Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Chapter 346 Clearing the Soul PalaceShen Wen closed the Jade Slip and placed it back on the table.

”Senior Xuan Kongzi’s meaning is to pull out these nails in one breath before the Hall of Souls has time to react?”

Xuan Yi nodded: ”The twenty-four Earth Fiend Halls are distributed throughout the Central Plains, independent of each other and not under each other’s jurisdiction. If we pull out one or two, they might not be immediately alert. But if we act simultaneously—”

She paused, her tone carrying a hint of coldness: ”By the time they react, it will be too late.”

Shen Wen pondered for a moment and then nodded.

”Then let’s fight.”

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the continuous Pill Tower buildings in the distance.

”Since the Hun Clan dared to act against the Pill Tower giants, they must be made to know that they cannot afford the price.”

Xuan Yi looked at his back, a trace of complex emotion flashing through her eyes.

After a moment, she spoke, her voice regaining its usual steadiness: ”In terms of manpower, the Little Pill Tower will dispatch six Dou Shengs to lead separate teams. On the Pill Tower’s side, elite Dou Zuns and Dou Zongs will also be mobilized.”

She paused: ”What about you?”

Shen Wen turned around, his gaze falling on her face: ”I will act alone.”

Xuan Yi frowned slightly: ”Act alone?”

Shen Wen nodded: ”I am skilled in space laws and can come and go as I please. Wherever support is needed, I can arrive at any time. If I follow a team, it would be a waste instead.”

Xuan Yi was silent for a moment, as if weighing something.

Finally, she nodded: ”Be careful.”

”I know.”

...

The Pill Tower’s movements were faster than anyone had anticipated.

Not even three days after the news of the declaration of war spread, the first batch of bounties was issued by the Pill Tower, quickly spreading to various parts of the Central Plains through the channels of the Cao Family and the Dan Family.

”The location of an Earth Fiend Hall of the Hall of Souls, one seventh-grade pill.”

”The head of a Hall of Souls Dou Zong, one zong ji pill.”

”The head of a Hall of Souls Dou Zun, three zong ji pills.”

The moment the news spread, the entire Central Plains was in an uproar.

zong ji pill.

That was a Medicinal Pill that could allow a Dou Zong to increase by one star; it couldn’t be bought on the market at all, and only Shen Wen could refine it.

Now that the Pill Tower was directly putting it out as a bounty, what kind of grand gesture was this?

The Loose Cultivators went crazy.

Those Dou Zongs who had been stuck at a Bottleneck for many years, those small forces in urgent need of improving their strength, and those lone wolves who already had a grudge against the Hall of Souls, all had bloodshot eyes.

For a time, news of branch halls of the Hall of Souls being attacked came from all over the Central Plains.

Some succeeded, some failed. Most failed; after all, no matter how small a branch hall of the Hall of Souls was, there was a Dou Zun presiding over it.

But those that succeeded were enough to make the Hall of Souls feel the pain.

And what truly made the Hall of Souls afraid was not these Loose Cultivators.

It was Shen Wen.

...

The first Earth Fiend Hall was beneath a wasteland in the northern part of the Central Plains.

When Shen Wen stepped out of a spatial crack, it was late at night. The moonlight was obscured by thick clouds, and the wasteland was pitch black, with only a few clusters of phosphorus fire swaying in the wind.

His Soul Power spread out like mercury pouring onto the ground, instantly locking onto the space underground.

Concealment Formation?

In front of him, it was practically non-existent.

The space ancestral talisman glowed slightly, and silver-gray light surged from his palm. The next moment, he took a step forward, his entire body passing directly through dozens of feet of rock layer and appearing in the core hall of the Earth Fiend Hall.

The experts of the Hall of Souls in the hall were discussing matters.

A dozen figures sat around a long table, surrounded by black mist. Leading them was a gray-robed old man, a Two Star Dou Zun, who was whispering something.

The moment Shen Wen appeared, everyone was stunned.

”You—”

The gray-robed old man was the first to react, suddenly standing up, black light surging in his palm.

But he only had time to say one word.

Shen Wen raised his hand.

The dark holy scythe flashed and vanished in the void.

The gray-robed old man’s head flew into the sky, the cut at his neck as smooth as a mirror, without even a drop of blood splashing out.

That head tumbled twice in mid-air and was sucked into a pitch-black small bottle that appeared out of thin air.

great dao treasure bottle.

The hall was deathly silent for a moment.

The next moment, those Hall of Souls experts were like cats whose tails had been stepped on, frantically scattering and fleeing.

But Shen Wen gave them no chance.

The power of the space ancestral talisman erupted violently, and silver-gray light instantly enveloped the entire hall. Those fleeing figures were like insects trapped in amber, unable to move at all.

Shen Wen raised his hand, and a pitch-black vortex emerged in his palm.

devouring ancestral talisman.

The figures of those Hall of Souls experts began to distort and disintegrate, turning into countless black air currents that were sucked into the vortex.

No screams, no struggle.

Only silent annihilation.

In just a few breaths, the hall was empty.

Only the cup of tea on the long table, still steaming, proved that someone had been there.

Shen Wen withdrew his hand, his gaze falling behind a stone door deep in the hall.

There was what he wanted.

Soul Origin.

The Hall of Souls had operated in the Central Plains for many years, capturing countless Alchemists and extracting countless Souls.

Those extracted Souls, refined through special methods, eventually turned into the purest Soul Origin and were sealed in various branch halls.

This was the Hun Clan’s means of strengthening itself and the Foundation of their control over the Hall of Souls.

Now, these things were all to his benefit.

Shen Wen pushed open the stone door, and what met his eyes was a faint blue light.

Countless fist-sized light spheres floated in mid-air, each emitting extremely pure Soul fluctuations.

They were densely packed, almost filling the entire stone room.

Shen Wen stood at the door, looking at this sea of faint blue, and took a deep breath.

Then, he sat down cross-legged.

The great dao treasure bottle condensed above his head, the mouth of the bottle facing down, and a pitch-black vortex slowly rotated.

Those light spheres were like they were being pulled, flying into the bottle mouth one by one, being refined and purified by the treasure bottle, turning into the most pure Soul Origin and feeding back into his Sea of Consciousness.

In the Sea of Consciousness, that gentle power was slowly growing.

His Soul was already at the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, only one step away from the legendary Emperor Realm.

This step required a massive amount of accumulation, sufficient background, and a natural opportunity.

And these Soul Origins were the best nourishment.

...

In the days that followed, Shen Wen was like a tireless harvester.

In the northern Central Plains, the second Earth Fiend Hall, destroyed.

In the east, the third Earth Fiend Hall, destroyed.

In the south, the fourth and fifth, two in a row destroyed.

His speed was astonishingly fast. With the space ancestral talisman and the Gu Treasure Art’s support, he could traverse half of the Central Plains in just half an hour.

Often, just as one Earth Fiend Hall was destroyed, before the news of the next could reach the ears of the Hall of Souls, he had already appeared thousands of miles away.

And the bounty orders from the Pill Tower also achieved unexpected results.

Although those Loose Cultivators and small forces could not take down an Earth Fiend Hall, the spies, messengers, and peripheral members of the Hall of Souls active outside suffered an unprecedented encirclement and suppression.

For a time, the Hall of Souls’ power network in the Central Plains was torn to shreds.