Chapter 18 - Sword Locking Dragon's Soul

　　In the Secret Realm of the Black Domain, Lu Yun hid in the sea of fire, and his entire body instantly disappeared into the blazing flames. The surrounding heat, that was sharp enough to destroy all living things. Lu Yun was in the midst of it, and in the blink of an eye, his entire body was so hot that it was permeated with water, and the moisture instantly turned into nothing. 　　After a brief moment of panic, Lu Yun settled down, and his Intentional God Wave carefully probed the surrounding movements. At this moment, that Dragon Spirit was already laughing wildly in the sky above, but Lu Yun didn't pay any attention to it at all, and his mind was spinning rapidly, considering what to do. Lu Yun remembered that when he was a child, his master had once said that the extremely Yin and extremely cold places and the extremely Yang and extremely hot places were both very dangerous places and very hard to find treasures for cultivators. In such a place to cultivate techniques, its speed is far better than elsewhere. It was just that the crisis was great, and those who did not have enough cultivation and were in a hurry were most likely to go off the deep end and fall into a place of no return. 　　Currently, Lu Yun was in such a place, so he had been considering it. Currently, Lu Yun understood that his cultivation level, had already reached an extremely high stage, and it would be impossible for him to have a great improvement and leap in a short period of time. The only way to have a chance of rapidly raising his cultivation was to find some peculiar places and take advantage of Heaven's dexterity in order to do so. At this moment, Lu Yun decided to give it a try, so he didn't go out immediately. 　　Around Lu Yun's body, a seven-colored light slowly flickered as the "Heaven and Earth Without Limit" magical technique began to operate. Layers and layers of true essence gathered around him, and the execution of the "Ten Thousand Yuan Returning to One" caused all the fiery true essence in the surroundings to rapidly gather towards him. Lu Yun's entire body opened up, his body absorbed the surrounding fiery true essence as fast as it could, fully enriching his strength. 　　Due to the extremely bright flames, it was hard to open his eyes, so the Dragon Soul didn't notice the changes around Lu Yun at all. At this moment, in its mind, Lu Yun must have already been engulfed by the flames, and had long since been turned into ashes, disappearing from this world forever. The Dragon Soul quietly floated in mid-air, laughing wildly in triumph, its heart overjoyed. Today, he had finally killed a human, avenging the wrongs he had suffered for so many years. 　　Lu Yun was sucking in the fiery true essence while fully activating the Confucian "Vast Heavenly Brightness" technique, slowly refining the fiery true essence that had been guided into his body, following the cultivation route of the technique, and quickly merging it with his own true essence. Lu Yun was using his mind in two ways, in order to cultivate his "Haoran Big Dipper" technique to the grand completion level in a short period of time, and to reach the highest level of "Haoran Big Dipper". 　　Time passed quickly, and the Dragon Soul was now fully convinced that Lu Yun was dead, so it planned to leave. The dragon soul's body slowly rose, ready to go back to the place where it stayed earlier, slowly falling into a deep sleep. But at this moment, the Dragon Soul suddenly felt a powerful aura coming from below, which shocked it greatly. The Dragon Soul's giant eyes flashed with disbelief as it turned back to firmly watch the movements below. 　　Lu Yun executed the magical technique of "Returning Ten Thousand Yuan to One", gathering a large amount of fiery true essence in an instant, causing his "Vast Heavenly Deity" to skyrocket in the blink of an eye, breaking through the final barrier in one fell swoop and entering the highest realm. This caused his overall cultivation to take another big step forward, and several other cultivation techniques had risen. Lu Yun could no longer feel the slightest bit of heat at this point, and his entire body seemed to be a spirit in the flames, appearing dashing and casual. 　　Lu Yun's body slowly rose from the flames, at this time he had empty hands, the original long sword had been melted by the flames and disappeared into nothingness. At the bottom of Lu Yun's feet, a ball of flame was like a red lotus platform, slowly holding him upwards, very beautiful. Lu Yun didn't look at the dragon soul above his head at this moment, his eyes firmly gazing at the ancient sword on the stone wall. Lu Yun made a move with his right hand, and a powerful force instantly swept over that sword, and there was a sword whistle that resounded through the sky, deeply attracting Lu Yun's heart. 　　Lu Yun grabbed that sword with his right hand, and an incomparable sensation of burning heat immediately came from his hand. Lu Yun smiled bashfully, only then did he remember that this sword, which had been baked by the high temperature here for thousands of years, was naturally incomparably hot, and he had really been careless. Carefully measured the sword in his hand, three feet, three inches and three quarters long, through the body of the light, a red light flow unceasingly, very beautiful. The hilt and the sword body are one, I don't know what material is refined, and I can't tell what the original color is. At the hand guard, a strange pattern captivated Lu Yun's eyes. The pattern was like a totem, very strange and rare, and it was impossible to recognize what it was engraved with. On the other side of the sword's hilt, two small margins were engraved - Ruyi. It seemed that this sword would be called the Ruyi Sword. 　　Lu Yun softly recited twice, feeling that these two words were a bit awkward to pronounce, and muttered to himself: ''Ruyi Sword, Ruyi Sword, how do I feel that it's a bit unpleasant? It's better to rename it as Ruyi Heart and Soul Sword, is that better." As soon as the words fell, he saw the sword in his hand bursting with light, instantly emitting a brilliant glow, and in just a moment, it disappeared. 　　Lu Yun was delighted in his heart and laughed, "I can't imagine that you turned out to have your own consciousness ah, it really should be considered a divine sword. Good, from now on, you'll follow me, and we'll be proud of the world together." After Lu Yun finished speaking, he inputted a fiery true essence into the sword, and there was an earth-shattering sword whine, followed by an explosion of red light, and the light around him got stronger all of a sudden. 　　The moment the Dragon Soul heard that sword whistle, its body shook slightly, revealing a hint of trembling feeling in its heart. For three thousand years, it had always been deeply wary of this sword, not daring to get too close to it, but to think that today Lu Yun not only didn't die, but also obtained this sword, was truly evil. Lu Yun's body instantly appeared in front of the Dragon Soul and laughed coldly, ''Dragon Soul, I'm not dead yet, and you're busy leaving by the looks of it, how is that good? Things between us aren't over yet, I told you that I won't let you off easily once you play tricks. Prepare yourself now, this time, I won't spare you." 　　Lu Yun waved the divine sword in his hand, and instantly, flames spread across the sky as a hundred feet of blazing fire erupted violently and swept straight into the phantom body of the Dragon Soul. Lu Yun smiled coldly as his Intentional Divine Wave was sent out at the same time, instantly striking the Dragon Soul's body. The Dragon Soul's body flashed with red light, instantly turning into a three-foot sized ball of red light, with one hundred and eight channels of dragon qi laid out around it, firmly protecting itself inside. The entire ball of light rotated at a high speed, emitting a red aura on its surface, instantly reflecting Lu Yun's Intentional God Wave back quite a bit. 　　Lu Yun's eyes turned cold as he instantly appeared beside the Dragon Soul. Looking at the three-foot-large ball of light, Lu Yun smiled proudly and said, "Taking your own life, I'll take your soul and see if you die." Lu Yun's right hand flashed with a black light, and the Ghost Sect's "Soul Transformation Technique" was once again performed, firmly covering the ball of light in the black light. At that moment, a red and a black two different colors, different nature of the true essence, the full force of the confrontation. 　　The Dragon Soul hid within the ball of light and said loudly, "Human, you can't kill me, I have already been an indestructible body, so don't dream about it, when your true essence is consumed, it's your time to die. Although the power of your mysterious attack is very powerful and mysterious, but with that power alone, you won't be able to destroy my indestructible Yuan Shen, you'll only be doing it for nothing." 　　Lu Yun laughed coldly, "Then just watch and see if my Soul Transformation Technique can refine your soul." After Lu Yun finished speaking, his power increased another three times, and the black glow instantly completely engulfed the crimson ball of light, with not a single bit of red color visible. Lu Yun's body was now speeding away from there, heading towards the shadows, so that his Ghost Sect Technique could be utilized with greater power. 　　The Ghost Sect's "Soul Transformation Technique" claimed to be able to refine all souls and demonic spirits, as long as there was a spirit with a soul, there was nothing that this technique couldn't refine. Therefore, in the cultivation world, the ghost clan's "soul transformation method" is very powerful and sinister techniques. This technique could refine the soul of a living person, instantly transforming it into an immortal person with no soul, which was extremely cruel. 　　Lu Yun had been practicing this technique for more than a decade, and had already cultivated it to an extremely high level, just one step away from the highest level. At this moment, Lu Yun stood still in the void, the black light flickered endlessly between his hands, and from time to time, the sound of the Dragon Soul's harsh screams came from inside, as well as the sound of begging for mercy from time to time, but unfortunately, Lu Yun was indifferent. Gradually, the black glow gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a ball of red light that was three inches in size. 　　Lu Yun withdrew his hand, quietly looking at the red flowing ball of light, and softly said, "Originally, I wanted to refine your Yuan Shen and let your soul fly away. But when I think about it, you have been trapped here for three thousand years, and your cultivation is not easy, so it is a pity to kill you. So I'll give you a chance, back then those three masters, they wanted to seal you in this sword as a sword spirit. Now I'll finish what they didn't finish, seal you in this divine sword, I believe it won't dishonor you. Do you have any objections, are you willing to listen to my choice or accept the result of being refined by me." 　　The Dragon Soul's voice appeared very low, and said somewhat helplessly, "I hate it so much, I can't imagine that I would have encountered you, a person who carries several kinds of supreme techniques, it's really lamentable, perhaps this is fate. Since it is something that is destined to be unchangeable, I will listen to your arrangement." The low voice was filled with resignation and loss. 　　Lu Yun smiled indifferently and slapped his right hand to the Excalibur in his left hand. A red light flashed, and a gap instantly appeared in the unceasingly flowing light on the divine Sword, a ball of red light dissolved into it in the blink of an eye, and the light instantly returned to its original state. Lu Yun's right middle finger swiped the blade of the sword, and a blood light appeared, and the Excalibur in his hand instantly erupted with a brilliant light, and a heaven-shaking dragon's roar shook the four fields. The Excalibur automatically rose up into the air, and in mid-air, a crimson dragon shadow suddenly shot out from the Excalibur, spinning and flying in the air with its head raised in a long chant. The dragon's soul fluttered for a while before it automatically returned to the Excalibur itself. Only for the divine sword to lose its light all of a sudden, slowly falling into Lu Yun's hands. 　　Lu Yun smiled bashfully and said softly, "Dragon Soul, you can stay inside without worrying, I'm using blood as a spell, you won't be able to break it. I didn't want to destroy your consciousness, so I kept your intention, so I hope you'll behave yourself. Now I want to ask you, what do I have to do to get out of here, which I'm sure you know quite a bit about, yes?" Lu Yun's tone carried a hint of calmness, appearing very confident. 　　The Dragon Soul's unwilling voice came out, "Even if you seal me in here, you won't be able to get out just the same. Over the past three thousand years, I have thought of countless ways, but I still haven't succeeded, and everything is in vain for you. I can not die here, but your origin body is here, and if you don't eat, you won't live long. You're still here waiting to die." There were a few hints of hatred in his tone. 　　Lu Yun laughed blandly, "O Dragon Soul, I know that you are not convinced in your heart and are not willing to be trapped in this sword. But let me tell you, with your current cultivation level, even if you go out, it won't be long before you die at the hands of another cultivator just the same. At that time, you are just as certain to die, it is better to stay in this divine sword. Just now, I refined nine layers of your spiritual energy, causing you to be greatly injured. At this time, you have already recovered four layers by utilizing the power of this sword, this is why, do you understand?" 　　The Dragon Soul said with dissatisfaction, "I naturally know that this sword has absorbed the earth's heart of blazing fire true essence for thousands of years, while possessing the aura of the most masculine and rigid. When I absorb the aura from the sword, I will naturally slowly recover my lost power." 　　Lu Yun laughed, "Indeed, but did you know that this sword actually has its own consciousness. When you entered this sword, a portion of your Dragon Qi has been absorbed by this sword and subsequently transformed into a part of this sword. At this point, this sword can already sway your thoughts, and you are unable to break free from its bonds. While you were sucking its fiery true essence aura, your own dragon qi was also slowly draining away and being drawn away by it. Now if you tell me where to get out of this space, I will return the nine layers of power you just lost, what do you think, that would save you a lot of time. Also even if you don't tell me, couldn't I perform the Soul Transformation Technique again and refine everything about you." Lu Yun looked at the sword in his hand, but in his heart he was snickering. Anyway, returning that power to you would only increase the power of my divine sword, I won't lose anything at all. 　　The Dragon Soul smiled and said with some heartfelt emotion, "You're serious about this, if you really return all of my power to me, I'll tell you the exit of this place and cooperate with you to the fullest. When the day comes when I really feel completely convinced, I will sincerely submit to you." 　　Lu Yun smiled, and with a flash of red light from his right hand, the Ruyi Heart Soul Sword burst with red light, and an incomparably powerful force was instantly injected into it. Lu Yun laughed, "I am usually very serious when I speak, and will never lie to anyone so easily. Now that your power has been restored as well, it's time to tell me where the exit is." 　　The Dragon Soul spoke, "You're still a man of your word, so ride your sword and I'll take you there. That place is very peculiar, it's not easy to say, there's no east, west, south, north or south here, it's hard to tell the direction, even if I wanted to say it, I wouldn't know how to say it, and you wouldn't necessarily understand it." Lu Yun laughed, "Alright, just take me there." After saying that, the Ruyi Heart Soul Sword automatically flew out in the air, and Lu Yun stood quietly on the sword as he rode it. 　　After flying for a long time, Lu Yun arrived at a strange place with his sword. Feeling how large this space was, Lu Yun couldn't help but sigh, ''This space is so large, I'm afraid that those three people had gone through a lot of trouble to create such a space back then. It's a pity that none of them succeeded, but instead, it's me, the one who came in unintentionally, who took advantage of it, it's truly marvelous! Dragon Soul, there seems to be something invisible hidden here, like a forbidden system that isolates us." 　　This entire space, except for the bright light at the Earth's Core Flame, all the rest of the place was dark. And there was also a very peculiar luminescence here, including the colors of green, red, and gold, very mysterious. It was like a mirror, one zhang in size, standing quietly in the void, emitting a faint shimmering light. That three-colored light had been flowing quietly, very beautiful. 　　Dragon Soul said softly, ''There is indeed an invisible boundary here, isolating us from that three-colored light. I've tried many times over the years, but none of them have ever succeeded, so I've lost faith in this place. Back then, the two of those three who escaped alive, escaped from here." 　　Lu Yun smiled proudly and said, "Just because you can't, doesn't mean I can't either, I'm going to try now." In fact, as he spoke, Lu Yun had already used his Intentional God Wave to carefully probe this prohibition, and the result he got was that it wasn't really that difficult to pass through this boundary. Lu Yun only needed to adjust the frequency of the fluctuations of the Body Protecting True Element on the outside of his body to four thousand nine hundred and forty-eight times per instantaneous breath, and he would be able to easily pass through. This was really a piece of cake and a breeze for Lu Yun. 　　Lu Yun easily passed through the invisible layer of the boundary and smiled, "Dragon Soul, I've already passed through, haven't I? Now you know that there is a gap between you and I. What you can't do, I can do, no? Take these three colors of light in front of you, do you understand what this represents?" 　　The Dragon Soul said in a deep voice, "Don't be complacent, this can only mean that you're lucky, or because you're human. As for here, these three kinds of light and splendor imply the Taoist, Buddhist, & Evil Sect's techniques in it. I'm afraid you won't be able to pass through?" 　　Lu Yun laughed, "You're almost right, this place does imply three kinds of dharmas within it. However, there is one thing that you are not quite accurate about, apart from the two Buddhist and Taoist Dharmas in here, that one remaining Dharmas is not the Dharmas of any Evil Sect, but rather, it's the Dharmas of the Immortal Sect, which is a very mysterious sect in this world. These three kinds of magic skills united together, composed of three-colored light, in fact, extremely easy to crack. As long as the person who broke through the barrier was in possession of any one of these three techniques, he could pass through the boundary. It's just that these three kinds of spells are not ordinary spells, and to be able to trap you here for so many years, wouldn't it be a simple spell that can do it?" 　　Dragon Soul deliberately poured cold water and said, "Even if you know all this, it doesn't mean that you can go out, if you have the ability to go through here and reach the outside, I will say that you have the ability. Otherwise everything is just a waste of words." 　　Lu Yun laughed confidently, "Really, then we'll watch carefully to see how I get out." After Lu Yun finished speaking, his body's golden light flourished as he performed the Buddhist "Heart Zen Indestructible Technique", his entire body transformed into a golden light, bringing the divine sword to shoot straight at the flowing and flickering three-colored light, instantly dissolving into it and disappearing in the blink of an eye. 　　A rapid rotation made Lu Yun feel like he had entered a chaotic space and time where the sky was spinning and the whole person was caught up in a strange world. It was a very unpleasant feeling, but it disappeared in just a twinkling of an eye. Lu Yun fixed his eyes, at this moment, he was appearing in a dark cave, once again returning to the normal Cultivation Realm, back to the Extreme Yin Cave. 　　Lu Yun smiled faintly and said softly, "Dragon Soul, I've come out, so you can't do anything even if you don't obey me. For now, just stay inside quietly, and when I have time, I'll greet you. Anyway, no one else can hear what you say, and no one but me will pay attention to you. Now that I'm going to do my business, I don't have the time to pay attention to you, so just have a good rest." After Lu Yun finished speaking, the divine Sword's light flashed, and his entire body rode the sword and shot towards the outside. 　　After passing through several caves, Lu Yun arrived in a gloomy cave that hid countless demonic creatures with a very heavy demonic aura. Lu Yun's red light flickered around him, isolating all the demonic aura to a zhang away so that it didn't dare to approach. At this moment, he was using his Intentional Divine Wave to explore all the information in this surrounding area. Soon, a spatial map of the caves appeared clearly in his mind, including ninety-six caves with sixteen intersections. 　　Lu Yun muttered to himself, ''I don't know how many days I've been here now, but I can't detect any of the three of them's scent at all, maybe it's because they're too far away. This cave is like a labyrinth, as if it's infinite, it's really mysterious. The demonic aura here is extremely heavy, but one of them doesn't contain a bit of demonic aura, instead it carries a bit of spiritual aura, what's going on? It's better to go and take a look, maybe we can discover some more secrets." After Lu Yun finished speaking, his eyes flashed and his body instantly transformed into a green light. At the same time, the Ruyi Heart Soul Sword's red light exploded with an intense glow, instantly forcing the countless demonic creatures in the cave to dodge, terrified. 　　In the dark cave, a crimson light, like a flaming dragon, roared and thundered. Clipped with an incomparably powerful berserker aura, it crossed countless caves in the blink of an eye and instantly disappeared. Wherever the red light passed, the demonic aura was extinguished, and everything seemed bizarre. 　　Lu Yun stopped at the entrance of a small cave, here, the demonic aura all around was extremely low, there was barely a trace of demonic aura. Compared to the other places that were filled with demonic qi, this place seemed extraordinarily strange. Lu Yun slowly walked in, carefully observing the place as he did so. This was a small cave, just a few feet, with nothing inside, but strangely, this cave was permeated with bright light, which was a very strange thing. 　　Lu Yun checked for a long time, but he didn't understand why there was a bright light here, it was really evil. Suddenly Lu Yun's body turned around and asked under his breath, "What person, come out." At the same time, he only saw his body light up and a golden light instantly illuminated the entire cave. The divine Sword Ruyi was hovering above his head, slowly rotating, a layer of crimson light, firmly protecting him inside. 　　Upon closer inspection, there was no one. However, a voice came from the void, only to hear a voice say, "Cultivation Realm youngster, I can't imagine that you can come here, it's really very rare... Do you understand what this place is?" 　　Lu Yun's Idea God Wave was instantly sent out, the frequency changed from high to low, constantly changing levels to explore all the information around him. Lu Yun said, "What kind of person are you, why don't you show yourself to meet me? And what is this place surprisingly, why can't I come?" 　　In the void, the voice laughed, "Young man, I don't have any malicious intent, I'm just too lonely and want to find someone to talk to, would you like to accompany me for a chat? This is the most mysterious place in the Absolute Yin Valley. This Absolute Yin Valley is divided into two layers, inside and outside, the general public does not know the route, is unable to enter this inner layer to come. Because between the inner and outer layers, there is a very strong prohibition isolation, do not know the person is unable to find that prohibition, simply can not come in. So I'm a little surprised that you were able to come in. If you are willing to talk to me, I will show up to meet you, if you are not willing, then leave. After so many years, I'm really a bit lonely." 　　At this point in time, Lu Yun's Intentional God Wave had already found out the location of that person, but the result of this exploration surprised Lu Yun. It was because the result he got from his exploration was that this person was not in this space, but in another space, and his voice was merely transmitted in a special method. The high cultivation level of this person was truly very rare, something Lu Yun had never encountered before. 　　Lu Yun gently said, "Since you are lonely, please come out, I am also having a lot of unanswered questions that I would like to ask you. As long as you don't have any malicious intentions, I'm a person who doesn't often take the initiative to attack others." 　　The voice laughed, "Good, it's rare that a human would come here after so many years, it's also considered a piece of fate, so I'll see you for a while. I hope that between us, nothing unpleasant will happen. You pay attention, I hope my appearance won't scare you." 　　As soon as these words came out, Lu Yun was just about to open his mouth when he suddenly felt the Qi fluctuating around him. A glittering rift appeared out of nowhere in the cave, and a silvery glittering silhouette instantly came from that rift, silently appearing a few feet away from Lu Yun, looking at him with a smile. 　　Lu Yun was shocked in his heart, such an instantaneous transfer, appearing here out of thin air from another space, without a profound cultivation, it was absolutely impossible. Who exactly was this person, and why did he have such a high level of cultivation, it was truly mysterious.