Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

"My Heroic Spirit is in three parts. One is pure Spiritual Power, one contains the records of my life, and the last holds the Secret Techniques I learned. Now, they are all yours."

"You can use the pure Spiritual Power to power your Lifebound Divine Weapon. The story of my life... it is enough for you to simply know it. As for the Secret Techniques, there are two you absolutely must learn."

"One is the Profound Sun Scripture, the million-year-old legacy of my Ye Family. This scripture comes from the famed Nine Yang Celestial Palace of the Ancient Era. Learning it will undoubtedly bring you great benefits."

"The other is a secret method for refining the God-Suppressing Coffins. Once you learn it, you can either open the coffins and take what's inside for yourself, or you can forge them into an Array. In a critical moment, you can even summon the Heroic Spirits within to slay your foes."

"Child, everything that belongs to the Ye Family is now in your hands. I hope you won't disappoint me. Only then can I depart in peace..."

His voice faded.

Ye Tianjue's Heroic Spirit dissipated.

He had used his final strength to empower Yang Xiao.

He gave him everything.

Withholding nothing.

The corners of Yang Xiao's eyes.

Were completely wet.

"That lunatic! Why would he do that!"

Yang Xiao roared.

By now, Ye Tianjue's Heroic Spirit had also vanished.

There was nothing before him but a vast, empty, pitch-black space.

Yang Xiao's heart.

Was desolate.

And filled with deep, profound guilt.

'He wanted to give me these things just now. Why didn't I just agree? If I had, they would have all been mine to do with as I pleased. Why did I have to be so stubborn with him?'

'If I hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't have thrown the Bloodthirsty Sword in.'

'If I hadn't complained to him, things wouldn't have ended up like this.'

'Even though Ye Tianjue had been dead for over six thousand years, he was a True God with an Immortal Divine Body. His Heroic Spirit could have lasted for all eternity.'

'Once I recovered my strength to the Divine King Realm, I would have had many ways to resurrect him.'

'Even if I couldn't resurrect him,'

'With a complete consciousness, Ye Tianjue's Heroic Spirit was as good as alive.'

'He would only have needed to hibernate occasionally.'

'But now...'

'The Divine Body is destroyed.'

'The Heroic Spirit has dissipated.'

Now, even with all his incredible abilities, Yang Xiao could never bring him back.

The most he could do was use Ye Tianjue's memories to reconstruct a new living being, just like he had with the Earth Fire Qilin Beast...

"Wait! He left behind the records of his entire life! With these, maybe... maybe I really can bring him back to life!"

Yang Xiao's expression flickered.

He suddenly thought of his Golden Roc True Body.

"Yes, that's what I'll do. Before the Divine Soul Brand from his Heroic Spirit completely dissipates, I'll use my Golden Roc True Body to reconstruct his flesh. I'll make him like Yang Lin... yes, I'll bring him back to life, just like Yang Lin."

At this thought, Yang Xiao immediately began to perform the Soul Summoning Secret Technique from the memories of his past life.

By comparison, the Heroic Spirit left behind by a fallen True God was a type of Divine Soul remnant. For a short time after the Heroic Spirit dissipates, a trace of its imprint would still linger in the world.

As long as Yang Xiao was willing to part with his Golden Roc True Body, he could resurrect Ye Tianjue.

His own strength would become extremely weak in the process, however.

He would be left with only the strength of the Golden Roc True Body, which was barely at the Great Divine Power Realm.

But in the future, the reborn Ye Tianjue could continuously improve himself, just like Yang Lin.

'But there's still a difference between a Divine Soul Brand and a true Soul... with my current strength, can I really pull this off?'

Yang Xiao didn't know.

But he was already taking action.

He didn't start right away. First, from the Ultimate Daoist Ring he had just obtained, he took out a Pill and swallowed it. He had been ambushed by Ye Donghuang and his men earlier.

He had been grievously wounded.

And while time had allowed him to recover somewhat,

he was far from fully healed.

To perform such a feat, Yang Xiao naturally needed to be in his best possible condition.

After meditating for a short while, he opened his eyes.

'What an incredible Pill. Its medicinal properties are so gentle... even I would struggle to refine something like this with my current abilities. No wonder it dares to be called the Creation Rebirth Pill.'

Yang Xiao let out a soft sigh.

In that instant, the injuries on his body vanished, leaving him perfectly healed.

He was completely restored. It even seemed to have healed some of his old, hidden injuries. The Pill's effects were truly remarkable.

At the same time, Yang Xiao's gratitude for Ye Tianjue grew even deeper. Even this single healing Pill was clearly an item of immense value.

It had helped him tremendously.

Otherwise, while he could have eventually healed his injuries on his own, it would have been nowhere near this easy.

"Alright, time to begin."

Taking a shallow breath, Yang Xiao extended his fingers and began to trace some kind of Secret Pattern in the air.

This was an Incomplete Secret Pattern he had obtained in his first life. It seemed to be one of the legendary secret patterns related to the Soul, yet it was also slightly different.

However, with this Secret Skill, Yang Xiao could draw out any incomplete Divine Soul Brand. In his past, he had used this very technique to annihilate countless experts at the True God Level, and even some at the Divine King Level.

Now, he was using it to save a life.

And for the very first time.

As he drew the Secret Pattern, illusory figures began to appear before him one by one.

These illusory figures were all Divine Soul Brands that lingered in this space. There were many of them—well over a hundred by a quick count—clearly remnants left by other True Gods.

"Hm? I found it!"

Suddenly, another illusory figure materialized.

Yang Xiao's eyes lit up.

It was precisely Ye Tianjue's Divine Soul Brand. Compared to the others, this wisp of a brand was extremely weak.

It looked so fragile, as if a single gust of wind would scatter it completely.

Yang Xiao carefully released a wisp of his own aura, trying to draw the Divine Soul Brand toward him. But the instant he pulled, it felt like trying to move a great mountain.

It wouldn't budge at all.

'Just as I thought. With my current Spiritual Level, trying to draw in the Divine Soul Brand of a True God is just too difficult. What do I do?'

Yang Xiao frowned.

And at that very moment, a familiar yet strange voice echoed in his mind.

"Uncle, why don't you let me help?"

As the voice spoke, the distant Bloodthirsty Sword, which was in the middle of its ascension to a Divine Soldier, suddenly flashed.

From the light, an incomparably beautiful woman emerged.

After ascending to become the Spirit of a Divine Soldier, the girl had fully matured. Her figure was even more stunning than Xue Yi's, and Yang Xiao felt his face flush.

He was about to put on a stern face and give the girl a proper scolding.

He wanted to tell her to change back to her original appearance.

But then a thought struck him.

'I placed a seal on her before, but she actually managed to break it? Looks like at her current level, I can't even punish her if I wanted to.'

Yang Xiao felt a twinge of disappointment.

And a little helplessness.

Because it meant he could no longer control this girl.

At the very least, he couldn't just seal her away whenever he pleased.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

the Bloodthirsty Sword Spirit asked softly.

Yang Xiao looked up. 'Huh? Something's not right.'

'The girl seems much more... composed. Has she really changed?'

He observed her carefully for a moment.

Indeed.

The girl really had grown up.

She was no longer the mischievous imp she used to be. At this realization, Yang Xiao finally relaxed.