King of Creation
Chapter 619 - 612: Sect Hierarch’s Reward

Chapter 619: Chapter 612: Sect Hierarch’s Reward

"Enchanting Soul!"

As Nian Xinghe’s battle intent vanished, every person present had those two words flash through their minds, with a trace of fear appearing in the eyes of everyone except Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong.

For a martial artist, if there were two things to fear the most, one would be death, and the other, Enchanting Soul!

To a martial artist, being under the effect of Enchanting Soul was worse than death!

Enchanting Soul referred to a martial artist’s divine sense and consciousness completely sinking into an illusory realm, unable to extricate themselves—a fate more terrifying than a heart demon.

Because once caught by the Enchanting Soul, not only was the life and death of the ensnared martial artist controlled by the perpetrator, but their consciousness could also be influenced by the perpetrator through the illusion.

If Ye Zhen wished, he could immediately kill Nian Xinghe, and with just a slight thought, he could change the illusion and potentially turn Nian Xinghe into a walking corpse.

This was different from being caught in a normal illusion; for example, the previous illusion conjured by the Phantom Soul Beast King mainly worked through affecting one’s consciousness along with the five senses and six senses.

But Ye Zhen had not expected that when combined with the Soul Refining Divine Eyes, the ability of the Phantom Soul Beast King to condense an illusion could directly trap a martial artist’s mind and divine soul within it.

Putting it directly, if Ye Zhen willed it, he could activate the illusion and kill Nian Xinghe within it, making Nian Xinghe believe he died. Even if Nian Xinghe’s physical body remained alive, his spirit and divine soul would be destroyed, leaving only a walking corpse.

Normally, divine soul attacks and divine soul techniques of a martial artist could hardly cause this situation. Even Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect wouldn’t be able to achieve this easily.

Of course, if he could suppress his pride and use his terrifying divine soul power against a martial artist who had just entered the Soul Sea Realm, perhaps he could enchant the soul of the opponent.

The difficulty of Enchanting Soul is thus evident.

Under normal circumstances, it was not possible for martial artists of the same level, let alone those a Grand Realm higher, to plunge their opponent into the state of Enchanting Soul.

But bizarrely, Ye Zhen had managed to do it, even though he was a Grand Realm lower than Nian Xinghe; this was indeed incredulous.

The most important factor was that Ye Zhen’s divine soul technique, the Secret Record of Soul Refining, was a Heavenly Level High Grade divine soul technique, and secondly, Ye Zhen had obtained a strong ability to condense illusions by activating the Essence Spirit Pearl within the Lip Dragon Pearl of the Phantom Soul Beast King.

Only the combination of these two factors led to such terrifying power.

Otherwise, such an against-the-nature occurrence would not be possible.

This situation made even Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong, who had been seated on the cushion until now, stand up with his long eyebrows immediately furrowing.

Nian Xinghe was the most promising martial artist of the young generation in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, and before this, Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong had placed all his hopes for the Spirit Returning Assembly on him.

But he never expected that a martial contest would lead to such a situation, and even as the Sect Leader, he was at a loss.

The most fatal issue was that at this moment, neither Nian Xinghe, who was under the technique, nor Ye Zhen, who had used it, could be distracted. If they were, it would cause a chain reaction that could severely harm Nian Xinghe’s divine soul.

At the lighter end, there could be a Divine Soul Shock, and the primordial source could be damaged, or worse, he could become a complete idiot!

In the sky above, cold sweat was already streaming down the forehead of Grand Commander Jio Yuanxiu, who was in charge of hosting the martial contest. At this moment, he felt an urge to bow deeply to Ye Zhen.

My Lord Ye, can you please not make this so dangerous? If something happens, how can I explain it?

Beyond Nian Xinghe’s status within the Divine Sect, his identity was also remarkably notable. If something truly happened to Nian Xinghe, Jio Yuanxiu did not dare to imagine what that individual would be like!

Gathering his thoughts, Jio Yuanxiu’s figure floated gently, moving across from Ye Zhen, then made slow gestures to Ye Zhen.

As he made a signal to Ye Zhen, Jio Yuanxiu’s divine sense moved, and he condensed a line of words out of spiritual power in the sky.

"Ye Zhen, you have already won. Please let Nian Xinghe go. Both you and Nian Xinghe are pillars of the Divine Sect in the Spirit Returning Assembly!"

Thus, everyone waited with bated breath, watching Ye Zhen and the line of text that the Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu formed with spiritual power in an attempt to persuade Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen was stunned, wondering what was going on that he was being very cautiously persuaded with letters formed out of spiritual power.

Of course, after a brief moment of thought, Ye Zhen figured it out. Everyone was being so careful because of Nian Xinghe’s current state; was there something mysterious about it?

"Let him out, how? Just stop the divine soul secret technique, right?" Ye Zhen asked somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing this, the high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect felt a simultaneous tremor in their hearts, and even the usually composed Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong tensed up.

My heavens, if you, Ye Zhen, play like this, then Nian Xinghe is truly done for.

"Don’t, please don’t!"

Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu, who was facing Ye Zhen, almost cried out in fright at Ye Zhen’s words. My Lord Ye, it seems you have no idea how powerful your move is.

The Hall Masters of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect were also simultaneously speechless. Without knowledge, Ye Zhen had already managed to put a Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm expert in such a state, what more if he knew?

"Ye Zhen, don’t rush, do as I say! Use your divine soul power to first awaken Nian Xinghe within the illusion you cast, let him become aware that he has fallen into an illusion, and then let him out as he starts to resist!" Jio Yuanxiu instructed.

"Oh, is that so! Easy to handle!"

Divine Sense stirred and a streak of Thunder Light suddenly exploded within the Illusory Realm that Nian Xinghe had fallen into!

At this moment, Nian Xinghe felt that he had defeated Ye Zhen, regained the favor of Feng Qingyue, and was being intimate with Feng Qingyue!

Suddenly, a streak of Thunder Light shattered the Feng Qingyue in front of him to dust, and just as Nian Xinghe was furious, the radiant light in front of him changed, and the previously enchanting Illusory Realm abruptly turned into a Two-colored Purgatory!

"This is an Illusory Realm!"

Nian Xinghe was shocked, cold sweat immediately soaked through his body, and as Divine Sense moved, a tremendous Divine Soul Wave surged, attempting to struggle out of the bondage of Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Eyes.

It was at this moment, the Two-colored radiance abruptly vanished, and Nian Xinghe felt the world in front of him continuously enlarge, his spirit had broken free from Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Soul.

This scene, relieved the senior members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect at the same time, giving Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu a moment to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

While wiping, he looked at Ye Zhen with residual fear, the several crises today had all been caused by Ye Zhen.

Nian Xinghe, who had broken free, was dumbfounded.

Looking at the tense gazes from all around and then at Ye Zhen who was smiling at him, even a fool would understand that something had changed, and thinking about the experience in the Illusory Realm just now, Nian Xinghe couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

"I lost! Thank you for showing mercy!" Nian Xinghe gracefully conceded to Ye Zhen with a fist salute.

Having said that, Nian Xinghe turned to leave. At the moment of turning around, he glanced at Feng Qingyue once more, then, his gaze suddenly turned resolute,

"Ye Zhen, you are truly formidable, I’m not qualified to compete with you over Qingyue! But, if you dare wrong Qingyue in the future, even if you showed me mercy today, I will not hesitate to risk my life to kill you!"

After speaking, Nian Xinghe’s figure flashed, and he went to wait at the side of the Ritual Altar.

In the sky, Ye Zhen was first stunned, then smiled wryly. Nian Xinghe was truly a love-struck fool; even at this point, he was still concerned about Feng Qingyue.

Ye Zhen estimated that if he told Nian Xinghe now that there was nothing between him and Feng Qingyue that day, Nian Xinghe would probably want to fight him to the death!

After this battle, the sixth round of the competition continued.

However, after the excitement of the previous rounds, the spectators lost much interest in the subsequent matches, no matter how desperately they fought.

Having had a feast, eating ordinary dishes afterward, no matter what, does not whet the appetite.

In the fourth match of the sixth round, Sang Boquan was defeated by Yub Hea, which meant he had completely lost the qualification to participate in the Spirit Returning Assembly.

After the completion of the sixth round, the top five were essentially determined.

They were Ye Zhen, Nian Xinghe, Zuo Xiong, Zhuang Ling, and Yub Hea; the only thing that might change in the seventh round would be the ranking of these five people.

Fighting six rounds within four hours, even though they were all elites of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, and since the rankings were more or less determined, the seventh round was even more uneventful.

The only ripple was in the second match of the seventh round when Zhuang Ling challenged Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen thought Zhuang Ling would admit defeat directly, but unexpectedly, Zhuang Ling was somewhat unwilling to surrender and took to the field.

"Brother Ye, although you are strong, and I have no chance of winning against you, I still want to exchange blows with you, at least, I want to feel your strength and experience that pressure!"

"Please!"

Ye Zhen had great respect for such an opponent and very formally cast a Shattered Jade Seal!

"Suppress!"

The Suppressing Radiance from the Shattered Jade Seal slowly pressed down upon Zhuang Ling’s head; Zhuang Ling’s eyes filled with Battle Intent, continuous Sword Lights bombarded Ye Zhen’s Shattered Jade Seal but failed to stop the slow descent of the seal!

The mountainous pressure on top of her head made Zhuang Ling smile wryly and directly admit defeat, "I concede. If Brother Ye had used the same tactics as before, suppressing then exploding the seal, right now I would be either dead or severely injured even if I survived!"

Zhuang Ling’s strength was still weaker than Zuo Xiong and Yub Hea, even slightly inferior to Sang Boquan. It’s just that Sang Boquan’s luck today was just too bad!

"Reporting to Sect Leader, the first place in the selection tournament is Ye Zhen, second is Nian Xinghe, third is Zuo Xiong, fourth is Yub Hea, fifth is Zhuang Ling!" After the battle, Great Commander Jio Yuanxiu reported loudly.

Hearing Jio Yuanxiu’s voice, Vice Sect Hierarch Yao Sen’s mouth twitched fiercely, glaring at a dispirited Sang Boquan with a face full of disappointment.

Yua Hanjing, on the other hand, was staring at Ye Zhen. Under her long sleeves, her fists clenched tightly, turning iron blue.

"Hmm, not bad!"

Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong’s gaze swept over the five of them one by one, especially when looking at Ye Zhen, his eyes were filled with appreciation.

"You five will represent our Divine Sect in the Spirit Returning Assembly thirteen days from now. The importance of the Spirit Returning Assembly need not be stressed further by me!

However, with your current strength, competing in the Spirit Returning Assembly may prove difficult! Therefore, I will grant you some rewards to help enhance your combat power!"

The moment Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong said this, the eyes of Ye Zhen and the other four brightened. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)