Chapter 207: Soul Mark

"It seems that seeking wealth through danger does have some truth! If one doesn't risk one's life, one can't obtain such a treasure."

Ye Liuyun thought to himself, but Divine Sense searched everywhere for where that Alien Evil Artifact said the other treasure was.

Soon, his Golden Pupil spotted it: a stone‑like object emitting Golden Light, suppressed by that Alien Evil Artifact within a skeleton's body.

Now, the skeleton, no longer controlled by its Soul, had its evil aura dissipate, and the stone immediately burst into light.

The light also carried a holy aura, continuously purifying the surrounding evil aura.

Ye Liuyun immediately seized the stone along with the skeleton.

The skeleton's frame was unusual; its bones were crystal‑clear, clearly the Foreign Tribe had put much work into it.

Ye Liuyun gathered the items, then used the newly obtained Nether Ghost Fire to burn the Altar, simultaneously cutting the Altar slash by slash.

"Howl…" From the Altar's spatial Formation, a huge claw emerged. Perhaps the opposing Foreign Tribe, sensing someone destroying it, intervened.

The terrifying pressure, far stronger than that emitted by the Alien Evil Artifact earlier, forced Ye Liuyun to spit out a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, the Altar could not bear it and collapsed down.

"Howl…" another howl echoed from within the Altar, and the giant claw dissipated along with the Altar's collapse.

Ye Liuyun plopped onto the ground, panting heavily.

"Phew, that was close—almost killed myself! That Alien Evil Artifact is really too powerful!"

Even now, Ye Liuyun still felt his breathing a bit labored.

But now all his attacks functioned normally. So he used his Golden Pupil to release Nether Ghost Fire, burning all the corpses inside the hall to ash.

The ghost fire appeared pale and weak, a calm blue, yet its actual temperature was no worse than Golden Crow Holy Fire, and it burned the filth with even more pronounced effect.

Ye Liuyun decided to keep this Nether Ghost Fire as his Trump Card, to use only for survival, not to show others.

After burning the place empty, Ye Liuyun slipped out of the city again; the black‑robed Xue Hai and Jin Wuhui were nowhere to be found.

After Ye Liuyun reunited with Qiong Qi, they ran far away, found a deserted spot, and Ye Liuyun told Qiong Qi what happened, taking out the golden‑light stone and the skeleton.

"This is… Buddha Light Relic!" Qiong Qi shouted upon seeing the golden‑light stone.

"Buddha Light Relic? Is it powerful?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"Of course. Relics are the essence left by enlightened monks after their passing. Buddha Light specifically counters Alien Evil Artifacts, purifying them. It's thousands of times more effective than the exorcism stone in your Demon Slaying Sword. Fortunately you destroyed that Alien Evil Artifact; otherwise, if he had refined this Buddha Light Relic and the Nether Ghost Fire, he would have become truly invincible!"

Qiong Qi said with a hint of lingering fear.

"Where did all these things come from?" Ye Liuyun remained curious.

"You don't care where it came from, just refine it! I'll give you a Protector."

"Fine!" Ye Liuyun replied without hesitation, immediately holding the Buddha Light Relic in his hand and beginning to refine it.

Qiong Qi then examined the skeleton and took it away.

Nearby, Lin Xueying, who had been commenting on Ye Liuyun's recklessness, now celebrated his luck in obtaining the treasure.

Seeing Qiong Qi take the skeleton, she asked curiously, "What will you do with it?"

"Hehe, little girl, you wouldn't understand. This skeleton is special; if forged into a Kuailei, it will become a great aid later." Qiong Qi said while beginning to set up a Formation beside Ye Liuyun.

But shortly after Ye Liuyun began refining, the black‑robed Xue Hai chased after him.

Seeing only a scruffy old man and a fourth‑rank Sea Transformation female disciple beside Ye Liuyun, he laughed.

"Ha ha ha, you kid are destined to never escape my palm. Tell me how you got the Buddha Light Relic, and I can make your death quick!"

Ye Liuyun immediately stopped refining and looked at Xue Hai. He hadn't intended to let Xue Hai go, and this was the perfect moment to deal with him.

But he was curious how Xue Hai had found him.

"How did you find me?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"The Buddha Light Relic was something I found and presented to the Demon Race lord. It bears my Soul Mark, so of course I could locate it!"

Xue Hai said disdainfully.

"Soul Mark?" Ye Liuyun searched the Sea of Consciousness with the Da Yan Soul Technique and indeed found the Soul Mark secret art, though he had never cultivated it.

"Xue Hai, I heard you're a Soul Cultivator?" Ye Liuyun said with a smile, looking at Xue Hai.

"Of course. Even if you don't tell me, after killing you I can still search your Soul and know how you obtained the Relic." Xue Hai said confidently.

Ye Liuyun didn't try to hide it and told him, "I killed the so‑called lord, destroyed the Altar, and then obtained this Relic."

"You kid really can brag! You should look in a mirror and see what realm you're in. Since you won't tell, I'll have to make things a bit more troublesome!"

Xue Hai, of course, didn't believe it. That lord was a being that even he feared; Ye Liuyun before him was like an ant, with no chance to strike.

"Your so‑called lord isn't a Demon Race at all, but an Alien Evil Artifact!" Ye Liuyun said again.

The Demon Race generally has low spiritual intelligence, only knowing slaughter. The Foreign Tribe, however, possesses high spiritual intelligence and is harder to deal with.

"You kid know quite a lot! Then you must die today!"

Saying that, Xue Hai launched a Divine Sense attack toward Ye Liuyun.

He thought, being four realms higher than Ye Liuyun, he could easily kill him, so he didn't give his full effort.

But Ye Liuyun immediately released a Soul Sword infused with Nether Ghost Fire, instantly shattering the attack, then surged into his Sea of Consciousness and pierced his Soul.

The Nether Ghost Fire clung to his Soul, expanding as it burned.

"Ah! How is this possible? This is a lord's flame! How can you also have such flame?" Xue Hai screamed in pain.

"I told you I killed him, yet you still don't believe!" Ye Liuyun said calmly.

"No… could… be…" Xue Hai managed to utter before falling silent forever.

Seeing the black‑robed foe finally destroyed by his own hand, Ye Liuyun let out a sigh.

This finally put an end to a lingering worry of his!

The first two times he met the black‑robed man, he was constantly suppressed; now he finally got his revenge!

He never imagined that the black‑robed man he once thought invincible would now be annihilated by a single strike!

Indeed, Nether Ghost Fire is far more effective against yin ghosts and similar substances!

Ye Liuyun sighed a little, then he put away the Blood Sea's Storage Ring, began to continue refining that Buddha Light relic. At the same time, he multitasked, started researching the secret technique of the soul imprint in the Sea of Consciousness.

The secret technique of the soul imprint is actually very simple; just trace a strand of Divine Sense, imprint it onto an object or a person's body, to mark it. It causes no harm; its main purpose is for searching.

Ye Liuyun, following the soul imprint secret method, went to look for the soul imprint of the Blood Sea on the relic. But after the Blood Sea died, the soul imprint naturally disappeared.

So he then took Lin Xueying beside him to practice, quietly leaving a strand of Divine Sense on her.

Lin Xueying's soul level is inferior to his; she didn't notice at all.

Qiong Qi's soul is stronger than his; although he noticed it, he also paid no attention to his little movements.