aster saw the now wary expression on the face of the evil spirit and he smirked, naturally he hasn''t committed any atrocity, or at least not something that can be considered one from his point of view.

even if he has killed quite a few opponents, it''s not like he has killed a large number of non-cultivators, at the same time he hasn''t abused any women or used them as cultivation furnaces.

which are some of the ways to get stained by the negative emotions of the victims, like those bandits from the lagrae stellar system which kidnapped women for the evil sects, for example.

so naturally his murderous aura shouldn''t far exceed the one of a being that exists solely to bring calamity to the living, and it is also denied by the heavens blocking the access to the energy path to it.

the origin of that ominously dangerous black mist which is enveloping aster, treating him as some kind of relative, is the fact that he has completely eliminated the lives of a few people before.

aster''s murderous aura is purely originated from killing, he has erased souls with annihilation, eliminating them from the cycle of reincarnation, which is something only the heavens are allowed to do.

rya was quite vague about it, but when she saw aster killing robert using annihilation so that he would never reincarnate, she explained that by doing so he is spitting on the face of the heavenly law, a taboo of the highest level.

which normally would have made tribulation lightning attack him on the spot, if he didn''t use annihilation to do it, the heavenly law can''t track and punish anything related to annihilation, because it is the extreme nothingness, it isn''t regulated by the havens, nor follows its rules.

that''s why he can enjoy the "benefits" of having this atrocity level murderous aura, without any repercussion, though to be honest aster doesn''t like the feeling of it.

naturally this kind of murderous aura tries to corrode his mind, heart and soul, to turn him into a homicidal maniac, but with rigel''s flames, which are the bane of any evil, inhabiting in his body, why would he be worried about it.

unless it is originated by aster himself, like the violent impulses caused by his dragon bloodline getting stronger, rigel''s flames fiercely protect aster''s soul, as the scene of the blue flames swirling around his soul avatar all the time would suggest.

the evil spirit couldn''t help but take a couple of steps backwards, as a being who lives for the same of brining calamity, how can it not recognize the murderous aura of someone who has committed unspeakable atrocities.

''shit, this brat has been hiding himself, to think i would meet the disciple of an evil heavenly conqueror cultivator, if i can imprison his soul in my ghost formation, i''ll be able to further improve my offensive!'', thought the evil spirit.

even with the corrupted memories of a soul sovereign, and an evil one on top of that, the worst he has done is imprison other people''s souls and use them as ghosts, or use their corpses for his undead army, which is also considered an evil method but still a way to cultivate so it''s not directly forbidden by the heavenly law.

and now the evil spirit though afraid, it looked at aster as if he was looking at a precious first grade material.

"it doesn''t matter who is your master, brat, turn into resources for my revival and rise to glory hahaha!", the evil spirit whose face was twisted, floated and then flashed towards aster.

his hands had long been transformed into monster-like paws with large claws, as it is no longer a fragment of soul but an evil spirit.

aster snorted, he extended his hand and summoned the incomplete black soul sword weapon, this evil spirit was still far from a ghost king, without the support of the formations that fed it the yin that lingered in the atmosphere, he couldn''t even maintain a proper form and was now an abomination created by the mix of a few evil spirits.

since this was a soul cultivation abilities showdown, he created one imitation of his soul weapon, by condensing soul energy, it was way weaker than the one created with the technique of the soul crushing parade, but he just wanted another weapon for the incoming fight.

aster floated using soul energy to levitate himself, and then charged towards the evil spirit, the thing is just a mass of yin and negative emotions united by a corrupted fragment of a soul, so it has no mass, its strength is decided by the soul energy it has.

the evil spirit and aster appeared in front of each other and their attacks clashed in the middle of the air, the claws of the evil spirit and aster''s black sword soul weapon collided, and the space near them waved, this was the distortion caused by two strong soul cultivators fighting each other, similar to what happened when aster was training with felicia.

but now it was stronger, since both parties were aiming to kill each other.

"tsk, as expected of someone with a sovereign level master, what a strong soul condensation", sinisterly said the evil spirit as he saw his claw being stopped by aster''s soul condensed weapon, but then his whole face bent upwards giving it a gross deformed appearance, as he attacked with his second claw.

only to be welcomed by aster''s disdainful smiling expression, this time he used the incomplete black sword to receive the incoming attack.

''humph, you can''t even fully condense a second soul weapon, go to hell and repent for not even being a spirit trial cultivator!'', inwardly swore the evil spirit, but then his eyes nearly popped out of its sockets, the moment his claws touched the black sword, they were cleanly cut, making the evil spirit grit its teeth, as a spiritual being a soul weapon could harm him after all, but he didn''t expect his claws to be defeated in a head confrontation.

aster turned around and was welcomed with the miserable appearance of the evil spirit, it had holes all over its body, which were punched by felicia''s soul condensed gauntlets, and it was being immobilized by golden spears that had faint traces of electricity crackling from time to time.

the evil spirit thought he could get rid of felicia and camila, if he couldn''t deal alone with aster, that''s why he changed places with his other half, but then he realized how wrong it was for him to underestimate those two women.

his murderous aura was devoured by the black vortex the black-haired woman created, also her punches weren''t heavy only physically, her soul energy was so heavy that when she punched him, she punched holes in his ethereal body.

the other woman originally seemed to only have energy cultivation, so he then tried to take advantage of it to use a soul attack to suppress her, but not only his attack didn''t have any effect due to some strange metallic glow that enveloped her, but the metal weapons she created had one of the worst nightmares of any evil spirit, lightning.

she nailed him against the ground using large golden spears imbued with lightning that were preventing him from moving or using his soul energy, he was utterly defeated.

and to make things worse, he who shared vision with his other half, saw that the giant undead was practically destroyed by that dreading golden giant which obeyed the orders of the black-haired youth.

in other words, he lost in both soul and body path battles, and on top of that, the swam of undead was also decimated.

they were all frozen by the combination of water and ice spirit energies, despite their yin nature, since apparently the other party had a stronger yin, and then destroyed into small bits with a strong physical impact.

aster dissipated most of the golden armor besides one arm with which he grabbed the skull of the giant undead, as he walked towards the girls that were gathering near the evil spirit that was being restrained by camila''s spears.

"i didn''t know you could use lightning attribute; it goes pretty well with you metal attribute", said aster to camila, which made her blush a bit.

"it''s all thanks to the steel tree root you gave me, in truth i can''t use lighting attribute freely, but i can imbue it into my metal creations thanks to the property absorbed by my natal treasure, this is only the lowest level... it will be stronger when we train the next time", she mumbled.

aster nodded at her, camila previously underestimated herself, but the current her no longer lowered her own value, she is the ultimate treasure who has the capacity to absorb other treasures properties, and only after aster made her see her own value, she managed to open the second page of her cultivation manual to learn how to use the treasure aura which is the name of that copper and silver energy that is stored in her dantian, to protect herself and channel the properties absorbed by her natal treasure into her metal creations.

that date she had with aster, was indeed a turning point which changed her life more than what she could predict, but that is a story for another day.

aster beckoned and the giant golden armor showed the skull which was being held by the giant hand, with a single thought, aster could crush the skull and destroy the last piece of flesh of the blood despair sovereign, but before that he had some questions to make.

"you lost, so you know how this works right, to be honest i''m going to kill you anyway, but you can go in peace after answering, or go in agony after answering, the choice is up to you", said aster.

he didn''t have any personal feud with the blood despair sovereign, this fragment of his soul was corrupted and it tried to kill him for its revival, but it didn''t particularly target him or the girls, it did the same to everyone, naturally that didn''t mean he was going to spare its life.

the evil spirit whose body had shrank but in exchange his face stopped distorting, a sign that the other evil spirits it forcefully integrated into its body, were destroyed by felicia''s punches and camila''s lightning imbued spears, leaving only the fragment of the soul, actually showed some relief on its face.

"kid, tell me, are there any legends about me out there, did i become a hero after trying to do a good deed for the first time in my life, which ironically caused my demise?", he asked.

aster shook his head in response

"who knows, you seem to come from another place than me, because i doubt a soul sovereign like you will just be erased from the history books", said aster

the evil spirit sighed.

"i see, what do you want to know?", it asked, making aster wonder if maybe he recovered some clarity thanks to camila''s lightning, or maybe because he wasn''t forcefully integrating a ton of evil spirits into himself anymore.

in any case this worked for him, which is everything aster cared about, he pointed upwards before saying.

"what is this place, what is the purpose of the silicon forest, this is large-scale formation''s node, that means all this place is being used as a natural formation, but for what purpose?".

the evil spirit seemed to make memory, and fear flashed through its eyes as he answered.

"this is an ancient battlefield where many people were used as sacrifices for "the greater good", ironically all those undead that have appeared, weren''t created by me, they are the armies of low ranked cultivators that came to this place seeking glory, only to end up as dry bones".