Chapter 1444: The Lost and Found Nest of Radiance (Second Update, Seeking Votes)

However, before Ao Yu could take action, the North Sea Dragon King appeared abruptly behind him and struck his neck with a hand-blade.

Yet, Ao Yu's eyes rolled back to show the whites, and he merely swayed; he was not knocked unconscious by the North Sea Dragon King at all, and instead, the red glow in his Longyan grew even more prominent.

Ao Yu instinctively wanted to flee, but in the face of absolute strength, he was easily subdued by the North Sea Dragon King and carried before Li Changsheng.

"Your Majesty Wansheng, has Ao Yu been subjected to Possession?"

"It should only be that he is being controlled, but it is possible that a seed has been planted in his soul, and there is a possibility that he could be replaced by the Xuan Emperor in the future."

Li Changsheng said this, but the probability could be described as minuscule, though the possibility did exist nonetheless.

"Then can it be detected?"

"With my methods, I cannot guarantee his safety, and if it is sufficiently concealed, it might not necessarily be detectable."

Li Changsheng shook his head; he only possessed the Original Light and did not cultivate the Great Dao of the soul, so even with the Star Emperor's inheritance, his understanding of the soul still did not reach the top tier.

"Then what is to be done?"

"Ao Yu is your subordinate, so how to handle him is your business. I can at most offer an opinion, but it is best to take precautions; who knows, one day the Xuan Emperor might be able to resurrect again using Ao Yu's body."

Li Changsheng waved his hand. Such things had occurred in history, the representative figure being the Underworld Emperor, who was known as the Undying Underworld Emperor precisely because of this ability.

Perhaps it was because of this ability that the Underworld Emperor's ego inflated, eventually turning him into a master of courting death, dying on the path of self-destruction, the kind from which there is no return.

"I understand!"

The North Sea Dragon King nodded solemnly. He did not want the Xuan Emperor to resurrect using Ao Yu's body one day; that would be troublesome.

"Ao Yu, after you die, I shall provide for your wife; do not worry!"

"No, don't!"

Ao Yu's voice suddenly rang out, a sliver of clarity returning to his Longyan, and he could not help but shake his head desperately.

Crack~

The North Sea Dragon King looked at Ao Yu with pity, then ruthlessly crushed Ao Yu's neck bone.

Ao Yu's dragon body twitched violently a few times, then stopped moving altogether.

Ao Yu's death gave the other dragon descendants a great fright; they no longer dared to hide anything and hurriedly brought out all the treasures they had plundered.

The North Sea Dragon King respectfully handed Ao Yu's Space Ring to Li Changsheng. This Space Ring was not very large in area and did not have Ao Yu's Soul Imprint.

Li Changsheng poured out all the items and grabbed the millstone-shaped treasure.

The millstone immediately began to tremble, and a consciousness was on the verge of invading Li Changsheng's Consciousness Sea, but unfortunately, it could not even break through the defensive layer of the Consciousness Sea and was a complete waste of effort.

"So it is an Eternal Darkness Crystal; no wonder it could store a portion of the Xuan Emperor's soul."

Li Changsheng took a look and immediately recognized its identity.

Eternal Darkness Crystal is extremely rare and belongs to the category of soul-based raw materials; its grade is even close to Zifu Qizhen, so it is no wonder it could contain a portion of the Xuan Emperor's soul.

Given the strength of the Xuan Emperor's soul, even if it were only a portion, ordinary soul-based materials would simply be unable to contain it.

This piece of Eternal Darkness Crystal could actually be used to upgrade the Original Light.

Crack~

Li Changsheng seemed to have made another discovery; he used brute force to snap the Eternal Darkness Crystal into two pieces. The center of the Eternal Darkness Crystal was actually hollow, revealing a honeycomb-shaped treasure—was it not the Nest of Radiance?

Li Changsheng had thought the Nest of Radiance was destroyed in the previous self-detonation, but it appeared here instead. This made Li Changsheng marvel; the Xuan Emperor's methods truly opened his eyes.

If Li Changsheng had not been sufficiently cautious, given the Xuan Emperor's soul strength and methods, he could definitely have successfully completed the Possession, and then, relying on the power of the Nest of Radiance, he could have occupied an Emperor Rank position again in a few years using a new identity.

Additionally, Li Changsheng estimated that the Xuan Emperor had left behind resources outside to make a comeback.

After being exposed, just as the Nest of Radiance was about to turn into a streak of light, it was grabbed by Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng used the Original Light to experiment, wanting to search the Xuan Emperor's memories, especially regarding the methods for cultivating dragons.

Unfortunately, the Xuan Emperor's soul strength was too great; even in a weakened state, the Original Light still could not extract many memories.

Under these circumstances, Li Changsheng gave up on that idea.

The methods for cultivating dragons were good, but they were of little real use to him now, and besides, it would require a massive accumulation of time to see results.

Thus, under Li Changsheng's meticulous control, wisps of Sun True Fire drilled into the honeycomb-shaped Nest of Radiance, rushing toward a crystal located at the core of the Nest of Radiance.

That was the soul crystal cut off by the Xuan Emperor; as long as it was completely destroyed, the Xuan Emperor would lose the chance to be reborn, and it would be in a way that his soul would be scattered and his spirit destroyed.

If the King of One Hundred Victories knew this in the afterlife, he would definitely feel very gratified.

Under the scorching of the Sun True Fire, the soul crystal trembled violently, and an illusory figure of the Xuan Emperor emerged.

"Wansheng King, you are so ruthless..."

The Xuan Emperor's eyes were filled with unwillingness, but before he could finish speaking, the soul crystal was instantly burned to ashes by the overbearing Sun True Fire and vanished.

Li Changsheng used the River Chart and Luo Script to calculate once more. This time, he could no longer calculate the existence of the Xuan Emperor, which meant that the Xuan Emperor had completely disappeared from this world.

After setting his mind at ease, Li Changsheng put away the two treasures in his hand.

The Nest of Radiance was recovered, and Li Changsheng could be said to be very excited.

Although the Xuan Emperor possessed several Langhuan Supreme Treasures, the Nest of Radiance was definitely the most valuable, because it was a Supreme Langhuan Treasure. Not to mention its offensive and defensive capabilities, the Mysterious Essence it produced alone was enough to reflect its value.

As for the other gains, besides the items in the Xuan Emperor's Space Ring, there was also a large pile of corpses, Treasures, and fragments of Strange Treasures.

In this process of attacking and killing the Xuan Emperor, although the Four Seas Dragon Kings had contributed little, they had ultimately helped, so Li Changsheng could not monopolize everything and eventually distributed the spoils according to effort.

Among them, Li Changsheng took eighty percent, and the remaining twenty percent went to the Four Seas Dragon Kings.

As for Wendi and Wudi, they naturally divided up the wealth of Tuidi, but Tuidi had only recently become an Emperor, so his net worth was not much better than a Top-tier Double-Character King.

Under these circumstances, Li Changsheng set aside some treasures he did not need and gave them to the two.

The two did not decline and accepted them brazenly.

After the Xuan Emperor's death, Tuidi had resigned himself to his fate. He was actually quite open-minded and his mood was not too terrible; since he could not escape death in the end, it was better to walk the final stretch of the road well, which could be considered not having lived this life in vain.

However, Tuidi still put forward one condition.

"I can cooperate with you to the best of my ability, but I hope you will not target my descendants!"

"Fine!"

Li Zhangsheng did not hesitate and agreed directly.

(End of this chapter)