"This mountain peak is part of the Inverse Dissolution Array in its entirety. Follow my instructions and defeat that soul. The Dragon Emperor Seal may be there as well." The Despicable Donkey chuckled with a sly satisfaction, clearly enjoying the thought. "The array has shifted again and has grown even more complex. Listen carefully. We will enter from within the mountain." "From inside the mountain?" Ling Feng hesitated, baffled. "I do not know any earth burrowing techniques." Despicable Donkey snorted in irritation. "Trust this divine beast and you will not go wrong. Move to your left and carve the Inverse Dissolution runes. The mountain will sense them and draw you inside." Ling Feng bit his finger and let a drop of blood essence fall. Using it, he traced the Inverse Dissolution rune. The stone wall before him rippled like the surface of water. His eyes lit up. Stepping into the ripples, he crossed into the heart of the mountain. The mountain's interior had been hollowed out completely. Countless floating rocks drifted in every direction, never still for more than a moment. "Step on those rocks and keep moving upward. Do not channel your elemental force. If the array detects you, you will not leave alive," Despicable Donkey warned with unusual gravity. Jumping from rock to rock seemed simple enough. Ling Feng looked at the drifting stones and allowed a faint grin to appear. His body's strength made his leaps astonishingly powerful, so he saw no difficulty at first. The challenge revealed itself quickly. Each time his foot touched a stone, the rock would lose buoyancy and plunge into the depths. He had to leap away instantly, always finding a new rock without pause. After more than a hundred such jumps, he reached a stable platform. A long breath escaped him before he continued forward. After moving for about three hundred meters, a large bronze hall came into view. The structure was damaged and weathered. Around it stood rows of statues, each armored and gripping a colossal blade, their presence so imposing it seemed they might move at any moment. Sword scars and palm marks covered their surfaces, evidence of a fierce battle fought long ago. Inside the bronze hall lay the remnants of that struggle. Broken swords and shattered armor littered the floor, and an eerie red light pulsed in and out of existence. White bones lay scattered everywhere. Years had left the bones brittle. Ling Feng stepped on one by accident and heard the sharp crack as it crumbled. The fragments turned to powder and drifted upward, condensing into pale, ghostly figures. They wailed in low voices yet did not strike. Their eyes were empty, their gazes wandering without purpose. Ling Feng froze, his throat tightening. "The Inverse Dissolution Array truly can bind the dead. Keep moving and do not react. If the soul controlling this array detects you and commands them to act, you will face every spirit here at once," Despicable Donkey reminded. Ling Feng gave a short nod and left the bronze hall. Passing through a maze of shifting formations, he emerged before a vast palace. He guessed this was the structure at the mountain's summit. A strange six-pointed star array surrounded the palace. From its center, a pillar of blood-red light rose high into the sky. It was the same light he had seen earlier, the same that had cast its glow over all of Demon Saint City. A voice rang out, cold enough to chill the marrow. "Hahaha. A mere ant has passed through my Inverse Dissolution Array and reached this place. Unfortunately, your journey ends here." The voice sounded like a wail from the abyss, hoarse and dry enough to scrape against the ears. Ling Feng drew a steady breath and tightened his grip on the Eradicator of Realms. The voice made his scalp prickle. This was the remnant soul of an ancient being, likely even more dangerous than the Great Emperor's soul he had encountered in the Imperial Tomb of Emperor Tiance. Yet he had come here prepared. The tone of the voice shifted to surprise, followed by a low whistle. "Perfect. Such a perfect body. Stronger even than our Devil clan. Heaven itself favors me. With this vessel, I have no need to forge another!" Ling Feng's brows drew together. As he suspected, the speaker was a soul of a Devil from Beyond. He had faced their kind before, Ke Weili and her devil pet sealed within the Four Spirits Divine-Sealing Tablet, the Lord of the Void Kaezik in the Wuji Cave Heaven. Any of them would have eclipsed this remnant soul in power. Even in defeat, they had retained their bodies, whereas this one had been reduced to a wisp of consciousness. He held his sword across his chest and answered coldly. "No matter how strong my body is, it belongs to me. That has nothing to do with you. Hand over the Dragon Emperor Seal and let me leave. If my mood is good, I may even let you live!" The voice gave a soft note of surprise. It had not expected him to know that the Dragon Emperor Seal was here. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥 "Dragon Emperor Seal?" A trace of fury entered the ancient soul's gaze. "That thing has suppressed me for tens of thousands of years. Give it to you? Very well." A cold wind swept through. A blood-red figure burst from the pillar of light and extended one hand. A palm-sized jade seal carved with dragons appeared in its grasp. "I will give it to you after I take your body!" With a wicked grin, the figure lunged, clawed fingers reaching for Ling Feng. Ling Feng's face tightened. The aura of the ancient soul was unstable, yet still overwhelming for a cultivator of the Spiritual Element Realm. "With your body, I will return to my peak within three hundred years," the soul laughed. It was interested in Shen Xiao and Han You outside as well, but both had condensed Starwheels. Claiming their bodies would require effort. Ling Feng, however, was a windfall. His physical strength far exceeded theirs, yet his cultivation appeared weak. A shadow flickered, and Despicable Donkey appeared out of thin air. One palm strike shattered the claw attack. "Old monster, did you not know this boy is under this divine beast's protection?" Despicable Donkey unleashed its demonic essence. He sounded bold, but the strike had left half his body numb.