Central Continent, Heavenly Court!
"Hah… hah… hah…" Fairy Zi Wei stood rooted to the spot, her pupils shrunk to pinpricks, gasping for breath.
The look of terror still lingered on her face, refusing to fade.
Around her stretched an open expanse of ground. The magnificent Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu house, the Soul-Suppressing Hall, had vanished without a trace!
Danghun Mountain was a secret realm of heaven and earth, possessing an immense volume of Dao Marks, rivaling a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu in power.
When it self-detonated, the resulting force was terrifying beyond imagination. The poor Soul-Suppressing Hall had no time to react, and since the explosion originated from within, it became a sacrifice to Danghun Mountain's cataclysm.
Yet Fairy Zi Wei was completely unscathed!
Scattered starlight flickered around her, dazzling and brilliant, as though a thin veil woven from stardust had been draped over her body.
This was the Immortal Gu house Star Constellation Chessboard — the one created by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable herself!
"If the Star Constellation Chessboard hadn't proactively protected me this time, even if I hadn't died, I would have been severely injured!" Fairy Zi Wei forced herself to calm down, narrowing her eyes into slits.
Her expression was exceedingly dark: "Danghun Mountain had been tampered with. I inspected it several times before and never detected anything. This was almost certainly the work of Demon Venerable Spectral Soul!"
"In order to deal with the Shadow Sect, I had long since familiarized myself with the soul path inheritances of Heavenly Court. And yet I still fell into a trap, outmaneuvered by Fang Yuan."
"It's clear that our Heavenly Court's foundation in the soul path still cannot compare to that of Demon Venerable Spectral Soul."
"And the Star Constellation Chessboard has been damaged considerably!"
Although Fairy Zi Wei was unharmed, when she considered the peril and the losses this time, she felt like coughing up blood!
Her gaze shifted, turning to what lay directly ahead.
Before her was a dense mass of black shadow, profoundly dark, resembling a bottomless pool that had gathered here, its surface constantly churning with glimmers of black light.
"Demon Venerable Spectral Soul!" Fairy Zi Wei gnashed her teeth in hatred.
This Danghun Mountain soul detonation had failed to harm Demon Venerable Spectral Soul. On the contrary, he had benefited from the disaster — absorbing an immense volume of soul path Dao Marks, concealing himself within them, and nourishing his being.
The soul detonation technique of Danghun Mountain had originally been his creation. After the detonation, the Soul-Suppressing Hall was destroyed, and Demon Venerable Spectral Soul had gained temporary freedom.
He had not fled blindly. Instead, he had seized this tremendous opportunity to hide himself within the vast ocean of soul path Dao Marks. In this manner, it was impossible to say when Heavenly Court would be able to search his soul.
The Soul-Suppressing Hall had originally shouldered the task of soul searching, but now it was gone, utterly destroyed.
Demon Venerable Spectral Soul was using this temporary advantage of the terrain to continuously recover.
"Hmph, cling to your wretched existence as long as you like," Fairy Zi Wei sneered.
As long as he remained within Heavenly Court, Demon Venerable Spectral Soul was a turtle in a jar, with absolutely no chance of escape.
His fate would not change.
But Heavenly Court would still find it quite troublesome to clear away all these soul path Dao Marks — it would take a considerable amount of time at the very least.
From within the dark vortex, deep as an abyss, no sound emerged. Demon Venerable Spectral Soul maintained his silence throughout.
Fairy Zi Wei's fury only grew more intense.
But just then, a sudden thunderous boom erupted, followed by bolt after bolt of lightning illuminating a section of Heavenly Court.
A thunderclap on a clear day — lightning flashed and thunder roared!