Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 694 Jiang Lin: Palace Master, don't you want your Soul Clan to...
Boom!

As the lightning began to flash, the people below finally saw what terrifying thing was in the dark thunderclouds!
"Five colors?! Five-colored pill lightning?! No! Five-colored weapon lightning?! How is this possible?!"

When the crowd below saw a five-colored bolt of lightning descend straight down from the rolling thunderclouds above the Mo Mansion, it struck the enormous creature within the billowing black mist!
Only then did everyone finally see clearly what that terrifying body standing between heaven and earth in the black mist was!

"A skeleton?! No, what is that?!"

Amidst gasps of surprise, a puppet mech, its foundation made of grayish-white bones carved with black runes and its flesh and blood of black, semi-transparent battle aura, appeared and disappeared amidst the five-colored lightning!

"The Illusionary Spirit Artifact Technique? As expected, that guy's abilities were built up step by step." Lei Dong, standing in the black mist below, crossed his arms and looked up at the huge skeletal body in the sky, which was made of fighting spirit energy. His deep eyes trembled slightly.

Jiang Lin once said that the pinnacle of the "Illusory Spirit Artifact Technique" is the ability to use battle qi energy as material to freely conjure whatever one needs.

Now, Jiang Lin has clearly applied the mature technology of the "Illusory Spirit Artifact Technique" to Hun Ke'er's puppet life artifact.

"Speaking of which, what did the Spirit Craftsman say he was going to forge last time?" Lei Dong asked Lan Hong, who was not far away, while watching Jiang Lin and Hun Ke'er undergoing their tribulation above.

“Hmm,” Lan Hong thought carefully for a moment, then hesitated and said, “I think it was called something like Susanoo? I can’t remember, there’s no such weird name.”

As Lan Hong spoke, she glanced at the Soul Palace's high-ranking officials, who had completely surrounded the Mo Mansion, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Sometimes, even Lan Hong herself had to admit that Jiang Lin's background with criminal forces was far too ingenious. What the almost entirely neutral Spirit Race hadn't been able to achieve, Jiang Lin had made possible.

Those high-ranking members of the Soul Hall had been there for a long time, and it wasn't just the Soul Hall's high-ranking members; there were also other forces from the Central Plains.

Representatives from the Dan Tower, the Four Pavilions, and the Three Valleys—all the major powers in the Central Plains—came. However, due to the intimidation emanating from the hidden Soul Palace Master, the other powers in the Central Plains only dared to watch from afar.

If it were anyone else, perhaps someone would have already started causing trouble. But this is the territory of the Soul Palace, the land of the Soul Clan. The more powerful Jiang Lin is, the more the Soul Clan values ​​him.

Boom! Boom!
The Tongxuan Spirit Puppet, which Jiang Lin casually dismissed with the term "Susanoo," silently underwent its tribulation in complete silence. Compared to the previous time when Jiang Lin only gave his life-bound artifact a "hot" dose of lightning tribulation, Jiang Lin now used the characteristics of his own divine essence and spiritual body to assist Hun Ke'er and "Susanoo" in absorbing more lightning tribulation, using himself as an auxiliary spiritual artifact.

'The five colors of the lightning tribulation are quite impressive. If I were to absorb them all, I might reach the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Zun realm. However, what I need to break through my current realm is not cultivation level.' Within the world of lightning, Jiang Lin clasped his hands together, his divine essence and spiritual energy expanding outwards. A huge humanoid phantom enveloped Susanoo and the Soul Ke'er inside it. Then, using himself as a filter, Jiang Lin began to use the five-colored lightning tribulation to temper the Soul Ke'er's life weapon and energy.

The Five-Colored Thunder consisted of nine layers. With Jiang Lin's assistance, Hun Ke'er and her life weapon absorbed four layers, while Jiang Lin absorbed the remaining five.

As the thunderclouds dissipated, the sky above the Mo Mansion was unusually clear and blue. A black, semi-transparent Susanoo, hundreds of feet tall, appeared before everyone. Jiang Lin landed on top of Hun Ke'er's Susanoo, with arcs of electricity still lingering on his body. When Jiang Lin, whose cultivation had automatically reached the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Zun, opened his eyes and looked into the distance, he found himself surrounded by the Dou Zun and Dou Sheng of the Soul Palace.

However, the encirclement formed by these Soul Palace Battle Venerables and Battle Saints is more outward than inward.

In other words, these high-ranking members of the Soul Palace came to protect the Dharma.

Standing atop the black, semi-transparent Susanoo, Jiang Lin looked at the silent middle-aged man leading the Soul Hall's high-ranking officials.

"Junior Ke'er greets Uncle!" Jiang Lin did not speak, but the 'Susanoo' beneath his feet spoke to the middle-aged man from the Soul Palace.

"Hmm." In front of the group of Dou Zun and Dou Sheng of the Soul Palace, the Soul Palace Master, Hun Miesheng, frowned slightly, nodded gently, and then looked into the distance: "Vice Palace Master, tell those people to stay away. The internal affairs of the Soul Clan do not require the interference of others."

"Yes, sir!" Soon, an old man in a black robe with a dark aura behind Hun Miesheng clasped his fists and flew towards the distant horizon. Soon, a Dou Sheng fluctuation erupted in the sky, but it quickly subsided.

Hun Miesheng took a step forward and appeared beside Jiang Lin. At the same time, Hun Ke'er flew out from the black, semi-transparent Susanoo, stood beside Jiang Lin, and bowed to Hun Miesheng.

"Seven-Star Dou Zun. Using a weapon to temper your body, the feedback from the half-saint level soul weapon has raised you several realms. Not bad." Hun Miesheng glanced at the pure but somewhat unstable energy in Hun Ke'er's body, a hint of surprise flashing deep in his scarlet eyes.

"This is for you, the Supreme Soul Source. You may not need it, but feeding it to your soul weapon and letting it nourish you should allow you to quickly cultivate to the Half-Saint realm." Soul Extinction, exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay, slowly pointed his hand, and a ray of spiritual light instantly flew into Soul Ke'er's body!
"Thank you so much, Uncle, for the treasure!" Hun Ke'er's face lit up with joy, and she quickly expressed her gratitude.

Hun Ke'er has a Dou Sheng clan uncle, though that's not the Hun Miesheng in front of her. However, Hun Ke'er's Dou Sheng clan uncle is related to Hun Miesheng by blood, so Hun Miesheng can be considered Hun Ke'er's elder.

Hun Ke'er's lineage has few offspring, which is why Hun Ke'er holds a very high seniority within the Hun clan.

"You are Hun Jiang? Son of Hun Tianjiang?" Hun Miesheng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the burly man who had been silently watching him.

Although Jiang Lin was used to wearing the Xuanwen mask at all times, it was useless to Dou Sheng like Hun Miesheng. Hun Miesheng recognized Jiang Lin's somewhat familiar face at a glance.

In Hun Miesheng's own words, Hun Tianjiang and this boy are seven parts similar.

(Soulsmith:???)
"I have this name?" Jiang Lin raised an eyebrow slightly: "Senior, please call me Spirit Craftsman. The name Soul Crimson is too unfamiliar to me."

"..." Upon hearing this, Hun Miesheng frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Lin with a cold gaze for a long time, and finally said, "What my nephew says is true. We only recently learned of the name Hun Jiang, and it is indeed difficult and unfamiliar to pronounce."

The Soul Clan initially had no knowledge of Soul Jiang; they had absolutely no information about him. It wasn't until the Soul Craftsman brought it up that the Soul Clan's higher-ups realized that the Spirit Craftsman causing trouble in the Black Corner Region was actually one of their own.

What? You're saying it's from the Elven race?
The Spirit Clan was wiped out, how could he still be a member of the Spirit Clan? He's clearly a member of the Soul Clan, okay? At first, the Soul Clan also suspected Jiang Lin might be a member of the Spirit Clan, but after the entire Spirit Clan's sacrifice went smoothly, their suspicions were instantly dispelled. The Soul Clan knew the Spirit Clan's nature; if Jiang Lin were truly a member of the Spirit Clan, he would have been captured long ago.

Since Jiang Lin was able to survive the attack from that Spirit Clan Battle Saint, it means that the Spirit Clan Battle Saint eventually discovered that Jiang Lin was not a member of the Spirit Clan, or that the Spirit Clan bloodline in Jiang Lin was not strong.

“My dear nephew Lingjiang has finally arrived in Zhongzhou. Why don’t we find another place to chat?” Hun Miesheng extended an invitation.

"Please, senior." Jiang Lin did not refuse, or rather, when the Soul Craftsman told him that "coming to Zhongzhou is like coming home," Jiang Lin began to change many of his plans.

Should we defend against the Soul Clan? Yes, we must, but we must defend in a planned and phased manner, prioritizing defense before moving on to other areas.
Soon, Hun Miesheng took Jiang Lin to another location, while Hun Ke'er was given a task by Hun Miesheng:
"Gu You, go and try Ke'er's companion life artifact."

"Yes, sir!"

"I never imagined that someone could reach the level of a nine-star Dou Zun at the age of less than thirty. The Golden Age is truly coming." On a mountain range not far from the Mo Mansion, Hun Miesheng looked down at the masses below, his expression neither sad nor happy.

At this moment, after years of refinement, the Spirit Realm Emperor Array has successfully refined the Stone Clan. The nine sacred weapon array eyes of the Emperor Array have entered a nurturing state, so the Soul Clan has taken some time to rest and prepare for the next phase of the plan.

“Senior doesn’t seem very surprised,” Jiang Lin said, standing behind Hun Miesheng.

“Surprised, but not unexpected, because every now and then the world enters an energy burst period, during which cultivation becomes extremely easy. Even a Dou Sheng can advance several realms during these few decades of burst period.” Hun Miesheng shook his head slightly, then turned to look at Jiang Lin.

"Why would that kid from the Thunder Clan follow you?" Soul Extinction still couldn't understand this. That was Lei Ying's precious darling, how could he just casually end up with the Soul Clan? When did the Soul Clan and the Thunder Clan become so close? Can you please have some sense of boundaries?
"I don't quite understand either, perhaps it's the aura of a king?" Jiang Lin said with a smile.

"..." Hun Miesheng was silent for a moment before deciding to skip the topic. He looked in the direction of the Mo family: "As a member of the Soul Clan, I think you should know what a Dou Di means to the entire Soul Clan. You need to get that ancient jade from Lei Dong."

"Let's be frank: among the secrets of the Soul Clan's heritage, there is a nascent Emperor-grade pill inside the cave of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. If the Soul Clan wants to become an Emperor, they must obtain that nascent Emperor-grade pill!"

In the Dou Qi world, one person becoming an Emperor elevates their entire clan to immortality—this is no joke. If you are closely related to a Dou Di by blood, you might wake up as a Dou Zun or Dou Sheng while you're sleeping at home.
The Soul Clan is willing to risk everything to help the Soul Emperor become an emperor, because the Soul Emperor's ascension to the throne will benefit all members of the Soul Clan!

"And the key to opening the ancient emperor's cave is the combination of eight ancient Tuoshe jades." Hun Miesheng imparted some of the 'Soul Clan Moral Qualities' that Soul Clan members should possess to Jiang Lin, so that Jiang Lin could strive for the Soul Clan to become a 3.0 imperial clan.

"What? Judging from your attitude, you seem unwilling?" Hun Miesheng sneered.

"Hmm," Jiang Lin listened to the strange thoughts of the Soul Clan, hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his finger, and the divine essence and spiritual fire slowly rose.

“Since you consider me a member of the Soul Clan, then as a member of the Soul Clan, you seem to have some basic trust in me?” Jiang Lin looked at Hun Miesheng, who did not answer but simply looked at Jiang Lin silently.

Then, with a whoosh, the divine essence and spiritual fire instantly surged up, directly engulfing Hun Miesheng.

"Your flames..." Before Hun Miesheng could say anything, he saw Jiang Lin suddenly open his palm, and a black rune that Hun Miesheng recognized flashed by.

"Hmm?" Soul Destroyer frowned instantly: "What are you trying to say?"

“Under the cover of the Divine Essence Spiritual Fire, any energy interaction will cease.” After the Divine Essence Spiritual Fire covered the souls of the two, Jiang Lin looked at Hun Miesheng before him, his deep eyes flashing with strange black runes: “What I want to say is actually very simple, I just want to ask, is the Soul Clan the Soul Clan of the Soul Clan, or... the Soul Clan of the Void Devouring Flame?”

"What do you mean?" Hun Miesheng frowned. The black runes that flashed in Jiang Lin's eyes were the same black runes on the body of the Void Devouring Flame.

"I wasn't really sure about it at first either, until I recently refined a ball of Void Devouring Flame Sub-Flame, from which I unexpectedly obtained some data on the Void Devouring Flame's abilities, including soul control." The black runes in Jiang Lin's eyes slowly dissipated.

"..." Soul Extinction's eyes flashed, his expression growing increasingly cold: "He secretly sabotaged it?!"

"Although I don't want to say it, the Void Devouring Flame is obviously not honest, isn't it?" Jiang Lin shook his head slightly. He had just learned of this news, which was also the key reason why Jiang Lin changed some of his thoughts.

"If the Void Devouring Flame's sub-flames cover the entire Soul Clan, then when the Soul Emperor becomes an Emperor, the Soul Clan's bloodline will advance. At this time, the Void Devouring Flame can reclaim the bloodline, and the Soul Emperor might be able to take his place and advance himself."

"In other words, at that time, the Soul Emperor's ascension to the throne had nothing to do with the Soul Clan," Jiang Lin said, voicing his doubts.

Jiang Lin did not believe that the madness of the Soul Clan could compare to that of the Spirit Clan.

The madness of the Spirit Race is the madness of martyrs. The madness of the Soul Race, however, is that of a group of perverted madmen.

The Soul Clan went to great lengths to allow the Soul Emperor to become an emperor so that "the whole clan could ascend to heaven when one person attains enlightenment." Moreover, this ascension was a legitimate ascension, not the kind where one is sent to the Western Paradise.

Now, Jiang Lin unexpectedly discovered the Void Devouring Flame's little trick from its sub-fire soul fragment, which gave Jiang Lin a glimmer of an opportunity.

“Senior.” Jiang Lin looked into Hun Miesheng’s eyes and said seriously, “With your support, the soul realm of that Void Devouring Flame should have reached the Emperor Realm. In other words, once his split soul goes berserk, most of the Soul Clan will die on the spot.”

Seeing Hun Miesheng's increasingly ugly expression, Jiang Lin narrowed his eyes and said, "However, I am an unplanned member of the Soul Clan."

Besides the Spirit Clan's bet, Jiang Lin now wants the Soul Clan to bet on him!
(End of this chapter)