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nChapter 1841: A New Era!

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nThe Infinite Soul Sea of the Soul Realm quickly dried up, and so did the Origin Sea of Flaming Sun Purgatory.

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nThe Origin Seas of the other seven purgatories had their soul power quickly pulled out.

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nIn the world of Qin Lie's Soul Altar, the memories of his life, his emotions, feelings and consciousness suddenly coalesced into a dot of light!

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nThe tiny speck absorbed the power of the Infinite Soul Sea and the Origin Sea. The soul threads moved swiftly and intersected, forming a most beautiful spirit diagram.

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nThe diagram's ceaseless transformations created an ever-changing spectacle, eventually turning into a madly-spinning whirlpool. One could clearly see billions of purple crystals flashing inside, as well as eight Nether Rivers slithering under the effects of Infinite Soul Sea’s soul fluctuations.

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"Sss!

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nThe rapidly-spinning soul whirlpool produced an unstoppable power that pulled in Thamur's soul threads, memories, consciousness, intelligence, and comprehension of universal laws.

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nOnce Thamur’s imprints entered the whirlpool, they were instantly grinded into nothing.

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nQin Lie could clearly feel his consciousness awakening in the Soul Altar.

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nAfter a moment, his soul presence grew extremely clear.

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nHe was no longer lost, his feeling of helplessness in the face of Thamur's attempt to take him over gone.

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nForming the mysterious soul whirlpool from his comprehension of the soul, the Infinite Soul Sea, the eight Nether Rivers, and the Origin Sea caused his confidence to soar.

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nHe felt as if his understanding of the power of souls became a one complete whole.

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"Dead souls, living souls, knowledge of life, comprehension of countless powers, all in one!

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"Pew pew!

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nThamur's fragmented memories and consciousness had been forcefully dragged out of the corners of the Soul Altar when the soul whirlpool formed.

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nHe seemed to hear Thamur's wild throes. He was still struggling, wanting to use different laws of different universes to at least destroy Qin Lie’s Soul Altar.

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nBut because his original plan was to refine Qin Lie and take his body over, his soul power was in too big of a mess.

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nWhen Qin Lie's mysterious soul whirlpool took form, Thamur's truths of power were scattered all around.

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nIn this split state, Thamur was unable to remake his body or gather his soul together.

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nAs much as he wanted to explode with power, it proved to be impossible.

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nHe could feel Thamur's unwillingness, but remained ruthless. He continued to absorb the constant flow of soul energy coming from the seven purgatories and urged the whirlpool to spin even faster.

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nThe fragments of Thamur’s consciousness turned into dots, specks of light, lines, smokes, broken pieces that were sucked into the whirlpool and eventually merged together.

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nThe process felt as if he was refining Thamur...

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nAll of Thamur's experiences, intelligence, and comprehension of laws of the universe had not actually turned to nothing.

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nThey had merged into the soul whirlpool and become a part of his power and soul. He… had completely refined Thamur.

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nDuring the entire process he had maintained his sense of self and thus completely erased Thamur’s consciousness.

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nAs time went on, Thamur's presence had finally disappeared. Despite that, the whirlpool was still spinning and digesting the Saint God's knowledge.

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nIt was then that he could be sure that in this battle, he had come out victorious.

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nThamur's lifetimes of experience and his vast knowledge of many laws of different universes were imprinted in his soul, becoming an eternal part of him.

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nThe man's consciousness however, was completely gone.

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"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

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nThe Dark Shadow Worlds scattered around the universe suddenly streaked through the stars through spatial passageways.

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nThey gathered around Qin Lie's body as though to protect him.

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nFeeling the many unknown powers flowing through the Dark Shadow World, Qin Lie realized that the Shadow Being Race had been exterminated.

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nHaving refined Thamur, he became the new master of the Dark Shadow World.

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"It is over.

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nQin Lie murmured lowly. He completely recovered his sense of self and opened his eyes.

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nThe first thing to enter his eyes was the sight of six Spirits of Void and Chaos in the Sea of Annihilation and rays of Light of Destruction flashing by.

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nHe looked into the distance. He saw Qin Shan, Qin Hao, Ling Yushi, Tian Qi, the seven great Devil Monarchs, and the five patriarchs of the God Race.

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nBehind them stood all peak experts of his universe.

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nHe turned to the nearby rays of Light of Destruction. “Your race is no more, and your universe has been destroyed. From now on, you will follow me.”

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"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

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nThe many rays of destructive light flew over to merge into his bloodline.

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nHe looked towards the six Spirits of Void and Chaos.

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"Yiya, yiyaya!

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nThe six Spirits of Void and Chaos gave intimate soul voices. They considered him their father.

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nHe grinned. With a step, he flew out of the Sea of Annihilation and left the chaotic border of the universe.

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"Is it done?

" Tian Qi asked nervously.

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nQin Lie nodded with a smile.

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"Then you...

" Tian Qi's voice was hoarse. He paused and said,

"Who are you?

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"I am Qin Lie, of course.

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nAt these words, the experts gathered here clearly sighed in relief.

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"The thirty five returnees died because of me. However, I’ve preserved tiny parts of their soul origins.” Qin Lie looked at the experts of the strongest races and said, “Once I digest all the knowledge I’ve gained from Thamur, I’ll give them to you. One day, they might wake up again.

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"Thank you!

" On behalf of everyone, the patriarch of the Winged Race, Kermit, expressed his gratitude.

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nThey’ve all been informed of the circumstances of the peak experts’ return and how Qin Lie had no other way to resolve the issue.

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"Everyone, return home.

" Qin Lie thought for a moment and said,

"I need to spend some time at the borders of the universe and analyze the outside lights to understand their laws. Once I completely digest Thamur’s wealth of knowledge…”

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nHe looked deeply at the Flame Emperor, the Ice Emperor, the seven Devil Monarchs, the God Race’s patriarchs and peak experts of different races.

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"At that time, if you want to enter the ultimate realm, I will find a way.

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nAfter merging with Thamur's memories and intelligence, he understood the power of the universe was limited and could not support the ascension of many of the ultimate experts.

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nOtherwise, the universe would die, and the realms would be destroyed.

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nIf they wanted to grow stronger, there was only one viable path.

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"What way do you have in mind?

" Tian Qi said.

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nQin Lie turned and looked towards the borders of the universe. He said,

"To venture outside and explore other universes.

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"Won’t we become just like the shadow beings then?

" Tian Qi was shocked.

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"All creation will step onto this path when they reach the apex. This is inevitable.

" Qin Lie sighed.

"The Saint God of the shadow beings, the Spirit of Annihilation Race, the Destruction Race… they all chose this path.

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"In the future, we can only follow their path if we want to advance.

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nHearing the words, all the experts became silent.

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"Go back. Give me some time. When you are prepared, I will open a passageway towards the other universes,

" Qin Lie said.

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"Then... alright.

" Tian Qi slowly nodded.

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nUnder his leadership, the rank ten bloodline warriors left in succession.

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nQin Lie looked at the seven Devil Monarchs and said,

"When I completely refine Thamur's knowledge, I will return the energy I’ve taken from your Origin Seas.

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"Alright.

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nNine Hells Monarch Auston nodded and was the first to leave without a word.

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nThe other six Devil Monarchs bowed respectfully and left the chaotic streams of space.

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nOnly Qin Shan, Qin Hao, and Ling Yushi remained in front of Qin Lie.

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"Grandpa, Father, I am still myself. This will never change,

" Qin Lie whispered.

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nQin Shan, who had been waiting for these words, smiled in gratification.

"You little rascal...

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"I will wait for you to be ready. When you open the passage out of the universe, I will travel outside and take that last step.” With these words, Qin Hao and Qin Shan left.

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nOnly one person remained. Ling Yushi looked deeply at him. A moment later, she smiled and said,

"You and I...

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"I will forever be the Qin Lie of Ling Town.

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"Mn. Then I will wait for your return in Spirit Realm.

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nLing Yushi's eyes lit up. She was reassured. Her figure blurred as she also left the area.

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nQin Lie turned around to face the borders of the universe. He silently sat in the Sea of Annihilation and prepared for the dawn of a new era.

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