Beyond Psychological Endurance

His eyes filled with surprise as he lowered his head to look at the hand gripping the remnant soul.

Under the terrifying aura unleashed by the Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron, the Heavenly Martial Realm remnant soul that had been struggling madly actually let out an utterly miserable wail. Its movements became stiff with fear, and its dense, icy Death Qi rapidly dispersed!

"Hmm?"

Gu Sheng's heart stirred, and he temporarily suppressed the urge to crush the remnant soul.

He could clearly sense that the Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron in his dantian was transmitting an intense, almost greedy desire to devour, its target aimed directly at the Heavenly Martial Realm remnant soul in his hand!

This cauldron... could devour remnant souls?

The phantom of the Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron flashed above Gu Sheng's head before vanishing. The terrifying aura capable of suppressing the Myriad Worlds and refining all things also receded.

Yet Gu Sheng could clearly sense that, within the cauldron's space, the Heavenly Martial Realm remnant soul that had been struggling and shrieking wildly instantly melted away and disintegrated!

A strand of incomparably pure white energy containing strange life fluctuations was refined out, condensing at the center of the cauldron into a bead the size of a dragon's eye. It was entirely radiant white and emitted a soft glow!

A Soul Bead! A Soul Bead containing pure Soul Power!

Almost the instant the Soul Bead took form, the spirit embryo sitting cross-legged deep within Gu Sheng's dantian, radiating chaotic light from its entire body, suddenly trembled!

An overwhelmingly intense emotion of yearning was transmitted into Gu Sheng's consciousness, aimed directly at the newly formed Soul Bead within the cauldron!

With a thought from Gu Sheng, the radiant white Soul Bead vanished from the cauldron. In the next instant, it appeared