At the northern theater of operations, Lu Li came to the front line and hid among the average warriors. He never used his origin energy to kill the Demon Abyss warriors.
Given his current abilities, it was a piece of cake for him to kill the Demon Abyss warriors. He could crush them with his physical strength alone.
Every time he was about to kill a Demon Abyss warrior, the Soul Devouring Bead would fly out and circle around the warrior. Then, the soul of the warrior would be devoured by the Soul Devouring Bead.
Not even the human warriors would mind. They would think it was Lu Li's protective artifact.
Lu Li wore a mask to disguise himself as an old man. He looked like a patriarch of a major family. Apart from the patriarchs of the Qi Family, not even the average Emperor Realm warriors knew that Lu Li was in this army.
Therefore, Lu Li was safe here unless someone from the Qi Family sold him out. In that case, there was nothing he could do.
Otherwise, the average warriors wouldn't know where Lu Li was. Also, Lu Li planned to go to a different army every three months and change his identity to avoid being targeted by powerful warriors from the human race or the Demon Abyss.
After three months, Lu Li didn't even know how many Demon Abyss warriors he had killed. The Soul Devouring Bead could devour the souls of the Demon Abyss warriors.
Lu Li went back to his castle at the Northern Demon City and began to consume the souls.
The Soul Devouring Bead was valuable. Even though half of the energy had dissipated, the remaining energy was still abundant. It took Lu Li five days to consume all of it. His soul had grown a lot.
"No wonder Soul Jade King could become a powerful warrior in soul!"
Lu Li exclaimed to himself. Soul Jade King could hardly be weak with the Soul Devouring Bead.
A warrior's soul could grow infinitely fast. Even if he was not proficient in soul attacks, he could still defeat his opponents with his soul.
Lu Li's soul was strong after he came back from the Endless Ruins. He had reached the middle stage of the Emperor Realm. At this rate, it wouldn't be difficult for his soul to reach the peak of the Emperor Realm.
By then, if he could master soul attacks, he would become a powerful warrior in soul. If his soul could reach the Saint King Realm, it would be freaky.
Warriors at the Third Plane of Reincarnation all had strong Enchanted Souls to protect their souls. That being said, Enchanted Souls were not invincible. Lu Li's Enchanted Soul was strong enough, but it still could not stand strong soul attacks.
Lu Li rested for two days before he went back to the battlefield. He didn't even bother to take the seventh Heaven Tribulation. His priority was to improve his soul.
If he did not absorb the souls of so many Demon Abyss soldiers while they were still attacking fiercely, it would be a waste of a treasure like the Soul Devouring Pearl.
The Reincarnation Emperor said that the Soul Devouring Bead had other functions. But Lu Li had been searching for a long time without finding anything. He had to use the bead as a tool for soul cultivation.
Occasionally, when he had time, he would try to study the ancient silk. Unfortunately, the jade silk was too profound. Lu Li had been studying it for a long time, but he couldn't even understand it.
Just like that, Lu Li lurked in the northern theater of operations, quietly killing Abyssal Demon warriors and devouring their souls.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed.
Lu Li had changed armies and identities over a dozen times.
He didn't even know how many Demonic Abyss Soldiers he had killed, but a conservative estimate was that there were at least ten million of them.
His soul strength had reached the later stage of the Emperor Realm as well. The higher the rank, the larger the number of souls. If Lu Li were to cultivate with elixirs, he would have to consume tens of millions of elixirs and it would take him tens of thousands of years.
Lu Li had only been cultivating for a year and a half, but his soul had grown by a large margin. It would be incomprehensible if people knew about it.
As a matter of fact, Lu Li's situation was similar to the cultivation methods of the Diabolical Path, which was to steal other people's energy to enhance oneself.
The difference was that cultivating in the Diabolical Path would result in impurities in one's body due to impurities, which could lead to problems for oneself.
Absorbing too much would fill one with negative emotions. One would become bloodthirsty and evil, turning into a complete demon.
Lu Li, on the other hand, would not be in this situation. The souls absorbed by the Soul Devouring Bead would be transformed into pure soul energy. Lu Li wouldn't feel anything negative when he absorbed the soul energy.
He wouldn't fall into the Diabolical Path and become a demon.
During the year, Lu Li would study the jade silk whenever he had time. But it was so abstruse that he couldn't understand it. In other words, he didn't know what it was or what it was.
Origin Energy was growing fast. Lu Li didn't have to cultivate deliberately for the Origin Energy in the Realm of Magic to grow.
The Realm of Magic would grow naturally as well. Lately, Lu Li didn't have time to cultivate his Dharma Idol. It would be hard for him to make significant progress in such a short time.
The southern and northern battlefields were completely stabilized. Everything seemed to be going well. The only thing that worried Lu Li was — Qi Tianyu was nowhere to be found.
It was as if Qi Tianyu had vanished from the human world. Or did he go back to the Diabolical Path at the two battlefields?
Within the Diabolical Path?
The Reincarnation Heavenly Emperor had sent three Heavenly Emperors to roam the Divine Wind Continent for more than a year. They had sent scouts to guard countless ruins and dangerous places, but they didn't find any clues nor did they find anyone suspicious.
A top young master of the human race suddenly went to the Abyss of Demons after his death. He could become a powerful Demon Lord and he had strange skills. He could devour the body of a Saint King.
Then, he disappeared without a trace. The several emperors and countless scouts couldn't find him.
This was strange. Lu Li wouldn't have cared so much if this man didn't have deep hatred for Qi Tianyu.
But Lu Li knew very well that Qi Tianyu's death had a lot to do with him.
Last time, Lu Li could feel the hatred buried deep in Qi Tianyu's bones. Qi Tianyu's only motivation to grow was to kill Lu Li.
After cultivating for more than a year, Lu Li was tired. He teleported back to the Mystic Armor City to rest and cultivate.
As he had expected, Yin Qingsi and the twins' stomachs showed no reaction. Last time, he tried for months but to no avail.
They didn't mention this. Instead, they were afraid that Lu Li would be in a bad mood.
Lu Li didn't say anything. He just lived a peaceful life with them. Every now and then, he would give some advice to the younger generations. His life was carefree and comfortable.
After a month's rest, Lu Li went to the northern battlefields again. This time, he planned to cultivate his soul to the peak of the Emperor Realm.
Again, he disguised himself and hid in a troop, quietly killing warriors from the Abyss of Demons.
One and a half months later, Lu Li finally caught the attention of the powerful warriors from the Abyss of Demons.
It was mainly because the casualties of the warriors from the Abyss of Demons were too high. Maybe, it was because the death rate of the warriors from the Abyss of Demons was abnormal. Lu Li ran into a Lord of the Abyss of Demons.
"Woo, woo!"
A gust of dark wind blew over. Half of the sky in the wilderness darkened. A surge of qi and energy pressed down, making Lu Li feel suffocated.
In midair, a shadow of a huge demon appeared. Its blood-red eyes sent chills down Lu Li's spine.
Lord of Demons, a powerful warrior of the Emperor Realm from the Abyss of Demons!
"Run …"
The warriors retreated at once. The Reincarnation Emperor once gave an order that they should retreat when they encountered a Lord of Demons. There was no need to fight to the death.
But Lu Li didn't. The Lord of Demons had locked onto him. If he left, he would die faster.