Almost in an instant, the overwhelming heat burst forth like a mountain flood and surged into Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea, then straight towards Ye Zhen’s Four-colored Innate Soul Light.
A shocking scene unfolded for Ye Zhen; his Four-colored Innate Soul Light did not block this bizarre force, allowing it to rush toward his Innate Divine Soul.
Ye Zhen was greatly startled, and before he could react, this strange force lded into one, forming a chain on the surface of Ye Zhen’s Innate Divine Soul.
Instinctively, Ye Zhen mobilized his Divine Soul Power to try and expel this chain, but as soon as the Divine Soul Power touched it, Ye Zhen’s Innate Divine Soul suddenly quaked fiercely!
Ye Zhen was horrified!
This strange chain seed to integrate with his Innate Divine Soul in an instant!
In shock, Ye Zhen glanced at the rapidly dissipating remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander in front of him.
Unexpectedly, seeing Ye Zhen’s appearance, a slight smile appeared on the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander: "Don’t worry, it’s just a small Daoist School I perford on you, harmless in itself, and it may even benefit you!"
By this ti, Ye Zhen had completely cald down.
It’s undeniable that this Earth Core Fire Commander is extrely cunning. From the mont Ye Zhen set foot into the Fire Spirit Pure Land, every step was within the Commander’s calculations.
First, he displayed near-miraculous thods, then had Ye Zhen consu the so-called ’roast chicken, strong liquor,’ and imperceptibly implanted a trace of Heart Inquiry Technique Dao Intent into Ye Zhen.
This was to gain insight into Ye Zhen’s thoughts and determine whether he could pass the test, and finally, this technique was employed using the Dao Intent in Ye Zhen’s body.
Ye Zhen reckoned that the chain entwining his Innate Divine Soul certainly imposes significant restrictions and is incredibly mystical!
Otherwise, Ye Zhen’s Four-colored Innate Soul Light wouldn’t be so unresponsive, nor would it be irremovable.
"Senior, just tell straight, what limitations does this Divine Soul Chain impose on ? I can accept it!" Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly turned cold!
"Ye Zhen, all of my life’s endeavors will be passed down to you; you will be my only hope for revenge! However, human nature is unpredictable; you’re rely a recipient chosen by chance, not soone personally taken under my wing. With little emotional connection to !
So, even though I already learned through the Heart Inquiry Technique that, under favorable conditions, you indeed have intentions of avenging !
Yet humans change!
That’s why I secretly placed this Heart Inquiry Lock to impose limitations on you, urging you to complete your cultivation and avenge !" said the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander!
Listening to the Commander’s words, the anger in Ye Zhen’s heart suddenly vanished.
Initially, he was furious at the Commander’s despicable trickery, but now, it suddenly seed that the Commander was quite pitiful!
A hero once rampant throughout the world, reduced to such a state, resorting to complex and deceitful ans to exact revenge.
Moreover, the Commander had a point: humans do change!
Ye Zhen couldn’t be sure that once he accomplishes his cultivation, he would seek revenge; if they swapped places, Ye Zhen might do the sa.
In that mont, Ye Zhen slightly understood the Commander.
Currently, what Ye Zhen wanted to know most was the specific limitations of this Heart Inquiry Lock!
"Senior, please speak plainly: what are the limitations?"
"A thousand years, within a millennium, if you don’t seek revenge against my mortal enemy Si Chen, the Heart Inquiry Lock will activate, triggering the Seven Heart Burning Fire to scorch your Innate Divine Soul daily, leaving you in constant agony until your Innate Divine Soul is entirely incinerated!
As for how long you can endure, it depends on the strength of your Innate Divine Soul!"
Hearing this, Ye Zhen was infuriated, "Agony day and night, how can you be so cruel..."
"Even though you’ve tried to assassinate Si Chen for hundreds of years to no avail, it’s been nearly ten thousand years now. Regardless if he’s still living, if he is, he would have reached terrifying heights in cultivation, so..." Ye Zhen retorted.
"Death is basically impossible!
At his level, his lifespan alone spans tens of thousands of years, with countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for vitality extension. As for cultivation, a millennium later, even I can’t predict how terrifyingly strong he might be!
However, you have no choice but to avenge !"
At this point, the remnant soul seed to pause in its speech, "Of course, I am not demanding you kill him within a millennium! This Heart Inquiry Lock possesses my exclusive Spell; in a millennia, securing a drop of Si Chen’s Essence Blood and assimilating it into your body can delay the Heart Inquiry Lock’s activation by a century!
Moreover, the Heart Inquiry Lock not only restricts but also offers so protection to your Innate Divine Soul!
With the Heart Inquiry Lock, all Heart Demon corruption is barred from infiltrating your Innate Divine Soul."
Upon hearing, Ye Zhen’s expression shifted suddenly, "You an the Heart Inquiry Lock can resist Divine Soul attacks?"
"No! This Heart Inquiry Lock only shields against forces directly impacting your Innate Divine Soul, such as Heart Demon invasions, Outer Domain Heavenly Demon influences, etc., ensuring your ntal clarity in battle or cultivation. It only serves these purposes!
For enemy Divine Soul attacks, it’s up to you to fend them off yourself; the Heart Inquiry Lock provides no defense!" said the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander!
Ye Zhen was a bit frustrated; the sole function was sowhat useless, so instantly Ye Zhen shifted his attention to the Heart Inquiry Lock itself.
"A drop of Si Chen’s Essence Blood can delay the Heart Inquiry Lock’s activation by a century?" Ye Zhen’s brows furrowed sharply, "Senior, aren’t you afraid I might betray you, collaborate with Si Chen, acquire hundreds or thousands of drops of Essence Blood for longevity, then slowly study and unravel the Heart Inquiry Lock?"
Hearing this, the remnant soul showed no anger, instead, it chuckled, "Impossible!"
"Firstly, Si Chen’s Essence Blood is exceedingly precious, a drop is a priceless treasure across all realms. Plus, due to the peculiar cultivation technique Si Chen practices, Essence Blood is also his Cultivation, his Life Span!
Anyone daring to covet Si Chen’s Essence Blood becos Si Chen’s mortal enemy!
Moreover, given Si Chen’s suspicious nature, should you claim to be my descendant, he would annihilate you without hesitation; promises an nothing to him!
So I advise against such folly!"
"As for unraveling my Heart Inquiry Lock?" The remnant soul suddenly chuckled lightly, "Don’t dream about it; not only you, but even Si Chen or beings stronger than Si Chen like the Human Clan’s Grand Divine Sacrifice cannot decipher my Heart Inquiry Lock!
The Heart Inquiry Technique, a secret technique I’ve comprehended through nearly a millennium of countless nights of heartbreak, longing for a redolent belle, and incessant regret!
Besides, revealing this would be disadvantageous!
In just a few more breaths, the Heart Inquiry Technique will disappear along with this old man, gone forever!
To unlock it, unless you endure all the sufferings I’ve been through, and with a certain bit of fortune, perhaps you could comprehend a similar technique. But whether the Heart Inquiry Technique can be unlocked, I am not sure!"
"So, Ye Zhen, my advice to you is to abandon those crooked thoughts and evil paths, focus solely on cultivating Martial Arts, and forge ahead to avenge my grievous injuries as soon as possible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander dissipated rapidly, like falling petals, even his voice trembled.
"The Heart Inquiry Technique... a thousand years of inquiry... I once thought it was a supre learning, never expected it to eventually scatter with in the wind..."
The remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander suddenly trembled violently, looking at Ye Zhen with eyes full of hope.
"Rember, if you are able to kill... Si Chen, do not rush to unlock the... Heart Inquiry Lock, study well, inside the Heart Inquiry Lock, lies the most complete Heart Inquiry..."
Before he could finish speaking, the last wisp of the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander completely dissipated, a heroic soul maintained for nearly ten thousand years was gone forever!
Boom!
The Fire Fla Spirit Body suddenly exploded, splitting into hundreds of strong fla auras, scattering in all directions. At the sa mont, the entire Fire Spirit Pure Land trembled violently, as if it was about to collapse at any mont.
With the tremors of the Fire Spirit Pure Land, countless flas drifted out, scattering in all directions.
As the last trace of the Earth Core Fire Commander’s remnant soul dissipated, the Fire Spirit Pure Land, dominated by his will, rapidly collapsed and vanished.
A few breaths later, the Fire Spirit Pure Land, whose re aura was enough to make Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul tremble, disappeared completely, just like the remnant soul of the Earth Core Fire Commander.
Ancient and solemn palaces appeared before Ye Zhen as the Fire Spirit Pure Land dissipated.
This group of palaces made up of several palaces was the true Ground Fire Heart Palace!
Everywhere stood towering ancient trees, too large to be hugged by several people, and everywhere thrived various kinds of flowers and plants grown to their fullest as long as their life force was strong enough.
These various flowers and plants even colored the palaces before his eyes.
The palace before his eyes, even its large gates were sealed by flowers and vines!
This sight made Ye Zhen secretly relieved, lucky that the Earth Core Fire Commander did not have the habit of breeding large numbers of Demon Pets, otherwise, after ten thousand years, each Demon Pet might be a presence able to kill Ye Zhen in a single blow!
Ti can indeed create miracles!
With a shrug of his shoulder, an invisible wave of Spiritual Power burst forth from his body, instantly shattering all flowers and plants that blocked the palace before him, revealing the plaque above.
"Commander Hall..."
Just as Ye Zhen saw these words, the plaque of the palace silently turned to dust, ti had already destroyed most things here, especially those without Spiritual Power to protect them.
Perhaps it was organized, or perhaps resigned to death, there was nothing of value left inside this Ground Fire Heart Palace’s Commander Hall, wherever Ye Zhen went, a gentle breeze turned everything to dust!
For a while, Ye Zhen felt like a tourist taking step by step, strolling within the Ground Fire Heart Palace built ten thousand years ago, visiting one grand hall after another, as if retracing the emotional journey of the Earth Core Fire Commander!
The architectural layout of this Ground Fire Heart Palace was extrely cleverly set.
Aside from the Commander Hall where the Earth Core Fire Commander resided, there were three other halls in distinctly female decorating styles, all on the sa level, each hall intended for residence by won was extrely luxurious. Sadly, no matter how luxurious sothing was, it would rot with the passage of ten thousand years!
Every grand hall was covered with portraits, tens of thousands of portraits.
These were probably the portraits of the Earth Core Fire Commander’s beloved won, but unfortunately, after so long, the paintings were all covered with mildew, unrecognizable.
When Ye Zhen roughly counted the number of portraits in these three halls, he was amazed, seventy thousand, nearly seventy thousand of them.
One could see how much the Earth Core Fire Commander missed his beloveds!
Thinking of this, Ye Zhen suddenly recalled Caiyi, from whom he hadn’t heard any news for so long!
His heart twisted violently as if bitten by a venomous snake, the pain made Ye Zhen feel suffocated, suddenly he sowhat understood the Earth Core Fire Commander.
In the face of yearning that pains you to madness, any craziness could be justified.
The Ground Fire Heart Palace was vast, occupying a square hundred miles, Ye Zhen spent a full two hours walking through the entire Ground Fire Heart Palace, through dicinal gardens, gardens, pill rooms, fish ponds, etc., but unfortunately, it was either empty or lost due to the passage of ti, there was nothing of value.
Finally, Ye Zhen turned his gaze to the volcano at the furthest edge of the Ground Fire Heart Palace!
It was a genuine volcano, not too tall, around a thousand ters, but flas swirled everywhere, not ordinary fires, but Spiritual Fire that Ye Zhen had seen in the Fire Spirit Pure Land!
In the center of the volcano, a huge outflow spout continuously spouted scarlet magma, forming a huge magma pool below.
The body of a giant beast was completely subrged in this huge magma pool, only that enormous head floated on the surface of the magma pool.
What was terrifying was that the scarlet magma spouted from the center of the volcano rained down from the sky directly onto the giant beast’s enormous head, it looked as if it was bathing.
However, the terrifyingly hot magma poured down on this beast’s head, yet the beast was unhard, not even its fur was singed.
After careful observation, Ye Zhen finally discerned the beast’s appearance.
Deer antlers, long cat ears, a large long donkey mouth combined oddly, yet with those massive shrimp eyes, it exuded an indescribable majesty.
"This should be the Earth Core Fire Commander’s mount, the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice, right?"
Ye Zhen’s heart suddenly surged with excitent, as long as he used the Xuan Fire Talisman left by the Earth Core Fire Commander, he could imprint the powerful Demon Beast before him, beco its owner, and obtain the complete Martial Arts inheritance of the Earth Core Fire Commander!
"Is this guy still alive?"
Murmuring, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense moved, surging into the Xuan Fire Talisman, controlling the wisp of Divine Soul imprinted within belonging to the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice, preparing to imprint the Divine Soul completely into the body of the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice!
But in that instant, a strong sense of resistance directly bounced back Ye Zhen’s attempt to imprint his Divine Soul.
Roar!
With an earth-shattering roar, the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice suddenly opened its eyes! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.)
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