Deep within the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, the Soul Bell Altar stands silently atop a Soul Mountain, its exterior inscribed with ten thousand Soul Array inscriptions. At its center sits a heavy ancient bell, named the [Nether Soul Azure Bell], which, according to legend, shattered the consciousness of the three sects' Soul Ancestors during the chaotic war across countless realms. Only the Soul of Silent Origin can touch it without being destroyed.
This trial tests the Limit of one's control over soul pressure.
If the soul pressure cannot suppress one's own soul energy, the soul embryo and soul consciousness will be directly devoured and destroyed!
This is also one of the "Trials of Fate" that the disciples of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect dare not attempt lightly.
[Qin Yu takes the stage]
Qin Yu slowly walked up, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he stood beneath the ancient bell.
Ming Yuan, Ming Ye, and several sect elders all watched intently. Even Qian Ruishan, Zhou Yu, and Yao Wanqing did not step forward to speak, and for a moment, only the low whistling of the wind could be heard on the entire mountaintop.
"This bell has a soul pressure hundreds of times greater than that of a regular Realm Master..." Zhou Yu murmured.
Qin Yu stood with his eyes closed and said calmly:
"Come on, let me see where the so-called 'Limit' is..."
--boom!
The Nether Soul Azure Bell suddenly trembled, and a surge of soul pressure descended from the void like a nine-layered celestial curtain!
At that moment, the sky changed color, the earth turned yellow, and a soul force that could almost crush heaven and earth erupted from the bell, forcefully suppressing Qin Yu.
Everyone could see that the void around Qin Yu was collapsing!
That wasn't a collapse of cultivation, but rather the soul pressure Realm Splitting!
"His soul consciousness... can actually reverse the flow of soul pressure!?" an elder exclaimed in surprise.
But at that moment—
Click.
Deep within Qin Yu's body, a soft hum resonated, and a phantom image of a cyan-gold ring flashed behind him!
Azure Ring - Anomaly!
Strangely enough, no one noticed this movement!
Whether it was Ming Yuan, Qian Ruishan, or the spirit of the Soul Tower, they were all separated by a wisp of spacetime mist, unable to grasp the essence of this movement.
[Soul Suppression and Reversal - Strange Echoes from the Soul Tower]
The moment the Azure Ring rang softly, the Nether Soul Azure Bell trembled violently.
Rumble!!
The entire Soul Bell Altar was torn apart by the reverse flow of soul intent, the bell's sound reverberated through the Heavenly Abyss, and countless soul marks appeared around Soul Mountain. All the disciples felt excruciating pain in their souls, as if they had been instantly placed under the Silent Origin Soul Domain.
"The Soul Bell is about to crack!?"
"No, it's not a crack, it's... someone has suppressed it!"
Ming Yuan's eyes narrowed sharply. "It was Qin Yu... he suppressed the Soul Bell!"
As expected, Qin Yu remained standing with his eyes closed, a faint smile on his lips. He raised one palm slightly, and a faint ray of soul light flowed along the bell tower, coiling like a dragon or snake, dark and unfathomable.
As the tolling of the bells faded, the pressure on the souls gradually subsided. The Nether Soul Azure Bell seemed to bow its head in submission, and the entire altar fell into an eerie silence.
All the onlookers were speechless at that moment.
Ming Yuan's expression was extremely complicated. "This child... his soul doesn't entirely belong to the Soul Path... what is he?"
Qin Yu opened his eyes, glanced indifferently at the depths of the altar, turned and walked down, his gaze directed only at Qian Ruishan with a slight nod.
In the deserted place, Azure Ring gently rotated in the void, releasing an indescribable "Soul Consciousness Law," silently "devouring" 30% of the Soul Cause Pattern of the entire Soul Bell.
Chapter Two: The Trial at the Soul Bell Altar - Middle Section - Qian Ruishan, Zhou Yu, Yao Wanqing ascend the altar in turn.
--The Soul Bell Altar, the second round of Soul Pressure Trial continues.
Qian Ruishan stood quietly before the altar, her purple soul robe fluttering slightly, her dark hair swaying in the wind. Her eyes were lowered, but the moment she stepped onto the stone steps, she suddenly opened them, her gaze as ethereal as a flower, cold and resolute.
"The third trial participant, Qian Ruishan."
Her steps were silent, yet each step was filled with dread, as the Soul Bell tolled high above. The first-tier Soul Bell, rising from the Soul Shadow, reflected the Blood Soul Aura within her body, and even faint traces of the Second Soul Aura were faintly visible.
The elders present were shocked. Ming Yuan narrowed his eyes, while Ming Ye wore a complex expression. "... As expected of her."
The second-tier Soul Bell resounded five times, its deep, hellish sound reflecting a faint blue mist within Qian Ruishan's sea of consciousness!
"That's..." Yao Wanqing exclaimed in a low voice.
"Her Second Soul is on the verge of awakening." Zhou Yu squinted, sensing an Ultimate resonance of souls.
From the third to the seventh stage, the bells tolled continuously, and the soul-severing sounds cut through the soul. Qian Ruishan remained unmoved, but beneath her clothes, a faint trace of blood seeped from her feet. This was not due to injury, but rather the Realm Splitting membrane by her Second Soul spirit!
Finally, the eighth-tier Soul Bell rang softly, and a Soul Array and Soul Flower appeared, slowly blooming, its deep blue color like stars, leaving everyone speechless.
"Qian Ruishan, with her Soul Suppression at the eighth level and the potential to reach the half-step Soul Domain, has achieved this without awakening her Second Soul... If her Second Soul were to fully awaken in the future, I fear..."
"No weaker than Qin Yu!" Ming Yuan rarely uttered his true feelings in a low voice.
--The soul bell gradually stopped, Qian Ruishan withdrew.
The next person to take the stage is Zhou Yu.
Without saying much, he donned a robe of thunder and fire, its lightning patterns blazing, and as soon as he stepped onto the stone steps, the first soul bell rang with thunderous booms!
"Heavenly lightning entering the soul? This... is the Silent Lightning scripture resounding on its own?!"
Before the third stage even approached, under the pressure of the Thunderous Soul, all the disciples retreated three zhang in unison!
Within Zhou Yu's body, the third page of the "Nine Abyss Silent Lightning Canon" trembled autonomously, and a phantom of a thunder soul emerged from behind him, condensing like lightning. In an instant, the sixth-tier soul bell was directly pierced by the thunder soul!
"This isn't suppressing the Soul Bell; it's using one soul to sever another... He's directly breaking through to a higher level!"
Boom! The ninth-tier Soul Bell responded proactively, its tolling resounding through the sky, and the sea of lightning surged!
Zhou Yu slowly withdrew his breath and returned to his original position. Ming Yuan looked at him. "This boy... is capable of reaching the ninth level of the Soul Abyss."
Finally, there's Yao Wanqing.
Her expression was gentle, yet restrained and cold. After stepping onto the stairs, the soul bell did not toll.
Everyone was slightly taken aback, and just as they were wondering...
Buzz!
The first soul bell shattered silently, and a butterfly shadow flashed from the void, gently landing on the Second Soul bell.
"Butterfly Soul Body?"
"No, it's... the Moon-Folding Butterfly Fate Soul? It's been lost for a thousand years..."
Yao Wanqing closed her eyes slightly, and the Soul Transformation on her forehead, as if a moon were faintly visible within it.
In the third stage, the soul shadow remained still, yet there was a shimmering moonlight reflection!
At the fifth and seventh levels, the butterfly shadows suddenly trembled, transforming into seven-colored flowing flames. With a soft chime, the eighth-level soul bell trembled slightly. Although it could not resonate as directly as Qian Ruishan's, it presented an extremely stable soul pressure state.
"Her soul aura is an extremely stable, unique Fate Soul, different from the Thunder Soul and the Second Soul, but if it resonates with the Soul Butterfly's origin in the future..."
"She will be the most stable and strongest auxiliary soul core among those of the same level."
Yao Wanqing slowly stepped back, glanced back at the altar, a slight smile playing on her lips, and whispered:
"Just a little bit more... but one day, I won't hold you back."
Qin Yu watched the three return to their places, his gaze darkening.
In this stage, they have already far surpassed everyone else.
Next is the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, where one must use their own soul to refine the core of the array.
Qian Ruishan ascends the stage; the Blood Soul Refining Pool reflects two souls.
The Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool is located beneath the Soul Mountain of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, surrounded by nine seals and shrouded in black mist and crimson blood soul liquid year-round. Beneath the pool lies the "Soul Abyss Nine Restrictions Formation," the origin of which is unknown. Legend has it that it was once a secret array used by the Supreme Soul Ancestor of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect to refine the Second Soul embryo. It can trigger the deepest soul essence of a cultivator and may even activate the sealed Second Soul core within the body.
It is also one of the few ancient training grounds in the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect that has the potential to "completely awaken" the Second Soul.
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[Qian Ruishan Makes Her Debut - Blood Soul Refining Pool Opens]
"Next, Qian Ruishan."
Ming Yuan turned his gaze to the figure in Qingyi standing not far away.
The girl walked slowly, yet her aura was as cold and ethereal as the moon. Her eyes showed no fear, as if she knew this pool was no ordinary place, yet she still insisted on going forward.
Qin Yu watched from afar, remaining silent and only nodding.
Yao Wanqing whispered, "Her aura... has changed."
Ming Ye frowned slightly. "Yes, ever since the last great battle, she seems to have been suppressing something... This pool might just be the key."
The nine array seals slowly rotated, opening layer by layer. Blood mist surged, and the sound of the soul array transformed into the tolling of a ghostly bell, echoing in the air.
The Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool is now fully open.
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[Entering the Battlefield - Soul Blood Reversal]
The moment Qian Ruishan stepped into the pool, the soul mist seemed to part on its own, condensing into a floating soul bridge beneath her feet.
She stood on the altar in the center of the pool, closed her eyes, and breathed softly.
"Using my first soul, the Ice Soul Soul Heart, as a guide, I will attempt to break the seal of my Second Soul..."
Wow!
Crimson blood suddenly surged, blood waves soared into the sky, and a blurry soul figure emerged from the bottom of the pool. It was actually the form of an ancient soul woman, with a blurred face and an extremely suppressed soul intent.
Ming Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "That is... the lingering soul image sealed in the 'Soul Forbidden Array from a Thousand Years Ago'?"
At this moment, Qian Ruishan had already begun the soul-tracing and array-guiding process.
The red light in the pool transformed into a scroll depicting nine souls, wrapping around her body layer by layer, as if it were peeling away, extracting, and Soul Rend!
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[Soul Array Resonance - Initial Phenomenon]
Blood was seeping from the corner of Qian Ruishan's mouth, and her soul was violently shaken.
But she slowly opened her eyes.
A glimmer of deep blue flashed in his eyes—
That was a soul pattern phenomenon that had never appeared before.
"Her soul core... is undergoing fission!" Ming Yuan whispered.
Qin Yu's eyes narrowed as he sensed a familiar resonance—but not from Azure Ring, but from a certain... gentle connection deep within his soul.
The next moment, the Soul Restriction Array beneath the entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool trembled violently, and a voice sealed for a thousand years resounded from the depths of the Dark Abyss Soul Well:
"Two souls united by Heaven, one as the boundary... The vows of the past are now reaffirmed..."
Immediately afterward, the blood pool exploded, and a Second Soul shadow, seemingly both real and ethereal, flew out from Qian Ruishan's soul palace, slowly standing side by side with her original soul!
The entire audience was stunned.
But—at this crucial moment when it was about to fully awaken, the Second Soul shadow slowly shrank back into the Soul Palace, like an unripe divine fruit waiting for the true opportunity.
Ming Yuan breath. "As expected of the 'Dark Moon Twin Souls'... This woman's Second Soul is probably no less powerful than any other soul in our clan..."
Qian Ruishan slowly opened her eyes, her face pale, but she did not collapse.
She smiled gently, her eyes no longer showing the naivety of a young girl, but the serenity of someone destined to have two souls.
She turned to look at Qin Yu.
Their eyes met, and though they didn't speak, they seemed to know each other's feelings.
Qin Yu murmured softly, "That Second Soul will one day truly awaken."
--On the east side of the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, amidst the array-patterned abyss, before the soul lightning even arrives, the soul's breath is already startled.--
As Qian Ruishan stepped out of the array's core, the blood-red surface of the pool still trembled slightly, as if echoing the soul-stirring sound she left behind when she activated the array's core. Before everyone could calm down, the next person to step in was Zhou Yu.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his blue robe with lightning patterns billowing without wind, but there was no arrogance in his eyes, only an unprecedented solemnity. He knew that this pool was different from the Soul Bell. The Soul Bell tested the pressure of one's own body; but here, it was forged with soul blood and sacrificed with the source of soul.
"Zhou Yu, the Nether Soul Command Seal been confirmed. Shall we offer our souls into the formation?" A voice of an ancient soul echoed from the void, seemingly reverberating from an ancient formation spirit.
Zhou Yu nodded without hesitation and replied, "I swear an oath, with thunder as my witness."
The next moment, he spread his five fingers, and a Thunder Soul Rune flew out from his sea of consciousness and imprinted itself into the center of the Soul Refining Pool.
--boom!--
Nine layers of thunderous sound exploded from the ground!
An image of a thunder god appeared on the eastern edge of the Soul Refining Pool; it was none other than the "Nine Abyss Thunder Emperor Soul Statue" left behind by the ancient thunder soul lineage of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect.
Everyone was astonished.
Even Ming Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. "This is... the Soul Sacrifice Mark of the Nine Abyss Lightning Canon?!"
Within the pool, the array patterns suddenly shifted nine times, and the lightning patterns spread out like water, pulling Zhou Yu entirely into the center of the array.
Zhou Yu sat cross-legged, lightning seals swirling in his palms. His eyes flashed like lightning, and he softly uttered the ancient incantation of the Thunder Soul:
"Silent Lightning - Nine Abyss Second Level, Soul-Shaking - Domain Breaking!"
In the middle layer of that Soul Pool, a silent domain of lightning suddenly appeared. Countless lightning imprints spun rapidly around Zhou Yu's sea of consciousness, and a giant lightning serpent emerged, condensing into the "Soul Thunder Heart Formation."
Within this lightning domain, three phantom figures appeared simultaneously:
One is his memory of being alone in Thunder Soul Valley as a young boy, suffering from the corrosive effects of the Soul Serpent;
Both are the initial battle Soul Stele Platform the Thousand Realms Sect, reflecting the inferiority and anger of an orphan from the outer sect;
Thirdly, during Qin Yu's bloody battle, he first felt the fervent desire to "share life and death with like-minded people."
Three phantom souls, three intertwined life and death, Zhou Yu slowly raised his eyes at the heart of the formation:
"My soul will not roar for thunder, nor yield to fate. It will cleave the heavens and shatter the Realm Splitting only for those I wish to protect."
Boom--!!
Suddenly, thunderclouds surged throughout the entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, and a pillar of lightning pierced through the sky from the bottom of the pool, reaching straight into the clouds.
At the heart of the formation, the Nine Abyss Thunder Soul Formation was fully deployed.
However, the giant serpent of soul lightning transformed into a reverse lightning seal within the formation, forcibly reversing the original formation core and causing the entire formation plate to be slightly adjusted towards the "Zhou Yu" lineage!
This has almost never happened in the trials of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect throughout history!
Ming Yuan's brow twitched, and he muttered to himself, "He... actually reversed the array plate, using lightning as a catalyst... to forcibly merge with the array veins?"
Qian Ruishan was also stunned. "He's not just a Thunder Soul Body, he... he's using his own Thunder Soul to open a Soul Path for the entire sect's formation."
A strange light flickered in Yao Wanqing's eyes, a hint of shock in them.
Ming Ye nodded slightly. "This is... his soul oath."
At this moment, Zhou Yu slowly opened his eyes, his Thunder Soul slowly returned to his body, and the lightning light subsided.
He stood up and gave a slight fist salute in the direction of the sect leader and Ming Yuan.
"Disciple... Zhou Yu, I swear by my Thunder Soul to guard this realm."
Ming Ye and Ming Yuan exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a mixture of solemnity and joy.
"Yes." He uttered a single word slowly, his expression resolute, "This lightning seal shall be recorded on the Sect Soul Master Stele, as the true heir to our sect's Thunder Soul Path."
--
Just as Zhou Yu left, a lingering shadow of lightning remained deep within the formation, seemingly indicating:
His soul-oath thunder may one day be able to quell the chaos of an entire realm.
Next up is Yao Wanqing, who will soon be taking the stage.
Her soul has always been extraordinary. And at this moment, the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool has only just regained its tranquility...
As Zhou Yu silently left the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, the lightning had not yet completely dissipated, and the soul array seemed to still be immersed in the shock of him using soul lightning to consecrate the array and reverse the array plate. At this moment, a figure slowly walked over and stood on the shore of the pool.
It was Yao Wanqing.
She wore a plain blue palace dress, with soul light flowing beneath the hem. Before she even spoke, the entire Soul Refining Pool seemed to tremble slightly in response to her presence.
Complex expressions appeared on everyone's faces.
She was not as famous as Zhou Yu, nor as astounding as Qian Ruishan, but this woman had a pure soul. On the Soul Bell Altar, she once used her soul power to move the ancient mirror for a moment, which aroused the Ming Yuan's strange feelings.
Now, she stands on the altar at the heart of the battle.
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"Yao Wanqing, are you willing to sacrifice your own soul essence to refine the core of the formation?"
The voice of the Netherblood Formation Spirit rang out again, but its tone seemed even softer.
Yao Wanqing's gaze was calm as still water as she softly replied, "I do."
She raised her hands, and a phantom Shadow Soul Mirror slowly appeared in her palms. It was not any soul treasure, but a "Mirror of the Heart Soul" derived from her own heavenly soul.
When that mirror light hung above the heart of the Netherblood Array, a vortex-shaped soul pattern appeared in the center of the entire Soul Refining Pool. It did not come from the Soul Array, but rather from the soul breath vortex formed by the reverse flow of her own Heavenly Soul!
"This..." Ming Yuan murmured, "She... is Heavenly Soul Reverse Mark Physique?"
"Heavenly Soul Reverse Pattern?" Zhou Yu was also stunned. "That's one of the lost ancient soul physiques... She actually possesses such an extraordinary vein?"
Qian Ruishan was also surprised. "I never sensed anything unusual about her soul."
Ming Ye's expression was solemn. "It's not that we can't perceive it, but that her Heavenly Soul is autonomously shielding itself from external detection; it's a case of 'Mirror Soul Nature Sealing'."
--
At the heart of the formation, Yao Wanqing closed her eyes, and the entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool fell into a deathly silence once more.
The next moment, ten thousand beams of soul light appeared—those were ten fragments of her own past soul shadows!
Each fragment of her soul represents ten paths she has walked in her heart:
1. Orphaned and destitute in childhood, with no one to care for him;
2. Upon first entering the sect, one is alone;
3. In the dead of night, amidst the cold cultivation, a solitary cry echoes in the sea of consciousness;
4. The first time she was moved was when Zhou Yu risked everything to shield her from injury;
5. The first time my heart fluttered was when I saw Zhou Yu single-handedly protecting her Anran...
Every image was projected from the "Mirror of the Heart Soul".
This is her soul reflecting her heart, and her heart reflecting in a mirror—
[The mirror reflects the ten hearts, revealing the soul's return to its origin!]
"The Soul Array Mirror, she actually used the mirror's soul to prove her own consciousness?" Ming Yuan was shocked.
The next moment, Yao Wanqing opened her mouth and whispered, as if asking herself a question, or as if confessing to herself:
"I am not the strongest soul master, but I am willing to be the most steadfast guardian."
My soul is willing to follow one person, even through nine deaths, without regret.
Boom!
The entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool suddenly fell into extreme silence—then, ten Heart Soul Patterns exploded in the center of the Soul Array!
She didn't summon the formation with offensive power, but rather with "emotional resonance" to evoke a powerful connection within it!
The ten soul runes formed a new mark, which slowly appeared on the array plate as a mirror mark and was eventually accepted by the Netherblood Soul Array.
This is an extremely rare occurrence.
The Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool recorded her "Emotion Soul Mark"!
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"Yao Wanqing, are you willing to use the mirror to reflect your heart and swear an oath for the ancestral soul?" Ming Yuan's voice became solemn for the first time.
Yao Wanqing opened her eyes, her gaze sharp as frost, her tone firm:
"I do."
"I swear by this mirror: if my heart harbors any regret, may my soul perish."
She turned and stepped off the stage, walking past Qin Yu and Zhou Yu with a gentle smile, her eyes no longer showing fear, only determination.
That smile made Zhou Yu's gaze flicker, as if she realized for the first time that her soul also possessed a sharp edge.
--
At this moment, three completely different power imprints have emerged at the core of the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool:
Oath of Thunder Soul, Heart of Mirror Soul, Array of Corpse Souls.
Everyone looked back at the audience.
Only one person remains who has not yet appeared.
Ming Yuan slowly turned to look at him, his voice calm yet containing a mysterious meaning:
"Qin Yu... you are the last one."
The third round of trials at the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool has been completed by Zhou Yu, Yao Wanqing, and Qian Ruishan, who each offered their souls to respond to the challenge, triggering changes in the array's core and the appearance of ancient runes. Three different Soul Seal converged throughout the Soul Refining Pool, like three guardian souls, each shining on the Nether Soul runes.
At this moment, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Yu slowly stepped onto the center of the formation.
His pace didn't quicken, but the moment he stepped into the array plate, the entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool trembled slightly—unlike the direct resonance when others touched the array plate, this time... it seemed as if the entire array pool itself was hesitating, wavering, and instinctively avoiding it.
"Strange... why is the array core no longer resonating on its own?" Ming Yuan frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the array core. "Could it be that his soul and the array core... are not in harmony?"
"No, no," Ming Ye said slowly, "It's just... too compatible."
"He stood there, and I couldn't even sense the boundary between him and the core of the formation; it was as if his soul... had transcended the soul of the formation."
"This..." Ming Yuan's expression changed instantly, and he murmured, "Formation core avoidance, this is 'Absolute Soul Rebound'..."
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Qin Yu's gaze remained calm as always. He didn't speak, but simply closed his eyes slowly.
At that moment, deep within the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, the most core array seal suddenly floated silently. It was as if an ancient being had awakened a will belonging only to the "Soul Source".
"Silent Origin - Tribulationless Chapter, Fourth Form..." His thoughts stirred slightly.
The power of [Silent Origin - Eternally Sever the Heavenly Balance] was faintly brewing within him, but had not yet manifested.
At the same time, a wisp of aura, imperceptible to heaven and earth, slowly emerged from the azure Azure Ring. The ring seal hummed softly, as if silently responding to the core of the formation, yet it remained like a shadow, undetectable and unseen by anyone.
The next moment--
From the bottom of the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool, a stream of dark red soul energy suddenly burst forth!
That was an ancient, soul-sealing rift!
Originally sealed deep within the core of the formation, it now trembled violently due to the infiltration of Qin Yu's soul power, as if the thousand-year-old taboo of the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool was beginning to loosen.
"The Soul Array... the Soul Array is going out of control!" an elder exclaimed in horror.
Ming Yuan acted instantly, casting a soul talisman to seal the heavens and earth, temporarily sealing the soul patterns around Qin Yu. However, the sealing talisman was quietly shattered by an invisible force as soon as it landed.
Qian Ruishan's expression changed drastically. "Qin Yu's soul power is penetrating the bottom of the formation?"
"No, it's not just that..." Zhou Yu whispered, "It's because his soul power is too strong that the bottom of the formation is willingly yielding to him."
Yao Wanqing watched Qin Yu's retreating figure without saying a word, but she had already quietly clenched the Soul Mirror in her hand.
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At this moment, deep within the Soul Hall of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, the expressions of several Soul Dao Elders who were in seclusion suddenly changed!
"The seal on the Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool... has been activated?"
Who's in the formation?
"Could it be Qin Yu...?"
Before they could react, a phantom suddenly appeared in the center of the Soul Refining Pool array.
It was a blurry figure, wreathed in dark red soul flames, uttering a distant chant—
"The soul source is sacrificed, and the blood of the underworld is gathered in a thousandfold."
The entire Nether Blood Soul Refining Pool trembled violently at that moment!
Everyone stood up in shock, their eyes filled with a complex mix of fear and incomprehension.
With a loud shout, Ming Yuan directly summoned the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect's [Nine Abyss Soul Suppression Talisman] to suppress the phantom. The talisman's runes rose like boundary seals, finally slowly pressing the phantom into the ground.
And the light at the heart of the flame gradually faded into silence.
--
Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes.
He knew that although he hadn't made a move, his soul power's erosion and control over this soul array... had long surpassed the ordinary meaning of "resonance" or "adaptation."
That's not waking up.
That's domination.
"Once this child Entering Stillness Origin, no one in the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect or the entire Spirit Firmament Great Realm will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him," Ming Yuan said in a low voice, his expression more solemn than ever before.
Ming Ye nodded slightly, as if confirming something in his heart.
He turned his head and glanced at the figure beside him—
Ming Zhen.
The young man who had been standing quietly to the side finally opened his eyes slightly. His indifferent gaze swept over Qin Yu and then slowly fell on Qian Ruishan.
He didn't speak, but a barely perceptible curve appeared at the corner of his lips.