at that moment, it could be said that the old man was completely incapable of resistance before the thousand soul demon exalt. losing his body was equivalent to losing everything he could rely on, losing all of his abilities.

    in truth, even if a third heavenly layer immortal exalt was reduced to a soul, they still possessed significant battle prowess. they were nowhere near as feeble as they seemed.

    however, his opponent was the thousand soul demon exalt, an expert in the way of souls.

    the old man’s soul struggled furiously, letting out hysterical roars, but he was unable to escape from the thousand soul demon exalt’s control no matter what he tried.

    just like that, his glowing soul was swallowed in a single gulp by the thousand soul demon exalt.

    “hehehehe, a third heavenly layer immortal exalt’s soul is very nourishing. once i fully refine it, i’ll be able to recover quite a lot of strength yet again.”

    “at this rate, it’s only a matter of time before i return to my peak condition. it’ll be much faster than i anticipated.”

    the cloud of black mist began to shrink, forming the thousand soul demon exalt’s figure again. his tall and burly figure seemed like a small giant compared to jian chen.

    “sect master, if you can hunt down a few more immortal exalts, my strength will return to its peak within a few years. once i recover completely, i’ll be able to share some more of the sect master’s burden.” the thousand soul demon exalt looked at jian chen. his eyes that burned with demonic flames were filled with excitement and anticipation.

    if it were not for jian chen, the thousand soul demon exalt would never consider hunting down immortal exalts so easily.

    this was the immortals’ world, where countless experts and organisations antagonised the demons’ world due to rooted beliefs and various other reasons. when experts of the demons’ world moved about in the immortals’ world, they all acted with utter caution, afraid to stir up any trouble.

    on top of that, the immortal exalts of the immortals’ world basically all had their own networks. even if all the experts in their territory had been slain, it was very easy to incur the vengeance of some close friends, let alone the fact that he was an expert of the demons’ world.

    however, jian chen was different. his almost-perfect ability to hide and disguise himself left him without any fear for the pursuit or revenge of any organisation, which was the only reason why the thousand soul demon exalt came up with such a crazy idea.

    it was as if only after he had begun following jian chen did the thousand soul demon exalt truly understand what fearlessness meant.

    when he heard the thousand soul demon exalt’s words, jian chen glanced at him with a slight smile. “share my burden? you know all too well just how powerful my enemies are. let alone the immortal feather sect, are you supposed to help me hold off even just the mistress of contrary winds from the wind clan?”

    “a high quality god artifact, eight medium quality god artifacts, and various resources that add up to three to four hundred thousand five-coloured immortal crystals. as a third heavenly layer immortal exalt, he sure is poor.” jian chen checked through the old man’s space ring as he travelled. he shook his head after tallying everything.

    along the way, the heavenly resources he came across had either been planted there intentionally or had evolved from various wild grasses and flowers due to the overly-dense spiritual qi.

    however, due to their inherent nature, these heavenly resources could never reach god tier, so basically no one was interested in them.

    in the blink of an eye, more than half a month had already passed.

    “hold on, master. the place you just passed by has a cave that someone hid away intentionally. we can sense a special presence from there,” suddenly, zi ying’s voice rang out in jian chen’s head.

    when he heard that, jian chen immediately stopped and doubled back, arriving at the location that the sword spirits spoke of in the blink of an eye.

    beneath the overgrown shrubbery was a mossy, stone wall. it seemed like nothing special. even when inspecting it with the senses of the soul, it was impossible to sense any giveaways.

    “master, try attacking this stone wall,” said zi ying.

    jian chen did not hesitate. with a wave of his hand, sword qi immediately condensed in the surroundings, completely covering the stone wall of three hundred metres across like rain.

    when the densely-packed sword qi struck the stone wall, it only left behind shallow, white marks. it failed to destroy it.

    however, when the barrage of sword qi struck one corner of the stone wall, dazzling light flickered.

    “a formation!” jian chen narrowed his eyes. swiftly, he arrived at a certain location and discovered an impressive concealing formation there. not only could it block out the senses of the soul, but it was also impossible to notice with the naked eye even when he was standing right in front of it.

    “i sense it, master. there’s the presence of a spiritual fruit of sword nurturing inside. spiritual fruit of sword nurturings are extremely special heavenly resources. they’re not for cultivators to consume but for sword spirits. they’re highly beneficial to sword spirits,” zi ying said excitedly.

    “master, zi ying and i just happen to be in need of spiritual fruit of sword nurturings. it can allow us to recover quite a lot of our strength,” qing suo’s voice also rang out in jian chen’s head with some anticipation.

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