C761 Soul Entanglement!
A blood-colored halo enveloped the Crucible of Evil, creating an atmosphere akin to a bloody space.
The Glacial Storm Seal loomed overhead like a sun, reminiscent of an explosive thunderbolt, ready to unleash a deluge of thunder balls upon the world at any moment.
Deep within the seal, countless glimmering ice crystals, refined a thousand times over, held the awe-inspiring power of thunder magic, becoming the bane of souls everywhere.
Yu Yiyi's final spirited body was not yet fully formed, and the little power she had just awakened was no match for Ann Ziqing or the Glacial Storm Seal.
She was acutely aware that in her current state, the Frost Queen, still in hibernation, was no match for Ann Ziqing.
No formidable Bane had been refined within the Crucible of Evil.
The Glacial Storm Seal, renowned throughout the extraterrestrial Star River, was the bane of many Sky Fiends and ghosts.
The Bane that emerged from the crucible lacked the strength to withstand the Glacial Storm Seal and would face utter destruction upon contact.
Only if a Bane occupied the ninth or tenth tier could there be hope.
Alternatively, tens of thousands of lower-tier Bane could assemble into formations capable of withstanding the lightning and thunder.
But at this moment, it was clearly insufficient.
Yu Yiyi assessed the situation and, realizing a direct confrontation was futile, wisely chose to remain calm.
"That's more like it," Ann Ziqing said, her eyes curving into crescents with a smile. "Little one, as your spiritual wisdom awakens, you'll realize I bear no ill will toward my young master. He might very well be enjoying himself right now. You're worrying needlessly; the young master might even be using his own soul to explore the wonders of love and affection."
The highly perceptive white fox behind the Colddeath Goddess watched her with a puzzled gaze.
"Humans are indeed the most peculiar creatures in the world," the white fox mused, shaking its head gently.
...
Within the crucible, Yu Yuan remained motionless.
A faintly cold beam of remnant soul light passed through the acupoint on his forehead, reaching deep into his Mindscape.
In his sea of consciousness, the three souls of heaven, earth, and man, previously unified, suddenly separated upon detecting the unfamiliar scent of another soul.
The earthly soul was the first to detach itself from the dominant and heavenly souls.
The heavenly soul, with a bit of effort, also gradually peeled away from the dominant soul.
Yu Yuan, having reached the late stages of Subtlety and on the verge of tapping into Lunar Spirit power, could multitask and sense subtle shifts within himself after repeatedly refining his earthly and heavenly souls with the techniques of Wraithbinding and Soul Forging through Enlightenment.
At that moment, his dominant soul presided at the center, with the earthly and heavenly souls floating to his left and right, respectively.
Upon detecting the presence of Lee Yuchan's soul, the earthly soul, trained in Wraithbinding, unleashed a fierce killing intent, and the technique sprang into action.
His earthly soul, in an instant, became the most dreadful and malevolent soul in existence!
It even bore a hint of the enigmatic aura from the Moonfall Sanctuary and the Soulforge Pool.
Meanwhile, the heavenly soul, honed in Soul Forging through Enlightenment, radiated a serene and wise light, reminiscent of an ancient Buddha intent on delivering salvation.
The earthly soul leaned towards malevolence, the heavenly soul exuded tranquility and righteousness, while the dominant soul remained undisturbed, devoid of any emotional ripples.
Each of the three souls possessed its own miraculous nature.
In that instant, Yu Yuan felt an odd sensation of splitting into three: he was the central dominant soul, with the heavenly and earthly souls at his sides, seemingly embodying the dual aspects of virtue and vice within his heart.
He was involuntarily reminded of the enigmatic statue forged in the Sword Prison.
The statue had two faces: one of utmost evil and the other of utmost good, as if representing the dual nature of a person's soul.
"Hu!"
The cool breath of the Lunar Spirit that slipped into Yu Yuan's Mindscape immediately sensed the unmasked, intense killing intent emanating from his earthly soul, which was practicing Wraithbinding.
The imperial female general, her mind aflame with a dark red cluster of souls corresponding to desire, had suffered a backlash. Bereft of her spiritual wisdom, she was still overwhelmed by fear.
The aura exuding from Yu Yuan's earthly soul filled her with dread.
Even without her spiritual wisdom, she felt as though she was trapped in a frigid abyss, on the brink of death at any moment.
Then, she keenly sensed that Yu Yuan's Heaven Soul, embodying goodness and brimming with spiritual wisdom, held an irresistible allure for her.
Whoosh!
Lee Yuchan's Lunar Spirit suddenly lunged toward Yu Yuan's Heaven Soul. It was as if their souls had intertwined, as if Yu Yuan's Heaven Soul and his dominant soul had overlapped and fused. Her Lunar Spirit miraculously merged with Yu Yuan's Heaven Soul!
Her Lunar Spirit, ablaze with intense passion and love, erupted like a volcano that had been suppressed for millennia!
A torrent of emotions—love and desire, affection and animosity, the complex interplay of feelings between men and women—flooded into Yu Yuan.
An ineffable sensation of ecstasy overwhelmed Yu Yuan's Heaven Soul, saturating every strand of his spiritual sense!
In that moment, his exquisite sensory perception expanded tenfold, a hundredfold!
"Whoosh!"
Yu Yuan's real body involuntarily inhaled deeply, his frame quivering slightly.
The Earthly Soul within his Mindscape, previously bristling with lethal intent, grew calm as Lee Yuchan's Lunar Spirit blended with the Heaven Soul.
The Earthly Soul seemed to recognize that this foreign woman's soul would no longer pose a threat.
The dominant soul was like a tranquil, deep mountain pool, eternally undisturbed.
Only Yu Yuan, who practiced the "Soul Forging through Enlightenment," possessed an exceptionally keen awareness of the Heaven Soul, which was linked to intelligence.
Lee Yuchan's Lunar Spirit and his Heaven Soul melded together. Her remnant soul and Yu Yuan's spiritual sense entwined like limbs.
Without realizing it, Yu Yuan silently engaged the "Soul Forging through Enlightenment." The spiritual sense, spread throughout the Heaven Soul like a network of veins, followed a precise path, drifting and flowing gently.
The intoxicating sensation was magnified manifold. Yu Yuan was suddenly gripped by the ludicrous urge to embrace Lee Yuchan fervently.
He felt as though he and the empire's female general were entwined in a bare, passionate embrace.
Every thread of his spiritual sense acutely registered Lee Yuchan's responsiveness, her voracious longing, and her tireless exploration of his soul.
"Hmm!"
He naturally groaned, as if his ice-cold body had been immersed in a warm bath.
Vivid, seductive images flickered through his mind, persistent and inescapable.
Each scene featured him and Lee Yuchan in scenarios that set cheeks aflame and hearts racing, all led by the aloof and proud female general...
Lee Yuchan's real body had not yet arrived; instead, a Lunar Spirit Body, ignited by Ann Ziqing's representation of "desire," slipped into his Mindscape and uncontrollably merged with his heaven soul.
The bliss from the merging of souls was an experience Yu Yuan had never encountered in either of his lifetimes.
In that moment, he was struck by the realization, "I've wasted two lifetimes!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lee Yuchan's remnant soul, in flight towards the Lunar Spirit Body, was met with the workings of the Shadow Curse in tandem with the Soul Forging through Enlightenment.
Strands of remnant soul streamed to a part of the Lunar Spirit Body, where they should have stagnated and congested, eventually giving rise to evil thoughts and settling there.
If these settled substances could not be refined or expelled, they would ultimately turn on her at some point.
She was well aware of the Shadow Curse's disadvantages and knew that after using it for some time, she would need to find a way to purify the accumulated dross to prevent the backlash.
Yet, such a malevolent spell, quick to practice, naturally came with drawbacks that were not so easily resolved.
She could never manage to cleanse the impurities in time. Without eliminating the evil thoughts, she would unwittingly suffer the backlash.
This time, for some unknown reason, while she was casting the Shadow Curse and her soul was circulating through a congested area, an enigmatic force guided the remnant soul, reorganizing a new pathway for its flow.
Like the legendary Yu controlling the waters, this power reconfigured the nine points of stagnation in the Shadow Curse into a completely new circuit.
Once the new circuit for the remnant soul was established, clusters of filth and psionic power, symbolizing various negative thoughts within her brain, were meticulously dissected into fine strands and threads.
Bright plumes of soul mist continuously wafted from Lee Yuchan's head.
This vibrant mist was the accumulation of impurities, the very cause of her backlash, the manifestation of the Shadow Curse's imperfections!
With a gentle inhale, Yu Yuan, who was practicing Wraithbinding, drew from the other side of the dominant soul.
All the accumulated filth and impurities in Lee Yuchan's brain, which had tormented her to the brink of despair, were suddenly drawn toward Yu Yuan's earthly soul as if pulled by a powerful magnet.
The earthly soul opened its mouth, and the multitude of vibrant smokes vanished in the blink of an eye.
"..."
