165: Servant becomes master

As time passed, Shen Guyan's consciousness gradually stabilized, and the backlash from the dragon Soul seemed to have weakened significantly.

Nalali noticed this change and felt secretly annoyed. If Shen Guyan could have maintained that state for just a little longer, she would have been confident in turning him into a pawn in her hands in the future.

Finally, Shen Guyan slowly opened his eyes. The Chaos in his eyes gradually faded, and a glimmer of clarity returned. Looking at Nalali, who was inches away, he had already gained some realization in his heart.

Seeing Shen Guyan wake up, Nalali immediately wore a sweet smile on her face. "Brother Yu, you're finally awake. You really scared Nalali just now..."

"Oh? The infamous dark bell can also be scared?" Shen Guyan said with a mocking smile.

"Of course, I was so worried about you..." Nalali hugged his neck and acted coquettishly.

"If there's nothing else, leave. I need to go into seclusion." Shen Guyan's gaze turned cold, and the azure dragon imprint quickly appeared on Nalali's forehead.

The smile on Nalali's face stiffened, and a trace of unwillingness flashed in her eyes. But seeing Shen Guyan's cold gaze, she dared not disobey. She had no choice but to get up sullenly and leave the room, looking back every few steps.

After Nalali left and the door closed, silence returned to the room. Shen Guyan took a deep breath and slowly sat cross-legged on the bed.

He immediately circulated the Great Primordial Art, and instantly, a gentle and mellow stream of Soul Power began to circulate within his body. Shen Guyan guided this Soul Power like an invisible thread, pulling the dragon blood essence he had absorbed earlier in the blood pool.

Those dragon blood essences rampaged within his body like wild horses off their reins, attempting to break through Shen Guyan's control. However, the Great Primordial Art was truly the most important peerless Cultivation Technique in the Great Sorrow Scripture; that mellow Soul Power was like a steady, massive mountain, firmly suppressing the restlessness of the dragon blood essence.

Shen Guyan focused entirely, carefully refining the dragon blood essence bit by bit and merging it into the Candle Dragon Bloodline within his body.

While the Candle Dragon mode was powerful, every time it was used, it would consume a portion of the Candle Dragon Bloodline, which had been painstakingly derived from the Azure Dragon Aura.

Nourished by the dragon blood essence, the Candle Dragon Bloodline was like parched land receiving sweet rain, radiating an even more powerful vitality.

The power of the Candle Dragon, which had originally been lurking deep within Shen Guyan's Bloodline, was now completely awakened and burning fiercely.

Shen Guyan could clearly feel his body undergoing wondrous changes; his muscles were becoming tighter, his bones tougher, and every inch of his skin seemed to be absorbing the powerful energy brought by the dragon blood essence.

While merging the dragon blood essence, Shen Guyan did not forget another matter—using those temporarily suppressed dragon Souls in his sea of consciousness to Cultivate the Great Soul Searching Hand. Although the dragon Souls in this blood pool were full of aggression, if utilized well, they would become excellent aids for cultivating this technique.

Shen Guyan focused his mind and, following the cultivation method of the Heavenly Doom Earthly Annihilation Great Soul Searching Hand, submerged his consciousness into the chaotic sea of consciousness within his body.

Seemingly detecting the appearance of Shen Guyan's mental Incarnation, the roars of countless dragon-type Spirit Beasts rang out again, though they were much weaker than before. Although these dragon Souls had been temporarily suppressed by Nalali, they would always be a trouble as long as they remained in his consciousness...

Shen Guyan immediately activated the technique of the Great Soul Searching Hand, crushing these broken dragon Souls one by one and absorbing their remnant Souls. This was a battle of Spirit and Soul; a moment of carelessness would result in being completely eroded by the dragon Souls, falling into an irredeemable abyss.

As time passed, those originally violent dragon Souls were gradually suppressed by Shen Guyan's consciousness. He successfully brought a portion of the dragon Soul power under his control, turning it into nourishment for cultivating the Great Soul Searching Hand.

After finishing this, Shen Guyan let out a long sigh of relief. However, the dragon Soul essence he had absorbed and digested this time was merely a drop in the bucket compared to the entire blood pool.

It had to be said that although the Holy Spirit Cult's cultivation methods were cruel, their cultivation resources were indeed abundant. To fill a blood pool that large with dragon blood, how much manpower and material resources had the Holy Spirit Cult expended? And how many years had it taken to complete?

Shen Guyan shook his head, trying to keep himself awake. In a place like the Holy Spirit Cult, one had to be careful above all else.

Just as he walked out of his residence, Shen Guyan saw a figure standing in front of the door, seemingly having waited there for a long time.

It was an extremely handsome and delicate-looking man, wearing gray armor and a gray cloak. The armor was crystal clear, refracting strange light. His black hair hung behind his head, but his face was snow-white, devoid of any blood color, making his handsome face look somewhat eerie.

In his right hand, he held a slender cross-sword. Just like the armor on his body, the cross-sword itself was gray and transparent, with a layer of gray light mist faintly flickering on it.

Furthermore, his armor had no helmet; there was only a gray crystal on his forehead, diamond-shaped, carved with countless facets that refracted light.

Shen Guyan pondered inwardly. He had already met the four heavenly kings; the person before him was likely one of the two emperors of the Holy Spirit Cult. However, no matter how he looked at it, he did not seem like a human, but more like a grim reaper from the Netherworld.

"You are Gongzi Yu? The first place of that Youth Genius Competition from the Spirit Pagoda?" The man's voice was also extremely cold and eerie, as if emitted by a dead Soul from the nine springs.

"It is I. Senior is..." Shen Guyan looked at the person before him with neither servility nor overbearingness.

"I am the Nether Emperor. Come with me." Saying this, the man who called himself the Nether Emperor walked outside.

"Who is the Nether Emperor?" There was no record of this person in the books, so Shen Guyan had to ask Leng Yulai through the azure dragon imprint.

"Pluto Douluo Harosa, legend has it he was born in a small city in the Douluo Federation. It is said that when he was born, he was contaminated with unclean things. He was snow-white all over from birth, without a trace of blood color, and even his eyes were gray, just like a ghost." Leng Yulai's reply came quickly, with deep dread in her tone.

"Such a strange appearance filled his family with fear, and they abandoned him directly."

"But this guy's vitality was very tenacious. Not only was he rescued, but he was also sent to an orphanage. However, because of his strange appearance, he was still not accepted by the outside World."

"Fortunately, he had a very beautiful appearance, and apart from his skin and eye color, nothing else looked special. Just like that, he grew up alone in the orphanage until he was six."

"On the day he turned six, without any ceremony, his Spirit awakened. And from the day his Spirit awakened, he was destined to bring disaster to this World."

"Along with the Awakening of his Spirit, Harosa also awakened a Domain called the Netherworld Rebirth Domain."

"When Harosa's Domain appeared, twelve skeleton warriors appeared at the same time. Those twelve skeleton warriors suddenly began killing, slaughtering the entire orphanage. Those children and teachers in the orphanage became the first batch of sacrifices for the Netherworld Rebirth Domain. After their flesh and blood were devoured by the Netherworld Rebirth Domain, it was converted into Harosa's power, allowing him to complete the transformation of Innate Full Soul Power."

"So eerie?" Shen Guyan naturally understood what a Domain meant. Comparing oneself to others only leads to frustration; this guy had been carrying this thing since birth...

"He came to find you as soon as he returned?" Leng Yulai couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Shen Guyan was also a bit confused, not knowing what important matter this Nether Emperor had with him.

"Gongzi Yu, I have heard that your Self-created Spirit Ability is remarkable, and your sword technique is even more superb. I would like to test it." The Nether Emperor Harosa stopped in an open space, standing with his sword.