The Heavenbound Immortal Finger descended with unmatched force and nearly shattered Spirit Child's physique. Though Spirit Child's body did not collapse completely, his blood still dyed the sky red.

The black hole continued hovering in the air, devouring every drop of immortal blood scattered through the surroundings.

"Liu Wuxie, you actually forced me this far! I'll grind your bones down to dust today!" A massive shadow began to emerge above the Spirit Child, and only then did the true Spirit Child reveal himself. The body had merely been a shell for him to inhabit. Over the years, he had relied on that shell to devour countless primordial spirits.

Liu Wuxie's gaze sharpened, and he did not dare to relax in the slightest. He watched as the shadow continued to expand, transforming into a dark spirit that looked nothing like a human and more like an astral beast.

Liu Wuxie exclaimed after recognizing the shadow. "The Telluric Soul Beast!"

"I had never imagined a mere mortal would force me to reveal my true form," the shadow said, taking the form of a beast so terrifying that anyone seeing it would instinctively recoil.

By then, the spectators had already retreated to thirty thousand miles away.

The Telluric Soul Beast was a treasure of the celestial realm, and one could never be born in the mortal realm. That only raised an even greater question. How had this Telluric Soul Beast appeared in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain?

"How did you end up here?" Liu Wuxie asked.

"Brat, there are many things you don't know about. You possess a powerful primordial spirit, and once I devour it, I'll reach the second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm and finally ascend to the celestial realm," the Telluric Soul Beast said. It broke free from its physical shell, let out a roar, and then lunged toward Liu Wuxie.

More than its beastly physique, it was the boundless soul energy that made it truly terrifying. The Telluric Soul Beast fed on the primordial spirits of humans, and its kind was nearly extinct, as they could scarcely survive in the Celestial Realm.

The instant a shockwave of soul energy swept outward, all the cultivators watching the battle clutched their heads, unable to withstand its suppression. Only the quasi-immortals could barely stand their ground, while those at the Heaven Gaze Realm could do nothing but scream in agony.

"My soul sea hurts!"

A cultivator at the lower levels of the Heaven Gaze Realm bled from the corners of his eyes as he shook violently.

"Everyone, retreat!" the palace lord of the Nine Dragon Palace shouted, leading everyone farther back.

Mortals could not endure the aftermath of a battle between immortals.

When the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy rushed into Liu Wuxie's soul sea, it felt as though a stone had sunk into the ocean without causing even the slightest ripple.

That instantly changed the Telluric Soul Beast's expression. It discovered that Liu Wuxie's primordial spirit was thousands of times stronger than he had imagined.

Liu Wuxie let the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy enter his soul sea. He had forged his primordial spirit with the Soul Forge Art, and it contained the Soul Spear, the Soul Shield, and the Soul Fire. That meant his primordial spirit possessed both offensive and defensive capabilities, and ordinary soul energy could not pierce it.

He had also forged his soul sea with the Nether Deity Harvest, which meant the soul sea itself already possessed terrifying offensive power.

"You want to kill me with this bit of soul energy?"

The Heavenly Dao Book suddenly unfolded, releasing a dazzling radiance that imprisoned the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy.

"Who the hell are you?!" The Telluric Soul Beast finally panicked. The Heavenly Dao Book governed the heavenly Dao itself, and the moment its soul energy touched the book, it prostrated on the spot, losing all ability to move. Had anyone else stood in its place, they would already have been horrified beyond measure.

"You have no right to know," Liu Wuxie replied.

The Heavenly Dao Book's suppression continued as the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy began struggling violently, trying to break free from Liu Wuxie's imprisonment.

As the battle grew fiercer, Liu Wuxie appeared to hold the upper hand, but he did not dare to lower his guard for even a moment. He knew that the Spirit Child hadn't revealed all of his trump cards.

The two sides continued trading blows while the Telluric Soul Beast poured even more soul energy into Liu Wuxie's soul sea. Over the years, it had devoured countless primordial spirits, and as a result, its soul energy had already far surpassed that of ordinary immortals.

A few more sequences appeared within the Heavenly Dao Book, representing the Telluric Soul Beast.

Gradually, the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy began to weaken, leaving it no choice but to abandon that portion altogether.

"Liu Wuxie, do you really think that I have no way to kill you?" The Telluric Soul Beast returned to Spirit Child's body, and it began to swell. It intended to ignite the immortal's physique and unleash its strongest attack.

"Shit!" Liu Wuxie cursed inwardly. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Igniting the immortal's body meant that the Telluric Soul Beast was abandoning Spirit Child's physique and preparing to search for a new host. With its current soul energy, it could even possess a quasi-immortal with ease and begin all over again.

Cracking sounds echoed as more fissures spread across Spirit Child's body and fresh blood poured out.

"Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art!" The Telluric Soul Beast roared as ghostly winds began howling across the heavens, turning the entire sky into a living hell. Large swaths of meteors vanished as heaven and earth sank into darkness. This immortal art was several times stronger than the other two immortal arts it had used earlier.

The pressure on Liu Wuxie surged in an instant, as if a mysterious force had locked him in place. The slightest lapse would give the Telluric Soul Beast the chance to kill him on the spot.

Ghostly figures filled the sky, leaving Liu Wuxie no path of retreat. The Telluric Soul Beast had already restricted both his physique and his primordial spirit.

The Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art was truly terrifying, and based on its power, it was comparable to an attack from the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

If an ordinary immortal had cast it, the art would not have been nearly so fearsome. However, the Telluric Soul Beast hailed from the celestial realm and had somehow ended up in the mortal realm. That meant its offensive ability far surpassed that of ordinary immortals in the mortal realm.

A buzzing sound began to echo through the sky, like a swarm of flies rushing past, and the sound alone made everyone's skin crawl.

"Liu Wuxie, your end has come!" The Telluric Soul Beast’s form had dimmed noticeably after unleashing that move, and the Spirit Child’s blood-soaked body was on the verge of collapse.

The Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art descended with overwhelming force, leaving Liu Wuxie no room to dodge.

Since he couldn't evade the attack, he chose to meet it head-on. He swiped his hand across the air, and immortal runes appeared throughout the sky.

Far away, the experts of the Nine Dragon Palace had still not retreated, and even from thirty thousand miles away, they could clearly observe every change on the battlefield.

"Do you think Liu Wuxie can survive?" Many experts at the Heaven Gaze Realm could no longer understand the battle unfolding before them. Though the clash of immortal arts looked simple on the surface, cultivators at the Heaven Gaze Realm could not perceive the bigger changes within it.

"He'll probably be heavily injured even if he survives," a quasi-immortal replied, shaking his head.

The Spirit Child had already reached the Immortal Realm, and never before had anyone heard of a Heaven Gaze Realm cultivator defeating an immortal.

"I don't think so. Liu Wuxie has stayed composed throughout the battle, so he likely has a trump card in reserve," the palace lord of the Nine Dragon Palace refuted. He believed Liu Wuxie would claim victory.

Faced with the Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art, Liu Wuxie did not attempt to evade it and instead confronted it directly, his hands continuously inscribing immortal runes.

"Nine Absolute Fist!" A colossal fist manifested in the sky and altered heaven and earth itself, while countless planets trembled beneath its might.

Even the passage between the celestial and mortal realms could not withstand the power of that fist, and fissures began spreading through it.

Nine distinct profundities, such as the five elements, yin, yang, lightning, and poison, fused into that devastating strike. These nine forces collided, intertwined, and ultimately merged into one.

The Telluric Soul Beast's expression stiffened when it realized that something had frozen the Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art in place.

"This is impossible!" The Telluric Soul Beast fell into a frenzied state as it watched the Soul-Devouring Ghoul Immortal Art steadily erode, utterly unable to accept what was happening.

Then again, anyone in its place would have found it equally difficult to accept these turn of events. After all, the Telluric Soul Beast had already reached the Immortal Realm, so how could it possibly accept being suppressed by a mere mortal?

And yet, the immortal art Liu Wuxie had unleashed had already surpassed the level of ordinary immortals.

"Let's end this farce now," Liu Wuxie declared.

A strong sense of unease rose in his chest, and he knew he had to end this battle quickly. Though he had prepared for many possibilities, flaws could still exist in places he had overlooked.

When the Nine Absolute Fist descended from the sky, it did not release a terrifying aura or a deafening rumble. It looked plain and unadorned, which made it even more terrifying because every immortal rune within it appeared as though it had formed naturally.

When the nine different powers fused, they emitted a dazzling radiance so intense that even the cultivators standing thirty thousand miles away could no longer see what was happening on the battlefield. That included the Telluric Soul Beast, as the Nine Absolute Fist had already enveloped it completely. No matter how wildly it struggled, it could not break free from the suppression.

Wisps of blinding white light erupted from the battlefield, illuminating the entire universe.

But that still was not the end of it. World force and astral domain force continued pouring into the attack. With the support of those two mysterious powers, the Nine Absolute Fist became completely unstoppable.

The Spirit Child's body exploded on the spot, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron stirred and unleashed a terrifying black hole that devoured the Spirit Child's physique entirely.

Once the vessel was gone, the Telluric Soul Beast's combat strength fell even lower than before.

"How could this be?!"

The Telluric Soul Beast let out a furious roar as its body began swelling, and it prepared to detonate its soul energy and force open a path to escape. As long as even a sliver of its will managed to flee, it would be able to reincarnate.

"Domain power!" Liu Wuxie no longer held back his domain, sealing everything within a radius of thirty thousand miles. The mysterious axe behind him also began to stir restlessly.

With a thunderous rumble, the Nine Absolute Fist descended from the sky and struck the Telluric Soul Beast directly, producing a deafening explosion. The blow stunned the Telluric Soul Beast, and its body exploded continuously as it broke down into fragments of soul energy.

"Continue to devour!" Liu Wuxie did not allow even the slightest strand of its soul to escape. He not only wanted to refine the Spirit Child's physique but also the Telluric Soul Beast's soul energy.

As a monster from the celestial realm, the Telluric Soul Beast definitely carried an immense amount of celestial realm laws within its body. With those laws, Liu Wuxie would be able to wield the Nine Absolute Fist with even greater ease in the future.

"I refuse to accept this!" The Telluric Soul Beast continued to struggle to break free. But every time it attempted to escape, the rebound force of Liu Wuxie's domain slammed it right back.

At that exact moment, the mysterious axe descended from the sky and struck the Telluric Soul Beast once more. With the combined suppression of the Nine Absolute Fist and the axe, the Telluric Soul Beast's struggle gradually began to weaken.

"Liu Wuxie, please don't kill me! I finally underwent rebirth with great difficulty. I don't want to die!" the Telluric Soul Beast begged for mercy, hoping Liu Wuxie would spare its life.

If the Spirit Child's body had remained intact, Liu Wuxie might actually have considered it. After all, subduing an immortal held greater value than killing one. But after losing its vessel and suffering such heavy injuries, the Telluric Soul Beast's combat strength would be greatly diminished even if it were subdued. At that point, even an ordinary quasi-immortal could easily take its life.

Since that was the case, what value did such trash still have? Liu Wuxie would rather refine it and use it to break through to the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm.

He did not lack powerful helpers. What he lacked was a path to reach the Quasi-Immortal Realm.

"Die!" Liu Wuxie ignored the Telluric Soul Beast's pleas entirely as the Nine Absolute Fist exploded and formed into a terrifying vortex that devoured the beast completely.