Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

Soul arrow!

A high-level Xuan-rank soul skill that uses soul power to condense an arrow and shoot it out, possessing extremely strong penetrating power and unparalleled stealth.

If we only consider attack power, the Soul Arrow is actually inferior to the Soul Handprint. The former mainly relies on its advantages in speed, stealth, and penetrating power to launch the first attack, severely injuring the opponent's soul and rendering the enemy unable to fight.

It's like piercing a hole in someone's soul with an arrow; it's not likely to kill, but it causes excruciating pain...

It had a slightly sinister feel to it, but Ye Chen found it very appealing.

"Soul Arrows have three realms. Once you reach the second realm, the 'Ten Thousand Arrows Fired in a Row' state, your combat power will be considerable, and it will be quite effective in group battles. As for the third realm, the Great Perfection state, then even a casual glance from you will be enough to unleash a Soul Arrow. At that point, your enemies won't even have the courage to meet your gaze..."

The old man watched Ye Chen slowly process the information in his mind and said softly.

At this moment, Ye Chen, who had already thoroughly reviewed the information about the Soul Arrow, showed an excited expression. He quickly bowed to the old man again and exclaimed, "Thank you for passing on the Dharma, Ancestor!"

Wow, just kneeling once and getting such a powerful soul skill, that's an incredible windfall...

Moreover, it is different from the Soul Hand Seal.

The Soul Hand Seal was passed down by his master, Xuan Kongzi, and Ye Chen cannot teach it to anyone without his master's permission. It's a secret technique of the sect, and even his closest relatives cannot be taught it—that's the rule!

But this Soul Arrow is different...

This belongs to Ye Chen himself, just like the cultivation techniques and fighting skills he obtains from exploring ruins. He can distribute them as he pleases, and no one can say anything about it.

"Alright, let's put these trivial matters aside for now. Now, let me tell you about the situation regarding this Soul Domain..." the old man spoke again.

These words made Ye Chen's expression turn serious. He immediately suppressed his excitement and listened attentively...

It turns out that this Soul Domain is actually a terrifying space with an area not much smaller than the Pill Domain. In terms of area, only the clan realms of those ancient races can surpass the former.

"This region is divided into three areas. The area you are in now is what I call the Border Region. It was artificially created by the experts of my Pill Tower when they acquired this region. The purpose was to delineate a safe area so that the younger disciples who are new to this world can have a safe environment to grow up in..."

Ye Chen thought to himself, "Just as I expected!"

This area felt like a complete beginner's village to him, where all the experience was essentially given away for free.

Just as Ye Chen was thinking to himself, the old man changed the subject, looked at Ye Chen, and laughed: "But you are quite special, kid. You actually entered with a terrifying soul power of over a thousand soul points. This makes all the soul bodies I placed in this area useless for you to practice on..."

Generally speaking, those who enter this area, like that little girl over there, need to spend a considerable amount of time raising their soul power, at least reaching the advanced level of the mortal realm, before they are qualified to enter the next area. Now it seems you won't have to wait that long.

Ye Chen looked at the barrier light screen that completely separated this world and asked curiously, "What exactly is going on behind this?"

The old man chuckled and said, "Once you pass through this light barrier, you will truly enter the outer realm of the Soul Domain. The souls that exist there will be far more complex than those here!"

"The souls there are truly..."

It is formed from the fragments of the souls of countless powerful beings, possessing some of their abilities and combat experience from their previous lives.

Although there is no energy in the Soul Domain, making it impossible to use combat techniques, those souls possessing the memories of powerful beings from their previous lives have, over countless years, created various methods of soul attacks, many of which are even powerful enough to reach the level of Xuan-rank or even Di-rank soul techniques…

At this point, the old man glanced at Ye Chen and continued, "The most important point is that these soul entities, in terms of soul realm alone, all surpass your current level..."

These words startled Ye Chen, who involuntarily exclaimed, "Spirit Realm?!"

He is already at the peak of the mortal realm soul. The only one who can surpass him is the spirit realm soul!

"Not bad!"

The old man nodded slightly, then immediately asked, "What, are you scared?"

Ye Chen grinned and said, "I'm not afraid, I'm just a little curious. If I obtain the soul crystals of those Spirit Realm soul bodies, will I be able to absorb the spiritual energy in their souls and advance to the Spirit Realm?"

Upon hearing Ye Chen's question, the old man let out a long laugh and said, "Hahaha, not bad. That's the kind of imposing presence you need!"

Your guess is indeed correct. As long as you can absorb the soul crystals of those soul entities, then advancing to the Spirit Realm in the future is inevitable.

This is also the ultimate purpose of your teacher sending you into this Soul Realm. How about it, do you want to go and take a look at the outer realms?

Ye Chen naturally nodded.

With such a great opportunity in front of us, it would be foolish to give it up just because of some minor dangers!

“Very well, but I can give you a heads-up.” The old man’s face returned to a faint smile as he spoke slowly.

"Please enlighten me, Ancestor!" Ye Chen immediately replied.

"You must understand that although those soul entities have advanced to the Spirit Realm through countless years by utilizing the unique rules of the Soul Domain, they are ultimately just fragments of souls condensed together. They are still far from being true, complete soul entities. Therefore, as long as you can find an opportunity, killing them is not a difficult task..."

This is the main reason why the old man said that as long as one reaches the advanced mortal soul realm, one is qualified to enter the outer realm.

Ye Chen nodded, keeping those words firmly in mind.

However, he still asked with some curiosity, "Ancestor, you said that the Soul Domain is divided into three regions. Besides the border region where I am now and the outer region that is coming next, what is the situation in the remaining inner region? Could it be that the souls there can all reach the Heavenly Realm?"

If that's really the case, then after reaching the peak of the Spirit Realm, will I be able to continue to delve deeper into the Inner Domain?

After hearing Ye Chen's question, the old man suddenly gave him a deep look and said calmly, "What you said is both right and wrong!"

Ye Chen frowned and continued to listen quietly.

"The three regions of the Soul Domain I mentioned do not include the region where you are currently located..."

One sentence made Ye Chen's eyes widen in surprise!

I go……

What does this mean? The three regions do not include the border regions, which means that this Soul Domain has a central region within the outer and inner regions?

If that's the case, then according to the principle of increasing soul realm in different regions, what realm should the central region be?

An Emperor-level soul?!

Chapter 188 Battle in the Spirit Realm

"Little one, don't be too ambitious. Even if your teacher Xuan Kongzi came, entering the inner domain would be extremely dangerous. So, the right thing to do is to improve your soul realm first."

The old man's calm voice brought Ye Chen back to his senses, making him realize that what the other party said was indeed true.

Whether it's the Emperor Realm or the Heaven Realm, they are still too far away from his current level. Even the Spirit Realm is not an easy thing to enter, so there's no use thinking about it now.

"Oh, right, little one, there's one thing you must remember!" The old man's expression suddenly turned serious, and he said in a deep voice.

"Although the Soul Domain is peculiar, it has a unique corrosive effect on the souls that enter it. Remember the illusory feeling you had when you entered this place. If at any point you feel that this illusion is about to disappear, that's when you need to leave. Otherwise, you will be trapped here forever..."

Upon hearing these words, Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine and nodded solemnly.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. I'll open the barrier now. Get ready and head over..."

Ye Chen took a deep breath and followed the old man's steps into the light screen.

As they drew closer to the enormous light screen, an exceptionally powerful soul pressure emanated from it...

Ye Chen frowned and, at the old man's signal, stepped into an opened golden passage.

The passage wasn't very long, only a few dozen meters, but it took Ye Chen a full two minutes to walk through it...

The moment he stepped out of the passage, a strange energy suddenly surged into his body!

"This is……"

Ye Chen was startled, then his face lit up with ecstatic joy.

"Spiritual energy? This outer realm actually has such abundant spiritual energy?"

No wonder the souls here can reach the Spirit Realm just by using fragments of their souls; it turns out that the outer realm already has such a terrifying amount of spiritual energy!

If one could cultivate here, reaching the Spirit Realm and the Soul Realm would probably be a piece of cake, right?

Thinking of this, Ye Chen's first thought was to immediately begin cultivating and absorbing spiritual energy...

With such a rich spiritual environment, why bother killing those dangerous souls? Isn't it better to cultivate it yourself?

However, this thought didn't last long before Ye Chen, startled awake, immediately abandoned it...

"This is……"

As spiritual energy entered his body, Ye Chen keenly sensed the abnormality in his body.

That is, the more spiritual energy he absorbs from the surroundings, the more integrated he becomes with this space, and he even feels that the surrounding environment is becoming more and more real...

"No! It's the spiritual energy that's the problem!"

Realizing something was wrong, Ye Chen quickly cut off the flow of spiritual energy, and even went to great lengths to expel the spiritual energy that had entered his body...

After doing all this and returning to that illusory state, Ye Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wow, so absorbing the spiritual energy of this Soul Domain is actually this dangerous. No wonder no one chooses to directly absorb the spiritual energy for cultivation, but instead risks killing those soul entities to obtain Soul Crystals..."

However, Ye Chen always had one question: his teacher should have known about these things, so why didn't he tell him everything?

Furthermore, Xuan Yi is of equal status to her teacher and was also an elite disciple of the Little Pill Tower. She must have experienced the Soul Domain training as well. Did she remind Cao Ying of this?

Even more

Who is that old man? Is he really just a soul left behind by an ancestor of the Pill Tower to care for his younger disciples?

A series of questions lingered in Ye Chen's mind, making him even more wary of this so-called "Soul Domain".

After pondering for a long time without finding any clues, Ye Chen became slightly frustrated. He could only temporarily put aside all his doubts, quickly improve his soul realm, and then leave this place...

"The spirits here are all in the Spirit Realm, so we must be careful..."

After glancing around at the environment, which was no different from the border region, Ye Chen cautiously began to explore and move forward.

After traveling an unknown distance, Ye Chen suddenly noticed a dramatic change in the environment ahead. The previously hazy, gray landscape had vanished, replaced by a barren hill...

This is so abrupt!

Although the hill was not large, it stood out from its surroundings, which made Ye Chen frown again.

In particular, when he saw a heavily armored figure sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop, with a huge axe beside him, the strange feeling intensified...

"Holy crap! Am I seeing things? Why does this guy look like Darius from another time? This is just too absurd!"

Ye Chen watched all this speechlessly, feeling that everything around him had undergone some unknown change after entering this so-called outer realm.

It's unclear whether it was because Ye Chen's emotional change was too great and revealed his presence, but the figure who was sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop had already stood up, and he was holding the enormous axe in his hand. He roared, "Who are you, you coward, daring to spy on me!"

"Damn it! You're the coward, your whole family are cowards!" Ye Chen cursed speechlessly.

You, a mere remnant soul, have actually learned to swear...

However, Ye Chen still had to admire the other party's keen perception.

After a loud shout, the giant axe of the soul body slashed down, and an immense and unparalleled gust of wind tore through space, rushing towards Ye Chen's location with lightning speed.

Seeing the massive axe shadow, Ye Chen remained calm and dodged the attack...

"Oh!"

Ye Chen dodged the attack, but the opponent's attack was still as powerful as ever. The strong wind slammed into the boulder where he was hiding, and the boulder exploded into dust in an instant. The sharp wind also left a deep trench dozens of feet long in the ground.

"Hmm, the attack power is quite good..."

Ye Chen silently evaluated the opponent's attack.

"Soul Profound Seal Palm!"

Ye Chen also let out a cold shout, and with one hand forming a hand seal, all the fierce attacks were directed at the black-armored figure.

"Clang!"

The soul palm print struck the black-armored figure, and the powerful force directly caused the figure to stagger back two steps.

Judging from his appearance, he didn't seem to have suffered any serious injury, which made Ye Chen narrow his eyes...

"Is it the effect of that black armor?"

His attack was completely blocked by the opponent's armor, so it did not cause any damage to the figure at all.

To be able to conjure such a powerful defensive soul armor for oneself, one has to admit that it is indeed a powerful spiritual soul with intelligence...

"I wonder if you can defend against soul palm prints, but not soul arrows..."

Chapter 189 Absorption

After being knocked back, the opponent did not intend to let Ye Chen go and still roared and charged over.

The giant axe in his hand was suddenly swung like a windmill, and a terrifying gust of wind swept towards Ye Chen's head.

Ye Chen's eyes narrowed; he knew he needed to finish this quickly...

He dodged the opponent's heavy axe with a quick movement, and with a raise of his hands, a longbow formed entirely of soul power appeared in his hands.