Every Abyssal Being held one deeply rooted belief: even if they died fighting in this world, it did not matter. Their souls would return to the embrace of the abyss, and before long, they would be reborn there.
But...
What Qin Xiao was doing now completely shattered their understanding.
After the Blaze Emperor fell, his soul had not returned to the Abyss Plane. Instead, Qin Xiao held it in his grasp. This was beyond anything they knew.
They were all mighty figures of the abyss who had conquered more than one plane, yet this was the first time they had encountered anything like this.
"Y-you... just how strong are you?"
The Blaze Emperor's soul form spoke in a trembling voice.
The shield he had always relied on could no longer offer him any protection. That left him deeply unsettled, his very soul trembling.
"Actually, you don't need to be all that powerful to do this. You just need to reach the realm of a Second-Level God. Oh, and you also need the help of the plane will..."
Qin Xiao shrugged, looking utterly unconcerned.
Yet...
Both the Abyssal Beings and the human powerhouses fell silent.
Was a Second-Level God not powerful?
Then what kind of strength counted as powerful?
More importantly, what did that make abyssal powerhouses like them, who did not even possess godhood?
"A Second-Level God... To think your cultivation has reached that level. There's no shame in losing to you."
The Blaze Emperor had already resigned himself to his fate, speaking in a despondent voice.
Of course, even if he refused to accept it, there was nothing he could do. Unless the Holy Lord descended, who could save him?
But the Holy Lord...
He did not even know where the Holy Lord was, much less whether the Abyssal