Chapter 1228: Ten Thousand Soul Banner

Once he fled, catching him again would not be so easy.

Where would Ye Yuan give him the chance? He launched the Dragon God's Voice with ferocity!

Wei Cheng's form had already been mostly merged into the tomb mound, but now it was as if struck by a paralysis spell, abruptly frozen in place.

Even Zhuge Qingxuan could not withstand Ye Yuan's Dragon God's Voice; how could a mere Wei Cheng be a match for Ye Yuan?

After enduring less than a breath's time, Wei Cheng was forcibly shaken out by Ye Yuan!

S-So strong! What martial skill is this? That roar just now made me feel like my soul was about to leave my body.

I have never seen a sound-wave martial skill with such terrifying power! That was a dragon's roar, wasn't it? Could it be a dragon clan martial skill?

Th-this... who exactly is this lord? I feel like my brain can't keep up.

...

These Divine King powerhouses were usually local tyrants.

Any one of them, if they went out, could establish a sect and achieve a first-grade sacred land.

But now, looking at Ye Yuan, they suddenly felt like common chickens, utterly inadequate.

Truly, there is always someone better, and beyond the sky, there is another sky.

Ye Yuan approached Wei Cheng and found his eyes rolled back, already knocked senseless by the Dragon God's Voice.

The Dragon God's Voice being one of the supreme martial skills of the dragon clan was no empty boast.

Its damage was not only directed at the physical body; even the soul could be shaken into oblivion.

Wei Cheng was now like a dead dog, completely without the strength to fight back.

“Keep playing dead, and I'll make your soul scatter!” Ye Yuan's cold voice rang out.

A hideous ghostly shadow slowly drifted up from Wei Cheng's body, trying to sneak into the Soul Summoning Banner.

As for that Wei Cheng, he was already dead beyond death.

“Go ahead and try. Do you really think I have no way to deal with the Soul Summoning Banner?” Ye Yuan said again.

The ghostly shadow trembled, looking at Ye Yuan in disbelief, and said, “You... you can see me?”

“Ridiculous! If I couldn't see you, would I be talking to the air? And the rest of you, if you don't come out, face the consequences!” Ye Yuan's words were dripping with murderous intent.

Only then did the ghostly shadow become convinced that Ye Yuan could truly see him!

But how had he managed it?

They were all formless beings; unless a Divine Dao powerhouse was present, no one could see them.

Who would have thought that this young man could see them!

The ghostly shadow suddenly felt that he had been struck by lightning when leaving the house.

The Soul Refining Sect had slept for a million years, and they were ready to make a big move, but not long after emerging, they encountered such a freak.

No matter what they tried, Ye Yuan had them completely restrained, leaving them without the slightest power to resist.

From the other Soul Summoning Banners, several more ghostly shadows drifted out.

Ye Yuan swept his gaze over them, then finally landed on the ghostly shadow of “Wei Cheng,” and said, “Now, I ask, you answer. If I find you lying, I will make you regret being a ghost! Remember, you have no second chance.”

Ye Yuan's fierce killing intent made them tremble again. “Wei Cheng” quickly said, “L-lord, ask whatever you wish. Ghost Talisman dares not conceal anything.”

Seeing that he had thoroughly intimidated these ghost fiends, Ye Yuan felt somewhat relieved inside.

Ye Yuan had studied the soul deeply and had seen references in some ancient texts.

Some heretical cultivators would use special methods to refine souls into ghostly fiends.

Driven by a martial artist, ghostly fiends could kill enemies and possessed boundless power.

The most powerful could even reach the Divine Realm!

This Soul Refining Sect, named after 'refining souls,' was likely a notorious heretical sect even in the Primordial Era.

He knew that these ghosts were refined using extremely powerful methods, and the only way to erase them was with the Dragon God's Sound.

But he had already used the Dragon God's Sound for one breath's time and could not use it again in a short while.

Ye Yuan glanced casually at the Ghost Talisman and asked, "What place is this?"

Ghost Talisman said cautiously, "Reporting to you, sir, this is the Soul Refining Sect's Divine Extension Space! Back then, the Soul Refining Sect was pursued by Jue Tian Dao Ren until they had no way to heaven and no door to earth, so they had no choice but to flee into the Godfall Mountain Range. But by the time they escaped here, they were already at the end of their strength. The then Sect Master Li Kui used great divine powers to open up this Divine Extension Space. He destroyed his own physical body and set up the Eternal Soul Refining Grand Array, hoping to use the yin-sha energy of the Godfall Mountain Range to refine himself into an Undying Ghost Fiend and then dominate the Divine Domain. By then, even Jue Tian would be powerless against him!"

Ye Yuan's heart pounded with shock upon hearing this; the methods of the strong in the Primordial Era were simply unimaginable.

Ye Yuan had also heard of the name Undying Ghost Fiend.

Legend said that once the Undying Ghost Fiend was refined, it could live forever and never die, and even Divine Path experts would find it hard to destroy.

He never expected that someone would set up a grand scheme spanning a million years to refine himself into such a thing, neither human nor ghost.

"Are you saying that this Li Kui is inside this tomb?" Ye Yuan asked with a frown.

Although the Heavenly Dao was now incomplete, even if Li Kui had truly refined himself into an Undying Ghost Fiend, he could not have reached the height of a million years.

But this Undying Ghost Fiend was definitely not easy to deal with.

Even he himself now would likely be no match.

Ghost Talisman nodded and said, "Yes."

Ye Yuan glanced at him and asked again, "And what are you all?"

Ghost Talisman said with a grimace, "We are not things; we... are the artifact spirits of this Ten Thousand Soul Banner! The Ten Thousand Soul Banner is a Profound Divine Artifact, which can be split into nine or combined into one. It's just that... our strength has not yet recovered to its peak state, so..."

Ghost Talisman stole a glance at Ye Yuan but dared not continue.

Clearly, Ghost Talisman was still unconvinced about losing to Ye Yuan.

If he could recover to his peak state, he would surely not fear Ye Yuan.

From Tian Li, Ye Yuan knew that divine artifacts also had grades.

According to the classification, divine artifacts were divided into Spirit Divine Artifacts, Profound Divine Artifacts, and Heavenly Divine Artifacts, corresponding to the three great divine realms: Dongxuan, Kuitian, and Guixu.

Since the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was a Profound Divine Artifact, its grade was already not low.

Ye Yuan sneered, swiftly drew the Evil-Slaying Sword again, and said, "Since the Soul Refining Sect was pursued by Senior Jue Tian, do you recognize this sword?"

Ghost Talisman and the other ghostly fiends focused their gazes and carefully examined the sword in Ye Yuan's hand.

First, they had only recently regained consciousness, and many long-buried memories had not yet returned; second, the fierce battle had been ongoing, and they had not had time to examine the sword in Ye Yuan's hand, only finding it familiar.

Now that they looked, their hearts pounded with terror.

"The... the Evil-Slaying Divine Sword! This is the Evil-Slaying Divine Sword! You... you are Jue Tian's successor!"

Ghost Talisman shrieked like a mouse seeing a cat.

The other ghostly fiends were also panicked, as if they had seen something terrifying.

Clearly, Jue Tian's deterrent power over them was too strong.

Ye Yuan looked at Ghost Talisman and said with a faint smile, "Now I give you two choices: one is to acknowledge me as your master, and the other is... to be annihilated!"