Since the Earth Ghoul Tribe's power Upanishad was special, even when their soul altar broke, their souls could still flee. After being condensed, their souls could still survive.
Barago's realm was the highest here. Although his body and soul altar shattered, wisps of his soul could still talk arrogantly before leaving. His sinister, resentful soul energy still lingered in the cave.
The small world collapsing had broken the entrance of the cave altogether. At this moment, many rocks blocked half of the entrance.
The aliens outside the cave couldn't see or hear the commotions there anymore. Tu Shi Qi and his wife couldn't see the situation inside the cave with their naked eyes.
"Want to run? You think you can run away from me?"
Shi Yan's face was dark, harsh, and malicious. He grinned fiendishly as he rose one finger and touched his glabella. The mysterious black hole flew out of his soul altar.
It was like the massive, dark mouth of a demon.
The Devouring power Upanishad was urged. A great suction force came out from the hole and pulled the souls forcefully. With Shi Yan as the center, everybody else in the cave all felt strange as if their souls were dragged and their soul altars were pulled hard.
Inside the cave, the wisps of the soul swayed like algae in the sea and headed to the cave entrance to leave.
However, after his black hole emerged, all the soul wisps and soul energy were sucked in as if there was a super magnet. Shortly after, they all moved into the black hole, a supernatural ability of his Devouring Upanishad.
"Devouring power Upanishad! The lost power Upanishad of the Devouring Clan! Unbelievable! Impossible! It's absolutely impossible!"
Before the last wisp of Barago's soul was sucked into the black hole, he was aghast as if he had a mental problem.
All the wisps of souls and soul energy inside the cave disappeared. After the small soul shattered, the energy and Essence Qi from the four Earth Ghoul Tribe members had become pure energy that naked eyes couldn't see and entered Shi Yan's acupuncture points.
Shi Yan stayed quiet to sense his body. Then, he realized that because of the strange energy from Hui that had transformed him, his acupuncture points didn't swell or ache as he took in the energy from the four members of the Earth Ghoul Tribe.
The capacity of his acupuncture points seemed to increase massively so he was able to receive more energy.
Soon, the soul energy from the four warriors of the Earth Ghoul Tribe was converted and refined. Flows of mysterious, pure energy scattered like a magical foundation that gave a tonic to his soul altar and increased the energy in his Sea of Consciousness. He noticed that the Dark Energy in his Sea of Consciousness also grew.
The Dark Energy blended with Shi Yan's Soul Consciousness and made his Soul Consciousness more powerful than his God power. It could attack invisibly with formidable power. It could seep into the other's Sea of Consciousness in just a blink of an eye and its sensibility was amazing. The fusion between Dark Energy and his Soul Consciousness had given his Soul Consciousness infinite abilities.
Squinting, he checked it and found that the Dark Energy was bobbing in his Sea of Consciousness and it seemed to seep into his soul altar one wisp at a time. Slowly, it was affecting and changing his soul altar.
Apparently, it was a useful change for him. With the aid from Dark Energy, he became wise and his understanding of power Upanishads was deeper. It seemed like his soul potential was about to open, which made the fusion of power Upanishads simple.
Shi Yan got Dark Energy as his Devouring power Upanishad, which swallowed the energy from Hui when Wederson eroded it. This energy hid deep in his Sea of Consciousness and fused with his Soul Consciousness, giving it magical powers. And now, it was slowly changing the soul altar.
He discreetly sensed and found that the Dark Energy could fuse with any kind of energy in his body. It could transform him physically and mentally. While talking, he sent the Dark Energy from the Sea of Consciousness to his body and let it run through his veins, bones, and flesh.
He found himself slowly turn invisible.
Yvelines, Audrey, and the others saw him become transparent and then gradually become invisible. However, a formidable energy fluctuated from his whereabouts, making people shiver with anxiety.
It seemed like the space around him had also changed accordingly to his change.
"Shi Yan!" Audrey pondered for a while and then hissed.
Shi Yan was awakened from his marvelous experience. He retrieved the Dark Energy into his body and guided it back to the Sea of Consciousness. He reappeared with a strange expression and smiled at Yvelines' group. "The Earth Ghoul Tribe isn't really hard to deal with. Don't worry. All the warriors who had come here are dead."
"We saw it," Yvelines looked odd. He wanted to say something, but he held it back. It seemed like he was very perplexed.
"Shi Yan," Audrey's eyes brightened. "When Barago's last beam of Soul Consciousness disappeared, did you hear what he said? He said that your sucking soul energy ability is the lost technique of the Devouring Clan!"
Shi Yan understood. His face went stiff as he said, "He said that, indeed…"
The Devouring power Upanishad was the core inheritance of Bloodthirsty Force. In Desolate Territory, only Bloodthirsty had mastered this power Upanishad. Shi Yan's power Upanishad came from Bloodthirsty. How could it be related to the Devouring Clan?"
He looked at the three experts of the Heavenly Eye Clan. Instantly, he became cautious and pretended to act naturally. "How is the Devouring Clan?"
Yvelines took a deep breath. "The Devouring Clan is the most strange clan among the Seven Great Clans. I heard that it's a whole new species that Devour, the Absolute Beginning creature, had created using his blood and flesh. Members of this clan cultivate the eight great powers Upanishads including Soul Control, Death, Corrosion, Dark, Chaos, Destruction, Despair, and Corpse Qi. Also, the most mysterious power Upanishad that they won't teach anyone is the Devouring power Upanishad. Devour, the Absolute Beginning creature had imparted them those powers Upanishads. However, until today, the Devouring Clan's Devouring power Upanishad was lost as well as many of the eight great power Upanishads. Anyway, the Devouring Clan is still one of the Seven Great Clans and it's the most mysterious clan that no one dares to offend."
"Devour the Absolute Beginning creature had disappeared a very long time ago. Only the members of the Devouring Clan know about it. Rumors say that Devour was the fountainhead of evils. It controlled evil divine weapons. According to the members of the Devouring Clan, when Devour was in his peak of glory, he could swallow the planets and territories to increase his power. He was the most terrifying creature in this world."
Pausing for a while, Yvelines looked at Shi Yan, "The way you used to swallow the wisps of soul and soul energy of the Earth Ghoul Tribe members is similar to the lost power Upanishad of the Earth Ghoul Tribe, the Devouring power Upanishad! Currently, even the members of the Devouring Clan can't grasp the essence of this power Upanishad. How are you able to cultivate it?"
Audrey was bewildered as she looked at Shi Yan. "So Bloodthirsty was…"
"No, he wasn't," Shi Yan shook his head.
He remembered what Hui had told him through Tian Xie. Desolate had created Bloodthirsty to help it reunite its body, which was to merge the four ancient continents to Desolate.
Unfortunately, Hui's plan was interrupted when Devour attacked it. Devour had imparted Bloodthirsty its Devouring power Upanishad and the eight great, evil power Upanishads. It wanted to use Bloodthirsty to destroy Desolate Territory and harm Desolate further to prevent it from recovering ever again.
It was the fight between Devour and Desolate.
According to Hui, the dark abyss, the holy land of the Bloodthirsty Force, was Devour.
Ming Hao used to tell them that Bloodthirsty had defeated even the Absolute Beginning creature. Shi Yan thought that this Absolute Beginning creature was Hui. However, he now considered it to be Devour, the Absolute Beginning creature that had tried to influence Bloodthirsty.
Devour could be killed or made dormant. When Bloodthirsty thought that he could finally escape his destiny, Desolate took action again. It had promoted the God Lord and helped him get the Genesis Fruit. Brian then led the experts to defeat Bloodthirsty. Bloodthirsty was killed by Brian. Desolate had terminated him.
The main reason was that Desolate had created Bloodthirsty so his fate was bound. Desolate could arrange his destiny.
If… If Bloodthirsty hadn't been hurt after the fight with Devour, he would have been able to refine Desolate and then replace Desolate to become the master of Desolate Territory. He would have been the peak existence in the Sea Domain of Nihility.
Devouring Clan was the clan that Devour had created by using its blood and flesh. Devour was their ancestor. Devour had imparted them everything it had: blood, power Upanishads, and energy. It should be the exit that Devour had saved for itself before the battle with Desolate. Then, Devour left the Devouring Clan to find Desolate and fight against it. Also, after developing for a long time, the Devouring Clan had gradually lost their essence of power Upanishads because their precursors fell.
Devour battled against Desolate and then got severely injured. It had to return to Sea Domain of Nihility. Then, Bloodthirsty defeated it. It could be left in a coma or killed, which led to the loss of the Devouring Clan's power Upanishads.
Shi Yan had many thoughts cross his mind. This journey in the Sea Domain of Nihility had given him a lot of information about the conflict between Desolate and Devour, and Bloodthirsty's creation and elimination. Shi Yan could guess what had happened in the past now.
He admired and respected Bloodthirsty more as he could defeat Devour, the Absolute Beginning creature.
It was really pitiful for an overlord whose fate was bound to Desolate. It was how Desolate could take the upper hand and use Brian to kill him. Bloodthirsty could never have escaped the restriction to fly freely in the Sea Domain of Nihility. He could never have become another dazzling legend in the vast Sea Domain of Nihility.
He failed, but he had used Lao Luo to choose Shi Yan, an heir whose fate wasn't bound to Desolate Territory! Shi Yan was born with greater advantages!
Shi Yan looked stern as he promised inwardly. Your failure was because of your drama in your birth and fate. If you chose me, I won't fail you. I will finish what you weren't capable of fulfilling!
"It's not the Devouring power Upanishad. I used a secret treasure to do that. It's an application of the Dark Energy." Pondering for a while, Shi Yan chuckled and then said to the three members of the Heavenly Eye Clan. "You're overthinking it. I hope you don't misunderstand me. Otherwise, the Devouring Clan will skin me alive."
Yvelines looked skeptical and baffled, but they didn't continue the topic.
They didn't believe Barago's last words. The Devouring power Upanishad was lost, even in the Devouring Clan. The magical power of this Upanishad was assumed to be the lies and exaggeration of the Devouring Clan. Moreover, Shi Yan was apparently from Desolate Territory. They knew his identity already.
No matter what, Desolate Territory couldn't have anything connected to the lost power Upanishad of the Devouring Clan. It didn't have anything in common, anyway.
Thus, they chose to believe Shi Yan. They thought that it was a magical power of the Dark Energy when it urged a special secret treasure, which had similar effects to Devouring power Upanishad.
Only Audrey understood Shi Yan's concerns. The Devouring power Upanishad was very crucial to the Devouring Clan. It was lost even in the said clan, so it was precious to them.
If word of this power got out and the Devouring Clan heard about it, how would they survive?