This time, Su Xun woke up quickly.
Then he discovered that his entire body was floating, while the eyes of the ethereal Six Desires immortal image behind him shimmered with multicolored illusory light.
Centered on him, an illusory scroll of mountains and seas was unfolding.
It was exactly like the strange space his consciousness had fallen into earlier.
The difference was that only one divine statue stood beside him, and its stone casing had not fallen away.
Just then, understanding blossomed in his heart.
Su Xun murmured:
"Innate Domain..."
"Six Roots Tribulation Soil!"
Within Six Roots Tribulation Soil, the scenery would shift according to the desires in the hearts of those trapped inside.
The current scroll of mountains and seas existed because of what Su Xun had just seen.
It had then been reflected outward from his heart.
Anyone who fell into Six Roots Tribulation Soil would have their six roots slowly eroded until they were sealed!
Once all six roots were sealed.
Another effect of the Innate Domain would activate-Delusion Seizing the Body!
With their six roots lost, they would become puppets.
However, fulfilling the conditions for Delusion Seizing the Body was extremely difficult.
It also required all the Six Desires Divine Beasts to be "unlocked."
In other words.
According to Su Xun's earlier deductions, he would need to become at least a Six-Ring Soul Emperor before he could trigger it.
Besides that, there was another effect.
The descent of the Six Desires Divine Beasts!
This ability carried even greater risks.
It required the corresponding Soul Spirit as a medium.
Even Su Xun did not know what level of power it could unleash.
But once he activated it, he would inevitably have to endure boundless backlash.
One wrong move, and he might fall into ruin himself, or even perish as his soul shattered.
In addition, as his Innate Domain awakened.
Su Xun finally gained a clear sense of the innate ability he had naturally possessed ever since his Martial Soul Awakening-
Six Roots Empathy.
Six Roots Empathy did not need to be deliberately activated; it remained constantly active.
Its ability was simple: sensing the hidden desires and emotions of living beings around him.
The key lay in the two abilities derived from it.
The first: tainting and corrupting desire.
By tainting another person's desires, he could enhance the effects of his corresponding Soul Skills.
This consumed very little, but he would also suffer backlash from those desires.
The second: Contemplative Desire Subjugation.
He could directly subjugate another person's desires and turn them to his own use, likewise enhancing his abilities.
However, both the difficulty and the consumption were relatively greater.
The advantage was that he would not suffer backlash from those desires.
Moreover, as long as the gap in spiritual power was not too great, he could become immune to all mental charm and desire-based attacks.
"Whew..."
Su Xun let out a soft breath.
His spiritual power, already on the verge of exhaustion, could no longer sustain such consumption.
Six Roots Tribulation Soil dispersed.
His floating body fell.
Whoosh-
Leng Yaozhu appeared in a flash and caught Su Xun in her arms.
Seeing her disciple's pale face and forehead covered in cold sweat, a trace of heartache flashed through Leng Yaozhu's eyes.
She held Su Xun with one arm and gently wiped away his sweat with her right hand.
"Are you all right?"
"How do you feel?"
Her gentle words were like a breeze brushing a secluded orchid, sending its hidden fragrance drifting outward.
Su Xun shook his head and briefly explained his Innate Domain.
"Six Roots Tribulation Soil erodes the six roots, and once all of them fall, the victim becomes a puppet!"
Leng Yaozhu's pupils contracted slightly.
What an overpowering domain effect!
It involuntarily reminded her of someone.
The Gray Terror, Pluto Douluo Ha Luosa!
Known as the Nether Emperor, he was one of the Holy Spirit Cult's two emperors.
His Innate Domain, Netherworld Rebirth, could summon twelve Death Knights to fight.
The effect of Su Xun's Innate Domain-eroding the six roots and turning victims into puppets-was somewhat similar to Netherworld Rebirth.
Moreover, judging by his description, it was not restricted by race.
That being the case, it was not quite as sinister as Netherworld Rebirth.
Furthermore, although it did not come with twelve Death Knights like Netherworld Rebirth, Six Roots Tribulation Soil seemed to have no upper limit on its puppets.
An idea stirred in Leng Yaozhu's heart. Once it was unlocked, she planned to capture some Soul Beasts for Su Xun to test its effects.
Then Leng Yaozhu turned her gaze toward the Yellow Soul Ring that had appeared beside Su Xun.
His fusion with the Soul Spirit had already been completed back at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda.
But because Su Xun had entered that special state, both his breakthrough and the formation of his Soul Ring had somehow been delayed.
Only now, after his Innate Domain had finished awakening, had the Soul Ring finally formed.
His Soul Power had naturally broken through as well, reaching rank thirteen.
After sensing it for a moment, Su Xun understood his Soul Skill's effects.
First Soul Skill: Eye Desire: Illusory Colors.
It released countless rays of dazzling illusory light, distorting the target's vision and conjuring the fantasies they craved most deeply.
Beauty, treasures, or someone they were obsessed with, and so on.
All were included.
Once the target's heart stirred with greed and attachment, they would be imprisoned within the illusory vision, left at another's mercy.
Furthermore, with the unlocking of this Soul Skill.
His eyes' ability to see through and strip away falsehood, as well as discern the desires and obsessions deep within another person's heart, had been strengthened again.
For instance, right now.
Even though he no longer had the energy to use his Soul Skill, when he looked at Leng Yaozhu, who had no guard up against him.
He could see her urgent longing to cultivate a young member of the Leng Family who could represent them.
"Very good."
After hearing about his Soul Skill's effects, Leng Yaozhu nodded.
With the rewind effect attached to Zang Xin's first Soul Skill, few people in the world could match it with their own first Soul Skill.
As for the effects of Su Xun's first Soul Skill.
In a sense, they amounted to the combined effects of the first two abilities of Zang Xin's first Soul Skill, with rewind removed.
That was already excellent.
Then a smile blossomed on Leng Yaozhu's face, and she ruffled Su Xun's hair.
"I thought something had gone wrong with the fusion."
"I never imagined it was your Innate Domain awakening."
"Rushing about in such a panic-I must have made quite a fool of myself in front of you."
Su Xun shook his head.
"Teacher, I couldn't be happier that you care so much about me. How could I possibly laugh at you?"
Hearing this, Leng Yaozhu's smile deepened, and she could not resist pinching Su Xun's cheek.
"You little thing, with such a sweet tongue, who knows how many girls you'll lead astray in the future?"
Su Xun blinked, looking as though he had no idea what his teacher was talking about.
Sure enough, Leng Yaozhu smiled.
"That's right. What could a little thing like you understand?"
"Come on, let's go home first."
"A proper Body Martial Soul Master with such a frail body-what kind of showing is that?"
"Once we're back, I'll make sure you get properly nourished."
On the way home, Su Xun had recovered, so Leng Yaozhu did not take on her Heavenly Phoenix form again.
She summoned the Black Phoenix Mecha and activated its comfort mode.
During the journey, Leng Yaozhu eagerly gave Su Xun hands-on instruction, teaching him the proper posture and methods for meditation.
However, awakening his Innate Domain and falling into that realm of primordial strange beasts had drained too much of Su Xun's energy.
He had barely begun learning before he fell fast asleep.
Looking at the sleeping Su Xun, Leng Yaozhu could not help smiling, and she reached out to pinch his cheek.
"I've taken in a fine disciple too!"
"Once you grow up, the burden on my shoulders can finally become a little lighter."
Then her delicate brows drew together slightly, and the worry between them lingered.
"Yulai, where on earth have you gone?"
"Please don't... stray down the wrong path."
With a soft sigh, Leng Yaozhu stopped dwelling on it.
She had searched for so many years without any results. How could thinking about it a little longer possibly give her an answer?
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