Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 507 Divine Soul Restriction
Lanque Mountain is shrouded in mist and clouds, with the shadow of the fairy city appearing and disappearing.

At one moment, a bolt of purple lightning streaked across the void, landing silently in the Cloud Palace without alerting anyone.

"This training trip has yielded some good results."

With the Yin spirit returning to its place, Jiang Chen immediately activated his Qi to seal off the entire Cloud Palace. After doing all this, he turned his gaze to the demon king's corpse and remnant soul brought back by the Purple Lightning Sword. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he had not yet taken stock of his gains.

With a hum, Jiang Chen's divine soul power surged, and he opened the storage ring of the Gale Demon King. In an instant, beams of spiritual light shone brightly in the Cloud Palace. If Jiang Chen hadn't sealed off the surrounding area beforehand, the dazzling spiritual light would have surely leaked out of the palace. Even so, the dense spiritual energy still added a layer of misty fog to the palace.

Looking at these spiritual objects, Jiang Chen didn't feel particularly happy; instead, he frowned.

Admittedly, there are many of these spiritual objects, but they are mixed and disorderly, and their overall quality is not actually high.

"There are five kinds of third-tier spiritual items, including two kinds of spiritual herbs, one kind of spiritual ore, one kind of spiritual wind, and one bottle of spiritual pills. The most valuable one is undoubtedly this spiritual wind. It should be the Raging Breath Wind. If a Purple Mansion cultivator who cultivates the Way of Wind refines it, it should be able to enhance the power of their own magic."

"Apart from that, neither spiritual herbs, spiritual ores, nor spiritual pills are rare; they are all relatively common and of limited value. As for magical artifacts, there are none."

After selecting five third-tier spiritual items, Jiang Chen glanced at the Gale Demon King's collection and shook his head. This Purple Mansion Demon King was actually poorer than he had expected.

"Very well, these two third-tier spiritual herbs are just right for me to try my hand at refining the most common third-tier treasure pill, the Purple Essence Pill. I have obtained the true essence of the fox ghost's pill refining, and I have achieved a certain level of expertise in the Dao of Pill Refining."

"I'll put away the spirit ore, spirit wind, and that half bottle of Purple Essence Pill for now. As for the other spiritual items, I can pick out the more valuable ones, and the rest I can use to nourish my Yuan Qi. Although there are very few third-tier spiritual items among these, there are still some second-tier ones."

With that thought, Jiang Chen waved his sleeve and put away all the spiritual items, leaving only a special metal fragment.

With their minds in sync, as Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the fragment, the Purple Lightning Sword also emitted bursts of sword chants, seemingly joyful and eager.

"My previous senses were correct. This thing should be a fragment of a Dao artifact, just like the previous fragments."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Chen drew the metal fragment to his front. Because it had not been sacrificed, the metal fragment was completely lifeless, showing no spiritual light whatsoever, like an ordinary object. However, the Purple Lightning Sword's reaction became increasingly intense.

"The treasure has been concealed, but fortunately there's no need for a blood sacrifice now."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen connected with the Purple Lightning Sword.

The next instant, thunder roared, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, landing directly on the metal fragment. Bathed in the lightning, cleansed of all impurities, a strange power began to revive within the metal fragment.

Sensing this power, Jiang Chen smiled. Indeed, this aura was identical to that of the metal fragment from before.

Sensing the resurgence of the metal fragments' power, the Purple Lightning Sword's spirituality became increasingly restless.

"Go."

Sensing the restlessness of the Purple Lightning Sword's spiritual energy, Jiang Chen no longer suppressed it.

With a whoosh, having received Jiang Chen's permission, it transformed into a bolt of lightning, and the Purple Lightning Sword instantly engulfed the metal fragments. As time passed, the metal fragments began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sharing the same origin and possessing immense spiritual power, the Purple Lightning Sword found refining the metal fragments much easier this time, no longer needing Rat Prodigy's help.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen nodded. He could clearly feel the Purple Lightning Sword continuously absorbing the power of that metal fragment.

"By swallowing this fragment, the Purple Lightning Sword's foundation will be even deeper."

With these thoughts racing through his mind and seeing that everything was going smoothly, Jiang Chen let go of his last bit of worry. He exhaled a breath of qi, concealing the Purple Lightning Sword. Having done all this, he turned his gaze to the remnant soul of the Gale Demon King.

"I wonder if this remnant soul of the demon king can answer my questions."

Jiang Chen's gaze fell on the remnant soul of the Demon King, his eyes unusually deep. He still had some doubts about the metal fragments.

In the next instant, Jiang Chen activated his supernatural powers and swallowed the remnant soul of the Gale Demon King.

Obliterating will, shattering soul, refining soul liquid, perusing memories, stripping away true meaning—Jiang Chen skillfully processed the remnant soul of the demon king.

"The Gale Demon King has some alien bloodline and no clan to rely on. His achievement of the Purple Mansion realm was due to an unexpected fortuitous encounter. It is precisely because of this that his foundation is somewhat weak."

"As for the metal fragments, the Gale Demon King doesn't have many memories of them. Of course, it's not that he doesn't have any, but rather that they are locked away by a restriction."

Upon careful examination, Jiang Chen discovered something special deep within the soul of the Gale Demon King: deliberately concealed memories.

"It's similar to the methods used by the Impermanent Sect to protect the inheritance of their cultivation techniques, but this one is a bit cruder."

Upon seeing these restrictions, various thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

"We can try to crack it."

After a moment's thought, Jiang Chen contacted the Soul Suppressing Hall.

The next instant, the Soul-Suppressing Immortal Light burst forth, and Jiang Chen attempted to break the restriction within the soul of the Gale Demon King.

A moment later, as bolts of lightning dissipated, the memories of the Gale Demon King were completely shattered.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen let out a soft sigh.

"It failed, but fortunately it wasn't a complete loss. At least I learned where these fragments came from."

"The Primordial Thunder Seal is the legendary treasure of the Thunder Roc clan. It is not only a Dao artifact, but also an extraordinary one."

Having discerned the origins of the Thunder Seal fragments, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

He wasn't surprised that the Thunder Seal fragments were related to the Thunder Roc Clan. After all, Dao artifacts weren't something ordinary forces could possess, and the Thunder Roc Clan was the most likely candidate in this place. However, he hadn't expected that the Thunder Seal was actually the Thunder Roc Clan's former treasure, which made it completely different from ordinary Dao artifacts.

"Danger and opportunity coexist. This fragment of the Thunder Seal may bring trouble, but if I successfully devour it, the future of the Purple Lightning Sword will be completely different. It may even help me refine the Yin nature of my soul and take another step forward."

With his thoughts churning, Jiang Chen weighed the pros and cons.

"Fortunately, the Lei Peng clan is no longer the Lei Peng clan of the past."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen stopped pondering and pushed the Soul Devouring True Demon Art to its limit.

In an instant, the Dark Star manifested, continuously devouring the soul of the Gale Demon King. Nourished by this, Jiang Chen's soul began to slowly grow stronger. For a moment, the entire hall became completely quiet, with only streaks of spiritual light shining.

(End of this chapter)