NOVPUB"Boom——!" n𝚘𝚟𝚙𝚞𝚋.𝚌o𝚖
At that moment, earth-shattering explosions came from outside the tower, with pale golden ripples spreading across the entire Evil Demon Sea, similarly surging into the Refining God Tower.
However, in just an instant, these pale golden ripples had dissipated, and Xia Feng knew that the Life and Death Sealing had been activated!
He sensed carefully and, sure enough, the Evil Demon Heart’s third Demon Power, the Undying Spirit, was reacting abnormally, as if cursed.
But in the next instant, with a throb of his soul, the divinity within the Half-Dragon’s Dragon Spirit Blood easily dispelled this abnormal curse.
The bloodline of the Pale Dragon God was supreme, completely unaffected by the Life and Death Sealing.
Simultaneously.
The Blood Beasts converged into a complex double helix of chains, intertwining to form a spherical cage the imprisoned the Light Form within.
Lord Peach Blossom hadn’t yet recovered from the initial shock of the golden ripple, but merely lifting his gaze, his peach blossom eyes shining with blood-red cold light, he mocked with a sneer:
"Human, rest assured, in the next life, I shall find your trace and torment you to death!"
Faced with such threats and clamor, Xia Feng couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, the corner of his lips curving into an inscrutable smile, "Oh? That sounds terribly frightening~"
Seeing the human’s carefree demeanor, Lord Peach Blossom’s anger intensified, a cold laugh about to escape his lips.
Suddenly, Xia Feng raised his hand, and all the Blood Beasts within the space of the tower focused at the center of his palm, forming a terrifying vortex as if swallowing everything whole.
His black coat flapping with the wind, Xia Feng’s ink-black hair seemed to burn with an unusual blood-like fire, as a ghost rune shaped like ※ lit up on his forehead, his palm struck right at the center of the Light Form, buzz——!!
Three waves of blood-colored energy rolled out, Lord Peach Blossom’s pupils slowly constricted bit by bit, eventually becoming star-like red dots filled with immense fear.
"You——" His astonished question was not yet voiced when the entire Light Form began to twist, beginning to vaporize wrapped in the dense devouring Blood Beasts, trailing wisps of light.
This was... refining? Lord Peach Blossom was horrified to realize that the damned human was controlling the Refining God Tower to refine his soul, smelting his Original Divine Power!
His Divinity was shattered, Divine Power completely gone, the fragmented Divinity existing as broken mirror shards deep within his soul, unable to grant him the power of a deity any longer.
But within these remnants of Divinity, there still lingered some Original Divine Power, which was the reason why he could still be so powerful after reincarnation.
It was also what allowed him to maintain the cycle of reincarnated emotional trials.
As long as the Original Divine Power remained, he could sustain the Divine Tribulation, continually reincarnating, indirectly achieving immortality.
But now, the Original Divine Power, which he considered his lifeblood, seemed to be forcibly extracted by the Refining God Tower!
This made him incredibly fearful; he had thought that the so-called Refining God Tower could only refine Divine Objects, but he didn’t expect that it could actually smelt deities themselves.
Forcefully looting the origin of a deity!
Amidst the twisting light, Lord Peach Blossom struggled fiercely, bellowing in anger, "Insects!!"
Fortunately, he then realized that the refining progress was exceptionally slow! It was not fatal.
Seeing this, Xia Feng also frowned, realizing that refining deities and Divine Objects were ultimately very different, requiring vastly different resources.
Refining deities or Divine Objects required the expenditure of Tower Crystals, which would empower the Blood Beasts with the potent ability to refine, to undertake the Refining God process.
There was one Tower Crystal in the Refining God Tower itself, and Ri Nuo had obtained two more after sacrificing twenty thousand souls, totaling three.
Xia Feng had spent one Tower Crystal earlier on refining ’the core of the Array in Candle Fire Rock Land’, gaining a strand of Divine Power.
But to refine Lord Peach Blossom, the remaining two Tower Crystals wouldn’t be enough.
This was indeed a troublesome issue.
However, now that Lord Peach Blossom was captured, there was no need to hurry; after all, there was plenty of time to refine this Light Form in the future.
After the initial shock and anger, Lord Peach Blossom quickly regained his composure. Suppressing the hatred and irritation in his eyes, he cast a chilling glance at Xia Feng, "Insignificant ant, see you in the next life!"
Speaking, Lord Peach Blossom had the thought and was about to self-destruct his soul, using the method of reincarnation to temporarily escape from this place!
After all, if he continued to stay here, his Divine Power Origin would eventually be taken away. By then, it would really be game over, with no chance of reincarnation ever again.
So it was better to commit suicide and reincarnate. There would be ample opportunities to avenge this great enmity in later lives.
Lord Peach Blossom had countless opportunities to make mistakes, but this human only had one.
However...
Just as Lord Peach Blossom was about to trigger the self-destruction of his soul, sensing something, he abruptly halted the thought of self-destruction. His frosty gaze fixed on Xia Feng’s pupils, his expression gradually turned to one of astonishment.
"This is..."
Life and Death Sealing?! Lord Peach Blossom was completely dumbfounded.
The cycle of emotional tribulation was like a curse of the heavens and earth, ensuring that he would suffer emotional torment and even humiliation in each life. But just now, he discovered that this Divine Tribulation curse had been... cursed.
Lord Peach Blossom had once seen the long-extinct Deep Sea Dragon King wield his authority, so he naturally recognized this curse—it was indeed the Life and Death Sealing!
It was a curse that restrained all revolting authorities related to resurrection, possession, reincarnation, and anything else dealing with life and death! Lord Peach Blossom felt like he was about to split open!
The cycle of emotional tribulation allowed him to reincarnate again and again, but the precondition was there had to be a target for reincarnation, and it had to be completed within 24 hours.
His targets for reincarnation needed to be either of the Human Race or the Evil Clan, which were plentiful in both the Evil Realm and the Empire, with countless newborns to choose from.
But in the Evil Demon Sea, all life was extinguished; forget about 24 hours, not even in 24 years would a child be born.
And once it surpassed 24 hours without having reincarnated, he would never be able to do so again, and would face a true, ultimate death!
Everything was in vain!
"Yo, Your Excellency Lord Peach Blossom, why not self-destruct?" Xia Feng’s arrogant and mocking voice rang out, sounding particularly grating.
"!" Lord Peach Blossom’s gaze grew icy with a mix of dread, "You knew all along?"
"Did you know why She Pan was willing to trade you for the Ereks Eye just now? That was the key to unlocking the Life and Death Sealing," Xia Feng explained with a smile while continuing the refinement process.
"!!!" Lord Peach Blossom was completely bewildered. So that was why?!
He had originally thought that the human wanted to trade simply to snatch the Evil Heart Demon Blood from his hands.
But it seemed that was not the case.
This human was killing two birds with one stone, never making a losing deal!
But still, what were wrong with She Pan and his divine backers? Why on earth would they bother to unlock the Life and Death Sealing? To specifically target him?! Inside, Lord Peach Blossom harbored countless whys riddled with hatred.
After giving a brief explanation, Xia Feng didn’t bother with him anymore. Instead, amidst the wrathful shouts full of hatred from Lord Peach Blossom, he accelerated the rate of refinement.
Not long after, two threads of brilliant golden energy floated out from the center of the Light Form’s forehead.
Barely visible to the naked eye, yet they emitted a sacred and ancient aura.
This was the Original Divine Power!
1000 threads of the energy flow could condense into a strand of Original Divine Power, and one strand of Original Divine Power could transform into approximately 8000 Life Power points.
That is to say, a thread of Original Divine Power was equivalent to 8 points of Life Power points.
5000 Life Power points would be enough to grant a Life Trace Path.
And according to Xia Feng’s estimates, the Divine essence contained within Lord Peach Blossom’s shattered Divinity was far more than a single strand!
If he were to refine it all, when the time came to reunite with Miss Mu, he could combine it with Miss Mu’s Heavenly Destiny Stone to unleash tremendous power.
