Chapter 1009: Slaying Souls Across the World

The powerful warrior from the Heaven Witch Sect who spoke of these things was telling the truth.
If a warrior from the Heaven Witch Sect died, the demonic parasitic energy within them would invade one’s body like maggots attached to bone, merging with one’s divine power. No matter where one fled, the disciples of the Heaven Witch Sect could sense them.
Unless one could eliminate this demonic energy, they would be constantly hunted by the sect’s disciples.
However, this energy was extremely difficult to remove. Unless a sage intervened or a specially crafted divine pill from the Heaven Witch Sect was used, it was almost impossible to eradicate it.
Huang Long had also read about this in the books left by the Hongmeng Holy King.
But upon hearing this, Huang Long sneered, “Is that so? Let you go?”
The powerful warrior from the Heaven Witch Sect’s Twelve Eras era was overjoyed at these words. But just then, a ball of heavenly fire appeared in Huang Long’s palm. With a swift strike, a terrifying force was sent straight into its forehead.
“Ah!” Its expression changed drastically as it let out a scream.
Immediately afterward, Huang Long used his palm to draw out its soul, just as he had done with the previous warrior from the Heaven Witch Sect. Without hesitation, he placed both the soul and the physical body into the sacred cauldron within his body.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
Jin Li and the others present were shocked and gasped in awe.
But just as Huang Long put the warrior’s soul and body into the sacred cauldron, suddenly, a golden halberd pierced through the air, with countless beams of golden light attacking Huang Long like meteors.
Huang Long’s eyes narrowed sharply as he channeled all his magical power. Raising his hands, they emitted intense golden light, like golden suns.
He then threw his fists forward. Streams of golden energy, like rays from the sun, collided violently with the golden light from the halberd attacks.
The space around the universe trembled.
“Clang!” “Bang!” “Boom!”
One after another, loud explosions rang out. Powerful shockwaves spread out, forcing Huang Long to retreat repeatedly.
He felt his arms grow heavy. Only when the life energy of the World Tree flowed again did he return to normal. This was the first time Huang Long had truly clashed head-on with a peak warrior from the later stages of the Twelve Eras.
And his opponent was Qing Cang, the top disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect—the man ranked second only to sages in the universe!
Although Huang Long’s physical body was near the peak of a supreme great dao artifact, he still felt immense pressure. It was similar to when he was still at the strength of a Supreme God, facing gods like Opot from Tianlong Mountain.
“Is this Qing Cang’s true strength?!” Huang Long was shocked inwardly.
Truly powerful!

Given the overwhelming strength of the Yellow Dragon itself, it estimated that if a battle ensued, it would surely be itself that suffered defeat. After all, the gap in cultivation levels was far too great—one was at the mid-stage of the eleventh era, while the other was at the peak of the twelfth era, even on the verge of attaining sainthood at any moment. No matter how strong the Yellow Dragon was, it could not bridge this gap. Of course, if it could combine the World Tree, the Chaos Bell, the Heavenly Sacred Cauldron, and the Spirit-Communicating Jade, it might be able to fight against this Qing Cang now. But using these items would inevitably reveal its identity. Thus, the Yellow Dragon decided to retreat first. Once it broke through to the twelfth era, it would truly be capable of fighting Qing Cang, and no matter how strong Qing Cang was, it would not be able to withstand it.

“Want to leave?!” Seeing the Yellow Dragon driven back by his halberd and it attempting to fly away, Qing Cang shouted, “Soul Annihilation Across the World!” Then he thrust his halberd violently forward. Under this strike, the character for “soul” within the golden halberd emitted a burst of golden light, revealing a golden soul character. This soul character expanded rapidly in the air and rushed toward the Yellow Dragon like an ancient divine mountain. The Yellow Dragon turned to see it and was shocked. This soul character possessed a powerful sucking force that grabbed it tightly! A glint appeared in the Yellow Dragon’s eyes as its thirty-three divine artifacts and the Dragon Gate activated instantly. Raising its hands, it swung the Purple Thunder Sky Blade at the soul character.

The Purple Thunder Sky Blade collided violently with the soul character, which resembled an ancient divine mountain. With a loud explosion, the soul character only trembled slightly, stopped in mid-air, and did not shatter as the Yellow Dragon had expected. The Yellow Dragon’s body also recoiled from the impact. But it did not linger; instead, it took advantage of the moment to dash away as a streak of golden light, disappearing in an instant. Seeing this, Qing Cang snorted coldly. The soul character returned to the Soul-Annihilation Golden Halberd, and then a flash of golden light appeared in his hand—a divine talisman. “Extreme Barrier Divine Talisman, Locking in All Directions!” Qing Cang shouted, waving his hands sharply, and the talisman vanished into the void.

The Yellow Dragon, who was flying in the distance, suddenly felt the universe around it change, entering a world of golden light. “What is this?!” It was shocked, then his eyes flashed with coldness. He raised his palm like a blade and slashed sharply, tearing a crack in the golden light world as if cutting through silk. But just as the Yellow Dragon tried to fly out through the crack, a sound came from behind, accompanied by immense pressure. From this pressure, the Yellow Dragon sensed a severe danger.

The Yellow Dragon turned its head and saw a massive wheel approaching from afar, soaring through the air before arriving above its head and crashing down with force.
“The Heavenly Dao Wheel!”
This third-ranked sacred artifact among the great divine weapons, the Heavenly Dao Wheel, consisted of three thousand rings that covered three thousand great worlds, controlling the life and death of all beings in them.
The Heavenly Dao Wheel wielded by Qing Cang actually had two thousand rings!
Two thousand!
As the wheel crashed down and its beams illuminated the area, the Yellow Dragon felt as though it had entered the cycle of heaven and earth. It was momentarily lost.
But at that very moment, the World Tree trembled violently, unleashing surges of vital energy. The sea of souls within the Yellow Dragon’s mind surged, and streams of golden light shot upward from its head.
These golden lights temporarily weakened the crushing force of the Heavenly Dao Wheel.
“What is this?!” Qing Cang, who had been rushing through the air, changed expression upon seeing this.
At that instant, the Yellow Dragon raised its fists and struck upward, flipping the Heavenly Dao Wheel. Seizing the opportunity, it darted away through a crack and vanished into the sky in an instant.
Seeing this, Qing Cang’s eyes turned cold. He transformed the shadow of the Heavenly Dao Wheel into a beam of golden light and absorbed it into his body, then rushed after the Yellow Dragon once more.
A few breaths later, members of the Golden Domination Sect, the Infinite Gate, and the Heavenly Witch Cult finally arrived.
“Who is this person? How could he escape Qing Cang’s grasp and survive his golden halberd strike? It seems no such powerful warrior has ever appeared in our Golden Horn Great World!” Jin Kuo of the Golden Domination Sect looked uneasy.
“Elder Brother, shall we continue the pursuit now?” Jin Li asked.
“Let’s go back first and report this to the sect leader!” Jin Kuo mused.
The three members of the Golden Domination Sect turned back to the Golden Horn Great World, while the four from the Infinite Gate and the two from the Heavenly Witch Cult stayed behind, looking at each other with hesitant expressions.