Chapter 528: The remorseful Venerable Gui Yi, enslaving a Universe Venerable!

Although Chu Yang's immortal divine power had reached the point of exhaustion, he could still use his soul force to deploy the Earth Sword Array.

As long as he willed it, he could now use the third level of the Earth Sword Array, "Prison Suppression," to annihilate the golden-robed man, whose divine body had already lost nearly eighty percent of its mass.

Of course, if he did that, this entire scheme would truly have been in vain.

After all, Chu Yang's original intention was not to lure an alien spy just to execute them, but to control them as his soul slave.

Earth just happened to be lacking a guardian to keep the residents on the island in check, and this golden-robed man was the perfect candidate.

However, since the opponent was a soul slave of an alien powerhouse, Chu Yang had to erase the alien powerhouse's soul imprint before he could control him.

Naturally, this was a task best handled by Venerable Gui Yi.

But if Venerable Gui Yi was unwilling to act, Chu Yang would have no choice but to kill the golden-robed man.

Because he knew very well that even though the golden-robed man had lost nearly eighty percent of his divine power, his strength would be less than one percent of his peak even if he re-aggregated his divine body.

But the problem was...

The opponent could detonate himself with a single thought! At that point, he would have suffered a loss instead of gaining an advantage.

The self-detonation of a Universe Venerable was absolutely terrifying...

The reason the golden-robed man had yet to re-aggregate his divine body was due to the influence of the "Immortal Light."

In fact, Chu Yang had caught him off guard earlier; the golden-robed man had no time to react, which was why he had fallen into this state before he could self-detonate.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside Chu Yang.

Dressed in a fiery red battle robe, barefoot and bald, it was none other than Venerable Gui Yi.

Venerable Gui Yi bowed slightly to Chu Yang and said, "My apologies, Little Martial Uncle."

He did not offer much explanation, but this single "Little Martial Uncle" and the attitude he displayed were enough to explain many things.

From this moment on, Venerable Gui Yi had completely accepted Chu Yang as his martial uncle, and he did so with genuine conviction.

Because the methods Chu Yang displayed at the last moment had even made him, a Universe Overlord, feel a sense of trepidation.

Venerable Gui Yi was certain that it was a power of an extremely high level, but his Little Martial Uncle clearly could not yet master it perfectly, so the power he exerted was limited.

No matter how much the sect emphasized seniority and respect for teachers, this was ultimately a world where strength was paramount.

To repeat: talent is not equivalent to strength. In the entire sect, apart from the four Universe Masters, only Liang Wei had truly accepted Chu Yang as her Little Martial Uncle.

But that last battle made Venerable Gui Yi suddenly realize that even though Chu Yang's realm was still low, his strength could not be underestimated! He knew that Chu Yang had been deliberately suppressing his realm, obsessed with comprehending the laws.

Although he did not understand the point of doing so, it was undeniable that Chu Yang's foundation would be incredibly solid.

In other words, Chu Yang could step into the realm of a Universe Venerable at any time!

An invincible King-level could kill a mid-level Universe Venerable, and that final strike just now was likely something even a high-level Universe Venerable would struggle to resist.

Once Chu Yang became a Universe Venerable, how terrifying would his strength be? Venerable Gui Yi realized that as long as his Little Martial Uncle was willing, it probably wouldn't be long before he caught up to his own realm.

By then, he would likely be able to crush him with one hand!

After all, he had always been in Chaos City, following the Chaos City Leader, so he had the most intuitive concept of Chu Yang's speed in comprehending laws.

With that heaven-defying speed, he would probably comprehend the origin laws of time within a few hundred years of becoming a Universe Venerable! By then...

Wouldn't he be able to become a Universe Master directly? Of course, becoming a Universe Master was not that simple; comprehending two supreme origin laws was merely the threshold.

But regardless, Chu Yang's strength and courage had completely won Venerable Gui Yi over.

He had originally thought the other party was being overly ambitious, relying on his protection to show off his talent and lure in alien spies.

Now it seemed that was not the case at all!

Even without his intervention, the man had still managed to counter-kill a mid-level Universe Venerable carrying three top-tier heavy treasures! Chu Yang merely nodded slightly, saying nothing more.

Venerable Gui Yi's figure disappeared again, then reappeared within the Earth Sword Array. He raised his hand and gripped the air, and terrifying divine power instantly enveloped the golden-robed man's divine body factors.

Immediately after, the soul force contained within Venerable Gui Yi's divine power forcibly erased the soul imprint used by the alien powerhouse to enslave the golden-robed man.

Venerable Gui Yi turned to look at Chu Yang and said with some concern, "Uh... Little Martial Uncle, why don't I control him first, and you can enslave him after you recover from your injuries?"

He knew very well how difficult it was to capture an alien spy alive and enslave them.

These spies were essentially dead men; once they faced a desperate situation, they would self-detonate without a second thought.

If he had intervened to save him earlier, the final result would likely have been a waste of effort.

Because once an alien spy was captured and successfully enslaved, it meant the alien powerhouse behind them would be exposed, potentially implicating an entire vast infiltration network.

Therefore, Venerable Gui Yi naturally did not want to kill the golden-robed man, yet he could not enslave him himself, as he hadn't participated in the battle at all—it was entirely Chu Yang's credit.

If he were to swoop in and reap the rewards, he would be beaten to death by his teacher upon returning. Chu Yang glanced at him speechlessly, his eyes seeming to say...

What were you doing earlier?

Now you remember to care about my injuries?

If Venerable Gui Yi had acted earlier, Chu Yang could have coordinated with him, using the enhanced version of time-stop from the wind-time laws, combined with the second level of the Earth Sword Array, to restrict the golden-robed man for an instant.

Chu Yang knew that with Venerable Gui Yi's strength, that instant would have been enough to crush the golden-robed man's divine body and completely control him.

Venerable Gui Yi rubbed his bald head and could only laugh dryly. He had always been a straightforward person; since he was now convinced, he would treat Chu Yang as a senior of the sect.

Chu Yang wanted to wave his hand, but found his arm unable to move in the slightest, so he could only say directly, "No need, my soul force is still quite abundant."

Venerable Gui Yi was stunned. He looked at the Earth Sword Array, then at Chu Yang's divine body, which was on the verge of collapse, and was momentarily bewildered.

What the hell is "abundant soul force"?

Do you want to see what a mess your divine body is in?

For every powerhouse above the Immortal level, the soul, genetic energy, spiritual consciousness, and physical body are completely fused, eventually forming immortal divine power and condensing an immortal divine body.

Simply put, the divine body is the manifestation of the origin of immortal divine power; every genetic cell has completely fused with the soul.

Therefore, if even the divine body becomes unstable, it means the origin of the immortal divine power is severely depleted—so where would the soul force come from?

Clearly, this was not the time for explanations. Chu Yang said nothing more; dense soul threads emerged from between his brows and wrapped around every factor of the golden-robed man's divine body. At this moment, the golden-robed man's immortal divine power origin was only about twenty percent, and he could not resist Chu Yang's soul force at all.

In just a moment, the soul imprint had merged into the golden-robed man's divine power origin, meaning he had completely become Chu Yang's soul slave.

Although Chu Yang had consumed a lot of soul force earlier to forcibly merge the Divine Kingdom and the Lingxiao Palace, that consumption was only about fifty percent.

One must know that his soul force was comparable to that of a Universe Venerable; the remaining fifty percent was more than enough to enslave a mid-level Universe Venerable whose strength was less than one percent of his peak! Seeing him succeed so easily, Venerable Gui Yi was once again bewildered, suddenly feeling that this Little Martial Uncle had become mysterious.

Those mysterious and powerful methods, as well as this special soul force, all reeked of strangeness.

Glancing at the golden-robed man, who was slowly re-aggregating and already had a human silhouette, Venerable Gui Yi hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and threw out a large amount of Universe Coins.

With the help of these Universe Coins, the golden-robed man's aggregation speed suddenly accelerated. A moment later, he re-condensed his divine body, and his strength recovered to about fifty percent.

Venerable Gui Yi ignored him, watched the 108,000 small earthy-yellow swords return to the Ludu Sword Gourd, and hurriedly followed Chu Yang, grinning, "That... Little Martial Uncle... should I help you restore your divine body?"

In fact, even now, he didn't think Chu Yang's injuries were that severe, because as long as there were enough Hunyuan units, repairing an immortal divine body was just a matter of time.

Chu Yang shook his head with difficulty and said, "No one can help me. My divine body is quite special; once it completely collapses, it cannot be re-aggregated."

Venerable Gui Yi was stunned, and then his expression began to change constantly.

If what Chu Yang said was true, hadn't he almost killed this Little Martial Uncle earlier? Chu Yang added, "My Divine Kingdom is also quite special, and my soul is similarly special."

"You can understand it as a brand-new path I have carved out."

"Therefore, I am different from other immortal divine beings; I have no room for trial and error. Once the divine body is destroyed, it means the death of the physical body."

There are only two ways to kill an ordinary immortal divine being: one is to forcibly annihilate their divine power origin, which can also be called physical destruction.

The other way is to directly use soul attacks to annihilate the opponent's soul origin.

And wanting to kill Chu Yang is obviously even simpler.

Because there was no need to go to the trouble of annihilating his divine power origin; it was enough to just annihilate his soul or destroy his physical body.

But this only looked simple...

One must know that Chu Yang's soul origin is connected to the Soul Palace.

Although the Soul Palace does not provide external protection for his soul, if he were truly in a life-or-death situation, Chu Yang could completely split off a wisp of his soul origin and return to the Soul Palace.

In this way, even if his body and soul were destroyed, he would at least have a chance for a comeback.

Returning to the Zando, the spaceship changed direction and headed straight for the Wulong Starfield.

This was the true goal of Chu Yang's trip!

If he had just wanted to go to the Initial Universe, he could have just entered the cosmic passage; why bother going in circles for so many days?

Simply put, he had been waiting for the aliens to send someone, then go to the Wulong Starfield to buy Zerg corpses, and finally go to Chaos City.

It was just that he hadn't expected the aliens to send a mid-level Universe Venerable directly.

Now it seemed this was an unexpected joy.

On the spaceship, Chu Yang held a World Ring in his hand, which Venerable Gui Yi had just given him, containing three trillion Hunyuan units.

This sum was nothing to Venerable Gui Yi, and in fact, it wasn't a huge fortune to Chu Yang either.

After all, his account still had forty-four trillion Hunyuan units.

But the advantage was that this was "cash," which could be used directly to repair the Divine Kingdom.

Forcibly merging the Lingxiao Palace with the Divine Kingdom caused a backlash that affected not only Chu Yang's divine body but also that yet-to-be-opened Divine Kingdom!

However, repairing the Divine Kingdom was much easier; it was nothing more than consuming a large amount of Universe Crystals, i. e., Hunyuan units.

Along the way, Venerable Gui Yi and the golden-robed man stood guard by Chu Yang's side, one on the left and one on the right, both with a hint of guilt on their faces.

The former was because he had acted on impulse and failed to help, leading to his Little Martial Uncle suffering such heavy injuries.

The latter was because Chu Yang's injuries were all caused by him.

That is how soul slaves are; no matter how murderous they were before being enslaved, once they are soul-enslaved, they will submit wholeheartedly, considering everything for their master, with absolute loyalty.

When the spaceship arrived at the Wulong Starfield, Chu Yang finally opened his eyes.

Along the way, he had been recovering from his injuries while repairing the Divine Kingdom.

At this time, his skin was no longer covered in cracks; at least on the surface, he didn't look like he had suffered heavy damage at all.

His overall strength had recovered to about sixty percent; it would take some time to fully recover.

The uniqueness of his immortal divine body gave him almost no room for error, but it also gave him advantages that other immortal divine beings did not have.

The most intuitive manifestation was the speed of recovering from injuries and immortal divine power, and he did not need to consume Hunyuan units.

But it must be said that repairing the Divine Kingdom was truly a money-burning affair!

When Chu Yang returned the World Ring to Venerable Gui Yi, the three trillion Hunyuan units inside were reduced to less than one hundred billion.

In other words...

If Chu Yang were to forcibly use the method of merging the Lingxiao Palace with the Divine Kingdom again, he would have to prepare three trillion Hunyuan units in advance!

Three trillion at a time—even with his wealth, he had to be careful...

One must know that this was just for a Divine Kingdom that hadn't even been fully opened yet.

Once he further opened and gradually perfected the Divine Kingdom, the cost of repairing it after damage would be even higher.

At the same time, Chu Yang realized another problem...

That was, although the path of cultivating four Divine Kingdoms had a very high ceiling, apart from the Metal Divine Kingdom, the other three were destined to be very money-burning!

In short, it was "an inch of land, an inch of gold"! Every step of development and perfection required a large amount of Universe Crystals to fill!

Money! He was short of money! The income from those one hundred islands was probably far from enough! Chu Yang had already begun to ponder how to accumulate more capital in the Initial Universe. Undoubtedly, the two most direct and profitable ways were to refine heavy treasures and create secret techniques, and then sell them through the Yubao Hall or the internal exchange treasury of the Virtual Universe Company.

However, no matter which one it was, he would have to wait until he became a Universe Venerable to start implementing it... (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 529 =====