Drawing Out Spirit, Seizing Light, Shattering the Empty Shell
Holding the book in his left hand, Qiu Yan reached out his right hand and pulled Feng Zhen close, looking directly into her eyes. "Your greatest value is not what you know, but the Virtual Talisman within you. While Lü Liang can use this talisman to understand the cause and course of events, he also left a loophole that I can exploit! The world is inherently full of contradictions. After your reincarnation, you should study more and accumulate knowledge."
"What do you want to do? Reincarnate? What a joke! Let me tell you the truth, even if you reach the Third Grade, I and Lord Circuit City God are subordinate to the Subordinate Deity. You can forget about..."
Feng Zhen was startled. Before he could recover, the Virtual Talisman within his body suddenly collapsed, turning into streams of information. These streams were pulled by the Unseen force, following the Karmic Thread, and were about to break out!
This is a summons from a higher-level talisman, ordering the reclamation of everything within the Virtual Talisman!
This flow of information traveled through the Divine Body, but it suddenly stopped when it reached the outermost layer!
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Then, a series of blood blossoms bloomed on Feng Zhen's body!
"What's going on? How can my Divine Body have flesh and blood?" Sensing the changes in his body, Feng Zhen was shocked, feeling that something beyond his control had happened!
Qiu Yan said calmly, "You only just noticed? No wonder. As soon as you regained your freedom, all you thought about was how to escape. You didn't have the mind to appreciate this body."
As he spoke, Qiu Yan gave Feng Zhen no time to react or ask questions. He shuddered, and silver light radiated outwards, freezing the entire pavilion's Karma and making it difficult to move. Then, he stomped his foot, spread his five fingers on his right hand, and grabbed Feng Zhen's face!
Blur!
In an instant, Qiu Yan's palm transformed from his radiant Divine Body into a mysterious structure, its surface covered with lines of text and characters. These characters flowed and coalesced into an article, creating "Entering and Exiting Through the Void."
"How...?" Feng Zhen's eyes widened as she watched Qiu Yan's hand slip into her head, grasping at a sliver of Spiritual Light!
Pinch it, and it goes right through the skull!
Feng Zhen's last Spiritual Light was actually extracted. Then Qiu Yan shuddered and split off a portion of the several Divine Soul imprisoned in the bookshelf, condensing them into a fragmented soul body.
With a flick of his wrist, he channeled Feng Zhen's True Spirit into the fragmented soul body. Then, with a flick of his finger, several Karmic Thread from the frozen Karma were drawn over and merged into the soul!
These are the Karma between the Divine Spirit Body and the Divine Rank of the Child-Giving God!
When the True Spirit, the remnant soul, and Karma come together, black mist immediately spreads out, revealing sinful deeds; this is Karmic Sin.
Qiu Yan took another shot and held the aggregate of soul Karma in his hand.
Fire!
The Stove Fire burns. Human Fire intertwine, Chaos-World Furnace Flame are mixed together.
The raging fire will forge and smelt the combined entity, extracting memories, emotions, and thoughts, fusing Karma, remnant soul, and True Spirit into one, and sealing away Karmic Sin within!
The next moment, a dazed soul was born. Qiu Yan flicked his arm, and the soul shot out from the building, landing in the Netherworld Domain outside.
This Domain of Law has developed into a small society. It has cities, forests, and streams, and people work within it.
Occasionally, underworld messengers would come and take away one or two souls, sending them straight to the River of Forgetfulness in the heavens.
As soon as the remnant soul entered, it immediately joined in a daze, just like an ordinary soul.
Qiu Yan ignored him, grabbed Feng Zhen's true spirit, and melted it into the remnant soul. Then, he turned his thoughts and felt the frozen cause and effect trembling slightly, as if it could not withstand the enormous pressure of the underworld. Meanwhile, the torrent of information formed by the disintegration of the talismans in Feng Zhen's body was about to break through the blockade of the outer flesh and blood.
Thoughts and plans flashed through his mind, and in an instant, Qiu Yan made a decision, waving his left hand, which was holding the book, forward.
The book "New World Observations" flew out, its cover and pages filled with a faint divine power, which caused the book to open.
Whoosh!
The pages turned quickly to the last page, revealing a picture of pavilions, terraces, and springs!
With a thought, the Divine Sense poured into the painting, causing it to vibrate. The Divine Sense also vibrated in response, and the frequencies of the two gradually approached each other. Finally, with a bang, the entire painting burst forth with a powerful suction force.
Whoosh!
Feng Zhen's body trembled, and a ball of emerald green light flew out, which was absorbed into the picture.
Thump.
As if falling into water, the green light entered the painting, slowly coalescing into the form of a deity, thus severing its connection with the outside world.
Immediately after closing the book, Qiu Yan used his Divine Sense to travel through Feng Zhen's remaining body.
This body was initially just a stone sculpture sitting cross-legged on the ground. It only transformed after Qiu Yan threw Feng Zhen's Divine Body into it. Then, the True Spirit was taken out of it, and now the main body of the god has also been absorbed out, leaving only an empty shell.
For any other deity, achieving this level of power would not be easy. However, after Feng Zhen was captured, he continued to weaken and was unable to resist. After several attacks, all that remained in his empty shell was a torrent of information formed from Virtual Talisman.
Qiu Yan's Divine Sense rushed into it, shuttling back and forth. It was not aimless, but rather he visualized various ideas, analyzed the characteristics of the information, and then created fictitious information accordingly.
At the same time, deep within Qiu Yan's Divine Body, several Heart Demon Fragment flew out of the Divine Pool and fell into the torrent of information. Under the control of Divine Sense, these fragments were visualized as ordinary thoughts, like ordinary things.
The torrent formed by the virtual talisman recorded Feng Zhen's experiences over the past few days, presenting everything in detail. Qiu Yan, by freezing cause and effect, using the stone statue to transform his body, extracting Feng Zhen's true spirit, and relinquishing his divine form, finally separated this information, leaving him with an opportunity to manipulate it.
The events that just happened, though seemingly complicated, actually occurred in the blink of an eye. By the time Qiu Yan finished contemplating and gathered his Divine Sense, it was only a breath's time.
Puff!
In a silent explosion, the flesh Fleshly Body completely disintegrated, and a torrent of information burst forth, flying towards the Yin-Yang Pagoda along the Karmic Thread.
Qiu Yan's Divine Sense was hidden within the torrent of information. A few breaths later, although it entered the Circuit City God's Netherworld Domain along with the torrent, it seized the opportunity to investigate. Just before reaching Lü Liang's location, it annihilated itself.
Throughout the entire process, Lü Liang remained completely unaware. After all, Qiu Yan was already Third Grade deity, and in terms of skill and Divine Grade, he was no less capable than Lü Liang. He was only slightly lacking in experience. Now that Qiu Yan was caught off guard, he was not so easily discovered.
"Lü Liang didn't suspect Feng Zhen's disappearance too much. However, I disguised myself as the Fire Sovereign and the Child-Giving God to enter the tower. If we investigate carefully, it won't be difficult to find flaws. So time is of the essence. On the other hand, this test can at least confirm that there is no connection between that Seven-Colored Divine Spirit and Lü Liang."
As Qiu Yan pondered, he crossed out some marks in his mind while refining his plan.
In fact, since the appearance of the Seven-Colored Divine Spirit, Qiu Yan had been speculating about its identity and had come to several conclusions. When the other party mentioned the threat of the Underworld Office of Jiannan Circuit, Qiu Yan seemed to agree on the surface, but he did not rule out the possibility of contact between the two parties. Only now, by taking the opportunity to spy, has he truly confirmed that it was not a trap.
"Whatever decision the Seven-Colored Divine Spirit makes, I can only wait a day or two at most. After that, there's no need for cooperation."
With this thought in mind, Qiu Yan raised his hand and waved it, and two more beams of light flew out from his sleeve, landing on the two stone sculptures respectively.
Then, the stone sculpture changed, its face twisting, and it quickly took on different appearances: one was a boy dressed in a black robe, and the other was a woman dressed in luxurious clothes.
The moment the two materialized, they showed signs of stirring!
Qiu Yan shook his head, and with a thought, he channeled his Divine Sense into two Law Seals in his sleeve, and began to suppress them.
Boom! Boom!
Two sounds rang out in quick succession. The two people opposite them froze, their divine power trembled, and a strong current of energy erupted from their bodies. Shock appeared on their faces.
"Greetings, gentlemen." Qiu Yan didn't waste any time. After greeting them, he condensed Duan Xin into light and scattering it across the two people opposite him. The light penetrated their hearts and transformed into words they could understand.
They were described as two people because they appeared to be Fleshly Body, but their identities could be easily discerned from the Divine Radiance in their eyes.
Gods.
These are two deities.
The black-robed youth's Divine Body froze, unable to move. After struggling for a moment, his gaze fell on Yan, his Divine Eye sharpening as he sensed Yan's aura. He then gasped, "It's you! Your divine light shines silver; could you have advanced to the Third Grade? This... how many years have passed? How long have I been suppressed by you? Has it been hundreds of years?"
The man's voice was old and had a sense of vicissitude, containing a hint of horror; he was none other than the Black Marsh Patriarch.
After being captured by Qiu Yan, he was suppressed, his Divine Sense remained fixed, and his thoughts were settled. When he was released, his memory was still stuck on the scene when he was captured. At that time, although Qiu Yan had some skills, he was just an ordinary god. He relied on a lot of external forces and influence to capture the Tongshan Demon King and seize the Black Marsh Law Seals.
Looking at it now, it has actually reached the Third Grade, exceeding the level of ordinary Earth Deity. This sudden change of status naturally shocked Black Marsh, who thought that a long time had passed.
On the edge of the Black Marsh, the woman in fine clothes remained silent. Although she was imprisoned, her Divine Sense and gaze constantly probed her surroundings, clearly trying to find a way out. Her gaze towards Qiu Yan was filled with strong vigilance and wariness.
This deity is the Ghost Mother, who was captured by Qiu Yan. She fought with Feng Zhen, but both of them were suppressed by Qiu Yan.
Hearing Black Marsh's words and noticing the gaze of the Ghost Mother, Qiu Yan didn't say much, only saying, "No need to ask any more questions, I have already told you what I wanted to say."
"Hmm?" The Black Marsh Patriarch was taken aback. With Divine Sense, he scanned the information Qiu Yan had sent over, and his expression changed drastically.
The Ghost Mother stared wide-eyed, then calmed down and asked, "You want to fight the Jiannan Circuit City God? Do you want us to come and help you?" Her words carried a hint of eagerness and revealed an undisguised hatred, clearly showing her resentment towards the Jiannan Circuit Divine Office.
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