Chapter 189 : The Only One in the World

Chapter 189: The Only One in the World

Inside the grand hall, everyone's expressions were filled with shock.

“‘Divine Soul’?”

“‘Chu Huaixu’ encountered a Divine Soul during his mission outside the sect?!”

‘Xiang Yan’ and ‘Jiang Zhi’ were both visibly unsettled and immediately asked, “Did anything happen to him?”

“He's fine and has already returned safely to the sect. However, ‘Liu Tianfeng’, who led the team, and a disciple named ‘Ge Long’, died within the altar.” As ‘Li Chunsong’ spoke, his face darkened once more.

The others were also taken aback, not expecting such an incident to have occurred.

Upon hearing this, ‘Jiang Zhi’ immediately pressed further, “So, the Divine Soul didn’t possess ‘Chu Huaixu’?”

“He chose to possess ‘Liu Tianfeng’, who had the highest cultivation?”

‘Li Chunsong’ responded at once, “Little Martial Uncle, that's not the case!”

“‘Chu Huaixu’ did encounter it. Strictly speaking, the Divine Soul initially targeted his body for possession—but he drove it out.”

The atmosphere in the hall instantly turned tense.

“Is he alright?” asked ‘Xiang Yan’ with concern.

“‘Mo Qingmei’ said that ‘Chu Huaixu’ is fine, just a little injured,” replied ‘Li Chunsong’.

At this moment, ‘Chu Yinyin’ spoke up, “I get it—it must’ve been that sword in his Sea of Consciousness that protected him!”

“Back then, when I tried to enter his Sea of Consciousness, I was repelled by that sword, even with just a slight misstep.”

“Now that ‘Chu Huaixu’s’ cultivation has improved so much, the Sword Spirit within him should have become stronger too.”

“That’s why it protected him.”

Hearing this, ‘Xiang Yan’ and the others all found it reasonable.

“The Sword Spirit that ‘Chu Huaixu’ formed by coincidence is indeed extraordinary.”

“With it around, it could certainly protect his mind from possession,” said ‘Zhao Shuqin’.

Unexpectedly, ‘Li Chunsong’ glanced at him and said bluntly, “Fifth Senior Brother, you're mistaken!”

“If what ‘Mo Qingmei’ said is true, then what ‘Chu Huaixu’ did was not just resisting possession.”

“He seems to have… killed the Divine Soul!”

As his words fell, a sharp “Pa!” rang out in the hall.

‘Jiang Zhi’ couldn’t help but slam the table hard, his eyes wide: “What did you say?”

“‘Chu Huaixu’ killed the Divine Soul?!”

This Little Martial Uncle’s breathing quickened, face full of disbelief.

Truthfully, everyone present felt the same way.

Now, they fully understood why ‘Li Chunsong’ had urgently summoned everyone.

Because everyone here had the ability to resist a Divine Soul’s invasion.

But none could completely destroy one!

To be precise, within the entire ‘Xuanhuang Realm’—whether it was the Little Martial Uncle of the ‘Dao Gate’, the ‘Sword Sovereign’ of the ‘Sword Sect’, or the current ‘Defender of the Nation’ of the ‘Moon Country’... no one could do that!

Why did ‘Jiang Zhi’ value ‘Xu Ziqing’ so much, and that sword left behind by the ‘Dao Ancestor’?

Aside from the matter of the 【Origin Spirit Realm】, it was also because of the Divine Souls.

They couldn’t destroy a Divine Soul completely—but that sword could.

The ‘Bronze Sword’ contained the most malevolent force of heaven and earth. It didn’t just destroy Divine Souls—it devoured them using its ‘Baleful Aura’!

In fact, the Bronze Sword was forged a thousand years ago specifically to eliminate the threat of Divine Souls!

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In the grand hall, ‘Jiang Zhi’ immediately made a decision.

“‘Li Chunsong’, go bring ‘Chu Huaixu’ here,” he instructed.

“Yes.”

The Sixth Elder of the ‘Dao Gate’ immediately flew to ‘Medicine Mountain’ to retrieve ‘Chu Huaixu’.

Recently, he had gotten used to this task. It felt like he was this brat’s personal ride.

Inside the hall, ‘Jiang Zhi’s’ expression shifted constantly. He said nothing, lost in thought.

‘Li Chunsong’ was efficient—he soon returned with ‘Chu Huaixu’.

He hadn’t told him the reason along the way.

In truth, ever since ‘Jiang Zhi’ returned to the sect, ‘Chu Huaixu’ had grown reluctant to attend such meetings.

“It used to be great—this was the best stage for showing off in front of others.”

“Showing off in front of outer disciples? Not nearly as satisfying as flexing in front of the high-ups of the ‘Dao Gate’,” he thought.

However, this Little Martial Uncle Ancestor who’d returned to the sect seemed to be a walking pressure cooker.

This dad-flavored elder kept exerting pressure day and night, and he clearly didn’t like him—which ‘Chu Huaixu’ found quite annoying.

Still, he more or less knew this was probably related to the recent altar mission.

Upon entering the grand hall, all eyes immediately turned to him.

Everyone extended their Divine Sense to check his condition.

‘Chu Huaixu’ was indeed heavily injured, but he had taken pills, and thanks to the heaven-defying self-recovery ability of the 《Dao Canon》, he had nearly fully recovered.

Seeing that he was fine, everyone collectively sighed in relief.

Sect Master ‘Xiang Yan’ spoke in his grating voice, “‘Chu Huaixu’, just now Sixth Martial Brother told us you encountered many perils while slaying demons.”

“We are deeply saddened by the deaths of ‘Liu Tianfeng’ and ‘Ge Long’.”

“But I need you to recount the events in detail—don’t omit a single thing.”

“This matter is more serious than you imagine,” said ‘Xiang Yan’.

Hearing this, ‘Chu Huaixu’ immediately asked, “Is it because of that Divine Soul?”

It was also something he was desperate to understand.

“Yes, you need to focus on that part,” replied ‘Jiang Zhi’ before ‘Xiang Yan’ could speak.

‘Chu Huaixu’ nodded and began to recount everything that happened after entering the altar.

He didn’t even hide the part about the ‘Realm Lord’.

He had thought this through carefully.

The high-ups of the ‘Dao Gate’ wouldn’t harm him, so he saw no need to conceal anything.

Unfortunately, even ‘Jiang Zhi’ and the others looked puzzled.

“‘Realm Lord’?”

They exchanged glances, also confused.

After a brief discussion, they decided to shelve that topic and signaled ‘Chu Huaixu’ to continue.

This left him a bit disappointed and further uncertain whether the ‘Realm Lord’ was the ‘Dao Ancestor’.

‘Chu Huaixu’ continued, trying hard to restrain himself from over-praising himself during the retelling.

As objective as possible—just a little bit of showing off.

“When I saw the Divine Soul entering my body, I directly used the ‘Heart Sword’ in my Sea of Consciousness. Within three strikes, I drove it out.”

“But surprisingly, the Divine Soul wasn’t weak. Even after taking three strikes, it was only mostly destroyed!”

‘Jiang Zhi’ and the others: “……”

What did he mean ‘wasn’t weak’?

Did he even understand what a Divine Soul was?

Three sword strikes—drove out a Divine Soul and mostly destroyed it?

What a feat!

From his tone, he even sounded regretful?

Seeing their odd expressions, ‘Chu Huaixu’ quickly added:

“This happened purely because my cultivation is still shallow.”

“If I were stronger, I would’ve left it no chance to escape!”

“‘Ge Long’ and Steward Liu—I might’ve been able to save them,” he said, voice heavy.

Everyone: “……”

Still ‘shallow in cultivation’?

Everyone present was at least peak Sixth Realm—some even major cultivators of the Eighth Realm!

Yet none of them could do what he did.

“Continue,” said ‘Xiang Yan’, lifting his hand slightly. “What happened after the Divine Soul was forced out of your body?”

‘Chu Huaixu’ then recounted how the Divine Soul possessed ‘Ge Long’, who exploded to block his path and inflicted heavy injuries.

Then the sinister Divine Soul took another sword strike, yet still had enough strength to enter ‘Liu Tianfeng’s’ body and tried to take control.

“But by then, the Divine Soul must’ve been extremely weak, which prevented it from completely taking over Steward Liu.”

“He severed one of his own arms, then ignited a talisman I didn’t recognize…”

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

That senior outer sect steward had chosen the most heroic way to die.

Finally, ‘Li Chunsong’ spoke first: “So, you’re saying that after ‘Liu Tianfeng’ activated the 【Domain Talisman】, your Sword Spirit sensed the Divine Soul’s remaining wisp trying to flee?”

“Yes.” ‘Chu Huaixu’ nodded.

He looked at ‘Li Chunsong’ and said, “Divine Souls can’t be seen with the naked eye. Even with Divine Sense, I couldn’t locate it.”

“Earlier, I only tracked it by its surrounding Baleful Aura.”

“But my ‘Heart Sword’—it can find it!”

It was absolute restraint.

Swords for flesh—Heart for soul.

At that moment, ‘Jiang Zhi’ spoke up.

“‘Chu Huaixu’, are you certain that Divine Soul has been completely annihilated—down to the last trace?”

He asked this because many in the past had believed they destroyed a Divine Soul…

…but were wrong.

—Divine Souls, we cannot truly kill them!

‘Chu Huaixu’ didn’t know the deeper meaning and found the question a bit offensive—as if they thought he was boasting.

“I’m certain,” he said, raising his head and locking eyes with ‘Jiang Zhi’, voice unwavering.

“If it happened again, could you do the same?” ‘Jiang Zhi’ asked again.

“Of course,” ‘Chu Huaixu’ answered instantly.

This Little Martial Uncle Ancestor in white robes stepped forward.

“Good. Then prove it to me.”

He retrieved a golden alms bowl from his storage token.

Inside was a clear liquid—like water—with a wisp of crimson-red energy drifting within.

It seemed different from the altar's Divine Soul—yet fundamentally the same.

You want me to prove it to you?

‘Chu Huaixu’ looked at this Little Martial Uncle Ancestor and declared, “That’s easy!”

To his eyes, that crimson wisp was no different from the one that had tried to escape.

It was already mostly destroyed—extremely weak.

So, he merely activated the ‘Heart Sword’ in his Sea of Consciousness and performed a very simple action—

—and completely annihilated it.

He walked a few steps forward, stopping in front of ‘Jiang Zhi’.

Then, he simply lowered his head...

—took one glance at the golden bowl.

With that single glance, the red energy vanished completely—leaving nothing behind.

One look—Divine Soul obliterated.