Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 573: Even Celestial Immortals Have Their Own Worlds
Because Mo Wuji was so wealthy, he used forty Underworld Heart Divine Flowers at once. There was no need for him to guide the aura, as it already permeated the entire area. So, Mo Wuji stayed by Cen Shuyin's body, not needing to guide the aura of the Underworld Heart Divine Flower everywhere.
Almost a month had passed, and Mo Wuji still hadn't sensed Cen Shuyin's soul aura. He was starting to get anxious. If Lin Gu hadn't told him that he wasn't strong enough to enter the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool, he might have gone in himself.
Since he couldn't enter the pool, Mo Wuji planned to use more Underworld Heart Divine Flowers after a while and search an area ten times larger.
Just as Mo Wuji was getting anxious, he sensed Cen Shuyin's soul aura.
Mo Wuji and Cen Shuyin had been together for a long time, and her physical body had always been in his Immortal World. Even though they weren't married, no one in the world knew her better than Mo Wuji.
But Mo Wuji quickly sensed something was wrong. His spiritual will sensed that Cen Shuyin's soul was desperately trying to escape, pursued by a powerful soul. In just a few breaths, Cen Shuyin would be devoured.
Mo Wuji's anger flared. Without hesitation, he charged towards the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool, slashing his blade at the soul behind Cen Shuyin.
Just as the soul was about to engulf Cen Shuyin's soul, Mo Wuji's gray blade descended, forcing the soul to retreat.
At the same time, Cen Shuyin sensed Mo Wuji's arrival. Without any hesitation, she lunged toward her body.
Cen Shuyin's soul and physical body were at a level below even immortals. Under the effect of the Grade 9 immortal spiritual herb, the Underworld Heart Divine Flower, her soul began to merge with her body as soon as they touched. Because Cen Shuyin's body was perfectly preserved and carried a strong Primordial Life Force, a vibrant aura gradually grew as her soul merged with her body.
At that moment, her soul began to revive, and her primordial spirit rapidly grew...
Lin Gu didn't have time to watch Cen Shuyin. She stared at Mo Wuji in shock. She had told him that the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool was off-limits, and entering it was like courting death.
Mo Wuji had actually plunged into the pool. After exclaiming "Brother Mo," she knew it was too late to say anything.
She had seen the situation clearly. If Mo Wuji had hesitated even for a moment, Cen Shuyin's soul would have been devoured by the soul behind her.
"Hahaha..." A shrill laugh echoed in Mo Wuji's ears. The soul that had been chasing Cen Shuyin, after being struck by Mo Wuji's blade and failing to devour her, instead burst into laughter.
Zhu Lai had to thank the heavens for their favor. He had actually found a perfect physical body. Mo Wuji's body was incredibly young. To reach Xuan Immortal cultivation at such a young age, his talent must be extraordinary. What did he want to leave the Underworld for? Wasn't it to create a body for himself?
What were the best and easiest ways to create a body? Soul Possession. Second was finding heavenly treasures.
Over countless years, the Immortal Realm had produced so many great figures. Where could one find top-tier heavenly treasures? The most reliable method was Soul Possession.
Soul Possession was easy, but finding a perfect target was difficult.
The Immortal Realm certainly had many top-tier geniuses, but they were all core disciples of great immortal sects. Not only were these disciples protected by experts or top-tier methods, but none of them were easy to deal with.
As a soul, not even a primordial spirit, his strength would be weakened several levels upon reaching the Immortal Realm. Under such circumstances, finding a good target for Soul Possession would be extremely difficult.
Yet, at this moment, someone was offering him a chance for Soul Possession, and such a perfect target at that. Souls, after all, were souls. He couldn't sense Mo Wuji's ordinariness and mistakenly thought Mo Wuji was a top-tier genius cultivator.
At this moment, Zhu Lai completely abandoned Cen Shuyin's soul and charged straight into Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness.
To him, Mo Wuji's cultivation was also an opportunity. He had always thought that a cultivator who could use so many Underworld Heart Divine Flowers must be a top-tier expert. Who would have thought he was just a Xuan Immortal cultivator like Mo Wuji?
The reason he wanted to devour Cen Shuyin's soul beforehand was that he feared the person summoning Cen Shuyin's soul was a top-tier expert. Now that it was just a mere Xuan Immortal cultivator, he naturally had no fear.
Soul Possession was actually simpler than Primordial Spirit Possession because souls were more difficult to deal with in the sea of consciousness.
As soon as the soul entered Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness, Mo Wuji knew things were bad. This was secondary. The main problem was that the Underworld aura in the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool was constantly corroding Mo Wuji's physical body and immortal essence, even his spiritual will.
In addition, a powerful Underworld force was pulling him down, preventing him from escaping the pool.
Even if Lin Gu hadn't said it, Mo Wuji knew that if he fell into the Underworld, he would have no chance of survival. Unless he was a great immortal, a Xuan Immortal cultivator entering the Underworld would be asking for death.
Mo Wuji made a decisive decision. Without hesitation, he grabbed the Book of Luo that he hadn't even started refining and tossed it to Lin Gu, shouting, "Lin Gu, refine this Book of Luo and use it to take you and Shuyin away from here. Take care of Shuyin for me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the immense Underworld Qi beneath the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool engulfed Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji couldn't care about the Underworld Qi at this moment. Even if he was about to be dragged into the Underworld, he didn't care. The soul in his sea of consciousness had already begun to possess him, clearly not wanting Mo Wuji's body to be destroyed in the Underworld.
Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness was filled with tearing pain. The soul trying to possess Mo Wuji was also dumbfounded. He couldn't find a primordial spirit in Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness.
He had never seen a cultivator without a primordial spirit. In Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness, there was only a vast, boundless purple immortal essence lake. Moreover, Mo Wuji's sea of consciousness was incredibly wide, comparable to that of some Immortal Kings, which made him even more ecstatic.
The soul quickly found a way to possess Mo Wuji: devour Mo Wuji's soul and control Mo Wuji's Violet Palace.
After saving Cen Shuyin, Mo Wuji had completely calmed down. Although his cultivation was far inferior to the soul trying to possess him, he had his own secret: the Immortal World.
Thinking of this, Mo Wuji directly opened the Immortal World, and a wisp of his soul rushed into it.
A dense Primordial Life Force emanated, and the soul trying to possess Mo Wuji was instantly stunned, then overjoyed. He had finally found his opportunity. No wonder this ant-like Xuan Immortal cultivator was so powerful and wealthy; this guy actually possessed Primordial Life Force, hidden deep within his sea of consciousness.
Sensing a wisp of Mo Wuji's soul rushing into the area where the Primordial Life Force was, the soul instantly followed.
It wasn't that he was careless; it was that no one could have imagined that Mo Wuji would possess a world of his own. Those who possessed their own worlds were legendary figures. Even in the entire Immortal Realm, there might not be one. Of course, some great figures also possessed various True Spirit Worlds, but these were not their own worlds. Even if they were refined, the aura of those worlds would reveal themselves upon opening.
The Immortal World belonged to Mo Wuji. Although the Immortal World wasn't fully formed, it was a world Mo Wuji had condensed. In his sea of consciousness, the Immortal World and the sea of consciousness were fused together, with no abruptness whatsoever.
Here, he was the master of everything. A powerful cultivator entering the Immortal World might be able to shatter the unformed Immortal World, but this soul, existing only as a soul, clearly couldn't shatter it.
Even though Mo Wuji was in the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool, and his body couldn't enter the Immortal World, he had countless ways to deal with the incomplete soul before him.
As soon as the soul entered the Immortal World, Mo Wuji's Immortal World completely closed off, with no aura leaking out.
The Qingjiao Flame raged in the Immortal World, forming wave after wave of violent flames, which only scorched the soul.
Only then did the solid soul realize that this was a world, a world belonging to the ant-like Xuan Immortal cultivator he had looked down upon.
"Let me go, let me out. I'll tell you how to get out of here..." The soul panicked and frantically shouted. He knew that to move Mo Wuji, he had to use what Mo Wuji needed most. Now Mo Wuji was being pulled by the Underworld's aura. He might be torn apart by the void blades or rifts in the vortex before he even reached the Underworld.
Mo Wuji didn't have the energy to care about the soul. He felt his immortal essence rapidly dissipating, and his extended spiritual will was weakening.
Several whistling spatial blades brushed past Mo Wuji. The exhausted Mo Wuji knew he had likely passed through the Soul-Consolidating Immortal Jade Pool. Now he was facing the same spatial blade vortex and numerous spatial rifts as before.
Mo Wuji's spiritual will barely managed to grab the Book of Luo from the Immortal World, wrapped himself in it, and used all his strength to plunge into a spatial rift.
Rather than falling into the Underworld and having his body destroyed and soul reincarnated, it was better to enter a spatial rift. He had almost refined 40% of this Book of Luo, so there was still a glimmer of hope in the spatial rift.
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