Nine Lights Realm.

Lieyan Yuan was sitting quietly on the floor when a tremor suddenly coursed through his body. A cold expression entered his features.

“Big brother!” Lieyan Zhong called out to him.

“I’m fine.” Lieyan Yuan shook his head slowly before saying, “I didn’t think he would be able to refine the imprints I had branded the eight Undying Titans with!”

“How is that possible?” Lieyan Zhong exclaimed in astonishment.

“I didn’t expect that he would grow this strong either,” Lieyan Yuan said with a sigh before frowning. “Also, I’m sure I sensed the Soul Race’s Soul Suppressing Orb in his hands!”

“Just how many Divine Grade artifacts does he have?” A shocked expression overwhelmed Lieyan Zhong’s features. “What about the Flesh Filling Tombstone?”

“It’s still trapped inside Flaming Sun Purgatory,” Lieyan Yuan said with a bitter smile.

“This is…”

Lieyan Zhong’s disbelief only grew with his master’s failure.

“It looks like the Perfect Blood I created is so powerful that even I can no longer control it.” Fire burned in Lieyan Yuan’s eyes as he licked the corner of his lips. “Well, this is fine too. The stronger the Perfect Blood is, the more it proves that my efforts had been worth it all along.”

“What do we do now?”

“We wait. We wait for Tian Qi to contact us!”

“Should we… head to Flaming Sun Purgatory too?”

“We must go through the abyss passageway to get to Flaming Sun Purgatory, but he’s even stronger there because he possesses the Galaxy Mirror. I don’t want to take too many chances.”

“But if he successfully refines Castor’s soul, then… he’ll be even more out of control.”

“Not necessarily.”

Lieyan Yuan tone carried a hint of enigma.

……

“Come back to me!”

Inside Flaming Sun Purgatory, Qin Lie stared at the Flesh Filling Tombstone that was trying to escape through the abyss passageway after refining the fiery marks inside the eight god corpses.

Droplets of blood that looked like translucent gems of fire suddenly flew out of his fingertips.

Hundreds of lifeblood essences aligned themselves into a strange diagram in the air. Qin Lie’s soul was in each of the droplets.

He rearranged his lifeblood essences based on the circulation pattern of an ancient spirit diagram inside the Soul Suppressing Orb.

The lifeblood essences moved quickly, forming a huge bloody diagram in the sky.

Qin Lie started calling to the Flesh Filling Tombstone using the diagram! It was a call that came from the bloodline!

“Sizzle!”

Bits of bloody light shone brightly from the surface of the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

The fiery marks that belonged to Lieyan Yuan started engaging the bloody light in battle.

“You’re not the only one who left his mark in the Flesh Filling Tombstone!”

Qin Lie snorted coldly before calling out to the Flesh Filling Tombstone with his soul once more.

While he was doing this, the eight Undying Titans maintained a tight circle around Qin Lie just in case Castor decided to interrupt their master.

“Whoosh!”

In that moment, the Flesh Filling Tombstone froze as if it finally sensed Qin Lie’s presence.

Godly light burst out of the other side of the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

“Go! Bring it back to me!”

The bloody diagram Qin Lie created with his lifeblood essences joined together to form a bloody figure. It dashed toward the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

The bloody figure had no facial features to speak of, but its shape was clearly Qin Lie’s!

The bloody figure instantly arrived above the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

“Whoosh!”

The bloody man landed atop the tombstone and engaged the fiery imprints in battle.

After a moment, it seemed as if the Flesh Filling Tombstone was fully conquered by Qin Lie’s soul.

“Swhoosh!”

The Flesh Filling Tombstone started flying back toward Qin Lie.

A few seconds later, it returned to Qin Lie’s ownership. The young man laughed sinisterly as his bluish green eyes suddenly glowed brightly like the sun.

The light merged with the Flesh Filling Tombstone’s own light instantly.

At first glance, it was as if veins were flying out of Qin Lie’s pupils.

The veins clung to the Flesh Filling Tombstone tightly and pulled it toward Qin Lie’s glabella.

“Power of destruction!”

Qin Lie roared and sent crimson fire mixed with the power of destruction into the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

“Burn all consciousness, marks, or souls that doesn’t belong to me into dust!”

The flame with the power of destruction wrapped around the Flesh Filling Tombstone and burned.

“Crackle!”

Lightning bolts flashed out of the Flesh Filling Tombstone. Two terrifying soul powers were clearly battling each other inside it.

In just an instant, Qin Lie was able to tear apart Lieyan Yuan’s fire power with the Soul Race’s soul secret art.

“Sizzle!”

The Flesh Filling Tombstone continued to burn fiercely.

Grinning and laughing coldly, Qin Lie declared, “This is Flaming Sun Purgatory, a unique realm I created! The strength of all my powers are multiplied in this place!”

“Do you think that you can rob me with just your mark? Do you think you can take what is mine while hiding in Nine Lights Realm like a rat? Your arrogance is getting to your head!”

Soul shadows flew out of Qin Lie’s eyes while he was speaking.

They transformed into many Qin Lies and entered the Flesh Filling Tombstone.

The soul shadows reappeared on top of the surface of the Flesh Filling Tombstone. They then engaged Lieyan Yuan’s marks a third time.

The blazing imprints started disappearing one by one. Even the memory fragments of Lieyan Yuan and the Flesh Filling Tombstone had been removed by Qin Lie.

“Never again will I allow your past to linger in my possessions!”

“Boom!”

At Nine Lights Realm, Lieyan Yuan was shaking violently.

Countless strange symbols, marks of fire and God Race bloodline crystals flashed across Lieyan Yuan’s pupils.

He tried his best to maintain his mark.

Unfortunately, his connection to the Flesh Filling Tombstone only grew weaker and weaker.

A while later, his body suddenly ceased trembling.

He turned completely silent.

“Big brother?” Lieyan Zhong called out to him softly.

“I’ve lost the Flesh Filling Tombstone completely,” Lieyan Yuan murmured.

“Ah? What do we do now? Without this tombstone we can’t prevent other patriarchs from assembling all five!” Lieyan Zhong yelled.

“I’m going to ignore Flaming Sun Purgatory and Tian Qi’s movements from now on,” Lieyan Yuan said indifferently as if he had finally made up his mind. “I will be disappearing for a while. I will be doing my best to reach the ultimate realm, and I will have surpassed my current self the next time you see me. I will enter the ultimate realm before Tian Qi. Once I succeed, I’ll take back everything I’ve lost! Both the Perfect Blood I’ve spent boundless effort to create and the Flesh Filling Tombstone will return to me!”

He got up to his feet and tore open a spatial rift. Then, he left Nine Lights Realm under Lieyan Zhong’s gaze.