Battle Through: The Road to Ascendance Begins at Jia Nan Academy

In a secret chamber of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Qin Chen sat cross-legged, his blue robes stirring without a breeze. Across from him, Yun Shan sat in the same posture.

A moment later, a nearly transparent soul drifted slowly out of the crown of Yun Shan's head and hovered three feet above him.

The soul looked no different from an ordinary person's, pure and unblemished. But only the two of them knew how vicious an imprint lay hidden deep within it.

At the sight, Qin Chen swiftly formed a series of hand seals. A strange ripple spread from between his brows.

Like an invisible blade, it swept across Yun Shan's soul. An ink-black imprint abruptly appeared, twisted runes flickering across its surface. A nauseating, evil aura filled the chamber.

"Senior Yun Shan, are you ready?" Qin Chen asked, summoning the Green Lotus Core Flame from within his body.

After studying the scrolls and hearing Protector Wu's account, Qin Chen had grasped the secret art. It planted an imprint in its victim's soul, allowing the caster to wrench that soul out with a mere thought.

Breaking it was not too complicated. Someone whose soul power approached the caster's could destroy the imprint with the aid of a rare treasure of heaven and earth possessing a fiercely pure, yang nature.

Of course, someone whose soul realm far surpassed the caster's could also break it by force.

"Do it!" Resolve flashed through Yun Shan's eyes. He closed them tightly and left everything to Qin Chen.

"All right!"

Qin Chen said no more. With a thought, the Green Lotus Core Flame drifted toward the black imprint like a docile serpent.

He controlled its heat with the utmost care, afraid that the slightest mistake might damage Yun Shan's Soul Origin.

Sss!

The instant the blue