Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1260 - 1260 78 Below the Abyss_4

Chapter 1260: Chapter 78: Below the Abyss_4 Chapter 1260: Chapter 78: Below the Abyss_4 The Abyss Lord, however, did not make any further moves, as if he had given up resisting and completely let himself go to ruin.

But how could everyone dare take such an arch-evil overlord lightly?

Even now, there were methods to restrain Evil Spirits.

But the True Spirit Flame could only restrain the weakest Evil Spirits and malicious thoughts, and they had yet to encounter the more powerful, grown Evil Spirits.

Whether the True Spirit Flame could still dazzle as before when they truly faced them, all was uncertain!

Qing Ming and others, not just one person had doubted whether the True Spirit Flame’s ability to restrain Evil Spirits and malicious thoughts could be a trap, a ploy to lure the enemy deeper, misjudging the situation, blinded by greed for victory without knowing defeat, and falling into a deadly trap!

But even if the True Spirit Flame’s ability to restrain Evil Spirits was not a trap and truly existed, the power of Evil Spirits was far from limited to just that!

If they had the existence of the Abyss Lord, how could there not be guards like the Eight Great Guardiands and Four Great Protectors below him?

This was something that could be figured out with a brain.

Therefore, the enemy is certainly showing weakness to make us arrogant, careless and unguarded!

Sadly, such a tactic of showing weakness to the enemy is doomed to fail with us.

No one had noticed that two people, ever since the first time they entered Zichen Lake to suppress and returned, had never appeared again.

Dong Pingtian.

Wan Li Tong.

These two old veterans, two Elders of the Palaces, never appeared again.

Most likely, these days have been too tense and busy, everyone’s nerves are constantly on edge, and truly not noticing that the two confirmed safe returnees.

Actually, for beings at their level of cultivation, there is hardly any need for others to worry about them.

…

On the surface, everything seemed calm and peaceful.

Everyone’s strength was growing, and the situation seemed very favorable.

However…

Back in the Abyss plane, the Abyss Lord, returning to his great hall, was with the last fragment of the Purple Emperor’s soul.

“Lord Purple Emperor, I hope that this time, your fragmented soul can be successfully mended.”

The Abyss Lord’s current form seemed humanoid, draped in a great cloak, only his entire face was buried within the cloak, being face to face, one could only see a shadow.

“Thank you, my lord, for not forsaking me.”

The Purple Emperor’s fragmented soul appeared particularly wooden.

After the main soul was shattered, this last trace of soul was like a candle in the wind, let alone others, most of its memories had been lost and could hardly be regained.

But the hatred in its heart had not diminished in the slightest.

“Heaven has not forsaken me. Once I have recovered, I must return to Anping, and bring Qing Ming, Feng Yin, Cat Emperor, Lan Dan… all of these people down in the dust. I want them to plead for life in vain, beg for death but unable, tortured for ten thousand years! Ah, ten thousand years!”

The Purple Emperor gnashed his teeth.

“Hehe.”

The Abyss Lord laughed faintly, “You will get your wish.”

“My Lord, there’s one thing I don’t understand. Since you could bring me here, why can’t you yourself…”

“You are now a soul body, even just a fragment, and my Abyss lineage’s understanding of souls is far beyond that of the practitioners in the Anping continent.”

The Abyss Lord said, “While I, I cannot cross the barrier because of my physical body.”

This statement seemed explanatory but was indeed full of pride.

As if having a physical body was something incredibly great.

The Purple Emperor’s envy was clearly genuine.

Indeed great, I once had it, now I have lost it, and only after losing do you know the happiness you once had.

“The passage is being forcibly opened.”

The Abyss Lord said, “I believe it won’t be long before I can appear above, to set foot on the land of Anping continent.”

Just then, from beneath his cloak, a gaze as tangible as reality shot out, pitch-dark, bursting in the air with a ‘pop’ sound, turning into a cloud of black mist, gradually dissipating.

“My Lord’s guard, should be about ready, right?” the Purple Emperor asked carefully.

“Not yet.”

The Abyss Lord said indifferently, “Our Evil Spirits will either become kings or just chaotic particles. Although I am their master now, commanding at will, controlling everything; each Evil Spirit in essence is the same. Given the opportunity, they will turn against me!”

“And as long as they are allowed to devour, they have the chance to grow to my level. But once they grow beyond me, they will turn around and devour me.”

The Abyss Lord’s voice was deep, “Thus, I have been seeking a method to control them from the roots.”

The Purple Emperor was surprised, “Can’t my Lord also devour? Just continue to devour, with my Lord’s strength, the other Evil Spirits are but food in your mouth.”

The Abyss Lord stood up and began pacing slowly, his voice filled with unspeakable heaviness, “At the beginning, after being cleaved by that blade, I lay dormant for countless years before I was fortunate to awaken, regained my senses, and managed to recover to today’s state, which is the limit, but still at the cost of forever losing the ability to devour.”

He sighed deeply, “If my essential devouring power still existed, then this continent would already be mine! And I would have already broken out into the stars.”

“That blade, enough to make me never recover, just stopping at the price of losing my devouring power, is my fortune!”

The Purple Emperor was silent for a moment.

He had never imagined that the mighty Abyss Lord was no longer able to devour.

And moreover, he had only spoken of it to him now.

All because today’s self poses no threat to him at all!

“Who wielded that blade?” the Purple Emperor asked cautiously.

The power that the Abyss Lord was currently exhibiting was already beyond the Purple Emperor’s comprehension.

He truly could not imagine who it could be that with one blade, the Abyss Lord was brought to a perpetual downfall, and still celebrates to this day.

“That was a transcendent bladesman beyond my understanding, towering over this space. I do not know his name.”

The Abyss Lord fell silent for a moment, then said, “Back then, like me, who were mere fringe members of our clan. And that blade… annihilated the Evil Spirit clan across a starscape!”

“A trillion Evil Spirits, after that one blade, less than ten survived. I am one of them.”

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