Chapter 882: Mutation Power
Huang Hua, or rather Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo, mechanically turned his head to look at Cheng Hong Ling. His eyes were wide as if they were about to burst, and his pupils trembled intensely from shock. He found it hard to imagine how strong this woman was, as she could make a Huashen stage expert bow down with just her spiritual sense.
Bao Hu continuously coughed up blood, but he remained silent, as if he still had a card up his sleeve.
“Swish!”
At this moment, a soul chain extended like lightning from afar, intending to rescue Bao Hu.
“Playing tricks in front of me, truly overestimating yourself.”
Cheng Hong Ling snorted coldly. Her powerful killing intent erupted from her body, transforming into a sharp sword. She cleanly severed that soul chain.
“Killing intent? This is impossible…”
Bao Hu looked at Cheng Hong Ling in shock. He couldn’t understand how a cultivator could use killing intent.
Cheng Hong Ling retracted her spiritual sense and pulled Bao Hu to her. Her beautiful eyes were clear and icy, like ten thousand years of profound ice. “If you don’t speak, you die!”
“Wait… wait… I’ll talk… I’ll talk!”
Bao Hu no longer had the courage to resist. He stammered his reply: “The so-called mutation power is the power belonging to the mutated Heavenly Dao.”
“Mutated Heavenly Dao?”
Cheng Hong Ling savored these words, finding no impression of them. She continued to ask, “What are its effects? Why do you want to obtain it?”
Bao Hu glanced at Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo beside him, a look of unwillingness on his face.
“You won’t speak? Judging by your tone, many people on Qiling Star should know about this matter. Killing you shouldn’t be a loss!”
Cheng Hong Ling intensified the suppression of her spiritual sense.
“Pfft!”
Bao Hu spat out more blood, then repeatedly begged for mercy. “Fairy, please spare me. I’ll talk… I’ll talk… Mutation power can allow the Three Souls and Seven Vital Souls and the Life Soul to break free from their symbiotic relationship, and it can also allow the Seven Vital Souls and the flesh to break free from their symbiotic relationship.”
“Is this why a Tian Chongpo can turn into an evil soul?”
Cheng Hong Ling looked at Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo. Her delicate body trembled imperceptibly. She had finally found the answer she had been searching for for so long.
“Yes! Yes!”
Bao Hu nodded repeatedly.
“Alright, you can leave.”
Cheng Hong Ling released her spiritual sense.
Bao Hu acted as if he had received a general amnesty and hurriedly fled.
“Tell me where the mutation power is, and how to use it?”
Cheng Hong Ling turned her head and questioned Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo trembled with fear, but he gritted his teeth and remained silent.
“Let’s make a deal. You give me the mutation power, and I’ll take you away from this Qiling Star to a place with abundant yin energy and no cultivators, guaranteeing you a peaceful life for the rest of your days.”
Cheng Hong Ling proposed a condition.
“Hmm?”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo’s expression shifted. He hadn’t expected this immensely powerful fairy before him to negotiate with him. However, the words sounded too fake. Leaving this star, was that something a mortal could achieve?
“I don’t understand what you’re hesitating about. First, that Bao Hu hasn’t gone far. As soon as I leave, he’ll immediately return, and then you’ll be trapped. Second, the cultivators on Qiling Star are powerful. It won’t be long before the yin energy here completely disappears, and that will be the time of your soul scattering.”
“It’s just… it’s just how can I trust you? Leaving this star, it always feels like a fantasy.”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo said cautiously.
Cheng Hong Ling wasted no words. Her spiritual sense enveloped Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo, and her figure vanished from the spot like a phantom.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo only felt a blur before his eyes. When his vision returned, he found himself in the vastness of space, with an endless expanse before him and no place to stand.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo flailed like someone drowning, trying to grab a life-saving straw. Unfortunately, the beauty beside him was like a reflection in the water, completely untouchable, so he could only awkwardly circle in place.
“Do you believe I have that ability now?”
Cheng Hong Ling asked expressionlessly.
“Will you keep your promise?”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo hesitated.
“Cooperate with me, and you still have a sliver of a chance of survival. Otherwise, you will surely die. I don’t need to remind you, do I?”
Cheng Hong Ling reminded him patiently.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo fell into intense struggle. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, “Alright! I’m willing to cooperate with you.”
“Very good, it seems you’re not foolish.”
Cheng Hong Ling revealed a slight look of satisfaction.
“Fairy, I do know how to use the mutation power, but it’s carried by the body. After I die, my body was taken by some soul, and I haven’t found any clues.”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo then explained the situation.
“Haven’t you contacted the other souls?”
Cheng Hong Ling frowned and asked.
“I have, but just as that Bao Hu said, this mutation power is a treasure that cultivators dream of. Whoever possesses it is equivalent to owning a mountain of gold, so no one will tell the truth.”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo shook his head helplessly.
“It doesn’t matter!”
Cheng Hong Ling’s expression remained unchanged. Her powerful spiritual sense instantly enveloped the entire Qiling Star ahead and began searching rapidly.
Not long after, Cheng Hong Ling discovered something unusual in an extreme ice cave. A vengeful soul was hidden within. This vengeful soul looked exactly like Huang Hua, but with the character “气” on his forehead. It was clear he was Huang Hua’s Seven Vital Souls.
Of course, what was most important was that on the ice bed next to this qi soul lay a corpse, enveloped in a faint silver power. Judging by its appearance, it was indeed Huang Hua’s corpse.
Cheng Hong Ling couldn’t be bothered with that qi soul. With a thought, she took the corpse away.
It took Huang Hua’s qi soul a good while to discover that his stored body was gone. He looked around blankly, his eyes filled with astonishment and confusion.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo had been waiting beside him. Just as he was becoming impatient, he suddenly noticed a shadow appear before him. Upon a closer look, he was stunned on the spot. It was his own remains.
“This should be your body, right?”
Cheng Hong Ling gestured towards the corpse.
“Yes… yes, yes… Where did you find it?”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo asked, confused.
“It was hidden by your qi soul brother, in an ice cave in the polar region.”
Cheng Hong Ling explained briefly.
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo’s expression became even more shocked. He wasn’t shocked by the qi soul’s selfishness, but by the strength of the woman before him. To be able to search for his remains across such a vast Qiling Star from such a distance, how powerful must her spiritual sense be?
“You… you are a Heavenly Being?”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo then cautiously confirmed.
Cheng Hong Ling did not answer directly, but went straight to the point. “This silver power on it should be the mutation power, right? Now tell me how to absorb and use it, and I will keep my promise and take you to a safe place to live.”
“Yes! Esteemed Immortal!”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo no longer dared to refuse and immediately told Cheng Hong Ling the method of using the mutation power obediently.
Cheng Hong Ling circulated her cultivation technique, and the mutation power from Huang Hua’s remains was all absorbed into her body, converting into her own mutation true qi.
Cheng Hong Ling examined herself. She discovered that this mutation true qi was different from ordinary five-element true qi and assimilation true qi. It was mainly stored in the Youmen acupoint in the upper abdomen.
At this point, Cheng Hong Ling had accumulated five types of power: killing intent in her Sea of Consciousness, yin energy in her heart, mutation true qi in her Youmen acupoint, profound ice true qi in her Qi Sea, and assimilation power in her Guanyuan acupoint.
Among these, the yin energy in her heart was not something she actively cultivated or accepted. It was brought by the shriveled heart fragment of Lu Yao and could not be expelled.
“The Life Soul and the Three Souls and Seven Vital Souls only need to come into contact with a certain amount of mutation power, and they will break free from their symbiotic relationship. This way, even if the body or one of the souls dies, the other souls will be safe.”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo explained carefully from the side.
“If it’s like this, wouldn’t that be equivalent to completely becoming several souls? Wouldn’t this person then suffer from schizophrenia?”
Cheng Hong Ling showed a hint of concern.
“No, other than breaking the symbiotic relationship, this mutation power does not change anything else. The hierarchical relationship between the Life Soul and the Three Souls and Seven Vital Souls, and between the main body and the clones, still exists.”
Huang Hua’s Tian Chongpo quickly explained.
“That’s good.”
Cheng Hong Ling was slightly relieved. She already knew a schizophrenic patient, and she didn’t want to repeat the same mistake.
Cheng Hong Ling understood everything and immediately activated the teleportation gate to return.
This was a vast star, hundreds of times larger than Lishui Star. Yin energy was rich on it, and much of it dispersed into the atmosphere, forming a very strange planetary ring.
Looking through the thick yin energy, below was a verdant world filled with shade-loving plants like ghost tomatoes. Countless evil spirits roamed within, as if hell had descended upon the world.
On a plain somewhere on this star, a huge city lay across the land, like an eternal black dragon, ancient and majestic, exuding immense pressure.
And amidst these cities was a massive black palace, densely guarded. It was said to have guards every three steps and sentries every five steps. Any evil spirit entering or exiting had to go through multiple checkpoints, making it even more strictly guarded than an imperial palace in the mortal world.
Inside one of the sleeping quarters, a graceful figure lay on the large bed. Even the thin blanket could not conceal her voluptuous figure, her hourglass-shaped curves fully displayed, truly stirring the blood. Unfortunately, a glossy black tail dangled by the bedside, occasionally raising itself like a cobra, swaying back and forth, indicating that she was no ordinary person.
“Demon Lord, your subordinate has something important to report.”
A man’s voice suddenly came from outside the door.
“I told you, no one can disturb me when I’m sleeping.”
The graceful figure on the bed slowly spoke.
