Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 409 The true meaning in the soul
Outside the Soul Suppressing Hall, the struggle for the inheritance has entered a fierce stage. The cultivators fought their way through the various obstacles and approached the core area of ​​the Soul Suppressing Hall.

Meanwhile, inside the Soul Suppression Hall, the Water and Fire Furnace stood, and Jiang Chen's refining of the Devouring Soul Essence had reached its final stage.

At a certain moment, the soul collapsed, and a strange star was quietly born deep within Jiang Chen's soul. It was pitch black, without any light or heat, like a black hole, wanting to devour everything.

At the moment the dark star was born, Jiang Chen's soul seemed to undergo a transformation, gaining a silent weight.

"It's done!"

Having discerned the changes within himself, Jiang Chen knew that he had grasped some of the mysteries of the Devouring Soul.

From this moment on, he also possessed the ability to devour the souls of others, just like Mo Yuan had before, except that he was not as ferocious as Mo Yuan.

"What Mo Yuan left me was a seed. If I want to unleash this devouring power to its fullest potential, I still need to cultivate the Soul Devouring True Demon Scripture. This inheritance was specially created by Mo Yuan to develop and strengthen his own soul devouring ability, but I can use it to make up for my own shortcomings."

With a thought, Jiang Chen became fully aware of the changes in his own soul.

For him, refining the Soul Devouring Essence was not actually too dangerous. Although the Soul Devouring Essence was ferocious, his soul was strong and self-healing, which was enough to withstand the backlash brought by the Soul Devouring Essence. Furthermore, the Kanli Soul Forging Technique accelerated his process of refining the Soul Devouring Essence.

“Beings with a soul of devouring can strengthen themselves by devouring the souls of others. What they truly gain are two things: one is soul power, which can directly strengthen the soul of the being, and the other is intention, which is true intention, a manifestation of talent, and also the enlightenment of a cultivator.”

"It was by plundering the true meaning of others that Mo Yuan was able to become an all-rounder proficient in alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, and array making, despite being a mere rogue cultivator."

Having successfully refined the soul essence, the related inheritance followed. Looking back at Mo Yuan's past, Jiang Chen gained a clear understanding.

Cultivation is difficult, and what is difficult is not only the accumulation of magical power, but also the understanding of cultivation methods, spells, and the Dao. Each kind of understanding requires a cultivator to spend a lot of time to settle down, and even requires a flash of inspiration to achieve something. However, Mo Yuan, who has the Soul of Devouring, can directly plunder the achievements of others, which naturally saves him countless hours.

"Like the mind, the true meaning should also be a part of the soul, but it is more ethereal and elusive, and cannot be touched by ordinary means. Even soul searching is useless."

“Soul Search only searches for memories, inanimate objects, while Soul Devouring plunders the insights of cultivators. In comparison, it is undoubtedly much more domineering.”

Having truly realized the domineering nature of Soul Devourer, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't even know what the true meaning I've come to be."

A thought arose, and Jiang Chen tried to capture the true meaning deep within his soul.

The next instant, the dark star trembled, emitting a strange power. Strange lights suddenly appeared deep within Jiang Chen's soul. These lights changed constantly and disappeared again before Jiang Chen could see them clearly.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen stopped insisting.

"The true meaning is ever-changing and elusive, making it extremely difficult to bind. Even Mo Yuan, who possessed the Soul Devouring Body, could only rely on luck at the beginning. It was only after he comprehended the Soul Devouring True Demon Scripture and created the corresponding Soul Devouring Secret Technique that this situation changed."

With that thought, Jiang Chen stopped activating the Soul Devouring Power.

Just then, the Soul Suppressing Hall trembled, attracting Jiang Chen's attention.

"These demonic thoughts are quite fast; have they sensed something?"

With a bright light shining in his eyes, Jiang Chen saw the scene outside the core area of ​​the Soul Suppression Hall. At this moment, cultivators from the outside world had poured into the Soul Suppression Hall, led by Nianhua and Xia Wuyan. The two were now fighting bloodthirstyly for the inheritance. "Human hearts are fickle, and demonic thoughts are unpredictable. I didn't expect even Senior Brother Nianhua to fall for it."

Seeing Nianhua's current state, Jiang Chen shook his head.

Having inherited the legacy of the Illusionary True Hermit, he had a clear understanding of demonic thoughts and had established a certain connection with them. It was precisely because of this that he easily saw through the truth and understood that the cultivators outside had already been bewitched by demonic thoughts.

"Having received the inheritance of the Illusionary True Hermit, I naturally must eliminate these demonic thoughts, otherwise they will surely become a calamity."

A thought suddenly occurred to Jiang Chen, and he stood up.

"We've finally arrived."

"The legacy is mine."

Outside the core area of ​​the Soul Suppressing Hall, before the Heavenly Stairs, everyone was filled with excitement as they looked at the grand hall so close at hand.

The leaders, Nianhua and Xia Wuyan, immediately ascended the Heavenly Stairs, hoping to knock on the gates of the Soul Suppressing Hall and seize its inheritance.

"The legacy is mine."

With a face full of madness, looking at the youth who was competing with him, Xia Wuyan no longer hid and pushed his demonic blood to the limit. Although he had a flawed mind, he was no better than ordinary cultivators when facing demonic thoughts.

At that moment, his form changed, becoming a human body with a bird's beak and demonic wings, his entire body bathed in crimson flames, and his demonic aura soared to the sky, making him appear both demonic and monster-like.

Such a change would inevitably cause quite a stir in the outside world, but at this moment it did not cause much of a ripple here, as everyone's attention was focused on the inheritance.

"Die!"

With power surging through his body, Xia Wuyan flapped his wings and unleashed two streaks of crimson flame. He had fused with the bloodline of the Burning Void Blazing Poison, a demonic creature with a certain bloodline connection to the legendary Bifang. Its wings were poisonous and its body was engulfed in flames. Even a Purple Mansion True Person would not feel good if they were tainted by its fiery poison, making it quite formidable.

Faced with this attack, almost instinctively, Nianhua immediately took defensive action, summoning Crane Shadow to protect herself.

However, although his strength was not bad, he had already suffered a serious injury, and now he was somewhat unable to cope with Xia Wuyan's full-force attack.

With a mournful cry, the crane's shadow was cleaved in two streaks of crimson flames after only a brief stalemate, its youthful form also being knocked down from the heavens.

Seeing this scene, Xia Wuyan's face was full of ferocity. Just as he was about to press his advantage and completely kill Nianhua, the gate of the Soul Suppressing Hall at the end of the Heavenly Stairs slowly opened.

At that moment, the light of the sky, like water, poured down, illuminating the entire place of inheritance. At the same time, a figure dressed in green robes, with a face as white as jade, eyes like deep pools, and holding a precious banner, stepped out from there.

"The inheritance has been taken?"

"Who is he? Could it be that Illusionary True Hermit is not dead?"

Looking up at the figure emerging from the central hall, the group was somewhat dazed. Although they had been bewitched by demonic thoughts and were deeply obsessed, they had not truly lost themselves. They never expected that after going through so much trouble to reach this place of inheritance, they would see someone walking out of it.

(End of this chapter)