Gateway of Immortality

Not all souls retained a trace of spiritual essence. Those devilish soul-refining artifacts Qin Sang had previously picked up in the ancient cultivator’s estate had long since worn away the souls’ spiritual essence.

The banners seized from the remaining members of Kuiyin Sect, however, had only recently absorbed souls from freshly slain victims; only then could a sliver of spiritual essence remain.

In the end, Qin Sang released the souls that had yet to lose their spiritual essence, and extracted the pure souls from all the ghost banners, refining it into threads to restore his astras.

The three Yan Luo Banners of Ten Directions now hovered in the air, forming a banner array that rotated slowly before him.

At the center of the astras, the black devilish flame gathered into a concentrated mass.

With all three banners combined, the power of the Devilish Flames of Nine Hells was far more than a simple multiplication. It truly rivaled that of a middle-grade astra. That was no exaggeration.

But the requirements for the cultivator were significantly higher.

Even though the banners originated from the same array and were tightly linked, requiring no split in focus during control, using three astras at once still placed considerable strain on the wielder.

When unleashing the Devilish Flames of Nine Hells in combat, the consumption of true essence was extremely rapid, and the demand on one’s spiritual consciousness was immense.

Thanks to the aid of his corpse core, Qin Sang could sustain the expenditure of true essence for a longer time.

However, his cultivation realm was still insufficient, and his spiritual consciousness was not yet strong. Even so, it was exhausting.

Qin Sang attempted to activate the banner array. The Devilish Flames of Nine Hells transformed into a fire dragon that roared out from the array, only to suddenly collapse with a sharp snap, shattering into countless embers that filled the entire cave dwelling.