A rough and deafening sound of Sanskrit erupted from the crater of the volcano.
Immediately, a dozen silhouettes dashed over and surrounded Qin Shi from all directions.
"Speak. Who are you? Why did you break into the sacred grounds of the Refinement Territory?"
The person in the lead was a middle-aged woman. However, she did not seem old at all. Instead, she had a charm that only belonged to her age.
Qin Shi's eyelids twitched when he saw these people. These people's strength was extraordinary. All of them were above the Domain Realm. That woman was even at the perfected Domain Realm. He couldn't help but think to himself, "This Purgatory is really generous. Their first move was at the perfected Domain Realm?
Facing a cultivator at the Exceptional Domain Realm, he wasn't confident at all. Moreover, there were so many cultivators at the Initial Domain Realm. He smiled politely and said, "You've misunderstood me. I am a disciple of the Sword Faction. I came to the Refinement Territory to find an old friend. I hope you can lead the way."
"An old friend?"
Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to speak, the elders next to her scanned Qin Shi from head to toe. Qin Shi had been deliberately concealing his aura, so at this moment, he was only at the Ninth Heaven Realm. Even if he didn't conceal it, he was only at the Fourth Heaven Realm. With this kind of strength, people couldn't help but look down on him. The elders sneered, "You have an old friend in our Refinement Realm?
That's impossible. "
Qin Shi frowned slightly. It didn't feel good to be looked down on. Luckily, he was mature now and didn't care about it. He smiled and said, "Hehe, that's true. I was lucky to have a friend in the Refinement Territory."
"Humph, I have seen many people like you. Even if you really know a disciple of the Refinement Territory, you probably only met him once. I wonder what kind of trouble you ran into. That's why you came to the Refinement Territory to seek refuge.
I advise you to go back now. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite. "Then, the circle around Qin Shi shrank.
Seeing that the situation was bad, Qin Shi subconsciously clenched his fist.
Suddenly, the middle-aged woman extended her hand to stop the few of them, and inquired about Qin Shi with a deep meaning. Others might not be able to see any clues, but with her cultivation, she could naturally see many things with a single glance. After all, to be able to easily dodge the poison light from before, that was not something an ordinary disciple of the Nine Heavens Realm could do.
She said, "Kid, you just said that you're a disciple of the Sword Sect?"
"That's right."
"Show me your Sword Sect Command Token."
Qin Shi nodded. He stretched out his hand and released a purple light. A sword-shaped token flew into the woman's hand.
The other elders were slightly shocked when they saw the sword shaped command token. "Eh, you're really a disciple of the Sword Sect?"
Qin Shi couldn't be bothered to explain, and he puckered his lips.
After she confirmed Qin Shi's identity, the woman hesitated for a moment before she returned the command token to Qin Shi, and then she said, "Come with me. I'll send a voice transmission to the Sword Sect to confirm it. If you're really a disciple of the Sword Sect, then I'll take you to go through the procedures to enter the Sword Sect. But if you're not … then don't blame me for being impolite. What do you think?"
Qin Shi shrugged indifferently. The woman was slightly stunned when she saw him act like this. She'd wanted to test Qin Shi in the first place, and based on Qin Shi's current appearance, he felt that it was probably true.
Under the woman's lead, Qin Shi quickly entered the group of volcanoes. Suddenly, there was an extremely profound area at the center that was covered by volcanoes. It was formed from seven extremely magnificent volcanoes, and the volcanoes constantly emanated pillars of fire that shot into the sky.
Everyone stopped in front of the pillars of fire. The woman waved her hand, and an enchanting light shot out. Instantly, a crack appeared in the center of the pillar of fire.
The moment the crack appeared, a shocking spiritual light surged out. Qin Shi couldn't help but widen his eyes in that instant.
"What pure Spiritual Energy …"
In the past few years, Qin Shi could be considered to have seen the world. He'd stayed in the Chaos Territory Sword Sect's two Eight Territories, and he'd come into contact with many forbidden areas in the two territories. However, even those places couldn't compare to this Spiritual Energy.
What was even more shocking was that this Spiritual Energy only appeared in the outermost area of the Refinement Territory.
Qin Shi couldn't help but open his pores in an attempt to absorb this Spiritual Energy into his body.
This kind of pure Spiritual Energy was extremely rare.
Unexpectedly, the moment the Spiritual Energy entered his body, Qin Shi's black eyes widened. His brows tightly knitted together, and his face flashed with pain.
"Dammit, how did this happen?" Qin Shi's hand clutched his chest. At that moment, he felt like he was suffocating.
The woman in the lead sensed the abnormality and revealed a sneer. Shortly after, her jade-like hand gently touched the center of Qin Shi's brows. An extremely dark and filthy aura flowed out from the center of Qin Shi's brows.
Seeing the filthy aura, Qin Shi was slightly shocked. What happened next shocked him even more. The filthy aura struggled a few times in the woman's hand. Suddenly, an even more filthy aura surged out from the woman's palm. It was like a dragon hiding under the sea, and it devoured the filthy aura.
Qin Shi clicked his tongue. "What, what's going on?"
Qin Shi couldn't understand. He'd tried countless times to get rid of the filthy aura, but it was to no avail. He'd even used the ominous aura of the Demonic Demon, but it was still to no avail. How could this woman get rid of it so easily?
Or in other words, how could this woman devour it?
Seeming to see Qin Shi's confusion, the woman did not hesitate to smile. "Brat, if you still want to live, it's best if you don't think about the Spiritual Energy here. The Spiritual Energy here isn't something someone like you can absorb."
"Senior, what's with the filthy aura in the Spiritual Energy?" Qin Shi asked humbly.
"Filthy aura?"
Hearing this, the woman seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. She burst out laughing. "You're quite cute, kid. You actually called the most important source of Spiritual Energy 'filthy aura'?"
"Isn't it?"
"Of course not."
The woman emphasized. "The filthy aura you're talking about isn't actually filthy aura. It's an extremely mysterious form of energy."
"Form of energy?" Qin Shi furrowed his brows.
The woman nodded. "That's right. It's a form of energy known as Purgatory Power."
"Purgatory Power?"
"Yes. Only the disciples of Purgatory can absorb this Purgatory Power. It's a power that comes from the Sea of Bitterness in the Underworld. To absorb this power, you must first endure the extreme suffering of the world. Although you're still alive, your heart has fallen into Hell."
"This Purgatory Power has fused the eight sufferings of the human world and countless negative emotions. It can even open a bridge to the Sea of Bitterness in the Underworld. The reason why the Spiritual Energy here is so pure is because it has fused with the Purgatory Power. The Purgatory Power can destroy all the impurities in the Spiritual Energy."
Speaking up to this point, the woman smiled. "So, you should give up. Otherwise, if the power of Purgatory really enters your heart, not to mention your life, even your soul will be in danger. You will fall into the Netherworld's Sea of Bitterness, never to be reincarnated." "That's right.
Hearing this, Qin Shi couldn't help but feel a flash of fear. "It's that terrifying?"
The woman snorted. "If you think I'm lying to you, you can try again. I won't save you. Let's see if you'll end up like I said."
"Then forget it." Qin Shi's face stiffened and he quickly waved his hand.
Seeing this, the woman faintly smiled and didn't say anything else. She turned around and entered the Refinement Realm.
Qin Shi followed behind her. Feeling the purity of the Spiritual Energy around him, he couldn't help but feel pity. However, he had no choice. He didn't want to lose his life for such a small advantage.
After hearing the woman's words, he more or less understood that the Refinement Realm's power was similar to the Desolate Realm's power of desolation. It was a special kind of energy in the world.
The Desolate Realm's power could make the world desolate and desolate. Everything would lose their vitality, turn into dust, and turn into white bones.
The Refinement Realm's power was just a bit more terrifying. It had the power of extreme suffering.
"The eight realms really aren't simple." Qin Shi secretly exclaimed. Especially after entering the Refinement Realm and seeing the magnificent rivers and mountains.
The Refinement Realm really shocked Qin Shi.
The Refinement Realm's size far surpassed the Sword Sect's and the Chaotic Realm's. It was a land of endless suffering that stretched for millions of miles. There was a dense aura of pain everywhere, making Qin Shi feel very depressed.
"Little fellow, stabilize your mind. Don't let this place affect you. Otherwise, you might lose your mind," reminded the devil.
Only then did Qin Shi sober up. Sweat appeared on his forehead. In that instant, countless negative emotions surged into his mind. It was like all the pain he had experienced over the years. From when his spirit vein was destroyed, to when his parents were expelled from the Qin family, to when the Qin family was in danger, to when he was bullied by the Sky Burning Sect, to the Chaotic Realm and the Hou Group.
All of this pain seemed to have been dug out from the deepest part of his consciousness, the place Qin Shi didn't want to look for the most.
In an instant, his eyes turned red. There was anger, sadness, helplessness, and pain.
When he sobered up, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Seeing him like this, the woman from the Refinement Realm was startled. Her beautiful eyes flickered with curiosity.
"What exactly did this little fellow experience? How could he be affected like this?"
As one of the higher-ups of the Refinement Realm, she knew very well that the more pain one experienced, the more intense the Refinement Realm's filthy energy was. This was also one of the criteria for the Refinement Realm to recruit disciples. The Refinement Realm only recruited disciples who had experienced pain. This was because the more pain one experienced, the more control one would have over the Refinement Realm's power.
However, it had been many years since she saw someone like Qin Shi, affected so intensely. In fact, just now, she even felt the surrounding Refinement Realm's power crazily rushing towards Qin Shi. It was as if Qin Shi was a black hole formed from pain.