Sealing the Dead Soul Mountain Range

"Husband!"

When she saw that it was Chen Yang, her anxious heart instantly settled.

She leaned against him, greedily breathing in the comforting scent of his body.

She had spent these past days in anguish, believing she would never have another chance to see her husband in this lifetime.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here. I've always been here." Chen Yang soothed her, gently patting her back as he assured her that he had been there all along.

She felt so soft in his arms. Holding what he had lost and regained, Chen Yang was deeply grateful that his gamble had paid off.

With that, Chen Yang turned his ice-cold gaze toward Soul One, who stood nearby with terror written across his face.

Without wasting words, he thrust out a finger.

A ray of light shot from Chen Yang's fingertip straight into the space between Soul One's brows, destroying his body and drawing out his soul.

Soul One's soul drifted out of his body and hung in the Dungeon, unable to move.

Realizing that he had been reduced to a soul, Soul One's face filled with terror.

Just then, Chen Yang lightly pointed again, sending a powerful restriction straight into Soul One's soul and sealing his soul power.

After that finger strike, Chen Yang spread his fingers into a palm and slammed it toward the ground, driving Soul One's soul, now too weak to maintain a human form, into the molten lava beneath the earth, where he would endure the scorching flames of the earth's core for eternity.

Chen Yang had disposed of Soul One with a mere turn of his hand. Emotion shimmered in Yun Yun's eyes as she buried her face deeper against his chest.

She boldly wrapped both arms around Chen Yang's lean, powerful waist.

Even after dealing with Soul One, Chen Yang remained shaken by what had happened.

His gaze deepened as he considered how to prevent anything like this from happening again.

He slowly raised one hand. A wisp of invisible Dou Qi formed in his palm, and he traced out a powerful restriction.

While she still needed his comfort, he gently stroked her back and secretly merged it into her body.

Chen Yang had crafted this restriction specifically for Yun Yun.

Not only would it allow Chen Yang to determine Yun Yun's location at any time, but if her life was threatened, it would automatically unleash a powerful attack against her enemy to protect her.

At the same time, this restriction would safeguard her soul from annihilation.

Chen Yang worked discreetly, and his touch was soothing. Throughout the entire process of the restriction merging into her body, Yun Yun sensed nothing unusual.

At that moment, she buried her head in Chen Yang's arms, greedily savoring their warmth and the sense of safety he gave her.

As for why Chen Yang had suddenly appeared in the Soul Hall's Dungeon, she did not dwell on it.

She did not know when it had begun, but she had come to trust him unconditionally.

Love had begun without her knowing where, and already it had grown fathoms deep.

Yun Yun had never imagined that one day she would trust Chen Yang with her heart laid bare.

Perhaps this truly proved the old saying: affection born in bed could be utterly sincere.

"Mm!"

"As long as you're beside me, husband, I won't be afraid, even if I'm in hell." Yun Yun suddenly lifted her head, her bright, dewy eyes meeting Chen Yang's gaze with earnest sincerity.

Only after speaking did she realize what she had just said. Under Chen Yang's burning gaze, her lovely face flushed, and she buried her head deep against his chest, choosing to hide like an ostrich.

Chen Yang's heart stirred. He gently played with her hair with his fingertips, brushing a few unruly strands aside.

This was hardly a pleasant place, and she was wearing very little. Ten-thousand-year-old ice, radiating an intense chill, lay buried around the Dungeon. It would be bad if she caught a chill.

So Chen Yang held her close with one arm and tore open a stable spatial tunnel with his other hand.

With a flash, he carried her through the spatial tunnel and out of the Dungeon, appearing in the sky above the Dead Soul Mountain Range.

High in the sky, Chen Yang released his emperor realm soul power with a thought, enveloping the vast Dead Soul Mountain Range and locking onto every living being within it.

Then he raised his hand toward the sky. Boundless spatial power spread ten li outward from him, transforming into countless silver threads that scattered throughout the Dead Soul Mountain Range.

As the silver threads settled into every corner of the Dead Soul Mountain Range, the entire mountain range's space was instantly sealed. No one whose cultivation was below his could pass through.

Chen Yang blanketed the Dead Soul Mountain Range with his emperor realm soul power, then used a Nine-Star Dou Sheng's ability to reshape space with ease to seal it into a cage that allowed entry but no escape.

Such vast soul power and such a magnificent feat instantly alerted everyone from the Soul Hall to Chen Yang's presence.

As Chen Yang's soul power descended from the sky, the Venerable Elder, Old Man Mu Gu, abruptly paled and exclaimed in shock.

"Such powerful soul power!"

"Soul power of this caliber must be above the heaven realm!"

Above a heaven realm soul was an emperor realm soul. Since Tou She Ancient God, when had an emperor realm soul ever appeared on the Dou Qi Continent?

The moment he sensed that mysterious soul power, Old Man Mu Gu exchanged a glance with Star-Picking Old Ghost. Each saw shock in the other's eyes.

Then they released their own soul power, attempting to trace the mysterious soul power that had suddenly appeared back to its source.

Their soul power had been out for only a second when both abruptly raised their heads and looked toward the sky overhead.

The source of the mysterious soul power was there.

Old Man Mu Gu and Star-Picking Old Ghost exchanged another glance, then soared upward with their formidable cultivation, covering a vast distance to reach the sky.

Boom! With a thunderous crash, both slammed into an invisible spatial barrier at the same time.

Their expressions changed drastically. They hastily retreated, staring ahead with solemn eyes.

An invisible wall of space lay before them.

More precisely, the space of the Dead Soul Mountain Range had been sealed, and they were now trapped like creatures inside an egg.

If that conclusion was true, it was terrifying.

A chill rose in Old Man Mu Gu's and Star-Picking Old Ghost's hearts. For the first time in their lives, they felt fear seep into their very bones.

At that moment, the other Soul Hall Protectors in the Dead Soul Mountain Range began gathering around Star-Picking Old Ghost.

As expected, unaware of what lay ahead, they plunged headfirst into the spatial wall one after another, knocking themselves dizzy.

Seeing this, the protectors behind them stopped just in time to avoid crashing into it.

"Mu Gu, what's going on? Have you discovered anything?" The Branch Hall Master arrived just then as well. His gaze sharpened as he studied the impassable spatial wall before them and questioned Star-Picking Old Ghost and Old Man Mu Gu.

It had all happened so suddenly that neither knew what was going on.

Nor did they know what powerful expert they had offended recently.

For their opponent to seal space so thoroughly that even Dou Zun experts like them could not pass through, that person's strength had to surpass an ordinary Dou Zun's.

Everyone from the Soul Hall gathered before the spatial wall and carefully examined it.

This invisible spatial wall sealed not only the sky but even the ground beneath them, creating a complete enclosure without a single gap.

Outside the spatial barrier, Chen Yang waited until everyone had emerged, then lifted his hand.

The spatial dome contracted violently, imprisoning everyone from the Soul Hall within the Dead Soul Mountain Range in midair.

Only after confirming that they were all there, with not a single one spared, did Chen Yang take Yun Yun's hand and slowly walk down from the thickly clouded heavens, appearing before everyone from the Soul Hall.

Everyone from the Soul Hall froze at the sight of the cold-faced Chen Yang and Yun Yun, stunningly beautiful in her plain-colored battle attire.

They were dumbstruck!

The Branch Hall Master at the very front even rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

His gaze remained fixed on Yun Yun, afraid his eyes were playing tricks on him and he had mistaken her for someone else.