Chapter 1387 - Comprehending Soul Runes
Even after the last person stepped onto the staircase, the Grand Unity Sect still failed to find Liu Wuxie.
"Liu Wuxie must've gone up ahead. We have to get ahead of him when entering the third level," Elder Shi snarled as he led everyone up the staircase, afraid it would dissipate and trap them on the first level.
Countless humans and blood fiends poured into the second level through the stairs. The staircase remained for four hours before it slowly faded away, vanishing as though it had never existed in the first place.
After he entered the second level, Liu Wuxie immediately sensed a faint shift in the laws of heaven and earth. They still differed from those of the four astral domains, giving him the feeling that he had stepped into an entirely new world.
The scenery remained bleak and barren, with no trace of greenery anywhere. As soon as they arrived, everyone scattered in all directions to search for martial souls as efficiently as possible.
Liu Wuxie moved alone as usual, while the Heavenly Dao Book continued its work within his soul sea. Countless soul runes wove together like a spiderweb, wrapping around his soul sea. He soon found a hollowed-out tree, laid down spiritual arrays around it, and sat inside with his legs crossed.
The Heavenly Dao Book's analysis was nearing completion. Next, he had to refine the soul runes, and he couldn't afford any interruptions during that process.
As the soul runes began to flow through his soul sea like a luminous stream, Liu Wuxie steadied his mind and focused on comprehending them in earnest.
"What bizarre soul runes!" Liu Wuxie exclaimed in shock when he examined them. Compared to these, the soul runes he had comprehended in the past seemed utterly insignificant.
"Wait, something's off. These soul runes seem to be even capable of controlling a person's soul sea," he murmured, suddenly noticing a crucial clue.
Based on the ancient texts he had read about the art of martial soul, soul runes could only be used to control demonic beasts, astral beasts, divine beasts, and even foreign races. He had never read about soul runes that could also control humans.
Then again, the lack of records didn't mean such things did not exist. Humans had very little interaction with the art of martial souls, and those records merely reflected what their authors knew.