My gorgeous wife Chapter 2328 - 2296: The Truth Behind Heaven Extinguishing Palace’s Burial

"It really is the second one." Li Chen slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at the figure blocking his path.

There was no doubt that the one standing in front of him was also an ’alter ego.’

Moreover, it was yet another Doomsday Beast Soul.

"Oh?"

The Doomsday Beast Soul seemed taken aback, then couldn’t help but ask, "Aren’t you afraid of me?"

"Afraid?" Hearing the Doomsday Beast Soul’s words, Li Chen couldn’t help but shake his head, "Perhaps you don’t know, but before you, another ’alter ego’ like you has already perished at my hands."

Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, the Doomsday Beast Soul finally understood why there were issues with that enormous Underground Palace. From the moment it started being destroyed, there had been no news. It turned out that even another of its kind had fallen in that place, now in ruins.

However, this second soul showed no hint of fear.

"So what if you’re strong? Can you be stronger than the Palace Master of the Heaven Extinguishing Palace?" the Doomsday Beast Soul sneered, "In the end, won’t you still be trapped here?"

Li Chen nodded slightly in realization.

It seemed that this Doomsday Beast Soul was so confident that it didn’t even bother to disguise itself with him.

The information revealed by this sentence was quite substantial.

"It seems that the Heaven Extinguishing Palace is also just a ruse?" Li Chen asked.

The Doomsday Beast Soul did not respond, simply watching Li Chen with a cold smile. In its eyes, Li Chen was already a dead man. Was it worth wasting words on a dead man?

At this time, many powerhouses who had escaped from the Underground Palace felt a looming sense of great dread approaching them.

Deep within their souls, they felt as if the apocalypse was descending upon them.

Even Li Chen felt this sensation.

"It seems it truly is a powerhouse beyond the Heaven and Earth Realm," Li Chen sighed softly, having held onto a sliver of hope in his heart.

Li Chen then looked up at the Doomsday Beast Soul not far ahead.

"I want to ask you something."

"Hmm?" The Doomsday Beast Soul looked at Li Chen, slightly raising an eyebrow.

Since its identity had always been an ’alter ego’ of Palace Lord Shang, it closely resembled Palace Lord Shang in both appearance and behavior.

Of course, it was only a resemblance.

There were differences between the body and the alter ego, and moreover, Palace Lord Shang’s power intimidated everyone in the Heaven Extinguishing Palace, so no one dared to closely observe what differences there actually were between a Palace Lord’s ’alter ego.’

"I think the so-called Palace Lord Shang is probably one of you as well, right?" Li Chen spoke softly, "What I want to know is, are you Doomsday Beast Souls truly so single-minded that you would die just to achieve your goals and serve someone else?"

"What do you mean?" The Doomsday Beast Soul furrowed its brow.

Li Chen shook his head, "What I mean is, yes, I am indeed not a match for a Dao Saint and might easily be killed. But have you considered that by showing yourself to me now, you might be casually killed by me in anger?"

"You..."

The eyes of the Doomsday Beast Soul widened suddenly, but before it could react further, a powerful constraining power suddenly locked onto it.

In an instant, unable to resist, it was grasped by a giant hand of law, condensed from the Power of the Universe.

"Release me! By doing this, you are courting death! Palace Lord Shang will not spare you!" Unable to speak aloud, the completely imprisoned Doomsday Beast Soul could only roar at Li Chen through Soul Sound.

"Oh?" Li Chen tilted his head, "So if I release you, will Palace Lord Shang politely invite me to leave the Heaven Extinguishing Palace and stop hunting me down?"

The Doomsday Beast Soul was immediately speechless, unable to utter a single word.

Indeed, no matter what, Palace Lord Shang would not let him go.

Since he was going to be dealt with anyway, what else was there to fear?

No matter what he did now, Palace Lord Shang would not spare him.

"You... wait, I can tell you things about the Heaven Extinguishing Palace, about Palace Lord Shang. Don’t... kill me." It finally felt afraid, afraid that Li Chen might kill him without a word.

For cultivators below the Palm Realm, it was extremely difficult to completely kill the Law Soul of a Doomsday Beast Soul.

One could say it was nearly impossible to detect the presence of a Law Soul below the Palm Realm.

But once in the Palm Realm, the situation was different.

Considering oneself as the Cosmos, as long as the cosmos was externalized, nothing could escape the eyes of a Palm Realm powerhouse.

At that time, it would have no path but death.

And it... clearly did not want to die.

"Speak," Li Chen said indifferently.

The Doomsday Beast Soul felt a thrill of joy.

As long as Li Chen was willing to waste time with it, Palace Lord Shang would definitely catch up eventually.

Once Palace Lord Shang appeared, this small Heaven and Earth Realm would be as easy to capture as turning a hand.

"In truth, the Heaven Extinguishing Palace is just as you’ve said—a scheme set up over dozens of eras ago," the Doomsday Beast Soul explained.

"In those days, after our main body was defeated and sealed by the Supreme, we scattered Doomsday Beast Souls began fighting our battles independently. Without the leadership of the main body, although we share the same origin, we have diverged due to differing ideas."

"Through the ages, although we Doomsday Beast Souls have suffered many deaths due to various factors, and our numbers are no longer as high as when the main body attacked, those who remain are still substantial. Unfortunately, each of us is working alone... The Heaven Extinguishing Palace was formed by one such powerful faction of Doomsday Beast Souls after the main body was sealed."

"A faction?" Li Chen frowned.

"Yes." Sneaking a glance at Li Chen, and then at the distant, faintly visible Extinguishing Emperor Palace, the Doomsday Beast Soul whispered, "Originally, the Heaven Extinguishing Palace had over a hundred Doomsday Beast Souls, each incredibly powerful, comparable to those at the Peak of the Soul Realm or even Palm Realm powerhouses. But in the end, due to an accident, only a few of us remain."

Seeing that Li Chen remained silent, the Doomsday Beast Soul, originally planning to extract more words from Li Chen, had to abandon its plan and continued, "That accident was... the current Palace Master of the Heaven Extinguishing Palace... Shang."

At this moment, even Ye Zhiqiu furrowed her brows.

She thought of many things at that moment.

During the ancient Seven Epochs, Shang was indeed a top-tier powerhouse of the Starry Universe. Shang had also played a significant role in the battles against the Era-Ancient Civilization and the World-Destroying Beast. Otherwise, she would not have joined the Heaven Extinguishing Palace alongside the Ice Wing Ancestor Audrey Hera and others back then.

However, even she was unaware of when Shang had become part of the Doomsday Beast Souls.

At this moment, Li Chen finally spoke again.

"Let me make a guess."

"This so-called accident was you hundreds of Doomsday Beast Souls merging and devouring each other until, in a state of mutual destruction, you corrupted the real Shang, right?"

"If I’m not mistaken, all these years, Palace Lord Shang’s so-called closed-door cultivation has just been you, this fusion entity, suppressing the damage left from the time you corrupted Palace Lord Shang, right?"

As he spoke, Li Chen’s gaze shifted toward the Extinguishing Emperor Palace, where a figure filled with a destructive aura suddenly shot skyward.