Black sand swirled up and danced wildly in the sky. Whistling sounds could be heard continuously in the secret realm, making it seem even more decayed and dilapidated.
Xiao Chen couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Completely devouring the remnant consciousness that had taken over his body made him feel a little tired. At the same time, a large amount of soul power had been forcefully devoured, making his thoughts a little shaky.
Xiao Chen knew that this was caused by the forceful devouring of a large amount of soul power. The remnant consciousness's soul power seemed to have been devoured by him, but he needed to spend a lot of time to refine it again before he could truly circulate it freely and have a clear mind.
Now, he wasn't alone. He had a beautiful wife and millions of people. Fortunately, all of this had passed. Now that he thought about it, he still felt a lingering fear.
Hu!
Once again letting out a long sigh, Xiao Chen turned his gaze to Yulong Marquis's body.
Without the remnant consciousness causing trouble, Yulong Marquis's body was not as dazzling as before, even though it still shone with a faint golden light. His Golden Combat Body had been cultivated to the ninth tier, and he had even developed the profoundness of Blood Rebirth. However, his body had still been destroyed, and he had no choice but to quietly die in the secret realm.
Xiao Chen did not know what kind of realm the ninth layer of the Golden War Body had reached. However, even a ferocious beast as strong as the Winged Flying Dragon had experienced the corrosion of tens of thousands of years. Its flesh and blood had dissipated under the wind and sand, leaving behind only broken bones.
However, when he observed Yulong Marquis's body, even though it was broken and had experienced the erosion of tens of thousands of years, if it wasn't for the dense decaying aura around it, it would seem like he had just died. His flesh and blood were still wrapped around his skeleton, and his face was vivid and lifelike, but there was no longer any vitality.
Buzz!
Xiao Chen raised his right hand gently. With a buzz, the golden sword that had been lying flat on Yulong Marquis's knees rose and fell into his hand.
This was a Half King Weapon. Even though it had been destroyed in the war and its soul had been destroyed, the Half King Weapon's spirituality had not been lost. According to the memories left behind by the remnant consciousness, this Half King Weapon's soul had recovered after tens of thousands of years, and a new soul had been born.
Squeak!
Xiao Chen's spirit entered the golden sword and immediately heard a young voice babbling. It was very young and didn't even know how to communicate with people. However, it was very happy that Xiao Chen was getting close to it.
This was equivalent to a new Soldier Soul. It had nothing to do with the Soldier Soul that had been scattered tens of thousands of years ago. Although it could not be independent, it was beneficial to Xiao Chen. Even if the Soldier Soul from tens of thousands of years ago existed, he would not be able to subdue it.
The Half King Soldier had a great spiritual nature. The Soldier Soul was no weaker than a human warrior. It could even be said to be an independent creature. It could cultivate independently like a human warrior and breathe in and out the Qi of Heaven and Earth. With Xiao Chen's strength, the Soldier Soul would not even look at him.
"Condense!"
A drop of blood was forced out of his body and fell on the golden sword. Then, Xiao Chen's hand made a mysterious mark and seeped into the inside of the golden sword. Within the Half King Soldier, there was a spiritual sense space that existed independently. It was the place where the Soldier Soul lived.
The mysterious blood essence fell into the spiritual space of the golden sword and landed on a boy who looked like he was carved out of jade. This boy was the newly born weapon spirit, he was still unable to leave the spiritual space and manifest himself outside. The mysterious blood imprint was branded in the boy's heart and turned into a clear imprint. It slowly became blurry and finally disappeared. However, Xiao Chen felt that he had formed a connection with the golden sword.
Although Xiao Chen's weapon was a spear and he was not proficient in swordsmanship, he had to admit that even if he did not know the sword technique, he could make a blow with the golden sword with all his strength. It was enough to seriously injure a Seventh Heaven of the Heavenly Building Realm. Some warriors who had just entered the Seventh Heaven would even be in danger of dying.
In this way, this Half King Soldier would be his trump card for a long time.
Xiao Chen looked at the Divine Marquis Yulong's broken Divine Body again. A brilliant light flashed in his eyes. The remnant thought was right. Although the Divine Marquis Yulong's broken body had lost all lifeforce and his body was in tatters, having experienced the corrosion of tens of thousands of years and lost most of his essence, if Xiao Chen refined the broken body, his Golden Battle Body would be able to advance to the sixth layer and derive the mysteries of Blood Rebirth.
As the remnant thought left behind by Yulong Marquis, it could be said that it knew many secrets. Moreover, Yulong Marquis had cultivated the Golden Body to the ninth realm. The various mysteries of the Golden Body cultivation were also imprinted in the remnant thought. Now, it had benefited Xiao Chen.
He knew that the resources needed to cultivate each realm of the Golden Body were more than double that of the previous realm. However, if he wanted to advance from the fifth realm to the sixth realm and derive the mystery of Blood Rebirth, the consumption would increase several times. Not only that, but the resources needed for the following cultivation would be even more massive.
However, in the end, Xiao Chen's eyes moved away from the remains of Yulong Marquis. To be able to obtain the title of Marquis, he must have been respected by thousands of people. He must have made great contributions to the race and was once favored by the fate of the race. In addition, luck was incomparably mysterious. Even if such a powerhouse had fallen, he could not be violated.
If it were the remains of a foreign race warrior in front of him, Xiao Chen would definitely refine it without hesitation.
His eyes turned to the remains of the ferocious beasts in the secret domain. There were the remains of the Five-star Two-winged Flying Dragon and some other dragon-type exotic beasts. There were about a hundred of them.
There were dozens of them that had reached the Five-star level. Even if only their remains were left, the essence left behind would be very huge for Xiao Chen. If he could refine them, it would be enough for Xiao Chen's Golden Body to advance to the next realm.
However, Xiao Chen did not immediately refine them. According to the information obtained from the remnant thought, the reason why Yulong Marquis had appeared here back then was also by chance. After all, if there were no spatial coordinates in the void, it would not be surprising for him to appear anywhere.
What made Xiao Chen ecstatic was that the Spirit Crystals that he needed could be found next to the remains of Yulong Marquis.
After bowing respectfully to the remains of Yulong Marquis, Xiao Chen then walked towards the remains. Finally, in a corner of the remains, Xiao Chen found an animal skin bag.
It was an animal skin bag made from the skin of a Void Beast.
The animal skin bag was the size of a palm. It was gray and very inconspicuous, but there was a space of 15 feet inside.
In the animal skin bag, there were rays of spiritual light floating up. These were Spirit Crystals. They were as clear as crystal and emitted a shocking amount of Spirit Qi. Only a trace of Spirit Qi leaked out, but Xiao Chen felt the Battle Qi in his body become restless. These were all Inferior Spirit Crystals.
There were about 50 Spirit Crystals. Xiao Chen even found a crystal that was emitting a divine radiance. It was far more dazzling than the 20 Inferior Spirit Crystals.
A Middle-grade Spirit Crystal!
A Middle-grade Spirit Crystal. This was an unexpected surprise. Feeling the extremely dense Spirit Qi, Xiao Chen even felt that with his current realm, if he wanted to refine it, his body would explode.
Not to mention Middle-grade Spirit Crystals, he didn't even have the ability to refine Inferior Spirit Crystals. With his current realm, he could only refine Upper Primordial Stones for cultivation.
In addition, according to Xiao Chen's senses, there were more than 500 Middle-grade Primordial Stones in the animal skin bag. As for those below the Middle-grade Primordial Stones, there were no Primordial Stones in the animal skin bag. Even though they were Middle-grade Primordial Stones, for a Half King powerhouse, the Primordial Stones contained too many impurities.
As one of the Four Marquis of the Purple Gold King Division and a Half King powerhouse, the number of Primordial Stones he had was definitely not limited to these. From the information that Xiao Chen received, most of the Primordial Stones had been used by Yulong Marquis to heal his injuries. However, it was still useless in the end.
Just these Primordial Stones and Primordial Stones that were left behind were a huge fortune for Xiao Chen. The sum of these Primordial Stones was enough to match the entire heritage of an Upper Combat Division.
After collecting everything, Xiao Chen looked at the corpse of Yulong Marquis in front of him. However, he was troubled. Yulong Marquis had once been blessed by the fate of his race.
Now that he had fallen, if his corpse was disgraced, he might encounter misfortune. After all, there were too many mysteries about the fate of the human race. Xiao Chen didn't think that with his current strength, he would be able to comprehend the mysteries of fate.
Buzz! Buzz!
Buzz! Just as Xiao Chen was hesitating, a strange fluctuation came from Yulong Marquis's corpse. A profound feeling descended from the sky of the broken secret realm. The corpse, which had been immortal for tens of thousands of years, actually started to slowly melt.
"This is the fate of the human race!"
Xiao Chen's eyes filled with shock. In the blink of an eye, the flesh and blood that were attached to the Divine Marquis Yulong's body actually dissipated into the air, leaving only a skeleton that looked like it was made of gold. The originally extremely dense decaying aura actually started to slowly melt along with the corpse.
Rejoice! Incomparable rejoice!
This was what Xiao Chen was thinking at this moment. If he had not been bewitched by the remnant thoughts and refined Yulong Marquis's corpse, he would have been just an insignificant ant before the fate of the human race. Even a Sovereign Personage would not be able to truly understand the fate of the human race. It was simply unattainable.
A golden flame ignited on the golden battle skeleton, enveloping the entire battle skeleton. However, it was not hot.
"Flame of Fate!"
As the Flame of Fate burned, the battle skeleton left behind by Yulong Marquis slowly melted into the void.
Buzz! Buzz!
That unfathomable profound feeling once again emitted an invisible fluctuation, but this time, it was directed at Xiao Chen. A dense purple aura entered the depths of Xiao Chen's soul.
"This … this …!"
In an instant, Xiao Chen realized that some of the remaining worries in his Soul Sea, as well as the surge of his mental power due to devouring the remnant thoughts, had completely disappeared. The Soul Power of the remnant thoughts that he had devoured previously seemed to belong to him in the first place!
"So that's how it is!"
At the same time, a trace of enlightenment suddenly appeared in Xiao Chen's soul.
"The will of the human race's fate is indeed unattainable!"
Looking at Yulong Marquis's corpse that had disappeared in front of him, Xiao Chen could not help but mutter to himself.