Martial Master

The mysterious rusted sword became dim again after absorbing the black soul shadow, and the sword body was no longer hot, returning to its original ancient luster.

"What happened?"

Qin Chen was completely bewildered, frozen in place.

Although he didn’t understand exactly what had occurred, Qin Chen realized that the black soul shadow had been drawn into the sword body by this mysterious rusted sword and couldn’t escape.

Moreover, Qin Chen didn’t have time to think about these matters now.

After the black soul shadow disappeared, the mysterious ancient book seemed to lose its target and instantly dimmed, eventually vanishing from sight.

A large amount of pure soul power surged into Qin Chen's sea of souls like a tidal wave.

Qin Chen could clearly feel that his sea of souls was undergoing a violent transformation, and this change was not only in quantity but also in quality.

The massive feedback of soul power left Qin Chen with no time to attend to other matters; he could only continuously absorb it.

He didn’t know how long had passed.

Finally, Qin Chen had absorbed all the soul power completely.

This is...

In his sea of souls, the original source of the soul had vanished, replaced by a humanoid soul form, quietly seated there.

"Gathering the soul has taken shape, I actually succeeded?"

Muttering to himself, Qin Chen's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Buzz!

An invisible wave of soul power swept out, and Qin Chen could distinctly sense the presence of Ge Pu and the others outside.

They had been waiting for too long, each one drowsy and listless, nearly falling asleep.

After his soul power swept over them, Qin Chen was surprised to find that they showed no reaction at all, completely unaware.

"What terrifying soul power?"

Qin Chen was overjoyed; soul power was a deeper level of strength, far more mysterious than mental power.

Under the seventh rank, one wouldn’t even have the qualification to cultivate soul power.

Now that he possessed such powerful soul power, Qin Chen could freely scrutinize any warrior below the seventh rank without being detected, which was magnitudes stronger than using mental power.

What thrilled Qin Chen even more was that aside from the soul power, his cultivation had unexpectedly reached the mid-Earth Level during the earlier confrontation, and his mental power had surged to the peak of the third rank due to the strengthening of his soul power.

He was only one step away from the fourth rank.

The gains from this experience were simply immense.

Qin Chen was ecstatic.

Originally, he had only intended to settle accounts with the Ge family, but unexpectedly, he almost faced a takeover, yet the benefits gained were astonishing.

Not to mention, simply gathering the soul into shape was an incredibly remarkable and defiant harvest, incomparable to any treasure.

The ancestor of the Ge family probably had no idea that within the jade building he obtained, there was actually the hidden soul of an ancient powerhouse.

Qin Chen sighed.

The ancestor of the Ge family was wholeheartedly trying to unravel the restrictions on the altar, even filled with regrets as he grew old, wishing for his descendants to fulfill this wish for him.

But he had no idea that it was precisely because he couldn’t break the restrictions that he had lived so long; otherwise, he would have long been taken over, with his soul scattered.

"Well, I guess I’ve saved someone from the Ge family."

Shaking his head, Qin Chen felt fortunate that he had the mysterious ancient book; had it been any other genius, they would have been dead by now.

However, Qin Chen didn’t want the Ge family to know about everything that had happened here.

With his hands quickly forming seals, Qin Chen soon restored the assessment array set by the ancestor of the Ge family and then casually walked out of the Ge family's ancestral hall.

"Young Master Qin, you finally came out."

Seeing Qin Chen, the previously drowsy members of the Ge family instantly perked up.

"Young Master Qin, how was it? What did you gain?"