Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 60 Soul Gods and Demons

Blood Army burst out of the collapsed dragon chariot, his crown shattered, his body and face covered in blood. He looked at Mo Yun, roared, and his stone spear transformed into a blood-red rainbow that pierced through the air.

Mo Yun did not dodge, but gripped the Ten Bright Sword and faced the stone spear.

Ding!

Sword tip against spear tip, golden light against blood rainbow.

The Ten Bright Swords pierced through in an instant, their ultimate sharpness concentrated at the tip, a peerless sharpness capable of cleaving through chaos and separating the pure from the impure!

The sword tip collided with the spear tip with a crisp clang. The light of conquest on the stone spear was shattered the moment the sword tip touched it. A crack appeared on the spear tip, which spread from the tip to the tail. The stone spear trembled violently and exploded in the hands of the Blood Army.

Extreme speed transformed into extreme power; the Ten Bright Swords' momentum continued unabated, piercing into Xue Jun's right arm.

Blood Army's right arm exploded in the sword light, the golden sword light tearing his right arm into pieces from the inside, blood gushing out like a spring, and bits of flesh falling like rain.

Blood Army clutched his broken right shoulder and retreated hastily, his face ashen and his eyes filled with disbelief. He finally realized that Mo Yun's cultivation was much stronger than he had anticipated, and he feared that he was likely doomed.

On the other side of the Eternal World, a shadow silently pierced through the membrane of heaven and earth and entered the Eternal World.

The shadow lingered on the earth, transforming into a young man in white robes. He had pale skin, long, slender hands, and countless roaring souls seemed to reside within his greyish-white pupils.

The young man in white took a deep breath, his face full of smiles.

"What a wonderful place! Such vibrant life, such pure souls. The creator of this world must have been a remarkable person."

The white-robed youth clenched his right hand, and the surrounding birds, beasts, insects, and fish froze, their eyes losing their light in an instant. Souls flew out from the bodies of these birds, beasts, insects, and fish like wisps of smoke, falling into the white-robed youth's hand.

Souls struggled and twisted in the white-robed youth's palm, but no matter how they struggled, they could not break free from the restraint of this hand.

The young man in white brought the soul in his palm to his nose, took a deep breath, and the soul turned into a wisp of green smoke, which was inhaled through his nostrils.

With his eyes closed, the young man in white wore an expression of ecstasy.

"It's been so long since I've tasted such a pure soul. Those souls tainted by malevolent energy, corrupted by calamity, and defiled by demonic energy can never taste like this."

The young man opened his eyes, preparing to continue harvesting, when darkness descended upon him.

Boundless darkness surged in from all directions, enveloping the white-robed youth. Jiuyou emerged from the darkness, his black robes and hair flowing freely, a slight smile on his face, and walked to a point a hundred feet away from the white-robed youth.

The white-robed youth's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He put away the remaining soul in his palm, flipped his right hand, and a cane appeared in his hand.

The cane was entirely grayish-white, with a fist-sized skull at the top, its eye sockets burning with eerie green flames.

Looking at Jiu You, the white-robed youth's expression turned solemn. Jiu You's aura was profound, dark, and unfathomable, making him feel uneasy.

"Are you the creator of this world?" the white-robed youth asked, his eyes swirling with countless souls, roaring silently towards the Nine Netherworlds.

Jiuyou looked at the white-robed youth and said calmly, "I suppose so."

"Consider it?" The young man in white frowned.

Jiuyou sized up the white-robed youth, his tone indifferent: "A Soul God-Demon?"

"How do you know my identity?" The white-robed youth's voice turned deep. He was certain that he had never seen Jiu You before, not during the Chaos Era, nor after the Great Calamity of Creation. Jiu You also did not possess any aura of Chaos Gods or Demons. He was not one of the Three Thousand Gods or Demons.

Jiuyou did not answer. He raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and four streams of light flew out from his sleeve, landing around the Soul God and Demon.

The light fell and transformed into four enormous divine pillars.

The first divine pillar was entirely dark yellow, with earth energy surging above its body, as heavy as a mountain; this was the Earth Pillar.

The second divine pillar was entirely dark, with yin energy swirling around its body, chilling to the bone; this was the Yin Pillar.

The third divine pillar was entirely grayish-white, with turbid energy churning on its body, corroding everything; this was the Turbid Pillar.

The fourth pillar was entirely black, its surface thick with deathly energy, devoid of any life force; it was the Pillar of Death.

The four divine pillars, towering and thick, trapped the soul and the demon in the center. The four colors of light on the pillars intertwined to form a huge cage, which was suppressed by earth energy, corroded by yin energy, rotted by turbid energy, and annihilated by death energy, trapping the soul and the demon in place.

The Four Pillars of Heaven are four divine pillars personally crafted by Jiuyou using the origin of the Netherworld as the foundation, the origin of the four Netherworlds as the bones, and the essence extracted from the corpses of chaotic gods and demons. Each of the four pillars is a top-tier acquired treasure, and when the four pillars are combined, their power surpasses the level of top-tier innate spiritual treasures.

The Soul God's expression changed drastically. He naturally sensed the terrifying power contained in the four divine pillars. He stomped his right foot on the ground, and a pitch-black cauldron appeared beneath his feet. The cauldron was as black as ink, and countless twisted soul patterns were engraved on its walls. An endless ocean of souls surged within the cauldron.

The Soul Refining Cauldron is a treasure for proving one's Dao, crafted by the souls collected by the gods and demons of the soul over countless eras. The cauldron contains an uncountable number of souls.

With a spit, a bronze ancient bell appeared above the head of the Soul God Demon. The bell was simple and ancient, and its surface was engraved with twisted cloud patterns. The knob was a bone hand.

The Soul-Shattering Bell, with its single toll, can shatter the souls of all living beings.

The vast ocean of souls within the cauldron surged forth like a tsunami, countless souls churning and wailing within; the Soul-Sweeping Bell rang out, and rings of grayish-white sound waves rippled out from its body.

The sound waves overlapped with the sea of ​​souls, causing the power of the sea of ​​souls to surge. Driven by the sound waves, the souls let out even more shrill howls, devouring and merging with each other, transforming into huge soul beasts that bared their fangs and claws as they crashed into the four divine pillars.

Rumble!!

The four pillars of the universe trembled violently under the impact of the sea of ​​souls. The earth pillar was knocked back a hundred feet, the light of the yin pillar was submerged by the sea of ​​souls, the turbid energy of the turbid pillar was swallowed by the soul beast, and the death energy of the death pillar was diluted by the sea of ​​souls.

The four-colored light curtain between the four pillars was squeezed inward by the sea of ​​souls, and countless fine cracks appeared on the light curtain.

Seeing this, Jiuyou chuckled and pointed his index finger, causing the earth pillar to crash down. The pillar shone with a brilliant yellow light, like an ancient divine mountain descending from the sky.

The light struck the sea of ​​souls, instantly freezing the churning waters. The surging waves of souls remained frozen in mid-air, like a frozen ocean.

When Jiuyou pointed out his index finger for the second time, the Yin Pillar shone brightly, its dark light resembling a black sun.

As the light shone into the sea of ​​souls, the souls within began to dissolve, countless souls turning into nothingness layer by layer, like thin ice under the blazing sun.

As Jiuyou pointed out his index finger for the third time, the turbid air on the pillar surged out, and the grayish-white turbid air, like venomous snakes, burrowed into the depths of the soul sea.