CHAPTER 681: CHAPTER 111 WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY DON’T OBEY?

Lei Yan Demon Soul saw that Mu Qingyan had agreed and did not hesitate; he immediately released the constraints of the True Void Battlefield. Everything in heaven and earth trembled as if it were about to shatter to pieces.

Mu Qingyan, seeing Lei Yan Demon Soul act in such a manner, thought for a bit and condensed ten droplets of Essence Blood, which she refined into a blood pearl the size of a fingertip and directly handed it to Zhou Yan, saying, "I promised you, now take it."

"Okay."

Zhou Yan did not refuse and accepted the blood pearl directly.

This blood pearl indeed contained amazing strength, but the strength was secondary to the concentration of various abilities of Mu Qingyan, the Extraordinary Woman of the Ten Thousand Realms, and even her Bloodline inheritance power.

Even in a battle for Life and Death, no Cultivator would burn their Essence Blood and allow it to fall into an enemy’s hands. Once a spirit is shattered, the condensed Essence Blood, even if gathered, loses its essence.

Thus, such self-condensed Essence Blood is actually equivalent to an additional life and is very important.

Originally, Zhou Yan had condensed a droplet of Lifebound Essence Blood and entrusted it to Zhou Gucheng to be used for resurrection at a dead end.

This point alone was enough to demonstrate the preciousness of this kind of Essence Blood.

Now, Mu Qingyan had directly refined a blood pearl, which sufficiently showed her sincerity.

Zhou Yan knew she was facing her own sincerity and also showing trust toward the Lei Yan Demon Soul—in fact, with the abilities of Lei Yan Demon Soul, if he truly made a move, would the two of them have had any chance to fight back?

Zhou Yan put away the blood pearl, storing it in his Qiankun Ring. The ring itself had been engraved with Tai Chu Runes and refined before arriving here, ensuring that no one could discover its origin from the Artifact on his body.

"Mr. Zhou, this is the second volume of the Nirvana Scripture. You seem to also be adept with some of the Nirvana Scripture’s abilities, so you may look at it. But I hope you will act as the Demon Soul instructed. Qingyan is deeply grateful."

After a moment of hesitation, Mu Qingyan took out an ancient dark yellow silk book and placed it before Zhou Yan, her voice sounding somewhat heavy.

"Okay, rest assured, if you do not permit it, I will not look. Please believe that I can do this," said Zhou Yan, confirming.

With his current identity, promising this was not an issue at all, because even now, having obtained the second volume of the Nirvana Scripture, Zhou Yan could not truly engage in its study and Cultivation. This involved issues that were somewhat complex.

Only by Deriving back to his original strength and form could he efficiently Cultivate the second volume of the Nirvana Scripture.

However, Zhou Yan already knew in his heart that the words of Lei Yan Demon Soul were actually to truly benefit him!

Perhaps, the factors he mentioned do indeed exist, but they are certainly not the main ones.

This person, having established the Heavenly Soul Hall, was very likely waiting all this time for someone who could merge with King Lei Yan’s Residual Soul from Heavenly Soul Mountain.

That was what Zhou Yan conjectured, but such speculation also held a sinister possibility—that someone had deliberately orchestrated this, wanting to completely eliminate or snatch the qualifications and abilities to Refine King Lei Yan’s three great Residual Souls, and had purposefully set a trap, waiting for him to fall into it.

However, although it didn’t seem likely at present, Zhou Yan also had to be on guard.

...

Seeing Zhou Yan accept the blood pearl and the second volume of the Nirvana Scripture, Lei Yan Demon Soul directly opened a path to the Void, leading to an unknown deep, dark void.

This Void Road was the path to safely leave this place.

"Go in. Once inside, you will no longer be harassed by any power of the Heavenly Soul Hall, and afterwards, I will even dissolve the Heavenly Soul Hall and kill all the Cultivators who have tarnished the name of Heavenly Soul Hall."

"Zhou, this is the Imperial Decree of Lei Yan, which was an identity Token of King Lei Yan. Take it, and when you meet the revered powerful figure behind you, tell him my words and present the two items you have received," said Lei Yan Demon Soul.

Lei Yan Demon Soul uttered these words and suddenly cast a Blood Light, which in the Void formed a Token, resembling an ’Imperial Decree’.

Zhou Yan raised his hand and caught the Token.

But this Token, while looking like a Token, was in fact not a Token.

Because this Token was more like a segment of information, a piece of Sealed information.

Zhou Yan looked toward Lei Yan Demon Soul, who at that moment also looked back at him.

Zhou Yan noticed that within the blood-hollow eyes of Lei Yan Demon Soul, there lay a myriad of complex emotions that flickered momentarily before vanishing as if they had never existed.

But Zhou Yan knew they had existed; it was just that others could never detect them.

However, Zhou Yan thought nothing of it and did not show any reaction, simply saying calmly after receiving the Token, "Regarding the matters of the Token, Scriptures, and blood pearl, rest assured, having accepted them, I will certainly see this task through."

Saying this, Zhou Yan stepped onto the Void Road with Mu Qingyan.

He offered no hints to Lei Yan Demon Soul, nor did he delve into analyzing King Lei Yan and the series of related events in his heart, nor did he think about his own identity issues—even if he did, these considerations were left to the segment of his residual soul that remained within the Purple Flame Void.

When Zhou Yan had transformed himself into the Void Sword Body, he had already contemplated all of this.

Even if there were fluctuations in his emotional state, others could not probe them.

For exactly this reason, no matter how Lei Yan Demon Soul acted, the variations in Zhou Yan’s Mental State were indeed very slight, and he would not reveal any weakness.

Zhou Yan and Mu Qingyan stepped into the Void Channel, and Lei Yan Demon Soul couldn’t help but flash a trace of appreciation in his eyes.

His robust Blood Hair and overflowing Blood Qi all disappeared.

He transformed into a man in a black robe with an astonishing aura, yet his figure was somewhat indistinct.

"Highly vigilant with exceptional concealed techniques, truly deserving of praise. With such a heart, one’s path to becoming a powerhouse will surely be long."

He seemed to murmur to himself, but then, accompanying the space around him, he suddenly shook in a cloud of Blood Light and shattered.

Everything vanished without a trace.

...

A mountain breeze wafted gently, the fresh air lingering between heaven and earth, with a hint of icy chill that felt surprisingly comfortable against one’s skin.

Emerging from the Void, the vista suddenly brightened.

The mountain range, which had seemed somewhat barren, came alive with vibrant Life Energy.

"We’re finally back. This True Void Battlefield is terrifying. In an Illusion, but feeling real—staying too long would drive anyone insane."

Zhou Yan sighed.

"Yes, the True Void Spirit is very powerful. That’s why the Hou Tianjian is worth cultivating. I had intended to take him into the Netherworld Palace for training, but unfortunately, he has no other ambitions, simply wanting to stay by my side."

Mu Qingyan sighed softly and said.

After emerging, the breeze blew through her long hair, scattering it like a waterfall behind her, an image of pure beauty.

Zhou Yan looked at her a moment longer before withdrawing his gaze.

Calmly, he looked at the distance, quiet once again, and the Ancient Transmission Array now resembling ruins, and bitterly smiled, "Speaking of the True Void Spirit... it’s better left unsaid. But this Ancient Array, it’s been thoroughly destroyed."

"That... How long will you need to repair... Perhaps it’s not repair, but rather reconstruction. Waiting is fine, but I worry that Wansheng Divine Dynasty won’t receive the message in time and will clash with the Heavenly Soul Hall. Given the strength of the Lei Yan Demon Soul, I’m afraid the Divine Dynasty will be annihilated."

Mu Qingyan pondered before analyzing.

Zhou Yan didn’t answer.

Mu Qingyan added, "You are Yilan’s Master, what do you plan to do about this?"

"Repair or reconstruction... either won’t take too long, but this Ancient Array requires Heavenly Crystal, and high-quality ones at that. Gathering them might be somewhat difficult. As for the safety of the Wansheng Divine Dynasty, Yilan has an Imperial Decree that can send messages. I don’t know if it can still send messages back, but if it can, that should solve the problem."

Zhou Yan thought and said.

"Imperial Decrees can’t pass through spatial nodes; the nodes are destroyed, so that method is useless. Otherwise, I would have already sent a message to the Saint of the Divine Dynasty."

Mu Qingyan explained.

"Then... I’ll start with repairing the Ancient Array. You have Beixue Heavenly Palace prepare more resources, and throw in some top-tier Holy Artifacts and Divine Pills as materials."

Zhou Yan considered for a moment before saying.

"Repair... rebuild the Ancient Array, does it need so many resources?"

Mu Qingyan was a little surprised, her beautiful eyes expressive.

"The condensation of Tai Chu Runes requires an enormous amount of energy, and to open Void nodes and establish an Ancient Array, with my abilities, do you think the cost will be small? To be fast and stable requires energy and high quality, one can only rely on a large number of Holy Artifacts. Yes, have all the Guardian Elders of the Beixue Heavenly Palace run errands for me, the sooner we establish the Ancient Array, the sooner we deal with the matters Lei Yan Demon Soul left behind."

Zhou Yan spoke nonchalantly.

Mu Qingyan paused, then realizing indeed establishing a Void Ancient Array was a massive undertaking.

Without further question, she nodded and said, "I’ll have all the Cultivators above the Sword Tribulation realm from Beixue Heavenly Palace come help you, and bring all the resources. With their accumulated wealth over the years, it should be enough."

Mu Qingyan agreed with Zhou Yan’s request, saying softly.

"That’s more like it. But I hear that Beixue Heavenly Palace’s Cultivators are all very proud, will they follow my command? If they are disobedient, showing up only to go against my directions, it could cause more harm."

Zhou Yan seemed to suddenly recall some legends about Beixue Heavenly Palace, thus frowning.

"That’s easy to deal with. If they don’t obey, I’ll execute some on the spot. Even the Palace Master of Beixue Heavenly Palace at an Upper-class Plane must look to me for approval. They wouldn’t dare defy me."

Mu Qingyan seemed to feel a bit cold, perhaps due to Zhou Yan’s hint of distrust.

Even she herself didn’t know why she was somewhat angry at his slight show of mistrust.

"Heh heh, that’s good then."

Zhou Yan chuckled, his smile a bit peculiar.