NOVPUBThe Reality Seducing Fruit transformed into strands of silver-white light, pouring into the bodies of the two Integration Cultivators.
Originally, Li Fan had thought it would be as smooth as the previous uses of the Reality Seducing Fruit, but to his surprise, just as the silver-white light was about to invade their sea of consciousness, it suddenly halted and did not advance any further.
It was as if it encountered some barrier, and the power of the Reality Seducing Fruit was completely blocked outside their Divine Souls.
When the Reality Seducing Fruit disappeared into thin air, it didn’t alter the cognition of Xuan Suchang and Lu Qixian.
Only that the silver light continued to tightly envelop their Divine Souls.
"This is..."
Li Fan’s expression changed, and upon closer observation, he realized that it wasn’t that the power of the Real Celestial Sovereign had become ineffective.
Instead, their Divine Souls were protected by a special layer that resisted the influence that twisted cognition. n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
"As expected, the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance have a special defensive mechanism for their Divine Souls."
"It only makes sense, otherwise, the Five Elders Organization could have conquered the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals with a large output of Reality Seducing Fruit alone."
After the initial attempt at inducement failed, Li Fan did not give up.
He also had no plan to ask Mo Rubing about this Divine Soul defensive mechanism.
"Xuan Suchang is involved in the secret of the Tianxuan Mirror Incarnation; it seems I have no choice but to experiment with you," Li Fan’s gaze turned to Lu Qixian who had fallen into a deep sleep.
To be on the safe side, besides Mo Rubing’s Shadow Sealing Technique, Li Fan laid out several Array Techniques around them.
This was to ensure that even if the experiment encountered any mishaps, they would not be able to contact the outside world or break free for a short time.
Then he split off a wisp of his divine consciousness and slowly extended it closer to the Divine Soul of Lu Qixian.
It had to be said that the strength of Lu Qixian’s Divine Soul was somewhat inadequate for her status as the chief of the Immortal Alliance Formation Hall.
Within the Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters, Li Fan had once treated Hanhai, coming into close contact with his Divine Soul.
As Unity Path Experts, Lu Qixian was much weaker compared to the former Sect Leader of the Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters.
Li Fan felt no threat whatsoever and observed meticulously and unhurriedly.
Around the Divine Soul, there seemed to be dark gold patterns engraved like lines.
Appearing and disappearing intermittently, they were like chains that bound the Divine Soul and at the same time, formed a protective layer similar to battle armor.
But during his observation, Li Fan keenly discovered that besides protection, the dark gold patterns probably had a self-destruct feature as well.
"If the protection of the dark gold patterns is forcibly breached, these chains that have almost fused with the Divine Soul will instantly shatter..."
"There’s only one outcome, the soul scattered and the spirit extinguished!"
Once he understood the function of the dark gold patterns, Li Fan immediately felt this was somewhat troublesome.
However, after pondering for a bit, Li Fan found a similar case within the Sky Mending Record.
It spoke of two Cultivators who brought their son to the Celestial Doctor for a consultation.
These two Cultivators had been Dao companions since the Energy Refining Stage. Supporting each other, they made progress together and finally reached the God Transformation Realm.
They were also blessed with a child; it seemed like a double blessing.
But what caught these two Cultivators off guard was that their son still couldn’t speak even beyond the age of ten.
He looked confused and simple-minded, and his reactions to the outside world were very weak. Only when his parents called him would he respond.
After an examination, the Celestial Doctor informed them of the diagnosis.
Their son’s Divine Soul was not damaged or incomplete, and was even much stronger than that of an ordinary Cultivator.
However, the immense Divine Soul did not match his frail body, leading to the Divine Soul Power leaking and forming a cage-like twisted cocoon.
After a long period of mutation, it had tightly wrapped around his original Divine Soul, making it difficult to communicate with the outside world.
The solution was actually quite simple.
All they needed to do was trim away the "Flourishing Branches" of this nascent Divine Soul.
But truly resolving this matter was nowhere near as easy as it had been said.
These Flourishing Branches were actually a part of the Divine Soul itself.
Wanting to cleanse them while not harming the source of the Divine Soul, and not provoking a severe backlash from the soul as a whole...
The Celestial Doctor provided the best solution.
That was for a blood relative’s Divine Soul to touch and cleanse the Flourishing Branches of the Divine Soul.
Using one’s own Divine Soul as scissors, to completely clear them away.
Throughout the process, the Divine Souls of the one being saved and the caster would blend together.
But precisely because they were blood relatives, there would be no resistance from start to finish.
It was merely equivalent to having lived together for a long span of years.
The only cost was that the soul of the caster would suffer extremely severe damage.
Falling several realms was an inevitability.
Having explained the method to the couple, the reaction on their faces clearly differed.
However, what was interesting was that the Celestial Doctor did not detail in the Sky Mending Record who was willing and who was reluctant.
After an intensely heated argument, the conclusion was that the couple ultimately chose not to heal their child.
And to spare him from further suffering, they personally killed their child.
Afterward, this pair of divine spouses gradually grew apart in spirit, though outwardly unified.
Later, during a pursuit by their enemies, they fled separately and both perished violently in the end.
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"This type of soul sealing technique seems extremely similar to the Divine Soul Flourishing Branches in this case study."
"Coexisting with the Divine Soul, almost becoming one. Extremely sensitive to external forces, if the body is damaged, it will drag the source Divine Soul to its grave."
"But precisely because it is interwoven with the Divine Soul, it is, in fact, not so defensive against the power of the Divine Soul itself."
"Therefore, the method to remove the soul restriction is also identical."
Li Fan already had an idea in mind.
A moment later, a continuous stream of Divine Soul Power quietly flowed into Lu Qixian’s Divine Soul.
Facing the defense of the dark gold patterns, like the dike of a mighty dam, they were met head-on by the surging tide.
Because this prohibition was meant to cope with the ebb and flow of Divine Soul Power, such a soul impact was commonplace and did not trigger a retaliatory response from the restriction.
Just that in the process of continuous scouring, the Divine Soul Power output by Li Fan was quickly drained.
But before long, Li Fan, who was practicing the [Technique of Endless Duality], sent the strength of the Divine Soul over again.
The shoreside rocks, over years of being washed by the sea, would eventually erode away.
The principle was the same for this dark gold patterned restriction.
Li Fan closed his eyes and supplied the power of his Divine Soul. It wasn’t long before a section of the dark gold pattern began to fade and disappear.
The power of the Reality Seducing Fruit that had been hovering outside Lu Qixian’s Divine Soul, mixed with the power of Li Fan’s Divine Soul, took advantage of this gap and flooded in.
Colliding with Lu Qixian’s Divine Soul!
If it had only been Li Fan’s Divine Soul alone, the invasion of a stranger would have surely triggered a vigilant counterattack from Lu Qixian.
Even if she was in a slumber, it would be no different.
But now, the Reality Seducing Fruit contained lies that Li Fan had meticulously crafted.
Lu Qixian’s master did not perish back then but instead faked death and escaped—shedding his skin like a cicada, incarnating as Li Fan!
