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However, in the next moment, the smile on her face froze...

Facing a Sword Tide powerful enough to shred steel, Chu Fan actually increased his speed and charged straight through!

"CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG—!"

The expected shower of blood and gore did not happen.

Instead, a series of metallic clashes so dense it set one’s teeth on edge rang out!

Those supposedly indestructible, dark green longswords struck Chu Fan’s body, head, and arms, only to shatter like glass and dissolve into motes of light that filled the sky!

The Vajra Undying Body was Immune to All Laws; his physical body was a Divine Weapon in itself!

"N-No... Impossible!!"

The black-robed woman’s eyes went wide, her face a mask of utter shock and disbelief.

Her Magic Techniques, her confidence, her entire understanding of Martial Artists—in that moment, it was all pulverized by Chu Fan’s unreasonably tyrannical physique!

WHOOSH!

As Chu Fan closed in on the Black Tower, he violently swung his left hand!

Five Five Elements Cauldrons flew out, expanding rapidly in mid-air and smashing viciously against the Black Tower!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of massive bangs echoed as spiderweb-like cracks instantly covered the surface of the translucent Black Tower!

The next moment...

Chu Fan rushed up to the Black Tower, a phantom image of a great dragon suddenly appearing behind him!

He unleashed his Twelve True Forms Fist at full power. His fist, imbued with Extreme Cold Qi and Yellow Springs Death Qi and backed by the terrifying force of his Vajra Undying Body, slammed into the cracks on the Black Tower!

"RUMBLE!"

The phantom Black Tower shattered in an instant!

A small tower, about half a foot tall, was sent flying, tumbling across the ground!

In the instant the black-robed woman was paralyzed with horror, Chu Fan strode forward and smashed a heavy fist into her chest, caving in her sternum!

"N-No... don’t..."

She coughed up a mouthful of blood, her words slurred. She tried to activate the Netherworld Array to teleport away, only to find the cooldown wasn’t over.

BOOM!

Chu Fan threw another punch at her head, directly smashing this Third Heaven Acupoint Realm Warlock to death!

He hadn’t even needed to use the Shadowless Needle he had prepared!

WHOOSH!

With a thought, Chu Fan summoned a Black Banner. It appeared out of thin air, unfurled, and sucked her terrified soul, which had just left her body, straight into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, cutting off her last hope of survival.

"AHHH—!"

A piercing shriek echoed through the dark space of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, sending ripples through the entire dimension.

The black-robed woman’s Soul Body, pierced by countless chains, now erupted with a terrifyingly ferocious aura.

Pitch-black Soul Power churned like ink as a decaying, grim aura swept out in all directions.

Over a dozen thick chains rattled and groaned under her struggles. The Runes on them flickered erratically as the chains were pulled taut!

’Her soul is more than ten times stronger than Mo Daozi’s or that big man from the Demon Race! So this is what a Warlock’s soul is like?’

Chu Fan’s eyes narrowed. He sat down cross-legged and formed a profound Dharma Seal with his hands.

A ghostly blue Soul Fire danced on his fingertips, casting flickering shadows across his face.

He pushed the Netherworld Soul Refining Technique, which he had obtained from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, to its absolute limit.

Obscure incantations flowed from his lips like the whispers of three thousand Demon Gods. With every word he spoke, the resentful energy within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner thickened.

In an instant, a phantom image beneath Chu Fan began to resonate mystically with the real Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Inside the Banner World, countless enslaved, resentful Fierce Spirits seemed to receive a command. They let out greedy howls and swarmed in from all directions like blood-frenzied piranhas, madly lunging at the black-robed woman’s soul to devour it!

"How is this possible?! Why do you have the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!"

The black-robed woman’s soul thrashed wildly, her once-beautiful face now twisted beyond recognition. "This... This is the Lifebound Soul Artifact that the Divine Sacrifice Envoy poured his heart and soul into creating! How could you have performed its Refinement?!"

"Damn you, brat! I can’t accept this... I can’t accept this!"

"I’ve cultivated bitterly for over ten years! I was just one step away from advancing to Divine Communication Priest! I can’t accept it!"

Her roars were filled with venomous hatred and regret. Her Soul Body repeatedly slammed against the chains, trying to break free from the prison of this world.

Chu Fan’s expression was indifferent. He turned a deaf ear to her agonizing screams.

With another thought, hundreds more Resentful Souls and Fierce Spirits surged out from within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

These Soul Bodies, having been refined long ago, had already lost their minds, leaving only their most primal savagery and greed.

"Go."

At his single word, the Resentful Souls swarmed forward like locusts, tearing and biting at her Soul Body.

With every piece of her soul that was bitten off, her Soul Power weakened.

The strength of her struggles diminished accordingly.

The pitch-black chains seized the opportunity to tighten. Their Runes flared brightly, burrowing deep into her Soul Body like venomous snakes.

The woman’s agonized screams gradually faded, turning into sorrowful whimpers.

The whimpers then subsided, leaving only feeble moans.

More than a full hour passed...

Only when the last trace of consciousness had vanished from the black-robed woman’s soul did Chu Fan slowly open his eyes.

This woman’s soul had now replaced the Demon Race soul, becoming the new main soul of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Chu Fan could sense that the power of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had increased significantly!

However, with his Primordial Qi at the Second Heaven of Divine Power Realm, he didn’t dare to easily activate this high-grade Ancient Treasure unless it was a life-or-death situation.

’I need to properly cultivate the Netherworld Soul Refining Technique...’

His Netherworld Soul Refining Technique was still only at the Entry-Level. Even with the aid of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it had taken him more than an hour to complete the Refinement of the black-robed woman’s soul.

Without getting up, Chu Fan sent his Divine Sense into the black-robed woman’s soul.

In an instant, countless images flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern—

Ten years ago, she was an abandoned orphan, shivering in a world of ice and snow.

The Moon Worship Sect took her in and used a Secret Technique to set her on the path of cultivation.

Five years ago, she personally sacrificed her senior sister—who had helped her many times—to the Moon God in exchange for a Realm-Breaking Pill, allowing her to step into the Divine Power Realm.

Half a year ago, she was ordered to infiltrate Qing Province City...

The memories washed over him like a tide. Chu Fan "flipped through" them one by one, his face devoid of expression.

He continued until information about the Divine Sacrifice Envoy, Lingkong Jade, and Zhang Yanzong appeared.

The "Profound Origin Secret Realm Competition";

The "Burial Immortal Valley Plan";