Chapter 145 - Exit (1/2)

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”Wh-what…” Yan Zaizen softly breathed out with a slight cough. Awakening, the first thing he saw was the dirt-ridden ground. It felt desolate and dry, but it emitted faint red glow.

Instinctively analyzing his physical condition, he felt an odd sensation linger in his heart, as if it was foreign, but also contained incomparable familiarity. However, his introspection lead to a shocking discovery!

His was heart was without injury and had faint traces of sky-blue light around it. It was similar to soul energy, but felt different. It was soulforce! Similar to lifeforce, it was the emissions of spiritual creatures like Pinaka and Phantoms. It was the odd aura that Yan Zaizen first discovered in the Deep Mines.

Soulforce and lifeforce were intermixed with peak synchronicity, coexisting peacefully within his heart. Even more, this faint aura of these two forces traveled the entirety of his body, from bones to blood. There was a profound strength hidden in his body.

Clenching his fist, he was shocked. The excess death aura that was siphoned from the hell altar by the shadow of death was converted into lifeforce energy by the white flame. This life force energy was sent through Yan Zaizen's physique, refining it to an incredible degree! His physical body received an enormous enhancement in strength! Even if his vital energy didn't increase in aura intensity, his physical body was far beyond what it was before.

He decided that when he returned, he'll do a more thorough inspection of all these changes.

When he looked around, he realized that he wasn't in the Asura Phantom Palace any longer. A brilliant red glow shone down on him from up-high.

The Moon of Asura!

Ma Xiuren, who had cleaned herself up nicely with a new flower dress, was sitting quietly beside him. Her soft eyes lingered on his face, but one could see faint traces of disbelief in them. Earlier, the man who had 'killed' Yan Zaizen left her alive in his panicked hurry. She lost consciousness soon afterwards.

After several hours, she woke up to see Yan Zaizen breathing steadily in a sleep-state. The hole in his chest was healed and the soul form of that man was gone. Even the blood that seemed as if it was poured on the white-bone altar was gone, it was also considerably duller. It was no longer pure white, but dull gray as if most of its energy within was consumed somehow.

However, she was relieved that she and Yan Zaizen were still alive, regardless of how. As a cultivator who lived for several thousand years, she knew that people had their secrets, and Yan Zaizen had his. Therefore, she exited the Asura Phantom Palace and took him out without question.

As for the others, after bypassing the fifth floor, they were examining the dull-gray hell altar, trying to obtain some benefits from it. How could they bother with them? Not to mention, Yan Zaizen seemed to be asleep, not dead. If they acted rashly and he woke, wouldn't that be the same as courting death?

”Thanks,” Yan Zaizen sincerely said. He didn't know what happened, but regardless, Ma Xiuren had taken him out of the Asura Phantom Palace alive. That was more than enough to be grateful for.

”...” She nodded softly in response. However, she wanted to say thank you instead. For quite a while, she was tortured by the Asura Phantom Palace Master. The torture was a death by a thousand cuts, but instead of a thousand, he lacerated every inch of her body with nearly a hundred thousand small cuts. Each of these cuts caused soul-deep pain. Her current appearance was only suppressed but if one looked closely, tiny lines marked her entire body.

At that moment, she wanted to die. However, somehow, they had survived while the Palace Master was gone.

”I wonder why this keeps happening,” Yan Zaizen softly muttered. Every time he goes unconscious, he awakens with new abilities or qualities. Firstly, it was the arrival of the Meteor Ring and a soul cultivation base. Secondly, he had ascended to the Aurora Soul Realm in the Serene Moon Cove. Thirdly, albeit it took sometime, his soul form had experienced incredible changes and his soul cultivation base increased.

Now, his physical body had been strengthened to the point that he couldn't even begin to estimate. His heart now contained both soulforce and lifeforce. If he looked in the mirror, his amber-gold eyes, in the deep depths of his pupils, he could see faint wisps of sky-blue.

”I'm…” Pinaka voice resounded. She felt apologetic for her uselessness. As a True Spirit, she should've been able to help Yan Zaizen. After all, at her peak, she was used by a peak middle-stage Heavenly Genesis expert. A measly two-floor Infernal Forger wouldn't even reach her eyes at her peak. Alone, she could've killed him.