C2130 Residual Soul

Tan Xiaotian, who had arrived without any rare treasures, entered the room with a serene smile. "I'm here to see Yu Yuan, not any of you."

His combat prowess was unmatched, and he barely acknowledged anyone besides Yu Yuan, not even the Secular Bird Queen.

Clank! Clank! Clank! He tapped the frigid barrier, marveling at its thickness. "It's gotten much sturdier, but..."

The Demon Lord's slender eyebrows furrowed as he pondered, "Can it truly withstand that individual?"

He had shattered the barrier between the realms on the Dark Anima's command, aiming to transform the Dark Realm into a Dark Otherworld and gradually consume the Star River of the Origin Realm.

Ignoring the stares of Chen Qinghuang, Ji Ningshuang, and the others, he ran his finger along the icy barrier and addressed Yu Yuan, "Together, the Darkness and the Demon Lord should possess enough strength to break through this barrier."

His statement cast a shadow of concern over the group.

Yu Yuan chose his words with care. "He's not at full strength yet. His combat power will only peak once he possesses my true form and joins forces with Demon God Bertain."

"I have no desire for the Darkness to possess me again," the Demon Lord interjected abruptly. With a graceful hand over his brow, he confessed, "I've exhausted all my power, and even separating from my essence wasn't enough to fend off the Primal Soul. Overpowered by the combined force of the Darkness that created me, I truly had no means of resistance, if not for..."

Tan Xiaotian's eyes settled on Yu Yuan. "It seems your Soul Altar has purified my soul, erasing some of the Primal Soul's marks."

Uncertain, he added, "That's why I've come after you. I need you to examine it closely."

"Ah?" Yu Yuan was taken aback.

Ann Ziqing, Taixu, and Xuanli, as exalted as they were, looked eagerly at Tan Xiaotian's hand covering his forehead, though they saw nothing.

"So you're saying the divine light from the Soul Altar I released upon my departure has the power to purify your soul?" Yu Yuan grasped the implication.

Tan Xiaotian nodded slowly.

With a whoosh, the lone Primordial Spirit and Lunar Spirit emerged from the Dragon Slaying Stage.

They, too, had heard Tan Xiaotian's words and felt a surge of excitement.

The gap between the Frostlands and the Darkland had closed, and the Primal Blood Continent had even shifted over behind the Ice Crystal Barrier.

Thanks to the newly forged barrier, only Taishi and Cao Jiaze dared to cautiously venture out.

Once outside, they carefully probed their surroundings and detected no signs of soul contamination.

Feeling reassured, they allowed themselves to relax.

"I'll take a closer look later."

Yu Yuan communicated with Tan Xiaotian using his physical form, while his Solar Spirit, standing upon the Wellspring of Creation, bid the spiritual sense of the Primal Blood to depart.

Whoosh!

A brilliant burst of blood-red light shot from Yu Yuan's chest back to the Primal Blood Continent.

With such proximity, he could seamlessly communicate with the Primal Blood without the interference of the spiritual sense.

Once the consciousness of the Primal Blood had left, Yu Yuan felt a wave of fatigue wash over him.

His sensitivity to the bloodline mysteries and the Secrets of Life seemed to have diminished slightly.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The Life Seeds, previously projected from the Soul Altar onto his Solar Spirit, began to stir with unexplained vigor.

He immersed his mind to grasp the intricacies of the Life Seed and discovered that within the massive Life Seed projected onto his Solar Spirit, there appeared to be numerous complex bloodline locks.

Each cluster of Life Seed was bound by many bloodline locks, yet he lacked the keys to unlock them.

As he endeavored to understand them, the Life Seeds within his Solar Spirit began to glow, absorbing his vital energy and psychic force.

His fatigue deepened.

The bloodline locks within the Life Seeds showed signs of loosening as he persisted in his efforts to unravel them.

He quickly realized that while it wasn't impossible to decipher the marvels held within the Life Seeds, it would require a significant investment of time.

A considerable amount of time, in fact.

And he would need to continually expend his vital energy and Soul Power to gradually unravel the mysteries of each Life Seed.

"This Wellspring of Creation is somewhat peculiar. For now, I should avoid bringing it into contact with the Primal Blood Continent or any vital energy."

As the carpet of blood-colored energy morphed into the Primal Blood Continent's wall, Yu Yuan withdrew the Dragon Slaying Stage and observed the still Wellspring of Creation.

The Wellspring of Creation maintained a relatively safe distance from the Primal Blood Continent.

He was concerned that the eerie flesh and sinew within the Wellspring of Creation might undergo even more radical mutations upon detecting another Primal Blood.

He sensed that the peculiar flesh was not to be trifled with; Primal Blood might not withstand it.

"Let me take a look at your soul."

With those words, he called forth the Soul Altar from Yu Yuan's Mindscape.

Boom!

The seven-tiered Soul Altar hovered above Yu Yuan's head, casting an odd glow that bathed Tan Xiaotian's mind in light.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, a wondrous event unfolded.

It began with Taishi!

Taishi's azure primordial spirit was insubstantial, lacking the bolstering of an original source.

Within the depths of Taishi's ephemeral primordial spirit, some exceedingly covert soul threads became distinctly visible under the Soul Altar's illumination.

These soul threads were woven throughout Taishi's primordial spirit, forming knots as intricate as those made of soul threads.

At first glance, these knots seemed utterly unresolvable.

Yet, under the glow of Yu Yuan's Soul Altar, the concealed soul threads began to brighten and showed signs of dissolving.

The Soul Altar's light didn't seek to unravel the knots but to eradicate them entirely!

Taishi was instantly invigorated, exclaiming, "These soul threads are the very marks of his deepest imprint, his means of exerting influence."

Yu Yuan, who had intended to penetrate Tan Xiaotian's mindscape, hadn't anticipated such a fortuitous discovery.

"I'll take a look at everything."

In Tan Xiaotian's mindscape, the Demon Lord's primordial spirit, which had taken the form of a pitch-black hall, transformed into a refined greenish-black primordial spirit.

This greenish-black primordial spirit also contained soul threads akin to death knots, albeit in fewer numbers.

The mysterious radiance from Yu Yuan's Soul Altar shone into Tan Xiaotian's eyes, penetrating them and causing the knot-like soul threads to become vividly illuminated.

"This is the force he used to warp our souls."

Tan Xiaotian inhaled deeply, gazing at the Soul Altar above Yu Yuan's head, and said with barely contained excitement, "When you departed, the divine light from your Soul Altar had already begun to dissolve some of them. It is because of the power your Soul Altar possesses that I followed you here."

"That's right! You can help us dispel his influence!"

Following Taishi and Tan Xiaotian, Tianqi, Ann Ziqing, and Taixu each gazed up at Yu Yuan's Soul Altar.

The magical glow from Yu Yuan's Soul Altar had the same effect on them.

He quickly discovered that the more powerful the soul, like those of Tan Xiaotian and Taishi, the more soul threads were present in the primordial spirit.

Conversely, for individuals like Ann Ziqing, who possessed great physical strength but had not cultivated their primordial spirit, there were far fewer soul threads, making them much easier to remove.

The Soul Altar, which he had painstakingly crafted, not only enabled him to withstand the Abyss's Primal Soul's corrosion but also empowered him to use its miraculous abilities to assist others affected by the Primal Soul, freeing them from its taint.

Whoosh!

The Soul Altar, floating above his head, shone with an extraordinary light as he cast his spells with full might, enveloping those mighty beings linked to the Abyss's Primal Soul, including Tan Xiaotian.

The issue that had long plagued him was resolved by the power of the seven-tiered Soul Altar.

Ann Ziqing and Ji Ningshuang, who had achieved greatness through their flesh and blood, felt the knots deep within their souls gradually dissolve, leaving no trace behind.

They were the first to experience a newfound sense of liberation in their souls, as if someone had removed the invisible fetters binding them.

"It's truly effective!"

Then, God-Kings like Taixu, Xuanli, and Tianqi also felt the Soul Altar's light dissolving the dead soul marks within their primordial spirits.

Tan Xiaotian whispered, "My decision to follow you here was indeed the right one."

He, too, sensed the marks that lingered deep in his mind, the knots formed by soul threads, slowly fading away.

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