Soon, under the purple lightning's assault, the old man's form dissolved into a mass of pure soul power, his consciousness vanishing forever from the Dou Qi Continent.
Xiao Yu could only sigh inwardly.
Of all the people he could have provoked, he had chosen Xiao Yu. Soul possession was the very thing Xiao Yu feared least.
The old fellow could only blame his bad luck. If that old fellow from the Heavenly Underworld Sect had taken the Battle Venerable Origin instead of Xiao Yu, he would probably have successfully seized a body by now.
Then Xiao Yu beckoned, drawing the mass of soul power into his hand.
"It's incredibly pure and vast. With the old man's consciousness completely erased, this soul energy no longer bears an imprint. I can absorb it."
"With this much soul energy, I wonder how far my soul realm will rise once I've absorbed it all."
Feeling the terrifying strength of the old man's soul power once more, Xiao Yu's face lit up with delight.
By his estimate, the old man's cultivation had been formidable in life, likely beyond Nine-Star Dou Zun. His soul power had been no weaker, reaching at least the advanced Spirit Realm.
Otherwise, this mass of soul energy could not have been so vast. Although Xiao Yu did not know how many years had passed since the old man's death, it certainly had not been a short time. Even after enduring the baptism of such long ages, his remaining soul power still rivaled the peak of the intermediate Spirit Realm.
Xiao Yu could think of no explanation other than that the old man's soul had reached the advanced Spirit Realm in life and had been protected by the strange energy within the origin.
Without further delay, Xiao Yu withdrew part of his