Battle Through the Heavens: Emperor Yan, please restrain yourself; your elder brother is truly hones

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"I've gotten all of this for myself. I'll study the principles later, and then I'll have an endless supply of blood," Zhang Yuan said with a wicked smile.

Everyone smiled.

It's a good thing that they got off easy.

"continue."

There was no danger, and I received benefits in three tombs in a row, and more and more of them. How could I not be happy?

The fourth tomb chamber must be better, right?

"Hiss, what is this!?"

After flying through another tunnel in a quarter of an hour, the scene that appeared before everyone's eyes made their hearts tremble.

This is a tomb chamber with black and gold walls on all four sides. The space is smaller than the previous three tombs, and its length, width and height are all a hundred feet.

Within this hundred-foot-wide space, numerous pure white beads floated, resembling fireflies dancing in the night sky at first glance.

However, when Zhang Yuan and the others stared intently at these beads, they could see a person sleeping soundly, eyes closed, unconscious, and completely undisturbed.

"These beads are all the essence of the soul, condensed from the souls of humans." The old man's face darkened, and he clenched his fists tightly.

"What is the use of the soul's origin?" Xiao Yan asked subconsciously.

“After absorbing it, your soul realm will be enhanced,” Zhang Yuan replied.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed.

Transform the human soul into its origin, and then use it to elevate one's own spiritual realm.

Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them, but to not even spare their soul—what a deep-seated hatred that is!

"This is a crooked and evil method." Xiao Yan felt a chill run down his spine.

Zhang Yuan's eyes darkened slightly: "The force on this continent that is most adept at using this method is the Soul Palace."

"This Soul Palace is truly a persistent ghost!"

Chapter 183 The Soul Clan Annihilates the Qing! At this moment, the silence was deafening.

The Soul Clan has established the Soul Palace, and now they are going to do two things.

The first thing to do is to set up the Soul Devouring and Life-Severing Array to prepare for the final sublimation of the Emperor-grade embryonic pill.

The second task, which also serves the first, is to collect outstanding souls across the continent, extract their soul essence, and help the Void Devouring Flame advance to the Emperor Realm.

The origin of the soul is a unique and pure energy in the world. Absorbing it can elevate the soul's realm. In Xiao Yanzi's original trajectory, when he destroyed the Human Hall in the Heavenly Gang Hall of the Soul Palace, he found a mass of the origin of the soul that condensed millions of souls.

This substance is against the natural order, but it has been refined into pure power by the Soul Clan. Xiao Yanzi swallowed it after being persuaded by Yao Lao, and his soul advanced from the late stage of the Heavenly Realm to the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

"The Soul Palace!" Xiao Yan's smile vanished instantly, his gaze turning cold as he asked, "Could this tomb be related to the Soul Palace?"

Once a teacher, always a father.

Despite being a useless person for three years, Xiao Yan now genuinely respects Yao Lao.

Yao Lao was almost killed by Han Feng and the Soul Palace back then, and Xiao Yan must destroy him in his lifetime.

“Not necessarily.” Zhang Yuan looked at the sky full of soul essence and said with a deep gaze, “Perhaps the eighth-grade alchemist who wanted to be reborn through the pill wanted to restore or enhance his soul power, so he restrained so much.”

"But at least one thing is certain: the owner of this tomb was not a good person."

At this point, Zhang Yuan turned to look at Yao Lao and chuckled, "Senior, you should make some preparations. Perhaps we must seize this opportunity to complete the pill."

This time, the old doctor didn't say anything either.

He scanned the tomb with his soul and confirmed that there were exactly 100,000 soul essences in this tomb. In order to refine the soul essence, the soul owner must have been a fighter in the past and embarked on the true path of cultivation.

In other words, the 100,000 soul essences before us are at least 100,000 fighters. Although fighters are only the first stage of formally entering cultivation, they have blocked half of the people on the continent.

These 100,000 soul essences cannot all be enemies of the tomb's master!

Moreover, this is just one tomb chamber. Based on his previous observation of the shape of the "medicine cauldron" outside the tomb, he deduced that there are at least four more similar tomb chambers, which are the source of 400,000 souls.

"The owner of this tomb is definitely not a kind person; he might even be an evil cultivator. You should all be careful," Elder Yao warned.

Feng Xian immediately became extremely alert, as a major battle might be about to unfold.

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, then conjured a few teleportation beads and tossed them to Xun'er and the other girls: "If there is any danger later, you should return to the Void Realm immediately."

The women nodded in agreement and offered no objections.

Zhang Yuan's current strength is above theirs, and he can return to the Void Realm at any time if there is danger. With Feng Xian and Yao Lao around, they don't need to worry about his safety.

"What do you mean by these origins of the soul?" Yao Lao asked Zhang Yuan.

"Let's perform the ritual to help them pass on to the afterlife," Zhang Yuan said without hesitation.

"Perform a ritual to deliver the deceased?" The old apothecary and the others frowned.

They had never heard of this method before.

Xiao Yan's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself, "Isn't this a Taoist or Buddhist technique?"

"It's about sending these souls to the underworld for reincarnation," Zhang Yuan added.

“Young Yuan, you don’t need to feel guilty.” The old doctor thought Zhang Yuan was letting these soul essences disappear naturally, so he advised, “Their souls have already been refined into essences. You didn’t do this.”

"If you don't take what Heaven has given you, you will suffer the consequences. It doesn't matter if you swallow it up."

“I didn’t say I wouldn’t swallow it.” Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, “Senior, you may not know, but there is a world within the Xuanhuang Flame that can extract the essence of the soul and allow the soul to reincarnate.”

In fact, he possessed the art of thunder magic, which allowed him to "physically" deliver these souls from suffering.

They can all reincarnate, but the power of origin will remain.

Doing so might bring about the so-called power of merit.

"I see." The old doctor chuckled. "I knew you weren't such a kind person, Yuan boy."

Everyone rolled their eyes.

Zhang Yuan didn't think that Yao Lao was scolding him. He pondered and said, "I only need to keep 40,000 for myself to use when I break through to the Heavenly Realm Soul in the future. I will give the other 60,000 to Xiao Yanzi, Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, Medusa, Xun'er, and Qing Lin to help them achieve the Spirit Realm Soul."

Improving one's soul power is even more difficult than improving one's cultivation level, and the leap from the Spirit Realm to the Heaven Realm is a qualitative one.

A million Soul Essences could allow Xiao Yanzi to reach perfection from the late stage of the Heavenly Realm, so ten thousand Soul Essences would definitely be enough to allow the peak of the Mortal Realm to break through to the Spirit Realm.

With Yao Lao's guidance, Xiao Yan's soul realm had already been elevated.

Little Fairy Doctor, Medusa, Xun'er, and Qinglin are Zhang Yuan's women, so their careers have naturally progressed steadily.

Qing Yanjing's soul realm is in a sealed state; its power is not great, but its essence is extremely high, so Zhang Yuan doesn't need to worry about it.

The only one who might need to put in a little more effort is Zi Yan, but Zhang Yuan certainly won't be stingy or petty.

"There may be more than just these 100,000 soul essences in this tomb," Yao Lao said, revealing his findings and speculations, implying that Zhang Yuan didn't need to be overly meticulous.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Senior, don't you and Elder Feng need that too?"

"Especially Elder Feng, if his soul realm can reach the Heavenly Realm, he may become a saint in the future if he has the opportunity."

Feng Xian is skilled in weapon crafting and is also a good friend of Yao Lao, so his soul realm is naturally not low.

"Hahaha." Feng Xian laughed heartily, "I won't stand on ceremony with you, Yuan boy."

If he deserves credit for opening the tomb, then he should rightfully get a share of the spoils.

However, it was Zi Yan who discovered this tomb, and it was only through the cooperation of Zi Yan and Zhang Yuan that they were able to enter; they did not have any credit for it.

Now that Zhang Yuan is offering him benefits, he doesn't seem inclined to refuse.

In the future, Starfall Pavilion will be under the jurisdiction of Nine Abyss Prefecture, and he will have to "work" for Zhang Yuan.

The Lord of the Manor is just giving me some nice things, why should I refuse?

"It's up to you." The old doctor didn't argue, but felt a warmth in his heart.

In my entire life, apart from that ungrateful Han Feng, I have never misjudged anyone else.

"receive!"

Zhang Yuan unleashed the Xuanhuang Flame, wiping out the very essence of everyone's souls.

After doing all this, the group continued forward. This time the passage was not long, and they passed through it in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, arriving at a smaller tomb chamber, but more than a hundred feet deep.

Standing in mid-air, everyone could see that the fire-attribute energy of heaven and earth in this tomb chamber was even more concentrated, to the point that it had turned into spiritual liquid and filled the entire tomb.

At the top of the tomb is a sphere of light, inside which is a medicinal herb.

"This is a ninth-grade spiritual herb, the Azure Rain Orchid," said the old herb. "It only grows on the Cloud Island of Azure Rain and Cloud Sea above the East Sea. It takes a hundred years to mature and a thousand years to bloom. It has the effect of reshaping the soul."

"Good stuff." Xiao Yan licked his lips.

Zhang Yuan glanced at him and said, "This thing is now just a shell; its essence has been extracted. It seems we are very close to the core of that tomb."

Everyone naturally understood this principle, and their hearts were filled with both anticipation and trepidation.

Zhang Yuan followed the same old routine, collecting all the Fire Spirit Liquid and storing it somewhere in the Void Realm, so he could drink it directly for cultivation in the future.

The group continued through the single portal, where white jade steps appeared before them.

They descended the steps, nine hundred and ninety-nine, and arrived at a huge plaza.

The plaza is made of an unknown type of white jade, and you can see a world of lava directly below, with fire dragons and fire snakes flying around.

There is an opening on each of the four sides of this square, which means there are four paths to get here. Therefore, there should be three more places where you can find items like "Life-Devouring Pill", "Fire Incense Flower", "Azure Netherworld Dragon Blood", "Ten Thousand Soul Origins", and "Fire Spirit Liquid plus Ninth-Order Spirit Medicine".

Thinking of this, even Zhang Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

How much wealth must that be?

"Cousin, do you sense anything is amiss?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan glanced around and said in a deep voice, "Are you saying that our journey has been too quiet and we haven't encountered any danger?"

“Yes.” Xiao Yan nodded: “Shouldn’t a tomb be full of traps and lurking dangers?”

Zhang Yuan looked at his cautious demeanor and almost laughed.

Did you read too many tomb raiding novels before you time-traveled?

However, normally speaking, the tombs of the powerful are indeed fraught with danger, since no one wants to be robbed after death.