136: Forced to leave

As Xiao Zhuo stepped into the Yuan Realm's Eastern Sea territory, his main soul infant resonated with his second Split Soul.

A crack appeared in the Void Realm, and his main body, enveloped in silver light, materialized.

The moment his soul infant merged with his Physical Body, memories surged like a tide.

He immediately understood the origin of the Divine Souls he had retrieved from the Secret Realm passage, as well as the reason for their fall into the turbulent flow.

His Divine Sense spread out like a net, revealing dozens of Human Race powerhouses' bodies scattered within a hundred miles. Some were embedded in reefs, others submerged in the deep blue sea. A rough count showed at least dozens of them.

Although these Divine Sea Realm Cultivators would not drown, the Divine Souls that had completely disintegrated in the passage were gone forever.

He flicked his finger, and fourteen streams of pure Soul Power injected into the nearly collapsing Divine Souls, causing the translucent phantoms to solidify slightly.

These Divine Souls, which had almost disintegrated in the Secret Realm tunnel, slowly recovered one by one.

Waves of gratitude rose and fell amidst the sound of the surging tides.

Xiao Zhuo's mind was preoccupied with the Sacred Soul Scripture at the moment, with no time to dally with them.

With a sweep of his wide sleeve, the Divine Souls transformed into streaks of light and were sent by Xiao Zhuo to the vicinity of their Physical Bodies.

Tapping his toes lightly in the Void Realm, ripples spread, and Xiao Zhuo's figure vanished without a trace.

After refining Silver Fox Zi Ji, the Yuan Realm, a Minor Thousand Worlds, had completely become his personal garden. He could go wherever he pleased, reaching any destination in a single thought.

Almost simultaneously, Xiao Zhuo appeared on a low peak of a secluded island in the Eastern Sea.

Here, he had established an Immortal Cave.

The moment he stepped into the Immortal Cave and sat on the jade platform, the Profound Truths of the Sacred Soul Scripture unfolded in his mind.

With the True Explanation of Soul Refining as his Foundation, entering the Sacred Soul Scripture was effortless for him.

In truth, the True Explanation of Soul Refining and the Sacred Soul Scripture originated from the same lineage; the difference lay entirely in the Soul Burning Golden Flame.

Both Cultivation Techniques could condense Soul Burning Golden Flame during Cultivation. The difference was that the True Explanation of Soul Refining could only crudely ignite the Divine Soul with the golden flame to unleash power, while the Sacred Soul Scripture developed the golden flame to its extreme, condensing it into golden flame divine patterns that integrated with the Divine Soul from their very inception.

Golden flame divine patterns could amplify Soul Power and also increase the strength of the Divine Soul.

When necessary, one could also burn the golden flame divine patterns to stimulate the soul body, unleashing even greater power.

Among Cultivators of the same realm, those who Cultivated the Sacred Soul Scripture could contend with three Cultivators who only Cultivated the True Explanation of Soul Refining. If both sides used golden flames, they could even achieve a ratio of one against ten.

Xiao Zhuo sat in his Immortal Cave and only took half a day to achieve getting Started in the Sacred Soul Scripture.

He then began adding Attribute Points. For a Cultivation Technique that received a Heaven-Grade rating on the panel, each addition of Attribute Points cost a million. Although these were only Attribute Points from a Minor Thousand Worlds, it was still astounding.

In the panel space, Xiao Zhuo's Soul Power surged around him, and wisps of golden flame occasionally spilled out of his body, then flowed back into his Sea of Consciousness.

He began continuously imprinting divine patterns onto his soul infant.

Given Xiao Zhuo's third-rank soul infant Foundation, Cultivating the Sacred Soul Scripture merely involved imprinting all of its unique golden flame divine patterns onto his soul infant.

Originally, his soul infant Dantian had accumulated a large amount of Soul Burning Golden Flame from Cultivating the True Explanation of Soul Refining to the third-rank soul infant. Now, under the guidance of the guiding force, these golden flames were rapidly drawn out of his body and began to engrave divine patterns on the surface of his soul infant.

Starting from his glabella, they spread throughout his entire body.

As the golden flame divine patterns formed, Xiao Zhuo could feel his Soul Power being continuously purified and refined.

At the same time, during the circulation of his Soul Power, he could also feel the amplitude of the golden flame divine patterns.

It was truly profound and unparalleled.

Although the Sacred Soul Scripture and the True Explanation of Soul Refining had different Foundations, the power of these golden flame divine patterns was far beyond what the True Explanation of Soul Refining could compare to.

After ten million Attribute Points were consumed, the golden flame divine patterns had completed the body surface patterns.

At this moment, if Xiao Zhuo were to release his soul infant, he would see its entire body glowing with a reddish-gold hue, and upon closer inspection, its surface would be covered with intricate golden divine patterns constantly flowing.

Meanwhile, his second Split Soul's soul infant was also Cultivating the Sacred Soul Scripture, progressing at roughly the same pace as his main body.

However, reaching this point was already the greatest progress achievable in a short time. Next, he needed to engrave divine patterns within the soul infant's body. This step was extremely dangerous in the Sacred Soul Scripture; a slight mishap could ignite the soul infant.

Moreover, this was also the key to Breakthrough to the fourth-rank soul infant. Once he broke through, a fourth-rank soul infant Soul Dao Cultivator would be strong enough to contend with ordinary Integration Stage Cultivators.

Xiao Zhuo continued to add Attribute Points.

In the White Mist Space, within Xiao Zhuo's Sea of Consciousness, two soul infants sat facing each other.

The guiding force manipulated the extremely dangerous Soul Burning Golden Flame, causing it to emanate from the soul infant's Dantian and slowly engrave divine patterns along every Meridian it passed through.

Attribute Points were burning frantically.

Thirty million.

Sixty million.

One hundred million.

Three hundred million.

It consumed more than half of the six hundred million Attribute Points Xiao Zhuo had stored before the Meridian divine patterns within the soul infant's body were completely engraved.

Soul Power surged through the divine patterns, causing the entire soul infant to glow with a dense golden light, and a majestic pressure erupted uncontrollably.

At this moment, the soul infant's aura, which he had been suppressing, was instantly perceived by the Yuan Realm's Heavenly Dao.

Xiao Zhuo exited the White Mist Space, his face full of helplessness.

A powerful sense of spatial repulsion enveloped him.

He knew this meant he had far exceeded the Minor Thousand Worlds' capacity limit; the Yuan Realm was trying to expel him.

Originally, with his soul infant's power restrained, as long as he usually refrained from wantonly releasing Soul Power, even the Yuan Realm's Heavenly Dao would not detect any anomaly.

But now that his soul infant had advanced to the fourth-rank, his Divine Soul power had increased almost geometrically, and he had no time to restrain it, having already been perceived by the Heavenly Dao.

Xiao Zhuo's mind raced. If he were to be squeezed out now, he would inevitably wander in the World Sea, relying on luck to find a Middle Thousand Worlds.

Since that was the case, it would be better to rush into the Demon Abyss Passage; at least his Blood Sea Clone there was still safe and sound.

He acted on his thoughts.

While resisting the spatial compression, Xiao Zhuo manipulated the Space Law to forcibly tear open space, heading towards Wuluo Prefecture.

Currently, all Demon Abyss Passages in the Yuan Realm, except for the one beneath the Blood Demon Hall in Wuluo Prefecture, had been banished into spatial rifts by Xiao Zhuo using Taishi Space.

Even this last one was sealed with three nested Taishi Space Seals.

Ensuring not a single wisp of Devilish Qi could leak out.

Under the immense spatial pressure of the Yuan Realm, Xiao Zhuo could barely move. If he hadn't mastered the Space Law, he had no doubt that he would have been squeezed out of the Yuan Realm and left to wander the World Sea the moment he made his Breakthrough.

In a vast underground space somewhere in Wuluo Prefecture, a pitch-black palace stood silently. Around the palace, three layers of thirty-six-sided pale golden spatial barriers were heavily nested, firmly sealing the palace within.

Less than a hundred meters from the Seal, there was also a military camp, housing hundreds of soldiers who were at least Body Tempering Martial Artists, with a Divine Sea Realm general stationed there.

A spatial rift trembled as it slowly opened outside the barrier/boundary.

Xiao Zhuo's figure slowly emerged from it.

The spatial compression had already distorted his body somewhat.

The fluctuations here were naturally perceived by the Divine Sea Realm general stationed at the location.

A silver shadow flashed, and a figure in full golden armor had already reached the edge of the rift.

Seeing Xiao Zhuo, the man hesitated for a moment, then cupped his fists and knelt halfway, saying, "Greetings, Thunder Celestial Venerable!"

"Dispense with the formalities! Help me inform Immortal Master Azure Heaven of the Taiyi Sect and Sect Head Xiao Shaoyou that I have made another Breakthrough today and have been rejected by the world, forcing me to leave the Yuan Realm. After I depart, please have them come here to Seal the passage." Xiao Zhuo spoke with difficulty, and with a wave of his hand, the three Taishi Space Seals shattered like mirrors.

Xiao Zhuo walked step by step towards the palace interior.

Inside the palace, the final Taishi Space Seal confined a surging Devilish Qi, pitch-black passage.

Xiao Zhuo's eyes flickered, and he pointed a finger, causing the last Taishi Space to dissipate.

The accumulated Devilish Qi instantly surged out, but before it could spread outwards, it was drawn into Xiao Zhuo's body by a massive suction force.

This absorption lasted for half an incense stick's time, during which Xiao Zhuo's body was hunched over by the spatial pressure.

Once all the accumulated Devilish Qi was drained, and only wisps of Devilish Qi were left emanating from the Demon Abyss Passage, Xiao Zhuo, still hunched, plunged into the passage.

The moment he entered, he raised a hand, and a hexagonal barrier instantly formed behind him.

This was the most he could do in haste. He figured that if the general was fast enough, this Seal should hold until Immortal Master Azure Heaven and Xiao Shaoyou arrived.

He had done his best; henceforth, the Yuan Realm would be completely unrelated to him.

In the Demon Abyss Passage, he flew against the Devilish Qi, continuously moving towards the other side of the passage.

Meanwhile, on the Wuluo Prefecture of the Blood Demon Realm, in a clearing in a dense forest, hundreds of black-clad individuals were busy. In the center of the clearing was a massive spatial passage.

These black-clad Disciples were continuously engraving array patterns around the passage.

At this moment, a large number of dark golden array patterns already covered most of the clearing.

Just then, a powerful pressure subtly emanated from the passage, and the Devilish Qi of the Blood Demon Realm, which had been continuously pouring into the passage, was actually forced to surge backward.