166: Hades tests his sword

As time passed, Shen Guyan's consciousness gradually stabilized, and the backlash from the Dragon Soul seemed to have weakened significantly. Nalali noticed this change and felt secretly annoyed. If Shen Guyan could have maintained that state for just a little longer, she would have been certain of turning him into a pawn in her hands in the future.

Finally, Shen Guyan slowly opened his eyes. The Chaos in his eyes gradually faded, and a glimmer of clarity returned. He looked at Nalali, who was within arm's reach, and had already come to a realization in his heart.

Seeing Shen Guyan wake up, Nalali immediately wore a sweet smile on her face. "Gongzi Yu, you've finally woken up. You really scared Nalali just now..."

"Oh? The infamous dark bell can also be scared?" Shen Guyan said with a half-smile.

"Of course, I was so worried about you..." Nalali said, acting coquettishly while wrapping her arms around his neck.

"If there's nothing else, get out. I need to Cultivate in seclusion." Shen Guyan's gaze turned slightly cold, and the azure dragon imprint quickly appeared on Nalali's forehead.

The smile on Nalali's face stiffened, and a trace of unwillingness flashed in her eyes. But seeing Shen Guyan's icy gaze, she ultimately dared not disobey. She had no choice but to rise resentfully and leave the room, looking back every few steps.

After Nalali left and the door closed, silence returned to the room. Shen Guyan took a deep breath and slowly sat cross-legged on the bed.

He immediately circulated the Great Primordial Art. Instantly, a gentle and mellow Soul Power began to flow throughout his body. Shen Guyan guided this Soul Power like an invisible thread, pulling at the dragon blood essence he had absorbed earlier in the blood pool.

Those dragon blood essence rampaged within his body like wild horses that had broken free from their reins, attempting to break through Shen Guyan's control. However, the Great Primordial Art was worthy of being the primary peerless Cultivation Technique in the Great Sorrow Scripture; that mellow Soul Power was like a steady mountain, firmly suppressing the restlessness of the dragon blood essence.

Shen Guyan focused all his attention, carefully refining the dragon blood essence strand by strand and integrating it into his Candle Dragon Bloodline.

The Candle Dragon mode was indeed powerful, but every time it was used, it would consume a portion of the Candle Dragon Bloodline, which had been so difficult for the Azure Dragon Aura to derive.

Nourished by the dragon blood essence, the Candle Dragon Bloodline was like parched land receiving sweet rain, radiating an even more powerful vitality.

The power of the Candle Dragon, originally lurking deep within Shen Guyan's Bloodline, was now completely awakened and began to burn fiercely.

Shen Guyan could clearly feel his body undergoing wonderful changes; his muscles were becoming tighter, his bones more resilient, and every inch of his skin seemed to be absorbing the powerful strength brought about by the dragon blood essence.

While fusing the dragon blood essence, Shen Guyan did not forget another matter—using the temporarily suppressed Dragon Souls in his sea of consciousness to Cultivate the Great Soul Searching Hand. Although the Dragon Souls in this blood pool were full of aggression, if utilized properly, they would become excellent aids for Cultivating this Cultivation Technique.

Shen Guyan concentrated his mind and, following the Cultivation method of the Heavenly Doom Earthly Annihilation Great Soul Searching Hand, submerged his consciousness into the chaotic sea of consciousness within his body.

Seemingly detecting the appearance of Shen Guyan's Incarnation of consciousness, the roars of countless Dragon Spirit Beast echoed once again, though they were much weaker than before. Although these Dragon Souls had been temporarily suppressed by Nalali, they were ultimately a trouble as long as they remained in his consciousness...

Shen Guyan immediately activated the Great Soul Searching Hand, crushing these broken Dragon Souls one by one and absorbing their remaining Soul. This was a contest of Spirit and Soul; if he were the least bit careless, he would be completely eroded by the Dragon Souls and fall into a place of no return.

As time passed, those originally violent Dragon Souls were gradually suppressed by Shen Guyan's consciousness. He successfully brought a portion of the Dragon Soul power under his control, making it nourishment for Cultivating the Great Soul Searching Hand.

After finishing this, Shen Guyan finally let out a long sigh of relief. However, the Dragon Soul essence absorbed and digested this time was but a drop in the ocean compared to the entire blood pool.

It had to be said that although the methods used by the Holy Spirit Cult to Cultivate were cruel, their Cultivation resources were sufficiently abundant. To fill a blood pool that large with dragon blood, how much manpower and material resources had the Holy Spirit Cult expended? And how many years had it taken to complete?

Shen Guyan shook his head, trying to keep himself clear-headed. In a place like the Holy Spirit Cult, he had to be cautious above all else.

Just as he walked out of his residence, Shen Guyan saw a figure standing in front of the door, as if waiting there for a long time.

It was an extremely handsome and beautiful man, wearing grey armor and a grey cloak. The armor was crystal clear, refracting strange light. His long black hair was draped behind his head, but his face was snow-white, without a single trace of color, making his handsome face look somewhat eerie.

In his right hand, he held a slender cross-sword. Just like the armor on his body, the cross-sword itself was also grey and transparent, with a layer of grey light mist faintly appearing and disappearing on it.

Moreover, his armor had no helmet, only a grey crystal on his forehead, which was diamond-shaped and carved with countless facets that refracted light.

Shen Guyan secretly pondered. He had already met the four heavenly kings; the person before him was likely one of the two Emperors of the Holy Spirit Cult. However, no matter how he looked at it, he did not seem like a human, but rather like a grim reaper from the Netherworld.

"You are Gongzi Yu? The first place winner of that Youth Genius Competition from the Spirit Pagoda?" The man's voice was also very cold and chilling, as if it were emitted by a ghost from the nine springs.

"It is I. And Senior is..." Shen Guyan looked at the person before him, neither humble nor arrogant.

"I am the Pluto Emperor. Follow me." Saying this, the man calling himself the Pluto Emperor walked out.

"Who is the Pluto Emperor?" There were no records about this person in the books, so Shen Guyan had to ask Leng Yulai through the azure dragon imprint.

"Pluto Douluo Harosa, legend has it he was born in a small city in the Douluo Federation. It is said that when he was born, his body was tainted by unclean things. He was snow-white all over from birth, without a shred of color, and even his eyes were grey, just like a ghost." Leng Yulai's reply came very quickly, and her tone carried a deep sense of dread.

"Such a strange appearance filled his family with fear, and they abandoned him directly."

"But this guy's vitality was extremely tenacious; not only was he saved, but he was also sent to an orphanage. However, because of his strange appearance, he was still not accepted by the outside World."

"Fortunately, he had a very beautiful appearance. Apart from his skin and eye color, nothing else looked special. Just like that, he grew up lonely in the orphanage until he was six."

"On that day when he was six, without any ceremony, his Spirit awakened. And from the day his Spirit awakened, he was destined to bring disaster to this World."

"Along with the Awakening of his Spirit, Harosa also awakened a Domain, called the Netherworld Rebirth Domain."

"When Harosa's Domain appeared, twelve skeleton warriors also appeared at the same time. Those twelve skeleton warriors rose up to kill, massacring the entire orphanage. Those children and teachers in the orphanage became the first batch of sacrifices for the Netherworld Rebirth Domain. After their flesh and blood were devoured by the Netherworld Rebirth Domain, they were converted into Harosa's power, allowing him to complete the transformation of Innate Full Soul Power."

"So eerie?" Shen Guyan naturally understood what a Domain meant. Comparing people only leads to frustration; this guy had been carrying this thing with him since birth...

"He came to find you as soon as he got back?" Leng Yulai couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Shen Guyan was also a bit puzzled, not knowing what important matter this Pluto Emperor had with him.

"Gongzi Yu, I have heard that your Self-created Spirit Ability is remarkable, and your swordsmanship is even more superb; I would like to test it." The Pluto Emperor Harosa stopped in an open space, standing with his sword.