"The Heavenly Canopy Spirit? Leave it to me."
Inside the Heavenly Tomb, in the Ancient Realm.
The so-called Heavenly Tomb Spirit was an amalgamation of the Heavenly Tomb's many remnant souls. Within the tomb, his strength was not much weaker than Xiao Xuan's.
Since his birth, he had imposed a rule requiring the remnant souls to fight over their origins, causing them to slaughter one another without a single day of peace.
In the original story, quite a few remnant souls had asked Xiao Xuan to intervene. However, to preserve the Xiao Clan Bloodline, Xiao Xuan had left the matter alone. Only after Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and, with Xiao Xuan's help, raised his soul to the Emperor Realm did Xiao Xuan set his sights on the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
Unlike in the original story, Xiao Xuan had entered the Heavenly Tomb with his complete soul rather than as a remnant soul.
But this also had a drawback: he needed more soul origin to stabilize his soul.
Absorbing more soul origin meant deepening his ties to the Heavenly Canopy Spirit. Though the Heavenly Canopy Spirit could do nothing to Xiao Xuan, if it self-destructed, even Xiao Xuan would find it difficult to escape.
That was why Xiao Xuan feared the Heavenly Canopy Spirit.
Across from him, seeing the confidence on Xiao Tian Ce's face, Xiao Xuan revealed a hint of delighted surprise. Then he asked, "Using those so-called spiritual arrays of yours?"
"If we don't want to destroy the Heavenly Canopy Spirit, spiritual arrays are our only option."
"Besides, Brother Xuan, your soul carries a trace of the Heavenly Canopy Spirit's aura. If we destroy it, I'm afraid you'll dissipate along with it."
"Also, I intend to take the Heavenly Tomb away and bring it back to the