Gu Sheng felt a strange force sweep through his body, as if it wanted to expel every inch of his flesh and blood.
He snorted coldly and released Soul Power, forming a golden film on the surface of his body. The repulsive force immediately melted away like snow meeting the blazing sun.
"Go on!"
After diving for more than ten feet, the second seal followed.
This time it was aimed at the rejection of the true energy. The true energy in Gu Sheng's body solidified instantly, as if it was frozen.
But he was well prepared. Soul Power directly took over control of his body and continued to dive without relying on his true energy.
"The last weight!"
Miao Muqing's voice was filled with excitement.
"Be careful, this heavy seal only blocks mental power!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Sheng felt a stinging pain coming from the center of his eyebrows. His mental power exploration was abruptly cut off! It felt like someone was inserting a red-hot iron into his brain. Even with his concentration, he couldn't help but groan.
"Hang on!"
Miao Muqing said anxiously.
"Use pure Soul Power, don't mix any spiritual power!"
Gu Sheng gritted his teeth and forcibly gathered all his mental power, retaining only his most original spiritual energy Soul Power.
The stinging feeling gradually subsided.
He opened his eyes and finally saw the scene in front of him clearly
Miao Muqing's soul body trembled slightly in Immortal Pool. She had never felt such terrifying soul pressure.
The purple-gold light emanating from Gu Sheng's body was like substance, dyeing the surrounding pool water into a noble color.
"How is this possible?"
Miao Muqing's voice was obviously trembling in the soul transmission.
"Your Soul Power is actually."
Gu Sheng did not answer. He closed his eyes tightly and a purple-gold rune between his eyebrows slowly rotated.
When the soul barrier blocking their progress came into contact with Gu Sheng's soul fluctuations, it quickly melted and disintegrated like ice and snow encountering the blazing sun.
"Broken!"
As Gu Sheng shouted, the whole Creation Immortal Pool was shocked.
The purple-gold pool water boiled and rolled, and the soul seal that had troubled Miao Muqing for many years collapsed in an instant.
Miao Muqing stood there blankly, the face of his soul body was filled with disbelief.
She had tried countless times to break the seal, but failed every time.
And the man in front of her actually accomplished what she had not been able to accomplish for many years in just a moment.
"Let's go."
Gu Sheng calmed down the fluctuations around Soul Power, and his voice was as calm as if nothing had happened just now.
"The seal has been broken, and the body of Nan Huang lies ahead."
Miao Muqing looked at Gu Sheng with a complicated expression, and the fingers of his soul body clenched and unclenched unconsciously.
"Gu Sheng, you shocked me again."
Gu Sheng turned his head and looked directly at Miao Muqing's soul body with his deep gaze.
"Remember our agreement. If you dare to play any tricks."
His voice suddenly turned cold.
"I can knock your socks off at any time."
"Don't worry."
Miao Muqing forced a smile.
"Although I, Miao Muqing, am not a gentleman, I am not an ungrateful person either."
The two continued to swim deeper into Immortal Pool.
As you go deeper, the color of the pool water gradually changes from purple gold to pure white, exuding a soft light.
Suddenly, Gu Sheng stretched out his hand to stop Miao Muqing.
"Arrived."
he whispered.
A few feet in front of the two of them, a female corpse emitting a faint white light was quietly suspended in the middle of the pool.
The female corpse was shrouded in a white light, as if sleeping in another space.
She has a beautiful appearance, her skin is still breakable even after being soaked in the pool water, and her long hair spreads out like a waterfall, swaying gently with the water waves.
Miao Muqing's soul body shook violently.
"This is it."
"The corpse of the Southern Emperor."
Gu Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the female corpse carefully.
"As you said, it is extremely well preserved."
What is even more surprising is that the appearance of the female corpse is very similar to that of Miao Muqing. If Miao Muqing's body was fully mature, the two of them would be almost carved from the same mold.
Gu Sheng suddenly frowned.
"No, this corpse is too full of vitality."
With his eyesight, he could clearly feel the surging vitality in the female corpse. That was definitely not the state a dead corpse should be in.
This physical body is at least equivalent to the Golden Body Realm world of Body Cultivator warriors, or even stronger.
Miao Muqing's eyes flashed with excitement. She slowly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and performed an ancient etiquette.
"The ancestors are on top, and the younger generation Miao Muqing is here to complete the mission."
After saying that, her soul turned into a shadow and floated towards the female corpse.
Gu Sheng felt uneasy instinctively, but did not stop.
This was part of their agreement. Miao Muqing would merge with Nanhuang's corpse, and he would obtain the inheritance left by Nanhuang.
However, just when Miao Muqing's soul was about to touch the female corpse, a sudden change occurred!
The female corpse's closed eyes suddenly opened, but those eyes were as black as ink, with no whites.
An extremely ferocious aura erupted from the female corpse, and the water in the entire Creation Immortal Pool boiled!
"Be careful!"
Gu Sheng shouted loudly, and his body shot out like electricity.
Miao Muqing also noticed the abnormality, but her soul had left her body and it was too late to withdraw.
The female corpse's movements were incredibly fast. With one punch, the space was distorted!
At the critical moment, Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron's shadow suddenly appeared in Gu Sheng's body, and Source Power blessed his whole body.
He grabbed Miao Muqing's soul body and threw her back violently. At the same time, he forcefully received the punch from the female corpse.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion exploded at the bottom of the pool, and the white light shield shattered in response.
The powerful shock wave lifted the entire pool of water high into the sky, and the world seemed to tremble under the blow.
Gu Sheng only felt an unparalleled force running through his body. His body flew out like a kite with a broken string, smashing several pool walls one after another, and was finally embedded deeply into the rock formations.
"Cough"
Gu Sheng spat out a mouthful of blood and felt that at least a dozen bones in his body were broken, and his body was cracked in large areas. The blood instantly dyed the surrounding water red.
"The Great Golden Body. It's really terrifying."
Gu Sheng gritted his teeth and endured the pain, feeling horrified in his heart.
If it weren't for the buffer of Source Power and pool water, this punch might have killed him directly.
Not daring to delay at all, Gu Sheng endured the severe pain, and the true energy in his body circulated crazily.
He suddenly broke free from the rock wall and galloped in the direction of Miao Muqing.
At this time, Miao Muqing's soul body had returned to his physical body, but he was shocked and his face was as pale as paper.
The girl following her was bleeding from all her orifices and had passed out.
"Are you okay?"
Gu Sheng supported the crumbling Miao Muqing and looked warily at the female corpse in the distance.
Miao Muqing shook his head weakly.
"If you still can't die, then that's not my ancestor, absolutely not"
Gu Sheng followed her gaze and saw that the female corpse did not pursue her, but stood there blankly.
What's even more strange is that the Soul Power scattered in the pool are like little stars, slowly gathering towards the female corpse.
Gu Sheng's pupils reflected the female corpse suspended in mid-air. Her pale fingers were only an inch away from Miao Muqing's throat, but they seemed to be bound by invisible chains and could not fall down.
The originally empty eye sockets of the female corpse suddenly glowed with faint Spirit Light, like a flickering candlelight in the dark night.
"Is she struggling?"
Gu Sheng clenched the Qingfeng sword in his hand, and the runes flowing on the sword flickered.
At this critical moment, a light cyan stream of light separated from Miao Muqing's body and reintegrated into the girl's body.
Miao Muqing's body trembled slightly, and his eyes as clear as springs slowly opened, facing the female corpse.
There seemed to be invisible threads pulling in the air, and the cracked lips of the female corpse trembled, as if she wanted to say something, but she could only make a hoarse "ho ho" sound.
Her arms were shaking violently, her nails dug deeply into her palms, and black blood dripped down her fingers.
Gu Sheng's figure flashed and stood in front of Miao Muqing, with the Qingfeng sword across his chest.
"What's going on?"
"This seal."
Miao Muqing's voice was as weak as a candle in the wind.
"It was made by Seventy-two Halls using the remaining soul of His Majesty the Southern Emperor"
The female corpse suddenly let out a shrill roar, and black mist billowed around her body, but was suppressed by some force at the moment when it was about to explode.
There was clarity in her eyes, which were heartbreakingly complex, filled with anger, pain, unwillingness, and an imperceptible pleading.
Miao Muqing struggled to hold himself up.
"They don't just want to seal me. Immortal Pool There is a Nine Nether Soul Refining Array carved underground."
Gu Sheng was shocked and glanced at the ground.
The aftermath of the battle just now shattered some of the stone slabs, revealing dense bloody lines underneath. Those lines were squirming like living creatures, greedily absorbing the Black Blood dripping from the female corpse.
"They want to refine Nanhuang's body?"
Gu Sheng's voice deepened.
"It's already more than half done."
Miao Muqing smiled bitterly.
"Seventy-two Divine Sects What a profound calculation."
The female corpse suddenly fell to her knees, held her head in her hands, and howled like a beast.
Gu Sheng Only then noticed that dark red lines were faintly visible under her exposed skin, spreading all over her body like spider webs.
"The moment the seal was broken, His Majesty the Southern Emperor's remaining soul temporarily regained control."
Miao Muqing's voice was filled with indescribable sadness.
"But the marks of three thousand years of sacrifice have been engraved into the bone marrow."
Gu Sheng The hand holding the sword tightened slightly.
"How long can I hold on?"
Miao Muqing did not answer immediately, but slowly walked towards the painfully struggling female corpse.
Gu Sheng wanted to stop him, but she shook her head gently to stop him.
The girl's slender fingers lightly touched the forehead of the female corpse, and a faint green light bloomed at the point of contact.
"Soon."
Miao Muqing Withdrew his hand, his fingertips had become transparent.
"When the remaining soul is burned out, she will completely become a puppet and turn to attack us."
The female corpse suddenly grabbed Miao Muqing's wrist with such force that it almost crushed the bones.
Gu Sheng The blade of the sword turned and was about to strike, but the black mist in the eyes of the female corpse suddenly dissipated, revealing a pair of eyes as clear as water.
"Kill me"
The voice of the female corpse was too hoarse to be human, but she was crying blood every word.
Gu Sheng was shocked. The despair and pleading contained in these three short words made his sword-holding hand tremble slightly.
Miao Muqing gently stroked the female corpse's cheek.
"Your Majesty does not want to be a puppet. After this battle, she may destroy her body."
"Innate Spirit Embryo said it has a way to maybe save your soul."
Gu Sheng's voice echoed in the soul space. He stared at the gradually fading soul shadow of Miao Muqing in front of him, his fingertips trembling slightly.
Creation Immortal Pool The water rippled around him, reflecting the deep worry between his brows.
"But there's no way to tell whether this counts as a real save."
he added, his voice low.
"The spiritual fetus' intelligence is not complete. After losing the support of my Soul Power, its intelligence will dissipate quickly."
Miao Muqing's ghostly soul swayed gently, like a candle in the wind.
Her face was blurry, but Gu Sheng could still feel the questioning gaze she cast on her.
"It wants to merge with you."
Gu Sheng.
"In this way, the spirit fetus can have real spiritual intelligence, and your memory can be preserved."
The water in the pool suddenly churned violently, and an invisible ripple of power swept past. Gu Sheng knew that it was the aftermath of the battle between the Southern Emperor and the Seventy-two Divine Sects ancestor.
Time is running out.
"I'm willing to try."
Miao Muqing's voice was weak but firm, just like her character in life.
"Rather than disappear completely, it's better to bet on this glimmer of hope."
Gu Sheng nodded, no longer hesitating.
He formed a seal with his hands, and Innate Spirit Embryo was slowly drawn out of his body.
The crystal-white light floated in the palm of his hand, exuding a pure breath of life.
"Are you ready?"
Gu Sheng asked, his eyes wandering between the spirit fetus and the soul of Miao Muqing.
The shadow of Miao Muqing's soul turned into a faint light and flew toward the spiritual fetus like a moth to a flame.
The moment the two forces came into contact, the entire soul space was shaken.
Gu Sheng felt dizzy, but he gritted his teeth and persisted, guiding the fusion process.
"Hang on!"
He growled, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
The dim light gradually merged with the spirit fetus, and the light turned from white to green, and then turned into a strange lavender color.
Finally, the fused spiritual fetus was reintegrated into Gu Sheng's body, and it was as quiet as if nothing had happened.
"Miao Muqing?"
Gu Sheng tried to call, but the spirit fetus fell into a deep sleep and there was no response.
He couldn't sense Miao Muqing's Soul Power, so he could only wait quietly.
At this moment, Creation Immortal Pool heard an earth-shattering explosion sound from outside, and the water in the pool shook violently, as if it were boiling.
Gu Sheng knows that the battle between Nanhuang and those Old Monster has become intense.
"Brother Gu Gu?"
A timid voice came from behind.
Gu Sheng turned around and saw that Mu Xue had woken up. The little girl's face was pale and her big eyes were full of fear.
She hugged her knees tightly, her body swaying with the vibration of the pool water.
"Mu Xue, don't be afraid."
Gu Sheng forced a smile, walked to her and squatted down.
"Your sister's soul should be fine. I used special means to protect her."
Mu Xue's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed again.
"Really? But... but I can't feel my sister's breath anymore."
"That's because her soul is merging with the spirit fetus and it takes time."
Gu Sheng stroked Mu Xue's hair, even though he didn't know what he was doing.
"Trust me, okay?"
Mu Xue stared at Gu Sheng for a long time, and finally nodded slightly.
"I believe in Brother Gu. My sister said that you are a trustworthy person."
The water in the pool shook violently again, and several cracks appeared on the surrounding barrier.
Gu Sheng's face changed, knowing that it was no longer safe here.