The jade stone emitted a glow, quickly recording the scene above the sky.

After finishing these tasks, Yu Xuanwei immediately felt something was off.

Previously when Song Yan appeared, she already felt something was amiss.

Now, Song Yan actively let her use the "Memory Jade" to record, which was even more peculiar.

Thoughts flooded her mind, but no matter how she pondered, she couldn't figure out Song Yan's intentions, making her increasingly fearful and vigilant.

She had witnessed the man eliminate Gu Huangzi.

She knew how cunning and terrifying that old demon Gu Huangzi was, yet even such an old demon was defeated by this man.

A few years ago, this man was the central figure in Granny Fox's incident.

Looking at Song Yan, Yu Xuanwei felt a deep sense of awe swelling from within.

Thinking of it this way, the words "stupid woman" didn't seem so bad.

Others might not have the right to say it, but this man... was qualified.

...

Above the sky.

The hide of the Demon Bird Shadow Puppet couldn't hold any longer. With a bursting sound, the beast skin shattered.

Amidst the scattered fragments, ghosts emerged like hundred-petaled, thousand-petaled stark white flowers, spiraling out from the ruptures! Each petal twisted, with ghostly faces fearsome and elongated in malice at the tip of the petals.

Imprisoned for years, regardless of the world outside, they all wished to escape, to tear apart all life in sight.

Song Yan collected the Hundred Forms Demon Body, calmly hanging in mid-air.

Facing the swarm of ghosts emerging from the Ice Hell, he suddenly let out a low roar.

The roar was like a tiger's growl.

The empty surface of his body abruptly floated with patches of colorful markings.

Blurred patterns composed those markings.

Each pattern was a fierce ghost wearing shackles, trudging along with their heads bowed, crawling with hands and feet.

"Come!"

Song Yan faced the tide of ghosts, his eyes shining, shouting loudly, then opened his arms, embracing the ghosts emerging from the Ice Hell.

The ghosts encountered their nemesis; any that touched his body were pulled into the patterns, making the markings around him grow even denser and more bizarre.

Song Yan raised his hand, swiftly grabbing the Cold Ice Hell Bracelet, continuing to shove the transformed minions back into the Ice Hell.

His body couldn't endure that many ghosts, so when he captured about three to four hundred, he temporarily reached saturation, so... the excess had to be stored inside the "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet."

The ghosts were placated upon being transformed, and even when re-entering the cage, they no longer resisted.

Song Yan took the opportunity to look into the "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet."

What a sight!

Inside, the "Ice Hell" resembled a miniature "Divine Soul Secret Realm," with a pyramid structure.

The "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet" he held was the pyramid's apex; beneath it was a massive cage imprisoning over two to three thousand divine souls.

The triangular cage contained three special areas, each appearing like a "miniature pyramid."

Song Yan quickly identified the empty "miniature pyramid" as his previous residence, and the other two... surprisingly held people.

A young man and an old woman, both demon cultivators.

The young man had a pale complexion, and his hollow eyes carried a touch of cruelty. Song Yan recognized him; he was the "Senior Brother" of Paperman Peak, Gu Huangzi's disciple, with early-stage Crimson Palace power.

The other was a dwarf-like old woman whom he hadn't met before. Judging by her divine soul's formidable presence, far surpassing the Senior Brother. Song Yan speculated this old woman might be an Elder inadvertently put in the Ice Hell by Gu Huangzi due to reasons like nurturing the divine soul or expressing loyalty.

Soon enough, Song Yan collected all fleeing ghosts.

He stopped thinking, flicked his thumb.

A drop of Changwang Tiger Blood fell on the surface of the Cold Ice Hell Bracelet.

The surface rippled, transformed into a circle of black smoke, then vanished without a trace.

A deeper sense of connection with the "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet" arose within Song Yan, and all ghosts within the Ice Hell, including the "two demon cultivators," started providing power to him, nurturing his divine soul.

In the past, the "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet" and three "Cold Prison Floating Life Bracelets" had only a hierarchical divine soul relationship, making direct control not easy.

But now, Song Yan's "Changwang Tiger Blood" made him the true master of the Ice Hell, surpassing all previous Puppet Sect Leaders in control.

In other words, if he wanted to kill those two demon cultivators, he could just probe them with Changwang Tiger Stripes.

However, Song Yan didn't plan on doing this immediately.

Transformed Minion is irreversible; once transformed... it might be detected, causing him to lose two valuable pawns.

He didn't continue to investigate, quickly stored the Cold Ice Hell Bracelet, and reached for Gu Huangzi's storage bag. Strangely enough... only two items were inside.

The first was large quantities of Profound Crystal.

The second was a peculiar metal emitting a faint golden glow, in chunks and granules, ranging from pebble-sized to soy-sized, unclear what they were for.

This faint golden metal bore some resemblance in color to the dagger blade but was paler.

Gu Huangzi fled secretly, bringing only essential items to avoid alerting others.

This metal likely had something to do with the Ancient Teleportation Array?

...

Song Yan, after inheriting Gu Huangzi's legacy, landed calmly on the array shield, gazed at the Female Cultivator cautiously watching him, glimpsed at the jade stone recording, then swiftly turned and left.

Yu Xuanwei understood, raised her hand, and gathered the Memory Jade.

After a moment, Song Yan returned, again landing on the array shield, fixed his gaze on Yu Xuanwei, suddenly tossed down an item, saying, "Ancient Teleportation Array Map."

The map slipped onto the array shield but couldn't fall inside.

Yu Xuanwei watched Song Yan warily.

Song Yan smiled, raised his hands slightly, and quickly flew away, his speed akin to when he charged at Gu Huangzi, indicating... this should be his fastest speed.

After Song Yan left, Yu Xuanwei quickly operated the array plate, slightly opened a gap, allowing the map on the shield surface to fall inside.

As soon as the map entered the shield, she promptly closed the shield.

Yet...

It was still too late.

In the thin mist over the Misty Sea, a figure, seemingly teleporting, flashed inside, landing beside Yu Xuanwei within seconds.

This speed was far superior to the "speed at which he charged at Gu Huangzi."

Yu Xuanwei was immediately shocked, feeling remorseful. She knew all too well the need for utmost caution against such a demon, yet somehow she had inadvertently fallen into a trap.

However, she acknowledged her limitations, opting not to act but swiftly rose, respectfully bowed, and softly said, "Senior's calculation is impressive, junior feels inadequate."

In her mind, Song Yan was clearly a youth possessed by an old monster, otherwise, he couldn't possibly possess such profound insight and terrifying cunning.

"But senior being familiar with our Sword Sect Techniques suggests some connection, does this girl speak correctly?"

Song Yan didn't act carelessly.

But when it came to Soul Searching, transforming into minions, he wouldn't do it.

Post-transformation entities possess self-awareness and talent, but due to soul damage during transformation, they become ignorant of learned techniques as if through a fog, unable to recall details, let alone re-execute them after reclaiming control.

Otherwise, when he turned Granny Fox's soul into a minion, he should have gained a plethora of techniques. The Changwang Tiger Race should have dominated the Mountain and Sea Demon Race long ago, not falling prey to the Fox and Wolf Races.

With so much "Changwang Tiger Blood," united in assailing strong ones, capturing strong ones, transforming them to gain their techniques, then controlling them post-resurrection, this world should have long been under "Changwang Tiger Race," not needing Song Yan to act and exert.

Therefore, he needed this woman but wouldn't search her soul.

In response to Yu Xuanwei's inquiry.

Song Yan nodded, saying, "Yes.".

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