"I'll give you a chance to live."
Li Yunjing's tone was calm and even, yet carried an irresistible will. "Open your soul's defenses and let me plant a restriction. Obey my commands, and I may even nurture your cultivation!"
Xie Wuyi's soul flickered violently, clearly caught in a tremendous struggle.
Once a restriction was planted in his soul, his life and death would lie in Li Yunjing's hands. Unless driven to the end of the road, no one would willingly accept that!
"As for you, Xuanyin."
"Your value lies in your insights into the Spirit Transformation Realm and your understanding of your Xuanyin Great Dao."
Without looking further at Xie Wuyi, giving him time to think, Li Yunjing turned toward the gray-black remnant soul. "If you willingly strip away those memory imprints, I can also promise to let this remnant soul of yours depart for reincarnation."
"Never!"
Xuanyin's remnant soul let out a piercing shriek. "Even if I am denied rebirth for all eternity, I will never aid an enemy!"
"Is that so?"
Li Yunjing's phantom raised a hand. A tiny arc of Purple Firmament Divine Lightning danced on his fingertip, radiating a terrifying aura of supreme yang and unyielding force that could annihilate souls. "I recently drew several rather good talismans, and I happen to need a powerful remnant soul to test their effects on a Primordial Spirit. Especially the kind infused with nether poison baleful intent..."
The aura of that Purple Firmament Divine Lightning made Xuanyin's remnant soul instinctively tremble. It was his absolute natural bane!
Even worse was the casually mentioned "nether poison baleful intent," which chilled him to the core in his disembodied state.
Silence. Deathly silence.
Xie Wuyi broke first.
Endless imprisonment and torment were far more terrifying than death. Even if there were only