Unless he had other plans.
“Then why did you go with him?” Yunxi frowned.
David watched Zhou Yuanlang’s retreating figure and said calmly, “He has his plans, and I have my ways. The remnant souls of my friend and his wife won’t last much longer, and I can’t wait.”
Yunxi stopped talking, but gripped his sword tighter, his eyes showing greater vigilance.
Ming Li led Liu Qianqian from behind, her Ghost Sword already unsheathed half an inch, ready to face any unexpected situation.
Yun Yao followed David closely, her face ashen, but she bit her lip and made no sound.
Six figures passed through the rickety buildings on the Holy Light Peak and headed towards the back mountain.
Along the way, there were collapsed palaces and fleeing temple disciples everywhere.
When the disciples saw David and his group, they were like ghosts, screaming and scattering in all directions. No one dared to come forward to stop them.
Hall master Yao Chen had died, the mountain protection formation had shattered, and the elders had either died or fled. This holy land, which once dominated the Holy Light Realm for hundreds of thousands of years, was now just a toothless tiger, just a show without substance.
Zhou Yuanlang led them through the ruins, then through a dark mountain tunnel, and finally to a valley entrance shrouded in thick mist.
“Here he is.”
Zhou Yuanlang stopped and pointed at the valley, then said, “The Soul Returning Array is deep within this valley. However, the array has always been shrouded by restrictions, preventing outsiders from entering. Only my elder token can activate it.”
He took out a palm-sized gold token from his pocket. The token was filled with dense runes and emitted a faint light.
“Grandfather, wait a moment, I will immediately activate the restriction”
Zhou Yuanlang held the token in front of him, muttering something under his breath.
The runes on the token began to light up, the golden light getting stronger until it finally turned into a beam of light that penetrated the thick fog.
The thick mist billowed upwards and slowly parted to both sides, revealing a narrow passage.
At the end of the passage, an ancient stone platform could be vaguely seen, covered with complicated patterns and emitting a faint blue light.
“That’s the Soul Returning Formation.”
Zhou Yuanlang pointed at the stone platform, his face beaming, “Grandfather, come with me. This spell will take a little time to cast, but it will definitely work.”
After finishing speaking, he stepped into the hallway first.
David stepped to follow, but as soon as he entered the hallway, his brows immediately furrowed sharply.
Something went wrong.
There is something wrong with the atmosphere in this section.
An extremely sinister aura radiated from the depths of the valley. The aura contained the power of holy light unique to gods and the devilish evil intent unique to demons. These two completely opposing forces were forcibly mixed together, creating a distorted, chaotic, and disgusting sense of oppression.
This was like forcibly mixing oil and water; on the surface, the two appeared to blend together, but in reality, each drop repelled and corroded each other.
“David”
Yunxi’s voice came from behind, tinged with obvious worry, “There’s something wrong with this place.”
“I know.”
David stopped where he was, his gaze sharp as lightning, sweeping towards the thick fog at the end of the passage.
The distorted aura grew stronger, as if something was awakening from its slumber.
Zhou Yuanlang had reached the middle of the passage when he suddenly stopped and turned around.
His expression changed.
The fawning and submissiveness was gone, replaced by a sense of complacency and hatred that bordered on obsession.
“David, David, you really dare to come in here.”
Zhou Yuanlang’s voice no longer trembled; instead, it sounded like long-buried joy. “What do you think the temple is? You think I will obediently help you? Hahahaha”
He laughed heartily, the sound echoing loudly in the narrow hallway.
Chen looked at him quietly without saying a word.
Zhou Yuanlang suddenly raised the token in his hand and slammed it hard against the wall of the passage.
explosion!
The entire passage shook violently, and dense fog rushed in from all directions, completely blocking the escape route.
On the ancient stone platform at the end of the passage, the complicated patterns glowed with dazzling red light, like flowing blood.
What was most disturbing was the heartbeat that could be heard from beneath the stone platform.
Pounding.
Pounding.
Pounding.
His heartbeat was deep and strong, each beat making the ground tremble slightly, each beat like a heavy blow to the heart.
Zhou Yuanlang retreated to the side of the stone platform, his smile becoming increasingly sinister.
“Go forward, the most beautiful masterpiece of my people!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the stone platform exploded!
FAQ Novel
Q: What is the Soul Returning Technique?
A: It is a core tradition of the Divine Temple used to reshape a physical body for a remnant soul using special means and bloodline power.
Q: Where must the Soul Returning Technique be performed?
A: It must be performed in the ancient Soul Returning Formation located in the forbidden area behind the temple, the only place to safely release remnant souls from soul crystals.
Share your thoughts on this chapter with other readers.