Translator: CinderTL
Within Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness, a figure flickered, and his soul appeared before Xu Geng, Xue Mei, and Gui Ni.
"Ji Yin, why did you trap us in your Sea of Consciousness?" Gui Ni asked.
A sinister smile curled Song Wen's lips, like the wicked grin of a demon tempting mortals to their downfall.
"I'm going to tell you a secret about the Blood of Fallen Immortal's secret realm."
Hearing this, the despair that had begun to consume Gui Ni and Xue Mei was stirred once more.
They had spent years searching for the Blood of Fallen Immortal. Even as their souls were about to dissipate, they still yearned to know its whereabouts, to learn whether any trace of it remained in this world.
Song Wen's gaze lingered on Gui Ni and Xue Mei for a moment, his eyes filled with amusement, before he continued.
"The Blood of Fallen Immortal you've schemed so hard to find is actually the Beastmaster Sect's Guardian Divine Beast—Blood Sui."
"Did Xu Geng tell you this?" Xue Mei asked.
Song Wen shook his head.
"About two hundred years ago, I entered the Canglan Secret Realm and saw a severely damaged fragment of text. At the time, I had no idea what it meant. It wasn't until eighty years ago, when the Divine Blood Hall opened, that Gou Jun produced the stone tablet he'd obtained from the hall. The tablet contained information about Mystic Qi. When I combined the two fragments, I suddenly realized that the Blood of Fallen Immortal was none other than Blood Sui!"
"The Canglan Secret Realm! So it was there all along." Xue Mei's face twisted into a bitter smile.
She had always known the Blood of Fallen Immortal was connected to a secret realm, but she never knew which one. That's why she had colluded with Gui Ni and Yang Yu to attack the major sects, hoping to search every secret realm one by one.
They had searched the Canglan Secret Realm too.
But the realm only allowed cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage or below to enter. Therefore, the three of them couldn't go themselves; they had sent their disciples instead. Naturally, the search had turned up nothing.
"Eighty years ago, hahaha..."
Gui Ni suddenly burst into laughter.
"So you knew about the Blood of Fallen Immortal all along! And here I was, along with Gou Jun, Yang Yu, Xue Cangqiong... all scheming against each other in the Divine Blood Hall."
At that moment, Xue Mei spoke.
"Ji Yin, you truly are deep-minded. After all these years, you never revealed a single clue to me. Even when we practiced Dual Cultivation together back then. I doubt even Lan Chen and Mo Yexue knew about it, right?"
Song Wen ignored Xue Mei's words and changed the subject.
"Back then, you two, along with Yang Yu, chased me relentlessly, forcing me to flee for my life and nearly perish. Today, it's time to settle that old score. It's a pity I was too quick in killing Yang Yu a few days ago, denying you three the chance to meet."
Upon hearing that Yang Yu had also died at Song Wen's hands, Gui Ni and Xue Mei couldn't help but feel regret.
Had they known this earlier, they could have gauged Song Wen's true strength. They would have been more cautious when Yan Yuyan ambushed the Profound Yin Sect's low-ranking disciples, and they wouldn't have rashly ventured out of the Profound Yin Cave.
Suddenly, two transparent blades materialized before Song Wen, each shooting toward Xue Mei and Gui Ni.
The Focused Spirit Stabs pierced their souls, causing them to scream in agony and collapse to the ground, their Soul Bodies convulsing uncontrollably.
Xu Geng felt a chill run through him at this sight, a sense of "the fox mourning the death of the rabbit."
Perhaps one day, he too would suffer the same torment as Xue Mei and Gui Ni at the hands of Ji Yin.
"Ji Yin," Xu Geng said, his face plastered with a fawning expression, his voice cautious as if afraid of offending Song Wen.
"What is it?" Song Wen asked.
Xu Geng replied, "I have a technique called the Golden Soup Curse, a spell specifically designed to torture souls. It's simple and easy to learn. Perhaps it could be useful to you right now."
"Give it to me!" Song Wen commanded coldly, his tone imperious.
"Gate of the Underworld, where shadows intertwine. Eye of the Dark Night, where inner demons emerge..."
Unable to mobilize any soul power due to the suppression of the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole, Xu Geng had no choice but to recite the Golden Soup Curse's cultivation method aloud.
The method consisted of only a hundred or so characters, and Xu Geng quickly recited it in its entirety.
After listening, Song Wen nodded slightly.
As Xu Geng had said, the Golden Soup Curse was indeed simple and easy to learn, and it was indeed a spell specifically targeting souls. However, its weakness was also obvious: it only worked on souls unable to resist, making it a true torture technique.
After silently reciting the method twice, Song Wen began to cast it step by step.
Gradually, a fist-sized ball of golden liquid materialized in front of him.
The golden liquid churned and bubbled like molten gold. A fierce, scorching heat washed over Song Wen, causing his soul to ache.
A satisfied smile spread across Song Wen's face. With a wave of his hand, the golden liquid shot forward and poured directly onto Gui Ni's head.
"Aaaaaaah!"
A bloodcurdling scream erupted from Gui Ni's mouth.
The Golden Soup Curse truly lived up to its reputation as a soul-torturing technique. When the golden liquid landed on Gui Ni, it was like molten iron pouring over his body. Wherever it touched, his flesh instantly blackened and split open, leaving horrific wounds.
Song Wen smiled faintly and cast the Golden Soup Curse again.
Watching Gui Ni's miserable state and the golden soup gradually coalescing before Song Wen, Xue Mei seemed to be reliving some unspeakable, painful memories. Her expression turned utterly terrified, and she quickly begged for mercy.
"Ji Yin, in the name of our past Dual Cultivation, please grant me a swift death!"
"No... don't! Aaaah—"
The Golden Soup poured over Xue Mei's Soul Body.
Xue Mei's soul cultivation was inferior to Gui Ni's, only at the Late-Stage Nascent Soul realm. However, her resistance to pain was far greater than Gui Ni's.
Gui Ni's consciousness was already fading, yet Xue Mei could still speak.
"Ji Yin, kill me. Please, kill me."
Song Wen cast another Golden Soup Curse on each of them, then found the spectacle utterly boring. He used his Black Hole to devour their souls.
While Song Wen tormented Gui Ni and Ji Yin in his Sea of Consciousness, he was also multitasking, discussing matters with Lan Chen and Mo Yexue.
The three of them agreed to split all the treasures from Gui Ni and the Profound Yin Sect equally.
Afterward, they set off for the Profound Yin Cave, determined to eradicate the sect completely. They planned to eliminate every disciple, leaving no one alive, especially those at the Foundation Establishment Stage or Golden Core Stage.
"Once the Profound Yin Sect is destroyed, the vast territory east of Yishi Ridge will become unclaimed land," Mo Yexue said as they flew. "This region is vast, rich in Spiritual Qi, and boasts numerous blessed lands with various Spirit Grass and spirit roots. Lan Chen, Ji Yin, what are your plans for this territory?"
The territory east of Yishi Ridge included the former Nine Palaces Sect and the Three Great Demonic Sects' territories. Its vastness and abundance of spiritual objects made it a prize that, if claimed by any sect, could rapidly propel them to become one of the most powerful cultivation forces on the Tianyuan Continent.
Lan Chen replied, "This matter is of utmost importance and must be handled with caution. The Three Great Demonic Sects' territories lie on the southwestern foothills of the Tuocang Mountains. If left unoccupied by a major sect for too long, they will inevitably be slowly devoured by the Demon Race, ultimately benefiting those wet-born, egg-hatched creatures."
(End of the Chapter)
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