"Emotions, if they can continue, let them continue; if not, then let nature take its course."
Zhou Yan thought about Xuanyuan Ancestor’s suggestion, gradually feeling that these recommendations were helpful for his soul.
So Zhou Yan even stopped progressing and set up a Rune Ancient Array on the spot to integrate these memories and inheritances.
Perhaps it would take a lot of time to complete this transformation, but Zhou Yan felt it was necessary; he sensed it was an opportunity for a genuine metamorphosis.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Yan even sacrificed the now energy-filled Soul Killing Divine Stone and Killing Spirit Divine Dao array for protection against unforeseen events.
Having done all this, Zhou Yan sat within this expanse of the void, beginning to integrate memories and also untangle the insights and experiences of Lei Yan King.
At this moment, immersed in such a state and inspired by Xuanyuan Ancestor, Zhou Yan’s soul seemed to become utterly transparent; his Soul Body turned from illusion to reality, with each pore connected to heaven and earth. Immeasurable space-time energy entered his Soul Body, being refined into Soul Essence Qi, repairing and replenishing the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
Zhou Yan’s soul radiated ten thousand feet of glory, as if endless Tao intent manifested within his soul.
The soul’s eyes became deep like the ocean, unfathomable. His soul exuded a profound aura of a Great Emperor, and this aura shared a similar charm with the Emperor Blood Aura originating from within Hou Chen’s body!
In just a moment, the soul’s left eye turned into pitch black, forming a dark sun, while the right eye became a blood moon, as if an endless Blood Sea condensed within, extremely bloody and ferocious, as if ready to devour souls at any moment.
Any lifeform that saw such eyes would inevitably feel an uncontrollable urge to fly into the flame, to willingly be devoured.
These soul’s eyes were terrifying and extremely domineering, yet ultimately came together to form the Great Success Eye of Destruction at the center of the brow.
Simultaneously, the divinity of the Destruction Sword Body, Emperor Qi Sword Body, Thunderflame Sword Body, Void Sword Body, Devouring Sword Body, and Soul-controlling Sword Body all manifested.
These Sword Bodies, now their divinity conjoined into one, all derived and entered into the soul, rendering a realm of the Supreme Dao.
The Six Great Sword Body coexisted within the soul.
As long as the soul does not perish, the Sword Body will be immortal!
All of this merged into unity, and some previously fragmented memories naturally erupted forth, presenting themselves before Zhou Yan, who was in the process of Enlightenment.
However, Zhou Yan ultimately paid them no more attention; those belonged to his past.
All things past that should be let go ought to be directly abandoned. Those that should not be forsaken would naturally be refined by an enlightened heart into a Mingxin Mirror, manifesting after achieving Great Success in Enlightenment.
"The unity of the eight ancient Sword Bodies is required to achieve the Ancient Chaotic Sword Body, to become a truly gifted Cultivator, worthy of rising in the realm of the superior, and to have the capital to contend with those beings."
"Lei Yan King, so formidable, ultimately fell. Xuanyuan Ancestor, nearly immortal, is also nearly rotten. I must take this as a lesson; hence my path is long and rugged. But my heart remains invincible; heaven and earth, only I am supreme."
"Now, I still need to comprehend the Tao Sword Body and the Demon Heart Sword Body, to achieve the Chaos Body."
"The Soul-controlling Sword Body happens to permit my soul to exist in various voids, having accompanied me since the beginning of Soul Slash, already in existence. Having not died through Soul Slash, I am qualified to cultivate the Soul-controlling Sword Body.
But that is an Innate Soul-controlling Sword Body, not comparable to the bloodline’s innate Soul-controlling inheritance. Coupled with the Essence Blood of the Wan Jie Divine Woman, my past life went to great lengths for my present."
"However, I have ultimately far surpassed my previous life just by founding my base."
"Now, even without a physical body, I am invincible beneath the Tribulation Realm Eight Refinements."
"But being invincible beneath the Tribulation Realm Eight Refinements is only in the broken land of the lower-class Plane, and it’s not yet invincible up to the Nine Refinements. If I were to return to Earth, to set upon the path of Ancestor Worship... Xuanyuan Ancestor said, each thunder punishment is the Heavenly Emperor’s Punishment, it is those ancient Supreme Enlightenments in the form of Thunder Sword Bodies coming to destroy me. Against such beings, let alone one-on-one, even a hundred of me would stand little chance against one of them."
"Therefore, I cannot slack, I can no longer see myself as a Cultivator of the same caliber as those from the Sword Burial Ancestor Star, but measure myself against the standards of the Cultivators from the Upper-class Plane."
Zhou Yan completed his Enlightenment and stood up, admonishing himself inwardly.
Then, soul power flickered in his palm, and he released a Memory Crystal from his hand.
Some memories can be deleted, abandoned, disregarded.
And inside this crystal ball-like ’Mingxin Mirror,’ were snippets of those fragmented memories being awakened, a small part that was not instinctively deleted.
Blood rivers flowed, bones piled like mountains.
Endless Flames burned in all directions.
This was a realm of destruction like hell itself.
In this wasteland, only two people stood opposite each other, one of them was Lei Yan King.
The other person was the Holy Daughter Jiang Yuning, not previously mentioned in Lei Yan King’s memories.
Lei Yan King spoke indifferently, his tone cold and determined.
The atmosphere turned somewhat somber.
After a while, Lei Yan King continued, "I prefer the kind of girl who grew up alongside me, silently accompanying me, quiet. And you, in all aspects, are the complete opposite. Furthermore, we are destined never to belong to the same world, not before, not now, and never will be in the future."
"Is this your revenge on me? In truth, I am willing to follow you through reincarnations life after life, that is true love, not a repayment of debt or guilt."
Jiang Yuning choked up.
"No need, I’m very tired."
Lei Yan King said and then turned away.
When he turned, it seemed he sensed a woman also turning away, covering up her crying.
That incomplete turn, yet not fully turned image, seemed to freeze in an instant.
The memory scene vanished, and the crystal ball dimmed slightly, from within the fragmented, chaotic memories, this part had already been extracted by Zhou Yan and absorbed into his own memories.
"So in those fragmented memories, there really were other stories. Is it because of this that Holy Daughter Ning’er has accompanied me in this life? That initial familiar turning silhouette in my memories, did it originate from a past life?"
Zhou Yan muttered to himself, lost in thought.
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