Profound Heaven Soul Sovereign

With Jin Lin around, Ye Xuan and the others talked much less. The four of them continuously flew toward the pillar of light up ahead.

They hadn’t traveled for long before several Tier Four Soul Beasts suddenly appeared in front of them. Upon seeing the group of four, the beasts roared furiously and lunged forward.

"You damned beasts, are you looking to die?!"

Before Ye Xuan and the others could even react, Jin Lin had already charged forward fearlessly. BAM! BAM! BAM! With just a few palm strikes, the Tier Four Soul Beasts all exploded into pieces.

"So strong!"

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were dumbfounded. These were all Tier Four Soul Beasts. When the three of them had encountered such beasts before, it had taken a great deal of effort to kill them. But in the hands of this golden-haired young man, it was one beast per palm strike, as easy as blowing a breath of air.

’Who on earth is this guy?’

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were utterly shocked.

"Master Xuan, I’ve taken care of a few insolent beasts for you..." After collecting the soul beads, Jin Lin turned around, only to see the shocked gazes of Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi.

Jin Lin’s heart skipped a beat. He nervously glanced at the expressionless Ye Xuan. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Remembering Ye Xuan’s previous order to hide his strength, Jin Lin broke out in a cold sweat. He glanced around, then said with deliberate awkwardness, "Ahem, why are these Soul Beasts suddenly so weak? Strange. It used to take me forever to kill one, but this time it was so easy. Heh heh, what good luck."

Really?

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi exchanged a confused glance. ’Could it be that Soul Beasts of the same tier also vary in strength?’

"Perhaps your Cultivation Technique is particularly effective against Soul Beasts." Seeing Jin Lin’s guilty expression, Ye Xuan couldn’t help but smile. He pretended to ponder for a moment before saying lightly, "In that case, from now on, you can deal with any Soul Beasts we encounter."

"Haha, Master Xuan is so brilliant! That explains it! It must be because my Cultivation Technique suppresses Soul Beasts." Jin Lin laughed heartily. ’His Highness truly is His Highness,’ he thought. ’He found an excuse for me in an instant. Why didn’t I think of that? As expected, there’s a huge gap between demons.’

"By the way, these soul beads are somewhat useful to me. If you don’t need them, you can just give them to me," Ye Xuan added.

"Of course, Master Xuan."

Without hesitation, Jin Lin handed the four soul beads to Ye Xuan. To him, these beads were just reasonably tasty snacks. Since His Highness needed them, he was more than happy to get as many as he could for Ye Xuan.

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi both frowned. They found Jin Lin’s attitude toward Ye Xuan to be incredibly strange, like that of a servant to his master, obeying his every word.

After that, the group encountered many more Soul Beasts along the way, and Jin Lin handled them every time.

At first, Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were prepared to help, but after watching Jin Lin in action a few times, they both gave up the idea.

Because no matter how many Soul Beasts they encountered, Jin Lin always ended the battle in a matter of seconds. In just over two hours, Ye Xuan had collected more than a hundred soul beads.

Six hours later, Ye Xuan and his group finally encountered another Tier Five Soul Beast.

ROAR!

As soon as the Tier Five Soul Beast appeared, it roared furiously at them, its blood-red eyes gleaming with intense killing intent.

How could Jin Lin endure such a taunt?

"You damned beast, die!"

Jin Lin roared, leaping into the air and striking down with his palm. Mid-air, he suddenly remembered Ye Xuan’s instructions. His heart jolted, and he hurriedly withdrew most of the force from his hand. BAM! BAM! BAM! He became locked in a chaotic battle with the Tier Five Soul Beast.

"Hah, so strong."

"Damned beast, you dare to injure me!"

"You little punk, take this punch!"

Jin Lin fought while spouting a running commentary, deliberately making the fight with the Tier Five Soul Beast look like an inseparable struggle. At times, he was even knocked back repeatedly by the Soul Beast. As he retreated, he would occasionally sneak glances at Ye Xuan, rendering him utterly speechless.

’This Jin Lin is too much of an actor,’ Ye Xuan thought. ’He’s practically the film emperor of Profound Beasts.’

Unaware of the truth, Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were incredibly nervous. "Ye Xuan, should we go help? It looks like Jin Lin is having trouble holding on."

They were extremely anxious. This was a Tier Five Soul Beast! The three of them together had barely managed to take one down earlier. Could Jin Lin handle it alone? ’Don’t get killed!’

"Don’t worry, Jin Lin can handle it alone. He’s just wearing down the Tier Five Soul Beast’s energy. Just watch. He’ll win in less than three seconds," Ye Xuan said, deliberately speaking loudly.

The thought of a Demon King deliberately locking himself in a stalemate with a mere Tier Five Soul Beast was something Ye Xuan could hardly bear to watch.

"That’s right, you can rest assured! A mere Tier Five Soul Beast is nothing to me, Jin Lin!" Jin Lin bellowed, and with that, he shattered the Soul Beast with a single palm strike.

"HUFF, HUFF... This Soul Beast was really strong. I’m exhausted. Master Xuan truly has a keen eye, knowing exactly when I could kill it." Jin Lin said, panting heavily and putting on an act of utter exhaustion, not forgetting to flatter Ye Xuan.

’Sigh, pretending to be human is so tiring. I can’t take it.’

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi exchanged a look, completely baffled.

"Your Highness, how was my performance just now?" After handing the soul bead to Ye Xuan, Jin Lin couldn’t resist asking via voice transmission.

"Mm, it was so-so. Your expressions were a bit forced, a little over the top."

"Ahem, of course. Xiaojin can’t possibly compare to Your Highness. By the way, I was wondering why Your Highness is mingling among the humans?"

Jin Lin couldn’t help but voice the question that had been weighing on his mind.

"That’s something you wouldn’t understand," Ye Xuan said mysteriously. "The Celestial Profound Continent is vast, with a hundred races coexisting. The most numerous are, of course, the Human Race, Profound Beasts, and Demon Beasts. But in terms of talent, the Human Race is inferior to Profound Beasts. In terms of physical bodies, they are also inferior to Demon Beasts. And yet, the humans are the ones who now dominate the continent, establishing the Profound Domain and commanding awe from all directions. Some great human experts even possess heaven-shattering abilities, capable of shattering the void with martial prowess and ascending to the Celestial Realm. There are reasons for this."

"Therefore, if the Profound Beast race wishes to rise, they must learn from the humans, understand the humans. Only by completely and thoroughly understanding them can we know why they are so strong."

Listening to this, Jin Lin’s mind reeled and his blood surged with excitement.

"Your Highness carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. Xiaojin is in awe."

Recalling how he was sealed away back then, Jin Lin couldn’t help but shudder. In those days, his power was sky-high, he was unrivaled in his generation, dominant and invincible. But then he accidentally encountered a powerful human expert and was suppressed with a mere flip of a hand.

Even now, he clearly remembered how that person had merely blown a breath, and he was instantly imprisoned in the void, unable to move a single inch. The mere thought of such a heaven-defying technique filled him with dread.

And that person back then had the same demeanor and tone as His Highness now.

He thought about how he used to do nothing but throw his weight around among his own kind, while His Highness bore the fate of his race in his heart. For the sake of his people’s rise, he roamed the mortal world in human form, suppressed his cultivation, and tempered himself through life and death. Faced with such lofty aspirations, Jin Lin felt both deeply impressed and inadequate.

’Moreover, His Highness actually knows about the existence of the Celestial Realm. I’ve heard that some great experts among our people enjoy roaming the mortal world to gain more insights, hoping to achieve a breakthrough and enter the Celestial Realm. Could His Highness be one of them?’

At this thought, Jin Lin grew even more excited.

Of course, Ye Xuan had no idea that his deliberately crafted speech would make Jin Lin admire him even more.

The four of them then continued to sweep through the area, heading toward the central region of the sealed lands.

As the pillar of light grew closer, after a day, Ye Xuan’s group finally arrived before it.

A vast, black altar appeared before the four of them. The towering pillar of light was erupting from its center.

Besides Ye Xuan’s group, quite a few people had already gathered in front of the altar.

’Something’s not right.’ Ye Xuan glanced at Jin Lin and frowned. Jin Lin wasn’t on the list of twenty-one people from the start. If he appeared before the altar, it would definitely arouse suspicion from the others. He quickly sent a voice transmission to Jin Lin, telling him to separate from the group.

"Your Highness, you can’t just abandon me!" Jin Lin said, suddenly anxious. He was now dead set on following Ye Xuan.

Aside from the fact that Ye Xuan could release him from the sealed Restriction... well, yes, Ye Xuan’s broad-minded and noble aspirations had also deeply impressed him.

"I’m not abandoning you. It’s just that with so many humans up ahead, your identity would be difficult to explain."

"You mean at the center of the seal?"

"The center of the seal?" Ye Xuan was taken aback.

"Yes. A long time ago, something was sealed in this land. The great expert who created this Floating Light Secret Realm expended enormous energy to seal it here. That thing was in the sealed land at the very center of this region. However, over a decade ago—I think it was also a year when humans entered the Floating Light Secret Realm—the sealed entity broke the seal on its own and escaped. Now, it’s just an empty altar and a teleportation array to leave the sealed lands."

Jin Lin was quite familiar with this sealed land.

"What was sealed there?"

Ye Xuan finally recalled the Restriction in the canyon outside the sealed lands. No wonder it looked like it had been broken from the inside. Something really had burst out from within.

"I don’t know about that. But the entity was terrifyingly powerful. To seal it, the great expert who created the Floating Light Secret Realm spent several years to finally seal it completely."

Speaking of this, Jin Lin felt rather indignant. After all, when that same great expert sealed him back then, it had been done with a mere wave of the hand.

Ye Xuan shook his head. He couldn’t imagine what could have been sealed inside.

"So you’re saying there’s nothing at the location of the light pillar now?" Ye Xuan asked with a frown via voice transmission.

Jin Lin nodded.

Hearing Jin Lin’s words, a flash of inspiration struck Ye Xuan. A cold smile touched the corner of his lips as he transmitted a few words to Jin Lin.

Jin Lin’s eyes immediately lit up. "Your Highness, you said it, right? You can’t go back on your word."

Before Ye Xuan could say anything else, Jin Lin shot away with a WHOOSH, flying back the way they came.

"Why did Jin Lin leave?" Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were both stunned.

"He has something to take care of. We don’t need to worry about him."

A faint smile played on Ye Xuan’s lips.