Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 491 - 137 True Void of Soul Killing Transformation

Chapter 491: Chapter 137 True Void of Soul Killing Transformation

"It’s opened, but what a pity about the Divine-level Killing Array. If there had been time to refine it, it would have been an excellent support tool. Such a pity."

Xiong Ba said with great regret, his seven apertures bleeding, looking extremely ferocious. Yet, he didn’t care at all, focusing all his thoughts on the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns.

"Go inside."

Bai Ying nodded and immediately said.

She also felt great regret, but regret was of no use now. The channel inside the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns had opened a crack, and they had to enter immediately, else if the gap closed, reopening it would cost a great deal.

"Let’s go!"

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Xiong Ba didn’t hesitate for a moment and immediately transformed into streams of pitch-black ghosts, like a wave of light rushing into the core space of the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns.

White Fox also transformed into waves of souls, flying into the space of the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns like a conveyor belt.

As soon as the two entered, Heaven and Earth immediately began to shake explosively. With neither of them to restrain it, the clash between the Divine-level Killing Array and the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns grew even more violent. Saints who had initially noticed the anomaly here retreated in shock before they could even approach.

Aside from Saint Yao, no one knew exactly what was happening.

After all, Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb was inherently unstable. Strange and explosive changes, although rare, were not unprecedented, so the saints didn’t speculate too much about it.

As for linking this to Xiong Ba and Wan Jian Tian breaking the seal, no one could have imagined this, and certainly, no one would consider this possibility.

...

Inside the Twelve Yuan Magnetic Light Columns, it was like a world.

This world was filled with mysterious Purple Flame Power, and the entire world was engulfed in purple flames, like a world of fire.

The entire world was constantly burning, the flames seemed capable of incinerating all the evil souls between Heaven and Earth, endlessly.

Within the flames, there were twelve light gates. These gates were intricately interconnected yet strangely merged into one, forming chains of light locks, confining a withered old man at their center.

"Wan Jian Tian, are you dead yet?"

Xiong Ba bellowed, his voice filled with dominance.

As he spoke, his voice, like waves of light, continuously bombarded towards Wan Jian Tian.

Wan Jian Tian’s dry and decayed body slightly moved, and he opened his eyes.

His face resembled a skeleton, and his eyes were just skin over the eye sockets. When his eyelids opened, his dry pupils deeply retreated into the eye sockets, looking extremely terrifying.

Like a living ghost.

Yet his gaze didn’t possess much vitality.

Despite this, he glanced at Xiong Ba, his voice weak and raspy, "Not dead, but might as well be."

"I’m here to rescue you. How about that, touched? I’m sacrificing myself to save you!"

Xiong Ba roared.

"Just you? Huh."

Wan Jian Tian spoke with great difficulty, but the disdain in his tone was clear even to a fool.

However, as he spoke, he still struggled to glance at Bai Ying, then seemed to fall into some reminiscence. His body stiffened for a moment, and his gaze immediately grew complex and intriguing.

"We really are here to help you break the Primordial Magnetic Sealing and the Soul Killing Chains."

Bai Ying spoke softly, her voice carrying a hint of respect and pity for Wan Jian Tian.

In fact, Wan Jian Tian wasn’t greatly at fault, but some things...

"But I’m almost decayed now, without any use left. The harsh reality and the loftiness of the virtual world have erased all of me, so I no longer wish to return to reality."

Wan Jian Tian said somewhat vacantly.

"You..."

Xiong Ba was shocked, disbelievingly staring at Wan Jian Tian.

"The Soul Killing Chains are a form of torture, but also a kind of longing. In the Slaughter Spirit World, I have a beautiful and happy family, a wife as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, and a very strong clan. Even my disciples can cultivate the Soul Path. My family monopolizes the best cultivation resources, and I absorb a trace of Thunder Flame Soul Liquid every day.

Even though each time I absorbed it, I would become aware and know that I have nothing, and it’s just a torturous sensory delivery from the Soul Killing Chains, I could still relish that wonderful taste.

Look, there’s Thunder Flame Soul Liquid again, refreshing and intoxicating. This time, I will ascend beyond the heavens with the complete Thunder Flame Soul Liquid given by my offspring and obtain eternal transcendence."

Wan Jian Tian conveyed this inexplicable information, nearly on his deathbed, looking at false and nonexistent things, yet talking about Thunder Flame Soul Liquid and how delicious and tasty it was.

It was the torment of Soul Killing, where there really was nothing, just a simulated effect passed by Soul Killing.

Like in a real dream, except, when woken up from the dream, in reality, everything wasn’t so brilliant. Reality was, Wan Jian Tian was tormented every day, living worse than death, a saint or even a Divine-level Expert now withering away like a rotten old man.

Bai Ying and Xiong Ba exchanged glances, both shocked. The Soul Killing Chains were truly the most terrifying things that tested one’s resolve, grinding any expert, no matter how sharp, into nothing.

Even the strongest wills could completely collapse.

Bai Ying sighed, אnd immediately took out the Thunder Flame Soul Liquid, suddenly transferring it with energy.

Instinctively, Wan Jian Tian caught it and then, as if he usually absorbed the Thunder Flame Soul Liquid, swallowed the real Thunder Flame Soul Liquid.

...

A change occurred in Heaven and Earth.

This was an indescribable transformation.

But the next moment, Wan Jian Tian’s body suddenly began to transform. He seemed to rejuvenate, his body undergoing endless transformations as if a king was reborn anew.

Not only that, there was an invisible distortion of space that shattered and changed as if a true ascension miracle had occurred.

Having undergone this "ascension," Wan Jian Tian truly transcended.

His gaze suddenly became sharp yet perplexed, as if the worlds of reality and illusion had irregularly swapped, and he was confused after recovering his unmatched vitality.

This change exceeded the expectations of Bai Ying and Xiong Ba, leaving them uncertain about what had happened.

"Are you Xiong Ba?"

Wan Jian Tian rose from the Twelve Magnetic Light Columns, seemingly unaffected by the constraints of the columns or any seals and shackles, instead, his eyes filled with puzzled inquiry.

"What the hell is happening?"

Xiong Ba exclaimed, puzzled.

Bai Ying was also puzzled.

"It seems that you are Xiong Ba. Were you released from Ten Thousand Beasts Manor?"

Wan Jian Tian asked dubiously.

"What are you talking about?"

Xiong Ba grew even more confused.

"Didn’t I give up the Soul Killing Chains and ascend to the Ten Thousand Realms with the help of Thunder Flame Soul Liquid? I remember saying I would find you and rescue you from the Bitter Sea, but there seems to be something important I can’t recall."

Wan Jian Tian spoke confusedly, still immersed in his own world.

Xiong Ba and Bai Ying were stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.

"You gave up the Soul Killing Chains? Ascended to the Upper Realm? What is that?"

Just as Xiong Ba was about to respond, Bai Ying gestured to him and inquired first.

Enlightened, Xiong Ba held his peace.

"At first, I was trapped in the Soul Killing Chains, so I derived a world called ’Wan Jian Heavenly Realm,’ also known as ’Wan Jian Universe.’ Later, I broke my shackles with Thunder Flame Soul Liquid and ascended to the Nine Origin Universe, came here to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, is there any mistake?"

Wan Jian Tian was somewhat confused, looking young and handsome now, almost unrecognizable from the husky-voiced Wan Jian Tian before.

White Fox Bai Ying pondered and then asked, "Since you’ve ascended to the Nine Origin Universe, what about your family and friends, the evidence of their existence?"

Bai Ying inquired, causing Wan Jian Tian to fall into a daze.

After a long time, he suddenly turned to Bai Ying and said, "Can you produce evidence that they do not exist? And who are you?"

"I am Bai Ying, White Fox Bai Ying. I perished on Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain, and it was only because the Thunder Origin Sword God left behind a trace of my ghost that I was able to survive. Now, I’m here with the Thunder Flame Soul Liquid to restore your decaying body bound by Soul Killing Chains, but something unexpected happened, causing you to bear the memories of the Killing Spirit Illusion Realm."

Bai Ying explained.

"How is this possible? Many years ago, I had already given up the Soul Killing Chains, resigned to living in an illusory world, and ultimately broke free of the heavenly constraints and ascended to transcendence. How could I still be in the chains?"

Wan Jian Tian was confused, doubting himself deeply.

"You don’t believe? Then I’ll prove it to you."

Bai Ying sighed, finally understanding the situation. Wan Jian Tian’s condition was likely due to him consuming Thunder Flame Soul Liquid to break the heavenly chains in the Killing Spirit Illusion Realm while, in reality, she had just administered the Thunder Flame Soul Liquid.

The two actions combining resulted in what was originally a false simulation becoming real, causing a fusion and mutation between reality and illusion, leading to the bizarre transformation in Wan Jian Tian now.

She did not know if this transformation was good or bad, but if Wan Jian Tian could not control himself and return to his real self, her master’s danger would be unsolvable.

This was now the most uncontrollable transformation, one that no one could have predicted.

As Bai Ying spoke, she immediately displayed the Soul Path, manifesting Vast Qi.

The Soul Path is a fearful dao, and Vast Qi is the eternal Purple Qi of the great light.

These two things do not change with time, space, or rules.

In the false world, no true things can be seen.

She showed this to Wan Jian Tian to make him believe that the current world is the real one.

"This is the Soul Path... Vast Qi, yes, it’s real, but I have already made small achievements in the Soul Path myself, I can also display it. The reality of illusion is not about true or false, but one’s own heart. When the heart is strong enough, what it believes to be true is true. What it believes to be false is false. Since I believe this world to be real, I can also judge that these can be displayed."

Wan Jian Tian spoke, and he similarly displayed the Soul Path.

He did not manifest Vast Qi, as he did not have the ability to do so.

But he did display the Soul Path, absolutely shocking Xiong Ba.

Xiong Ba’s eyes nearly popped out, utterly incredulous.

Aren’t Soul Killing Chains supposed to be a terrible torment? How could the dao comprehended in the virtual world of Soul Killing Chains become a real existence? That’s impossible!

In the end, what changes have occurred?