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 Chapter 3206: The Fundamental Reason for Going to the Soul Void

The deal with the Three Ancestors went very smoothly, with everyone getting what they needed.

Lin Moyu obtained the Cloud-Piercing Sword but didn't immediately try to make it accept him as master.

Besides the Cloud-Piercing Sword, he also got a full million third-grade premium origin crystals.

A million third-grade premium origin crystals was an astronomical figure for ordinary cultivators.

But for the Lufen Chamber of Commerce, it wasn't much.

The Lufen Chamber of Commerce had a saying: anything that could be exchanged for origin crystals wasn't really good.

Truly good things must be exchanged for other items.

But for Lin Moyu, origin crystals had another important use - they could be used for setting up formations.

Without powerful magical treasures, origin crystals were a universal solution for setting up formations, working for any type of formation.

However, powerful formations required high-grade origin crystals.

High-grade origin crystals were difficult for others to obtain, mostly held by holy lands and sects with high-grade origin spirit veins.

But for Lin Moyu, high-grade origin crystals were easily obtainable.

The origin crystals he had merged last time had been gradually consumed in setting up formations, so this time Lin Moyu took the opportunity to replenish his supply.

"Time to work!"

Lin Moyu took out 540,000 third-grade premium origin crystals and tossed them to the little [Infinite Fusion] to merge.

Now [Infinite Fusion] had become much stronger than before, able to merge origin crystals up to the eighth grade.

540,000 third-grade origin crystals were enough to merge into over 2,000 eighth-grade origin crystals.

Merging some more seventh-grade origin crystals and combining them would be enough to use for quite a while.

As for the remaining origin crystals, Lin Moyu planned to take them back to Dao Speech City and give them to the Human Emperor to put in storage.

He wasn't lying - people from Dao Speech City had started to come out for experience, and a lot of the origin crystals Lin Moyu had left in Dao Speech City before had been used up.

However, in recent years, the Lufen Chamber of Commerce had established a branch in Dao Speech City, attracting many merchants.

Dao Speech City collected some taxes from this, which was enough to cover the consumption.

Even so, the warehouse was always in a half-empty state, never full.

As the master of Dao Speech City, Lin Moyu wanted to help Dao Speech City, but he didn't want to help the people in Dao Speech City too much.

Some things still needed to be done by themselves - they needed to earn money and walk their own paths.

Lin Moyu would help, but only a little.

After tossing the origin crystals to [Infinite Fusion], Lin Moyu finally took out the Cloud-Piercing Sword.

There were a few small nicks on the sword's body, and a thin, long crack.

The Cloud-Piercing Sword had been injured, its grade dropping from ninth-level Dao Venerable to seventh-level Dao Venerable.

Its attack power had decreased the most, followed by speed, with only the spirit maintaining its former pride.

With a movement of soul power, the Cloud-Piercing Sword was activated. It let out a sword cry, the entire sword glowing brightly, and a small spirit appeared on the sword body.

The spirit had a big head and a small body, like a big-headed doll.

However, this big-headed doll's face was full of arrogance, with an expression of "I'm the best in the world."

The big-headed doll looked at Lin Moyu, "Who are you?"

Lin Moyu said, "Your new master."

The big-headed doll's eyes showed a very human-like sneer, "You, a third-level Dao Venerable, want to become my master? You're not qualified."

Lin Moyu smiled, "Now the Cloud-Piercing Sword is in my hands. Whether you're qualified or not isn't up to you to decide."

The big-headed doll said, "Even if you were a ninth-level Dao Venerable, you wouldn't be qualified, let alone a third-level. My master once had a Golden Body Silver Soul constitution. Only someone like my master is worthy of being my master."

"So what if Golden Body Silver Soul was strong? In the end, didn't they still die? As for whether I'm worthy to be your master, that's not for you to interfere with. If you don't accept me as master, I'll erase you!"

Lin Moyu wasn't a very easy person to talk to. If a mere spirit dared to resist him, he would directly erase it if it didn't obey.

At worst, he could let a revenant control the Cloud-Piercing Sword. Even if not as good as the spirit, at least it would obey.

The big-headed doll spirit had clearly existed for many years and had developed considerable intelligence. It immediately sneered continuously, "Do you have the ability to erase me? You're just a third-level Dao Venerable ins—"

Before it could finish speaking, the big-headed doll suddenly let out a strange cry and retreated two steps.

In Lin Moyu's palm appeared a flame.

The World-Burning Fire could burn away the world, burn souls, and was also very effective against spirits.

It could be said that the World-Burning Fire was the nemesis of spirits.

As the World-Burning Fire appeared, Su Pu also appeared beside Lin Moyu. Su Pu said nothing, just gripping the Cloud-Piercing Sword with one hand.

Under the suppression of ninth-level Dao Venerable power, the Cloud-Piercing Sword couldn't escape even if it wanted to.

Lin Moyu said, "I wonder which is faster, you self-destructing or me burning you to ashes."

The big-headed doll's face twisted like a pretzel. It had a feeling that it would be burned to ashes by the World-Burning Fire, and once it started burning, it might not even be able to self-destruct.

As a spirit, it understood the way of life and death and naturally didn't want to die.

But it was extremely unwilling to just give in like this.

The big-headed doll shouted loudly, "I don't accept this!"

Lin Moyu chuckled, "Actually, at first I wanted to talk to you nicely. It was you who didn't want to talk nicely."

The arrogance disappeared from the big-headed doll's face, and its tone became softer, "Then you speak!"

Lin Moyu said, "Why do you require your master to have a sufficiently high soul level?"

The big-headed doll said, "Master said that after the Great Dao realm, only with a high enough soul level can one advance to higher realms. With an ordinary soul, in the Great Dao realm, it's hard to take even a single step forward."

Lin Moyu's heart stirred, "Your master was once in the Great Dao realm?"

The big-headed doll said, "Yes, master was once in the Great Dao realm."

"So, your master also perished in the Origin Catastrophe?"

Lin Moyu continued to ask. Only in that prehistoric catastrophe were there a large number of Great Dao realm beings who fell.

The big-headed doll shook its head, "No, when the Origin Catastrophe began, master wasn't yet in the Great Dao realm."

"Master became a Great Dao realm being during the catastrophe, but later master fell. I was also damaged and lost consciousness. When I woke up again, it was many, many years later."

The big-headed doll had been a spirit for many years and had considerable intelligence, though not much depth of character.

Its master, able to enter the Great Dao realm during the catastrophe, could be considered a rare talent.

Unfortunately, in the end, they still fell. It could only be said that their luck was poor.

Its words could be taken as a reference. After the Great Dao realm, soul level was very important.

To go further, a higher soul level was needed.

Lin Moyu had a sudden feeling of enlightenment. He seemed to realize why those Great Dao realm beings all wanted to go to the Soul Void.

Because in the Soul Void, there were opportunities to enhance soul level.

Not the realm and strength of the soul, but the level.

Soul level was fundamental, realm was just an external manifestation.

It was like himself. His soul was already at the fifth-level Dao Venerable realm, and the Ice-Fire Dao Stone was still continuously refining his soul, gradually raising his soul realm. He wasn't far from the sixth-level Dao Venerable realm.

But the Ice-Fire Dao Stone could only raise the realm, not the level.

For Great Dao realm beings, realm was important, but level was even more important.

Level was the foundation, realm was just the high-rise built on that foundation. Only with a solid enough foundation could the high-rise be taller.

While Lin Moyu was pondering, the big-headed doll looked at the World-Burning Fire in Lin Moyu's hand with a very scared expression.

When Lin Moyu finished pondering, the big-headed doll said, "Can you put away that fire first? We can talk properly about anything."

Lin Moyu smiled slightly and put away the World-Burning Fire, "How much do you know about the Origin Catastrophe?"