Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 476 Spiritual Annihilation
Buried at the bottom of the sand lake, a blood-red moon hangs in the sky, reflecting in reality.

The ghostly infant cried out, and the yin energy turned into dark clouds, surrounding the blood moon from all sides and constantly eroding its radiance. As time passed, the blood moon's brilliance grew dimmer and dimmer.

Seeing this scene, the ghost infant's spirit surged, and it cried even louder, very excited. As long as the blood moon was completely suppressed, it could gain true freedom.

"Can it really work? This blood moon mark gives me a bad feeling."

Seeing the moon obscured by dark clouds reflected in his eyes, Jiang Chen was not happy about this favorable situation. Instead, he felt somewhat uneasy. Although he had studied it for a long time, he still could not see through the essence of the blood moon mark.

Just as Jiang Chen made his thought, the dark clouds completely obscured the blood moon. At this moment, the entire world fell silent. However, just as this great achievement was about to be completed, the blood moon, which had been suppressed to the extreme and seemed to have no power to resist, suddenly generated a force out of thin air.

In an instant, the moonlight shone brightly, illuminating the mountains and rivers. Under the blood moon's light, the originally thick dark clouds melted away like snow.

Ah, a shrill scream rang out. Bathed in the blood moonlight, the originally excited ghost infant immediately let out a scream, as if it had suffered some kind of torture. In an instant, its ghostly body underwent violent changes and showed signs of disintegration.

Taking in all these changes, Jiang Chen's expression became serious.

Bathed in the same crimson moonlight, he was unharmed; the strange power was only targeting the ghost infant.

"The Blood Moon Curse seal obliterates the spirit of the ghost infant, but the ghost infant's soul is not directly harmed."

With his Clear Eyes activated, Jiang Chen saw the changes in the ghost infant. However, although he saw it, he was powerless to interfere. This power not only originated from the depths of the ghost infant's soul but also pointed directly to the ethereal spirituality. Even he could not make an effective intervention.

"At this moment, only the ghost infant itself can save it, but..."

Jiang Chen's gaze fell on the ghost infant, but he was not optimistic.

Because of his nourishment, the ghost infant's spirituality has indeed grown considerably compared to the beginning, even rivaling that of human infants. But this is its limit. With the suppression of the Blood Moon Mark, even with his nourishment, the ghost infant's spirituality can hardly grow any stronger unless it can suppress the Blood Moon Mark.

Under such circumstances, with such limited resources, the ghost infant's spirituality was indeed somewhat lacking when facing the power unleashed by the Blood Moon Mark.

And indeed, it was so. Bathed in bloody light, in just three breaths, accompanied by rising wisps of green smoke, the ghost infant's screams abruptly ceased, its spirituality obliterated.

"It seems that the birth of spirituality is truly the bottom line of the Blood Moon Mark. Once it is touched, it will be immediately erased. Compared to natural birth, I am now increasingly convinced that the Blood Moon Mark is bestowed after birth, in order to control the evil spirits and turn them into weapons."

"But what's strange is that if that's really the case, this evil spirit shouldn't have developed such a weak spirituality."

Witnessing the entire process of the ghost infant's spirituality being erased, various thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

"The ghost infant's spirit has been destroyed, and all my previous efforts have been in vain. However, it's not like I gained nothing at all."

His gaze shifted to the blood moon, its radiance dimmed to the extreme and gradually fading, and a strange expression appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

Because of his nurturing, the ghost infant's spirituality grew to a considerable level in a very short time. Although the Blood Moon Curse successfully obliterated the ghost infant's spirituality this time, it also exhausted its own power.

“With its spirituality obliterated and the curse seal shattered, under normal circumstances, the ghost infant’s soul would quickly collapse and dissipate into the world. After all, the Blood Moon Curse Seal itself is the life-or-death point of the evil ghost. When the curse seal is shattered, the evil ghost dies. However, it is not impossible to try to salvage it now.”

With a thought, Jiang Chen's fingertip traced across his brow. The next instant, pure white immortal light bloomed, and the image of the Soul-Suppressing Palace, a treasure of the divine soul, appeared.

"go with!"

With a hum, Jiang Chen, guided by his consciousness, commanded the Soul-Suppressing Hall and manifested the Soul-Suppressing Immortal Light, directly entering the depths of the ghost infant's soul.

Originally, it would have been quite troublesome to achieve this, since the soul is the most private place of a living being. Even if it is willing to cooperate, the instinct of life will unconsciously resist. But now that the ghost infant's spirituality has been erased, this place has become a no-man's land.

“I didn’t realize it before, but now I see that the soul of a ghost infant is different from that of a normal soul. The Blood Moon Curse Mark is the linchpin of its soul. As long as the linchpin is there, even if the soul is injured, it can continue to recover. Conversely, once the linchpin is gone, no matter how strong its soul is, it will collapse.”

Using the power of the Soul Suppressing Hall, Jiang Chen forcibly immobilized the ghost infant's soul with the help of the Soul Suppressing Hall, allowing him to observe the ghost infant's soul from a completely new perspective.

Previously, the ghost baby's soul seemed no different from that of a ghost, but now that the appearance has been shattered, its true nature has been revealed.

"The Soul-Suppressing Immortal Light can only temporarily delay the collapse of the ghost infant's soul, but it cannot truly stop it. If I want to change all of this, what I need to do is replace the former Blood Moon Curse with the power of the Soul-Suppressing Immortal Light and make it the new nexus of the ghost infant's soul."

With his mind mirror hanging high, reflecting all things, Jiang Chen further explored the mysteries of the Blood Moon Curse Seal. At this moment, many insights arose in his mind.

A perfectly intact Blood Moon Curse Mark is indeed difficult to discern, but a Blood Moon Curse Mark that has begun to dissipate is different; some of the mysteries hidden within it begin to emerge naturally.

Time passed, and after an unknown amount of time, when the power of the Soul-Suppressing Immortal Light was about to be exhausted and the ghost infant's soul was about to completely collapse, Jiang Chen's consciousness returned to normal.

"This Blood Moon Curse is even more mysterious than I originally expected. The power behind it is definitely not simple. However, the Blood Moon Curse seems to have lost control now, otherwise the slight spirituality of the evil ghost would never have been born."

Having gained a clearer understanding of the true nature of the Blood Moon Curse, Jiang Chen felt even more strongly that the origins of the Fiend Ghost were not simple.

"We need to investigate the origins of the evil spirit in detail later, as there may be unexpected gains. However, that's a matter for later. What I need to do now is to re-stabilize the ghost infant's soul."

"I have only grasped the basics of the Blood Moon Curse Seal's illusion and destruction, but with the combined power of the Soul Suppressing Hall, I can barely give it a try."

With a thought in mind, Jiang Chen once again communicated with the Soul Suppressing Hall, this divine soul treasure.

In the next instant, the soul light changed, and a series of strange magic seals condensed and took shape. They resonated with each other and finally transformed into an extremely complex mark.

"go."

With a thought, seizing the opportunity, Jiang Chen unleashed the magic seal in his hand the instant the Blood Moon Curse Seal completely vanished.

In that instant, the gentle starlight dispelled the darkness, and a star rose slowly, replacing the former blood moon and illuminating this small world. Compared to the blood moon, it was less domineering, but it still served to stabilize the soul.

Under the starlight, the ghost infant's soul became completely stable, and even became more and more resilient.

(End of this chapter)