Chapter 38

Perhaps no one knew why Dong Chenzi's furrowed brows were filled with worry at this moment. Only he himself was clear that when he saw the nine white lines gradually forming a circle, and when he saw the green light pillars surging towards Bai Shi's body, he understood what might happen in the next second. He knew that the evil aura of the Dragon Chanting Sword would devour Bai Shi's soul the instant Bai Shi stepped into the Dongxuan Realm. This devouring might turn Bai Shi into the second soul-sucking person in the next instant!

In fact, Dong Chenzi was even more aware that the soul-sucking person was not the scary part. What was truly terrifying was if the evil soul of the Dragon Chanting Sword completely took over Bai Shi's soul. In the days to come, under the control of this evil soul, Bai Shi might very well become a person hunted by the True World.

However, there was one point that always gave Dong Chenzi some hope. He had probed Bai Shi's soul, and its purity had shocked him. If the evil soul was not as pure as Bai Shi's soul, the evil soul, when controlling Bai Shi's soul, might very well become a captive of Bai Shi's soul!

But this was merely the remaining hope. Dong Chenzi was well aware of the power of the Evil King of the past and even more aware that the reason the Evil King was so powerful was that his soul was also a pure existence.

"Evil and righteousness... it's just a matter of a thought." In his anxiety, Dong Chenzi sighed lightly. When he looked at Bai Shi, there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes. This helplessness swirled in his mind, and after his murmurs, a无形的力量 seemed to merge into Bai Shi's body.

"Bai Shi, the aura of this sword is gradually merging into your body... you must maintain a good heart."

As Dong Chenzi's consciousness entered Bai Shi's mental realm, his words echoed in Bai Shi's ears.

The drunkenness in Bai Shi had completely disappeared under this pain. In the absence of the drunkenness, his face was trembling rapidly, and his clenched teeth made his fists tighten again. Dong Chenzi's words flashed through his mind, leaving a deep imprint in his heart! He was very clear that if Dong Chenzi could say this, there must be a reason.

But Bai Shi did not think much about it. Facing this opportunity for a breakthrough, his mind was filled with only the words "breakthrough" echoing loudly. At one moment, when a green light pillar struck his body again, it seemed to stir up the remaining strength in his body. His tightly clenched fist suddenly opened, and a powerful force erupted from his palm, then abruptly clenched again. At the moment his fist clenched, the nine white lines that had formed a circle suddenly emitted a piercing sound!

Amidst this sound, the rumbling echoed, and a powerful force seemed to push Dong Chenzi's consciousness out of Bai Shi's mind, causing his body to retreat several steps under the impact of this force.

The nine white lines that emitted the sound suddenly transformed into a white object, resembling a pill.

This object circled around Bai Shi's fist for a moment, then drifted towards his forehead. Amidst the rumbling, this object did not linger at Bai Shi's forehead but entered his body as his palms slowly opened.

As this object entered Bai Shi's body, it also appeared in his consciousness. It seemed like a crystallization of spirit, floating in his mind, with a wisp of white mist swirling around it. In the mist, a powerful force spread through his body, making the pain he originally felt disappear in an instant.

"Stepped into the Dongxuan Realm..."

Dong Chenzi mused, but his musing was tinged with a sigh. The worry in his brows did not diminish. His gaze shifted from Bai Shi to the Dragon Chanting Sword on the stone platform, as if he knew what would happen next.

Indeed, everything proved it. When the pill that entered Bai Shi's body due to his entry into the Dongxuan Realm entered his body, Bai Shi's soul suddenly grew much larger. In this process, a trace of aura was released, which spread to the golden light on Bai Shi's wrist, causing a resonance and a rumbling sound.

Amidst this rumbling, a powerful force, not controlled by Bai Shi, struck the void, creating ripples around his body like waves. These ripples seemed to have a life of their own, and as they spread, it was as if invisible water was surging through the entire cave, making the cave extremely oppressive.

Bai Shi's tightly closed eyes did not open because of this. He was immersed in his consciousness, where, apart from the floating pill, there was only a vast expanse of nothingness.

Bai Shi's soul continued to emit an invisible aura, which constantly resonated with the golden light. Amidst the rumbling, a nearly transparent force suddenly surged towards the Dragon Chanting Sword.

"Rumble..."

As this force, generated by the resonance of the aura, struck the Dragon Chanting Sword, the entire cave suddenly trembled violently. The Dragon Chanting Sword emitted a piercing dragon chant, which echoed throughout the cave. In this tremor, the wine jars in the cave exploded with a loud sound.

Amidst the dragon chant, the green light pillars swirling around Bai Shi's body suddenly became more rampant, striking his body and causing green mist to appear in his vast consciousness, like smoke or rising from nowhere.

As the green mist began to swirl in Bai Shi's vast consciousness, a severe pain suddenly spread throughout his body. This pain made his body tremble violently, his face twitched, and his hair stood up without any wind. His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. In these open eyes, two bright red spots appeared, like fresh blood, symbolizing madness, and like flames, burning fiercely!

Even so, Bai Shi did not return to reality from his consciousness. It seemed that his open eyes were not under his control. As the flames burned, a burning pain made him clench his fists, and veins bulged on his forehead!

Even as this pain struck Bai Shi's body, in his vast consciousness, amidst the green mist, a series of vivid illusions suddenly appeared. These illusions were extremely real, as if he were experiencing them firsthand.

In these illusions, Bai Shi saw a man and a woman, along with a group of people in black. The man held the woman's hand, and he held a sword identical to the Dragon Chanting Sword. The woman's face was the same as the soul Bai Shi had seen inside the Dragon Chanting Sword... but the soul was curled up inside the sword, as if sealed away.

Bai Shi stood in his consciousness, watching this scene, and heard the sounds of pursuit, filled with madness and bloodlust.

This bloodlust was evident in the greedy eyes of the people in black, and the madness was evident in the large knives they wielded, which emitted a piercing white light, causing a chilling cold that made Bai Shi, in his consciousness, shudder.

As the illusion unfolded, Bai Shi saw the woman suddenly stop, looking at the man with tenderness in her eyes, but she did not speak. Suddenly, she raised a dagger and stabbed it into her own chest. Blood soaked through her green clothes, like blooming flowers. The man held her tightly, wanting to scream but unable to, as he was overwhelmed by pain.

Then, from the dead woman's body, a wisp of soul emerged, devoid of any spiritual energy, and it fell onto the man's sword. At the same time, the man's sword emitted a scream, which shook the entire valley and made the black-clothed men pursuing them retreat!

At one moment, the man finally raised his head and let out a scream, which stopped as a tear rolled down his cheek. The tear fell on the woman's clean face and did not dissipate for a long time.

Raising his sword, the man's shadow whistled, carrying his murderous intent, and several black-clothed men in front of him were shattered by the sword's shadow.

The man's black hair danced on his shoulders as he picked up the woman, looking into the distance with a hint of evil in his eyes. This evil aura enveloped his body, making people feel a sense of forgetting to stop. He took a step, as if heading towards a certain place.

The illusion suddenly stopped, but then another illusion appeared, making Bai Shi even more frightened. In this illusion, Bai Shi saw the same man, but he was not holding the woman. Only the sword in his hand dripped with blood, and there were screams from hell, impacting the souls of the people!

Behind him, there were piles of corpses, making people feel fear when they saw them!

As this illusion appeared, the soul outside Bai Shi's body began to change. This change came from the red, like fresh blood, which quickly spread through Bai Shi's soul, emitting an evil aura.

At the same time, the burning in Bai Shi's eyes became even more intense!

Seeing this, Dong Chenzi's body trembled slightly. His consciousness broke through the energy's restraint and merged with Bai Shi's consciousness.

"Bai Shi... maintain a good heart!" Dong Chenzi's words echoed in Bai Shi's consciousness, waking him from the illusion. The illusion in Bai Shi's consciousness suddenly dissipated.

As the illusion dissipated, the stone platform below the Dragon Chanting Sword suddenly emitted a strong explosion and turned to dust. The sword, as if breaking free from its restraints, whistled out of the cave. It seemed to be called by something or to have a natural resonance, hovering above Bai Shi's head.

Green light whistled, like sword shadows or powerful forces, breaking through the invisible barrier as the sword left the stone platform, quickly darting through the cave like flying snakes.

At the moment the Dragon Chanting Sword hovered above Bai Shi's head, the cave suddenly trembled violently, as if an earthquake, with rumbling sounds, and it seemed ready to collapse at any moment!

Not only did the cave change, but the entire Daochen Mountain Range, where Dongchen Village was located, also trembled violently. This tremor woke the sleeping beasts, causing them to flee in panic.

Amidst this change, under the vast sky, a star, unnoticed, suddenly fell into the depths of the Daochen Mountain Range, causing another strong tremor.

As this tremor spread, in the Daochen Mountain Range, in the sword cave of Xichen Village, the souls of the remaining eight swords on the stone platform also underwent a violent change!

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