Chapter 900: Two Sources of Disaster (1/2)

Two weeks passed...

After Nie Tian used up all of his soul crystals, his second sub-soul came to form.

The new sub-soul was fused with his lifetime understandings of wood power, including the profound mysteries of Heavenly Wood Heal and the Wood Thriving Formation.

Now, he had a flame power sub-soul and a wood power sub-soul that could derive enlightenment of the two types of power on their own.

However, he still hadn’t entered the Profound realm.

He had a feeling that in order to enter the Profound realm, he would have to form his third sub-soul and fuse it with his lifetime understandings of star power.

However, it would take him a much longer time to do that, since he had used up his soul crystals and didn’t have any other resources that could provide him with copious soul power.

Only at this moment did he finally realize the true value of soul crystals.

Without soul crystals, he would have to go back to channeling soul power from the starry river through the well-shaped heavens in the Realm of Maelstrom.

His efficiency turned out to drop by nearly a hundredfold.

“Without new soul crystals, it may take me years to form that third sub-soul.”

With a sigh of frustration, Nie Tian left the secret room he practiced cultivation in, hoping to see if he could trade for medicinal pills or spiritual materials that contained soul power with the spiritual materials in his possession.

Therefore, he went to find Duan Shihu.

As soon as he entered the grand hall in the Divine Seal Sect’s stronghold in the Realm of Maelstrom, disciples of the Divine Seal Sect rushed to inform Duan Shihu.

He showed up moments later.

Duan Shihu greeted him, smiling. “You finally finished your secluded cultivation, junior martial brother.”

“I’m hoping to purchase some high grade spirit beast meat, along with some medicinal pills and spiritual materials that help with soul refinement.” Nie Tian cut to the chase.

Duan Shihu was taken aback. “If I remember correctly, we got you quite a lot of spirit beast meat before you marched off into the Shatter Battlefield.”

“Umm... I used it all,” Nie Tian said.

Duan Shihu went blank for a moment before nodding. “Alright. Spirit beast meat is easy to get. After all, many realms of the Domain of Heaven Python are roamed by high grade spirit beasts. As long as you have enough spirit stones, that won’t be a problem. However, it won’t easy to find medicinal pills or spiritual materials that can help with the refinement of the true soul, and they’ll be quite expensive.”

“I understand,” Nie Tian said.

As they spoke, Meng Li from the Divine Seal Sect appeared and walked out of a teleportation portal.

He seemed somewhat tired, but upon seeing Nie Tian, he smiled bitterly and said, “Nie Tian, is that girl named Pei Qiqi really from the Domain of the Falling Stars?”

Duan Shihu’s expression flickered slightly as he asked, “Is she... still not finished yet, Elder Meng?”

Meng Li sighed. “I’m afraid not. A few more disciples of the Thousandsword Mountain Sect have just died at her hands. The Thousandsword Mountain Sect is truly enraged this time. They’ve already arranged for Void domain experts to search for her everywhere.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered. “What did my senior martial sister do?”

Duan Shihu then explained, “Over the past few months, she has come and gone like a shadow in some of the Thousandsword Mountain Sect’s realms, and killed quite a few of their disciples. All of them seemed to have participated in the operation to kill her master, Zhen Huilan. But all they did was follow Xing Bo’s commands.

“It wasn’t their idea to kill her. However, that girl killed them one by one anyways after returning from the Shatter Battlefield, testing the limits of the Thousandsword Mountain Sect’s tolerance.

“On the other hand, she’s a really talented killer. She escaped with profound spatial manipulation magics every time she made a kill. Even some Soul realm experts have died at her hands, but no one has been able to trap her.”

Taken aback, Nie Tian asked, “She even killed Soul realm experts?”

With a complicated look in his eyes, Duan Shihu said, “That senior martial sister of your is now at the late Profound realm, but for some reason, she has managed to kill people with higher cultivation bases. She has already secretly attacked and killed two early Soul realm disciples of the Thousandsword Mountain Sect.

“But eventually, the Thousandsword Mountain Sect became infuriated. In fact, if they hadn’t been consumed with other business, they would have already sent out their Void domain experts.

“Even Du Zheng has left the Realm of Maelstrom to search for her.”

“She’s not the only one who’s causing trouble though.” Duan Shihu said with furrowed brows. “There’s this other guy named Yuan Jiu. He’s put people from across the Domain of Heaven Python in a state of anxiety.”

A surprised expression appeared on Nie Tian’s face. “Yuan Jiu?”

“He was also among those who came from the Shatter Battlefield,” Duan Shihu explained. “He left the Realm of Maelstrom through the Golden Vast Sect’s teleportation portal soon after arriving. After that, he went to many realms and killed many people and spirit beasts that practiced lightning power.