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**Chapter 1218: Even the Dead May Not Be Reliable**

The purple light flowed on the surface of the soul, quickly covering the entire soul. Lin Muyu's soul rapidly absorbed the purple light, which then disappeared. After absorbing the Shuojin essence, the soul's defense greatly increased.

Then, a second layer of Shuojin essence appeared, flowing over the soul again for absorption.

With each round of absorption, the soul's defense grew stronger.

Lin Muyu, relying on the quality of his soul, absorbed the Shuojin essence without restraint.

He only stopped when his soul was completely saturated and could no longer absorb any more Shuojin essence.

In the great world, there are many treasures, but those that can enhance the soul are very rare.

Shuojin essence is a rare treasure.

If the soul does not leave the soul world, protected by the soul barrier, one cannot experience the effects of Shuojin essence.

But once the soul leaves the body, whether in soul manifestation or soul law domain, the soul's defense becomes extremely important.

The soul can exert astonishing combat power but is also extremely fragile.

After absorbing enough Shuojin essence, Lin Muyu roughly judged that his soul defense had surpassed the peak of the God King realm.

His soul could almost ignore soul attacks from the God King realm.

Even soul attacks from the God Sovereign realm could not easily destroy his soul.

If he encountered a God Sovereign like Kongwen Buddha again, at least in terms of the soul, it would not be easy to kill him.

Ultimately, it was his own realm that was lacking, dragging down his soul.

Otherwise, the soul could continue to strengthen.

He had absorbed a lot of Shuojin essence, but the space was still filled with dazzling purple light, and the Shuojin essence had not decreased.

"Unfortunately, Shuojin essence cannot be taken away."

Once Shuojin essence leaves the Shuojin star, it will dissipate.

So it can only be absorbed here, with no other way.

But not many people have the ability to enter the Shuojin star.

Even if they do, due to the limitations of their soul realm quality, they cannot absorb much, certainly not as much as Lin Muyu.

Being able to absorb one-tenth of what Lin Muyu did would already be considered very strong.

Since it cannot be taken away, there is no need to linger.

He shifted his gaze from the Shuojin essence and checked the information sent back by the skeletons.

"Sure enough, they found it."

One of the skeletons discovered a passage.

This passage was very hidden, almost impossible to find without the skeletons' carpet search.

It was hidden behind a piece of Shuojin, with Shuojin essence wrapped around it, making it almost undetectable under the interweaving purple-blue light.

Following the passage, Lin Muyu felt something was wrong after just a few steps. The Shuojin essence in the passage was incredibly dense.

The passage was completely dyed purple, with a large amount of Shuojin essence floating in it.

With each step, he could push aside a large amount of Shuojin essence.

The Shuojin essence outside the cave was just a part that had drifted out from the passage.

Lin Muyu immediately became curious about the other end of the passage.

However, he did not let down his guard.

The God King of the Starry Sky Spirit Clan had died here.

Whether he died outside or inside the passage was unclear.

Not finding the corresponding corpse outside, Lin Muyu guessed that he might have died at the other end of the passage.

The visibility in the passage was extremely poor, completely obscured by the purple light of the Shuojin essence.

Several skeletons led the way, their movements making cracking sounds.

After walking for a while, the purple light suddenly dispersed, as if entering another space.

Here, the purple light was still pervasive but concentrated, no longer obstructing vision like in the passage.

Above the space, there was a huge purple light cluster composed of Shuojin essence.

Strands of Shuojin essence were spilling out from the light cluster.

Below the light cluster, a humanoid creature sat cross-legged.

Beside him lay a Devouring Gold Beast.

This Devouring Gold Beast was not large, appearing quite small compared to other Devouring Gold Beasts.

However, its aura was not weak, with purple light flowing on its skin, exuding a sense of nobility.

"Starry Sky Spirit Clan..."

"Devouring Gold Beast Emperor..."

Combining the information obtained earlier, it was not difficult to identify these two.

The Starry Sky Spirit Clan member was absorbing Shuojin essence here when he was ambushed by the Devouring Gold Beast Emperor, leading to his death.

His soul was devoured by the Devouring Gold Beast Emperor, which then gained intelligence, leading to subsequent events.

Lin Muyu was also seeing this mysterious race for the first time and couldn't help but observe more closely.

The Starry Sky Spirit Clan was very similar to humans.

However, they had a single horn on their heads.

It was somewhat like the horn of the Unicorn Clan but more delicate and small.

Apart from that, they were almost indistinguishable from humans.

Even their clothing was very similar to that of humans.

The Starry Sky Spirit Clan was indeed extraordinary, being able to find this place.

If it were another race, they wouldn't even be able to get close.

Moreover, the corpse had not decayed after death, indicating they had strong poison resistance, possibly even immunity.

Since there was a corpse here, it was easy to handle.

Lin Muyu flicked a flame onto the corpse of the Starry Sky Spirit Clan member.

In the flame, Lin Muyu sensed the soul's movement.

Following some mysterious rule, the soul was being reassembled.

A few seconds later, the Starry Sky Spirit Clan member opened his eyes.

His eyes were as deep as the starry sky, seemingly containing the entire great world.

Lin Muyu had seen such eyes before; they were like Yu Qingrou's eyes.

"Starry Sky Fish Clan, Starry Sky Spirit Clan."

"Both have the term 'Starry Sky' in their names. Could there be a special meaning?"

Lin Muyu pondered.

The resurrected Starry Sky Spirit Clan member looked at Lin Muyu calmly, neither bowing nor calling him master.

Lin Muyu saw a sense of pride in his eyes.

Resurrected beings retain all their memories, including their thoughts and personalities.

Although their thoughts are forcibly twisted by the spell to completely obey Lin Muyu's commands, sometimes, some proud personalities resist.

Lin Muyu didn't mind and asked, "Are you from the Starry Sky Spirit Clan?"

The person nodded without speaking.

"What is your name? What is your realm?"

"Tian Zihan, God King third rank."

The answer was straightforward, without any unnecessary words.

Lin Muyu asked, "The giant who kneels and the person who bows with empty hands, are they your spells?"

Tian Zihan nodded again, "Yes."

Lin Muyu continued, "Then tell me, what are the laws of your Starry Sky Spirit Clan's spells, and how do those strange effects come about?"

Tian Zihan did not speak, his eyes showing a struggle and pain.

Soon, his star-filled eyes turned bloodshot, and blood flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Lin Muyu frowned; Tian Zihan was resisting his command.

Then Tian Zihan suddenly closed his eyes, his aura fluctuating violently.

"He's going to self-destruct!"

Lin Muyu's expression changed, and he instantly issued a command: Destroy!

The soul dissipated, and Tian Zihan turned to dust, vanishing completely.

Lin Muyu had the power to control the life and death of resurrected beings, able to turn them to dust with a single thought. He hadn't expected Tian Zihan to attempt self-destruction.

What kind of power could make Tian Zihan resist the [Resurrection of the Dead] spell?

Clearly, Tian Zihan did not want to reveal the secrets of the Starry Sky Spirit Clan.

Lin Muyu felt helpless; this race's mystery and danger level in his mind increased.

"It seems even the dead may not be reliable."