Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

Wow…

The menacing black river was like a black tide that suddenly rolled up in the calm sea. It was as fierce as a tiger and as fast as a leopard, and it rushed in front of the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect in an instant.

The Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect was shocked and had no time to defend himself. The nine golden souls acting as guards were instantly swallowed up by the black tide and disappeared without a trace.

The Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect, who lost the protection of nine golden souls, was also involved in the black tide.

Every drop of water in this black tide contained Lin Bai's extremely domineering sword intent. The moment he was swept into the black tide, the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect felt as if he had been cut into pieces by a thousand knives.

"Ahhh..." The Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect screamed in pain, and the shrill screams echoed between heaven and earth.

He gritted his teeth and held on, shaking the soul refining flag in his hand with all his strength, and another soul appeared from it.

This soul is particularly special. It is not in a soul state like the black soul, silver soul, and golden soul. This soul is in human form.

He retains the appearance of a human, and you can even see clearly the gown he is wearing.

This is the soul of an old man. This man is more than two meters tall, but his body is extremely thin, as thin as a bamboo pole.

He has a slender face, like a horse's face, with a gray beard and wrinkles on his face. He clearly looks like a dying old man.

It is worth mentioning that... the eyes of this soul are empty and without any sparkle, just like a puppet without consciousness!

"Please, ancestor, help me kill the enemy!"

The Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect summoned the ancestor's soul from the Soul Refining Flag, and the ancestor emerged from the black tide, and the huge power directly shattered the black tide!

Boom!

There was a terrifying roaring sound in mid-air, and the moment the Jingxian Sword shattered, countless sword intentions swayed out like raindrops, razing the surrounding mountains to the ground.

The Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect escaped from the Jingxian Sword, but he was already covered in bruises. His originally extremely thin body now revealed ferocious sword marks.

His face became paler, his chest heaved violently, he was panting, and he looked at Lin Bai with a hint of horror in his eyes.

And Lin Bai was also watching him.

To be precise, he looked at the soul next to him.

Just now, in the midst of the Jingxian Sword Power, the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect shouted, "Ancestor, please help me kill the enemy." The old man's soul immediately appeared.

Looking at this, this old man looks like the ancestor of the Soul Refining Sect?

"Is the Soul Refining Sect such a beast?" Lin Bai frowned, feeling a little disgusted in his heart, "They actually refined the soul of an ancestor into the Soul Refining Flag for others to control?"

Lin Bai didn't know...this was the tradition of the Soul Refining Sect.

Whether it is the ancestors and elders of the Soul Refining Sect, or the families and clans that vassal the Soul Refining Sect, when the powerful members of the sect or family are about to fall, they will take the initiative to strip off their soul bodies and let the juniors in the clan or sect , refining one's soul.

By using the secret refining method of the Soul Refining Sect, you can temporarily retain part of the ancestor's strength during his lifetime, and continue to protect the sect and family in turn.

Depending on the level of attainments of the soul refiner, the strength of the refined soul will also be different.

This method is not uncommon in the Soul Refining Sect and in the Northern Territory.

For example, the Corpse Refining Sect also has a similar tradition, refining the corpses of elders within the sect or family into corpse puppets.

This is not uncommon in the Northern Territory, but in the Eastern Territory... this is indeed against human ethics.

I have to say... the warriors in the Northern Territory did everything they could to survive. The methods they used could almost be described as "outrageous and outrageous to both humans and gods".

The main culprit that contributed to the character of the warriors in the Northern Territory was the lack of resources in the Northern Territory.

The land of the Northern Territory is covered with ice and snow all year round. In such an extreme environment, it is almost difficult to cultivate heaven and earth spiritual beings. Even if some sects and families occupy some caves and blessed lands, the cultivated heaven and earth spiritual beings cannot be used by the entire Northern Territory.

In order to survive, the warriors in the Northern Territory took a different approach and practiced various crooked methods.

For example, the techniques of the Shen Lian Sect usually focus on plundering other people's cultivation strength.

The Soul Refining Sect focuses on refining the souls of warriors.

The Corpse Refining Sect focuses on refining the corpses of warriors after their death.

In the past, in order to improve the strength of the sects, these three major sects waged wars and massacred the Northern Territory all year round. They used the cultivation of the Northern Territory warriors to improve the disciples of the God Refining Sect, and used the corpses of the Northern Territory warriors to improve the Corpse Refining Sect. The strength of the Soul Refining Sect was enhanced with the souls of warriors from the Northern Territory.

They almost divided up the three most important things a warrior possesses: "cultivation strength", "flesh and blood body" and "soul".

That is to say, when the three major sects were plundering the Northern Territory, nine powerful clans in the Northern Territory united together to form the "Tiandao Clan".

The Tiandao Clan was formed under the combination of the nine major clans, and they became the leaders of thousands of clans in the Northern Territory. They responded to one call and ended the absurd rule of the three major sects.

The land of the Northern Territory has just ushered in a brief period of peace. The three major sects have also put down their butcher knives and will no longer continue to massacre the Northern Territory.

After the pattern of the Northern Territory was formed, they still could not solve the problem of poor resources, so they looked outside the territory.

What a coincidence... The territory with the largest area bordering the Northern Territory is the Eastern Territory.

In the Eastern Region, there are abundant resources for cultivation, with countless caves and paradises, and countless miraculous elixirs.

As a result, with the four most powerful forces sharing the same hatred, the Western Region began a plot and invasion of the Eastern Region that lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.

When did the Western Region's plot and invasion of the Eastern Region begin?

Maybe even the warriors from the Eastern Region and the Western Region can't remember it. Anyway, it started a long time ago, at least hundreds of thousands of years ago.

However, the Eastern Region occupies the most fertile land in the Demon Realm, and there are not many wars. As a result, the warriors from the Eastern Region are strong, and it is extremely difficult for the warriors from the Northern Region to break through.

Therefore, after hundreds of thousands of years, the Northern Territory warriors have not yet succeeded.

Northern Territory did not succeed, but they did not give up either.

And they came in turn to encourage the warriors in the Northern Territory, telling them that as long as they captured the Eastern Territory, they would get countless resources and no longer suffer in the bitter cold.

Perhaps this kind of "painting", or perhaps this kind of "hope", made the warriors of the Northern Territory extremely strong, and despite such an extremely cruel environment in the Northern Territory, they did not become extinct.

What a terrible thing it would be if people had no hope!

Lin Bai looked at the ancestor's soul that was refined by the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect, and his eyes were touched. "Now I finally understand why the warriors in the Northern Territory want to invade the Eastern Territory every day!"

"This has nothing to do with any grudges or interests!"

"This war has only one purpose, and that is...survival!"