Chapter 935, Refinement One’s Soul In The Illusion

Translator: Silavin

 

“So I’m already in an illusion?” Qin Yichen furrowed his brow, lowering his head to examine his palm. Habitually attempting to circulate the Yuan Energy within his body, his entire form suddenly stiffened.

 

Because he abruptly discovered that the Yuan Energy within his body had vanished completely. Moreover, the powerful Physique he had painstakingly cultivated also seemed to have become extremely weak!

 

“This feeling of weakness is truly unpleasant…” Qin Yichen clenched his fist, shaking his head with a soft sigh.

 

However, he was completely unaware that if news spread of him condensing a Spiritual Body and appearing in this illusion, it would cause tremendous commotion.

 

The illusion of the Nine Illusions Life Extinguishing Flower was a self-contained spiritual world. Ordinary Alchemists who cultivated Spiritual Energy would, upon entering, form at best a mass of Spiritual Energy with vague consciousness. Even Heaven Grade Alchemists would at most possess somewhat stronger awareness.

 

Because Human Spiritual Energy was exceedingly fragile. If this were the former Qin Yichen, he would certainly be no better off. The reason he could manifest a Spiritual Body with such potent consciousness undoubtedly had much to do with the ‘Divine Indestructible Soul Art’ he had obtained from the Demon Subduing Great Saint’s inheritance!

 

If those old monsters in the Saint Realm learned that within the Nine Illusions Life Extinguishing Flower’s illusion, Qin Yichen had actually formed a Spiritual Body, and moreover, that he found it still inadequate, who knows what they would think.

 

“This place seems to have no particular danger?” After familiarising himself with his body, Qin Yichen marvelled at how pitifully weak this Physique was while vigilantly surveying his surroundings.

 

On this boundless plain, aside from being rather unnerving, there seemed to be no particularly dangerous atmosphere.

 

*Rumble…*

 

Just as Qin Yichen was muttering to himself, suddenly, in the grey, hazy sky above, dark clouds swept across the world. Terrifying lightning strikes, like Lightning Dragons, churned within.

 

“What the heck, they are just going to come, just like that?” Qin Yichen couldn’t help cursing aloud. The next instant, he took to his heels.

 

Under normal circumstances, with his strength, he could completely withstand this level of lightning without even employing Yuan Energy. But now, his Physique was probably inferior to even an ordinary person. If he didn’t run, a single lightning strike would be enough to reduce him to ashes!

 

*Crack!*

 

However, these lightning strikes were clearly targeting Qin Yichen specifically. Even as he ran desperately, it proved futile. Having run merely several dozen metres, a lightning strike descended directly overhead, viciously striking his body.

 

*Pah!*

 

As the lightning fell, Qin Yichen’s body was decisively split open, charred black.

 

*Tss…*

 

Qin Yichen’s entire body trembled. This agony from being struck by lightning was far more intense than true physical pain!

 

Because this was his Spiritual Body, his very Soul!

 

*Rumble!* As Qin Yichen gasped, rolling thunder surged again in the sky above. Before he could flee, another barrel-thick lightning strike crashed down, striking him once more.

 

*Bang!*

 

Under this lightning strike, Qin Yichen’s figure tumbled wretchedly. However, what surprised him was that this body, which theoretically should not be able to withstand even a single lightning strike, though experiencing excruciating pain, had somehow not been obliterated.

 

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

 

As Qin Yichen pondered, lightning strikes like enraged dragons hammered down, causing his body to tumble continuously. That indescribable agony filled Qin Yichen’s eyes with bloodshot veins.

 

At this moment, he finally understood why the Nine Illusions Life Extinguishing Flower was regarded as sacred medicine by countless Alchemists yet inspired both love and hatred.

 

Under this bombardment, his Spiritual Body received inconceivable tempering and enhancement. But from that excruciating pain, he also understood: if he could not endure this suffering, he would truly perish here!

 

In other words, if the lightning rendered him unconscious, he might be forever lost in this illusion, never able to return!

 

*Rumble!*

 

The savage Lightning Dragons gave Qin Yichen little time for contemplation. Massive thunderous roars continuously resounded through this silent world, then fell upon that frail body.

 

Initially, he still attempted evasion. Eventually, Qin Yichen completely lacked the strength to dodge. Indeed, he lacked even the energy to struggle.

 

His body was battered back and forth by the lightning, like a corpse.

 

This lightning onslaught continued for half a day before gradually dissipating.

 

After the lightning dispersed, a full hour passed before, from that devastated dark red earth, a charred, bloodied hand tremblingly emerged. Then, a blood-soaked, charred, zombie-like frail figure painfully crawled out.

 

*Huff… huff…* Qin Yichen breathed with difficulty, his blood-covered, charred face showing deep trepidation.

 

He had finally experienced the terrifying nature of the Nine Illusions Life Extinguishing Flower’s illusion!

 

Lying on the dark red earth, Qin Yichen could clearly feel the excruciating pain in his body gradually dissipating. As this agony faded, his previously pitifully weak body seemed to have grown slightly stronger.

 

This subtle change delighted him. If this sensation was genuine, then next time enduring such harm, perhaps he could manage more easily.

 

Just as Qin Yichen was secretly pleased, his eyelids twitched abruptly. He suddenly sensed the temperature plummeting. Looking into the distance, at the blurred horizon’s end, tornadoes, seemingly connecting Heaven and Earth, were rapidly howling toward him.

 

Within those tornadoes, he could even see gleaming wind blades flashing with startling cold light.

 

“You must be joking!”

 

Witnessing this, Qin Yichen’s body shivered involuntarily. His mouth twitched as he could not help cursing aloud.

 

However, cruel reality informed Qin Yichen that here, there was absolutely no room for luck. His cursing had barely concluded when that overwhelming storm arrived violently, engulfing his frail form.

 

“Ahhh…” In the space that had been silent for over an hour, violent wind sounds and piercing screams once more resounded.

 

Within that savage tornado, Qin Yichen felt as though his entire being was being torn apart. Pain. It was endlessly painful. The tornados surged madly, seemingly intent on dragging him into the dark abyss, never to rise again.