137: Soul Locking Seal

A gaunt, golden-robed Old Ancestor, who was sitting cross-legged at the edge of the plaza, raised his eyebrows slightly and looked towards the passage entrance.

The next moment, a golden light flew out from the passage.

A young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, clad in a dark robe, emerged from the golden light. An ethereal Soul pressure emanated from his body, causing the Old Ancestor's Divine Soul to tremble.

The Old Ancestor was about to rise when a terrifying Divine Sense swept across the entire plaza.

"An Integration Stage Grand Elder?" His half-raised hand froze in mid-air, and a hoarse gasp escaped his throat.

Xiao Zhuo, upon exiting the passage, sensed over a hundred Cultivator auras and was also startled. However, after his Divine Sense swept the entire area, he relaxed; the strongest among them was merely a Void Refining Realm demonic Cultivator.

Immediately, the terrifying Soul Power, which had reached the fourth stage of the soul infant, surged from his body, instantly enveloping the entire plaza.

Under this terrifying Soul Power, all hundred black-clad individuals in the plaza collapsed to the ground, their eyes filled with terror.

Meanwhile, Yin Zhuo, who was the focus of attention, was like an ant struggling in a mud pit. Despite his utmost efforts, he couldn't even cast a single Daoist Magic; the operation of his entire Divine Soul seemed to have become sluggish.

On the other side of the Blood Demon Realm, within the Abyssal Blood Palace Immortal Cave, Blood Heaven suddenly opened his eyes. He slightly raised his gaze towards the south, his brows furrowed.

"How could this venerable one cross the boundary realm so quickly? It seems I'll have to find an opportunity to go out!" Blood Heaven shook his sleeve, and a little dust fell off as he secretly made his plans.

On the other side, Xiao Zhuo made a grasping motion in the Void Realm, and the gaunt body of the golden-robed Old Ancestor was immediately pulled into the air.

Yin Zhuo only felt a terrifying Divine Sense, one he had never encountered before, brutally tear through all defenses in his Sea of Consciousness like an unparalleled sharp blade, instantly locating his Divine Soul.

Memories continuously surged through his mind, being read by the other party. All that remained in his heart was horror.

And Xiao Zhuo also understood the situation here through Yin Zhuo's memories.

More than a year ago, the Slaughter Demon Palace experienced a situation where a Minor Thousand Worlds passage lost contact. The Sect immediately dispatched people to investigate, and the result was that all the Disciples at that passage entrance had turned into mummified corpses, including an Outer Sect Disciple Elder who was stationed there.

The final investigation concluded that a Devil Head, highly likely to have reached the Peak of the Demon Core Realm or even the Nascent Soul Realm, had appeared in the passage.

Logically, such a situation should be impossible. Firstly, even if a strong Cultivator from a Minor Thousand Worlds were to Ascend to the Blood Demon Realm through the passage, they would lose the blessing of the Minor Thousand Worlds' Laws. In terms of combat power, even if they could rival a Demon Core Realm existence in the Minor Thousand Worlds, they should be inferior to even the weakest Demon Core Realm after arriving in the Blood Demon Realm.

Yet, the result was that the Slaughter Demon Palace Disciples were completely wiped out, unable to even let a single person escape. This matter was extremely abnormal.

It also made the Slaughter Demon Palace take it quite seriously, even dispatching Yin Zhuo, a Void Refining Realm Outer Sect Disciple Elder, to investigate personally.

Unfortunately, the culprit left no survivors. The Outer Sect Disciple were too weak to even qualify for a Soul Lamp, and the Slaughter Demon Palace only discovered the anomaly of this passage a full month later.

By the time they came to investigate, they could no longer find anything.

Unless a Tribulation Crossing Realm Old Ancestor who Cultivated the Dao of time and space could retrace time and space, a clue might be found.

However, not only was it unlikely that any Tribulation Crossing Realm Old Ancestor would have such free time, but the Slaughter Demon Palace also did not have any Tribulation Crossing Realm Old Ancestor who Cultivated the Dao of time and space.

In the end, they could only cease the pursuit of the culprit. After all, the Blood Demon Realm was too vast; finding someone was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

But since it could be confirmed that the culprit came from that Minor Thousand Worlds, they could naturally start by investigating that Minor Thousand Worlds.

Moreover, ever since that culprit emerged, the passage facing that Minor Thousand Worlds was also Sealed, causing the Slaughter Demon Palace to lose an important source of low-level resources and slaves.

It should be known that ever since the Blood Palace gained control of the Blood Demon Realm, it issued a decree forbidding major Sect from wantonly slaughtering the beings of this realm. This forced all Sects, if they desired slaves or to refine soul banner, to either initiate Sect wars or acquire them through various controlled Minor Thousand Worlds or boundary realm wars.

One can imagine how important a Minor Thousand Worlds was, one that had only been discovered for over a thousand years and was continuously providing slaves and resources to the Slaughter Demon Palace.

To clarify the situation in the Lower Realm, the Sect specially approved the mobilization of a hundred Formation Hall Disciples to set up a descent Formation, preparing to dispatch a large number of Demon Core Realm Disciples to the Lower Realm to investigate and completely control the Minor Thousand Worlds connected by this passage.

All specific matters were handled by Yin Zhuo.

The descent Formation was profound and complex. Even with a hundred Formation Hall Disciples and a Soul Transformation Realm Elder, this descent Formation was still only 80% complete.

Now that Xiao Zhuo knew everything, his mind was as clear as a mirror. Needless to say, the so-called culprit was undoubtedly his first Split Soul, Blood Heaven.

And from Yin Zhuo's memories, Xiao Zhuo also gained a clear understanding of the Blood Demon Realm's structure, even clearer than what Blood Heaven had previously learned from Xiang Qi.

The Slaughter Demon Palace, as a first-rate major power under the Blood Palace, had Grand Elder who were also Mahayana Cultivator, not much weaker than the Sacred Soul Sect Old Ancestor Void Soul he had met.

With his current strength, if he were to eliminate Yin Zhuo, it would inevitably draw the attention of the Slaughter Demon Palace's higher-ups. At that time, it would no longer be just Void Refining Realm Cultivator pursuing him; it might even alert Integration Stage or even Tribulation Crossing Realm old monsters.

Before clarifying Blood Heaven's situation, Xiao Zhuo did not want to make too much of a fuss.

Fortunately, he had already Cultivated the Sacred Soul Scripture.

Xiao Zhuo's eyes flashed with golden light, and the powerful Divine Soul pressure intensified by another fold.

Most of the Formation Hall Disciples in the plaza, ranging from Foundation Establishment to Demon Core Realm, were instantly knocked unconscious by the suddenly intensified pressure. Several unlucky individuals even had their Divine Soul directly crushed.

The next moment, Xiao Zhuo's hand Seals changed, forming a Seal resembling a pink mandara flower bud, which he then directly struck into Yin Zhuo's Sea of Consciousness.

The Soul Locking Seal, once cast, can invisibly control the target's Divine Soul, even subtly causing the target to develop fervent faith in the caster, willing to die for them, and is extremely difficult to detect. At the same time, with just a thought, it can shatter the target's Divine Soul.

Therefore, it was once called the strongest slave Seal in the Xuanling Realm.

However, this Seal consumed a great deal of energy. Even with Xiao Zhuo's current Soul Power intensity, it took nearly 10% of his Soul Power to successfully cast it.

Yin Zhuo watched Xiao Zhuo's actions, his resistance growing more intense. Although he didn't know what Xiao Zhuo was doing, he instinctively felt a huge crisis. Unfortunately, his Divine Soul was firmly suppressed, preventing him from controlling the spiritual power within his body.

Seeing Xiao Zhuo strike a flower bud-like Seal towards him, Yin Zhuo finally managed to speak, "You..."

Before he could finish, the Seal entered his body. Yin Zhuo's pupils constricted violently to pinprick size, then suddenly dilated, a pink light flashing across them, before slowly returning to normal.

Xiao Zhuo withdrew the Soul Power suppressing Yin Zhuo. Yin Zhuo's figure slowly descended from mid-air, his gaze now filled with fanaticism as he looked at Xiao Zhuo. He knelt on both knees and prostrated himself, saying, "This old slave Yin Zhuo greets Master!"

Nodding with satisfaction, Xiao Zhuo was quite pleased. This secret art of the Sacred Soul Sect was truly terrifying. A Void Refining Realm expert was easily subdued by him. While the immense disparity in Divine Soul played a role, it was still incredibly terrifying.

Just imagine, if the Sacred Soul Sect wanted to infiltrate other Sect, with such means, wouldn't it be effortless?

It's no wonder Void Soul was unwilling to submit back then, and Blood Heaven would unhesitatingly destroy the Sacred Soul Sect. The threat of the Sacred Soul Sect was simply too great.

However, the Changtian lineage, not having obtained the Sacred Soul Scripture, was much easier to control.

Having controlled Yin Zhuo, Xiao Zhuo's gaze fell upon the only middle-aged female Cultivator among the black-clad Disciples whose robe had golden embroidery on the hem.

This person was the Soul Emergence Realm Elder of the Slaughter Demon Palace's Formation Hall. Although she was also suppressed and unable to move by Xiao Zhuo's Divine Soul pressure, she had not fainted.

With a thought, Yin Zhuo's figure had already landed beside her. With a grab of his large hand, he restrained all her spiritual power and brought her before Xiao Zhuo.

"Elder Yin Zhuo! You..." Jin Chengwei was greatly alarmed, unsure why Yin Zhuo had instantly become the subordinate of this mysterious young man. A chilling dread immediately surged in her heart.

Yin Zhuo's gaunt face revealed a fanatical smile, "Elder Jin, it is your honor to become the Master's believer."

Jin Chengwei was stunned, only to see a pink light already struck into her Sea of Consciousness by Xiao Zhuo.