99: Purple Spirit Pearl, soul possession?

"Interesting, there's actually an Innate Spirit Treasure in such a remote place!"

"Since I've encountered it, it must be fate. I'll see exactly what grade it is!"

Murmuring to himself, Li Yun stepped forward.

Upon arriving at the location of the purple bead, Li Yun didn't immediately try to collect it. Instead, he activated his Purple Gold Divine Pupils to scan the surroundings.

After confirming there was no danger or hidden power, he no longer hesitated and reached out to grab the bead.

However, something unexpected happened.

The moment his hand gripped the bead, he clearly felt a surge of power belonging to a Cultivator burst forth from it.

Before he could even react, the bead shone with a blinding light. Li Yun felt his vision blur as he was pulled directly into his Sea of Consciousness.

"Haha~"

"I've finally waited long enough!"

A manic laughter rang out. Looking toward the source, a Divine Soul with purple hair and purple eyes, exuding a chilling Devilish Qi, appeared nearby.

He stared intently at Li Yun, his eyes filled with greed, fervor, and anticipation.

"A Cultivator's Divine Soul!"

"Are you the owner of that bead?"

Raising an eyebrow, Li Yun said with some surprise, "You intentionally placed the bead there and even let it release its aura to lure people here. You want to possess me?"

"That's right~"

Grinning, the Divine Soul floated in front of Li Yun and said condescendingly, "Of course, not everyone is qualified to be possessed by this seat!"

"Only those with low cultivation but immense potential can detect the existence of the purple spirit pearl and be guided here to become my prey!"

"It's not that no one has been here before, but those fellows were all as cowardly as mice. After seeing the purple spirit pearl, they actually left immediately!"

"Now it's perfect. This body of yours has great potential and is very suitable for my Possession!"

"Damn you, Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun! Once I have fully recovered, I will certainly cut the two of you into a thousand pieces!"

With that, the Divine Soul's figure flickered and lunged directly at Li Yun, intending to devour and possess him.

"Ignorant!"

Seeing this, Li Yun smiled.

Possession?

Of all the people to possess, he chose him!

Although Li Yun's cultivation wasn't considered high, the characteristics of his Primordial Spirit had already changed.

Absorbing the pangu spinal cord didn't just affect his Physical Body; it also strengthened and enhanced his Primordial Spirit.

Furthermore, this was his Sea of Consciousness. Would he let an outsider take control of his own domain? Did the intruder really think he was some ignorant Cultivator without even the most basic mental fortitude and confidence?

As the Divine Soul drew closer, Li Yun slowly spat out a single word: "Freeze!"

In the next second, the Cultivator's Divine Soul was frozen in place, unable to move.

"How is this possible~"

At that moment, the Cultivator discovered to his horror that Li Yun's Primordial Spirit was emitting a terrifying aura. His seemingly small figure now looked down upon him like a heaven-propping giant.

This caused him, despite being the remnant soul of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert, to be frozen in place like a lamb, unable to move.

At this moment, the Cultivator panicked and hurriedly spoke: "Fellow Daoist, this is a misunderstanding!"

"Please spare my life, Fellow Daoist! I am willing to offer the purple spirit pearl, I only ask for a chance at survival!"

At the same time, the Cultivator's mood sank to rock bottom.

He never expected that the prey he had carefully selected would instantly turn into a hunter—and a terrifying, insurmountable one at that.

"Begging for mercy?"

With a cold sneer, Li Yun looked at the remnant soul of the Cultivator with disdain and said, "From the moment you planned to possess me, you lost the necessity to exist!"

As he spoke, Li Yun raised his hand toward the Cultivator's Divine Soul and suddenly clenched it: "Shatter!"

"Ah..."

A scream rang out as the Cultivator's Divine Soul instantly exploded and shattered, eventually leaving behind only some pure Origin fragments. He himself had completely perished.

"Phew~"

Having done all this, Li Yun also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, his Primordial Spirit had been enhanced when he absorbed the pangu spinal cord earlier. Otherwise, even on his home ground, he wouldn't have dealt with the opponent so easily.

Thinking of this, Li Yun waved his hand, drawing the Primordial Spirit Origin fragments left behind by the Cultivator toward him, and swallowed them without hesitation.

As the Swallowing Heaven Technique circulated, the Primordial Spirit Origin fragments were refined at a visible speed, transforming into pure Dharmic power that entered Li Yun's lower dantian.

As this power poured in continuously, stormy waves surged within the space of his lower dantian. On the originally pitch-black sea surface, golden light now shone brilliantly, and golden lotuses bloomed, spreading and expanding in all directions at a visible rate.

Once all the Primordial Spirit Origin fragments were completely absorbed, nearly one-tenth of the entire Dantian sea was occupied by golden lotuses.

Under these circumstances, Li Yun could clearly feel his Dharmic power strengthening once again. Although he hadn't reached Golden Immortal Realm Perfection yet, he wasn't far off.

"Not bad, not bad~"

Opening his eyes, the corners of Li Yun's mouth curled up.

Swallowing Heaven Technique.

Since obtaining it, he had always treated it as an ordinary Cultivation Technique, but its essence was to devour everything.

This time, devouring those Primordial Spirit Origin fragments was incredibly smooth, which also made him realize the true function and value of the Swallowing Heaven Technique.

However, Li Yun didn't plan to rely solely on this devouring method to increase his cultivation. After all, what wasn't cultivated and refined by oneself could easily lead to problems.

He could use it to increase his Dharmic power, but he absolutely could not use it to break through Realms; that would only be more loss than gain.

Besides that, Li Yun also successfully received most of the Cultivator's memories.

From these memories, Li Yun understood the nature of the conflict between him, Zhenyuanzi, and Hongyun.

This fellow was a Middle Stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Cultivator. Taking advantage of the time when Zhenyuanzi left Wuzhuang Temple for Mount Buzhou, he actually sneaked into Wuzhuang Temple intending to seize the ginseng fruit tree.

Just as he was taking action, he was caught red-handed by the returning Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun. Despite his desperate resistance, he was no match for them. In the end, he self-detonated his Physical Body and part of his Primordial Spirit, using the high-grade innate spirit treasure, the purple spirit pearl, as a medium to escape and hide here.

"Plotting for the ginseng fruit tree, you really were seeking your own death."

Shaking his head, a hint of regret appeared in Li Yun's eyes.

After all, his relationship with Zhenyuanzi was quite good, and he couldn't bring himself to steal from a friend.

But if this fellow had actually stolen the ginseng fruit tree, then Li Yun would have had no psychological burden in taking it for himself.

Unfortunately, this fellow was too useless and didn't succeed.

Thinking of this, Li Yun's gaze turned to the purple spirit pearl in his hand and inspected it: [purple spirit pearl: high-grade innate spirit treasure, one of the fragments of the Chaos Pearl, contains 29 innate restrictions and the Law of Thunder!]