Yin Soul Banner

Upon seeing these eight Ghost Banners, Song Wen recalled the crafting method of the 'Yin Soul Banner' that he had obtained from the Gui Xun in the Withered Blood Secret Realm.

The Yin Soul Banner is a magical Law Artifact with many uses, combining combat, defense, and escape. It is a magical Law Artifact that can be continuously refined and strengthened using ghost energy and spiritual objects, and some powerful cultivators have even refined it into their Life-Bound Treasure.

These eight Ghost Banners before us contain a large number of Yin Soul and have been tainted by ghostly energy for a long time, making them excellent materials for refining Yin Soul Banners.

Song Wen looked at the ghost general in the Soul Refining Formation, who was still devouring Yin Souls, and was somewhat troubled.

He couldn't think of a way to collect the Ghost Banner and the two ghost generals. He had never practiced Ghost Dao Cultivation Method and was not proficient in the art of controlling ghosts.

He had just attempted to search Li Chenggu's soul, hoping to investigate the Soul Refining Formation's method of collecting souls and the art of controlling ghosts, but the soul search failed.

Song Wen took out Li Chenggu's storage ring, probed it with his Divine Sense, and quickly searched inside.

A few breaths later, a Formation Plate and a Jade Slip appeared in Song Wen's hand.

The Formation Plate is the Formation Plate of the Soul Refining Formation in front of us, and the Jade Slip records the operating method of the Soul Refining Formation.

With the Jade Slip affixed to his brow, Song Wen didn't bother to examine it closely. He quickly skimmed through its contents, finding the method to collect the Jade Slip.

Half an incense stick later, Song Wen put away the Jade Slip.

Time was of the essence, Song Wen did not have time to fully refine the Formation Plate. He needed to leave his Divine Sense and spiritual energy aura on the Formation Plate so that he could put the array away.

Li Chenggu is dead, and the aura he left behind after refining the Formation Plate has automatically dissipated.

The Formation Plate became ownerless.

Song Wen's Divine Sense easily invaded the Formation Plate.

He made several hand Method Formula and cast them onto the Formation Plate.

The Formation Plate began to emit bursts of a ghastly green light.

The Soul Refining Formation also began to operate. The wandering Yin Soul within the array, restrained by the eight Ghost Banners, began to enter the Ghost Banners.

Only the two ghost generals continued to roar within the formation.

With Li Chenggu's death, the Divine Sense he imprinted on the two ghost generals dissipated. Having been enslaved for so long, the two ghost generals, now free, naturally did not want to be controlled again. They kept attacking the formation, trying to escape.

Song Wen was unwilling to let them go, and kept casting Method Formula one after another.

The green light on the Formation Plate intensified, and the power of the Soul Refining Formation grew stronger. The two ghost generals, whose strength had been greatly diminished, could not withstand the power of the array and were forcibly taken into a Ghost Banner.

Upon seeing this, Song Wen's face lit up with joy. He leaped up, stored the eight Ghost Banners in his storage ring, and turned to run out of the Cave. When he reached the cave entrance, he casually put away the Corpse Puppet.

Upon exiting the Cave, Song Wen discovered that the battle outside was still ongoing.

Wang Yi and his accomplices had been preparing for revenge for many years, and through various means, they managed to slaughter most of the Li Lineage members.

The Li Clan only has two Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators left, leading a dozen or so Qi Refining Stage clansmen, still struggling to hold on. They are still hoping that Li Chenggu can recover the strength of the two ghost generals as soon as possible and return to rescue them.

Wang Yi and his men also paid a heavy price; apart from Wang Yi and Nie Qian, the other three had all died in battle.

Having achieved his objective, Song Wen had no intention of getting involved in the battle between the two sides and was about to withdraw from the mountain behind them.

Suddenly, not far from the battlefield, they saw the corpses of two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li Clan. They must have died recently, as their souls had not yet dissipated.

Song Wen immediately changed his mind and lunged toward the two corpses.

When he fled the Corpse Demon Sect, Wu Ren and Yan Yuyan killed four of his substitute puppets. Lacking cultivator souls to devour, he had not been replenished.

Song Wen's figure flashed past the edge of the battlefield, each hand grasping a corpse. After devouring the souls of the two corpses, he casually put them into his storage ring.

Song Wen's appearance drew the attention of both sides in the battle. The Sha Qi emanating from him clearly indicated that he was not a righteous person.

Nie Qian, her expression wary, attacked the Li Clan cultivators while shouting, "Who are you?"

Wang Yi also noticed Song Wen. Looking at Song Wen's figure shrouded in a black cloak, he inexplicably recalled that day when he entered Song Wen's shop and inquired about the mysterious cultivator who possessed the Profound Yin Stone.

He hurriedly said to Nie Qian, "Don't provoke this person; he shouldn't be an enemy."

The Li Clan cultivators became increasingly panicked. They could clearly see that Song Wen had come from the direction of Li Chenggu's cave abode where he was cultivating in seclusion, which gave them an uneasy premonition: Li Chenggu had most likely already been killed by this person.

Seeing that neither side intended to provoke him, Song Wen took the opportunity to collect several more corpses whose souls had not yet dissipated.

Then, they continued forward, heading straight for the Sky River.

This place is not safe to stay for long.

The battle between the two sides had been going on for more than a quarter of an hour. The intense fluctuations and commotion of Spiritual Qi could easily attract other cultivators, so it was best to get away as soon as possible.

"Thump!"

Song Wen jumped into the Sky River, concealed his aura, and was swept away by the surging water.

Two hours later, Song Wen emerged from the river, took out his flying boat, and soared through the air.

After another half day, Song Wen, who had traveled more than three thousand miles away, landed on a Xiao Shan.

The Spiritual Qi here is scarce, so cultivators generally don't come here. He plans to refine Wu Ren's corpse into Corpse Puppet here.

The <Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation> is still in the market; Song Wen did not bring it with him this time.

However, in Li Chenggu's storage ring, he discovered a formation called the "Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation," a genuine third-tier formation with the ability to collect and conceal the turbid energy of heaven and earth.

Li Chenggu had been killing and refining souls for many years deep within the mountains of his Lineage's territory, without being discovered by outsiders, all thanks to this formation.

Song Wen learned about Li Chenggu's life from a cultivation manual in Li Chenggu's storage ring.

The Li Clan was originally a weak cultivation Lineage with only Qi Refinement cultivators. Li Chenggu was quite talented, and with the strong support of the Lineage, he finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment.

After entering the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Chenggu's cultivation progressed very slowly Yu Household could provide.

Unwilling to remain at the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Chenggu set his sights on Devil Cultivation Method arts. Only by possessing immense power could he plunder more Cultivation Resources.

In righteous territories, obtaining a complete demonic Cultivation Method is not easy.

Li Chenggu cobbled together various techniques and secret Cultivation Method from the Corpse Path, Ghost Dao, and Blood Dao.

Having acquired Cultivation Method and secret arts, one naturally needs to collect cultivation materials, the first of which are Essence Blood, and soul.

He then began slaughtering mortals and ambushing lone Rogue Cultivators in remote areas.

After creating a powerful ghost general, he then created vengeful ghosts for his clan, thus enhancing the strength of the entire Lineage.

After nearly thirty years of accumulation, the Li Clan's strength has increased by leaps and bounds, and the resources they have plundered have also increased. As a result, many talented members of the family have successfully Foundation Establishment.

It's unclear whether the Ghost Dao Cultivation Method Li Chenggu obtained was faulty or incomplete. Long-term practice of the Ghost Dao secret technique led to a large amount of ghost energy entering his body, causing his physical body to gradually Qi and Blood and decay, making him look like an old corpse.

So he began practicing the Corpse Dao Secret Art again, trying to devour the Essence Blood of others to replenish his depleted Blood Qi.

The Dissection Platform and blood pool in the Cave were used to provide him with his Essence Blood.