Martial Master

Qin Chen's gaze flickered. That earlier power indeed carried an energy that made even him feel a faint sense of dread.

To stir his soul like that, the source had to be at least a path master-level powerhouse.

But even if it was a path master-level powerhouse, since they had already fallen, their power should no longer cause such a feeling of dread.

After all, the power of a fallen path master was merely a dead relic. When he previously refined the core of Lord of the Path of Destruction’s great path of destruction, he hadn’t felt a trace of crisis or unease.

So why now...?

Qin Chen’s thoughts shifted, and he turned to Domain Lord Yufa. “Do you know who fell here back then?”

Domain Lord Yufa shook his head. “Master, the battle of Soul Burial Abyss is ancient history. I did not participate at that time, so I don’t know the specifics. I only know that person was terrifying in the distant past, with a reputation even above Lord of the Path of Destruction. However, they angered many and were betrayed by those around them. They were later besieged by many path masters and ultimately perished here.”

“Even so, many path masters were severely wounded by them back then. It took countless years to recover. Lord of the Path of Destruction was one of the assailants.”

“As for the name, I have heard it vaguely. But I don’t know if it’s true.”

Domain Lord Yufa recalled the story.

“Oh? What’s the name?” Qin Chen asked.

“It seems to be Soul Dao Master!” Domain Lord Yufa pondered. “Because it’s related to this Soul Burial Abyss, I remembered it. But I don’t know if it’s accurate.”

Domain Lord Yufa shook his head with a bitter smile.

Though he was one of Lord of the Path of Destruction’s top-tier powerhouses, he didn’t have a deep understanding of these ancient secrets.

After all, as path masters fought, domain lords like them wouldn’t know too much.

“Soul Dao Master?” Qin Chen mulled it over, his eyes flashing. “Let me sense it.”

Buzz!

In an instant, Qin Chen’s divine soul power swiftly circulated within his abyssal true body, seeking the abyssal power that had infiltrated earlier.

At this moment,

within Qin Chen’s abyssal true body,

an invisible soul consciousness was lurking. Hearing Domain Lord Yufa’s words, it sneered coldly:

“Hmph, I never thought my name, the path master’s name, had long ceased to be spoken in this abyss. Damn it! If those despicable traitors hadn’t betrayed me back then, scheming and vicious, besieging me, how could I have fallen?”

“But after waiting all these years, the chance to see daylight again has finally come. That brat actually wants to sense my power? Ridiculous! With my soul dao cultivation, even a path master-level powerhouse can’t easily sense me. This kid thinks he can?”

The soul consciousness sneered again and silently infiltrated Qin Chen’s abyssal true body, then vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a pure fragment of soul power.

“Hah!”

Qin Chen’s invisible divine consciousness swept over his true body. After careful sensing, it stopped on that startling soul power.

“What a terrifying aura of wronged souls. Is this... high-dimensional path master-level?”

Qin Chen’s pupils contracted, secretly shocked.

He hadn’t expected to have accidentally absorbed the vengeful spirit power of a path master-level powerhouse.

Then, Qin Chen’s divine consciousness swept back and forth several times within his abyssal true body, but ultimately found nothing unusual.

“Nothing else?”

“It seems the earlier feeling was just an illusion.”

Qin Chen shook his head, smiling. “Right now, I am lacking abyssal aura. Unexpectedly, I absorbed such a powerful vengeful spirit aura. Just what I needed—my luck is too good.”

His face was full of joy.

“With such high-dimensional vengeful spirit energy, if I can completely absorb and devour it, my cultivation will soar significantly.”

Qin Chen muttered excitedly, then withdrew his divine consciousness and resumed cultivation.