Qi Xiu's eyes flickered wildly.
I opened with my strongest killing move, a Divine Soul secret art. I used it to kill someone at the Golden Core Peak Stage when I was only at the Golden Core Late Stage.
And now I'm at the Golden Core Peak Stage myself.
I used a Divine Soul secret art to ambush someone at the Golden Core Middle Stage, and I still couldn't kill him.
What does that mean?
It means he must have a Divine Soul secret art too!
Otherwise, there's no way he could have withstood my God-Slaying Spear!
Then he recalled what the Ghost Envoy had said when they first entered the Rakshasa Sea. Thoughts flashed through Qi Xiu's mind, and he understood at once.
The Yin Ghost Sect inheritance Qiu Qianhai possessed had to be the Nine-Gate Soul-Calming Scripture too—and the missing first half, at that!
"You... also cultivate the Nine-Gate Soul-Calming Scripture!"
Qi Xiu lowered his gaze and spoke in a deep voice.
"Just as I thought!"
Ji Yuan had guessed as much the moment he sensed the Divine Soul secret art.
But for two people who cultivated the same secret art—quite possibly one half each—to appear in the Rakshasa Sea at the same time was startling enough. They had even run into each other the moment they entered.
How could Ji Yuan not be surprised?
He immediately moved with a thought.
The Zixiao Divine Thunder stored within Canglan, Dragon Fortune, Cloud Watchtower, Firefly, Bloodslayer, and Thunder-Smite poured out of the six flying swords.
Boom!
With all the Zixiao Divine Thunder unleashed, the sky became a sea of violet divine lightning.
"Wh-what?!"
At the heart of the thunderstorm, Qi Xiu could not help crying out in shock at the sight.
But in the next instant, he summoned his Life-bound