Sun Lingtong flashed repeatedly, using talismans to seal the Hook-nosed and Triangular-eyed demonic cultivators.

Afterward, with a light leap, he arrived before Han Ming.

He picked up Han Ming’s head, his eyes radiating spiritual light, “Tell me, how did they find you?”

“You were clearly imprisoned in the underground iron prison, how did you send out a call for help?”

Han Ming, having cultivated the Immortal Corpse Transformation Art, could still linger for a while even with her head separated from her body.

Her face was filled with panic, “Don’t kill me, I am a member of the Soul Devouring Sect. If you kill me, you will be branded with a soul mark, and the Soul Devouring Sect will not spare you.”

Sun Lingtong sneered, his killing intent revealed, “You and I are already mortal enemies, would I fear a mere soul mark?”

Han Ming screamed, “No, don’t kill me.”

“I’ll tell you, just tell you.”

“But you can’t kill me, I, I have value, I can help you improve the foundation of your soul.”

“Speak.”

Sun Lingtong felt inexplicably agitated, he growled, becoming impatient.

“I can tell you.”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Sun Lingtong.

In an instant, without thinking, he used the Void Piercing Technique.

But his body remained in place, without any movement.

“Why can I observe my body from afar?”

The strange angle filled Sun Lingtong with horror.

After he reacted, he was shocked to discover that his soul had been extracted from his body, choked by a mysterious cultivator, and lifted into the air.

Sun Lingtong turned his head to look and saw a tall, slender man with black hair, smiling at him!

The man wore a black robe, his hair disheveled.

He had no pupils, his eye sockets were filled with white.

Sun Lingtong shuddered, recalling some information from his memory, he blurted out, revealing the man’s identity, “Blind Judge, Qi Bai?”

The black-robed man, Qi Bai, smiled lightly, his breath chilling, “You know me? That saves me some words.”

“Inner disciple Han Ming greets True Disciple!” Han Ming was extremely excited, she did not expect the rescue to come so quickly.

She originally thought she was facing death, but unexpectedly found a way out of a desperate situation.

Sun Lingtong’s body hung its head low, standing in place, motionless.

His soul was pinched by Qi Bai, becoming a prisoner, “Qi Bai, you are a dignified Golden Core cultivator, a True Disciple of the Soul Devouring Sect, you, you have long been eyeing Fire Persimmon Immortal City, that’s why you appeared in time!”

Qi Bai smiled again, “You are very clever, that’s good, I like to communicate with smart people.”

“That’s right!”

“Our Soul Devouring Sect has been secretly monitoring Fire Persimmon Mountain.”

“Fire Persimmon Mountain was once a land of evil, countless volcanic eruptions buried countless living beings. The spiritual energy, earth flames, and other natural treasures and fertile soil caused by the volcanic eruptions will gradually attract living beings to gather here. Then, one day, the volcano erupts again, creating a slaughterhouse where billions of living beings die miserably.”

“Tell me, isn’t this a carefully planned murder of all living things by heaven and earth?”

Qi Bai paused, and continued, “How many living beings have died in Fire Persimmon Mountain since ancient times! Even if their souls are scattered, the remaining soul essence still accumulates, forming an immeasurable soul treasure.”

“Why are the Scarlet Flame demon beasts in Fire Persimmon Mountain constantly emerging? It is because their souls are melted by the earth flames, transformed into new seeds, and bloom again in the form of demon beasts!”

“This should have been our Soul Devouring Sect’s blessed land, the best outpost!”

“Unfortunately, the elders of the Three Sects left the Magma Immortal Palace here, and the Southern Bean Dynasty built an immortal city here!”

“Most people are staring at the Magma Immortal Palace, but compared to that, our sect values the immeasurable soul treasure hidden deep in Fire Persimmon Mountain even more!”

Speaking of this, Qi Bai looked up at the mountain peak, revealing a mixture of greed, curiosity, and desire.

Han Ming couldn’t help but cry for help, “Lord Qi Bai, save me!”

“Don’t panic!”

Qi Bai stretched out his finger and gently hooked, extracting the souls of the three defeated Soul Devouring Sect members.

Seeing him do so easily, Sun Lingtong couldn’t help but say, “As expected of the Blind Judge, you have truly cultivated Soul Extraction Art to the extreme, mastering the Seed of Divine Power in the Golden Core stage!”

If it were ordinary spells, Sun Lingtong might still have a chance to escape through the Void Piercing Technique under Qi Bai’s sneak attack.

But the Soul Extraction Art at the level of the Seed of Divine Power directly reduced Sun Lingtong to a prisoner.

The souls of the three defeated men floated in the air, and the Hook-nosed and Triangular-eyed men were overjoyed, and saluted Qi Bai.

Qi Bai said, “Our sect is a major demonic sect, yet the three of you joined forces and lost to one person, spreading the news will surely damage our sect’s reputation.”

“If I hadn’t taken action in time, your deaths would have been certain!”

“Tell me, where did you fail this time? If your explanation is reasonable, I will save your lives!”

“If there is no reason, then I will stand by and watch, and even if you die at the hands of others, the sect rules will not make things difficult for me!”

“I’ll speak, I’ll speak.”

The Hook-nosed man was the first to say, “I was negligent, I didn’t expect this bastard to have the ability to steal the power of the immortal city’s grand formation.”

“I have already seen the formation he set up in his small courtyard, it was unremarkable.”

“But this may be the disguise he deliberately set up, in fact, this small courtyard protection formation can connect to the immortal city’s grand formation!”

“That’s right, I set up the formation in the courtyard, and as time went on, it gradually activated the small formation, and indirectly triggered the grand formation. The power of the immortal city’s grand formation is vast and majestic, from the outside to the inside, it broke my formation and caused me to suffer a violent backlash.”

“Not bad!” Qi Bai nodded, “Go back!”

With a light sentence, the Hook-nosed man’s soul flew back to his body and woke up in an instant.

“Let me speak!”

The Triangular-eyed man quickly responded, “We failed due to internal strife.”

“If the three of us had worked together in one go, we would have captured Sun Lingtong long ago!”

“It’s just that the two of us were dissatisfied with Han Ming’s arrogance and stopped, giving the enemy a chance to breathe!”

Qi Bai nodded, “You did not see the later stages of the battle, and still misjudged Sun Lingtong’s combat power, however, what you said is also the reason for the defeat. Go back!”

“Thank you, sir!”

The Triangular-eyed man was overjoyed, and the next moment, his soul returned to his body, and he climbed up.

“Han Ming, what are your thoughts?”

Qi Bai looked at Han Ming’s soul.

“Hateful…”
Han Ming’s tormented soul seethed with resentment, “This Qi Bai merely intends to use this opportunity to pressure me, to make me submit to him.”

Han Ming saw through Qi Bai’s intentions.

She was a proud person, and equally, a pragmatic one.

If she hadn’t been rescued, then she would have submitted to Drooping Temples Guest.

After being rescued, her first thought was to settle accounts with Drooping Temples Guest.

The aura of watching the tigers fight from atop the mountain fully ignited Han Ming’s vengeful heart, causing her to disregard the risks involved.

Now, she was being pressed by Qi Bai, and instantly realized that she was being used as a pawn, reduced to a scout probing the path ahead.

Qi Bai wanted to use this to force her to submit and be used by him.

“In essence, what difference is there between this and how Drooping Temples Guest treated me?”

“Let them fight like dogs!”

“One is a talent of immortality, the other is a Golden Core cultivator, ha!”

Thinking this, Han Ming first feigned a reply, “My defeat lies in being too eager for revenge, leading to an imbalance in my state of mind.”

“Isn’t it just a lack of strength?”

Qi Bai interrupted her!

“Yes!” Han Ming gritted her teeth, admitting it, and then主动提到: as long as Qi Bai helped her avenge her hatred and kill Drooping Temples Guest, then she was willing to submit to Qi Bai for a hundred years, and could sign a soul contract.

Qi Bai smiled, “You are quite clever!”

He did value Han Ming; the latter possessed immortal talent, even if it was only lower-grade talent, taking her in as a subordinate would still have considerable value.

After that, he released Han Ming’s soul, pieced together her physical body, and healed her slightly.

Han Ming finally regained the ability to move.

Qi Bai looked at Sun Lingtong, “Speak, where is Drooping Temples Guest!”

Sun Lingtong tried to delay, “You just said you would tell me how Han Ming sought help!”

“You still remember!” Qi Bai smiled and revealed the details.

The problem lay with a batch of materials.

Han Ming had proactively mentioned soul contracts to Ning Zhuo; the creation of soul contracts required many crucial materials.

And among these materials, there were some rare items that were secretly monopolized by the Soul Devouring Sect.

After Han Ming was captured, Ning Zhuo collected key materials for the soul contract.

These purchase requests spread out and immediately aroused the vigilance and attention of the Soul Devouring Sect’s hidden forces.

In addition, Han Ming’s disappearance made it easy to deduce that she had been captured alive and was in urgent need of rescue.

Don’t forget that Qi Bai had been secretly monitoring Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

“So simple!”

Sun Lingtong sighed deeply.

“Often, simple and direct arrangements are more reliable than spells or magical treasures.”

Qi Bai said, “Now it’s your turn to answer my questions!”

Sun Lingtong shook his head, spreading his hands, “We didn’t agree to that beforehand.”

“You’re not willing to cooperate?” Qi Bai felt a little strange. “You know who I am; I have a title called Blind Judge. You are aware of that.”

Sun Lingtong said, “Then go ahead and try it.”

“You may not have experienced the pain of soul-searching; it’s beyond what ordinary people can imagine!”

Qi Bai sneered, “Since you want to try it, I’ll grant your wish.”

He grabbed Sun Lingtong’s soul and entered the house.

He took out a seal, infused it with magic power, and tossed it into the air.

The seal floated in the air, and Qi Bai performed incantations and bowed to the seal, “Respectfully invite the Investigating Judge.”

The seal erupted with boundless ghostly energy, quickly condensing into a huge figure.

Divine Summoning Technique—Investigating Judge.

The ghostly judge was fierce and malevolent, sitting like a statue in a temple, looking down on Sun Lingtong.

The judge’s eyes flashed with lightning, piercing Sun Lingtong’s soul, and wantonly plundering every inch of his memory.

Sun Lingtong was unable to resist and instantly fell into a realm of darkness.

When he opened his eyes as a child, he saw his master.

His master had a look of love and pity, saying to him, “Alas, you gluttonous child, having eaten the Age-Freezing Pill, you can only focus on cultivating the Virgin Boy Skill!”

The memory was suddenly shifted, as if an invisible hand forcibly rewound Sun Lingtong’s memories.

Sun Lingtong was in the Crimson Flame Demon Melt Cave, staring at a corner of the Molten Lava Immortal Palace, waiting anxiously.

“Master, Master, why haven’t you come out yet?”

The memory was shifted again, and the scene changed from Fire Persimmon Mountain to an alley in an immortal city.

Sun Lingtong was seriously injured and dying, lying on the ground, ignored by everyone.

A two-year-old child discovered him, cautiously approached, and then did his best to drag Sun Lingtong into his home.

The memory flashed again, and Sun Lingtong was lying on a bed, weakly looking at his savior.

The two-year-old child was holding a bowl, offering it to Sun Lingtong to drink.

“You’re finally awake!”

“Drink it quickly!”

“This is the medicine I brewed for you; it’s good for your recovery!”

Sun Lingtong’s eyes were dull, still reacting.

“Little brother, what’s your name?”

“My name is Ning Zhuo!”

“Where do you live? What are your parents’ names? Do you remember?”

Sun Lingtong was touched in his heart and subconsciously murmured, “Mas, Master.”

The two-year-old Ning Zhuo immediately nodded, “Right, right, you were always calling for Master when you were unconscious. Where is your master?”

Sun Lingtong’s eyes immediately turned red, “My master didn’t come out. I want to find him and bring him back.”

As he spoke, he tried to get up.

But he was too weak, his hands unable to support him, and he fell back on the bed.