Chapter 354: Capturing a Nascent Soul True Lord, Taking Her as a Subordinate Hound |
After hearing what Wen Shiyu had said, Chu Huaixu immediately thought of the Dao Ancestor.
If someone in the Xuanhuang Realm could cross between two realms, travel to the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven, slay a Soul Transformation Immortal Sovereign, and forcibly bring back its Fruit Position, then only the Dao Ancestor could have accomplished such a feat!
Moreover, judging from the timeline, this incident had occurred a thousand years ago—precisely the era of the Dao Ancestor.
The timeline matched perfectly.
That was why he asked Wen Shiyu this question.
At this moment, this female cultivator resembled the women from the “Hypnosis Series,” her consciousness completely under control.
Hearing Chu Huaixu’s new question, she immediately gave a slightly dazed reply.
“A Daoist wearing Daoist robes.”
Upon hearing this, the Dead Fox let out a faint breath and thought to himself, “As expected, it’s the Dao Ancestor.”
Thus, he picked up the sword scabbard left behind by the Dao Ancestor and raised 【Ding Fengbo】, asking:
“Was that person holding this black sword scabbard?”
Wen Shiyu looked carefully at 【Ding Fengbo】 and actually shook her head.
“He carried no magical treasure.”
Hearing this, Chu Huaixu could not help but frown slightly.
But upon second thought, the so-called Dao Ancestor’s sword scabbard had originally just been a standard-issue scabbard within the Gentleman Temple.
It was merely made of ordinary black wood, nothing rare.
The Dao Ancestor’s true life-bound object had never been this!
It was merely something Chu Huaixu now used to conceal his identity.
“But it makes sense. If that person truly was the Dao Ancestor and had carried the scabbard, then when I first entered the Origin Spirit Realm, Wen Shiyu would not have shown no reaction upon seeing it.”
With that thought, he raised the scabbard again and pointed at the black bead attached to it.
“Did that person wear a black bead like this?”
Only then did Wen Shiyu nod.
“There was indeed a black bead hanging at his waist.”
At this point, Chu Huaixu could confirm with absolute certainty—everything had been done by the Dao Ancestor!
The black bead itself had no distinctive features. It was not even translucent.
It looked no different from ordinary decorative black beads.
Perhaps that was why Wen Shiyu had not noticed the pendant on the scabbard at first.
This was a rare opportunity.
Chu Huaixu seized it and asked Wen Shiyu a large number of questions.
Whatever came to mind, he asked.
This allowed him to gain a basic understanding of the forces within the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven, as well as some of their arrangements and schemes.
Time passed second by second.
There was not much time left before the exit of the Origin Spirit Realm opened.
Now, he needed to attempt something new.
“Is there any secret method that can make your Nascent Soul recognize me as its master?” he asked.
Because the entrances and exits of the first four layers of the Origin Spirit Realm were all single-person passages.
This instance could only be entered and exited alone.
He had no way to capture Wen Shiyu and take her back alive.
But the Nascent Soul was different.
This was essentially exploiting a bug.
But the premise was—she had to serve him!
“With your current realm, you cannot achieve that for now,” Wen Shiyu answered honestly, still looking dazed.
This made Chu Huaixu let out a self-mocking smile.
“Then it seems I can only rely on the power of the Fruit Position.”
He decided to try.
This was not the time to be stingy.
He activated the Black Jade Lotus Platform within his Sea of Consciousness—it was practically omnipotent!
Before long, Chu Huaixu sensed a connection forming between his Divine Sense and Wen Shiyu’s Nascent Soul!
It seemed that with a single thought, he could cause her soul to scatter and perish.
“It actually works?” he thought with delight.
Not bad at all. Coming here once and gaining a Nascent Soul True Lord as his subordinate hound!
But there was still one problem.
“The special power of the Black Jade Lotus Platform only works within this Small World.”
“After all, it is a Fruit Position of the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven.”
“Once I withdraw and return to the Second Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm’s virtual world, whether these effects can persist remains unknown.”
But it did not matter. He would know once he tried!
Chu Huaixu remained as rough as ever. He grabbed Wen Shiyu by her soaked collar and dragged her back.
With a final leap, he jumped back into the Second Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm.
Upon landing, he staggered slightly.
The reason was simple—
the immense power surging through his body vanished completely in an instant.
His triple overall combat power boost reverted back to a mere thirty percent.
Yes, the thirty percent boost that once delighted him could now only be described as “mere.”
After experiencing the exhilaration of a threefold boost, the disparity was immediate.
Meanwhile, Wen Shiyu—who had previously been in a dazed, hypnosis-like state—gradually regained clarity after a brief moment of confusion.
“As expected, even this effect disappears,” Chu Huaixu thought.
Additionally, the connection between his Divine Sense and her Nascent Soul had weakened significantly.
He could no longer annihilate her soul with a mere thought.
But the shackle still existed—it was simply much weaker.
He did not mind.
When it came to dealing with Nascent Souls, he did not need to rely on the Black Jade Lotus Platform.
After all—
above the lotus platform floated a 【Heart Sword】!
As long as this master-servant shackle remained, it was enough.
Once the Heart Sword was unleashed, her soul could still be destroyed!
After fully regaining consciousness, Wen Shiyu’s face was instantly filled with terror.
“Y-you… what did you do to me?!”
The drenched female cultivator could not help but cry out.
She could sense the existence of the master-servant contract.
However, compared to a normal contract, it seemed… extremely weak?
Chu Huaixu glanced at her indifferently and directly grabbed her throat with one hand, lifting the severely injured Wen Shiyu into the air.
Raising his left hand, he forcefully gouged out the Fragment of Xuanhuang Origin embedded in her brow.
Amid Wen Shiyu’s suppressed scream, he smiled and said:
“Much obliged.”
How embarrassing—every time he came, he could get double drops, bringing back two Origin Fragments at once.
As for who these two fragments should be given to, that would need to be discussed later.
Privately, he naturally wanted to give them to Big Ice Block and Little Xu.
After all, they were his family.
The other elders of the Dao Gate were also important to him, but if he was honest, they came after those two.
But publicly, or from the perspective of the greater situation, it was another matter.
From the current circumstances, Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing did not urgently need them.
If the Dao Gate could gain one or even two more Ninth Realm experts, it would be an excellent development.
Moreover, his First Master would soon enter the Fourth Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm.
According to the original course of events, she was supposed to die there.
But if she refined a Fragment of Xuanhuang Origin and gained a trace of Origin Power, everything would change!
Chu Huaixu’s current realm was too low to utilize it.
But once one reached above the Fifth Realm, its enhancement was immense.
Simply put—it allowed one to be invincible within the same realm upon just entering the Fifth Realm!
And Shen Man, already known as the strongest in the Seventh Realm, would become even more terrifying.
“But now is not the time to think about this,” Chu Huaixu thought.
This matter was not urgent. It could be discussed slowly after returning.
According to the rules, the right to dispose of them belonged to Chu Huaixu.
The Dao Gate’s upper echelons truly handled such matters extremely well.
Chu Huaixu deeply admired this.
To be honest, he felt very few people in the world could achieve this.
After all, this was known as the greatest treasure of the Xuanhuang Realm—the key to opening the Ninth Realm!
After finishing this, Chu Huaixu intended to execute Wen Shiyu on the spot.
It was time to kill her.
But he would not let her die in an unsightly manner.
It was not because he suddenly felt pity for her.
It was purely because of the secret method 《Incarnation Outside the Body》.
Just as he was about to act, a flash of realization struck his mind like lightning!
The Dead Fox suddenly realized something he had overlooked.
“Something’s not right!”
“There’s still something wrong!”
He suddenly recalled the Black Moon Sect.
And the task he had previously triggered—The Lost Fruit Position!
If the Black Jade Lotus Platform within his body was the Fruit Position sought by the Black Moon Sect Leader, then logically… the mission should already be completed!
But it had not been triggered.
Even when he later deliberately approached Zhong Ming, the mission still did not activate.
After some thought, he quickly connected several previous doubts.
The reason he had triggered the mission before was because he carried residual aura of the Fruit Position.
This residual aura likely came from his repeated contact with Zhong Ming, as well as constantly using Southward Sunlight to heal him—his power had continuously circulated around Zhong Ming.
Of course, it could also be due to other reasons.
After all, others who interacted with Zhong Ming did not seem to acquire this aura.
But precisely because of this, when he encountered members of the Black Moon Sect, he successfully triggered the mission.
But why was the mission only triggered and not unlocked?
Chu Huaixu’s thoughts shifted, and he arrived at a terrifying possibility.
“Who said the Xuanhuang Realm only has one Fruit Position?!”
If the system was not mistaken, then the Fruit Position referred to in that mission might be a different one!
If so, everything would make sense.
No wonder so many things had previously been inexplicable.
His thinking had been trapped in a dead end.
He had wracked his brain trying to understand why he carried the aura of a Fruit Position.
And why he had not unlocked the mission afterward.
Because—
this Fruit Position was not that Fruit Position!
The answer turned out to be so simple.
With this realization, Chu Huaixu immediately looked coldly at Wen Shiyu, gripping her throat as he asked:
“Is it true that the Xuanhuang Realm has more than one Fruit Position?”