail, after all, the opponent was the 'Seven Cultivations Manor,' the power of the Venerable Seven Cultivations.

However, he never expected to fail so completely.

Their ambush plan was utterly ridiculous.

An absolute crushing defeat, and a humiliating one at that—the opponent crushed them with a divine weapon boasting an attack power of +99,999.

Fortunately, everyone was given a life-saving escape technique this time. As long as they can successfully escape back to the Limitless Demon Sect, there is a way to get rid of the strange flames on their bodies.

As Senior Sister Ye Si led Song Shuhang toward the flying boat, a fireball suddenly appeared before them.

Inside the fireball was a black-clad cultivator screaming in agony. He seemed to possess a treasure, which temporarily created a circular defense, blocking the Phoenix Flame.

However, he was not in good condition; his circular defense was about to collapse, and flames were already eroding his robe's protective structure.

He was using his life-saving Sword Escape to flee for his life at top speed.

Hopefully, once we're away from the battlefield, we can find a place to extinguish the flames.

"A cultivator from the Limitless Demon Sect." Song Shuhang recognized the black-clad cultivator's identity at a glance, just by looking at his robes.

"Do you know him?" Senior Sister Ye asked.

"I've had contact with them," Song Shuhang nodded. He seemed to have a strange connection with the Limitless Demon Sect; he would run into them wherever he went.

Senior Sister Ye: "Friends?"

"No, we should be considered hostile," Song Shuhang replied decisively, while simultaneously drawing his Overlord Shatter Saber, from his Inch-Shrinking Bag. If he encountered disciples of the Limitless Demon Sect, he wouldn't hesitate to kick them while they were down, given the opportunity.

Senior Sister Ye nodded.

Then, Senior Sister Ye clasped her hands together gently three times and exclaimed, "I weep for Heaven, the Heaven's Weeping Canon!"

The cultivator who was running wildly suddenly felt an overwhelming sadness welling up inside him.

"Waaaaahhhhhh~~" He burst into tears, crying so hard he was heartbroken.

The tears wouldn't stop.

As the tears continued to fall, his body grew heavier; with each tear, his weight doubled.

The Heaven's Weeping Canon is a special cultivation technique with both water and earth attributes.

What a terrifying technique! This is a technique that can make someone cry in public. Its psychological damage is even greater than its magical damage.

Moreover, this technique is an area-of-effect attack skill—if you used the <Heaven's Weeping Canon> at a gathering of tens of thousands of people, the scene of tens of thousands of people crying together would surely be quite a sight?

"Waaaaah!" The cultivator grew anxious, but the more anxious he became, the more heartbroken he cried.

The more you cry, the heavier your body feels.

What's even more terrifying is that he discovered his 'spiritual power' was constantly draining away with his tears. His spiritual power was being continuously consumed.

Damn it, what's going on?

Tears blurred his vision, preventing him from seeing anything. He desperately tried to use several Daoist spells and purification talismans to remove abnormal statuses on himself, but to no avail.

What kind of weird martial arts technique is this?

I remember now, this is the technique for 'Crying Old Man'!

That despicable Crying Old Man! How dare a mere rogue cultivator ambush someone from our Limitless Demon Sect! We'll settle the score with him after we've survived this time.

But he no longer had the chance.

When he flew to Song Shuhang and Senior Sister Ye, his entire body was engulfed in the 'Phoenix Flame'.

Without his defenses and robes, in just five breaths, a Fifth-Grade Golden Core Spirit Emperor was burned to ashes.

In the void, a Phoenix Flame burned eerily.

As Song Shuhang gazed at the Phoenix Flame, he suddenly felt a sense of 'kindness'.

The Phoenix Flame resonated with him as well, and the next moment, it flew towards Song Shuhang on its own.

Having witnessed the terrifying power of these flames, Senior Sister Ye immediately manipulated her flying magical artifact to try and avoid them.

At this moment, Song Shuhang took the initiative to extend his Overlord Shatter Saber.

The Phoenix Flame landed on Shuhang's Overlord Shatter Saber, and then... merged into it.

The Overlord Shatter Saber Blade, is three feet and three inches long and forged from heavy gold from the Thunder Pool. It is extremely yang and hard, with a hardness far exceeding that of other treasure sabers of the same rank, capable of slicing through the flesh of Fourth-Grade Cultivator. Furthermore, Overlord Shatter Saber has been burned by the 'Tribulation Fire', giving it a unique affinity for flames.

The Phoenix Flame merged into the Overlord Shatter Saber, and originally dark Shattered Overlord Shatter Saber now had fiery red patterns.

Senior Sister Ye asked, "Have you ever come into contact with this strange flame before?"

"No, this is the first time I've seen it," Song Shuhang replied. "However, I know what it is. Phoenix Flame, the flame produced by the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber."

"Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber?" Senior Sister Ye seemed to have never heard of this blade.

"Yes, it's a magical weapon, and I have a pact with it. Perhaps that's why its flames aren't hostile towards me," Song Shuhang said with a smile.

He signed a contract with Six Cultivations to become a magical girl... oops, I mean, he's the kind of man who has the potential to become Eight Cultivations.

"I always feel like your fates are all sorts of strange," Senior Sister Ye blinked and smiled.

Then, Senior Sister Ye pointed to a spot not far in front of them. "Shuhang, look over there! A fresh soul, and it's the soul of Fifth-Grade cultivator. It suffered a special attack before its death, its mind was completely destroyed, and it became a powerful but Blank soul. Isn't this the soul you're looking for?"

The soul of Fifth-Grade cultivator is something that is very difficult to see.

Because most Fifth-Grade cultivators die with their bodies and souls completely Body-and-Soul Annihilation.

Even if Fifth-Grade cultivator dies from exhaustion of lifespan, they will choose to 'Dissolution into the Dao', dissipating their soul into the Dissolution into the Dao. In this way, they can enter Reincarnation after death—meaning they don't need to be 'exorcised' at all.

Even if some Fifth-Grade cultivators don't want to Dissolution into the Dao, their souls possess powerful spiritual energy, making it difficult to forcibly 'transcend' their souls! At least, Second-Grade Cultivator like Song Shuhang has absolutely no way to 'transcend' the soul of a Fifth-Grade cultivator.

But this Blank soul before me is different.

The Phoenix Flame was extremely Tyrant, burning everything Fifth-Grade cultivator possessed—his body, magical artifacts, Spirit Stone, and even his spiritual power.

However, the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber, which represents destruction, also represents 'rebirth from the ashes'. This Blank soul is the glimmer of hope amidst destruction.

Thus, after the Fifth-Grade cultivator was burned, all that remained was a powerful but Blank soul, without even Soul Mark.

If such a Blank soul were to be liberated, although it wouldn't be as rewarding as liberating a complete Fifth-Grade cultivator's soul, the gains would certainly be considerable.

"Although the soul of Fifth-Grade cultivator has become Blank soul, it should still bring a lot of Merit Power after being liberated," Song Shuhang thought to himself.

"I'll watch over it for you, you go and perform the ritual to help the dead find peace." Senior Sister Ye said, then suddenly covered her eyes and started crying again.

"Did you touch a nerve again?" Song Shuhang asked.

"No, it's because I used the <Heaven's Weeping Canon>. Sometimes I suddenly burst into tears. It's okay, it will stop soon," Senior Sister Ye explained, sobbing.

This "Heaven's Weeping Canon" is truly no ordinary trouble.

Song Shuhang floated to the side of the Fifth-Grade cultivator's soul.

How much Merit Power can be gained by performing a ritual to help a departed soul find peace?

He silently activated the Soul-Deliverance Method, reciting the "Ksitigarbha Soul-Deliverance Scripture" aloud, and pointed a finger at the soul of the Fifth-Grade cultivator.

The ritual for the deceased begins.

The Blank soul of the Fifth-Grade cultivator offered no resistance and was gradually transcended, transforming into pure points of light.

Song Shuhang sensed no emotion from the soul that had been exorcised. There was no sadness, no resentment, no lingering attachment.

Because everything was burned in the Phoenix Flame.

This time, the ritual for the deceased lasted for a relatively long time.

As the ritual reached its final stage, a feeling of gratitude finally emerged from the Blank soul.

The next moment, a Merit Power descended upon Song Shuhang.

The Merit Power is divided into three.

A boost to Song Shuhang's mental strength... The boost to energy gained from performing the ritual to save a Fifth-Grade cultivator only slightly increased Song Shuhang's mental strength.

One dose enhanced his physical body, but not by much.

One portion transformed into the Merit Power, swirling around him, appearing and disappearing intermittently!

The faint Merit Power indicates that this is a Merit that 'liberates the souls of a thousand deceased people'!

Only by performing rituals to help the souls of a thousand deceased can one truly accrue Merit.

Only by performing rituals to help ten thousand souls find peace can one receive the protection of the Merit Light.

The Merit Light rituals to help 100,000 deceased souls find peace will undergo a qualitative change!

A weakened, Blank Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor's soul is worth more than a thousand people's Merit! Imagine how much Merit a complete Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor's soul would accumulate!

"One is equivalent to the Merit of a thousand people. If ten of them came, wouldn't they immediately generate a protective Merit Light?" Song Shuhang couldn't help but exclaim.