Chapter 995: Soul Refinemen (1/2)

The way back turned out to be long and uneventful.

During this time, Jing Feiyang and the others put all of the dead eighth grade outsiders in Nie Tian’s hands.

Then, as they divided the storage rings, they found a total of fifty soul crystals in them.

After a moment of pondering, Jing Feiyang handed them all to Nie Tian and said, “It’s easy to find spiritual materials, but not soul crystals. I can tell that your soul lacks refinement, and that’s what’s stopping you from advancing to the next level. These soul crystals will help you make that advance.”

Nie Tian refused. “Soul crystals are very hard to find. That’s true of anybody. Why don’t you split them among yourselves?”

He had long since realized that, unlike spiritual materials of different attributes, soul crystals were extremely hard to find.

The energy of heaven and earth naturally condensed and formed all sorts of spiritual materials and spirit stones. Therefore, they would be found in most domains and realms.

However, soul crystals didn’t form naturally. Only Phantasms and those who were well-versed in soul magics could refine the souls of other beings and condense them into clear crystals.

Since Jing Feiyang and the other experts also need to refine their souls, these soul crystals were just as helpful to them.

With a faint smile, Jing Feiyang stuffed the soul crystals back into his hand. “How strong you are determines how far we can go, and the future of the Domain of Heaven Python, the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, and the Domain of the Falling Stars. Also, the higher you rise in the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, the more we’ll benefit from it as your subordinates.”

“He’s right,” Quan Zixuan and Qu Mingde chimed in at the same time. “Only if you become strong will we have powerful backing. So just take them.”

Since the moment they had sworn allegiance to Nie Tian, they had realized that the future of their sects and themselves lay with Nie Tian, this running chariot.

The stronger he became and the higher he rose within his sect, the brighter their future would become.

“Okay, sure...” Nie Tian finally accepted the soul crystals.

In fact, he also had a feeling that he had already refined his spiritual sea and the spiritual cores within it to their limits.

The reason why he hadn’t been able to break through into the middle Profound realm was because his soul still lacked refining.

As soon as he caught up on that, he would be able to advance to the late Profound realm in no time.

Soul crystals were indeed what he needed at this moment.

Eyes narrowed, Nie Tian said, “All eight spatial tunnels have been destroyed. The outsiders won’t be able to return any time soon, and the ice phoenix and dragon aren’t our enemies… We don’t face any threats on this continent anymore. So let’s spread out and bring the ones we freed to the island that connects to the Realm of Split Void.”

“I was thinking the same thing,” Jing Feiyang said with a smile.

After a brief discussion, everyone flew off in different directions to find the human survivors and set them on their returning paths.

Moments later, all of the Saint and Void domain experts left Nie Tian’s side.

Nie Tian and Dong Li, however, flew towards the island where the teleportation portal was located at a mild speed.

Standing on the Star Boat, the two of them cherished this hard-earned moment of peace so much that they slowed down to savor it.

They spent the following days catching up on what they had experienced during the past years, and saying the things they hadn’t been able to say to each other.

On this day, Dong Li reached out with one hand and said, “Give me a few soul crystals, will you? I have a feeling that I’m about to enter the middle Profound realm too. What I lack is also for my soul to be more refined. A few soul crystals will help me speed up the process, and allow me to make the breakthrough within a short time.”

With a warm smile, Nie Tian handed several soul crystals to her.

After that, as the Star Boat sped through the sky, the two of them channeled pure soul power from the soul crystals and refined it into their true souls.

Three months passed, and they finally returned to the boundless black sea.

Dong Li didn’t ask Nie Tian for more after running out of the few he had given her. She sat in the lotus position and practiced cultivation this whole time. Surrounded by dark power, she looked like a goddess of darkness.

She thrummed with strange dark power fluctuations, which devoured every shred of light around her. However, it only affected a small area around her.

Nie Tian opened his eyes to check on her from time to time as he refined his true soul. Every time he did, he had a feeling that her aura and the black tortoise’s aura were becoming more and more alike.

“Even though the black tortoise’s origin is unknown, its bloodline talents have proven to be shockingly powerful. Dong Li seems to have benefited from its aura, and boosted her cultivation speed.

“And that tortoise is only at the seventh grade now. Dong Li will be able to benefit from it even more after it enters the eighth grade.

“It seems to me that it’s even more powerful than Yin Yanan’s Frost Blood Python.”

With these thoughts in mind, Nie Tian forced himself to refocus on his own cultivation.