Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 580 The matter is settled, return.

"You...how could you..."

Soul-Cleansing Saint's eyes widened in disbelief, and blood gushed from his mouth.

He never expected that Lin Yuan's methods would be so bizarre, able to circle around behind him and launch this fatal attack without him even noticing.

Lin Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile, his eyes as cold as frost: "There are many things you haven't thought of yet."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes sharpened, and the Azure Ice Flame suddenly erupted. The indestructible strange fire, intertwined with fierce and unparalleled energy, swept out wildly, and in just an instant, it destroyed Hun Qing's body, leaving it riddled with holes and completely severing his life force.

During the process, Hun Qing, whose heart was pierced and whose soul was severely damaged, was like a lamb to the slaughter, powerless to save himself, and unable to even self-destruct...

Lin Yuan did not relax for a moment, his soul power penetrating in, attempting to extract Hun Qing's soul.

"call out--"

Just then, Hun Qing's soul transformed into a black ray of light that shot out from between his eyebrows and streaked towards the distant horizon.

"Trying to leave?" Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with disdain upon seeing this. "A pointless and futile struggle." As long as a Dou Sheng-level expert's soul is not destroyed, they can be reborn in a different body. Lin Yuan naturally could not let them escape.

With a flick of his finger, a beam of icy blue flame shot out, instantly transforming into a net of fire that descended upon the black light.

"Come back!"

Lin Yuan suddenly grabbed with his hand, and the fire net enveloped Hun Qing's soul, capturing it back in his hand. The terrifying heat caused the latter to scream in agony.

"I, a saint, have roamed freely all my life, but I never expected to fall into the hands of a junior like you..." The black mist within the fire shield in his hand churned and coalesced into Hun Qing's face, which was filled with incomparable resentment and ferocity.

Lin Yuan, however, did not care about the other party's resentful words. He smiled calmly, and the fire shield suddenly contracted, condensing into an exquisite jade bottle of flames.

"seal up--"

With a soft shout, Lin Yuan set up multiple seals on the fire bottle, then flipped his hand and put it into his storage ring.

This old guy is a Dou Sheng powerhouse, a high-ranking member of the Soul Clan, and must know a lot of secrets... After dealing with him properly, we should be able to get a lot of useful information from him.

Then, Lin Yuan used the cold energy of the Azure Ice Flame to seal Hun Qing's body and put it into another storage ring.

A complete corpse of a Dou Sheng is quite valuable!
Just like that, in a single encounter, a Dou Sheng powerhouse who could be considered one of the top experts in Zhongzhou fell at Lin Yuan's hands, without posing even the slightest threat to the latter.

With a thought, Lin Yuan retracted the Thunder Illusion Body he had used to lure the enemy, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked down into the deep ravine.

"There should be some more in the branch halls below!"

With a moment's hesitation, he moved swiftly to the Soul Palace branch at the bottom of the ravine. With a flick of his sleeve, a fierce gust of wind sent those hundred-foot stone pillars flying.

With such rapid digging, he soon found the soul's origin in the branch hall. However, he did not stop digging but continued to dig thousands of feet down. After still not finding what he wanted to see, he finally flew out of the pit.

"The branch hall outside Zhongzhou wasn't equipped with the Soul Devouring Life-Severing Array? It seems that to see the Soul Devouring Life-Severing Array and the Emperor-Slaying Array, I'll have to seek out the Zhongzhou branch hall..."

While Lin Yuan was thinking and planning in his mind, he erased all traces and traces of himself.

In matters like this, it's always good to be cautious—the fall of a Battle Saint makes it highly likely that the Soul Clan will send someone to investigate.

After completing everything, he put away the Ancient Dragon Shadow, took to the air, and flew back towards the Lion Nether Sect.

When he arrived at the Lion Nether Sect, he happened to encounter Little Fairy Doctor, who had already extracted her soul and erased all traces, and was preparing to go to the Netherworld Abyss.

"It was resolved so quickly?" Little Fairy Doctor raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"Jie Jie—"

Lin Yuan smiled and said proudly, "Don't you know my strength? The Wrath of the Yellow Springs is quite useful; you should also spend some time cultivating it later..."

After obtaining the Wrath of the Yellow Springs, his combat system is now complete.

The most direct effect of the complete system is that Lin Yuan's combat power has skyrocketed, leaving him with almost no weaknesses. He can not only fight opponents of higher levels, but also achieve a crushing effect against opponents of the same or lower levels.

If someone's cultivation level is not one or more levels higher than Lin Yuan's, and he manages to seize even the slightest opportunity, there is a good chance that they will be defeated and killed with the force of a landslide.

The fact that Hun Qing, who was also a late-stage One-Star Dou Sheng, was defeated and killed in just one exchange is a typical example.

Even though Hun Qing's soul had reached the mid-stage of the Heavenly Realm and was protected by his physical body, Huang Quan Tian Nu did not directly shatter him, but it still severely damaged his soul.

When the soul suffers a severe blow, its ability to perceive is weakened.

Without sufficient soul perception, facing an opponent like Lin Yuan who possesses extremely strong speed, power, and lethality, is adept at spatial teleportation, and has an indistinguishable clone, defeat... could happen in an instant!
Although Lin Yuan's battle tactics are extremely simple, it is no exaggeration to say that there are very few people of the same level who are capable of dealing with them.

"The Yellow Springs Wrath, a high-level Heavenly Rank technique?" Little Fairy Doctor pondered for a moment and nodded. "Very well, my soul has already broken through to the Heavenly Realm, and I am qualified to cultivate this ultimate skill."

"That's good. Let's go back to Zhongzhou!"

Lin Yuan smiled, flicked his sleeve towards the void in front of him, and a dark spatial rift appeared. "I'll teach you the key to cultivating the Wrath of the Yellow Springs on the way..."

After saying that, he stepped into the crevice first, followed closely by Little Fairy Doctor.

As the two entered the spatial rift, the rift trembled slightly and slowly dissipated into the world, leaving only a deathly atmosphere permeating the destroyed Lion Nether Sect.

The bloodshed in the Northwest, which should have resulted in countless casualties, has also been temporarily averted!
In the western regions of Central China, at the Heavenly Palace of the Dipper.

At one moment, a figure rushed into the central hall in a panic, knelt down before the empty throne, and a voice filled with undisguised horror immediately echoed in the hall.

"Lord Palace Master, something terrible has happened! Saint Soul Purity is in trouble!"

Before the words were finished, the space around the throne instantly distorted, and the figure of the deputy hall master appeared, sitting upright on the throne. His indifferent voice echoed in the hall: "What happened to Hun Qing? What kind of accident could happen to a Dou Sheng in the northwest border region?"

The Heavenly Venerable kneeling below swallowed hard and cautiously reported, "Your Highness, the mark left by Lord Hunqing in this hall is about to dissipate!"

"Based on past experience, this is a state where the person has suffered a fatal injury and only the soul remains."

"In addition, not only Soul Cleansing Saint, but also the three Heavenly Venerables Blood River, Prison Land, and Demon Rain, along with the more than ten Dou Zun they took to the Northwest, and the many Venerable Elders stationed in the Northwest, all left behind in the hall with serious problems."

"As expected, the forces that our Soul Palace deployed in the Northwest Continent have suffered a devastating blow and have been almost completely wiped out..." At this point, his voice became a little hoarse.

One Dou Sheng, dozens of Dou Zun, hundreds of Dou Zong... He couldn't even imagine such a huge loss.

Upon hearing this, the vice hall master's indifferent expression froze instantly.

"What?!" The deputy hall master flashed and instantly appeared in front of the Celestial Venerable, looking down at him with a voice as cold as if it came from the deepest hell: "Say it again, what exactly happened to Hun Qing and the others?"

Overwhelmed by the terrifying aura emanating from the Vice Hall Master, the Heavenly Venerable felt his hair stand on end and hurriedly pressed his forehead tightly to the ground.

Faced with the enraged deputy hall master, he could only repeat his report in a trembling voice.

After hearing the report, the deputy hall master's face turned extremely gloomy, and a murderous aura erupted from him, filling the entire hall and freezing the air inside.

The kneeling Celestial Venerable felt as if he had fallen into purgatory, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

However, no matter how angry the deputy hall master was, in the end, he had to face a real problem—the Soul Hall still knew nothing about who the enemy was. The only thing that could be confirmed was that the enemy had the combat power of a Dou Sheng.

Having served as the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall for many years, Hun Lin, who had long held a high position, was naturally not one to act impulsively. After forcibly suppressing his anger, he quickly made the most appropriate arrangements.

"Send a message to all branch halls outside Zhongzhou, ordering them to bring back the soul essence of their respective halls to Zhongzhou..."

"The soul essence they brought back should be handed over to the Great Celestial Venerable at the Human Palace, and the personnel returning to Zhongzhou should be used to replenish the various branch palaces in Zhongzhou."

"The subsequent Soul Hunting Operation will mainly take place in the Central Plains."

With a Dou Sheng attacking the border branch, no matter how many people the Soul Palace sends to the outskirts of the Central Plains, it will be impossible to reverse the decline there. It would be better to concentrate the power in the Central Plains.

He simply refused to believe that, in the Central Plains where the Soul Hall's power was most concentrated, right under his nose, the other party would dare to attack a branch of the Soul Hall.

Of course, there is another reason: the deputy hall master suspects that this matter is related to other clans.

The Soul Clan's Battle Saints are already stronger than other experts of the same realm. To be able to kill Soul Qing, a late-stage One-Star Battle Saint, is something even ordinary Two-Star Battle Saints would find difficult to do. Apart from the various ancient clans and the three great magical beast families, no other force in the Central Continent besides the Pill Tower possesses such strength.

Even the Pill Tower could not have accomplished this without the personal intervention of its patriarch.

However, the old patriarch of Danta has an excellent reputation and rarely takes the initiative to attack "juniors".

In any case, if they cannot mobilize Dou Sheng experts from within the clan, it will be almost impossible for the Soul Palace to handle this matter relying solely on its own strength before the Palace Master, Hun Miesheng, emerges from seclusion.

The Soul Clan's plans have reached a critical juncture, and it is not advisable to confront the other clans prematurely.

Since that's the case, we might as well avoid the limelight for now, swallow our anger, remember this hatred, and settle accounts properly after the clan's millennium plan is completed.

As for collecting souls, the Soul Palace is not a sentimental organization. The deputy hall master has plenty of ways to improve efficiency... For the sake of the Soul Clan's great cause, they can make their subordinates suffer and increase the workload several times over!
On the other side, the kneeling Celestial Venerable breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the Deputy Palace Master's order and quickly accepted the command and withdrew.

"Yes, I will do it now!"

Before long, the order for the branch halls to retreat was issued from the Heavenly Gang Earthly Hall and headed towards the branch halls stationed on the edge of the continent.

With this order issued, Lin Yuan's goal of preventing border calamities was achieved ahead of schedule in an unexpected way.

The biggest driving force behind this was precisely his actions.

In order to obtain the Wrath of the Yellow Springs, he reached a cooperation agreement with the Yellow Springs Demon Saint; in order to send the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to the Ancient Emperor's Cave, he unexpectedly learned about the Four Heavenly Venerables' activities in the Northwest; in order to eliminate the Four Heavenly Venerables, he also eliminated the Soul Cleansing Saint.

Finally, because the Holy Soul Cleansing Saint was eliminated, the Deputy Hall Master ordered the border people to return to the Central Plains, thus saving the Central Plains from countless calamities.

The reason why Soul Purity Saint went to the Northwest was because of the 'Reverse Soul Alliance' that Lin Yuan had orchestrated.

The development of things in the world is often due to a series of coincidences and causes.
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Zhongzhou, Shengdan City.

On a desolate mountain peak outside the city, a spatial rift quietly appeared, and two figures slowly walked out from the rift.

"Dan Tower, finally back!" Lin Yuan, who had been traveling through the void for several days, withdrew his gaze from the distant towering black pagoda and narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked up at the clear blue sky, and the faint sense of oppression in his heart gradually dissipated.

Calculating the time, it has been another six months since he last left Dan Tower.

Although this period of time was not very long, quite a lot happened, especially in his own strength, which underwent a tremendous transformation.

He is now undoubtedly the strongest person besides the Dan Tower Ancestor.

To put it bluntly, apart from the Dou Di family and the Demon Beast family, there are fewer than a handful of people on the entire Dou Qi Continent whose strength surpasses his.

"Little Fairy Doctor, do you want to come back with me?"

Lin Yuan stretched lazily, then looked back at the gentle woman beside him and asked with a smile.

"No, thank you." Little Fairy Doctor shook her head and said softly, "I need to go back to Calamity Valley first; there are some things to arrange. Afterward, I'll go to the Nine Netherworld Python's place to check on Qinglin and Xiyue's condition. I'll be back before the Pill Gathering..."

Without further ado, she lightly touched the ground with her toes, her graceful figure soaring into the air, transforming into a streak of dark purple light and speeding southwest.

Watching the beauty disappear into the distant sky, Lin Yuan then moved and sped towards Saint Pill City.

As the time for the Dan Conference drew ever closer, people continued to arrive at the space plaza, and a steady stream of people poured into Saint Dan City.

Because the Tianjiao Competition Summit was being held concurrently, there were an unusually large number of people attending to observe.

Although there is still a month and a half until the Pill Gathering and less than a month until the Prodigy Competition, the number of attendees has already exceeded the peak of previous years, and people are still arriving.

A significant portion of them came for the Tianjiao Competition.

In terms of numbers, alchemists are far fewer than ordinary cultivators; in terms of entertainment value, the clash of fighting spirits between geniuses is far more interesting than the tedious alchemy process.

Under these circumstances, the vast area of ​​Saint Pill City was filled with countless figures, many of whom were young powerhouses. The inns and hotels inside and outside the city were also at full capacity. This area had become the focus of attention for countless people in the Central Continent.

Lin Yuan strolled leisurely around Saint Pill City alone for a while, enjoying the lively atmosphere, before heading towards the semi-saint aura within the tower...

This aura was the aura of someone he knew!

(End of this chapter)