In the Blood River, Lu Ye's body shook, clearly feeling something invade his body.

He hurriedly checked his Talent Tree. Normally speaking, anything that invades his body and harms him would be burned by the Talent Tree.

But to his surprise, the Talent Tree didn't react at all.

This was somewhat unusual.

However, Lu Ye quickly realized where that blood shadow had gone, because at this moment, his Divine Sea suddenly became turbulent. If not for the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, he might have felt dizzy and lost control instantly.

He quickly steadied himself, his Mental Consciousness surged, and in the next instant, his psyche spirit body materialized in the Divine Sea.

Looking up, just as expected, there was a crimson silhouette within the Divine Sea, just like what he had seen earlier, a figure with the contours of a human, exuding an aura of malice.

It wasn't that the Talent Tree was ineffective; it's just that this mode of invasion left the Talent Tree powerless.

The Talent Tree exists within his Root Spiritual Orifice, located at the Dantian. Initially, the Talent Tree could burn away all energy flowing through the Root Spiritual Orifice, eliminating anything harmful to Lu Ye. However, as Lu Ye developed the Talent Tree's abilities, its burning range expanded. Theoretically, as long as his flesh could come into contact with it, the Talent Tree could burn and devour it.

Yet, the burning range of the Talent Tree did not include the Divine Sea, probably because the Divine Sea is where a cultivator's psyche congregates, and the Talent Tree cannot easily burn it to prevent any damage to the psyche. If his psyche truly gets damaged, then the person would be left foolish or insane.

Lu Ye had already felt this when he battled Liew Yuemei.

That day, Liew Yuemei used some unknown exotic treasure to forcibly charge her psyche spirit body into his Divine Sea and engage him in a soul struggle.

At that time, the Talent Tree showed no reaction.

This blood shadow should be the core of the Blood Giant. Even though the Blood Giant's form disintegrated, it remained, recklessly charging into Lu Ye's Divine Sea, inadvertently avoiding the Talent Tree's power.

The purpose was simple: to usurp Lu Ye's body and take possession of it.

Possession!

Lu Ye had only read about such things in ancient texts. When he saw it then, he only felt that the cultivation world was full of wonders, but he'd never heard of any cultivator in the Nine Provinces possessing such a skill.

He never imagined he would encounter such a thing one day.

He could only marvel at his own fortune. Among hundreds of Nine Provinces cultivators in the Blood Sea, why did the blood shadow choose him?

If it's his good luck, then it's naturally the blood shadow's misfortune.

At this moment, a large swathe of blood light spread out behind the blood shadow, attempting to envelop Lu Ye's Divine Sea. The blood light clearly possessed a strong corrosive power. Once Lu Ye's Divine Sea was completely invaded by such blood light, then this Divine Sea would belong to the blood shadow, and his psyche would either be eradicated or reduced to a subordinate of the blood shadow. Either scenario was unacceptable for Lu Ye.

Fortunately, Lu Ye's psyche was strong enough, and his Divine Sea had the Soul Suppressing Pagoda suppressing it. As the blood light spread, the pagoda emitted a pure white light, resisting the blood light's corrosion.

Having experienced a soul struggle with Liew Yuemei, Lu Ye was also adept at this moment. He reached into the void, and a long saber appeared in his hand.

In appearance, it was identical to the Boulder Mountain Saber, but essentially, it was the Soul Severing Saber!

Last time, he used this saber to shatter Liew Yuemei to pieces.

As his figure moved, the seawater in the Divine Sea rose in turbulent waves, transforming into fierce tides, radiating and spreading out alongside him.

Seeing Lu Ye's fierce attack, the blood shadow attempted to dodge, but below the Divine Sea, a waterspout surged out, entwining it like a rope.

This was Lu Ye's Divine Sea, his domain. The seawater in the Divine Sea was the manifestation of his Divine Soul Power, and any intruder fighting him here would have to endure the disadvantage of local terrain.

Liew Yuemei had suffered a major defeat here, and now it was the blood shadow's turn.

Among all the available targets, the blood shadow didn't choose any, and yet chose Lu Ye, truly a tragedy for it.

The blood shadow barely broke free of the waterspout's restraints, but before it could evade, Lu Ye's saber struck its body, leaving a gash on the crimson silhouette, but no blood flowed out.

Lu Ye didn't know the true nature of this blood shadow, but since it could invade his Divine Sea so easily, it likely had something to do with Divine Soul Power. Yet, it served as the core of the Blood Giant, making it potentially a being existing between reality and illusion.

Even though it had no mouth or nose, at the moment when the Soul Severing Saber struck it, Lu Ye heard a piercing scream, a sound generated by the turmoil of Divine Soul Power.

For an existence like the blood shadow, the Soul Severing Saber was a natural counter. Being directly struck like this was certainly not favorable.

Lu Ye did not relent after gaining the upper hand. With the Boulder Mountain Saber in his hand, he danced it tirelessly, transforming it into a flurry of saber light, enveloping the blood shadow.

The screams were unending, and more and more gashes appeared on the blood shadow's body. Although the gashes slowly healed, they could not keep up with Lu Ye's slashes. In just a short moment, countless wounds densely covered the blood shadow, making its entire figure appear ragged and battered.

It was clearly panicked.

Originally, it was a desperate struggle. If successful, it could not only escape the life-and-death crisis but also be reborn immediately. It didn't have much spiritual intelligence, and the choice of Lu Ye was more out of its own instinct, partly because Lu Ye had the lowest cultivation among those present, making him the easiest target, and also because he was the only one possessing a strong saintliness which was a great attraction to it.

Therefore, its choice of Lu Ye was not accidental, but instinctual.

Unexpectedly, it not only failed but fell into an even more dangerous situation.

In the previous battle, Lu Ye didn't make many moves. Mainly, as the sole existence suppressing the Blood Giant, he first had to ensure his own safety. Being in such an intense battlefield, his fighting spirit had long been surging. He didn't think he'd actually have the chance to get involved personally at this time.

In just a short moment, the Blood Shadow crumbled like dust in the wind. Instinctively, it wanted to escape this dangerous world, as it had already sensed that if it didn't leave, it would truly die here.

But coming was easy; leaving wasn't so simple.

This was ultimately Lu Ye's domain. Before making a move, Lu Ye had considered the possibility of the opponent fleeing, so he activated the power of the Divine Sea immediately, using the seawater within the Divine Sea to surround the battlefield.

The Blood Shadow needed to break through the blockade of his Divine Sea's seawater to leave. Perhaps without any disturbance, it might have been capable, but at this moment, with Lu Ye chasing relentlessly, it simply didn't have the time to shatter the seawater's blockade.

The sharp, piercing scream did not cease from the start. Compared to the soul battle with Liew Yuemei on that day, this one was simpler and easier, far less intense than the recent confrontation with the Blood Giant. This was an utterly crushing battle.

The Blood Shadow fled relentlessly yet had no escape, the Soul Severing Saber in Lu Ye's hand constantly at its side, inflicting continuous harm.

Its aura grew weaker, and its figure more and more faint.

Until one moment, Lu Ye's long saber in hand swept across, and a brilliant light suddenly erupted in the Divine Sea, like a big sun rising on the sea surface.

The big sun exploded with a deafening roar, and amidst its more dazzling brightness, a lotus flower formed by saber light slowly bloomed.

The third form of the Tyrannical Saber, Lotus Sun!

Lu Ye stood within the core of the lotus, and before him, there was no trace of the Blood Shadow, only a speck of spirit light floating above the Soul Severing Saber.

The light gradually faded, the raging waves settled, the restless Divine Sea calmed, and Lu Ye focused on observing that speck of spirit light, his brow slightly raised.

The Blood Shadow was severed, yet it left behind this speck of spirit light.

He couldn't figure out what this speck of spirit light actually was.

He lifted the Soul Severing Saber and tried slashing it a few times, surprisingly unable to cut it. However, upon closer feel, he could sense that this seemed not to be harmful.

Lu Ye raised his hand and reached for the spirit light.

With one grasp, the spirit light melted into his palm like snowflakes, and in the next moment, a multitude of information inexplicably emerged in his mind.

Lu Ye settled his mind and examined it closely.

He quickly understood the real nature of that speck of spirit light; it was indeed a trace of Blood Shadow's essence. Although the Blood Shadow was defeated, this trace of essence remained, but it wouldn't last long. Even if Lu Ye ignored it, it would soon vanish.

However, Lu Ye's action allowed him to gain a lot of remaining information from this essence.

Number Nine was right, the Heaven and Earth's Will of this realm was not merely Heaven and Earth's Will, which was why it could possess a trace of spiritual intelligence. Upon realizing it couldn't contend with Number Nine, it withdrew from the battlefield of rivalry with Number Nine and carved out a new battlefield.

The Blood Shadow could indeed be considered the Heaven and Earth's Will of this realm!

Under normal circumstances, this is an impossible occurrence. Heaven and Earth's Will is an aggregation of the complex information of the entire world, grand and elusive, untouchable, and impossible to manifest in any observable form, let alone as a Blood Shadow.

But the uniqueness of the Blood Refinement World gave rise to this situation.

The information Lu Ye obtained was chaotic, given that the Blood Shadow had been severed, and the remaining information in the last trace of essence was naturally incomplete.

Yet, among these chaotic pieces of information, he still learned many unknown truths.

The most important point was that a certain bold conjecture he had before turned out to be true!

The Blood Refinement World is indeed transformed from the remnants of a powerful female entity after death!

It's impossible to trace how such a powerful entity died; it's destined to be a secret from an extremely ancient era. It is only known that her remnants drifted in the Void for countless years, transforming into a domain, subsequently giving birth to life.

The underground Blood River spread throughout the Blood Refinement World is the blood vessels of this deceased mighty being, with the blood water flowing within being her blood.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Blood Race has bloodline inheritance. When the Blood Embryos hatch within the Blood River, they unknowingly receive many profound mysteries contained in the blood water, thus enabling them to be born with knowledge.