"Young Master! Are you okay?!"
Yu Ning and the others exclaimed, their voices filled with horror.
"The Celestial Emperorâs Curse is trying to destroy my soulâŠ"
"What?! Then you should hurry up and destroy the curse using the Sacred Chalice of Purification!" Feng Yuxiang urged.
However, Yuan shocked them by shaking his head and saying, "No, this is exactly what I have been waiting for."
"That doesnât make any sense!"
But Yuan didnât respond and fell silent after entering cultivation.
This left the others flabbergasted. None of them could understand why Yuan was waiting for his soul to be attacked.
If Yuanâs soul hadnât been fortified through his many reincarnations, the Celestial Emperorâs Curse wouldâve instantly shattered his soul, killing him completely.
However, because his soul has existed since the Primordial Era and has been tempered for billions of years, not even the Celestial Emperor could easily destroy it.
Moreover, Yuan has been training Heavenâs Indomitable Soul for years now, which has strengthened his soul even more.
Yet, despite this, the Celestial Emperorâs Curse was relentless and extremely powerfulâone of the most powerful curses in the Nine Heavens. The curse continued to gnaw at Yuanâs soul, causing him incredible pain, and no matter how powerful his soul was, it wasnât indestructible, especially since he hadnât even reached the God Ascension Realm.
Slow but surely, the Celestial Emperorâs Curse was destroying his soul.
Despite his soul on the verge of being destroyed, Yuan didnât do anything to stop it, allowing it to happen.
His puzzling actions greatly worried his companions. A destroyed soul wasnât the same as a destroyed body, and his regeneration ability had no effect on his soul, so if it were truly to be destroyed, heâd die for sure.
Meanwhile, in the Celestial Emperorâs Palace, the Celestial Emperor could sense the activation of his curse.
âSo he managed to reunite his soul with his body, huh? However, as long as my curse is on you, you will not live long enough to return to the Nine Heavens!â
Almost half an hour has passed since Yuan began resisting the Celestial Emperorâs Curse.
"Itâs time," he muttered in a low voice.
The very next moment, Yuan stopped resisting the curse, allowing it to complete its assault on his soul.
His soul, which was already on the verge of destruction, began to crack, causing him to cough up several mouthfuls of blood.
"Young Master! What are you doing?!" Feng Yuxiang cried out loud.
However, Yuan was too focused to even hear her voice.
Thenâ
<Your soul has been destroyed>
Yuanâs body collapsed onto the bed, and his aura completely vanished.
"YOUNG MASTER?!"
Feng Yuxiang and the other emerged from his Dantian.
"H-Heâs dead!" Feng Yuxiang couldnât believe it.
Lan Yingying clenched her fists, unsure of what to say.
"Calm down, you dumb pigeon."
A calm voice suddenly resounded.
"This voice⊠Dragon Goddess Yeyou?"
"You should have been with him for long enough to know that he wouldnât do something like this without a reason."
"ThatâsâŠ" Feng Yuxiang fell silent.
Dragon Goddess Yeyou was right. Yuan wouldnât do something as foolish as killing himself.
Just a they began to calm down, Yuanâs body suddenly became enveloped by a golden shimmer. It was faint at first, but it eventually became so intense that it illuminated the entire room.
<You have fulfilled the hidden requirement for Heavenâs Indomitable Soul>
<Heavenâs Indomitable Soul has evolved into Heavenâs Undying Soul>
<Heavenâs Undying Soul has begun to restore your destroyed soul>
<Your will has remained firm even in the face of the destruction of your very existence>
<You have attained âUnbreakable Willâ>
A few minutes later, Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
<Your soul has been restored>
"Young Master!" Feng Yuxiang cried tears of happiness after seeing heâd returned.
He showed them an apologetic smile and said, "Sorry for not warning you ahead of time."
"You really scared me there for a second!"
"What happened, anyway?" Lan Yingying asked.
"Iâll answer your questions later. Right now, I have to deal with the Celestial Emperorâs Curse."
Though he may have restored his soul, the Celestial Emperorâs Curse continued to haunt him and attempted to destroy his soul again.
Yuan retrieved the Sacred Chalice of Purification and fed his blood to it.
<Sacred Chalice of Purification has begun cleansing the curses that bind you>
Unlike the others, whose curses were almost instantly cleansed by the Sacred Chalice of Purification, the Celestial Emperorâs Curse clung stubbornly to Yuanâs soul.
However, no matter how powerful the Celestial Emperorâs Curse was, it was ultimately eliminated by the chalice.
"Cough!"
In the Celestial Emperorâs Palace, the Celestial Emperor coughed up a mouthful of blood when his curse was destroyed.
"Your Majesty!"
The people around him panicked when they saw this.
"Iâm fine!" he roared.
He looked at his blood on the ground and clenched his fists in frustration, âYouâre even harder to kill than a damn cockroach! Why must you continue your pointless struggle? You will never defeat them!â
<Sacred Chalice of Purification has purified âCelestial Emperorâs Curseâ on you>
<Sacred Chalice of Purification has begun to purify the other causes>
<Progress: 1%>
After purifying the Celestial Emperorâs Curse, the Sacred Chalice of Purification began purifying the other curses that afflicted Yuan. However, these curses were much more powerful than the Celestial Emperorâs Curse.
Yuan wasnât surprised about these curses since he had been warned about them before. In essence, most of them were natural curses that had followed him from his previous lives.
Shortly after Yuan purified the Celestial Emperorâs Curse, the surrounding spiritual energy surged toward him like a flood, consumed by his body at a terrifying rate, even though he wasnât actively cultivating.
With the curse lifted, the seal that had silently suppressed his potential was gone. His cultivation speed, once shackled, had returned to its natural state.
"The Celestial Emperor is definitely aware of the situation. We need to return to the Nine Heavens as soon as possible," he said as he jumped off the bed.
Before leaving, he looked at Chu Liuxiang and Meixiu and mumbled, "Letâs meet again in the Seventh Heaven."