Chapter 390: Chapter 388: Spirit Infant and Nascent Soul Fusion
The moment Jiang Jichen gripped the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner, Suu Luo had already retreated, putting distance between herself and him.
BOOM!
At that very moment, endless Purple Thunder crashed down, instantly engulfing Jiang Jichen.
The Purple Thunder possessed terrifying might. The aura it emanated alone was enough to strike fear into anyone’s heart.
Not far away, the three elders’ expressions changed drastically upon seeing this, their eyes filled with deep apprehension toward the Purple Thunder.
"Luckily, we had the foresight to let that brat go first and use up this one-time lightning Restriction. In a moment, we’ll be able to take it safely!"
One of the Five Poison Sect elders spoke, feeling that forcing Jiang Jichen to take the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner was a wise move.
"Mmm, it’s not like he had a choice. And now, this is even better. We won’t have to lift a finger; the lightning Restriction is enough to blast him to ash. Then, everything he owns will be ours for the taking!"
Another elder responded.
The third elder’s voice was tinged with suppressed excitement. "The other items are secondary. The most important thing is the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment! If we can get our hands on it, we can return to the main sect in the Central State, cultivate truly supreme Poison Skills, and become grand elders of the sect!"
"We’ve been exiles for far too long. The Central State is our true home. I hear the main sect already possesses eight Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragments, but none are core fragments. The one that was lost in the Southern Continent—the one in Jiang Jichen’s hands—is one of the core fragments."
"If we can bring this core Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment back to the main sect in the Central State and fuse it with the eight fragments they already have, it’s said we can unleash a portion of the true Poison-Devouring Pearl’s power!"
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The three Five Poison Sect elders saw that Jiang Jichen had been engulfed by the Purple Thunder and were certain of his death. The Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment, the Ancient Wandering Dragon Holy Sword, the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner... all of it would soon be theirs. As a result, they were in excellent spirits and couldn’t help but become a bit more talkative.
Meanwhile, they waited quietly for the thunder to dissipate, ready to step forward and collect their spoils.
At this point, the Purple Thunder had completely engulfed Jiang Jichen, making him completely invisible from the outside.
In the eyes of the three Five Poison Sect elders, Jiang Jichen must have already been turned to ash. There was no way he could still be alive, because not even they could withstand such Purple Thunder.
However, from her position behind the thunder, Suu Luo activated her Asura Eye. She saw that deep within the Purple Thunder, Jiang Jichen was actually tempering his body, absorbing the Vitality Qi from the lightning.
Far from being turned to ash, Jiang Jichen was actually growing stronger amidst the thunder.
He gripped the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner, and in the next moment, he felt an incomparably cold aura surge into his soul.
This aura held the power to obliterate a Divine Soul—it was terrifying.
Even the soul of a Spirit Infant Perfection Cultivator would be grievously wounded on the spot if invaded by a mere wisp of this aura, assuming it wasn’t destroyed outright.
Jiang Jichen pushed his Seven-Colored Divine Soul to its absolute limit!
For a brief moment, even his Seven-Colored Divine Soul had been on the verge of collapsing.
The aura of the Venerable Soul Weapon was simply too terrifying, and his cultivation Realm was, after all, far too low.
However, a Divine Soul at the Seven-Colored Perfect Realm was truly wondrous!
Moreover, he had also devoured the Golden Sun Soul of the Purple Sun. His Divine Soul Power now contained Golden Sun Power, which coincidentally neutralized some of the Venerable weapon’s icy killing intent.
In the end, Jiang Jichen’s Divine Soul withstood the invasion of the Venerable aura and began to fuse with it, giving rise to a resonance.
"Rise!"
With a silent roar, Jiang Jichen finally pulled the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner free. He gripped it tightly in his hand.
The Purple Thunder had yet to fade.
But Jiang Jichen, holding the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner in one hand, walked out of the Purple Thunder and abruptly appeared before the three Five Poison Sect elders.
"This..."
In that instant, the three Five Poison Sect elders were stunned, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.
The sight was simply staggering!
The youth, single-handedly wielding the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner, emerged from the endless Purple Thunder.
The Purple Thunder served as his backdrop.
But that was nothing.
Because in the next instant, Jiang Jichen actually raised the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner and swung it toward them.
He... had actually lifted the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner!
’How is this possible?’
’Shouldn’t it take the soul of a Nascent Soul Realm expert to activate the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner?’
’Jiang Jichen is only in the Foundation Establishment Realm. How could his soul possibly be that powerful?’
The three elders of the Five Poison Sect were utterly floored by Jiang Jichen, finding it impossible to believe what was happening before their eyes.
But the terrifying aura radiating from the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner forced them to believe the unbelievable: it was being... activated!
In that moment, they suddenly realized they had completely misjudged Jiang Jichen.
After their battle in the Guiding Light Area, they had assessed and analyzed him, believing they understood him completely.
They had concluded that he was indeed strong and remarkable—a peerless genius of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
But they had believed that for a Nascent Soul Realm expert like themselves, even with their Cultivation suppressed, killing him would be simple, effortless—as easy as lifting a hand!
Yet now, in their very first close-quarters encounter, all their previous assumptions were shattered.
This Jiang Jichen before them was mysterious and unfathomable, his strength immeasurably deep.
"Dammit, retreat! That’s the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner! If it’s activated, its power will be unimaginable! It’s not something we can fight with our Realms suppressed!"
One of the Five Poison Sect elders shrieked in alarm, his expression grim.
They instantly scattered, retreating at top speed.
But once the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner was activated, its might was truly terrifying.
Furthermore, activating it just once had nearly depleted all of Jiang Jichen’s Divine Soul Power.
"Trying to run? Too late!"
Jiang Jichen’s eyes were bloodshot. He swung the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner, unleashing waves of ghastly wind that swept across the space before him.
SPLAT!
"AAAAH!"
The strongest of the Five Poison Sect elders was closest to Jiang Jichen. A fraction of a second too slow, the ghastly wind grazed one of his legs, instantly severing it. He shrieked in agony.
The other two elders had retreated faster, but the blast of ghastly wind still hit them like a lightning strike. Their souls trembled so violently they nearly left their bodies.
The moment the ghastly wind dissipated!
Suu Luo appeared from behind Jiang Jichen as if from nowhere, raising her Asura Saber high and slashing down at the legless elder.
Asura Kill!
This was the same slash that had once grievously wounded an Advanced Space-Time Creature.
And now, after consuming and refining the High-Level Mysterious Material, the power of Suu Luo’s slash was even more terrifying.
Caught completely off guard, the legless elder had no time to react before the blade sliced his head from his shoulders.
But he wasn’t dead. His Spirit Infant shot out from his body in terror.
This Spirit Infant was the size of a baby’s fist, its skin a tender pink. It was a perfect, miniature version of the elder.
Its facial expression was identical to that of a living person.
In fact, the elder’s Divine Soul resided within the Spirit Infant.
In other words, as long as his Spirit Infant escaped, he could either possess a new body or reconstruct a physical one, thereby achieving... rebirth!
If one were to say that the Spirit Infant Realm was merely about shaping the infant’s form...
...then the Nascent Soul Realm was what granted it a soul!
This was the fundamental difference between the Spirit Infant Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm.
Furthermore, upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, the Spirit Infant would gradually acquire some of the Cultivator’s abilities, such as leaving the physical body or performing Soul Traveling in the Void.
The elder’s Spirit Infant had burst forth. As long as it escaped, he could live again.
But Jiang Jichen had been waiting. Gripping the Holy Sword, he swept it outward.
POP!
The Spirit Infant shattered. As its soul tried to flee, Jiang Jichen swept it up with the Venerable’s Broken Soul Refining Banner in his other hand, drawing it into the banner’s folds.
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