Inside the Spirit Space of Yun Ming, the Fallen God had his four limbs shackled by Spatial Chains forged from the Atlas Origin, hanging in the air in the shape of a cross.
Ever since he was swallowed into the belly of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the Evil King, a few days ago and brought inside, he had been suppressed by the four Soul Spirits and the Atlas Divine Spear, then bound into this shameful posture.
As a god, the Fallen God naturally could not endure such a humiliating insult. He immediately wanted to erupt with divine power to break free from his restraints and annihilate these few Soul Spirits. However, he never expected that after entering this Spirit Space, he would be unable to draw upon external energy. Coupled with his own divine power being suppressed by the Atlas Origin, he found himself unable to muster even a shred of strength.
Without power, it was naturally impossible to escape, so he ended up in his current state.
Watching the Evil King, who was responsible for guarding him, looking bored to death and even dozing off, the Fallen God was furious and began to struggle incessantly, causing the chains to clatter within the Spirit Space. But that only served to let the tiger hear the noise; he could not break free from the shackles.
While struggling, the Fallen God kept roaring in anger.
"Bastard, release this god! Are you looking to die?!"
"Once I break free, I will surely devour you!"
"..."
"Bang—"
Perhaps annoyed by the noise, the Evil King, who was guarding him, stood up, took a step, and flashed before him. With a backhand motion, he slapped a tiger paw onto the dragon's face. The entire process was smooth and practiced, showing it was something he did often. The Evil King said with a devil-may-care attitude.
"A loser should have the self-awareness of a loser! You bastard."
"Do you love eating your Tiger Brother's paw that much?"
Seeing this damned tiger slap his face again, the Fallen God's Dragon Eyes turned scarlet, and he roared in impotent rage.
"Damned stupid tiger, this god will definitely kill you in the future!!"
The Evil King didn't take the Fallen God's repetitive, weak curses to heart at all and slapped his face again, knocking him swaying from side to side.
"Your insults are so unoriginal; no wonder you're such a weakling."
The Fallen God: "???"
He didn't understand the connection between the two, but he soon reacted. He had been humiliated again! He couldn't take it anymore; his Dragon Body thrashed about, wanting to lunge forward and kill this tiger.
It was just that his current situation clearly didn't allow him to perform such extreme maneuvers. After tossing and turning for a while, seeing that he still couldn't break free, he could only continue to hurl harmless insults at the tiger.
Yun Ming's soul avatar entered the Spirit Space. Seeing this scene, he didn't react, clearly accustomed to such sights. He said to the Evil King, who was teasing the Fallen God.
"Evil King, stop playing around. It's time to prepare for the real business."
The Evil King's eyes lit up. He stopped tormenting the Fallen God and came to Yun Ming's side. As for the hanging Fallen God, he didn't know why, but a sense of unease arose in his heart. Although Yun Ming didn't say what this matter was, his divine premonition of danger told him it must be related to him. The Fallen God roared out.
"Human, what are you trying to do?!"
Yun Ming responded casually.
"You'll know soon enough."
Summoned by Yun Ming, the other three Soul Spirits also appeared in the Spirit Space. Yun Ming didn't waste words; his spiritual body's brow glowed, and four golden lights sank directly into the brows of the four beasts.
Past Life Ao Tian closed his eyes to comprehend for a moment, and soon understood the key to the technique Yun Ming had imparted. He asked.
"Are you sure this will work?"
Yun Ming said.
"I don't know. Let's just try it."
He was dealing with a god for the first time, so how could he be sure it would work?
Past Life Ao Tian felt the same, so he didn't say more and waited quietly for the other three to finish their comprehension. However, their cryptic conversation made the one hanging in the air even more panicked, and he began to struggle again.
"Human, don't even think about dealing with this god! This god will not be subdued by the likes of you. Human..."
The Fallen God chattered incessantly, but Yun Ming simply ignored him, which made him incredibly irritated.
About a cup of tea later, the other three Soul Spirits awakened one after another. Yun Ming asked.
"Is it all clear?"
Tian Ling and Present Life Ao Tian nodded, while the Evil King said somewhat impatiently.
"Clear, it's clear. Let's start."
Seeing him like this, Yun Ming wasn't surprised and signaled the four beasts.
"Then let's begin. Take your positions."
The Soul Spirits, including Yun Ming, took their respective places. Yun Ming, Tian Ling, and the two Ao Tians went to the side of the Spatial Chains locking the Fallen God's four claws, while the Evil King took the center, positioned beneath the Fallen God's abdomen.
Seeing this formation, the Fallen God's sense of unease reached its peak, until Yun Ming gave the order, and his premonition turned into reality.
"Do it!"
Yun Ming placed one hand on the Spatial Chains, and circles of golden light patterns spread along the chains onto the Fallen God's body. At the same time, circles of runes flowed beneath his feet, and array patterns intertwined, appearing above the Fallen God's head as if reflecting the light patterns on his body. Tian Ling and Ao Tian performed the same actions. In an instant, endless hazy golden light shone brilliantly, shrouding the entire Spirit Space.
Seeing the array patterns were complete, Yun Ming shouted a reminder.
"Evil King!"
"Here it comes! Evil Devour!!"
The Evil King let out a violent roar, and black whirlpools instantly appeared on his tail hook. The whirlpools connected to the array patterns, and the grand array was activated.
Hearing the words "Evil Devour," how could the Fallen God not understand what the other party wanted to do? But he couldn't believe it—Yun Ming, this human, actually wanted to devour him, a Fallen God?!! Could this be possible?
He thought of the Atlas Origin that suppressed him. It was naturally impossible to shake divine power with lower-level strength, but the Atlas Origin was on the same level as him. Furthermore, there was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with its supreme evil attribute. With these two prerequisites, it seemed this matter was not entirely impossible.
Just as the Fallen God was trembling with fear and suspicion, Yun Ming's next move began.
He changed his hand seals, and the golden light mist of the array seeped into the Fallen God's body. As the light mist entered, the tissues it touched within the Fallen God immediately crystallized, then slowly collapsed into small, glistening dark red particles, which were extracted by the Evil King's Evil Devour and swallowed into his body.
The dark red particles entered the Evil King's body and exploded once more, turning into energy that the Evil King purified and devoured. The massive, resentful spiritual power made the Evil King feel an unprecedented sense of bliss. Perhaps due to their lineage, his absorption of the Fallen God's spiritual power was even smoother than he had imagined. Once this portion was digested, the Evil King felt his increased origin and spoke to Yun Ming with excitement.
"It's feasible! Continue!"
Actually, there was no need for the Evil King to say anything; Yun Ming had already felt the slight improvement in the first, fifth, seventh, and eighth Soul Rings provided by the Evil King. Seeing that it had truly succeeded, Yun Ming was also joyful in his heart. It was just as he thought: divine beasts could also be converted into spiritual power to enhance Soul Spirits.
That Soul Spirits could undergo Spirit Ascension was something known to the elite Soul Master class in the later Sun Moon Federation Era. The essence of Spirit Ascension was the Soul Spirit's absorption of a special type of spiritual power, which could strengthen the Soul Ring's age and improve Spiritual Power.
Originally, Yun Ming hadn't given this much thought; after all, this special spiritual power was a product of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda's 'Artificial Soul Spirit Enhancement Project' in later generations, and he didn't possess the specialized knowledge reserves of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda. It was only by a stroke of luck that the last time he constructed his Soul Core, he blew up his first three rings, which accidentally allowed him to feel a familiar fluctuation of spiritual power.
Afterward, when Yun Ming re-absorbed his Soul Rings, he recalled this point and blew up his Soul Rings again to test his hypothesis.
The result was that he felt correctly; that special spiritual power was also one of the components of Soul Ring construction. It did indeed exist within the Soul Rings, but because the energy was unprocessed, it was much more impure compared to the spiritual power within the Spirit Ascension Platform of later generations, and ordinary Soul Spirits could not absorb it. But what if it were absorbed by the Evil King, who possessed the devouring attribute?
Thinking of it, he did it. Yun Ming transmitted that impure spiritual power to the Evil King, and the Evil King absorbed it, waking up from his coma. After confirming that the Evil King could indeed purify and use this spiritual power, Yun Ming adjusted his Soul Ring plan according to the gaps in his Soul Rings.
Before awakening his final Soul Spirit, Yun Ming still had five Soul Ring gaps. Excluding the fifth Soul Ring, the Evil King could still grant him three more. Therefore, Yun Ming chose the first ring, which he personally considered the most valuable among the first three, as well as the subsequent seventh and eighth rings. For the remaining two rings, he would first use ten-thousand-year Soul Rings as substitutes and replace them later.
Following that, during his two years of cultivation, Yun Ming hunted some more Soul Beasts to further explore the origin of this special spiritual power and see if he could achieve high-efficiency Spirit Ascension. With the passive contributions of quite a few Soul Beasts, Yun Ming finally discovered through research that this spiritual power was actually high-purity Soul Beast soul origin.
The Evil King's own cultivation was not low, and devouring ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts didn't yield much benefit. Now that he had this understanding, Yun Ming combined his own abilities and his attainments in Soul Guidance Arrays to develop the Evil King Exclusive Spirit Ascension Array he was currently using.
Originally, Yun Ming had thought about killing a few hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts later, such as the Demon Emperor who had a grudge against Ao Tian, to perform high-efficiency Spirit Ascension. He just hadn't expected that before he could start with the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, the Fallen God would arrive first.
This Fallen God had no physical body and was originally a spirit entity. His attributes were evil, and he was even at the god level. Being so compatible with the Evil King, it would be strange if Yun Ming didn't use him to sacrifice to the array.
"Ah--"
The Fallen God felt intense pain in his body and let out a cry of agony.
The excruciating pain shattered the Fallen God's last shred of luck; Yun Ming truly had the ability to devour him. He was afraid and dared not wait any longer, hurriedly softening his tone to speak.
"Human, spare this god's life. This god is willing to submit, serve you as master, and become an existence just like those four beast spirits of yours."
In the face of life and death, his arrogance finally dissipated into thin air.
Yun Ming didn't look at him, his gaze flat and without the slightest fluctuation as he said.
"This is indeed a tempting proposal."
"However. I refuse."
Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, the Fallen God's dragon eyes brightened slightly, but Yun Ming's next sentence made his mood sink to the bottom in an instant, like a roller coaster. He, a Fallen God, a deity, was willing to submit to a human—to a human, this was already an immense favor. But now, this human had actually refused, which made the Fallen God feel unprecedented humiliation. He was filled with shame and indignation, gnashing his teeth as he said.
"Why?"
He couldn't understand Yun Ming's choice. Was he inferior to those four beast spirits of Yun Ming's?
Their positions were now those of victor and vanquished. Yun Ming didn't care at all about the other's anger; while driving the array, he responded calmly.
"Why? There are three reasons."
"First, there is no place for you here. I have many comrades, and they will all be stronger than you in the future. I don't need you."
Hearing Yun Ming's recognition, a flash of joy and pride crossed the eyes of the Evil King and the others; they liked hearing that.
"Second, I have other ways to use you."
The Fallen God was furious, his dragon face turning dark.
"Third."
Speaking to this point, Yun Ming paused, turned his head to look at the Fallen God's scarlet dragon eyes, and said coldly.
"I hate you. If you don't die, I won't feel at ease."
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