The moment Ji Lan's soul entered the Soul-Seizing Seal, it was immediately ground to pieces.
The Qilin was overjoyed. With a clatter, the God-Binding Rope around its body fell to the ground. With a whoosh, the rope transformed into a streak of rosy light and tried to dart away. The God-Binding Rope was a shape-shifting spirit treasure and had long possessed intelligence. Now that its master was dead, it naturally wanted to flee.
Yan Chihuo had been prepared. He grabbed at the air with both hands, and the streak of rosy light froze in midair. As he withdrew his hand seals, the God-Binding Rope shot back, landing in Yan Chihuo's hand. Still unwilling to submit, it thrashed wildly in his palm.
Yan Chihuo smiled faintly. This God-Binding Rope is quite a fine shape-shifting spirit treasure. It may not even be weaker than my Seven Absolutes Frost Sword or Five Peaks Heaven-Burning Wind-Rending Diagram. Though his current cultivation was only at the Origin Core Stage, his true cultivation had once been at the Dao Integration Stage. An ordinary ownerless shape-shifting spirit treasure would have long since been subdued.
Qi Yuan had taken Yan Chihuo's storage ring. Aside from several treasures within his dantian, he had nothing else on him. Even if he wanted to put away the God-Binding Rope, he had no way to do so.
Lowering his head and seeing Ji Lan's corpse, Yan Chihuo made a grasping motion through the air and drew the storage ring from Ji Lan's finger into his hand. Probing it with his magic power, he ignored the other items within and took out a Jade Box and several sealing Talismans.
Yan Chihuo placed the God-Binding Rope inside the Jade Box, sealed it with the Talismans, and returned it to the storage ring. Then he