Chapter 259: Subduing the Nether Serpent

Ye Liuyun didn't go to manage the Hell Mingshe; the Ten Thousand Gods Command was devouring its Soul, so he didn't have to worry.

He first refilled the Skeleton Puppet's Crystal Stone, then retrieved the Storage Ring, then opened his Grand Hall, releasing Lei Ming, Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Ru Yue, letting them load things inside.

The several women, seeing Ye Liuyun unharmed, finally relaxed. Just after Lei Ming entered, he told them how terrifying Ye Liuyun's opponent was.

Then the women, seeing so many treasures, were ecstatic and began frantically moving them into the Grand Hall.

Ye Liuyun also extracted the Xuan Kong Shi and the Hell Mingshe's Primordial Core, handing the corpse to the women to deal with.

"Human kid, I give you that Xuan Kong Shi; can you spare me?" the Hell Mingshe bargained with Ye Liuyun.

"That Xuan Kong Shi is already mine! Using my own thing to negotiate with me? Dream on!"

Ye Liuyun found its words amusing.

"Then, how about I tell you the way to Hell as a condition?"

The Hell Mingshe felt the Ten Thousand Gods Command devouring its Soul faster and asked anxiously.

"Heh!" Ye Liuyun chuckled, then said, "I don't want to go to Hell so soon! Besides, you know I can obtain it through Soul Search. It seems you still haven't figured out your current situation, have you?"

"Then what exactly must you do to release me?" the Hell Mingshe gasped, yet was helpless. The Ten Thousand Gods Command held it tightly; it could not resist at all now.

"I never intended to spare you!" Ye Liuyun replied naturally.

"You... you kid are too ruthless! I have no grudge against you, and you want to kill me?"

The Hell Mingshe was still struggling in its death throes.

Ye Liuyun simply ignored it, too lazy for idle talk.

He sat cross‑legged, focusing on absorbing the Souls replenished by the Ten Thousand Gods Command. Adding the other people's Souls he had previously stored in the Thunder Fire Domain, he absorbed them all together.

His two golden‑armor Souls finally grew to the size of a normal person and became unusually solid.

Then the Hell Mingshe's Soul continued to be steadily transformed.

He shifted his Divine Sense toward the Hell Mingshe to check its condition, only to find it hadn't been much drained by the Ten Thousand Gods Command and was still vigorous!

"Kid, stop right now! Without my guidance, you can't get out of this underground palace!"

The Hell Mingshe tried every method to tempt him.

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected the Hell Mingshe's Soul to be so powerful! It seems that after fully absorbing it, his own Soul could at least double.

So he stopped paying attention to the Mingshe and went to check on the other women.

Wu Qingcheng told him, "All the Spirit Stones have been moved into the Dongtian Dadian; they're as high as a small mountain, so we'll never lack Spirit Stones again."

"Not lacking? That may only be temporary!" Ye Liuyun mused, "Even a mountain of Spirit Stones isn't enough for the Skeleton Puppet to use a few times!"

"Indeed!" Wu Qingcheng, also a bit worried, said, "So we should try to conserve them normally. As for the other pills, many are usable by us, and the pills for Monster Beasts we have kept."

Then she handed Ye Liuyun a Storage Ring. "Take the pills and False Holy Artifact here and give them to others! I've kept all weapons and treasures of Holy Artifact rank or higher."

Ye Liuyun accepted the Storage Ring, then had the women immediately start taking pills to cultivate.

"We'll cultivate here a bit before leaving; it's perfect since I also need to cultivate."

Thus, Ye Liuyun took out all the beast cores of the ferocious beasts, along with the Hell Mingshe's Primordial Core, and began absorbing them.

The other ferocious beasts' Crystal Cores were fine, their energy not especially strong. But the Hell Mingshe's Primordial Core was of the Tian Gang Fourth Layer realm. Ye Liuyun spent over two hours just to absorb only a portion.

Mainly, the Hell Mingshe's sinister aura required its Mysterious Origin breathing technique to convert it bit by bit. Nevertheless, even so, his realm had already reached the mid‑stage of the Seventh Layer of Sea Transformation.

"Such a strong sinister aura—this Mingshe is no good," Ye Liuyun said, glancing again at the Sea of Consciousness, noticing his two golden‑armor Souls had nearly doubled in size.

Yet the Hell Mingshe was still alive and not particularly weak; at least it could contend with a golden‑armor Soul.

"Kid, don't go! I surrender, I fully surrender! Just tell me what you need to spare me. If you keep refining, my Primordial Power will be completely gone!"

Ye Liuyun looked at its Soul and indeed thought it would be a pity to kill it. After thinking, he decided he could place the Hell Mingshe into the Thunder Fire Domain, letting it guard there, which wasn't bad.

So he decided to give the Hell Mingshe a chance. "Recognize me as master, and I'll spare your life!"

"What? Make a Hell Mingshe recognize a human as master? I'd rather die!" the Hell Mingshe shouted, clearly very resistant.

"Oh! Then go to your death!" Ye Liuyun didn't want to waste more words.

"Wait, wait," the Hell Mingshe hurriedly called out. If Ye Liuyun cultivated for another two hours, its Soul would be completely eradicated.

"Can't we negotiate? How about adding a time limit?" the Hell Mingshe asked.

"You still want to haggle with me?" Ye Liuyun was impressed; this Mingshe's nerve was truly thick!

"No, I wouldn't dare! But if you add a deadline, at least I have something to look forward to. That's the minimum of mastery over others; I'm just giving you a reminder!" the Mingshe said ingratiatingly.

Ye Liuyun agreed that the Mingshe made sense, and said, "Alright, then let's set a thousand‑year term?"

"\"I... \" the Mingshe opened its mouth to curse, but forced it shut. Patiently, it explained to Ye Liuyun, "Give people hope, but it must be attainable; if it's too distant they'll be disappointed! How about a hundred years? I think a hundred years is already long enough!"

Ye Liuyun smiled inwardly. He had originally thought ten years would suffice, because in ten years he believed he could completely surpass the Mingshe and no longer fear its retaliation.

But since the Mingshe said a hundred years, he naturally wouldn't refuse. "Fine, as you say, let's first set a hundred‑year Master‑Servant Contract."

Seeing Ye Liuyun agree so readily, the Mingshe also regretted, "Damn! I set the term too long! That kid tricked me!" But now it had no choice but to accept its misfortune.

So they both signed the Master‑Servant Contract, and Ye Liuyun threw him into the Thunder Fire Domain to guard. Because of the contract, the Thunder Fire there could no longer harm the Mingshe.

As soon as the Hell Mingshe entered the Thunder Fire Domain, its aura instantly merged with the domain. This place, already like a hell of Blood Thunder and flames, now also bore the death aura of the Mingshe, giving an even more terrifying impression.

Ye Liuyun clearly felt that the Soul domain's defensive and offensive capabilities had become noticeably stronger.

The Mingshe also thought this place was fine; a hundred years wasn't long for him and would pass quickly. Moreover, Ye Liuyun also promised it that the Souls absorbed in the Thunder Fire Domain would be shared, giving it one‑third, so it could continue to grow here.