Chapter 101: The Soul Seizure Attempt

In truth, when Tu Tianxiang saw Chu Huaizhou and the suffocating sword, he had completely abandoned the idea that there was anything wrong with his body.

He finally understood how his master had died silently beneath that blade.

Facing that sword directly, he couldn’t even muster the thought of escape.

No, it was more like he knew that no matter how he struggled, that sword would inevitably strike him.

No method could diminish its might, not even a fraction.

So Tu Tianxiang accepted it.

He knew that even if he were lucky enough to survive the heavenly tribulation and successfully break through to the mid-stage of Mahayana, he would still be no match for Sword Immortal Chu’s single blow.

Either way, he was definitely going to die. Whether he crossed this tribulation or not, it was the same.

Everything he did now was just thinking, ‘Since I have to die anyway, I might as well resist and see how far I can go.’

At least this way, he would not be ashamed of the hardships along the way, nor of his dead master and junior sister.

Bai Li’s eyes were quick and her hands swift. Her jade hand covered in a special green light reached out like a sticky board, grabbing hold of Tu Tianxiang’s soul that was already half inside.

She used all her strength to pull most of it out.

Xia Baiqian also controlled the platinum Gu worm, swallowing it in one gulp and beginning to refine it.

But… a thread of soul still managed to enter.

Chu Huaizhou felt the icy soul invade his sea of consciousness, the pain so great that his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The last scene he saw before losing consciousness was Bai Li holding him with tears in her eyes and Xia Baiqian rushing toward him in panic.

‘No way, is he really going to die this time? What a joke!’

Tu Tianxiang entered Chu Huaizhou’s sea of consciousness. The scene he had imagined—being obliterated upon entry—did not occur.

Instead, he discovered something.

“This sea of consciousness… why is it unexpectedly small?”

He endured the excruciating pain of his soul being struck by lightning and torn apart, looking around. The scale…

Was merely at the level of a top-tier early Nascent Soul cultivator.

How could the sea of consciousness of the number one cultivator in the world be so small? But he was certain this was Sword Immortal Chu.

Tu Tianxiang’s expression of despair turned vivid, like a man seeing hope when there was no way out.

He never expected that Sword Immortal Chu was really, as the rumors said, having a huge problem.

He didn’t know how the Sword Immortal had unleashed that earth-shattering sword strike earlier, but now,

this divine soul was truly weak beyond imagination.

So weak that if Tu Tianxiang’s own soul weren’t at its nadir, it would have burst Chu Huaizhou’s sea of consciousness the moment it entered!

Tu Tianxiang’s expression changed. First, joy that he wouldn’t die, then

regret that if he had known this earlier, he would have hidden and broken through.

Finally, he realized something brilliant.

That was… he could seize this body!

Soul seizure, although severely restricted by this world’s limit of not exceeding a thousand years, was a very mediocre spell.

But as the Demon Sect’s Sect Master, he naturally knew it.

“Haha, ahahaha! Haven’t you heard that Heaven never seals off all exits? Sword Immortal Chu, oh Sword Immortal Chu.”

“You killed my master and junior sister, stole my good life. So it’s not too much to use your life to make up for it, is it?”

Chu Huaizhou was unconscious, but his soul was still awake, witnessing this scene.

Knowing that if he didn’t stop this now, he would be finished, he sighed and could only walk out from the depths of his sea of consciousness in the form of a small soul figure.

“Tu Tianxiang, should I call you courageous or foolish? Dare to barge straight into my sea of consciousness?”

He clasped his hands behind his back, gaze indifferent, doing his best to maintain the demeanor of a transcendent expert.

Trying to intimidate the other, buy some time, waiting for Xia Baiqian and Bai Li outside to come in and help.

Of course, if he could make the other’s thoughts run wild and collapse his Dao heart with just a few words, causing his remnant soul to dissipate, that would be best.

He had to admit, putting on the airs of a lofty expert worked quite well.

Tu Tianxiang, upon hearing this, froze as if struck by a paralysis spell, instinctively not daring to make any small moves, yet he vaguely felt something was off.

His soul secretly peeked at the Sword Immortal Chu’s soul figure and discovered something even more shocking.

It was already shocking that the sea of consciousness was at the Nascent Soul level, but how was the soul’s strength, no matter how he probed, also only at the early Nascent Soul level?

And what kind of person was Sword Immortal Chu? When encountering a demon cultivator, he would always cut them down with one sword. If it were possible to kill him, why would he bother with idle talk?

But Sword Immortal Chu was ultimately Sword Immortal Chu. Even with so many flaws, Tu Tianxiang still considered the possibility of it being a disguise.

However, he only thought about it for a moment, then smiled with relief.

Heh, what if it is a disguise? At worst, he dies. He hadn’t come here with the intention of living.

If he could seize the body successfully, great. If he failed, he could at least disgust the other.

Tu Tianxiang, filled with excitement, thought of all the things he could do after seizing the Sword Immortal’s body and extended his demonic claws toward the surrounding walls.

‘Ah, ah, bro, can’t I even scare you like this? Please don’t touch anything!’

Cold sweat dripped from Chu Huaizhou’s soul, though he maintained a calm, composed appearance as if everything was under control.

In reality, his heart screamed wildly, like a helpless husband, only able to watch his sea of consciousness being attacked from the sidelines.

Fortunately, though no one knew why, the unexpected still happened.

The moment Tu Tianxiang touched the wall of the sea of consciousness, his soul expression suddenly froze.

Then, as if overwhelmed by too much information, he knelt on the ground, his head splitting with pain.

“Ahhh!!! Th-this… what is this? Impossible? How can it be?”

“The number one cultivator in the world would actually… hahaha, this world…”

Tu Tianxiang seemed to have seen something, as if greatly stimulated. His expression crumbled, his body trembled violently, a sign that his soul was about to collapse.

“Rumble—!”

Above the sea of consciousness, a dark cloud silently formed. Golden thunder descended, blasting the remnants of Tu Tianxiang’s soul into dust. It turned into pure soul power, nourishing Chu Huaizhou’s sea of consciousness.

“Phew.”

Chu Huaizhou breathed a sigh of relief, proud that he, as expected, wouldn’t be killed by such small fry.

But then, his soul-formed body suddenly began to expand.

His sea of consciousness had already been swollen by Tu Tianxiang’s remnant soul, on the verge of bursting at the slightest external disturbance.

Now the remnant soul was gone, but the strong, pure soul power it was converted to was just as hard to handle.

It was like trying to force an entire lake into a bucket!

“Ugh…”

Chu Huaizhou’s soul let out a silent roar of pain.

His sea of consciousness was nearly torn apart by the madly influx of power, cracks appearing everywhere.

It felt like thousands of red-hot steel needles piercing him. The excruciating pain made it impossible for him to think, and his soul fell unconscious.

Even while unconscious, his physical body still twitched uncontrollably, brows tightly knit, cold sweat soaking his clothes.

Bai Li and Xia Baiqian, seeing their master’s state, were frantic.

Both had powerful souls and could sense that Tu Tianxiang’s remnant soul had disappeared shortly after entering.

Then, their master’s soul seemed to have taken a great tonic, swelling like a balloon.

They wanted to probe into their master’s soul, but now it was so fragile that even a touch could cause it to explode—they couldn’t interfere!

Damn it, what could they do?

If it were an ordinary injury, she and Bai Li could easily handle it.

But the soul in this state… one wrong move could result in dementia at best or complete annihilation at worst!

When it came to their master, without absolute certainty, they dared not act rashly.

Returning to the sect could allow treatment, but the journey took over ten days—too far.

Xia Baiqian gritted her teeth, stamping her foot in anxiety, racking her brain for a solution.

Finally, her gaze landed on the still-unconscious Cheng Qingshuang, and a flash of inspiration struck.

Right, the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect was not far from here. Although she hated to admit it, that woman surely had a way to save their master.

Bai Li was holding Chu Huaizhou, weeping bitterly. That authoritative, mature face was now completely disregarding its image, tears and snot streaming down.

“Husband, don’t die, meow! I’m sorry, I failed to protect you.”

“Please come back, meow! I’ll do anything, meow!”

As she spoke, she was about to kiss him, trying to activate the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox’s innate ability to suck Chu Huaizhou’s soul and share the burden.

Xia Baiqian grabbed her fox ear, shouting sternly, “Flirtatious, useless Bai Li! Just now, Tu Tianxiang’s remnant soul entered master’s body and tried to cause damage, and it was destroyed instantly.”

“If you do this, worst case, you’ll end up like him—soul scattered.”

“Now, master isn’t what he used to be. He probably can’t fully control his soul.”

Bai Li’s ear curled from the tug, but she ignored the pain, sobbing, “Then what do you want to do, meow?! Should we just watch him die, meow?!”

Xia Baiqian clicked her tongue, brushed aside the messy pink strands of hair on her forehead, and forced out through clenched teeth: “Let’s go to the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect and find that woman.”

The air froze.

Bai Li’s sobbing stopped abruptly. Her fox ears perked up, her amber vertical pupils frozen.

After a moment’s thought, a look of surprise appeared on her face, as if seeing hope in a desperate situation. Her nine tails wagged wildly.

“Right! I almost forgot! She definitely has a way! There’s no time to waste, let’s go now, meow!”

She hoisted Chu Huaizhou onto her back, tears not yet dry, and charged forward with spiritual energy, muttering, “Though she’s hard to deal with and always pestering husband… she is indeed a very capable person, meow!”

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