Record of a Demon's Cultivation Chapter 1212: The Peril of a Collapsing Divine Soul

Translator: CinderTL

"Little friend, why are you so agitated?" Bai Wei eyed the spear tip hovering just inches from her face, yet dismissed it entirely, deeming it unworthy of concern in her frail condition.

Song Wen declared, "I’ve transported you underground for more than two hundred thousand miles. Surely you sensed the Corpse Dao aura radiating from me. In the Southern Nether Continent, righteousness and wickedness clash without mercy. I never planned to form a friendship with a Senior like you. I’ve already honored your request by aiding your escape from the battlefield. Now, surrender the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill at once, and we’ll go our separate ways."

Bai Wei responded, "I don’t carry the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill with me."

Song Wen jabbed his spear ahead, jamming the point right against Bai Wei’s dantian.

"Are you trying to trick me?"

Bai Wei shot back, "Although the pill isn’t on my person, I hold the rank of a seventh-tier Pill Refiner and enjoy high esteem in the Spirit Jade Palace. Should I make it back alive, refining a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill would pose no challenge at all."

Song Wen fixed Bai Wei with an icy stare, remaining utterly silent.

Moments later, after a few breaths, the sun-chasing spear gripped in his hand abruptly disappeared.

Slaying Bai Wei might grant him a handful of spirit stones and Spirit Herbs, but those would prove useless for his breakthrough into the Body Integration Stage.

"How can I place my trust in you, Senior? What if you return to the Spirit Jade Palace and break our deal? A lone rogue cultivator like me would stand no chance against you. Besides, even in the Spirit Jade Palace, the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill counts as a supremely scarce treasure. It wouldn’t be simple for you to acquire one, so how exactly would you exchange it for my help?"

Bai Wei vowed, "I swear on my divine soul that I’ll deliver a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill to you within one hundred years. Should I violate this pledge, let my soul shatter and my spirit perish."

While uttering these words, she lifted her gaze to Song Wen, whose eyes burned into her like blazing flames.

Drawing in a profound breath, she adopted a grave demeanor and started reciting her oath properly.

"Heavenly Dao above, I, Bai Wei, swear upon my divine soul that I will furnish the individual before me with a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill within a century, and throughout this period, I shall never harm their interests."

No sooner had her oath concluded than a radiant grin spread across Song Wen’s features. He dropped to a crouch, drawing near to Bai Wei.

"Senior, your wounds are grave, and you probably won’t endure the Primordial Qi’s erosion much longer. Would you permit this junior to guide you beyond the Primordial Qi Death Zone to a secure spot for recovery?"

Bai Wei recoiled in surprise, evidently unprepared for Song Wen’s abrupt switch from haughtiness to respectfulness.

"Then I’ll have to impose on you, little friend."

"Senior, there’s no need for such politeness."

With those words, Song Wen summoned a compact flying ship, merely dozens of feet in length, right in front of him.

He employed his spiritual power to hoist Bai Wei aboard the vessel.

Once he settled Bai Wei onto the deck, Song Wen powered up the ship and directed it westward, aiming to skirt past Luyang City and plunge deeper into the Southern Nether Continent.

Bai Wei, battling agonizing torment, managed to sit cross-legged, gulped down two medicinal pills, and commenced cycling her spiritual power to mend her wounds.

Pfft!

As soon as her spiritual power started flowing, it stirred her inner injuries. A massive gush of blood erupted from her mouth, her form toppled sideways, and she crumpled onto the deck once more.

Witnessing this sight, Song Wen sighed and darted to Bai Wei’s side.

"Senior, stay put. Let me assist with your healing."

Without awaiting Bai Wei’s consent, he boldly repositioned several protruding bone shards back into alignment.

Next, he laid one hand over Bai Wei’s ravaged abdomen and infused a thread of spiritual power into her, helping refine the medicinal pills.

A soothing warmth flooded from her abdomen, sparking a trace of shame in Bai Wei’s gaze.

Likely because her injuries were so dire, she uttered no protest, merely shutting her eyes and letting Song Wen continue.

Under an hour passed before the Giant Flying Ship halted over a verdant, rugged mountain range.

Bai Wei’s surface wounds had steadied, yet her state looked infinitely graver. She huddled in a ball, shuddering violently, as though gripped by unbearable agony.

Song Wen recognized this stemmed from critical harm to her divine soul, neglected for far too long. With time, the soul injury had intensified, now wavering feebly like a flame battered by gales, teetering on extinction.

"Senior, do you possess any medicinal pills for mending the divine soul?" he inquired urgently, eager to preserve her life.

Song Wen was unwilling to see Bai Wei perish, but he possessed no way to aid her. He had never fretted over divine soul injuries, so he hadn't prepared any pills for them.

'The pills I took earlier included one for the divine soul, but it didn’t work. Take me to Great Tan City. Someone there will save me,' Bai Wei gasped, her words broken and feeble.

'In your current state, I doubt you’ll survive the journey to Great Tan City,' Song Wen replied.

'If I... die, all my treasures are yours. Just promise me one thing: tell my disciple Xu Mengyu... that if I’m gone, she must stop being reckless and live well. Ah...'

The excruciating pain in her divine soul overwhelmed Bai Wei, forcing a deep, primal roar from her throat.

A trace of regret gleamed in Song Wen’s eyes. He had just seized a chance to obtain the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill, yet Bai Wei now hovered on the brink of soul scattering and spirit dissipation.

Nonetheless, Bai Wei’s storage ring probably held the Pill Formula for the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill.

He might even try refining it personally.

As Song Wen silently grieved within, Shadow Void’s voice abruptly resounded in his Sea of Consciousness.

'Master, you can save her.'

Song Wen’s form suddenly manifested inside his Sea of Consciousness.

No delight appeared on his face; instead, a grim, intense stare pinned Shadow Void.

'Without my permission, you dare to spy on the outside world!'

Panic darted across Shadow Void’s eyes as he hurriedly clarified.

'Master, please understand, this subordinate had no intention of eavesdropping. In the Primordial Qi Death Zone, you opened your Sea of Consciousness, instructing me to guard our surroundings. Later, in your urgency to save this human woman, you neglected to close it, allowing me to perceive the outside world.'

'I’ll spare you this time. But if it happens again, you know your fate.' Song Wen’s menacing look eased a bit. 'Speak. What method do you have to save her?'

'Thank you for your mercy, Master,' Shadow Void said. 'You need only use the Soul Source Essence to heal this woman’s divine soul.'

'Soul Source Essence!'

Song Wen sharply glanced upward at the Black Hole above, where a swarm of radiant specks drifted down.

The specks gathered in his palm, shaping into a light sphere the size of a fist.

With a quick wrist flick, Song Wen launched the sphere skyward. It pierced the void like a lightning bolt.

At the same moment, beyond his Sea of Consciousness, a light sphere burst forth from between Song Wen’s eyebrows.

Yet the instant it emerged, the sphere swiftly dulled, shifting to pale gray before popping like a bubble and vanishing entirely.

'What was that?' Song Wen demanded, his tone laced with astonishment and bewilderment. He swiftly interrogated Shadow Void in his Sea of Consciousness.

'The Soul Source Essence is the purest essence of the soul,' Shadow Void explained. 'Once it leaves the Sea of Consciousness, it is instantly corrupted by the turbid Qi or Spiritual Qi of the outside world, annihilating itself in an instant.'

'If that’s the case, how can I save her?' Song Wen asked.

'According to my inherited memories,' Shadow Void replied, 'in places saturated with Primordial Qi, a treasure called Cinder Abyss Jade can be found. It can serve as a vessel for the Soul Source Essence.'

(End of the Chapter)

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