The Grand Elder smiled happily. He looked at Qin Shi's figure and nodded.
"Senior Grand Emperor, where's Domain Lord Wan Yue?" Qin Shi asked.
At the mention of Wan Yue, the Grand Emperor's old face became slightly serious. He let out a long sigh and pointed at an isolated Refinement Realm Divine Palace in the middle of a volcano ruins. He said bitterly, "Wan Yue opened the Refinement Realm Divine Palace in order for Qiushui and the others to leave alive. I'm not sure about the current situation either."
"Qin Shi, quickly save the Domain Lord. You're the only one who can save the Domain Lord now." Ning Shuang said excitedly.
"Ning Shuang!" The Grand Elder glared at Ning Shuang.
"Grand Elder, what is Lady Ning Shuang talking about?" Qin Shi asked.
The Grand Elder sighed helplessly, "The Refinement Realm Divine Palace can only be broken by the Refinement Realm Underworld. However, once the Refinement Realm Divine Palace is opened, then this person will be like the Refinement Realm Underworld. In the future, he will never be able to use the power of Purgatory again."
After the Grand Elder finished speaking, a trace of bitterness and helplessness appeared on his face.
Although the power of Purgatory was not an extremely powerful variant power, it was still one of the eight great variant powers in the human world. Especially with the Refinement Realm Underworld, this kind of power was extremely tempting to ordinary people.
To sacrifice the Refining Underworld to save someone, the Grand Emperor Elder clearly knew what sort of mentality a person had to have in order to do such a thing.
Qin Shi suddenly smiled, "So that's how it is. It's fine. Since that's the case, I'll save the Domain Lord Wan Yue."
"Brat, are you really willing to save Wan Yue?" The Grand Elder looked at Qin Shi strangely.
Qin Shi nodded, "Of course, the power of Purgatory was given to me by the Refinement Realm. It's nothing to return it to the Refinement Realm. Furthermore, the Domain Lord Wan Yue has shown me kindness and saved my life. Back then, she didn't hesitate to become enemies with the seven regions. Now, a mere Refinement Realm Underworld is not worth mentioning compared to her life."
The Grand Imperial Elder nodded his head, feeling touched. To be honest, he had lived for too long and had seen too much of the fickleness of the world. He had heard too many bullsh * t like how a drop of water should be repaid with a gushing spring. However, there were only a few who could actually do it. Not to mention a drop of water, even if it was a life-saving favor, there were many who would turn against each other and become enemies.
Right now, Qin Shi had the qualifications to be proud of the heavens. In the human world, he had the backing of one of the nine regions, the Qin Sect, and he also had the power to fight against Yao Ming. There were too few people who could reach this level without forgetting their original intentions. The grand elder smiled in relief, "Brat, Wan Yue was not wrong back then. You are indeed a genius."
The genius that the Grand Emperor spoke of wasn't someone with extraordinary talent, but someone who didn't forget their original intentions.
Qin Shi smiled. He had always known that he wasn't a good person, nor was he a saint. He would be impulsive, hot-blooded, sad, and in pain. However, he had always been working hard as a small fry.
Because of this, who would have thought that an inconspicuous young man in Desolate Town, who was no different from an ant in the current human world, would rely on his own efforts, stubbornness, and grit his teeth to move forward step by step, and actually reach this stage.
"Grand Elder, what should I do?"
"Brat, you need to comprehend this bit by bit. You need to use your Domain Refinement Underworld to open a Domain Refinement Temple."
At this point, the Grand Emperor became serious and said, "Brat, you have to remember that the Domain Refinement Temple is an extremely evil power. You have to sink into the sea of bitterness and endure the extreme pain of the world in exchange for power. Therefore, once you enter the Domain Refinement Temple, it will touch the memories and pain that you don't want to see the most in your heart. Only by enduring it can you survive inside, and when the time comes, you will be able to save Wan Yue."
Qin Shi nodded. He walked to the front of the Domain Refinement Temple and took a deep breath. Within his dantian, a Hades Palace rose.
This was the first time Qin Shi had used the power of the Domain Refinement in the human world. Back then, he had made an agreement with Wan Yue. Even if he died, he could not use this power. He had only used this power once in the deep sea to heavily injure Ma Group.
The power of Purgatory was indeed extremely powerful. The more despair a person experienced, the stronger this power would be. Thus, when Qin Shi released this power, the heavens and earth instantly dimmed, forming wild clouds. A bitter power infected the air.
Sensing this power, Ning Shuang and the Grand Elder's expressions changed slightly.
Under Qin Shi's bitter power, Ning Shuang couldn't help but shed tears, "What a powerful Purgatory power. Just how much loneliness and pain does one need to experience to be able to possess it?"
Compared to Ning Shuang, the Grand Elder smiled in relief. Ten years ago, he had personally participated in the battle in the void of the divine realm.
Therefore, he knew very well how helpless and dejected Qin Shi looked when he was abandoned by the Sword Sect and even abandoned by the human world.
In these ten years, how much slaughter and pain would he have to experience before he could calmly return to the human world?
However, what made the Grand Elder most gratified was that under that kind of pain, a person would often choose hatred and be blinded by hatred. However, Qin Shi didn't seem to have done so. He had indeed hated and been angry. However, towards the Sword Sect and the Blue Snow Sect, he didn't lose himself. Instead, he chose to forgive them. This was a rare and precious trait for a person.
Bang!
Qin Shi's Domain Refinement Hades Palace resonated with the Domain Refinement Divine Palace.
In the next moment, the space in front of Qin Shi rippled, and he slowly stepped into it.
In an instant, Qin Shi felt an extremely dense energy frantically approaching him like an evil spirit, as if it wanted to devour him. Qin Shi felt an incomparable pain within that energy. Suddenly, images flashed across his eyes. All of the memories from the past twenty years, those memories that he was unwilling to touch, that had been sealed for twenty years.
Shi Lan self-destructed in front of him, and Luo Xuexian died in his arms.
In order to save him, Feng Hen was captured by the Puppet Team.
The abandonment of the Sword Sect, the betrayal of the human world, and the endless conspiracy of the Puppet Team.
And the girl with long blue hair, who was seriously injured countless times because of him.
In the void of the God Domain, she didn't hesitate to block in front of him, and didn't hesitate to die, just to force He Shuhan to stop.
All of these were the memories that Qin Shi was most unwilling to recall in the past.
In the past, every time he thought of all of this, Qin Shi would be in so much pain that he wanted to die.
But suddenly, Qin Shi grinned, as if all of this could no longer affect him.
"It's useless. Don't try. I won't lose myself. This time, when I return to the human world, I want to move forward. What I want is to end all of this. I want to change, not regret."
Qin Shi said faintly, "So, there's no need for you to affect me. Your influence on me will no longer cause me pain. It will only become the motivation to destroy the Puppet Team. I, Qin Shi, will no longer stay underground."
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the evil energy that wrapped around Qin Shi was repelled by the golden light that came from Qin Shi's body. It was filled with terror.
Outside the Refinement Realm Shrine, the Grand Royal Elder's eyes narrowed when he saw this scene. He was so excited that he couldn't help but tremble.
"Grand Royal Elder, what's wrong?" Ning Shuang asked worriedly.
The Grand Royal Elder didn't reply, he just stared at the scene inside the Refinement Realm Shrine. Suddenly, a stream of tears flowed out of his eyes. He raised his trembling hand, trying to grab that power. He smiled in relief, "This is the true power of the Refinement Realm?
Six thousand years, a full six thousand years. Have I finally seen it? "
"I'm not wrong. Ning Shuang, do you see it?
I'm not wrong. The true power of Purgatory isn't pain, it's the dawn, it's hope! "
"The true Purgatory isn't about experiencing pain or lowering your head to pain. It's about awakening from pain and turning the pain into motivation. It's the dawn of a new life."
The Grand Royal Elder suddenly laughed excitedly, "Six thousand years, I've experienced the hardships of life, birth, old age, sickness, and death, but I've never lowered my head to the power of Purgatory. I've always believed that people won't be in pain forever. After the pain, there's a new dawn, there's hope. That's the power of the Refinement Realm. I never thought that the power that I've been pursuing for six thousand years would actually appear on this kid."
Ning Shuang looked at the Refinement Realm Shrine, not really understanding.
In the Refinement Realm, everyone knew that no one was stronger than the Grand Royal Elder in terms of the power of Purgatory. The Grand Royal Elder's life was filled with ups and downs. The power of Purgatory had reached its limit, but the Grand Royal Elder had never been willing to lower his head. He had always believed that there would be a new dawn after the pain. In the Refinement Realm, he couldn't even sense the eruption of a volcano.
In that year, when Qin Shi comprehended the Purgatory Hell Palace, Wan Yue had also had such a conversation with the Grand Royal Elder.
"Grand Royal Elder, thousands of years have passed. Are you still not prepared to let it go?"
"Let it go?
I've never picked it up, so how can I let it go? "
"Could it be that after so many years of suffering, you still can't see through it?"
"Wan Yue, believe me, there will definitely not only be Purgatory in this world. There will definitely be a Heaven of Hope. The existence of the power of Purgatory is definitely not for us to create desolation, but to use this power to bring warmth and tenderness to the world. I have always believed in this."
"You're always like this. Looking at the Refinement Realm, since ancient times, you are the one who has absorbed the power of Purgatory to the extreme. You are a person who truly lives in Purgatory. For this, who knows how much pain you have suffered, but you still refuse to admit the power of Purgatory. Because of this, you can't sense the volcano, and you can't survive in the Refinement Realm. Do you still want to persevere?"
"I don't care."
"It's not that I don't recognize the power of Purgatory. I just firmly believe that the current power of Purgatory is not the true way he uses it. The power of Purgatory should not bring people misery, but more of a dawn."
Six thousand years. The Grand Royal Elder had waited for six thousand years. Now, deep in the mountains of Qin Shi, he finally saw that his efforts six years ago had not been in vain.