Yao Xuan remembered that although Soul Hall's influence spanned the Battle Qi Continent, the Central Plains were its true foundation!
It had established twenty-four Earthly Fiend Main Halls!
The Northwest Continent lay in a remote region and received little attention from Soul Hall. Only a lowest-grade ordinary branch hall had been established in the distant Heavenly Heart Empire...
There was no formal branch hall organization within Jia Ma Empire.
According to Wu Ying's memories, Wu Ying was a low-ranking Protector assigned to operate alone. He had lurked on Misty Cloud Mountain year-round, capturing the souls of experts from the Northwest Continent. At regular intervals, he traveled deep into Cloud Empire to a hidden Ten-Thousand Souls Lair, where he turned in his spoils and received supplies and mission orders.
That lair was an outer stronghold under the Heavenly Heart Branch Hall, where vast quantities of refined Soul Origin were stored year-round.
To others, this Ten-Thousand Souls Lair was an extremely perilous place, but to Yao Xuan, who urgently needed to strengthen his soul power, it was nothing less than a blessed land...
A streak of light flashed through the void, and Yao Xuan's figure abruptly appeared, landing steadily in a barren, vicious land at the southernmost edge of Cloud Empire.
This place was far from human habitation. The mountains stood silent and dead, with not a blade of grass in sight.
There was not the slightest trace of life between heaven and earth. The entire land was an eerie ash-gray...
A thick layer of dark miasma shrouded the sky year-round, completely blocking out the sunlight and leaving heaven and earth dim and gloomy.
This was the Ten-Thousand Souls Lair Soul Hall had established in the Northwest Continent, according to Wu Ying's memories.
An outer lair hidden deep within Cloud Empire's most