Chapter 23: The Soul-Sealing Golden Ball
The Golden Mysterious Alliance, Wood Maple Alliance, and Earth Gui Alliance of the Immortal Realm; the Golden Slash Alliance, Fire Slaughter Alliance, and Earth Annihilation Alliance of the Demon Realm; and the Wood Forest Alliance, Water Ocean Alliance, and Earth Trekking Alliance of the Nine Realms—all the powerful beings at the Heavenly Soul Immortal level from these nine alliances, led by their nine alliance leaders, arrived at a special planet.
From space, this planet sparkled with golden light, dazzling the eyes. Across the entire planet, golden energy surged like a tide, and within this golden energy lay a fierce, oppressive aura that made one reluctant to enter.
The nine alliance leaders had already made arrangements when entering the Meteor Domain Divine Realm—secretly sending some cultivators at the Immortal or Earth Immortal level to explore the special conditions of various planets. It was one such cultivator who discovered this dazzlingly golden planet and reported it to the nine alliance leaders.
With their experience in the Meteor Domain Divine Realm, the nine leaders quickly deduced that this planet hid people with golden soul bodies. Thus, the cultivators from the nine alliances completed the Five-Element Heavenly Formation, believing they could now deal with these soul-bodied beings. Finally, they could act freely in the Meteor Domain Divine Realm and plunder divine artifacts at will.
Nearly a thousand powerful beings at the Heavenly Soul Immortal level, led by the nine alliance leaders, arrived at a peak on the planet. Looking around, the entire surface was covered in golden stones and land, creating a world of brilliant yellow.
Golden energy emanated from every corner of the planet, as if it were the source of this energy, endless and boundless.
The nine alliance leaders, astonished by this bizarre planet environment, became even more cautious. They kept their demonic senses fully alert, monitoring any movements on the planet.
“What’s going on? There’s no sign of life on this planet at all. Not even a trace of that oppressive golden aura—completely different from what we sensed in space,” said Ji Qiong, the leader of the Wood Maple Alliance in the Immortal Realm.
The presence of golden energy alone, without any trace of oppression or darkness, surprised all nine leaders.
Yet, the quieter and calmer things seemed, the more tense their demonic senses became. An inconsistency between the outside and inside was the greatest surprise—and the greatest danger.
Suddenly, from beneath the ground at the peak where the cultivators from the nine alliances stood, something rushed upward like a giant sword, splitting the peak in two. A sword-like beam of energy shot up from the ground and reached the summit.
All the cultivators from the nine alliances were powerful beings at the Heavenly Soul Immortal level. Sensing the movement at the base of the peak, they immediately reacted by leaping high into the air.
The entire peak was split into two halves, creating a deep valley in between, with walls as straight and vertical as if cut by a sword.
Immediately, three figures flew out from the bottom of the canyon—actually, three Golden Element Soul Bodies. All three were of similar stature, standing at two meters tall with golden skin, clearly embodying the purest Golden Element energy. Their divine auras were intense and formidable, enough to shock anyone who sensed them. Moreover, each of the three Golden Element Soul Bodies held a golden sphere, constantly manipulating them with their hands as they appeared in the air. The three golden spheres were of equal size, clearly belonging to the same grade of divine artifacts. Three Soul Bodies, three divine artifacts. The nine alliance leaders, through their immortal, demonic, and fiendish senses, all detected that each of these Soul Bodies emitted a divine aura equivalent to that of ten alliance leaders, meaning the strength of ten high-ranking Heavenly Soul Immortals. Combined with the three divine artifacts, the strength of these three Soul Bodies was sufficient to confront at least forty such alliance leaders simultaneously. The nine alliance leaders, after making some calculations in their minds, quickly understood the situation. At this moment, the once frightened alliance leaders now sneered, looking down on the three Soul Bodies with contempt. “You bastards! How dare you invade our brothers’ planet? You’re clearly desperate for death. Very well, since you want to die, we three brothers won’t hold back. We’ll show you what true strength means!” one of the Golden Element Soul Bodies shouted sharply through the air. The cultivators of the Nine Alliances suddenly dispersed, forming over a hundred identical formations, with five people in each group. Within these formations, the energies of the five people belonged to the Golden, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth elements. It was clear that they were preparing to unleash the Five Elements Heaven Transforming Formation together. After years of hard training, they had finally found an outlet for their power. “Powerful warriors of the Nine Alliances, now is the time to show your strength. Let’s sweep away all these Soul Bodies starting from this moment.” Seeing the actions of the Nine Alliances cultivators, the three Golden Element Soul Bodies immediately sensed something unusual. Without wasting time, they grasped their golden spheres and soared into the air, attacking the cultivators from three different directions. In an instant, the three Soul Bodies appeared, and their golden spheres were thrown. Fueled by divine energy, the spheres emitted blinding light like stars, growing to the size of hundreds of miles in diameter. Inside them, countless Golden Element spirits surged violently, as if sealed for tens of thousands of years. Now, they thrashed ferociously, eager to devour everything around them.
Obviously, the three golden spheres covered the cultivators of the Nine Alliances simultaneously from three different directions. The nine alliance leaders were well-prepared; upon seeing the movements of the three soul-bodied figures, they immediately issued orders. “Twenty people in the Five-Element Heaven Formation shall resist from each direction, while the rest should attack those three soul-bodied figures right away.” With their keen senses, the nine alliance leaders knew the power of the three golden spheres and realized that just twenty Five-Element Heaven Formations would be enough to withstand them. Thus, they refused to waste any extra strength—only sufficient formations were needed to defend against the golden spheres, while the rest should focus on killing the three soul-bodied figures. Once those soul-bodied figures were eliminated, the golden spheres would become unclaimed, and these divine artifacts would fall into the hands of the nine alliance leaders. In the air, sixty Five-Element Heaven Formations immediately flew toward the aggressive golden spheres from three directions. Within each formation, five people stood in a line, combining their immortal energy, demonic energy, and fiendish energy to create a mixed elemental energy. Under their joint control, this mixed elemental energy condensed into various mixed spiritual entities, displaying a blend of five colors. As the formations moved, these mixed spiritual entities also approached the golden spheres. In an instant, hundreds of these mixed spiritual entities confronted the golden spheres and immediately engaged the golden elemental entities within them. As expected by the nine alliance leaders, these mixed spiritual entities were truly peculiar and possessed extraordinary power. Against the fierce golden elemental entities, they seemed almost invincible—unable to be destroyed even by their attacks—while whenever they struck the golden elemental entities, they could instantly disperse them. Meanwhile, the sixty Five-Element Heaven Formations blocked the three golden spheres. On the other side, over forty more Five-Element Heaven Formations attacked the three golden soul-bodied figures from three different directions. “How is this possible? How can these bastards block our divine artifact, the Sealing Golden Sphere?” The three golden soul-bodied figures were shocked by the might of the sixty Five-Element Heaven Formations, which was completely beyond their expectations, causing them immediate anxiety. Initially, they had assumed that the Sealing Golden Sphere would slaughter countless cultivators once unleashed, but it was easily blocked, disrupting their plans instantly. At that moment, the over forty Five-Element Heaven Formations split into three groups, with more than fifteen formations in each group charging forward with overwhelming momentum.
The three Soul Body people, in a hurry, moved their hands swiftly and pushed out a round golden light sphere in front of them. It immediately grew to ten miles in height, with dozens of Golden Element spirit entities emerging inside, snapping their claws at the approaching Five-Element Heaven Formation array.
The fifteen Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays acted like fifteen long spears, charging forward. The tips of these spears contained the energy of five Tian Hun Immortal-level warriors, making them extremely sharp and capable of tearing through anything. Sure enough, the three golden light spheres were struck by over fifteen Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays. As soon as they made contact, the Golden Element spirit entities on those light walls were pierced and shattered, losing their ability to resist.
Although the fifteen Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays were extremely powerful, their strength had been greatly reduced after breaking through the golden light walls. Attempting to fly in front of the three Soul Body people to attack would be suicide. Thus, the fifteen arrays immediately stopped in mid-air, coldly watching the three Golden Element Soul Body people.
On the other side, after the sixty Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays blocked the three Sealing Spirit Gold Balls, they naturally wouldn’t let the three Soul Body people retrieve those three divine artifacts easily. Ten arrays from each side continued to surround the three Sealing Spirit Gold Balls, preventing the Soul Body people from taking them back. The remaining thirty arrays immediately joined in surrounding the three Golden Element Soul Body people.
As a result, more than seventy Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays now surrounded the three Soul Body people.
Seeing this, the nine alliance leaders wore triumphant smiles. “Three Soul Body people, your fate ends here.” “We’ve prepared for years for this day. From now on, all of you Soul Body people will be wiped out by the power of the Nine Alliances.” The nine alliance leaders cheered joyfully, filled with immense pride.
Since entering the Meteor Domain Divine Realm, the cultivators of the Nine Alliances had suffered greatly at the hands of the Soul Body people. Those Tian Po Immortals, Tian Hun Demons, and Tian Po Monsters had all been killed. Therefore, the cultivators of the Nine Alliances had lurked for years, aiming to avenge this bloodshed. Finally, they had successfully developed the Five-Element Heaven Formation array.
The three Soul Body people kept using their divine consciousness to control the three Sealing Spirit Gold Balls but found they couldn’t retrieve them at all, as they were completely blocked by those thirty Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays. As a result, the three Soul Body people lost half of their strength instantly, making it even harder for them to deal with the cultivators of the Nine Alliances.
“Hmph, you bastards are truly cunning. But don’t forget that if the three of us blow ourselves up, most of you here will die as well. So how about we cease hostilities now? You go to other planets, and we won’t pursue you for your invasion,” said a golden soul-body man with a gloomy expression.
The three golden soul-body men, seeing the situation, could only lower their proud heads.
The nine alliance leaders trembled, clearly afraid that forcing these three soul-body men to blow themselves up would be a disaster.
“You three must die today.”
Suddenly, Qu Yi’s figure appeared in the air, shouting loudly.