Chapter 479: Chapter 7: Ten Thousand Miles Soul-Locking Mirror
The Southern Demon Sect’s greatest specialty was using Secret Techniques to refine various Celestial Demons into Divine-Demonic Avatars. The Powerful White Bone Demon was one of the most outstanding of these Divine-Demonic Avatars.
However, these avatars required the implantation of a Cultivator’s Sub-Soul to fully unleash their power and eliminate the risk of a backlash from the Celestial Demon within.
But a Cultivator’s Divine Soul is ultimately finite. Even upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, one could not split off too many Sub-Souls without risking the enfeeblement of their Divine Soul.
The Southern Demon Sect, however, found an alternative. To control even more Celestial Demons, they created a unique Demon Sect Secret Technique called the Stealing Fetus Divine Spell.
This Secret Technique was exceptionally vile. The caster would plant a wisp of their own Divine Thought into the Divine Soul of one of their disciples. Then, at regular intervals, they would cast the Secret Technique again to nurture this wisp, causing it to grow by devouring the disciple’s own Divine Soul.
During this process, the disciple would feel their Power of Divine Sense surge, their comprehension of Cultivation Techniques and Magic improving as if divinely inspired, allowing them to grasp concepts without instruction.
The victims, pitiably unaware, would often mistake this for their own exceptional talent. Once the Divine Thought had completely devoured their original Divine Soul, the caster could then consume the victim’s strengthened soul and Blood Qi in their entirety, leaving behind nothing but a skeleton.
A Sub-Soul nurtured in this way was exceptionally malevolent and was considered an Exotic Treasure in its own right, capable of being used to cast all manner of insidious Magic.
The Soul Division and Body Seizing Skill was one such technique. With it, a Nascent Soul Cultivator could use a Sub-Soul to effortlessly possess the body of a Golden Core Cultivator, usurping their identity to infiltrate other sects as a mole.
Tribulation Sea Old Demon was highly confident. ’Since the thief who stole my precious Xuyu Coral isn’t a Nascent Soul Cultivator, they must have already fallen prey to my attack. They’re probably just using some Secret Technique to barely stay conscious and avoid complete possession.’
He formed hand seals and chanted a Demon Spell, attempting to remotely summon the Sub-Soul, but he felt no response whatsoever.
’How is this possible? Could that thief possess a Magical Treasure that protects the Divine Soul?’
The connection between his true self and the Sub-Soul was strong. He should have been able to sense it with a Secret Technique even if it were trapped in a Small Realm. This complete lack of response could only mean one thing... it had been destroyed.
Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s heart skipped a beat, and he took out a Demon Mirror.
That Sub-Soul contained a portion of his memories. Even if it was destroyed, it should have been able to plant a Celestial Demon Mark on its killer.
He expelled a mouthful of Magical Power onto the Demon Mirror.
Once a Celestial Demon Mark was planted, as long as the target hadn’t fled beyond a distance of fifty thousand miles, this Ten Thousand Miles Soul-Locking Mirror could track the mark’s aura and reveal their position on its surface.
The surface of the Demon Mirror flashed, and an impossibly dense cluster of light spots, as brilliant as a field of stars, instantly appeared.
Upon seeing this, how could Tribulation Sea Old Demon not realize this was a trick deployed by the little thief who had stolen his Xuyu Coral? He was so furious he was practically fuming.
"Clever! Very clever! I don’t know how you managed to deceive my Sub-Soul, but when I catch you, I’ll make you savor the taste of being incinerated by Demon Fire!"
With a wave of his hand, he summoned seventeen Powerful White Bone Demons.
"Spread out! You must find the little thief who stole my Xuyu Coral!"
The seventeen Powerful White Bone Demons cackled in unison, each capturing a ray of light from the Ten Thousand Miles Soul-Locking Mirror before transforming into streaks of Tunneling Light and scattering in all directions.
Tribulation Sea Old Demon flew into mid-air and, with a casual gesture, refined a Demon Banner. As the flag unfurled, it seemed to blot out the sky and sun.
A Demon Monster, attracted by the changes within the Spiritual Acupoint, drew near to investigate, only to be immediately enveloped by the Demon Banner.
Amidst piercing shrieks, the Demon Monster, which possessed Power on par with a Golden Core Cultivator, was instantly and effortlessly refined by the Demon Banner.
The Demon Banner billowed lazily, shaking free the foul residue and white bones left from the refining process, before shrinking down and returning to Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s hand.
’Great Sun Demon Fire and Taiyin Moonlight... a clever trick indeed. Trying to use the clash between these two energies to completely erase your Magical Power signature. Hmph. But you’re still not skilled enough to fool my eyes.’
Tribulation Sea Old Demon transformed into a baleful cloud and rose into the sky. The destruction of the Seven Demons Absolute Evil Array had attracted a large number of Celestial Demons and Demon Monsters to this Spiritual Acupoint, destroying many of the clues. Despite this, Tribulation Sea Old Demon could still detect the lingering traces of Great Sun Demon Fire and Taiyin Moonlight.
’The Western Demon Sect has long been fractured, its destiny in decline. I never thought it could still produce a character like this.’
The next instant, he had already traveled over three hundred feet away, speeding through the seabed. Within a few breaths, he had covered several miles.
He chose to head toward the southern Celestial Demon Mark.
’Since my opponent was able to find the Spiritual Acupoint I went to such lengths to conceal and steal the Xuyu Coral, they must be intimately familiar with my methods.’
The Celestial Demon Mark to the due south was already forty-five thousand miles away. If he allowed the thief to use the other marks as a distraction to buy time, they might actually escape beyond the fifty-thousand-mile range of the Ten Thousand Miles Soul-Locking Mirror.
"Cunning little thief! Once I’ve tortured your Divine Soul and ripped from it the name of whichever ’dear colleague’ is plotting against me, I will hunt them down to the bitter end!"
Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s Tunneling Speed was astonishing. Although the bearer of the Celestial Demon Mark was also fleeing with all its might, he took only six hours to overcome the distance, starting later but arriving first to capture his quarry.
But to his utter fury, he found the Celestial Demon Mark had been planted on a common Seven Yin Evil Demon.
From fleeing with all its might, the Seven Yin Evil Demon had nearly exhausted its Demonic Qi.
He ensnared the Seven Yin Evil Demon with his Magical Power, pulling it into his grasp. He inspected it meticulously, trying to find the faintest clue that the little thief might have left behind.
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