Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1605 Mu Huayuan Dies, Xuan Tian Ling Vine Acquired (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Around the spatial node where the spatial rift is located, tiny cracks have begun to appear, like cuts in leather.

Some even appear and disappear intermittently.

Ye Jingcheng's Star Illusion Eyes can see some things. You should know that when Ye Jingcheng was still a Nascent Soul cultivator, he could see about 70-80% of the spatial rifts. Now that he has reached the Divine Transformation stage, and has consumed a lot of Star Illusion Fruits, his Star Illusion Eyes are now considered perfect. If he wants to improve them, he probably needs the Star Illusion Fruit Wood Demon to advance to the sixth rank.

But that's all the wood demon's talent can offer, and secondly, sixth-tier wood cores and sixth-tier advancement pills are very hard to find.

However, Ye Jingcheng plans to exchange Tianmu Muxin with Haoran Shenjun and Potian Shenjun this time.

Now that he is a mid-grade sixth-level alchemist, he is confident that he can still obtain it.

"Master!" Just as Ye Jingcheng approached, a huge shadow appeared beside a spatial rift.

The shadow, which looked like a dragon, was actually the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm.

As the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm appeared, a stone also appeared, which was the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit.

It transformed into the appearance of a boy, but its eyes were full of excitement.

"Master, we originally planned to return immediately, but we saw Mu Huayuan single-handedly resisting the spatial turbulence. His strength was truly formidable. He tried to escape, but we used the Heaven-Splitting Technique to widen the spatial rift and turbulence, which allowed us to kill him!"

Both the Sky-Splitting Earthworm and the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit are currently cultivating the Heaven-Refining Spirit Scripture.

This spiritual scripture allowed them to thrive even in the spatial rifts.

As long as you don't go to the middle, you're unlikely to encounter any problems.

This is also why Ye Jingcheng was willing to let the two of them detonate the spatial node.

It's just unknown whether Mu Huayuan, who was ultimately killed by the late-stage fifth-order Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm and the mid-stage fifth-order Cave Heaven Stone Spirit, will be filled with resentment in the end.

After all, they had been wielding immense power in the mortal realm for countless years, and the Mu family had even killed many members of the beast-taming sects that were secretly suspected to be from the Ye family.

"We didn't have time to collect the latter's primordial spirit, but we brought back the storage bag and the cave!" The Rift-Sky Divine Earthworm took out a piece of cave jade and two storage bags.

The Jade Cave Heaven and the Jade Heaven of the Ye family are the same type, but they feel different to the touch. Ye Jingcheng felt that this might have been brought down from the Spirit Realm, and its defensive capabilities were far superior to those of other Jade Cave Heavens.

Ye Jingcheng first looked at the cave and found that the Heavenly Treasure and the Spirit Vine were inside.

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a pity that I can no longer devour dreams and search souls." Ye Jingcheng also felt regretful.

What Mu Huayuan knows is certainly not something Mu Mingqing could know.

Furthermore, since Mu Minghe's primordial spirit was taken away by other Nascent Soul cultivators, he couldn't possibly exchange it.

Fortunately, Mu Minghe knew about the same things as Mu Mingqing, and he also obtained the primordial spirit of the Gluttonous Demon Ancestor.

The latter is older than Mu Huayuan, so he should be able to extract some secrets from Mu Huayuan's soul.

To make some preparations for the Ye family to smuggle themselves into the spirit world.

Ye Jingcheng, along with the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm and the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit, arrived at a fifth-tier spiritual mountain belonging to the Mu family.

There is a fifth-tier spirit herb garden on this sacred mountain. The Nascent Soul cultivators of the family have already been here, killing the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Mu family. Only a number of Golden Core clansmen and a Demon Emperor were left to guard it. The clansmen searching for treasure are also Golden Core clansmen leading Purple Mansion clansmen and treasure-hunting rats.

Among them was a descendant of Ye Jingcheng, Ye Yunsheng's grandson, Ye Zhiyuan.

However, Ye Jingcheng's lineage now has many descendants, so Ye Jingcheng didn't say anything and just asked for a pavilion.

They then entered Mu Huayuan's cave.

Mu Huayuan's cave is the largest of the caves Ye Jingcheng obtained, even larger than Shi Ling's cave.

There are five fifth-order spiritual veins and one sixth-order spiritual vein inside.

However, the spiritual energy within the cave seemed somewhat depleted. Even some spirit-gathering arrays that held high-grade spirit stones had all turned to lime, indicating that Mu Huayuan had consumed a considerable amount of spiritual energy during the battle of the Nascent Soul stage.

Keep in mind that he single-handedly held off more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators, including powerful figures like the Heaven-Breaking God and the Flying Corpse God.

Ye Jingcheng didn't look at the other ordinary treasures, but instead landed on the sixth-tier spiritual mountain, along with peach wood.

The layout of Ling Mountain is somewhat similar to that of Tianmu Mountain, both piercing the clouds, but Ling Mountain is much shorter and not as spacious.

However, upon closer inspection, Ye Jingcheng was surprised to find that it was actually a piece of Cangwu Stone Wood.

However, this one is a mid-grade fifth-order stone wood, and it has no intelligence, nor has it transformed into a wood demon.

However, Ye Jingcheng's precious book shows that this Cangwu Stone Wood can be advanced again.

That Dharma Aspect Divine Power is clearly the same as the Cangwu Stone Wood Demon Saint's power. If Ye Jingcheng can also advance the Cangwu Stone Wood and break through to the sixth level, then the Ye family will be able to use similar divine power.

Once they reach the Spirit Realm, the Ye family may no longer need to fear those below the Void Refinement stage in terms of defense.

Ye Jingcheng stroked the Cangwu Stone Wood, infused it with some precious light, and discovered that the Cangwu Stone Wood still had faint spiritual fluctuations.

It seemed that he was not far from transforming into a wood demon, which made Ye Jingcheng very happy. If he was close to transforming into a wood demon, he would have to spend less effort.

Despite Ye Jingcheng's current breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, he has a lot of things to do.

In terms of alchemy, we already have commissions for the Three Primal Divine Jade Pill and the Primal Divine Pill.

After this battle, we should prepare Jade Scale Pills and Crimson Flame Pills to help the two beasts advance to the next level.

With the breakthroughs of Tianni Demon Saint and Qingqiu Demon Saint, he also needs to refine some elixirs and exchange them with Lingduan Divine Lord for a sixth-order pill furnace.

This doesn't even include the fact that many secret techniques haven't been cultivated and the sixth-tier natal magic treasures haven't been fully refined.

There's also the allocation of the family's beast valley, and even his own soul cultivation, which need to be put on the agenda. After all, he has too many demon saints under contract now, and if he doesn't have enough souls, it will be troublesome.

At the summit of Cangwu Stone Wood Mountain, there is an open-air hall.

The main hall was also set up like a divine palace, but with Mu Huayuan's death, the aura above it had become very faint. He came to the center of the main hall, where there was a Spirit Eye Spring, and the mysterious Xuan Tian Spirit Vine was in the spring.

Despite its impressive name, this Mysterious Heavenly Vine is only about two feet long, with little greenery and no visible buds.

If it weren't for the presence of the Spirit Eye Stone, the Spirit Eye Wood, and a massive amount of spiritual energy placed nearby, I wouldn't have entered the vine and wood.

Ye Jingcheng didn't even think it was a mysterious object.

He carefully pinched the vine and found that even with his late-stage Nascent Soul body cultivator strength, he couldn't budge it an inch, let alone crush it.

As you input spiritual light, you can see streams of mysterious spiritual patterns flowing across it.

Furthermore, unlike the Xuanke spirit patterns on the Tongtian Lingbao, the Xuanke spirit patterns on this one are golden, resembling a celestial book.

Ye Jingcheng stared at it for a while, intending to get a better look at the golden Xuanke spirit patterns, when his head started to ache.

To his surprise, his precious book suddenly lit up.

This time, however, it shone with a dazzling golden light, but its appearance remained unseen.

It should be noted that the Crimson Flame Fox's next stage is the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

The Jade Dragon's ultimate evolution is into a True Dragon.

The golden light had no discernible shape or form; all that could be known was that it had advanced twice.

Upon seeing the prescription, Ye Jingcheng was completely stumped, because he could only recognize two of the treasures in it, and both of them were top-grade sixth-rank spiritual herbs.

This means that the pill formula is a seventh-grade formula, and the spiritual materials inside are probably at least seventh-grade.

Despite his shock, Ye Jingcheng still absorbed a considerable amount of precious light.

However, when the precious light entered the two-foot-long vine, it was as if it had sunk into the sea, and it couldn't produce any reaction at all.

"This can be considered a treasure second only to the Beast-Connecting Tower and the treasure book within my body!" When Ye Jingcheng saw that this mysterious treasure could also appear on his own treasure book, he knew that his treasure book must be even more powerful.

I just don't know what rank it is.

The family's Beast-Connecting Tower is a Xuan Tian Blood Treasure, a Xuan Tian item of the same level, and a fully mature one at that. Naturally, it is far more precious than this immature Xuan Tian Spirit Vine. But no one would complain about having too many such treasures.

There was actually a sixth-order formation around this treasure, but when Ye Jingcheng arrived, he found that the sixth-order formation was not activated, but rather closed.

This is why his divine sense could see this mysterious object at a glance.

This made him begin to have some doubts.

After all, this cave is so solid, why didn't Mu Huayuan hide inside?

Even if one is trapped in the cave and cannot get out, as long as the cave is not destroyed by the spatial rift, it is impossible to die.

This made him suddenly realize a possibility that might not even exist.

He then released the Jade Dragon and sent a telepathic message, summoning the Heavenly Phoenix Saint, the Golden Roc Demon Saint, and the Dragon Whale Demon Saint to the location.

When the treasures were being distributed earlier, he sent the Qingqiu Fox Saint and the Crimson Flame Fox to the Jueyu Realm, where they should be searching for treasures now.

Nature cannot bring it back in a short time.

However, Tian Nie Feng Sheng followed the other Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ye family, searching for the treasures of the Mu family in the Taiyuan Realm.

This was also to be on the safe side in case the Mu family still had top-tier Nascent Soul cultivators, so the Heavenly Phoenix Saint was not far off.

However, Chenjing and Jinpeng Demon Saint will have to wait a while.

During this time, he had already absorbed the Mysterious Vine into the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit.

Although this cave is nice, the cave stone spirit clearly makes Ye Jingcheng feel more at ease.

After recovering slightly from his injuries, Ye Jingcheng took out a elixir and helped Yu Linlong recover as well.

At this moment, although Yu Linlong was seriously injured, it really wanted to go into seclusion. This time, it had just swallowed the primordial spirit of another demon saint, and it was the primordial spirit of the Purple Dragon Demon Saint.

Now, even without advancing, the Jade Dragon has a high probability of breaking through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

But it certainly cannot be shut down at this moment.

As Yu Linlong recovered by consuming pills, Ye Jingcheng also channeled precious light into it.

Soon after, Tian Nie Feng Sheng arrived.

Ye Jingcheng also infused Tian Nie Feng Sheng with precious light and gave her a spiritual pill to help her recover.

Tian Nie Feng Sheng didn't ask anything.

As Ye Jingcheng's soul-bound demon saint, it knew that what Ye Jingcheng wanted it to know, it would know without being asked.

Even if you ask a question you don't want it to know, you won't get an answer.

But such a large cave still aroused its suspicion.

After all, Ye Jingcheng's Stone Spirit Cave Heaven was already considered one of the larger cave heavens it had ever seen.

After another hour, Tian Nie Feng Sheng and Yu Lin Long had both recovered considerably.

At the entrance to the cave, the Golden Roc Demon Saint and the Dragon Whale Demon Saint also appeared.

"Such a vast cave!" The two beasts were filled with astonishment and doubt as soon as they entered.

As the two saints entered, Ye Jingyu also went to the side.

Ye Jingyu didn't say anything, he just sat down opposite Ye Jingcheng.

“I will refine the cave heaven first; this is Mu Huayuan’s cave heaven,” Ye Jingcheng said.

Upon hearing this, the others were not particularly surprised.

They knew of the existence of the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm, and they also knew that the explosion of the spatial node was ordered by Ye Jingcheng.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Mu Huayuan Cave Heaven was obtained.

But seeing how serious Ye Jingcheng was, they realized that something was amiss.

Ye Jingyu, in particular, was constantly absorbing spiritual energy.

The refining of the unclaimed cave is similar to the refining of the storage bag, so Ye Jingcheng did not spend too much effort.

"Fourth Brother, give me the Sky-Observing Mirror!" Ye Jingcheng didn't let Ye Jingyu activate it.

The Ye family now has two magical mirrors: the Heaven-Stabilizing Mirror and the Heaven-Observing Mirror.

The function of the Observation Mirror is to make deductions.

He wasn't making a deduction now; he just wanted to see if Mu Huayuan's remnant soul was still hidden within this cave.

As Ye Jingcheng activated the Tongbao Technique, the mirror emitted spiritual light, shining throughout the entire cave.

The mirror has reflected on every sacred mountain and every valley.

Finally, the light fell upon an ordinary hill, where a peculiar soul appeared.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng once again summoned the Heaven-Stabilizing Mirror.

Then the Hidden Deer Divine Sword transformed into a deer spirit and slashed straight at the enemy.

Under the dual illumination of the Observing Heaven Mirror and the Fixing Heaven Mirror, the soul shadow could not hide and revealed Mu Huayuan's appearance.

"How did you know about the existence of that spatial node?" Mu Huayuan did not resist; he simply asked calmly.

Clearly, he was extremely weak at this moment. Even if Ye Jingcheng hadn't summoned the four demon saints, he would still be weak.

Mu Huayuan is no longer a match for Ye Jingcheng.

He is too weak.

Ye Jingcheng did not answer.

However, to Ye Jingcheng's surprise, Mu Huayuan directly self-destructed.

The soul exploded.

The explosion was exceptionally resolute, and the final expression seemed to indicate that the Ye family possessed a treasure capable of searching souls through the family's jade book.

That look was meant to prevent Ye Jingcheng from succeeding.

Of course, this also seems somewhat ridiculous and tragic.

He, a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator who descended from the Spirit Realm, could only gain a small sense of triumph by self-destructing his divine soul to prevent the opponent from searching his soul.

Ye Jingcheng's Heaven-Stabilizing Mirror can only stabilize the void; it can't actually prevent the opponent from self-destructing.

This also made Ye Jingcheng feel somewhat regretful. He used a special soul banner to collect all the soul power that the opponent had self-destructed.

At this moment, the Dream-Devouring Insect is breaking through to the peak of the fifth rank, so it naturally cannot come out to devour and search souls.

The data collected this way will definitely be much worse in the future, especially since the other party is self-destructing.

It's unlikely we'll find anything, but fortunately, Ye Jingcheng didn't originally intend to search for Mu Huayuan's soul.

This time, however, made him even more vigilant, especially when facing such a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator, he needed to be extra careful.

In the end, if he hadn't felt that the sixth-order magic array was rather strange, he really wouldn't have been able to discover it.

Mu Huayuan was actually worried that Ye Jingcheng would find him while searching for the Xuan Tian Ling Teng.

He deliberately erased the array and the aura of the cave, so that Ye Jingcheng would think he was dead.

After all, he really was inside the spatial rift at the spatial node, and his body was nowhere to be found!

(End of this chapter)