Chapter 1009: The Resurgence of the Nether Spirit Society (1/2)

Nie Tian remained silent as the four elders discussed among themselves.

Before long, he learned what had happened from their conversation.

Countless human sects and clans had occupied large areas of the starry river. There were many other powerful sects aside from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, the Void Spirit Society, the Heaven Span Pavilion, and the Five Elements Sect.

Even though they might not have histories as long and reserve power as profound as the four great sects, some of them also had God domain experts.

It was only that their numbers and strength couldn’t match that of the four great sects.

Over the years, the four great sects had been rather tolerant of them.

However, if they violated the rules set by the four great sects, they would send out forces to wipe them out.

For instance, those who practiced evil incantations using human souls, forged tools with human parts and dead babies, or colluded with outsiders were all considered crooked by the four great sects, and would be wiped out by a joint effort.

The dead elder was named Xiao Xihe. He had organized a troop and joined two elders of the Five Elements Sect and Void Spirit Society in wiping out a crooked force called the Nether Spirit Society.

The incantations the Nether Spirit Society disciples practiced were very similar to the Phantasms’ soul incantations.

It was said that they kept close contact with the Phantasms.

Not only had the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society been well-versed in all sorts of evil soul magics, but he had even provided the Phantasms with soul crystals he had made with human souls in exchange for cultivation resources that disciples of his sect needed.

After his despicable deeds had been brought to light, the four great sects had been infuriated, and had thus sent out God domain experts to kill him.

As an early God domain expert, he had soon been trapped and killed.

However, thanks to some profound soul incantations he had practiced, he had managed to secure and hide a wisp of his true soul, which had later been found by surviving disciples of the Nether Spirit Society.

By relying on that wisp of his true soul, those disciples had found him a suitable host and brought him back to life.

Recently, members of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had spotted disciples of the Nether Spirit Society wandering around, capturing humans and taking their souls. After a thorough investigation, they had confirmed that the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society had been reborn, and was stirring up trouble again.

Afterwards, Xiao Xihe and the other two elders of the Five Elements Sect and the Void Spirit Society had been charged with the task of marching over there and uprooting their remaining force.

However, to everyone’s surprise, all those who had gone on this mission had died there, including Xiao Xihe and the other two late Saint domain experts.

“The sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society has undoubtedly been reborn,” Yan Zhan said with a grim face. “The fact that he was able to recover his peak strength must have a great deal to do with the Phantasms, aside from the fact that disciples of his sect have been collecting discarnate souls for him everywhere. Elder Xiao is dead, and so are those two from the Five Elements Sect and the Void Spirit Society.

“The sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society must have taken their souls after their deaths.

“If my speculation is correct, he must be stronger now than ever.

“Those from Nether Spirit Society wander among various human domains, secretly provoking battles between hostile domains. Once battles actually break out, they’ll swoop in, gather discarnate souls, and refine them into soul crystals. Soul crystals can help improve the Nether Spirit Society disciples’ strength. Also, they can get other soul-cultivating materials by selling them to the Phantasms.”

“The Nether Spirit Society is rapidly building up their strength,” Wei Lai said with a worried face. “If the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society is indeed stronger now than before he died, then we’re facing a serious problem.”

Grief and indignation filled his eyes as he took a glance at Xiao Xihe’s badly mangled body. “Our cultivation bases and strength aren’t much higher than elder Xiao’s. If we march into the Nether Spirit Society’s den now, we might not necessarily be able to root them out. I think we’d better wait for our grand elder to make our move.”

Yan Zhan chimed in. “But the Five Elements Sect and the Void Spirit Society are urging us to take action.”

Wei Lai snorted coldly. “We’ve got to have God domain experts on our side if we want to kill the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society. Who are the Five Elements Sect and the Void Spirit Society going to send on this mission?”

“We don’t know yet,” Yan Zhan answered.

At this moment, Wei Lai’s expression suddenly flickered, and he took out a crystal ball.

Inside the transparent ball, a vague shape of Mo Heng, the grand elder, gradually grew clear.

“I’m heading towards the Void Spirit Society’s headquarters now.” Mo Heng’s voice echoed out from within the crystal ball. “The four of you should stay and oversee things in Fragmentary Star City. Fang Yuan, Sikong Cuo, and Nie Tian shall meet me in the Void Spirit Society’s headquarters in three days.”

Wei Lai was taken aback. “Grand elder, do you want to lead our team on this mission yourself?”

“Our sectmaster and two vice sectmasters are all otherwise occupied,” Mo Heng replied. “It doesn’t seem that I have a choice. The Domain of Nether Heaven is where the Nether Spirit Society’s den is located. The three Sons of the Stars are free to bring their subordinates or come by themselves. After the operation, contribution points will be rewarded according to the contributions they make in the operation.”