Chapter 742: The Second Purple Soul Seed

The Immortal Sect Bai Ta was silent.

But soon, a cold laugh echoed from the upper level of the Bai Ta.

"As the Sect Master of the Fusion Sect, you speak nothing but nonsense! You are a disgrace to your status!"

Following the cold laugh, the figure of the Immortal Sect Master appeared from the upper level. He stepped out into the main hall, looking coldly at the Fusion Sect Master, and shouted.

"You read ancient texts? You verified history? You assert that my Immortal Sect never had Immortal Soul Seeds in the past?"

"Then, take a look at this!"

As he spoke, the Immortal Sect Master raised his right hand and pointed toward the upper level. Immediately, a terrifying wave of soul threads erupted from above. This wave was incredibly strong, surpassing all others, numbering nearly three hundred thousand.

Even more shocking, as this wave erupted, a screen of light manifested, revealing a massive figure within.

It was a divine creature, a Earth Child.

But unlike the one the Immortal Sect Master had woven before, this Earth Child now appearing carried an ancient aura. Its aura was thick and profound, transcending the realm of a Earth Child, giving off a sense of Void Returning, and not just an ordinary Void Returning at that.

The fluctuation of soul threads within its body was terrifying, and within it, a cyan snowflake shimmered with brilliant light, connecting all the soul threads.

It was a Soul Seed.

Seeing this, the Fusion Sect Master fell silent, and the Fusion Sect cultivators beside him, including the Seventh Imperial Prince and the Chief Disciple, all frowned.

The people in the Bai Ta were all shocked.

Some guessed the origin of this Earth Child, and this guess made their hearts churn.

"This is the ancestor of my Immortal Sect, Chen Daoze!"

The Immortal Sect Master's voice echoed through the Bai Ta.

"Rumors from the outside world say that when he reached Great Perfection back then and wove the Earth Child, he died in silence and his mummified corpse was kept in my Immortal Sect. But in reality, how could an ancestor like him die so easily!"

"My sect's ancestor Chen Daoze chose to slumber to study the Soul Seed himself!"

"The ancestor already had a Soul Seed in his body; where does your claim that it never existed come from!"

"Furthermore, the ancestor himself fused with a Soul Seed, so where does your claim about the 'upstream' having control come from? Tell me, who is the ancestor's upstream!"

The Immortal Sect Master flicked his sleeves, speaking with pride, then turned to look at his own disciples.

"Open your eyes wide and take a good look. You can naturally distinguish whether this projection is faked. And the ancestor is still slumbering; look clearly, is the ancestor's Soul Seed the same as yours!"

The Immortal Sect disciples felt their hearts churning. They had noticed the cyan snowflake on the ancestor's head earlier, which was exactly the same as the ones they had fused with.

Facts speak louder than words, and they can destroy all rumors.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed with brilliance. He understood the origin of the feeling he had earlier, but he was also very surprised. He hadn't expected that Chen Daoze of the Immortal Sect had actually faked his death.

"Chen Daoze's soul... the degree of its thickness exceeds the Sect Master's by several times, but unfortunately, the cyan snowflake's enhancement on him is limited. If it were a purple Soul Seed, it would definitely allow his soul threads to break through five hundred thousand."

Xu Qing pondered.

The Immortal Sect Master's counter-attack was something the Fusion Sect could not respond to. At this moment, the Fusion Sect members all had grave expressions, and seeing this, the Immortal Sect Master sneered again.

"The person I mentioned earlier who was in seclusion is my sect's ancestor. In one month, he will emerge from seclusion."

"If you still have doubts, one month from now, dare you engage in a Dao Debate!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only were the people in the Bai Ta shaken, but the students from various sects watching this from outside the Bai Ta were also in an uproar.

The Dao Debate of the Imperial Academy is the highest level of competition between sects and is the foundation of the Imperial Academy. It encourages sects to use Dao Debates as a way to increase their persuasiveness and attract students to join.

In the early days of the Imperial Academy, such debates were held frequently, and some debates between major sects would even attract the attention of the Imperial Clan, with the Human Emperor himself appearing to observe the ceremony.

But as time passed, the Fusion Sect became dominant, and such debates became rare.

But today, the Immortal Sect Master had actually proposed a Dao Debate.

These words were like a sword being drawn from its sheath.

For a moment, the Immortal Sect disciples in the Bai Ta were stirred, while the Fusion Sect members remained silent.

After a long while, the Fusion Sect Master withdrew his gaze from the light screen, looked at the Immortal Sect Master, and spoke calmly.

"Very well. Then one month from now, on the day your sect's ancestor emerges from seclusion, we shall have a Dao Debate at the Imperial Academy!"

After saying this, the Fusion Sect Master turned and left, and the Fusion Sect high-level members all walked out of the Immortal Sect Bai Ta with gloomy expressions.

Inside the Immortal Sect Bai Ta, everyone was stirred. The Sect Master held his head high, waved his hand to tell everyone to return to their usual activities, and then turned and returned to the upper level with his hands behind his back.

As for Xu Qing, he looked at the departing Fusion Sect cultivators, taking a few extra looks at the Seventh Imperial Prince and that Sect Master, then turned and looked toward the upper level of the Immortal Sect Bai Ta.

"Should I... give them another Soul Seed?"

Xu Qing pondered, and then left the Immortal Sect.

Late at night, in the Imperial Academy, a pouch identical to the previous one was delivered to the Immortal Sect Bai Ta and placed before the Sect Master.

The Sect Master sensed it immediately but did not fly out right away. He waited for a while, then rushed over. He didn't care who sent it; he felt it in his heart and had been waiting for it. He grabbed the pouch and opened it instantly.

Inside the pouch was a jade slip and a pill bottle containing a purple snowflake.

Seeing these two items, the Immortal Sect Master's breathing quickened. He didn't know what the snowflake was, but he could feel the Immortal Sect fluctuation emanating from it, so he excitedly grabbed the jade slip and examined it intently.

After a while, his expression changed repeatedly. Finally, he put down the jade slip and looked at the pill bottle.

For a long time... a look of determination appeared in his eyes. He crushed the pill bottle, and after the purple snowflake inside floated out, he branded it into his palm and fused it into his flesh and blood.

The soul threads in his body instantly boiled.

At the same time, in the Fusion Sect Bai Ta late at night, another event of profound significance was taking place...

On the upper level of the Fusion Sect Bai Ta, in the Scripture Pavilion, the figure of the Seventh Imperial Prince appeared, checking the jade slips there.

Because of the nature of the Imperial Academy, the Fusion Sect's Scripture Pavilion stored many insights from disciples' cultivation, making it convenient for later generations to check and improve, as well as using the experience of predecessors to prevent later generations from taking the wrong path.

At this moment, the Seventh Imperial Prince was flipping through them.

He could have left tonight, but after returning from the Immortal Sect, he thought about the words of praise the Sect Master had given him, specifically the mention of "sixty years."

"Sixty years... I can become a great talent... but the Prince Incense is about to be lit, and there is only one year left, so I cannot wait for these sixty years."

The Seventh Imperial Prince's eyes showed unwillingness. Although his cultivation had broken through, he still felt it was too slow. He hated Xu Qing and wanted revenge; he longed to become the Crown Prince and rule the Human Race.

Originally, with his uncle, the Heavenly Wave King, as his backer, this was not impossible.

But now...

"If my cultivation were heaven-shaking... everything would be solved!"

The Seventh Imperial Prince felt a bit irritable. While pondering, he flipped through the records, wanting to see if there were any shortcuts. He had asked the Sect Master about this, but the other party hadn't told him.

Just like that, time passed. An hour later, the Seventh Imperial Prince, who had checked many cultivation records, suddenly had a strange glint in his eyes and looked down at the jade slip in his hand.

This jade slip was a cultivation insight from a Fusion Sect predecessor, which proposed an idea: absorbing a sufficient amount of souls from the same race seemed to be able to improve the speed and limits of the body's fusion with divine creatures.

But this matter was too cruel and violated human nature, so this person gave it up, only killing enemies and trying it on a small scale.

The Seventh Imperial Prince was silent. After a long while, he left the Scripture Pavilion.

As for that jade slip, he placed it back in its original position.