Chapter 0739 Soul Fusion

Chapter 0739: Soul Fusion

Yao Fang remained silent for a moment before coldly saying, "Share? What if you grow stronger and force me out of the Nine Suns Divine Soul?"

"If I grow stronger, I can help you break the curse!" Qin Yun replied.

"I don't trust you!" Yao Fang had no faith in Qin Yun whatsoever.

"Then surely you trust Sister Qi Rou!" Qin Yun pouted. "I have a huge responsibility now! In the future, I’ll not only help Sister Qi Rou defy her Celestial Emperor father but also help you oppose the Demon Immortal Emperor!"

"Hmph, if you awaken your past life memories and run away, even Xiao Rou won’t be able to stop you!" Yao Fang sneered. "Fortunately, I control the Nine Suns Divine Soul here. If you try to flee, you won’t take it with you!"

"How could I possibly run away? Sister Qi Rou has been so good to me!" Qin Yun said irritably. "Fine, I won’t force you!"

Qin Yun stood up, brushed off the black dust on his clothes, and then cast the Sky Lion Summoning Art, successfully summoning three Netherworld Celestial Lions.

Being able to summon the Sky Lions reassured Qin Yun somewhat.

Next, he released the Demon Star Overlord and found he could control it with ease.

This was his life-saving trump card!

"Qin Yun, do you know why Yue You let so many people in?" Yao Fang suddenly asked.

"Why?" Qin Yun was also very curious about this.

Yue You’s cultivation should be comparable to an Immortal’s.

If she left the Darkmoon Wasteland, she would surely enter the Celestial Realm. That’s why she had only manifested her voice earlier.

"Because she wants to build her own power base! Once she grows stronger, she’ll return to the Celestial Realm for revenge!" Yao Fang explained.

"Revenge? I’m probably her enemy!" Qin Yun frowned.

"No! Back then, it was you who framed her, turning multiple factions against her and forcing her into being sealed away!"

"At the time, she hid in the Moon Goddess Palace, which led to it being besieged by many forces! In the end, Yue You compromised and agreed to be sealed here!"

"That sealing ritual was even witnessed by a Celestial Emperor, confirming this place would be sealed forever. Yet now, it’s been reopened!" Yao Fang recalled these past events. "I was there at the time!"

Qin Yun frowned. "This is the Spirit Barrens, right? How could so many powerful Immortals appear here?"

"Back then, both the Spirit Barrens and Wuhuang had strong dimensional stability, allowing Immortals to move freely. Later, the Spirit Barrens and Wuhuang weakened and could no longer withstand the destructive power of Immortals, so they were all siphoned into the Celestial Realm. All of this was the doing of the Nine Suns!" Yao Fang said.

Qin Yun also remembered how, back in Wuhuang, he had forced a group of Celestial Kings and Black Tortoise Realm warriors into the Spirit Barrens.

It was an unfathomable power!

Qin Yun also recalled the prophecy about the destruction of the Nine Suns, which foretold their eventual fall.

He scanned his surroundings, then picked a bearing, and broke into a sprint.

The Dragonstride Boots still worked perfectly, granting him lightning speed as he streaked forward.

"Xiao Yun, steady now! With your Nether Sun Martial Soul, you can grow much stronger. There’s no need to fear those so-called Emperors—they’re nothing!" Ling Yuner boasted arrogantly. "With me here, I’ll make sure you surpass them and grind them into dust!"

"Yun’er, you were even scared stiff of Yue You!" Qin Yun laughed.

"That was exceptional circumstances! If your strength were equal to Yue You’s, I wouldn’t fear her either!" Ling Yuner sniffed.

The Dark Moon Wilds was vast, especially that stretch of black desert that had Qin Yun trapped!

"Damn it, I've been running for days and still can't get out of this desert!" Qin Yun sat on the sand, muttering bitterly.

"Qin Yun, this desert is dangerous terrain with a natural disorientation array. If you don't take the right path, you won't get out!"

A surge of black mist suddenly appeared, revealing Yao Fang.

Qin Yun suddenly realized that this wild domain could accommodate Immortals, and Yao Fang must be incredibly powerful to appear here.

"Sister Yao Fang, please lead me out!" Qin Yun lay exhausted on the ground. "I'll do whatever you want!"

"The reason I was left in the third pearl of the Nine Sun divine soul by the Demoness was to assist Xiao Rou. Yet, the Nine Sun divine soul ended up in your hands!"

Though Yao Fang's face was covered in red scars, her eyes were exceptionally beautiful.

"But the Nine Yin Divine Soul is in Sister Qi Rou's possession... How's that possible?" Qin Yun said. "I heard the Nine Sun Divine Soul belongs to the Celestial Emperor, while the Nine Yin Divine Soul belongs to the Demoness!"

"The Nine Yin Divine Soul and the Nine Sun Divine Soul originally belonged to the Demon Immortal Emperor and the Celestial Emperor of the Immortal Wilds! Later, they fell into the Demoness's hands and eventually reached Xiao Rou!"

"Back in the Immortal Wilds, Xiao Rou was very wary of you, knowing you were full of tricks. Yet, she still ended up deceived by you!" Yao Fang said angrily, though also puzzled.

"I didn't deceive her. All of this was her arrangement..." Qin Yun then told her about his past, including matters concerning Xiao Yuelan and Xiao Yuemei.

After hearing this, Yao Fang also believed it must have been Xie Qirou's secret plan.

Yet, she still didn't trust Qin Yun.

"Qin Yun, I can train you in cultivation! But you must undergo soul fusion with me!" Yao Fang said.

"Soul fusion? What the hell is that?" Qin Yun had a bad feeling about this.

"It means binding our souls—this is to prevent you from reneging in the future! It won’t change you much, except that I can punish your soul and cause you pain. And if you perish, I’ll also suffer some repercussions. In short, it’s a good way to keep you in check!" Yao Fang explained.

"Then... will you be able to access my memories?"

Qin Yun was particularly concerned about this, especially after what happened with Bingxing. He didn’t want others to know about it.

"No! I have no interest in your dirty thoughts!" Yao Fang retorted. "This is for my own survival! You have great potential. If I can help you grow strong again, I can control you and recover my memories!"

After considering it, Ling Yuner also urged Qin Yun to agree.

"Fine!" Qin Yun nodded.

"Lie down and don’t resist at all!" Yao Fang instructed.

Qin Yun lay down and relaxed completely.

Soon, he felt his soul trembling.

Yao Fang placed her hand on his head, and the procedure took ages—a full three days before it ended.

"Done!" Yao Fang said. "Don’t worry, you’re still you—just with a bound soul! If you dare mess with me or harbor ill intentions, you’ll feel the pain!"

"Can it be undone in the future?" Qin Yun asked.

"Of course!" Yao Fang replied, then looked in a direction. "I’ll guide you out of this desert!"

Qin Yun suddenly got excited and asked, "Sister Yao Fang, what’s inside the third pearl of the Nine Sun divine soul?"

Yao Fang glanced at Qin Yun and said, "Wait until you reach the Xuanwu Realm! If you want to know, hurry up and break through to it!"

Qin Yun snorted and kicked the sand. He had previously thought that after achieving lunar spiritual transformation, he would be able to see what was inside the third bead, but that wasn’t the case.

After speaking, Yao Fang entered Qin Yun’s Nine Sun Divine Bead.

Under her guidance, Qin Yun raced frantically through the desert, constantly changing directions.

"Yao Fang, sis, how helpful are the Demon Immortal Emperor’s cultivation insights to me?" Qin Yun asked.

"They can aid you in cultivating the Immortal-Demon Physique!" Yao Fang replied. "But it’s not the right time to discuss it now. In any case, I’ll assist you in becoming stronger—this is also for my own sake!"

Qin Yun was quite happy at the moment because Yao Fang wasn’t entirely unyielding.

"Yao Fang, sis, you’re crazy strong. If I encounter danger here, will you come out and help me?" The thought of this made Qin Yun feel much more at ease.

"No way! If I use too much power, the Demon Immortal Emperor will sense it. That guy has been asleep for so long—he must have awakened by now! I don’t want him to know where I am!" Yao Fang said.

Qin Yun’s heart sank. It seemed his earlier joy had been premature.

Under Yao Fang’s guidance, Qin Yun managed to leave the black desert in just one day.

Beyond the desert lay a sea of green trees.

Whistling a happy tune, he dashed into the woods.

However, not long after entering the forest, Qin Yun spotted a wild man in a ragged fur loincloth, with messy hair.

This person looked like a savage, his eyes bloodshot, his muscles grotesquely swollen, radiating a feral energy.

"This guy’s strength is equivalent to the Xuanwu Realm, and he’s transformed from a beast!" Ling Yuner shouted. "He’s coming for you!"

"Should I fight him?" Qin Yun immediately started running.

"No! Run first—this might be his territory, and there could be others nearby!" Ling Yuner urged. "These kinds of creatures aren’t easy to deal with!"

"The Darkmoon Wasteland is truly dangerous!"

Qin Yun leaped up, shot through the treetops and took to the sky, streaking through the air.

The savage chased closely behind.

"Keep chasing me, asshole, and I’ll end you!" Qin Yun shouted back.

"It’s you who’ll be taken down!" Suddenly, another savage appeared ahead, a carbon copy of the first.

Soon, dozens of identical savages emerged from all directions.

Qin Yun was surrounded!

"Are you Qin Yun? The Demon King sent us to capture you. If you don’t want to get hurt, come with us!" one of the savages said.

Then, hundreds more savages poured out from the surroundings.

"Who’s this ‘Demon King’?" Qin Yun asked calmly.

"Who else? The great Lady Yue You!" the savage replied.

"Oh, it’s her! Tell her for me—she’s a real knockout, and I want her to be my concubine!" With that, Qin Yun abruptly slammed into the earth, unleashing his Piercing Mystic Art to vanish into the depths.

"Is Yue You trying to drive me to my grave?" Qin Yun muttered under his breath. "Considering what I owed her in my past life, I won’t hold it against her!"

...

Atop a high mountain, in a palace, Yue You, wearing a mask, sat on a chair.

A ruffian below relayed Qin Yun’s words to her.

Yue You stroked her beautiful silver hair and glanced at Yang Shiyue beside her, saying, "Lady Moon, did you hear that? That bastard never learns—still deluding himself into thinking I’d marry him! As if!"

Yang Shiyue sighed and shook her head. "You shouldn’t have dragged him into this."

"Relax, I’m not going to kill him—just give him a taste of the torment I’ve suffered for millennia," Yue You replied.

Yang Shiyue sighed again. "Yue You, you should focus on dealing with your enemies here. That guy already swallowed the Dark Moon whole, which was our hope for rebuilding the legendary Moon Palace!"