Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1364 - 106: Origin of Heavenly Punishment

In this place, Zhou Yan observed carefully, but found nothing unusual, no ancient books, no treasures that would stir the heart, and certainly no heaven-defying opportunities.

It was like a barren wasteland.

Zhou Yan sensed here for a long time, and eventually, could only silently leave this place of ruins.

Choosing a direction, Zhou Yan moved forward on his journey.

Along the way, Zhou Yan passed through a forest, and after traversing the withered forest, Zhou Yan encountered a sea area, which was not large. Zhou Yan stirred up Heavenly Creation Karma, wielding the Xuanyuan Sword, effortlessly flying through the air, crossing this sea area.

Afterwards, Zhou Yan reached a land of Heavenly Fire.

At that moment, Zhou Yan suddenly realized that he had truly left the Soul Burying Starfield.

Indeed, this land of Heavenly Fire was the Nine Layers of Heavenly Fire Land.

Unfortunately, the land of Heavenly Fire had now become barren, only retaining some traces of flames, no longer as powerful as before.

Yet Zhou Yan still occasionally absorbed some heavenly fire and refined it, storing it in his brow space.

Time passed bit by bit, spending roughly a day, Zhou Yan passed through the final Heavenly Fire Ancient Array, transmitted from the array, opening an unknown space node.

Space flickered, and after a long time, a flash of white light, Zhou Yan emerged from the ruins of a damp region’s ancient array.

There was nothing in the ancient array, when the array began to oscillate, the ancient array self-destructed and became irreparable.

That is to say, even if Zhou Yan had the ability to construct such an ancient array, he probably could not randomly transport himself back to the Nine Layers of Heavenly Fire Land.

This was obviously an irreversible entry process.

Zhou Yan knew that such methods were left by the Human King, a path that others could not investigate to trace Zhou Yan’s origins.

When Zhou Yan emerged from the ancient array, he discovered this region was an island.

The island was a very ordinary island, resembling a typical isle.

Zhou Yan traversed the island, finding no life forms, no danger.

Finally, Zhou Yan slashed some ancient trees with the Xuanyuan Sword, used Thunder Flame to forge an ordinary warship, then stood on the warship, heading in a direction on the ocean.

Half a day later, the tranquil ocean finally stirred, threads of azure light gradually appeared on the sea, and after the warship easily broke through these lights, Zhou Yan saw that the sea behind had vanished, and the warship couldn’t return.

It was then that some life oscillations emerged in the sea, and in the places traversed before, unique aura fluctuations suddenly appeared.

That was the oscillation of Immortal Karma.

Between Heaven and Earth, there was also a dense immersion of Immortal Rules and Karma, this power was called ’Original Source Power’ in the Immortal Domain.

This was a world of extremely high quality.

At this moment Zhou Yan could affirm that he had truly entered the Emperor Star in the Ziwei constellation.

Behind the warship, the place he navigated from was still covered by azure brilliance, as if that path had never appeared.

Thus, Zhou Yan unexpectedly appeared above the ocean, continuing forward on his journey.

Time was calm, the aspects within the Eternal Life Domain, like the true Immortal Mysterious Realm, were even more intense than a Secret Realm.

Zhou Yan breathed for half a day on the warship, without cultivating, yet felt a hint of breakthrough, about to step into the Fourth Level of Eternal Life One.

This kind of efficiency was incredibly astounding.

But Zhou Yan’s mindset remained as tranquil as an ancient well.

In the void, vibrant clouds scattered, revealing ten exceptionally dazzling suns.

The ten suns combined to form a unique constellation.

The constellation’s design seemed vaguely familiar to Zhou Yan, but upon careful analysis, he felt it highly resembled the constellation structure of the Dragon Constellation.

Zhou Yan felt a strange sensation, gazing at the not dazzling scorching sun, involuntarily thinking of Altair, Weaver Star, and a series of planets.

For a moment, Zhou Yan deduced that perhaps those were truly Immortal Star Domains.

After half a day of observations, with calm emotions, Zhou Yan’s heart surged with waves, because only within the Immortal Domain could one truly gaze upon the heavens.

It felt like an ant looking up at the sky, realizing the insignificance of oneself upon truly witnessing the vastness of Heaven and Earth.

After a while, Zhou Yan took a deep breath, gradually calmed down, then sat at the prow of the warship, silently comprehending the heavens, integrating his current abilities.

His present abilities, the first, was the Ancestral Dragon Sword Dao, which had not been neglected, instead becoming even more profound.

The second was Nirvana Profound Meaning, a frightening capability of Nirvana Rebirth, without ability, easily deploying it in this world could likely result in a death without burial.

The third was the potent Soul Power, this, was Zhou Yan’s greatest card, and his greatest ability.

Zhou Yan thought of his ability, recalling Human King Fu Xi’s words, and with a thought, his soul twisted forming a layered form that dispersed one’s intention.

In this state of mind, indeed, Zhou Yan discovered that his soul seemed to shrink, suddenly diminishing. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The once powerful soul perception instantly contracted, becoming roughly comparable to the Soul Power of an ordinary Eternal Life Realm being.

"With this transformation and shrinking of my soul, it’s equivalent to reducing its strength by 9,999 times! Ten thousand times! My soul strength is indeed ten thousand times that of ordinary Eternal Life Beings. Is this the transformation and trump card granted by the inheritance of form and intention?"

Zhou Yan was startled but also filled with joy.

However, he didn’t become complacent because as his soul shrunk, the unique space at his brow could no longer be opened.

The spatial ability of the brow space was also unusable because of this.

"It seems this is also a unique talent. Unfortunately, my understanding of this Eternal Life Domain is extremely shallow, like that of a layman. It’s essential to learn more basic knowledge. Fortunately, the information and knowledge from the inheritance of the Soul Burying Star Lord are still mostly usable; otherwise, I’d be even more like a fool now."

Reflecting on this, Zhou Yan continued to strengthen his soul.

When he increased his soul to tenfold its strength, Zhou Yan hesitated slightly, then continued to enhance it twofold, reaching twenty times the strength of a normal being.

This soul talent was equivalent to a remarkable genius talent.

Zhou Yan concealed five hundred times his soul strength, adapting to his body with this twentyfold soul talent.

The strength of the soul is generally unnoticed by ordinary Eternal Life Beings, but beings above the Eternal Life Five Rules can certainly sense it. At that time, without the power of self-preservation, it would be a disaster.

The deprivation of such talent is not impossible.

Being twenty times makes one a genius seen only once in a millennium among Eternal Life Beings, still astonishing, but far inferior to those with a hundredfold soul strength.

Nonetheless, Zhou Yan was completely satisfied.

After dealing with all this, Zhou Yan realized that after his form and intention transformed to this state, this ability had formed an inherent ability in his soul, serving as a great means of concealment. In essence, unless Zhou Yan himself exposed his soul’s strength, even Eternal Life Beings could not discern his true depth.

At this moment, Zhou Yan understood that the surprise of the Human King Fu Xi originated from this.

When the Human King Fu Xi mentioned this, he only emphasized it slightly, and now Zhou Yan realized that the ability emphasized by the Human King Fu Xi was indeed extraordinary.

Because of this, Zhou Yan also thought of his Blood River Battle Armor and the perfectly forged Xuanyuan Sword—these, too, were among his trump cards, their strength likely not inferior to heaven-defying treasures.

Aside from these, the rest of Zhou Yan’s abilities could only be attributed to the brow space of the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain.

In this Breaking Path Mountain, there were Thunderbolt Purple Flames, equivalent to a unique sovereign space.

Zhou Yan deduced that if he trapped an enemy inside, they would be at his mercy.

With this in mind, Zhou Yan once again unleashed the full strength of his soul, spreading his Soul Power out, extending to the seawater below the battleship.

Zhou Yan’s range of Soul Power extension wasn’t large, only less than a hundred meters.

However, this range was already sufficient.

Within a hundred meters, Zhou Yan sensed a unique insect resembling a Thorn Worm.

The insect was only palm-sized but covered in numerous legs, with webs on each leg, appearing quite peculiar.

Although peculiar, this insect was at the Second Level of Eternal Life One, not weak in strength.

As Zhou Yan’s Soul Power extended over, the insect hadn’t sensed it yet but instinctively felt a sense of crisis.

Yet, when Zhou Yan’s Soul Power rapidly converged, locking onto the insect, Zhou Yan instinctively unleashed a soul impact, True Void Heavenly Prohibition.

The void trembled slightly, and then Zhou Yan felt the Thunder and Purple Flame within his brow suddenly surge out, instantly sweeping towards the insect.

"Sizzle—"

The environment shifted drastically, and the insect was directly drawn into the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain within Zhou Yan’s brow.

At that moment, Zhou Yan’s eyes narrowed as he witnessed an astonishing scene.

The Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain at his brow suddenly went into a frenzy, with Thunder and Purple Flames running rampant, crashing down violently.

"Boom—"

The terrifying Power of Destruction, the invisible Sovereign Rules smashed onto the Thorn Worm’s body, causing the insect to convulse intensely, as if vaporizing, continually being refined by the Thunder and Purple Flames, emitting potent, rich Immortal Karma.

"Hiss—"

This was Thunder Punishment, Soul Refining!

Discovering this ability of his, Zhou Yan’s expression changed drastically. He immediately shut down his soul strength and sealed his brow.

Because at that moment, Zhou Yan felt a burning sensation at his brow, as if a lightning mark appeared.

Just like the tower-shaped marks, floral engravings, and other marks on the brows of other Eternal Life Beings.

After closing his Soul Power, Zhou Yan waited for a moment, his emotions still fluctuating.