42: Soul-Crossing Cliff, Spirit-Guiding Bridge

In the Burning Wood Forest, the original scorching dryness had disappeared, replaced by waves of cool breeze.

That vast sea of fire now only had a few sparks remaining.

In the center of the sea of fire, Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes.

"Is this the feeling of Dao Entry Realm Perfection?"

"Hahahaha!"

"My body is full, my power is endless, no one here will be my opponent anymore!"

"Your state is much better than imagined; the heaven swallowing seed has reached the limit of the Dao Entry Realm. If you encounter that Qin Tian now, you can suppress him with one hand!" The voice within the heaven swallowing seed was incredibly confident.

"Hmph! Qin Tian is but a mere ant, yet he dares to play with the sun and moon. Truly overestimating himself!"

"It won't be long before I make him crawl at my feet, making him see his own shallow ignorance clearly, and understand the difference between clouds and mud! What it means for the Heavenly Dao to be heartless!"

Xiao Chen's eyes shone with immense confidence, his entire aura thick and spreading out, causing the entire Burning Wood Forest to tremble!

"Master, the matter is settled." Jian Qi's voice rang in Xiao Chen's mind.

"Well done."

"Hmph, Qin Tian! This Young Master not only wants you to die but also wants your reputation completely ruined, making you an enemy of the entire Canglan Domain!"

"By then, that blind Yun Xi and those graceful Junior Sisters with their unique charms won't escape my grasp...!"

"Jian Qi, how is the progress of using the Soul Devouring Art talismans to control the Cultivators of various sects?"

"Reporting to Master, nearly ninety percent of the Cultivators who entered the Fallen Dragon Grotto are under control, but..."

"But what?!"

"The one Master values most, Savage Ancient, he escaped..."

"Useless!"

Xiao Chen's voice was low and carried a hint of coldness.

"Find him! This Young Master must obtain Savage Ancient's dao seed!"

"Yes, Master."

Jian Qi's voice disappeared.

Xiao Chen snorted coldly, flipped his hand, and an ancient seal interwoven with black and gold appeared in his palm.

"This is a family heirloom of my Xiao Family. Usually, it's completely silent, but since entering this Fallen Dragon Grotto, it has started pulsing incessantly."

"It seems that within the Fallen Dragon Grotto, there is a treasure that originally belonged to my Xiao Family!"

Xiao Chen's eyes lit up, and he followed the direction guided by the ancient seal... Meanwhile.

On the flying boat, Bai Xiyin pulled Su Ningying and Han Qing aside.

"Second Senior Sister, Third Senior Sister, have you noticed anything wrong?"

"No."

Su Ningying shook her head, "What are you trying to say?"

"Don't you think it's strange? Along the way, Senior Brother and this fellow named You have been making eyes at each other. One look and you can tell they are secretly using Divine Thought transmission!"

"He is Senior Brother's friend; it's not strange for friends to talk." Su Ningying peeked at You Ruoli with a bit of doubt, "But it seems there's no need to use Divine Thought transmission so secretly..."

"You're right, Senior Sister. Sneakiness means there's something fishy!" Bai Xiyin took a deep breath and sent a Divine Thought transmission to the two.

"Moreover, I have a major discovery."

"Just now, I wanted to find Senior Brother and passed by that fellow named You. I actually smelled a hint of delicate fragrance. Although it was very faint, I am certain it is a woman's body fragrance!"

"!!!"

Su Ningying and Han Qing were both stunned at the same time.

"She is a woman?"

Bai Xiyin nodded heavily, "My perception won't be wrong; she must be cross-dressing as a man!"

"*Shring!*"

Her long sword left its scabbard by three inches, and Han Qing's gaze turned cold.

Disguising as a man to get close to her Senior Brother—this person must have bad intentions and ulterior motives!

"Senior Sister, calm down, you can't beat her."

Bai Xiyin quickly grabbed Han Qing's wrist.

"We have to find a way to force her to show her true form. Senior Brother dislikes it most when people lie to him. When that happens, this woman won't have any chance..."

"But, what if Senior Brother already knows?" Su Ningying said out of the blue.

Bai Xiyin froze.

"Then we'll tie her up so she can never see Senior Brother again...!"

Su Ningying and Han Qing looked at each other and nodded one after another.

To the side, Yu Qianxun was playing with Xiao Yan and Little Purple, completely unaware of what was about to happen.

"The Yin Qi ahead is very heavy; I think we're not far." You Ruoli spoke slowly, "You mentioned the great li dragon qi in the Jade Slip, so I had someone look up all existing information regarding the Great Li."

"The Great Li Imperial Lineage seems to have a very unique Cultivation method that can seize others' dao seeds for their own use."

"Because of this, the Great Li Dynasty developed extremely rapidly, and in just over a thousand years, it reached the pinnacle of the Canglan Domain, becoming the most powerful Imperial Dynasty."

"Moreover, successive Great Li Emperors would keep those rare dao seed owners in captivity to plunder and exploit them..."

"According to rumors, those dao seed owners were kept in a rare Secret Realm. Now it seems that this is likely the place!"

"The so-called training for the young disciples of the Great Li Dynasty is probably just letting their descendants in to seize the power of others' dao seeds..."

Qin Tian frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Seizing Dao Seeds—this seemed extremely similar to the power of Xiao Chen's heaven swallowing seed.

"Perhaps."

"However, Great Li has been destroyed, and everything is impossible to verify. As for whether the front is truly a captive ground, we'll know once we go and see."

Before long, the flying boat reached the edge of a cliff.

Qin Tian's Divine Thought swept across and he said, "The central area of this Fallen Dragon Grotto seems to be surrounded by cliffs."

You Ruoli nodded, "The Yin Qi below this cliff is too heavy. If we fly with our dao seeds, we'll probably be eroded by that Yin Qi halfway and fall."

"Senior Brother, what should we do then?"

"Let's look around first."

Qin Tian and the others scattered to search.

Soon, a floating blue chain came into view.

The chain spanned across the cliff, leading directly to the central area of the Fallen Dragon Grotto.

"Senior Brother, come quickly, there are words here!" Su Ningying shouted loudly.

Qin Tian stepped forward to look.

"To cross the Soul Crossing Cliff, one must step onto the spirit guiding bridge."

"spirit guiding bridge? Is it referring to this chain?"

"I don't know." The girls shook their heads one after another.

Qin Tian's Divine Thought radiated out, confirming that besides this chain, there was nothing else around that could be used.

Thus, he spoke slowly.

"You guys wait here, I'll go try."

"Senior Brother! I'll go with you!" Su Ningying and the others said in unison.

"No, stay here obediently!" Qin Tian spoke sternly.

"Help me keep an eye on them."

You Ruoli listened to the Divine Thought transmission and nodded slightly.

Qin Tian came to the edge of the cliff and leaped onto the chain.

However, he seemed to have triggered some mechanism.

At the bottom of the Soul Crossing Cliff, countless vengeful souls rose into the sky at the same moment, heading straight for Qin Tian.

In just a breath.

Qin Tian was completely enveloped by those endless vengeful souls.

"Senior Brother!"

Su Ningying and the others cried out in alarm and were about to step forward.

You Ruoli raised her hand, and a golden seal descended from the sky, directly restraining them.

"Look closely, your Senior Brother is not that fragile!"

The girls were stunned and focused their attention.

At this moment, Qin Tian was enveloped by vengeful souls, standing motionless on the chain.

He heard sounds of miserable weeping!

Those vengeful souls did not actively attack him.

They just circled around him weeping... misery, pain, mourning, injustice, grievance... and other negative emotions continuously poured into Qin Tian's Sea of Consciousness.

For any Cultivator, being affected by so many negative emotions would surely throw their state of mind into chaos.

In severe cases, they might even engage in unpredictable self-harming behavior.

And these vengeful souls probably used this method to make one cliff-crosser after another fall from this chain, losing their lives and gradually becoming new vengeful souls... However, this method had no effect on Qin Tian... After a long time, Qin Tian looked up and sighed slowly.

At the same time, a familiar voice rang in his ears:

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