The Prodigies War

Life soul source!

Lin Xun instantly recognized that the crystal-clear bead was pure soul energy!

From what he knew, only after a Saint had fallen would their primordial spirit turn into a supremely pure energy that would remain for all eternity.

This was similar to the Buddist beads made from the ashes of a deceased Buddha.

This kind of energy, also known as life soul source, belonged to the category of Saint Treasure. It was extremely rare, and the value was immeasurable.

Refining it would give a cultivator’s soul an astonishing upgrade without any drawbacks at all!

For King stage experts, their soul was like a lamp. The stronger and brighter it was, the more conducive it would be to their exploration of the path of longevity.

“That strand of the Blood God Follower actually originated from the life soul source of a Saint after their fall…” Lin Xun’s heart trembled.

What he had just experienced was too dangerous.

Had he not used the Earth Treasury Soul Transcension Mantra in time, the Blood God Follower would have corrupted his qi, blood, and spirit!

And after this incident, Lin Xun was completely certain that the Buddha power of Earth Treasury Temple had a restraining effect on the bizarre energy in the Blood God Follower.

Splash~

With a thought, Lin Xun swiftly refined the life soul source. It flowed into his spirit like a stream of water.

In that instant, he felt his spirit being invigorated like it was being bathed in divine rain, and the cultivation of his spirit improved a great deal in just a few breaths!

There were even signs of a breakthrough!

Currently, his spirit cultivation was at the stage of ‘seeing the present’ in the spirit flower convergence realm.

The next stage would be ‘seeing the future.’

Once he broke through, he would be able to have a premonition that allowed him to grasp a trace of fated karma and fortunes. He might even peer into the dangers and luck on his future path!

In Lin Xun’s original estimation, it would have taken at least three years to make a breakthrough in his spirit level.

This was because the power of the soul was nothing but obscure and mysterious, making it extremely difficult to improve.

Take the Little Divine Meditation Art that he cultivated for example, thanks to this technique, his soul power had been much stronger than those at the same cultivation stage as early as at the beginning of the cultivation.

Now that he had become a King, his soul power was only at the spirit flower convergence realm, but still far exceeded that of his peers.

From this, one could see how difficult it was to cultivate the spirit.

For Lin Xun’s spirit to have greatly improved after refining the life soul source left behind by a Saint was simply astonishing progress!

……

“Huh?! Fairy Ji, it seems that Daoist Jin also holds an inheritance from Earth Treasury Temple?”

While Lin Xun was meditating, he appeared solemn and was covered in a Buddhist glow. The faint sound of Buddhist chants echoed around him, immediately causing Zhen Yunfeng and the others to look over.

Ji Xingyao gave a vague “Yeah” in response. Since she was also shocked by this, she naturally couldn’t give them an explanation.

“He holds a power related to the True Dragon Clan, and now he’s related to the Earth Treasury Temple… Who exactly is this monster?!” Mo Tianhe felt dizzy.

Previously, he had always suspected that Jin Duyi was actually Lin Xun, but now he wasn’t so sure anymore as his mind had become a mess.

“I heard that an ancient-era eccentric genius had come out of Earth Treasury Temple. He’s known as the ‘Ancient Buddha Son,’ having a mysterious origin and unfathomable battle prowess, and no one has ever seen his true face. If it wasn’t for the fact that Fairy Ji knew Fellow Daoist Jin, I would have suspected that he was the rumored Ancient Buddha Son.” Zhen Yunfeng’s eyes flickered.

Even now, he was still unable to get any clue on Lin Xun’s identity at all. This caused him to put his guard up, and he didn’t dare to underestimate Lin Xun.

Yin Xue bit her lips and muttered, “Fellow Daoist Jin is brave and chivalrous. No matter who he really is, he definitely won’t harm us.”

The expressions of the others became slightly unnatural upon hearing this. Since Lin Xun had just saved Yin Xue, she was grateful to him.

Right at this moment, Lin Xun stood up, no longer looking weary and instead, he seemed full of vitality.

Everyone brightened up as they keenly noticed that underneath his seemingly ordinary appearance, there was an ethereal aura.

Moreover, when facing his deep and calm gaze, they felt an invisible pressure.

It dawned on them that he had resolved the issue with the Blood God Follower, and it was even likely that he had benefited from it!

Even Zhen Yunfeng couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. This was what they called a fated fortune, always coming unexpectedly and could not be obtained forcefully.

“The area we are currently in is filled with a bizarre force that makes it impossible to tell the direction, so we plan to cross this river. Do you think it’s feasible?” asked Ji Xingyao.

Lin Xun swept his eyes over the distance and saw that the dried river was filled with churning blood fog. He was unable to tell how deep it was or see the other side of the river.

The unknown was always the most dangerous. This blood fog in front of them appeared to be calm, but who knew how many ordeals were hidden within?

However, they had no other path to take.

Because behind them was an endless army of skeletons!

“Then let’s do that.” Lin Xun nodded.

Immediately, Zhen Yunfeng took out a golden ship. After everyone got on, it slowly sailed into the sky above the river of blood fog.

The group noticed right away that the space above the river was like a sea of blood-colored clouds. As far as the eye could see was nothing but blood-red fog.

They couldn’t even see the nine suns that were supposed to be in the sky!

Whooo~

Within this space of red, the treasure ship appeared incredibly small, like a lonely boat in the middle of the night ocean.

Everyone had a grave look on their faces when they realized that it was very easy to get lost while traveling in this boundless blood fog.

Lin Xun spread his spirit sense, but was surprised to find that bizarre fog had the power to greatly obstruct one’s spirit sense. He could at most explore within a ten-thousand-feet radius.

All that aside, the journey had been calm. The atmosphere was terrifyingly silent, and there was only the sound of airflow created by the treasure ship as it moved.

Not long after, the ship suddenly stopped. Ji Xingyao was about to say something, but Lin Xun covered her mouth while gazing at the distance, his eyes like lightning.

Almost at the same time, the others also felt creeped out and their eyes widened.

In the blood mist ahead, broken bodies emerged one after another, looking hideous and gruesome as they emitted sky-piercing blood light.

Some had broken heads, some were disemboweled, and some had no limbs…

Looking closely, there were humans and beings from all other races, but without exception, they were all drenched in blood, with hollow eyes and a dead aura. Obviously, they were all corpses.

Some were still holding tattered war flags, and some were driving ancient broken chariots. They all merged into a grand army, rushing to the depths of the blood fog without any hesitation.

Inexplicably, everyone was shaken by a heroic feeling, followed by a sorrow that stuffed their chests.

These beings had been dead for unknown eras, left with only tattered corpses, but they still formed an army that charged forward!

Just how strong was their will, their passion, and their regrets that even in death, they still refused to rest in peace?

Who was their enemy?

Everyone held their breath and watched quietly with flickering expressions.

The scene was so bizarre and shocking that they suspected this was once an ancient battlefield, and that in an unknown distant past, an earth-shattering war had broken out here!

It didn’t take long for the strange army to disappear into the blood fog.

But before the group could continue on their way, sky-shaking sounds of fighting echoed, and then a terrifying power stirred in the blood fog.

The murderous aura and fluctuations made everyone tremble from a bad premonition. They all tacitly arrived at the decision to ride the treasure ship as far away as possible.

Rumble~~

Deep in the blood fog, the fierce battle was intense like storms and thunder, resounding in all directions and accompanied by the roars of gods and devils that made anyone who heard them shudder and feel oppressed.

“There must have been a great, sacred battle there!” It was only until they escaped from that area that Zhen Yunfeng commented in a heavy voice, his expression solemn.

The others nodded in agreement.

What they had just seen had given them a sense of deadly threat. They dared not imagine how miserable they would end up if they were to be involved in that kind of war.

“Those corpses must have been heaven-defying characters in their lifetime, yet for some reason, they fell here. And this is just a region in the Underworld River Forbidden Zone. I really can’t imagine how many mysteries are hidden in the Supreme Realm,” lamented Mo Tianhe.

Everyone else was emotional as well.

The Supreme Realm was divided into the three thousand worlds and the nine upper realms. It was boundless and had only descended a few times in the ancient era.

To this day, no one could tell anything about its origins, let alone how many secrets it hid.

Their group consisted of only Supreme Kings. In the outside world, they were all considered giants that could dominate a region.

But in a vicious place like this, they still felt incomparably small and feeble!

As they continued to sail away, that rumbling sound of killing gradually disappeared. But they had just only calmed down when another strange event happened!

In the distance, there was a hill made of skeletons overflowing with blood.

On top of the skeleton hill, a delicate figure sat, clad in a dress that had been dyed red with blood.

She looked like she was using the river of blood as the mirror while making the motion of combing her long hair.

But the blood-curdling fact was that there was no head on her neck!

And then, the headless figure twisted over, as if it had ‘seen’ them.

At that moment, everyone stiffened. Their scalps tingled, and their souls shook as if wanting to escape their bodies.

“Burn!”

A thunderous sound rolled out from Lin Xun’s tongue as he sent out a Buddist chant using Pulao Roar. Immediately, a Buddhist glow spread out and filled the space with a grandiose aura.

Everyone was jolted awake.

When they looked over, the headless figure had already turned back around, still making the movement of gently combing its non-existent hair.

It looked like a woman was feeling sorry for herself while combing her hair in the mirror.

But when it was a headless figure doing this on a blood-soaked hill of bones, the scene was nothing but hair-raising.

Suddenly, a feeble sigh rang out, permeated with endless despondency.

“If you all leave, who will remember me, Mo Yang…”