Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Ding -

Ding -

The Cosmic Seacross Bell began to ring, releasing ripples that spread out and suppressed the formidable strength. But, this could only slightly suppress the swallowing strength coming from outside. Qin Yu's soul still trembled as it was constantly pulled out.

Shua -

Qin Yu's consciousness entered his soul. His eyes opened and he looked around. His gaze seemed to pierce through all barriers, seeing the endless cracks in the ground.

At almost the same time, countless calls only audible to the soul erupted from the cracks in the ground. Old and young, men and women, these calls were filled with endless suffering and grief. When gathered together they were like countless rusty nails stabbing into one's mind. This sort of terrifying pain was enough to scatter a person's will.

Qin Yu's soul stuffily coughed, but his back remained straight and his fingers didn't shiver. His dark eyes were as calm as a still well. "You want to swallow my soul with such a method?"

As if realizing Qin Yu's contempt and ridicule, the sounds coming from the cracks rose to a whole new level. If it was like nails thrusting into the brain before, then now these nails were being forcefully twisted around. At the same time, the swallowing strength also increased!

"Is this the only move you have?" Qin Yu's soul chuckled as if he didn't sense how violently his soul space was shaking. Although he was laughing, his eyes were cold to the extreme. "If that's the case, let's not waste any more time. Break!"

The howls passing deep into his soul suddenly filled with horror and fear. Like frost exposed beneath the blazing sun, they started to quickly melt away. The invisible tentacles formed from swallowing strength that winded around his soul began to break apart as they were stretched to their limits.

Shua -

Qin Yu opened his eyes. He looked down at the countless cracks spread across the earth and roared out loud, "Screw off!"

Rumble rumble -

His billowing voice spread throughout the world like endless peals of thunder, carrying with it an incomparably vast will that could suppress all sides.

Since the moment he had obtained the little blue lamp and officially stepped onto the road of cultivation, Qin Yu had never relaxed when it came to tempering his soul. However, because of his achievements of his Demon Body, it appeared to others that he focused primarily on tempering his body.

Yet in truth, his soul cultivation was incomparably formidable and he had acc.u.mulated it to an unfathomable degree. After experiencing two lucky chances of obtaining the Ancient race's inheritance and substantializing his will, they were like two catalysts that forcefully increased Qin Yu's soul force by leaps and bounds.

Right now Qin Yu could be called a human, a true Ancient, or even a powerful competitor for chieftain of the War Clan. As for substantialization of will, even in the War Clan where powerhouses were as common as rain, that was a boundary that countless people longed for in their dreams.

In terms of soul strength, Qin Yu was no weaker than any supreme being of the world. In truth, he was even more formidable.

Earth burial was powerful, but if they wanted to seize his soul…that was just wishful thinking!

On the ground, the countless cracks began to collapse. The soul-freezing yin chill aura rapidly faded away - it had already been broken.

The Dark Night Supreme Seat and Yama both widened their eyes as they looked at Qin Yu. Not to mention the Dark Night Supreme Seat who constantly found it hard to deal with the Holy Palace, but even Yama never imagined that Qin Yu possessed such formidable strength.

Heaven slaying, earth burial...for them, either of these was already incredibly difficult to deal with, but Qin Yu had broken through them one after the other. It had to be known that he had yet to surpass the boundaries of life and death and become a true supreme being of the world. Once he reached this level of cultivation in the future, his strength would experience a horrifying promotion!

Solitary Westgate's eyes brightened. Although he knew he hadn't misread, Qin Yu kept giving him pleasant surprise after pleasant surprise. This was a Demonic Path Holy Monarch that hadn't yet broken past the boundaries of life and death…there were sure to be some people that couldn't sit still any longer.

Atop the black mountain, in front of the Black Sky Observer, Emperor Ying's complexion paled even further. A surge of fear and alarm rose in the depths of his heart. But, just as this fear and alarm appeared it was immediately suppressed.

No matter what, the Demon Sovereign had to die here today!

The Buddhist Nation Sovereign said, "Nether Domain Master, focus all of your energy on him. Ignore the others."

The Nether Domain Master nodded, "I understand." He looked at Qin Yu, his expression dignified. Then, his eyes turned pitch black.

This was a pure darkness without any warmth. It was like an endless black sea that could swallow and submerge everything.

The Nether Domain Master opened his mouth. His voice was hollow and empty, releasing a frightening aura. "The skies will turn black…" Whether it was heaven slaying or earth burying, they were both terrifying powers released from the Black Sky Observer. But, its most terrifying strength still came from its 'name'.

There was a story in the ancient texts. At some point in the far off past, in some distant year, in some distant month, on some distant day, a black temple fell from the clouds. There were sudden winds, sudden thunder, and finally the skies were extinguished and the world fell into darkness. This was the most dreadful strength that the Black Sky Observer possessed!

The Buddhist Nation Sovereign actuated heaven slaying, Emperor Ying actuated earth burying, and the Nether Domain Master managed the Black Sky…this wasn't because the Nether Domain Master had the strongest cultivation, but because his strength was able to superimpose and strengthen the Black Sky Observer so that it could erupt with an even greater killing might.

The term Nether World could be translated as the Yellow Springs Hell. But to be exact, it was a place even more terrifying than the Yellow Springs Hell. What the Nether Domain Master possessed was this strength of slaughter and extinction. Thus, the skies suddenly turned darkened and that ink-like blackness flowed down and submerged the world.

The surrounding 100,000 miles of this area in the Qin Empire fell into eternal darkness. And within this pitch black darkness, inexhaustible destruction arrived.

The thick stretches of forest between the mountains were shattered as they experienced the killing baptism of the heavens and earth. The remaining ancient trees seemed to have all moisture sucked out and their green leaves rapidly withered and turned yellow. Their bark crackled until it turned into powder that flew away in the wind, disappearing into the darkness.

Tiny cracks appeared at the bases of the mountains that reached into the skies. The cracks rapidly spread upwards and the mountains started to crumble into countless blocks of stones. As the blocks tumbled down they split further and further until they turned into fine sand that one couldn't even hold in their hand.

The sundered rivers began to dry up. The racing waters disappeared to reveal the flailing fish and shrimp inside. These creatures struggled until they soon turned silent. Their scales lost their l.u.s.ter and their flesh and blood dried up, endless fear in their eyes.

This was Black Sky…

It covered everything and destroyed everything.

And now, all of its strength was focused on Qin Yu's body, all in order to kill him. The reason for this was that his display of resisting the heaven slaying and earth burying techniques was far too shocking. If they couldn't kill him then they would surely suffer backlash in the future. Thus, killing Qin Yu logically became their prime goal.

And in truth, the ones who felt an intense threat were not just Emperor Ying and the Immortal Sect. There was also Emperor Zhou who had helped by blocking Solitary Westgate. Emperor Zhou's eyes were icy cold. He had already learned that Qin Yu had become a sequencer of the Sealed Stone World. And, since Emperor Zhou was also a sequencer, they stood on opposing sides and were hostile to each other. He couldn't allow Qin Yu to freely grow.

This was a good chance to kill him!

Thus, when the Nether Domain Master made his move and the Black Sky arrived, Emperor Zhou also erupted. He lifted his hands and pointed in Qin Yu's direction. When his finger fell, it turned a strange gray-white, like a corpse that had been buried deep underground for many years. It gave off a terrifying feeling.

"Plant the Heart Demon!"

A low and deep voice sounded out. Each syllable contained a dense trembling in it that caused fear to rise in one's heart.

This world encompassed all things. As long as there was something that possessed intelligence, it would have a heart demon hidden in its mind.

'Plant' was not planting a heart demon, but providing a seed of awakening for the heart demon so that they could arise from their slumber.

Emperor Zhou had lived for tens of millions of years, avoiding the great catastrophe of the heavens and earth by wandering the line between life and death. It was only through a lucky chance that he managed to perceive this supernatural art. It was his most strange and bizarre ability.

Qin Yu also had a heart demon. A cold chill rose in him. Although he sensed something wrong, he had no means to avoid it.

Shua -

Beyond his control, his consciousness was dragged into the world of his mind. The world of his mind had already changed in appearance. Black waters flowed across the earth and countless corpses bobbed up and down. Some were still fully intact, some were rotting, and some had become bones.

When Qin Yu's consciousness appeared, the corpses floating in the black rivers below suddenly looked up at him. They screamed out in unison, "Give me back my life!"

Endless hatred and sharp cries surged at him, instantly submerging Qin Yu. He took a deep breath and paused. His eyes widened…this was because these corpses that were screaming up at him from the black rivers below were of all the people he had killed over the years!

Those with preserved corpses were those he had killed recently, those with rotted corpses were from sometime before, and the bones…those were clearly from much earlier. There were so many that they couldn't be counted. They nearly flooded his field of sight. Qin Yu's heart shook, as if he hadn't expected he had already killed so many people.

The screams from the corpses wandering the black rivers grew sharper and louder.

Give me back my life…give me back my life…give me back my life…

They crawled forth from the black rivers and approached him. Qin Yu drew in a deep breath and suppressed the chill in his heart. But, when he lifted his hand, his expression changed. Because at some unknown time, his strength had completely vanished.

Horror flooded his mind like dark clouds, beyond his control. Looking at the corpses approaching him from all sides, his complexion paled.