283: Chapter 283 Soul Cangxuan Submits, Immaculate Soul Water!

"Phew..."

Lu Yuan slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and clenched his fists. Feeling the vast, surging immortal spiritual power within his body, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Is this the power of the Void Immortal Middle Stage... It is more than several times stronger than the Early Stage."

Now, only one person remained on the field.

The Soul Clan Old Ancestor, Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor.

At this moment, Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor was already so terrified that he slumped to the ground, his face ashen.

He had personally witnessed the tragic deaths of the other two; they were experts of the same level as him, yet they were slaughtered like chickens.

There was no longer the slightest thought of resistance in his heart, only endless fear.

"Lu... Lord Lu, spare my life! Spare me!"

Watching Lu Yuan approach step by step, Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor disregarded all dignity and knelt directly on the ground, kowtowing frantically. The sound of his forehead hitting the floor was exceptionally piercing in the silent hall.

"This old man is willing to surrender! I am willing to lead the entire Soul Clan to submit to your lordship! From now on, I will serve you like an ox or a horse with no second thoughts! I beg your lordship for mercy, spare my life! I am useful, I am still useful!"

He did not want to die. The longer someone lived, the more they feared death.

Even being a dog was better than having his Divine Soul extinguished and his entire cultivation base reduced to nothing.

Lu Yuan walked up to Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor, looking down from above at this once-arrogant Void Immortal Ancestor.

Looking at that tearful old face, a flicker of contemplation flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.

"Killing you would indeed be a bit of a waste."

Lu Yuan said indifferently, "I happen to lack an obedient Void Immortal enforcer to help me handle some trivial matters."

Hearing this, Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor felt as if he had been granted a grand amnesty. His whole body trembled with excitement as he hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Lord, for your mercy! Thank you, Lord! This old man will certainly do his utmost to serve you like a dog or a horse!"

"Don't be so quick to thank me."

The corners of Lu Yuan's mouth curled into a mysterious arc, his eyes bone-chillingly cold. "If you want to be my dog, you must first wear a collar.

I don't believe in loyalty that is merely verbal."

As he spoke, he raised his hand. Black light swirled around his fingertips, quickly condensing into a cluster of strange, grayish-black runes.

The runes emitted heart-palpitating ripples of Karma; it was the Death Rattle Curse that the Netherworld Holy Ancestor had previously cast!

"This... this is?!" Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor's pupils shrank, and he almost fainted from fright.

"Don't worry, this is the Death Rattle Curse that I just reverse-engineered and improved."

Lu Yuan looked at Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor, his tone so calm it was chilling. "The original version was too crude and the cost was too high.

My version doesn't require sacrificing Lifespan, but it is even more powerful and more discreet."

"I will plant this curse deep within your Divine Soul and perform a Fusion with your true spirit.

Normally, it will not trigger, and it won't hinder your cultivation.

But as long as you have even a hint of betrayal, or if I am unhappy, with just a single thought from me..."

Lu Yuan lightly snapped his fingers. "Snap."

"You will experience the pain of ten thousand Souls devouring your heart and purgatory burning your Soul, until your vitality is completely drained and your Divine Soul is turned to ash.

The choice is yours to make."

Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor looked at the pulsating runes, his body trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with terror.

But he knew this was his only chance to survive.

To refuse was to die.

"This old man... this old man is willing to accept!"

He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and completely opened his Divine Soul's defenses.

"Very well."

Lu Yuan flicked his finger.

"Go."

The strange curse rune instantly turned into a streak of light, sinking into the center of Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor's brow, drilling directly into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness and tightly entwinning itself around his true spirit.

"Ah—!!!"

Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor let out a cry of agony, feeling as if a cold chain had been added to the depths of his Soul. The suffocating feeling of being completely controlled almost drove him mad.

To test the effect, Lu Yuan shifted his thoughts and slightly activated the curse.

"Ugh, ah..."

Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor instantly collapsed to the ground, his whole body twitching violently as he foamed at the mouth.

He felt one-tenth of his vitality forcibly drained in that instant, making him look much older all at once. The agonizing pain of his Soul being torn apart made him wish he were dead.

"Stop! Stop! Master, spare me! This old servant knows his mistake! This old servant dares not do it again!" he screamed in terror, his voice shrill.

Lu Yuan withdrew his thought and looked at Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor lying on the ground like a dead dog, nodding with satisfaction.

"Not bad, the effect is very good."

"Get up."

Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor climbed up tremblingly, keeping his head low. He no longer dared to look directly into Lu Yuan's eyes, the last trace of luck in his heart completely shattered.

"From today on, you are my Soul Slave.

All the resources, treasuries, and secret techniques of the Soul Clan belong to me.

Do you understand?"

"Yes! This old servant understands! Everyone in the Soul Clan will follow Master's lead! We will go through fire and water without hesitation!" Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor knelt on the ground again, shivering in complete submission.

Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sky outside the hall, his eyes deep.

In this battle, he not only killed two Void Immortals and subdued an ancient clan, but also achieved a Breakthrough to the Void Immortal Middle Stage.

But this was only the beginning.

"Let's go, take me to see the Soul Clan's treasury."

"Yes, Master."

The Soul Clan Treasury.

With a dull boom like thunder, the giant black iron gate, sealed for thousands of years, slowly opened under Hun Cangxuan, the Hun Clan Void Immortal Ancestor's trembling hand seals.

"Creeeak—"

As the door swung open, a surge of Yin-Evil Spiritual Qi, so dense it couldn't be dispersed, rushed out like a flood breaching a dam.

Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and stepped into this treasury that had witnessed the rise and fall of the Soul Clan for tens of thousands of years.

Looking around, this place was simply an ocean of treasures.

On rows of shelves made of ten-thousand-year-old Gloomy Wood, Heaven And Earth Treasures rarely seen in the outside world were placed haphazardly.

There were also countless broken ancient weapons and Magical Artifacts emitting strange fluctuations, piled in corners like trash.

Any one of these items, if leaked outside, would be enough to make the Sects of the outside world fight until their heads bled.

But Lu Yuan's gaze did not linger on these common treasures for even a moment.

His Divine Sense finally locked onto three stone platforms in the deepest part of the treasury.

That was where the Soul Clan's true foundation lay.

Lu Yuan's figure moved slightly, Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, and he instantly arrived before the first stone platform.

This was a stone trough carved from a single piece of "Soul-Fixing Stone," with naturally occurring textures on the walls swirling like mist.

And inside the stone trough, it was more than half-filled with a silver liquid.

The liquid was crystal clear, looking like a silver mirror when still.

Though clearly a liquid, it gave an illusory impression, as if it did not exist in the present world but came from the other shore.

A pure aura that cleansed the heart and purified the Divine Soul was continuously emanating from the liquid.

"Immaculate Soul Water."

Lu Yuan whispered softly, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

This water is a specialty of the Soul Clan, requiring the extraction of the Origin power of billions of pure Souls and ten thousand years of sedimentation to condense a single drop.

Although its grade is not as Heaven-Defying as the legendary reincarnation immortal liquid, it is definitely a rare Soul-nourishing sacred object.