"Hmph, mere evil spirits, and you think you can turn on me?" Qian Chen said confidently. The next moment, the Holy Angel Martial Soul appeared behind him. Powerful holy light shone upon the faces of black mist, and they melted away like lingering snow meeting boiling water, without even a chance to flee back into the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. Qian Chen did not stop, continuing to pour his holy and light power into the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
Qian Chen turned to Qian Guyi and said, "Guyi, what I just destroyed were only the weak evil spirits that escaped. The truly powerful evil spirit is still hiding inside the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and purifying it will take more time. Now release your Holy Angel Martial Soul as well, and pour your holy and light power into this Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife."
"Yes, Uncle," Qian Guyi replied. Then she released her Holy Angel Martial Soul and continuously poured holy and light power into the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
Three days passed. The lesser evil spirits hiding inside the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had been completely destroyed, leaving only the strongest one-the powerful evil spirit of that Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo. His soul power was still weakening steadily. He could not accept dying like this. Back then, when his lifespan was nearing its end, he had chosen this method precisely because he wanted to keep living: his soul had left his body before he died and taken up residence in this carving knife, which brimmed with the presence of life. Relying on his powerful Titled Douluo spiritual power, he had devoured the souls of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife's subsequent owners.
"Ah!" A piercing scream rang out. "You two bastards with Angel Martial Souls! If you won't leave this old man a way to live, then we'll die together!"
Seeing that the powerful evil spirit inside the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was about to stake everything, Qian Chen sent out a pulse of Soul Power, severing Qian Guyi's connection with the knife. The strongest evil spirit within the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was now making a desperate final stand. A clash with the soul of a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master was not something she, a mere Soul Elder, could participate in. The slightest mistake would hurt her.
"Hahaha, good that you sent the little girl away. Now this old man can focus on dealing with you!" The Titled Douluo's evil spirit formed a hideous ghostly face out of black mist above the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife as he spoke.
The next moment, a powerful Spiritual Shock surged straight toward Qian Chen. In the evil spirit's mind, Qian Chen was merely a Soul Douluo. If he exhausted all his strength, the worst that could happen was that he would sleep for a few hundred years, but this Spiritual Shock would very likely turn Qian Chen into an idiot, or even kill him.
"Uncle!" Qian Guyi cried anxiously.
The evil spirit's Spiritual Shock charged straight toward Qian Chen's Sea of Consciousness. But how could Qian Chen's spiritual power be merely at the Soul Douluo level? After his rebirth, the only thing he had retained from his previous life was his Super Titled Douluo spiritual power. With another fifteen years of cultivation since his rebirth, his spiritual power had reached even greater heights.
The evil spirit's Spiritual Shock was like something slamming into an iron plate. Not only did it fail to injure Qian Chen, it instead inflicted severe backlash on the evil spirit himself.
"How could this happen? Impossible, impossible! You're just a Soul Douluo!"
"My spiritual power is stronger than yours. It's over. Die," Qian Chen said coldly. Then holy and light power completely surrounded the evil spirit, who had charged out of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife only to suffer grievous injuries, and began melting him away bit by bit.
"Spare me, spare me! I'm willing to submit to you!" the evil spirit begged.
"No need," Qian Chen said coldly. The next moment, the evil spirit was utterly destroyed by the holy light power, leaving not a trace behind in the world. The last wisp of black mist on the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife vanished with him, and it became a golden-green carving knife.
The moment the evil spirit was finally destroyed, both Qian Chen and Qian Guyi felt their Soul Power fluctuate. Through the Soul Power feedback he received from destroying the Evil Soul Master's evil spirit, Qian Chen broke straight through his Level 90 Titled Douluo bottleneck.
Although Qian Guyi had only assisted from the side, she had still participated in killing a Titled Douluo-level evil spirit. Her Soul Power rose three levels in succession, reaching Level 39.
"Uncle, I've broken through to Level 39! I've broken through to Level 39!" Qian Guyi said excitedly.
"Mm, congratulations, Guyi. Keep cultivating diligently and strive to reach Soul Ancestor as soon as possible. All right, Guyi, your uncle needs to study this purified Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife," Qian Chen said encouragingly.
"All right, then I hope you get results soon, Uncle. I'll take my leave now." With that, Qian Guyi happily withdrew.
Qian Chen gazed at the piece of gold of life in his hand, sinking into thought. How should I use this? Over the next few days, Qian Chen tried everything he could think of: injecting Soul Power, scorching the gold of life, and even attacking it. The piece of gold of life remained unchanged, still retaining the shape of a carving knife and doing nothing but continuously releasing the presence of life.
Just as Qian Chen was about to give up and wait until his next encounter with the Plane Consciousness to ask, he propped the hand holding the gold of life on the table and rested it against his forehead, hoping to ease his exhaustion and frustration.
The instant it touched his forehead, Qian Chen's Sea of Consciousness opened uncontrollably. As though it had gained a consciousness of its own, the Sea of Consciousness developed a powerful yearning for the gold of life. As if answering a summons, the gold of life turned from solid to liquid and flowed into Qian Chen's forehead with incomparable smoothness.
Qian Chen was startled. How could this happen? The next moment, his head felt unbearably swollen and painful, and every cell in his body seemed to be restructuring itself.
Qian Chen hurriedly sat cross-legged and began regulating his breathing, lest this inexplicable situation cause his body to collapse. After a long time, Qian Chen felt the abnormalities within his body finally disappear. Originally, he had only wanted to use the gold of life to restore Bibi Dong's and Qian Renxue's souls. He had never expected to absorb the gold of life himself.
"I wonder whether I've wasted the effects of this gold of life," Qian Chen murmured to himself, then began examining the changes in his body.
Qian Chen felt that his body was now incomparably powerful. His flesh, bones, internal organs, and meridians had all been greatly strengthened. He could sense that his flesh was now filled with immensely powerful vitality. Unless his entire body was instantly destroyed and reduced to ashes, he could slowly regenerate from the remaining fragments.
However, Qian Chen could sense that if most of his body was smashed into fragments or ashes, the power of the gold of life would also be lost as those other parts of his body were destroyed. After reviving, if he suffered another such devastating blow, reviving again would be impossible.
Sensing this effect, Qian Chen was immensely excited. It was equivalent to gaining an extra life. This was the most obvious change this time. As for the other changes to his flesh, Qian Chen could not detect them for the moment and could only explore them gradually in the future.
Only when he entered his Sea of Consciousness did he abruptly discover that both Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had already awakened. The two were surrounding Huo Yun'er's soul, their expressions stern as they interrogated her about why she was in Qian Chen's Sea of Consciousness.
Huo Yun'er had been startled by the two women's sudden awakening and was soon forced into a corner of the Sea of Consciousness by the mother and daughter. Looking at Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, two such stunningly beautiful women who nevertheless exuded such powerful, icy presences, Huo Yun'er found herself even more unable to utter a single word.
"Are you going to talk or not? You're nothing more than a soul. If you won't talk, I have plenty of ways to torment you," Bibi Dong said coldly.
Qian Renxue stopped Bibi Dong and tried to persuade her. "Mom, don't be like this. We're only asking her some questions. Since Qian Chen brought her in here, perhaps she's someone important to him too," Qian Renxue explained. Bibi Dong nodded, agreeing with Qian Renxue's thinking.
"Stop!" Seeing Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue pressing Huo Yun'er for answers, Qian Chen hurriedly shouted.
Qian Renxue turned and saw Qian Chen, whom she had not seen for fourteen years. Qian Chen's appearance had now changed greatly. Qian Renxue's eyes widened in surprise, and she covered her mouth with one hand, exclaiming, "Dad?"