A look of pain immediately spread across the Feather Flame Goddess's face, as if she were locked in a fierce struggle.
Sensing something was wrong,
But at that moment, Nie Li had no attention to spare for any of that. He pressed his thumb against the goddess's chest and channeled threads of Soul Power, blasting them directly into her Soul Sea.
"Mmm..." The Feather Flame Goddess let out a soft moan, her body squirming uneasily.
An unusual sensation traveled through Nie Li's thumb. He could feel the goddess enduring excruciating pain — inside her Soul Sea, a fierce battle was undoubtedly raging. Nie Li pressed his thumb down harder and sent his consciousness crashing directly into her Soul Sea.
Within the Soul Sea, that soul was locked in a violent clash with the Feather Flame Goddess's own spirit.
"Who would have thought I'd fall to such a state — reduced to seizing a woman's body!" The soul, who called himself
After suffering such damage, he had no choice but to find a new vessel — otherwise his soul would dissipate entirely. Left with no alternatives, he had settled on Yu Yan.
What he hadn't expected was that Yu Yan's resistance would be even more formidable than he had imagined.
The two souls clashed wildly within the Feather Flame Goddess's Soul Sea.
Yet the goddess's spirit was gradually losing ground. After reconstructing her divine domain, her greatest vulnerability was her soul — it was still incomplete. As the battle raged, her spirit took a merciless beating.
When Nie Li's Soul Power entered the Feather Flame Goddess's Soul Sea, he immediately launched a fierce assault on the invading soul. But he could only provide limited assistance — this was, after all, the goddess's own body, and there was only so much Nie Li could do from the outside.
With Nie Li's support, the Feather Flame Goddess launched a counterattack against the intruder.
"Damn you, pest — always getting in my way! If I can be revived, I'll crush you to dust!" Kong Yan's soul seethed with hatred toward Nie Li. If not for his interference, the goddess's soul would have been devoured long ago! "But stopping me won't be so easy!"
The invading soul suddenly transformed into a razor-thin needle, slipping past Nie Li's guard and piercing directly into the Feather Flame Goddess's spirit.
"Hahaha — trying to stop me? Utterly impossible!" The soul let out a triumphant laugh.
This was bad. Nie Li's expression changed drastically. If that soul managed to merge with the goddess's spirit, it would become a battle between souls themselves — and Nie Li would be completely helpless.
The soul's aura surged with terrifying power as it swallowed the Feather Flame Goddess's spirit whole.
Watching this, Nie Li's heart leapt into his throat. He could feel the goddess's spiritual presence growing fainter and fainter, on the verge of vanishing entirely.
A deep sorrow welled up in Nie Li's chest. After all, the Feather Flame Goddess had spent so much time with them — she had become one of their friends. If her soul was devoured, she would cease to exist forever.
The Feather Flame Goddess's brow was tightly furrowed. She could feel the profound agony tearing through her soul. Once, she had gradually begun to forget human emotions — those distant memories had faded in her mind. But now, in these final moments, countless memories of her humanity suddenly surged forth from the depths of her consciousness.
She saw herself as a child, running across an open prairie, laughing and playing with her mother and father.
She saw herself as a young girl, hopelessly in love with a boy — too shy to even look up at his face.
All manner of distinctly human emotions came rushing back to life inside her mind.
"Human feelings are utterly meaningless things! You're about to die — what use is reminiscing now?" Kong Yan laughed maniacally as he devoured the Feather Flame Goddess's soul with wild abandon.
Just as the goddess's spirit was on the verge of being consumed entirely, a soft pop echoed through the Soul Sea, and a wisp of golden flame ignited within her soul. The golden fire started as a tiny spark, then grew fiercer and fiercer.
"Ahhhh!" Kong Yan screamed in agony. That golden flame was something he had no power to resist — it burned through his soul relentlessly.
The Feather Flame Goddess's spiritual presence, which had dwindled to a mere thread, gradually began to surge and strengthen.
"You... you are..." Kong Yan's face contorted with sheer terror. His soul trembled uncontrollably as he tried to flee, but the golden flames of the Feather Flame Goddess engulfed him completely. His soul disintegrated into nothingness amid piercing screams.
Sensing the scorching power radiating from within the Feather Flame Goddess's Soul Sea, Nie Li quickly withdrew his Soul Power.
"What on earth just happened?" Even Nie Li couldn't make sense of what had occurred.