Chapter 38: Hold the Soul, Coexist

Your attack was too sudden; the Blood Ferret Tribe had no defenses at all.

All the Seventh Realm Demon Kings stationed with the Blood Ferret Tribe were slain by you, and the tribe's elder Clan Chief was forced to emerge and fought you in a battle.

From his mouth you learned that the murder of Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's parents was orchestrated behind the scenes by the Blood Ferret Tribe Chief.

The enraged Tu Shan Jiao Jiao intends to kill the Blood Ferret Tribe Chief.

After a battle,

With Yan Beicheng's assistance, you succeeded in killing the equally formidable Blood Ferret Tribe Chief and redirected a portion of the tribe's territorial fortune toward Tu Shan.

This also caused you to miss the optimal chance to escape.

The clan chiefs of the other seven major Demon Tribe clans arrived together and blocked your path.

"Going out with you is always this thrilling."

Yan Beicheng's face was full of excitement, raging for battle!

And you have already prepared for death; your lifespan was already nearly exhausted, and Ye Xue's dragon blood only lets you eke out a few breaths.

The outcome cannot be changed.

You have your own plan.

After exterminating the Blood Ferret Tribe, you will again employ 'Burial Spirit Domain, Crossing the Other Shore' to send Yan Beicheng and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao away.

With Jiao Jiao present, your child can grow up safely.

With the Spirit Clan, your child will no longer suffer discrimination.

This is the best outcome under an unchangeable fate.

However, you still miscalculated.

In the Demon King camp that arrived together, there was an unexpected person: a Six Clan Elder from the Tu Shan Clan.

You received another new piece of information.

The one who colluded inside and out with the Blood Ferret Tribe to trap and kill Jiao Jiao's parents was this Six Clan Elder of the Tu Shan Clan.

He exists attached to the Tu Shan Clan but, dissatisfied with its ruling philosophy, decided to kill Jiao Jiao's parents in an attempt to draw the Tu Shan Clan into the war.

Yet the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is inherently so; how could the death of Jiao Jiao's parents alter its philosophy?

The Tu Shan Six Clan Elder helped the Demon Kings locate Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's weakness, and she suffered severe injuries.

You didn't even have time to activate Burial Spirit Domain before the Yao Tribe Great Destiny Master interrupted you.

This time, what greets you seems to be a dead end.

If you all die here, the Spirit Clan will likely be annihilated as a result.

"Wu You, my husband."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao took your hand and softly called your name.

She said, "Have you ever felt all of my love?"

You furrowed your brow, sensing trouble, "I have already felt all of yours."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao shook her head, "No, you haven't."

Yan Beicheng, guarding in front of you, was beaten into spitting blood, "You two, stop flaunting your love, I'm about to be killed."

You and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao ignored him.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's eyes held tears, half crying, half laughing, "Did you forget what I told you, that the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan can read minds?"

She said, "What you think, I have already known."

She said, "I will not allow you to die; you are not permitted to die."

She gently stroked your face, wiping away the tears that had traced your cheek, "Come, feel my complete love."

She rose onto her tiptoes and lightly kissed your forehead.

"No!"

You cannot move; you are unable to do anything.

She whispered in your ear, "Our love is sincere and passionate; it is the most beautiful thing in the world."

"It should not be rejected by this world."

"No archaic rule may bind it."

"All living beings will know our love, right now!"

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's voice grew louder, like a massive bell ringing in the depths of your mind; she and you achieved Soul Resonance.

The body in your arms became increasingly ethereal.

She left you with her final words before death.

"Hold your soul! Live together!"

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's life ended here.

Your life received a new baptism; you experienced the entirety of life at once, and also felt all of Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's love.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao completed your One Soul One Po, becoming a part of your soul.

This is the true meaning of 'Hold the Soul, Live Together.'

As a Spirit Master, you finally possess your own Destined Spirit, which is a beautiful Nine-tailed Fox.

You stepped into the Seventh Realm.

At this moment, heaven and earth were darkened, and black spiritual energy swept the entire Demon Domain, not merely a Hundred Ghosts Night Parade but a Ten Thousand Ghosts Roam Heaven!

With the Destined Spirit, you have reached an unprecedented pinnacle of the Yuling Master Lineage.

With a single thought, the wandering souls of heaven and earth are at your command; your sea‑like spiritual energy creates a golden age belonging to the 'Tribe of the Spirits'.

"True Love Sword, Soul Dance."

You drew the True Love Sword from your chest, and behind you the massive Nine-tailed Fox Soul opened its maw, drawing endless Black Spirit Seeds before it, as if wielding power that could erase heaven and earth.

"Just like that, fall into oblivion."

As you slash with a sword, the spirit of the Nine-Tailed Fox also spat out a sphere of light gathered from Black Spirit Seeds, annihilating everything in a withering, rotting‑like manner.

You heard the countless souls' laments.

You heard the Demon Kings' roars.

You heard Yan Beicheng's heart‑breaking sound.

You also heard Tu Shan Jiao Jiao whisper in your ear, "Husband, I will accompany you forever."

Even the souls have already merged, sharing a single heart; there is no purer love in the world, is there?

At the end of that battle, you fought your way from the Blood Ferret Tribe's territory all the way to the Demon Tribe's sacred Shengdi, Chao Sheng Shan.

Not until the Demon Tribe gathered the qi‑fortune of the whole tribe to resist did you retreat.

If you insist on a fight, no demon can stop you and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's Soul Dance; together, you are invincible in this age.

You retreated because of your child with Jiao Jiao—Tu Shan Yue Ming.

If you slay all the Demon Kings, the Human Race will dominate the world, and for your child, the outcome is the same.

Maintaining the status quo is the best outcome.

Having restored your Immortal Soul, your perception of love has become clearer, and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's love for the child also falls upon you.

When you return to Tushan, the Tribe of the Spirits has already completed the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony.

Because the Demon Tribe's qi‑fortune was cut by you in that battle, the Tribe of the Spirits' Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is far more victorious than imagined.

Thus, the Tribe of the Spirits officially becomes the third largest race on the Tianyuan Continent.

The severely depleted Demon Tribe no longer initiates wars; the Human Race fears your existence and also remains confined within Shanhai Pass.

One day, Yan Beicheng mustered the courage to challenge you.

Yan Beicheng was beaten severely by you.

You are unrivaled in the world; in the years to come, the only thing you must do is protect the child of you and Jiao Jiao.

Tu Shan Yue Ming inherited your talents, standing out at a young age, and his cultivation speed is extremely fast.

The still‑young him is not troubled by the grief of his mother's death.

In the second year after the Tribe of the Spirits' founding, its members erected a monument for you and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao, honoring you as the founding Clan Elder of the tribe.

Wu You, the founding Ancestor, and the Tushan Ancestor's titles spread from then on.

Time flew; having restored One Soul One Po, your lifespan still pales compared to peers of the same realm, and at a hundred years old, you sensed your own end.

Yan Beicheng found you again and challenged you.

The result was unsurprising; he lost again.

But you sensed a hint of the unusual; Yan Beicheng's strength has improved greatly since before.

If not for your suppression, he would be the undisputed Number One Under Heaven.

Yan Beicheng said, "I have sensed a brand‑new realm, touching the barriers of the Tianyuan Continent; beyond that, there lies an even larger world!"

Yan Beicheng's words made your eyes shine.

Perhaps Tu Shan Jiao Jiao still has a chance of resurrection.