Chapter 1560: Soul Switch (1/2)
Enormous meteors and landmasses floated quietly in the dim starry river.
This was the Domain of Forbidden Heaven, a vast domain between the Domain of the Falling Stars and the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries. Fierce battles had caused many of its realms to explode into countless meteors and landmasses.
However, the Realm of Shattered Earth, which was located in the depths of the Domain of Forbidden Heaven, was filled with life force, and all sorts of spiritual energies of heaven and earth.
Nie Tian sat quietly on an irregularly-shaped meteor near the Realm of Shattered Earth.
With a whoosh, the Spirit Scepter, which he had seized from Barbara, manifested in his palm. Since he hadn’t put a strong restrictive spell on it, it attempted to escape.
“Don’t move!” He slapped it with his other hand, releasing wisps of lightning-like bloodline power and a glorious glow of divine light.
After being hit, the Spirit Scepter wiggled a bit before finally becoming silent and obedient.
Barbara’s soul shadow in the gem on top of the scepter had already faded completely.
WHOOSH!
The five evil gods flew out of the Spirit Pearl one after another to float around Nie Tian like five ancient Devil gods, humbling themselves before and serving him.
With a derisive laugh, Nie Tian took out a cyan crystal.
It was the Profound Truths Crystal he had refined from the countless mysterious soul symbols and soul strings in the branch of the Nether River in the Silent Star Sea.
In that recent battle, this very crystal had suppressed and devoured soul power from the Spirit Scepter.
“This scepter...” As he muttered to himself, the five evil gods suddenly sent out pieces of soul messages.
Like a rain of glowing spots, the messages fell into his sea of awareness and became a part of it.
“This super soul tool of Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit has a powerful soul within it.”
“The scepter went missing after his demise. That Barbara only made us feel uneasy and apprehensive because she carried his aura. It felt as if Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit was there himself when she channeled power from the Nether River with the Spirit Scepter.”
“It wasn’t Barbara that was fearsome. It was the unique aura of Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit she carried...”
From the soul messages from the evil gods, Nie Tian soon came to a deeper understanding of the Spirit Scepter. “A mighty soul tool that belonged to Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit. If Barbara could use it to channel the Nether River, then...”
Nie Tian contemplated with a frown and narrowed eyes.
During his battle against Barbara, he had activated his life bloodline, but failed to sense any special bloodline aura from her.
It appeared that she had relied on her soul power to wield and stimulate the Spirit Scepter, not her bloodline power.
This was completely different from how Aztec, the Son of Darkness, had wielded that eye.
“Aztec mainly relied on his bloodline, which allowed him to interact with the Dark King’s residual power within that eye. Even though the Spirit Scepter also contained Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s residual power, Barbara doesn’t carry a bloodline that allows her to interact with it. However, the Spirit Scepter somehow carries her soul strands and soul imprints.”
After pondering for a long while, he fixed his gaze on the gem that was embedded on the pommel of the Spirit Scepter. The longer he examined it, the more puzzled he felt.
Barbara’s soul shadow had manifested within that gem before.
Even now, he could still sense her soul aura thrumming within it, as if she was trying to locate it even though they were separated by the boundless starry river.
CRACK! CRACK!
He gouged the gem out with brutal force.
The gem appeared to be the vessel of the scepter that held Barbara’s residual soul will.
“Barbara senses the existence of the Spirit Scepter through this gem, doesn’t she?” With a derisive snort, he summoned flame power. Streams of flames that contained the magical laws of fire swirled out and engulfed the gem in raging flames.