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Chapter 500 Purifying Soul Beads

On the burial ground, atop a hill formed by countless broken bones and piled-up soil, Ye Mo stood and looked at the "lively" scene not far away, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"I'm going to rest for a bit." Bai You stood wearily on Ye Mo's shoulder, yawned lightly, and then closed her eyes to rest inside the contracted star.

The day's research and testing had been exhausting for Bai You. She had expended far too much of her mental and necromantic energy during this period. Otherwise, with her peak fourth-tier cultivation, she wouldn't be in such a state.

"Okay, get some rest. I'll take care of the rest." Ye Mo's lips curled up slightly as he looked at Bai You, who had transformed into light and returned to the star map, and gave a confident answer.

Now that he has almost finished researching the abilities of the incomplete [Heart of the Dark], he really doesn't need Bai You's help much anymore.

What he needs now is a sufficient number of undead subordinates, especially those powerful enough.

After all, to maximize the effect of the incomplete [Heart of the Dark], the higher the level of the being who infused it with necromantic power, the better.

Only in this way will the ghostly prototypes created by the incomplete [Heart of the Dark] have a greater chance of giving birth to the Dark Ghost Generals of the monarch race or even the Dark Ghost Kings of the superior monarch race after being infused with the necromantic power of those powerful individuals.

"Should we go and subdue another group of powerful undead?" Ye Mo pondered as he looked at the busy undead on the ground ahead.

The force he has built in the Abyss of the Dead, with the Burial Ground as its core stronghold, is actually quite formidable in terms of sheer strength.

With the Golden Skeleton King by their side, even though the contract signed by the fifth-tier undead has a very high degree of freedom, it's still quite easy to get the Golden Skeleton King to do something, given Bai You's presence and the fact that healed his original wounds.

Besides the fifth-tier beings, there are a total of twenty-seven fourth-tier domain-level undead powerhouses in the entire Burial Ground, many of whom were recruited by other undead powerhouses later on.

It should be noted that, apart from the two lone necromancers, all of these fourth-tier domain-level necromancers possess their own legions. Once they consolidate their legion's power, they all have the strength to fight against fifth-tier beings.

Of course, while it's called a battle, in reality, if they were to face off individually with their legions, they could only withstand a few moves from a fifth-tier transcendent being. The only ones truly capable of contending with a fifth-tier being for a considerable period are the Corpse Lord, the Giant Gargoyle, and three other fourth-tier Domain-level beings.

Even so, with the power accumulated in the current burial ground, if the entire army were to be mobilized, it would be enough to withstand the attack of eight ordinary fifth-tier transcendents, regardless of the casualties.

It was precisely because of these reasons that Ye Mo still had the confidence to speak those words when he learned about the forces that wanted to take action against the Pioneer Merchants Association.

However, judging from the current situation, these necromancers are indeed quite good in combat, but they are not enough to mass-produce Xuanming Ghost Spirit Soul Beads.

After all, creating a Xuanming Ghost Spirit with a fragmented [Xuanming Heart] would be quite costly. Even a fourth-tier undead at the Domain level, if its recovery is relatively average, wouldn't be able to create many.

"Let's leave it at that for now. We'll consider expanding our power after one or two of those undead break through to the fifth rank." After pondering for a long time, Ye Mo finally shook his head and murmured to himself.

The Burial Grounds' strength is insufficient to dominate the Abyss of the Dead. Expanding their power now could easily provoke the fifth-tier undead experts in the core areas, leading to much more trouble.

After all, according to the Golden Skeleton King, most undead begin to recruit subordinates and establish kingdom-like forces after breaking through to the fifth rank. It had originally intended to do the same, but was injured in a battle and had been slumbering in this place ever since.

Therefore, if they encounter other fifth-tier undead forces when expanding their power, they will not only be facing a fifth-tier saint-level undead powerhouse, but also an undead king with many subordinates.

If a fight breaks out, whether or not we can win is another matter, but that would be very inconsistent with Ye Mo's arrangements for the forces in the Burial Ground.

Now that he possesses the incomplete [Heart of the Dark] capable of mass-producing Soul Beads, he only wants the forces in the Burial Grounds to develop properly and accumulate strength gradually. Even if he wins a battle, the gains might not be as great as those from producing Soul Beads.

As for the insufficient number of undead experts under his command, there's no rush. Once some of his fourth-tier subordinates break through to the fifth tier, it will be much easier to recruit them.

After thinking it over, Ye Mo nodded to himself and walked towards the location of the Golden Skeleton King and the others.

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One day later, in the Abyss of the Dead, the Burial Ground.

The sky was incredibly dark, and the gloomy aura of death was extremely strong in this place. If a low-level necromancer spirit pet came here, its cultivation speed would probably increase by at least 40% or 50%.

Within the territory of the Golden Skeleton King, the land, which should have been silent, was occasionally punctuated by sharp roars, followed by fluctuations in energy, before returning to silence.

This kind of scene happens so often that it makes people curious.

If someone were to venture deep into the Burial Grounds and investigate the source of that sharp roar, they would see powerful undead warriors standing in a place surrounded by countless undead.

At the very center of those undead was a semi-oval stone sphere, which was constantly absorbing the spiritual energy surging from the surrounding undead, and then spewing out a large amount of gray-black mist.

Soon after, the gray-black mist condensed into the prototype of a ghost spirit. Then, under the necromantic power released by the powerful necromancers or the surrounding necromancer army, it absorbed, transformed, and finally gave birth to a brand new fourth-order Xuanming Ghost Spirit.

Most of these newly born Xuanming ghost spirits are fourth-order Xuanming ghost generals, very few are Xuanming ghost commanders, and there are extremely few Xuanming ghost kings.

Upon their birth, these Xuanming Ghost Spirits, with their extremely low intelligence, instinctively attacked their surroundings. Unfortunately, although these Xuanming Ghost Spirits were all at the fourth rank, compared to the powerful undead beings like the Golden Skeleton King and their undead armies, they were like ants, even the Xuanming Ghost King himself.

Thus, the newly born Xuanming ghost spirits could only let out a roar before being reduced to ashes by the Golden Skeleton King and other powerful undead, leaving only a gray-black soul bead.

Immediately afterwards, these soul beads will be collected by a powerful necromancer. Once enough are accumulated, they will be sent together to the hill in the burial ground, which is where Ye Mo is located.

...At the burial ground, atop a hill, on a specially leveled platform, Ye Mo sat before a potion-making workbench. His gaze was solemn, his mental energy focused, and he was meticulously manipulating the energy within his body to create the potion step by step.

A short while later, after another 99-point level 4 potion was made, Ye Mo leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

"Another perfect quality potion with a score of 99. It seems I'm really close to breaking through. But I'm just a little short, tsk."

Ye Mo looked at the newly prepared potion in his hand, shook his head, and smiled gently.

"Daddy is so great! Daddy is so amazing!" Little Willow, who was standing nearby, flew over as soon as the potion was finished. With a smile on her face, she praised him repeatedly.

"Alright, this potion was made for you anyway, take it." Ye Mo smiled helplessly and handed the fourth-tier potion that restored life force to Xiao Liu'er.

Xiao Liu'er didn't stand on ceremony and simply carried it away. Although with her strength and life force reserves, the potion's effect on her was so-so, barely equivalent to absorbing the life force of a few ordinary fourth-tier demonic beasts.

But this medicine tastes good. With Ye Mo's special modification of the formula, its taste is extremely suitable for Xiao Liu'er's palate.

"By the way, what about the Soul Beads? How many Soul Beads were transported from over there this time? Are any of them the Soul Beads of the Xuanming Ghost King?" Ye Mo stretched his body and turned to look at the smug little Liu'er beside him, and asked.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liu'er paused for a moment before exclaiming as if suddenly realizing something, "The Soul Pearl is over there. I'll go get it now."

Her small body danced in the air, and soon after, Little Willow flew over with a box hanging from two willow branches. As she flew, she said, "Daddy, there are fifty Soul Beads this time. Among them, there are forty-five Soul Beads of Ghost General quality, four of Ghost Commander quality, and one of Ghost King quality."

"There's actually the soul pearl of the Xuanming Ghost King!" Ye Mo's eyes lit up. He immediately stood up, walked to Xiao Liu'er, took the box, and opened it.

The moment it was opened, a refreshing aura emanated from the box, accompanied by a slight chill. Ye Mo was already used to this and calmly looked down into the box.

That's right, there are indeed fifty soul beads. Most of them are quite ordinary, but one soul bead is different from the others. Although it looks similar, it can attract attention at a glance.

Ye Mo was well aware of this situation; it was due to the inherent attraction of the Soul Pearls to beings whose souls had not yet fully coalesced, with the Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearl releasing the strongest attraction.

"Let's purify these fifty soul beads first." Ye Mo nodded gently, and then his mental energy surged from his mind. Under his extremely precise control, he began to "purify" the fifty soul beads with his mental energy.

The so-called "purification" of the Soul Bead is actually to solve some inconveniences when absorbing it. Under normal circumstances, when a Xuanming Ghost Spirit dies, its dropped Soul Bead is actually contaminated by the spiritual power of the killer.

In that case, the soul beads dropped by the Xuanming Ghost Spirit can only be absorbed by the killer without any side effects. If other extraordinary beings absorb them, they will absorb the contaminated parts of the soul beads, making it even more difficult to condense a complete soul.

Ye Mo learned of this when he first went to the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm and used his detection ability to examine the Soul Pearl. However, due to time constraints at the time, he didn't think about how to solve this problem.

However, since he planned to go to the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm again, he relied on the information provided by the investigation to learn the "purification" method during the last period when he first entered the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm and in the days after leaving the Secret Realm.

Fortunately, purifying the spiritual pollution from the Soul Pearl wasn't difficult, just rather troublesome, requiring extremely precise control over one's spiritual energy. Therefore, he didn't spend too much time learning how to purify it.

After entering the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm for the second time, he was able to purify the Soul Pearl after a few simple attempts. This way, when killing those Xuanming Ghost Spirits, he didn't need to consider who to save the final blow for, which is why he was so efficient during his second trip to the Secret Realm.

"Yes, the purification is complete. Little Willow, have you learned it?" Ye Mo turned to Little Willow after seeing that all fifty soul beads had been purified and said with a smile.

The method for purifying soul beads isn't particularly difficult; it just requires practice in controlling one's mental energy. Therefore, faced with the enormous amount of soul beads currently being produced in the Burial Grounds, he decided to pass on the purification method to Xiao Liu'er, making things easier for him as well.

Besides Xiao Liu'er, he also wanted to pass on the purification method to the necromancers among his subordinates who had outstanding spiritual power, but they had more important things to do now, namely to help create Xuanming Ghost Spirits in order to obtain Soul Pearls.

Therefore, the matter of teaching those powerful necromancers purification methods will have to be postponed for a while.

"Uh, Dad, that...that's a bit difficult, I haven't learned it yet." Little Liu lowered her head, looked to the side, poked her index fingers together, and replied softly.

Ye Mo wasn't surprised by this answer. After all, since Xiao Liu'er came here, she had really let loose and had been studying those undead creatures, having a great time.

Under these circumstances, how could she possibly learn to purify the soul bead so quickly?

Of course, Ye Mo also understood that besides her own playfulness, another reason why Xiao Liu'er hadn't learned how to purify the Soul Bead was that he hadn't urged her much at the time, and he had only casually mentioned a few words about how to purify the Soul Bead.

Therefore, it's normal that Xiaoliu didn't take this matter to heart.

However, Ye Mo didn't actually intend for Xiao Liu'er to learn how to purify soul beads so quickly. He only brought it up this time because Xiao Liu'er had been playing too much lately, so he made a point of mentioning it.

"Alright, take these soul beads to the Golden Skull King and the others." Ye Mo shook his head, left the Xuanming Ghost King soul bead in the box, closed the box, and handed it over.

The greatest use of these soul orbs now is for powerful necromancers with domains to absorb them, and for them to research potions that help to condense a complete soul.

Therefore, aside from keeping one of the rarest Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearls for research, he gave the rest to Xiaoliu'er so she could take them to those powerful undead.

"Okay, I'll take it right away." Little Willow smiled, and after using the willow branches she conjured to lift the box, she flew directly towards the Golden Skeleton King.

(End of this chapter)