Fights Break Sphere: Purple Thunder Emperor

Chapter 474 Soul Emperor Realm
Before me stretched a vast ocean that seemed to have no end.

The seawater was not the usual azure, but rather had a crystal-clear texture, and amidst the surging waves, it exuded a soul-stirring power beyond imagination.

In my ears, there was the low roar and rumble of countless soul forces flowing and colliding.

Xiao Bai's consciousness stood above this ocean of souls, his gaze filled with a hint of amazement as he surveyed this boundless space.

"I never imagined that what appeared to be just a ball of light several dozen feet tall on the outside would contain such a vast universe inside..."

He muttered to himself, a look of shock flashing in his eyes.

This ocean, entirely composed of soul power, is many times larger than his already considerable sea of ​​consciousness when he reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm!
A sudden realization dawned on Xiao Bai: no wonder advancing to the Emperor Realm was so difficult.

Think of that Void Devouring Flame. In order to break through to the Emperor Realm, it instructed the Soul Palace to secretly collect souls on the continent for hundreds of years, committing countless atrocities, just to barely gather enough resources.

The ocean before us was formed over countless years by the soul of the Heavenly Tomb after it devoured countless top experts!
Its total amount is probably even larger than what the Soul Palace has collected!
"The flow of time here seems to be different from that in the Heavenly Tomb..."

Xiao Bai closed his eyes and carefully sensed for a moment, discovering that the flow of time inside this soul space was slightly slower than that of the Heavenly Tomb outside.

Although this difference seemed insignificant compared to the immense power of the Heavenly Tomb itself in altering the flow of time, it still stirred something within him.

"In the dimensional space, that mysterious person who claims to have created the Heavenly Tomb seems to be... extremely extraordinary."

Xiao Bai's eyes flickered slightly, his thoughts drifting away.

During the hundred reincarnations of the Bodhi Tree, he glimpsed the experiences of the Dou Di Mo Yuan.

As far as he knew, even a Dou Di expert in the Dou Qi Continent could only initially touch the threshold of influencing time, but it was simply impossible for them to create an independent space like the Heavenly Tomb that could stably and significantly change the flow of time!

At least, Mo Yuan, that Dou Di, absolutely couldn't do it!
Xiao Bai's thoughts raced, his eyes filled with an inscrutable expression.

Since advancing to the Heavenly Realm Soul and emerging from that dimensional space, he discovered that he was able to resist the suction force that had once left him powerless. After that, he never entered that space again during his subsequent soul breakthroughs.

A mysterious being who did not exist in the original plot, whose background was unknown, yet whose strength was unfathomable, made him somewhat wary.

"call……"

After a long while, Xiao Bai exhaled a long breath, forcibly cutting off the chaotic thoughts in his mind and allowing his mind to return to calm.

His gaze once again fell upon the ocean of souls below.

Although the soul power of this ocean is vast and boundless, and it has been initially suppressed and tempered by the Thunder Emperor Seal, removing most of the violent and impure thoughts, upon careful perception, one can still discover countless subtle residual auras within it, making it appear somewhat mottled.

After all, this was a product forcibly created by the Heavenly Tomb Soul through devouring and merging countless powerful souls.

However, this "flaw" is not a problem for Xiao Bai at all.

"The Tai Chi diagram can extract and purify the energy of the embryo of the plane, and purifying this soul power is naturally a given."

With a thought, ripples spread across the void beneath his feet.

A black and gold Tai Chi diagram, about ten feet in diameter, appeared out of thin air. Compared to the past, the edges of the Tai Chi diagram now had a faint, hazy purple halo, making it look even more mysterious and unpredictable.

Xiao Bai sat down cross-legged in mid-air, positioned precisely above the yin-yang fish eye at the center of the Tai Chi diagram.

As he sat down, the Tai Chi diagram beneath him suddenly accelerated its rotation and expanded in all directions at an astonishing speed!
One breath, covering a hundred feet!

Three breaths, covering a thousand miles!
In just a few blinks of an eye, this Tai Chi diagram, which was originally only a few feet long, expanded to an indescribable extent, like a giant millstone, completely covering the boundless ocean of souls below!

"Boom--!!"

In an instant, thunder roared throughout the entire soul space!

Golden and black lightning, like a waterfall from the heavens, cascaded down from the massive Tai Chi diagram, bombarding the sea of ​​souls below!
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle...!!"

The lightning struck the sea, and wherever it passed, the sea instantly boiled, creating towering waves!
The countless originally crystal-clear seawater, upon contact with the lightning, seemed to be thrown into a furnace, emitting a piercing sound and steaming up a sky-covering mist of souls!
These mists are almost transparent milky white, without any other colors, and the soul power they contain is extremely pure!

Just then, the Tai Chi diagram covering the sky trembled slightly.

A powerful and vast suction force was born from the center of the diagram, like a black hole, enveloping the entire ocean of souls!
“Wow——!!”

Countless newly refined pure soul mists, as if summoned, transformed into huge milky-white torrents, rushing madly toward the Taiji diagram!

"Om-!"

The essence of the soul enters the body!

Xiao Bai immediately felt a surge of rich, pure, and cool energy, like sweet rain, flowing from the Tai Chi diagram beneath him, reaching deep into his mind's sea of ​​consciousness between his eyebrows!
A cool and refreshing feeling that is hard to describe instantly bursts out from between my eyebrows, rippling like water to every corner of my body!
"Ho..."

Xiao Bai couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.

He could clearly feel that his soul power was surging, condensing, and sublimating at an unprecedentedly terrifying speed!
Outside his body, a phantom of a soul, identical to his original form, involuntarily emerged and hovered above his head.

At first, the phantom of the soul was somewhat illusory, but as a massive amount of pure soul essence surged in, the phantom became solid at a visible speed, radiating a shimmering light, and continued to grow stronger and taller!
Ten zhang, a hundred zhang...

The soul fluctuations emanating from the illusory soul became increasingly surging and vast, beginning to spread uncontrollably and shaking this soul space!

Just as Xiao Bai's soul was undergoing an astonishing transformation within the inner space, the sky outside remained shrouded in vast purple thunderclouds.

The once raging and rampaging lightning serpent had become much more docile, like a loyal guardian, surrounding the shimmering, crystalline ball of light that was floating in the center.

Xiao Xuan stood with his hands behind his back on a stone tablet atop a solitary peak, his robes fluttering gently in the breeze.

He looked up at the sky, which was painted with endless purple hues, his gaze distant, as if piercing through time.

"A thousand years..."

He sighed softly, his tone filled with endless emotion.
"This desolate space has finally... gained a different color."

At this moment, the Heavenly Tomb, as far as the eye could see, was no longer shrouded in the eternal gloom and darkness of the past.

Instead, a majestic purple hue appeared, as if the entire sky had been dyed, making one feel as if they were in a magnificent purple ocean. His gaze finally settled on the crystalline ball of light representing the essence of the soul deep within the purple thunderclouds, his eyes filled with undisguised anticipation.

"The Xiao clan has been in decline for a thousand years; it's time for them to show some new colors!"

Time flew by unnoticed, and more than a month passed.

Within the vast space of the soul's light, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and clouds and mist swirled.

Amidst the clouds and mist, a colossal creature stood majestically!
That was a giant version of Xiao Bai!
Its body is thousands of feet tall, reaching the sky and standing upright, like an ancient giant who created the world!

The giant's entire body shone with a pure, glass-like luster, and its face was identical to Xiao Bai's, except that its eyes were closed, as if it were asleep.

"breathe……"

The giant's breathing was long and heavy, like thunder from the heavens!

With each inhale, two condensed, almost tangible, milky-white cloud dragons coiled around his mouth and nose, surging and stirring up the surrounding soul mist!
A faint aura of supreme authority emanated from him, causing the entire space to pulsate in response!

At a certain moment——

"Buzz!"

The thousand-foot-tall soul giant suddenly opened its tightly closed eyes!

"Shhh!!"

Two beams of divine light, condensed to the extreme and seemingly composed of pure soul light, shot out from his pupils like peerless divine swords!

Wherever the divine light passed, the void collapsed.

The next moment, the giant inhaled sharply through its cavernous nostrils!
"boom--!!"

A violent whirlwind of soul energy instantly formed!

It seemed as if two huge vortexes had formed between its mouth and nose. With a long inhale, the endless and vast pure soul mist around it instantly transformed into two incredibly thick soul dragons, emitting a deafening dragon roar, and rushing into its mouth and nose!
"Boom!!!"

As the last wisp of the soul's essence was completely devoured, it was as if a certain critical point had been completely broken!
An indescribable, vast, and majestic aura erupted like a volcano that had been accumulating for thousands of years, sweeping across the entire soul space!
“Crack…Crack…”

The soul space finally couldn't withstand it any longer and emitted a series of dense, spiderweb-like cracking sounds!
Immediately afterwards——

"Bang!!!"

With a muffled, loud bang, the entire soul space suddenly collapsed.

Within the Heavenly Tomb, all energy entities, whether meditating or wandering, simultaneously sensed something and looked up in shock!

The next moment, under their horrified gazes, they saw the purple thunderclouds churning and dissipating in the sky, and a towering giant, a thousand feet tall, appeared suddenly between heaven and earth, like a god or demon descending to earth!
This giant was made entirely of glass, and its face was exactly the same as Xiao Bai's. However, the soul pressure emanating from its body enveloped the entire Heavenly Tomb as if it were a tangible thing!

"Om-!"

An immense pressure, surpassing all things in heaven and earth, spread unrestrainedly from that thousand-foot-tall soul body, instantly sweeping across every corner of the Heavenly Tomb!
"What...what terrifying pressure!"

"My soul... my soul is about to crack!"

Under the absolute pressure of this Emperor-level soul, all the energy bodies trembled, their bodies feeling as if Mount Tai was pressing down on them. The terrifying pressure originating from the soul's source almost gave them the illusion that their souls were about to explode on the spot!

They desperately tried to resist with their own soul power, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; they could only prostrate themselves and tremble under the emperor's might!
"Hahaha!!! Good! Good! It really is an Emperor-level soul!"

Unlike those struggling energy bodies, Xiao Xuan was slightly taken aback when he sensed this aura. Then, an unprecedented look of joy appeared on his face, and he burst into laughter!

After laughing, Xiao Xuan saw that Xiao Bai's thousand-foot-tall soul body was still releasing the pressure of the Emperor Realm without any restraint, so he couldn't help but shake his head, a smile in his eyes:
"Quickly gather this soul back into your sea of ​​consciousness! If you keep releasing this pressure, these guys below might really be shaken to pieces!"

This kid usually seems steady and mature, but he's still a young man after all!

But soon, Xiao Xuan's smile faltered slightly, and his brows furrowed imperceptibly.

What is this doing?
Xiao Bai did not respond to him immediately, nor did he put away his soul. Instead, he seemed to be probing something.

A moment later, Xiao Bai raised his hand and tapped his forehead. A vertical line suddenly split open on the center of his soul's brow, transforming into a chaotic vertical eye.

Within that vertical eye was not an eyeball, but a scene of undeveloped chaos, with wisps of chaotic energy flowing within it, seemingly able to pierce through illusion.

With his vertical eye open, an invisible and intangible gaze, seemingly able to see through the essence of everything in the world, suddenly shot towards the void that Xiao Bai was staring at.

Then, under Xiao Xuan's astonished gaze—

"Oh!"

With a soft sound, the towering, thousand-foot-tall soul body suddenly dissipated like a dream, turning into a stream of light that vanished completely into the void in a flash, leaving no trace whatsoever!
No matter how much Xiao Xuan activated his senses, or even mobilized his control over the Heavenly Tomb, he could not detect the slightest aura of Xiao Bai's Emperor-level soul body!
It was as if he had never been there!
In the sky, only Xiao Bai's physical body remained, still quietly floating in the purple thunderclouds, along with the lingering aura of his slowly dissipating power.

Xiao Xuan's smile froze completely, his eyes filled with astonishment and confusion.

Just then, Xiao Bai's voice seemed to pierce through layers of space, resounding directly deep within his soul:
"Please wait a moment, senior, I'll be right back!"

Before the astonishment on Xiao Xuan's face had faded, the lingering echo in the depths of his soul had already dissipated.

He stared intently at the location of Xiao Bai's physical body, his brows furrowed and his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

With his soul perception and control over the Heavenly Tomb, he was completely unable to track the whereabouts of that Emperor-level soul body, which was simply unbelievable.

Xiao Xuan was unaware that the reason Xiao Bai did not restrain his aura was because he was fully sensing that dimensional space, the space he would go to every time his soul advanced.

The moment Xiao Bai's soul advanced to the Emperor Realm, he seemed to have a premonition; he could vaguely sense that dimensional space.

In the past, his soul would be guided to the dimensional space by the vertical eye between his eyebrows at the moment of his soul's ascension. This was the first time he had been able to clearly sense the dimensional space on his own.

Moreover, the moment he opened his third eye, the sensation became even clearer. He had a feeling that he could go there on his own. He also had a vague feeling that not only his soul, but even his physical body could go there.

(End of this chapter)