Profound Heaven Soul Sovereign

The blade’s energy formed a rainbow dozens of yards high, and the very air trembled before the strike.

’Not good!’ Ye Xuan paled in alarm and hurriedly activated the Zhenyuan Stone in his Storage Ring. A black stone instantly appeared, spinning as it grew in the wind until it was the size of a small mountain in the blink of an eye, colliding with the shimmering blade.

BOOM!

A violent roar echoed as the air rippled from the impact. The heaven-piercing blade energy sent the black mountain flying, and it tumbled into the forest below. Then, the blade’s energy, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, slashed down toward Ye Xuan once more.

"Vast Light Grand Thousand Mirror."

At this critical moment, a rustic bronze mirror appeared in Ye Xuan’s hand. Fueled by his potent Soul Power, the mirror suddenly released a hazy shield of light that collided with the blade’s energy.

The Vast Light Grand Thousand Mirror was supposed to reflect all attacks, but because Ye Xuan’s cultivation level was too low, the shield of light shattered the instant it blocked the strike.

Ye Xuan spat out a mouthful of blood as he was sent flying back in a sorry state.

’What? The kid actually blocked it?’

Mo Qianshan’s face was a mask of disbelief, his eyes wide. A mere Tier Seven First Layer Martial King had actually blocked a full-power strike from him, a Tier Eight Second Layer Martial Emperor. The shock was so great that, for a moment, he couldn’t believe what he had just seen.

’A treasure. What kind of treasure does this boy possess? For it to be so effective...’

In the end, he attributed it all to the Vast Light Grand Thousand Mirror in Ye Xuan’s hand, his expression turning fervent with greed.

"Mo Qianshan."

Just then, Ye Xuan suddenly shouted his name.

Mo Qianshan instinctively looked up.

He was met by a pair of cold, emotionless cyan eyes. They were like the eyes of death itself—frigid and lifeless—sending an involuntary shiver down his spine.

VMMM!

Along with the piercing gaze came an invisible wave of Soul Power that instantly surged into his mind.

Mo Qianshan’s mind went fuzzy, and his vision went black. ’Not good!’ he screamed internally. ’A Soul Sense attack! The boy is a Soul Refiner!’

Utterly horrified, he frantically retreated while circulating his Profound energy to snap himself out of the daze.

The moment his vision cleared, he saw a massive mountain descending upon him. The boy who had been fleeing was now charging forward instead. In one hand, he held the rustic bronze mirror, which unleashed a brilliant rainbow of light. In his other, he brandished a heavy sword crackling with surging lightning, bringing it down like a bolt of Celestial Thunder.

Mo Qianshan’s expression was savage. ’You audacious brat, you actually dare to come back,’ he thought grimly. ’If you had just kept running, you might have actually escaped. But turning back to try and kill me? You’re just courting death.’

A cold darkness filled Mo Qianshan. A gloomy cloud, evidently his martial soul, materialized above his head and instantly fused with his battle saber. The once-gleaming blade turned a dusty, greyish-brown as he slashed out at the approaching Zhenyuan Stone.

With a loud BANG, Mo Qianshan’s power surged after fusing with his martial soul. He sent the mountain-sized Zhenyuan Stone flying with a single strike. His battle saber then flashed repeatedly, shattering both the rainbow light from the Vast Light Grand Thousand Mirror and the lightning from the heavy sword.

"Die, brat!"

Without hesitation, Mo Qianshan slashed at Ye Xuan with a savage glint in his eyes. But before his blade could land, an intense sense of danger suddenly flared up from behind him.

The sense of danger was so strong he couldn’t possibly ignore it. He was certain that if he completed this strike, he would kill the boy, but he himself would either die or be grievously wounded in the process.

With this thought, Mo Qianshan abandoned his attack on Ye Xuan and hastily swung his saber behind him.

BOOM!

Mo Qianshan felt a terrifying force wash over him. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked up in horror. "It’s you? How can this be?" he exclaimed in shock. "You’re just a First Layer Martial Emperor. You can’t possibly hurt me... Wait, this is an Array..."

He suddenly realized that Su Xiuyi, the one who had just attacked him, was standing on an Array Disc. Moreover, the other four were each standing on an Array Disc as well. Their auras were linked, making them seem like a single entity.

Having landed a successful blow, Su Xiuyi pressed his advantage, unleashing a relentless barrage. A torrent of powerful Profound energy washed over Mo Qianshan, who felt as if he were drowning in a vast ocean. In an instant, several new wounds appeared on his body.

Mo Qianshan was both shocked and enraged. ’Damn it,’ he thought, ’what kind of Array is this? How can it boost their power by so much?’

Mo Qianshan could clearly feel that the Array had more than doubled Su Xiuyi’s power. Even he was struggling to defend against it.

He didn’t know that Su Xiuyi’s own cultivation was already just a step away from the Tier Eight Second Layer. With the boost from the Five Elements Heavenly Gang Formation, powered by Ge Puzi, Jiuchen, Elder Yao, and Elder Dong, Su Xiuyi was now his equal in raw power. Aside from a lesser comprehension of the Martial Dao, Su Xiuyi’s Profound energy was now every bit as strong and potent as his own.

Of course, if Ye Xuan hadn’t drawn Mo Qianshan’s attention away, Su Xiuyi and his companions would never have had the chance to fully integrate their powers through the Five Elements Heavenly Gang Formation.

Seeing Su Xiuyi suppressing Mo Qianshan, a glint flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes as he once again activated his Illusory Eye.

"Mo Qianshan," he murmured, and an invisible wave of Soul Power rippled outward.

Mo Qianshan’s mind reeled once more.

BOOM!

Su Xiuyi seized the opportunity, striking out with his fan. A bloody gash appeared on Mo Qianshan’s chest, spraying a fine mist of blood.

"Damn you! I’ll kill you!"

Attacked from both front and back, Mo Qianshan was furious. He wanted to kill Ye Xuan, but Su Xiuyi’s relentless assault gave him no opening, forcing him to remain on the defensive.

’This isn’t working. If this keeps up, my own life will be in danger.’ Mo Qianshan was a veteran fighter; he knew this was no time for hesitation.

He gritted his teeth, his icy gaze locking onto Ye Xuan.

"Go to hell!"

With a furious roar, Mo Qianshan ignored Su Xiuyi’s attack and shot toward Ye Xuan. A brilliant flare of blade light erupted, instantly closing the distance and enveloping them both.

He intended to kill Ye Xuan at close range, forcing Su Xiuyi to hold back for fear of hitting his own ally.

What he failed to see, however, was the strange light that flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes as he drew near.

’Perfect timing.’

Ye Xuan thought. The moment Mo Qianshan was upon him, a terrifying flame erupted from his body.

The flame immediately seared Mo Qianshan’s body. The Profound energy protecting him sizzled and caught fire as if it were dry tinder.

’What is this flame? It can burn through my Tier Eight Second Layer Profound energy! How many trump cards does this Tier Seven First Layer Martial King have? This is too fucking unnatural!’

Mo Qianshan’s body trembled with shock and fury as he tried to extinguish the flames. But before he could, Ye Xuan’s black heavy sword pierced through the gloomy cloud of his martial soul.

’What is he doing?’ Mo Qianshan didn’t have time to process it before he realized a chunk of his martial soul was gone, as if devoured. An excruciating pain simultaneously erupted in his mind.

Fear flooded Mo Qianshan’s heart. This bizarre turn of events completely extinguished his desire to kill Ye Xuan. He turned to flee.

But as he turned to run, he was met by another of Su Xiuyi’s attacks.

Normally, while Su Xiuyi could suppress him, killing him would have been unlikely. But now, terrified by Ye Xuan’s strange attacks, how could he possibly defend against Su Xiuyi?

He spat out another mouthful of blood, the sound of countless bones in his body breaking.

Heavily injured, he was once again enveloped by the Endless Molten Flame. The terrifying fire burned through his Profound energy and began to sear his very flesh from the inside out.

"I, Mo Qianshan, have been cautious my entire life... to think I would fall here today. I can’t accept this..."

Filled with resentment and venom, Mo Qianshan launched one final attack at Ye Xuan before the light in his eyes faded completely.

Once the Endless Molten Flame entered his body, it burned so quickly that he didn’t even have time to self-destruct. His Profound Sea was incinerated into nothingness.

In the air, Ye Xuan took the full force of Mo Qianshan’s final strike. He spat out another mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

"Young Master Ye, are you all right?"

Su Xiuyi and the others rushed to his side.

"I’m fine. We need to leave this place, now."

Without hesitation, Ye Xuan took Mo Qianshan’s Storage Ring and incinerated the body with a ball of fire. He then quickly retrieved the Mola Yuan Iron Array Discs, and he and Su Xiuyi’s group turned and left without a moment’s delay.

Since Mo Qianshan had been sent by Yuchi Jie, it was clear that Yuchi Jie’s group would head this way after dealing with Xiao Ping.

Ye Xuan had used every trick up his sleeve to kill Mo Qianshan. If he ran into Yuchi Jie’s party now, he would be a dead man. They had to get away as fast as possible.

Just as Ye Xuan had predicted, not long after they left, several streaks of light descended upon the spot where Mo Qianshan had fallen. They began to swiftly investigate the devastated forest.

The leader of the group had triangular eyes and a large, hooked nose, giving him an exceptionally sinister and cruel appearance.

His gaze was grim, and with undisguised anger, he snarled at the First Layer Martial Emperors searching below, "Stop looking. Mo Qianshan is dead."

"What?" The searching First Layer Martial Emperors were all startled.

Yuchi Jie stared down at the wreckage below and said coldly, "Mo Qianshan’s martial soul was unique. I can sense its aura. Just now, that aura completely vanished from this spot. There’s no other possibility—he’s dead."