After putting away the clusters of Soul Origin obtained from the Ten-Thousand Souls Lair, Yao Xuan transformed into a streak of azure light and tore through the vast sky.
Following the precise route he had obtained by searching Mu Protector's soul, Yao Xuan crossed the vast territory of the Cloud Empire without stopping for even a moment, heading straight for the Heavenly Heart Empire...
Soul Hall's Heavenly Heart Branch Hall was located deep within the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils at the northernmost edge of the Heavenly Heart Empire. This place was the most yin-laden and sinister death zone in the entire Northwest Continent!
Black mist shrouded the mountains year-round, and fierce astral winds raged through the land. Ordinary cultivators would not dare set foot here in their lifetimes. Yet it was precisely because of such treacherous terrain that it had become Soul Hall's only legitimate foothold in the Northwest.
In only a few dozen breaths, Yao Xuan had crossed thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and silently arrived above the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils.
Beneath him lay a bottomless abyss. Layers upon layers of black soul mist swirled and churned, denser and more domineering than that of the Ten-Thousand Souls Lair he had just destroyed.
Countless bone-chilling resentful thoughts intertwined into a natural barrier, cutting off all heavenly and earthly detection. From deep within the valley came faint, low soul howls, rising and falling one after another. The sound was eerie and sinister enough to chill one's heart.
The Heavenly Heart Branch Hall was hidden at the heart of this death zone. Yao Xuan lowered his gaze and saw at once that this place truly stood on an entirely different level from the Ten-Thousand Souls Lair!
The hall itself was forged from jet-black netherstone, concealed beneath the