Chapter 505: Chapter 503: Cloud Dream Soul Sect

Bang!

Xu Yang crashed heavily to the ground.

Ignoring his injuries, he shot to his feet like lightning, scanning his surroundings with vigilance.

Inside the altar was, remarkably, a pocket of space. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The edges were shrouded in void.

At this moment, wisps of eerie purple spirit fire curled all around the void space, surging with waves of unsettling, sinister power.

He’d gambled right again.

Xu Yang relaxed slightly; as long as it was a space, that was fine.

"These purple spirit fires..." He looked on in bewilderment, and then noticed waves of potent, beastly blood essence flowing down from above, quickly branching and merging into the tiny spirit fire threads scattered throughout the void.

As these fires absorbed the essence, they actually began to weakly evolve.

"Seems like they’re evolving into spirit marks?"

Xu Yang raised his brows slightly.

Suddenly.

A streak of spirit fire darted toward him like lightning.

The threat rushed straight at him.

The space twisted, accompanied by a scorching blaze—and illusions!

Xu Yang’s vision blurred; the purple spirit fire seemed to morph into a ghastly, menacing specter lunging at him.

"Humph."

Xu Yang snorted, resisting the illusion, instantly regaining clarity.

Purple fire was still purple fire.

Xu Yang reached out in one swift grasp.

Buzz!

Contact made, his flesh seemed to sear; the flame pierced straight into his body, racing toward his divine soul.

Xu Yang was shocked, immediately activating his Minghuo.

Immediately after.

The purple fire quaked violently under the Minghuo!

It had intended to invade his soul and spirit, but once inside, it was instantly suppressed and reversed.

"Such strange spirit fire."

"If it could absorb enough fierce beast power and evolve into a spirit mark, the might would be even more terrifying."

Only thanks to his own unusual constitution was he unfazed.

Had it been an ordinary high-tier True Monarch, they’d have been in immense trouble.

Xu Yang swiftly commanded his Minghuo to engulf the fire.

Purple flame struggled, but as the spirit mark surfaced, it froze stiffly in place.

Boom!

A torrent of immense power surged forth.

Minghuo and spirit mark hungrily devoured it.

Xu Yang couldn’t help but release a low moan of pleasure.

After a few dozen heartbeats, he came to, his face alight with wild joy.

"Entering here truly is a tremendous opportunity for me!"

"This is far better than simply absorbing fierce beast blood essence."

These purple spirit fires seemed to refine all the beast’s essence into an even more precious energy, rivaling that of true spiritual source.

Invaluable for a Martial Artist’s cultivation.

Xu Yang swept his gaze over the horde of purple fires, eyes burning with greed.

"Huh?"

He suddenly turned to peer deeper within.

He saw a clump of purple spirit marks emitting faint flame, wrapping around some kind of object.

It almost seemed like a human figure!

"There’s someone else in here?"

Xu Yang’s heart skipped—he cautiously approached.

The purple spirit marks wrapping that person had clearly evolved from purple fire, their power many times stronger!

As if refining the person within!

"Could the woman’s entire goal here be this guy inside?" Xu Yang speculated. He, after all, had only stumbled in by accident.

With this thought, he was shocked; for the woman to use such a terrifying method, whoever’s inside surely wasn’t ordinary.

At this moment, the Martial Artist within seemed to sense someone’s arrival, writhing furiously and causing large swathes of purple spirit marks to tremble.

"You got caught by that woman too?"

A weak, pained voice rang out in the space.

"I came in myself," Xu Yang answered warily.

"You came in yourself?"

The Martial Artist inside was stunned.

"Who is that woman? Did she do all this just to refine you?" Xu Yang voiced his doubt.

"That’s right!"

"She should be Men Long of the Cloud Dream Soul Sect!"

"Cloud Dream Soul Sect?"

Xu Yang started from head to toe, eyes wide with shock.

Cloud Dream Soul Sect—one of the seven supreme forces!

Even stronger than the War King Clan, and ranked second among the four great families!

And Men Long—Xu Yang remembered hearing that name.

For she was ranked sixth on the Celestial Pride List!

At last, he understood why her illusions were so terrifying—Cloud Dream Soul Sect was renowned for soul arts and illusion techniques!

Hiss—

Xu Yang sucked in a cold breath, exclaiming, "Who are you?"

"Heh, name’s Li Chen. Just a nobody."

A nobody?

Xu Yang fixed Li Chen with a meaningful look; he didn’t believe it for a second—likely even the name was fake.

If Men Long went to such lengths, how could she target an unknown nobody?

But he didn’t dwell on it!

"If I kill her, what will happen?" Xu Yang suddenly asked.

"Say what?" Li Chen blurted out.

"If I kill her, what will be the consequences? Will it be detected?" Xu Yang repeated.

The purple marks shuddered; Li Chen fell silent for a long while, finally saying faintly, "It’s very difficult. If she dares act, she’s got backups; even if your means are unrivaled, she’s Cloud Dream Soul Sect’s number one talent—they’re not so easy to kill."

"Even if you really kill her, it’ll be detected by the Cloud Dream Soul Sect. Here, top-tier Divine Sovereign experts could still investigate with secret techniques!"

Just about what he’d guessed.

For such beings, you might be able to defeat them, but their means of survival were unimaginable.

"Aren’t you afraid of the soul fire, soul seal here?" Li Chen asked hesitantly.

"Not at all; on the contrary, this is a massive opportunity for me." Xu Yang grinned, his gaze sweeping around. So the purple fire was soul fire, and the marks were soul seals!

At these words, Li Chen grew excited.

"If you can save my life, I’ll owe you a favor!"

Xu Yang teased, "A nobody’s favor isn’t worth much, now is it?"

"..."

Li Chen froze instantly.

He was about to explain, when Xu Yang interrupted: "But, this woman tried to kill me the moment we met and now wants me dead. Ruin her schemes? Happy to oblige!"

Li Chen was elated: "Many thanks!"

Xu Yang smiled faintly, immediately springing to action.

He sat cross-legged, summoned the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, and unleashed the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill!

Boom!

The two overlapped, unleashing a terrifying devouring force that flooded outward like a mountain deluge.

The purple fire was sucked in fiercely the moment it touched.

While the purple soul seal enveloping Li Chen wasn’t as easily dealt with as the soul fire, it too shuddered violently.

Sensing this change, a feeble excitement flickered across Li Chen’s face.

He was saved!

Who’d ever expect someone would willingly enter Men Long’s refined Soul Device, fearless of illusions or soul seals!

Simply miraculous!

"Heaven hasn’t abandoned me yet!"

"Men Long, just you wait—when I get out, I’ll have my revenge!"

Li Chen gritted his teeth, desperately holding his last line of defense.

Outside.

Xu Yang devoured the soul fire greedily.

Minghuo and spirit marks advanced visibly.

Then—

The purple soul seal enveloping Li Chen’s body suddenly shook violently.

With a faint ’crack’, one of the soul seals, unable to withstand the devouring force, collapsed and broke away, instantly flying into Xu Yang’s body.

Boom!

The purer energy, far more potent than soul fire, surged forth, nearly invading Xu Yang’s divine soul.

Buzz!

Minghuo roared, the Divine Tripod thundered, a supreme ancient might fell like a god’s majesty, instantly shattering the soul seal’s counterattack, leaving it trembling in terror.

Meanwhile.

Men Long, seated cross-legged on a platform, snapped open her eyes, suspicion flickering as she stared at the altar Soul Artifact.