Within Yuan Weizhi's sea of consciousness, it had long since transformed into a shattered battlefield. The rekindled primordial radiance constantly clashed with the lingering resentment and rage that had occupied the sea of consciousness for countless years. Each clash caused the entire sea of consciousness to tremble violently.
Countless black and red chains kept wrapping around him, attempting to bind his Fate Soul again; but Yuan Weizhi repeatedly wielded his Fate Soul essence, shattering those chains with his own strength.
His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on his forehead, and he kept letting out low, angry roars. The last vestige of his own will deep within his Fate Soul grew brighter and brighter. Finally, he took a sudden step forward, grabbed the black and red remnant spirit with both hands, and tore it apart with all his might.
Boom! The entire sea of consciousness roared violently as he finally tore apart that raging, malevolent resentment, turning it into countless black and red fragments that scattered in all directions.
Meanwhile, outside, Yuan Weizhi's scarlet eyes finally regained their clarity, and the divine weapon in his hand slowly fell to the ground. He was breathing heavily, his body trembling, and when he looked at Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan, a familiar look returned to his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Qin..." "Fellow Daoist Qian..." But before he could finish speaking, the Blazing Erosion Clan Chief in the distance suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahahaha--" "Struggle!" "Keep struggling!" "Useless struggle is ultimately just struggle!"
He suddenly formed a hand seal, and the pitch-black soul bell shook wildly again. The sound of the bell was even more piercing and colder than before. Streams of invisible gray-white soul patterns rushed into Yuan Weizhi's body along with the cause and effect of heaven and earth.
"Those who have entered the Blood Soul Pool..." "No matter how they struggle..." "It's all in vain!" "Their Fate Soul already belongs to the Blood Soul Pool!"
As the last sentence fell, a deeply hidden crimson ancient seal suddenly appeared on Yuan Weizhi's chest. The ancient seal seemed to have been dormant for countless years and had finally awakened completely.
Boom!
Yuan Weizhi's Fate Soul, which had just regained its clarity, trembled violently once again, and his eyes, which had returned to normal, were once again rapidly swallowed by scarlet. He clutched his hair and let out an extremely shrill scream, his meridians bulging continuously, and streaks of black and red blood spreading rapidly along his limbs and bones. His Fate Soul's origin was once again forcibly suppressed by the power of rage and evil.
"Aaaaaaahh..."
The next instant Yuan Weizhi slowly raised his head, his eyes completely devoid of emotion. He slowly raised his divine weapon, and the surrounding space suddenly became eerily quiet. There was no wind, no sound, and even the flow of the universe seemed to stop for a moment.
Yuan Weizhi slowly formed a strange and eerie ancient hand seal. "Soul Burial... Return to Tribulation."
Suddenly, a dark abyss opened up in the void behind him, and countless gray-white phantoms of Fate Soul slowly emerged from the abyss. Each phantom looked exactly like Yuan Weizhi, except that they had no eyes or mouths, and their faces were completely blank.
The phantoms slowly extended their hands, and gray-white Fate Soul chains instantly pierced through the heavens and earth. They did not attack the physical body, but directly locked onto Qin Yu's Fate Soul origin.
Wherever the chains touched, the Fate Soul began to gradually lose its self-awareness, as if it were being dragged into that endless abyss of souls, merging with billions of faceless soul shadows, never to escape.
Just as those Fate Soul chains were less than three zhang away from Qin Yu, a petite figure in star-blue instantly appeared in front of Qin Yu.
"Little Qinzi!" Xiao Yue's star-blue eyes suddenly turned cold. She gently clenched her right hand, and the Blue Ring behind her burst open. A dazzling star-blue ring instantly stretched across the sky.
Xiao Yue's eyes suddenly turned cold. The Blue Ring behind her slowly rotated, and the star-blue ring patterns spread out layer by layer. Without the slightest hesitation, she gently raised her jade hand, and the power of the Blue Ring instantly penetrated the depths of Yuan Weizhi's Fate Soul.
"Blue Ring, Fourth Form - Karma-Locking Stillness."
In an instant, deep within Yuan Weizhi's Fate Soul world, a blue causal net covering the past, present, and future suddenly appeared.
The threads of cause and effect on that wisp of anger and obsession were locked one by one, and a deep hum resounded between heaven and earth, as if the entire space-time was recalibrating cause and effect.
That wisp of angry obsession struggled frantically, trying to reconnect the gray-white soul flag with the origin of the Blood Soul Pool. However, each causal node was sealed off one by one by the blue lock patterns as soon as it extended.
It was locked in the past, it is locked in the present, and it will be locked in the future. All its connections with heaven and earth, the rules, the Blood Soul Pool, and the gray-white Soul Flag are severed at this moment.
In the next instant, it seemed as if the rules of the universe had finally discovered this angry obsession that should not have existed, and an invisible corrective force slowly descended.
That wisp of black and red obsession began to fade bit by bit, as if erased by the very hand of heaven and earth, finally turning into a sky full of blue dust and completely annihilating. Meanwhile, Yuan Weizhi's body, suspended in mid-air, suddenly trembled, and a clear light finally pierced through his scarlet eyes. After Xiao Yue's Blue Ring Fourth Form: Karma-Locking Stillness descended...
Instead of directly attacking Yuan Weizhi's Fate Soul essence, it precisely struck the causal node deep within his Fate Soul, a node that had been hidden by the Blood Soul Pool for countless years.
The blue causal lock pattern converges simultaneously along the three layers of cause and effect: past, present, and future. Layer upon layer of chains continuously compress towards the Fate Soul Nucleus. In the next instant, an extremely faint yet incredibly clear cracking sound slowly emanates from the depths of Yuan Weizhi's Fate Soul.
The palm-sized, dark red soul flag, covered in eerie blood-red patterns, which had been lurking deep within the Fate Soul, was finally revealed. Countless blood-red lines on the flag struggled frantically, attempting to reconnect with the gray-white soul flag in the outside world.
But the Blue Ring · Fourth Form had already sealed off all its causal nodes. Accompanied by a dazzling star-blue light piercing through, the dark red soul flag exploded with a bang, turning into countless blood-red fragments that completely dissipated.
At the same time, Yuan Weizhi's body suddenly trembled, and the scarlet in her eyes quickly faded, replaced by a long-lost clarity.
In the distance, the old man's composure vanished completely. His pupils contracted sharply, and he roared in a hoarse voice, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! How did you find the Soul Flag inside the Fate Soul Nucleus! Damn it! Damn it all!!"
Yuan Weizhi slowly knelt down in the void, panting heavily, blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth. He looked down at his already broken body and smiled bitterly.
At this moment, his Fate Soul essence was almost shattered, and his cultivation level had plummeted to the True Annihilation Realm · Intermediate Stage. His meridians were broken, and his body was covered with cracks, as if he would completely disintegrate at any moment.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes already wet with tears, looking at Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan standing in the distance, covered in blood, his voice filled with guilt. "Fellow Daoists... I have implicated you..." After saying that, he trembled as he took out a jade tablet from his bosom, and with a gentle wave, the jade tablet flew steadily toward Qian Wenwan.
"Shopkeeper Qian, this... records everything I've experienced since I stepped into this place, including the location of the Blood Soul Pool and all the images." Qian Wenwan took the jade tablet, her expression immediately turning serious. Yuan Weizhi then slowly turned around, her gaze fixed intently on the old man in the distance.
For the first time, a boundless hatred surfaced in his eyes, his voice hoarse yet resolute. "It's him... He's not the Blazing Erosion Clan Chief at all! The real Blazing Erosion Clan..."
"He Annihilation a million years ago! It was all a lie! Beneath this land lies a Blood Soul Pool, and that's where he slowly refined me into a blood soul puppet!" He said, stopping there.
He slowly looked at Qin Yu, his expression surprisingly calm. "Fellow Daoist Qin, I know about the Wordless Heavenly Book you possess, and I finally understand the true origin of this place."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Weizhi's figure flashed, and he managed to teleport to Qin Yu's side despite his collapsing body. He grabbed Qin Yu's shoulder and...
His eyes, however, were unusually firm. "Fellow Daoist Qin, I have long been refined by the Blood Soul Pool. Their blood flows in my veins, and I have also fused with their most primordial essence."
"Quickly, open the Wordless Heavenly Book!" Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yu flipped his right hand, and the ancient and heavy Wordless Heavenly Book slowly reappeared in his palm. The pages turned on their own without any wind, finally stopping at the always blank third page.
The moment the third page slowly unfolded, the old man in the distance completely changed his expression. He took a frantic step forward and roared almost hysterically, "Stop!! What are you doing!!! Stop it!!!" However, Yuan Weizhi slowly raised his right hand...
A drop of essence blood, radiating a grayish-red glow, slowly condensed in his palm. He looked at Qin Yu, a relieved smile on his face. "Fellow Daoist Qin..." "He... is the last of the seven emotions, desire."
"And I am Blood Soul Pool, my origin already being the same as theirs." "My essence blood..." "is enough to unlock the third page of the Heavenly Book."