Chapter 122 Incense is poisonous
"Secret caves 101 to 109 contain information and research files related to the sword cultivation system. Secret caves 111 to 119 contain information and research files related to the warrior system."

"As for the secret caves 121 to 179 at the bottom, they contain all the research data on soul seals over the years. Lord Soul King said that the master might be able to use it."

Zou Xu introduced everything about the magic cave to Jiang Yi in detail. Only at this time did he truly master the magic cave. Before that, he was just a figurehead.

In fact, he already knew all this through searching Sang Yangting's soul. He didn't pay much attention to it before, but now he realized that Jiufengling's research on soul seals is actually more than its research on the Sword Domain and Chongming Realm systems combined.

You know, the threshold for studying soul seals is very high. In Sang Yangting's memory, such research has almost no benefits, but it has never stopped.

"Not long ago, two Yin Shen realm soul cultivators who were ambushed in Yanshan City were sent here and imprisoned in the deepest part of the Soul Sealing Cave. One of them inexplicably fell to a lower realm and has died. If the master is interested, he can study the other one."

When this matter was mentioned, the first thing Jiang Yi thought of was the divine punishment that day. Although he was only distracted, the information transmitted from his main body still made him feel frightened.

The information between the split soul and the main body is not completely shared. As long as it is not blocked by special forces, the main body can sense everything about the split soul. However, what information the split soul can receive from the main body depends entirely on the main body's wishes.

After his main body entered Yungu Cave for retreat, he never received any information from his main body again.

"Is there any news about Guixu Soul King?"

Under the influence of that mysterious aura, even the soul cultivators in the Yin Shen realm died at will. However, he was more curious about what happened to those soul kings who were contaminated by the mysterious aura?
The Haotian Mirror is not at hand, so even if he wants to study it, he has no way to do it.

"How can we possibly know about the Soul King level?" Zou Xu shook his head. "Next, Jiufeng Ridge will draw a large number of forces to rush to the front line, and more than half of our Magic Cave's forces will be on the list."

"Another war?"

Chu Wuyong was originally a researcher under Guixu Soul King. He was cursed to death across the border because he stole Jiang Yi's ghost bone banner in Yanshan City.

But what surprised him was that less than a year had passed and the Hell Soul Society was actually planning to revive itself. Aren’t they afraid of becoming a “wedding dress” for the Sword Realm?
So the main body of the Nine Wind Soul King has never been in Nine Wind Ridge?

He was imprisoned in the magic cave of Jiufeng Ridge, which was no different from being blind and deaf. The information gathered in the magic cave was also screened.

"Yes, but I don't know the specific details. Lord Soul King means that he wants to take this opportunity to send the latest results of the master to the front line to see the effect. After all, no one knows what it will be like without actual combat."

"I'll leave this to you."

His achievements during this period were quite good, especially those researchers who worked particularly hard to avoid becoming experimental materials, and produced a large number of magic monks of all realms.

"By the way, is it okay to transfer Qi Zhongping to the Magic Cave? I will use him in my next research." Jiang Yike has not forgotten his "good brother", but there is no suitable opportunity at the moment.

He couldn't leave Jiufeng Ridge, so the best way was to borrow Qi Zhongping's help.

It has been such a long time, and I don’t know what happened to the demon seed that was planted in his soul. The time was still a bit hasty.

"If it's just one person, no problem."

……

In the Soul-Sealing Cave, Sang Yangting huddled in a corner, muttering to himself and talking nonsense.

As the former head of the Magic Cave, he is qualified to live in a single room. As a prison for soul cultivators, the layout here is naturally specially designed for soul cultivators.

However, Sang Yangting is no longer a pure soul cultivator. Even if he lives in a "single room", he can still maintain 20% to 30% of his strength.

Affected by the war and also because of the recognition from the Nine Wind Soul King, Zou Xu relaxed his surveillance on him a lot.

Jiang Yi built a simple soul-calling platform here and began to perform rituals to call back souls.

Suddenly, there was a strong cold wind, and faint lights appeared from the void. Ghostly shadows were everywhere, and Sang Yangting was pinned down on the spirit-summoning platform.

Perhaps influenced by the rules of the world, this scene of summoning spirits is quite different from what was presented in his inheritance. However, as long as the purpose can be achieved, special effects are not important.

Not long after, the whistling cold wind wrapped the three souls and returned to Sang Yangting's soul. Sang Yangting, who had been roaring and struggling, calmed down in an instant, and his soul was confused.

However, his missing earth soul was nowhere to be found.

"Could it be that he was used as a residual soul to make pills?"

No, he could sense the pull of Sang Yangting's earth soul. Was he imprisoned?
The evil wind died down, the ghostly shadows disappeared, and Jiang Yi followed the soul-calling sensation all the way, and finally found the earth soul on the largest soul-devouring furnace in the magic cave.

But this doesn't look like the result of a failed experiment!

Never mind. As long as Sang Yangting’s soul is completed, I will naturally know the reason.

Jiang Yi brought the earth soul back to the soul-calling platform, and under the guidance of fate, the earth soul returned to its place on its own.

Sang Yangting floated quietly on the spirit-calling platform. He still looked like an old man with Mediterranean hair and a goatee, but his lower body was no longer like flowing smoke like the genie of a lamp, and his aura continued to condense.

Affected by Jiang Yi's previous experiment, Sang Yangting's soul was intertwined with blood and demonic energy, and numerous ghost shadows were looming.

"Jiufeng, you really don't care about our old friendship at all!" After a moment, Sang Yangting finally sorted out his confused memories.

"Are you the new person in charge who will take over from me? You do have some skills." Sang Yangting looked at Jiang Yi with eyes as cold as a knife. After his soul was restored, he would not lose those crazy memories. He knew clearly what state he was in at this moment.

"Congratulations, you finally recovered." Jiang Yi met Sang Yangting's gaze without any fear.

"Congratulations?" Sang Yangting didn't look happy at all, but after thinking about it, he smiled again, "Let's make a deal."

"What deal?" Jiang Yi was a little surprised. He had imagined various reactions of Sang Yangting after his recovery, but he didn't expect this one.

"You help me cover, and when I enter the Holy Soul Realm, I will save your life!"

"Save my life? Are you still not awake? Even your life and death are in my hands now. Why would you trade with me?"

"Haha, you can remove the soul seal of Jiufeng in my soul. It's indeed amazing. But it is also because of this that he will never let you live." Sang Yangting said with certainty.

However, he was still very surprised that Jiang Yi could remove the soul seal in his soul. After all, he had been researching this project for thousands of years.

"Don't you wonder why Jiufeng spared no effort to let you study how to break the soul seal? No, to be precise, every soul king's spell cave has this project."

Hearing Sang Yangting's words, Jiang Yi was immediately delighted. Old Ghost Sang really knew a lot of secrets, and completing his soul was the right step. But he was right. In Chu Wuyong's memory, Guixu Soul King was also conducting this research, but he didn't participate much. Among the many complicated memories, Jiang Yi simply ignored it.

"why?"

"That's because he also wants to remove the soul seal in his soul!" Sang Yangting laughed, and his laugh was very crazy.

"What, the Soul King has also been planted with a soul mark? Doesn't that mean that the Soul King is also controlled by someone?" Although he had already made some guesses, he was still terrified when he was actually told the answer.

"If not, how could the Hell Soul Realm maintain peace? The soul seal that can only control the Soul King is much stronger than those in our souls. When he sees no hope in you, that will be your death!"

Peaceful?
In Jiang Yi's eyes, the Hell Soul Realm is already the most chaotic of the three realms, but when he thinks about the system of the Hell Soul Realm, he feels relieved. Under such a bizarre system, the Hell Soul Realm can actually give birth to new Soul Kings, and as long as they break through to the Saint Soul Realm, they can successfully establish their own faction.

If it were normal, it wouldn't be that easy!
Even if they are in the same realm, there is a huge gap in combat power between the entry level and the peak level. What's more, the soul king who has been running his power for many years has a foundation far beyond that of a newly promoted soul.

The external reason for this is that the soul seal cannot take effect on the soul king, that is, the soul cultivator in the Holy Soul Realm, so they are allowed to set up their own factions, form alliances with each other, and strengthen their own strength.

But are such allies reliable?
How can it be reliable!

After all, he has been carrying the soul mark for many years, walking on thin ice, and even hovering between life and death more than once. Given the selfish, greedy and vicious character of soul cultivators, once they set up their own business, they are more likely to seek revenge than repay a favor.

Wouldn't it be great to have such a strong man used to make pills?

"This is the top secret of the Hell Soul Realm. When he handed me over to you as experimental material, you already had no chance of leaving Jiufeng Ridge. You know too many secrets!"

"Who is it that can control the Soul King?"

It doesn't make sense. If there were stronger beings in the Hell Soul Realm who were stronger than Soul Kings, then the three realms should have already integrated with the Hell Soul Realm as the main one. How could it have been delayed until now?

"I don't know about that, but it's not hard to guess. That person must be in the Heavenly Pavilion at the top of Qianxue Peak."

Qianxue Peak, Heavenly Pavilion, the place where the Soul King worships, yes, it can only be there.

"How do you think about the deal I proposed?" It seemed that the absence of the soul imprint in his soul made Sang Yangting extremely confident.

"What a pity! I still trust myself more!" Jiang Yi shook his head and took action directly. He wanted to verify the authenticity of this information.

"You..." Sang Yangting was shocked and angry, and immediately fought back with all his strength. However, the demonic energy in his body just burst out and then shrank back. The powerful force in his soul could not be mobilized at all.

Not to mention the layout of the Soul-Sealing Cave itself, just the various restrictions he left in Sang Yangting's soul would not allow him to resist.

Jiang Yi once again conducted a soul search on Sang Yangting.

"Ah!!!" Sang Yangting's soul let out a series of shrill roars.

“It’s really like that!”

Sang Yangting did not lie, but Jiang Yi did not intend to let him go. Sang Yangting's whole soul was suddenly ignited.

"Is it because of some restriction or because of your own condition that you are unable to leave the Heavenly Pavilion? Or do you have some other plans?"

Jiang Yi was still thinking about this question. After all, in Sang Yangting's memory, the pyramid-shaped structure of the Soul Prison Realm, with each layer controlling the next, had been like this from the beginning.

The one who controls all the soul kings in the Hell Soul Realm behind the scenes can be said to be the undisputed king of the world. Since he has such strength, there is no need for him to hide all the time.

Now think about it, the ancestor of Lieyang Sect, Xiang Yucheng, lured the Emperor of Earth to go to war with the Dream God and the Underworld God Sect, and finally blew himself up and escaped with only a remnant soul. His betrayal may not be just for profit!
Soon, Sang Yangting's soul burned out and was refined into thirteen pills by Jiang Yi using a special method.

Jiang Yi looked at the thirteen gray pills in his hand for a long time without saying anything, and finally put them away.

……

"I pray for the blessing of His Majesty the Godly Emperor of Earth tomorrow, and pray that the crops in the fields will increase by 30% to 50% this season."

"I beg His Majesty the Divine Emperor to bless me and my wife to have a child tomorrow."

"I beg His Majesty the Divine Emperor to bless me tomorrow and help me escape from my enemies' pursuit this time."

"May His Majesty the Divine Emperor bless you tomorrow..."

At the Tiandu defense line, the Emperor of Earth, who was in seclusion, once again saw the devout believers kneeling and worshipping his statue. Countless spiritual marks converged towards him, eroding his strong will.

"Your Majesty!!" The Emperor's strange behavior attracted the attention of the guards.

The Emperor of Earth waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

At the beginning, his plan went very smoothly. He combined the power of faith with martial arts to imprint simple totem patterns on his body. With the blessing of divine power, his body continued to strengthen.

This proved that his original idea was not wrong, but the first problem he encountered pushed him into the abyss.

Because they were crossing the river by feeling the stones, the Emperor of Earth had not determined the scope of his divine duties in advance, so the divine assistants in charge of preaching in the Taiyuan Dynasty spread the message that [Rejuvenating the Heavenly God and Martial Emperor of Earth] was omnipotent. Therefore, the believers' prayers were all kinds of strange, some prayed for children, some prayed for a smooth career, some prayed for a good harvest...

Regardless of whether these prayers are ultimately fulfilled by him or not, as long as the believers have firm faith and offer sincere sacrifices, he can gain the power of incense.

The benefits of doing this were obvious. The power of incense condensed quickly and in large quantities, allowing him to quickly develop divinity. But the problem was that the divinity grew too fast, and what was even more terrifying was that the divinity seemed to be transforming him imperceptibly.

Once the divinity completely devours his humanity, he will truly become a god, but he is "forced to become a god"!
This incense is as poisonous as a bullet!
He is now pushed forward by countless believers, and he cannot stop even if he wants to, even if he seals all the power of incense. As the source of faith, the spiritual imprints of the believers mixed in the power of incense will become the best nourishment for his divinity growth.

"How can we remove the spiritual imprint of the believers from the incense?"

If he continues, he may indeed complete the combination of Shinto and martial arts in the end, but by then he will no longer be himself!
He needed to balance divinity and humanity, and before that he had no time for further research.

“Do you want to overthrow faith?”

He was not sure whether he could stop the process of becoming a god after destroying the belief system he had built. It might even be worse.

"Or maybe we could add a few more gods to help share the burden."

(End of this chapter)